1774.
July 4, | Mr. De Lancey moved, seconded by Mr. Booth, that the Committee immediately proceed to nominate five persons to be held up to the City and County, proper to serve them as Delegates in a General Congress, 308 |
| | Philip Livingston, John Alsop, Isaac Low, James Duane, and John Jay, nominated, 308 |
| | A Publick Meeting ordered to be called at the City Hall, on the 7th, to concur in the nomination, or to choose others in their stead, 309 |
| 5, | Address to the Publick. Objections to a Congress—Advises an humble Address from each General Assembly to the King, for permission to send some of their own bodies to England to fix upon a Constitution, (Note,) 309 |
| | Answer to the foregoing Address, (Note,) 309 |
| 7, | Letter from Jacob Lansing, dated Albany, June 29, received, 309 |
| | Committee appointed to meet a Committee of the Mechanicks to-morrow, to take the vote of the City on the five Delegates nominated by this Committee, and the five nominated by the Committee of Mechanicks, 309 |
| | Mr. Thurman's motion, to disavow the Proceedings of the Meeting held in the Fields, yesterday, of which Mr. M'Dougall was Chairman, as evidently calculated to throw an odium on the Committee, and to create jealousies and suspicions of their conduct, 310 |
| | Mr. M'Dougall moves for the Previous Question on Mr. Thurman's motion, 311 |
| | Yeas and Nays on Mr. M'Dougall's motion, 311 |
| | Yeas and Nays on Mr. Thurman's motion, 311 |
| | Mr. Lewis's motion, for a Committee to prepare Resolutions to be submitted to the People, 312 |
| | Committee appointed, 312 |
| | Mr. M'Evers's motion, for the publication of the Proceedings on the motion of Mr. Thurman, 312 |
| | Yeas and Nays on this question, 312 |
| 6, | Resolutions adopted by the Meeting in the Fields, referred to by Mr. Thurman. 1. That Boston is suffering in the common cause of the Colonies. 2. An invasion of the rights of one Colony is an attack upon the liberties of all. 3. The shutting up an American Port, to exact a submission to Parliamentary Taxation, is unconstitutional 4. Suspension of Trade with Great Britain till the Boston Act is repealed, will save America, 5. Delegates from New-York to the General Congress instructed to unite in a Non-Importation Agreement. 6. The Meeting mil support every measure of the Congress for securing the objects mentioned in these Resolutions. 7. Provincial Convention recommended to choose Deputies to the Congress. 8. That Subscriptions be immediately set on foot for the relief of the Poor of Boston. 9. The City Committee instructed to carry these Resolutions into execution, 312 |
| 8, | Address of Francis Lewis and other Members of the Committee to the Inhabitants—their reasons for opposing Mr. Thurman's and Mr. M'Evers's motion. Withdraw from the Committed 313 |
| 9, | Answer of "One of the Committee" to the forgoing Address—Defence of the Committee, 314 |
| | Mr. M'Dougall declines a nomination to the Congress, (Note,) 315 |
| | Publications relative to these Proceeding. (Note,) 315 |
| 13, | Committee, appointed on the 7th instant, report Resolutions, 315 |
| | Ordered to be printed and distributed in handbills for the consideration of the Publick, who are requested to meet at the Coffee-House on the 19th, to express their opinion on them, 315 |
| | The five Gentlemen nominated by the Committee as Delegates to the General Congress, to be proposed to the Citizens for their approbation, at the same time and place, 315 |
| 19, | Letter from Charlestown, South Carolina, dated July 8, with Resolves, received, 315 |
| | At the Meeting this day at the Coffee-House, a small portion of the Citizens only attending, the sentiments of the majority not ascertained on the Resolutions, 315 |
| | Committee appointed to take the sense of the Freeholders, Freemen, and Tax Payers in each Ward, on the Resolutions and the nomination of the Deiegatesr, 315 |
1774. | Resolutions adopted by the Committee: 1. The King of Great Britain is our rightful Sovereign; it is our duty to support his Crown and dignity. 2. All Acts of Parliament for taxing the Colonies, unjust and unconstitutional, particularly the Boston Port Act 3. Enforcing the Taxation in the Colonies, the true motive and main design of that Act. 4. It is the duty of all the Colonies to assist any one so oppressed. 5. The meeting of the proposed Congress the most prudent measure in this alarming crisis. 6. It is premature for one Colony now to resolve what ought to be done by the Congress, who should be left free to decide on what they think best 7. Nothing but dire necessity can justify the Colonies in uniting on any measure that may injure our brethren in Great Britain. 8. If a Non-Importation Agreement should be adopted, it ought to be general, and faithfully observed. 9. The Delegates to Congress should be so chosen as to pledge themselves for the good conduct of the People they represent, 315 |
| | Mr. Jay's motion, to provide for the distresses of the Poor of Boston, 316 |
| | Committee to consider of the means for their relief, and to report with all convenient speed, 317 |
| | Committee to prepare Answers to the Letters received, 317 |
| | Committee appointed to request the Committee of Mechanicks to appoint persons to join those appointed by this Committee to take the sense of the Inhabitants on the Resolutions and the Delegates, 317 |
July
20, | Address of Mr. Alsop, Mr. Low, and Mr. Jay, to the Publick. The sense of the City so uncertain, that they do not consider themselves, or any others, duly chosen as Delegates to the Congress, 317 |
| 20, | Address of Mr. Moore, Mr. Low, Mr. Remsen, and Mr. Jay, to the Publick. After the rejection of the Resolutions offered by the Committee of Correspondence to the Meeting at the Coffee-House, on the 19th, they were appointed on another Committee to prepare new Resolutions. Their appointment irregular, and decline serving. They approve, with few exceptions, of the rejected Resolutions, 317 |
| 25, | Letter, dated Boston, July, 1774, received, 318 |
| | Mr. Remsen's motion, that a Poll be opened in each Ward, on the 28th, for the election of five Deputies to the Congress, 318 |
| | Unanimously agreed to, 318 |
| | Committee to carry it into effect, 318 |
| | Amendment of the third Resolve, 318 |
| 30, | Queries from Ulster County, (Note,) 318 |
| 26, | Note from the Committee, at Mr. Marriner's, to the Delegates nominated, desiring a pledge that they will support a Non-Importation Agreement in the Congress, until the American Grievances are redressed, 318 |
| 27, | Reply of Mr. Livingston, Mr. Low, Mr. Alsop, and Mr. Jay. They believe a general Non-Importation Agreement would prove the most efficacious means to procure a redress of Grievances, 319 |
| 27, | In answer to this Reply, the Committee, at Mr. Marriner's, agree to support the nominated Delegates, 319 |
| | Letter from Charles Thomson, Philadelphia, dated July 25, with Resolves, received, 320 |
| 28, | Publication of Proceedings of yesterday, ordered, to correct a mistake in Mr. Holt's Faper, 320 |
| | The Publication of Mr. Holt, referred to by the Committee, (Note,) 320 |
| | Philip Livingston, Isaac Low, John Jay, John Alsop, and James Duane, unanimously elected Delegates to the Congress, 320 |
| | Committee on the distresses of the Poor in Boston will report at next meeting of the Committee, 320 |
| 26, | Letter to the Committee of Correspondence at Charlestown, South Carolina. Resolutions of South Carolina much approved of. Nothing but a strict union among all the Colonies can effect a restoration of the just rights of America. Will concur in every constitutional measure for obtaining a redress of Grievances. |