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procure proper materials for ascertaining the importance of each Colony.
Resolved, That no person shall speak more than twice on the same point without leave of the Congress.
Resolved, That no Question shall be determined the day on which it is agitated and debated, if any one of the Colonies desire the determination to be postponed to another day.
Resolved, That the Doors be kept shut during the time of business, and that the Members consider themselves under the strongest obligations of honour to keep the proceedings secret, until the majority shall direct them to be made publick.
Resolved, unanimously, That a Committee be appointed to state the Rights of the Colonies in general, the several instances in which these rights are violated or infringed, and the means most proper to be pursued for obtaining a restoration of them.
Ordered, That the appointment of the Committee, and the number of which it shall consist, be deferred until tomorrow.
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to examine and report the several Statutes which affect the Trade and Manufactures of the Colonies.
Same order as above respecting the appointment and number of this Committee.
Resolved, That the Reverend Mr. Duché be desired to open the Congress to-morrow morning with Prayers, at the Carpenter's Hall, at nine o'clock.
Adjourned to five o'clock this afternoon.
Five o'clock, P. M.
Congress met according to adjournment.
Thomas Johnson, Jun., Esquire, one of the Delegates from Maryland, attended and took his seat.
Extract from the Minutes of the Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia, dated August 31, 1774,—directed to the President, was read as follows:
Upon motion, ordered,
That the Librarian furnish the gentlemen who are to meet in Congress, with the use of such books as they may have occasion for during their sitting, taking a receipt for them. Signed by order of the Directors,
"WILLIAM ATTMORE, Secretary."
Ordered, That the Thanks of the Congress be returned to the Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia for their obliging order.
Adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow.
Wednesday, September 7, 1774, nine o'clock, A. M.
The Congress met according to adjournment.
Agreeable to the Resolve of yesterday the Meeting was opened with prayers by the Reverend Mr. Duché.
Voted, That the Thanks of the Congress be given to Mr. Duché, by Mr. Cushing and Mr. Ward, for performing divine service, and for the excellent prayer which he composed and delivered on the occasion.
The Congress taking into consideration the appointment of the Committees, a vote was taken on the number of which the first Committee should consist, and, by a great majority, agreed that it consist of two from each of the Colonies, as follows:
NEW-HAMPSHIRE, 2, Major John Sullivan and Colonel Folsom.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 2, Mr. Samuel Adams and Mr. John Adams.
RHODE-ISLAND, 2, Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Ward.
CONNECTICUT, 2, Colonel Dyer, and Mr. Sherman
NEW-YORK, 2, Mr. James Duane, and Mr. John Jay.
NEW-JERSEY, 2, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. De Hart.
PENNSYLVANIA, 2, Mr. Joseph Galloway, and Mr. Biddle.
THREE COUNTIES, 2, Mr. Cœsar Rodney, and Mr. M'Kean
MARYLAND, 2, Mr. Thomas Johnson, and Mr. Goldsborough.
VIRGINIA, 2, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Pendleton.
SOUTH CAROLINA, 2, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. J. Rutledge.
Agreed, That the second Committee consist of one chosen from each Colony, as follows:
| New-Hampshire, | Mr. Sullivan. |
| Massachusetts Bay, | Mr. Gushing. |
| Rhode-Island, | Mr. Hopkins. |
| Connecticut, | Mr. Deane |
| New-York, | Mr. Low. |
| New-Jersey, | Mr. Kinsey. |
| Pennsylvania, | Mr. Mifflin. |
| Three Counties, | Mr. Read. |
| Maryland, | Mr. Chase. |
| Virginia, | Mr. Henry. |
| South Carolina, | Mr. Gadsden. |
Ordered, That Isaac Lefevre and James Lynch be employed as Doorkeepers and Messengers to this Congress.
Resolved, That the President may adjourn the Congress from day to day when he finds there is no business prepared to be laid before them, and may, when he finds it necessary, call them together before the time to which they may stand adjourned.
Adjourned until to-morrow morning, nine o'clock.
Thursday, nine o'clock, A. M.
The Congress is farther adjourned till to-morrow morning at nine o'clock.
Friday, nine o'clock, A. M.
The President, agreeable to the Resolve of the seventh instant, adjourned the Congress till to-morrow at nine o'clock.
Saturday, nine o'clock, A. M.
Adjourned till Monday next at nine o'clock.
Monday, September 12, 1774.
Matthew Tilghman, Esquire, one of the Delegates from Maryland, appeared and took his seat in Congress.
No business being prepared for the Congress, the President adjourned it till Tuesday, and from Tuesday till Wednesday.
Wednesday, *September 14, 1774, A. M.
The Congress met according to adjournment.
William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, Esquires, two of the Deputies from North Carolina, attended the Congress and produced their credentials, as follows:
NORTH CAROLINA.—At a General Meeting of Deputies of the Inhabitants of this Province, at Newbern, the twenty-fifth day of August, 1774:
Resolved, That we approve of the proposal of a General Congress, to be held in the City of Philadelphia, on
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