CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. |
1774 Sept.
5, | Meeting of the Delegates chosen and appointed by the several Colonies and Provinces, in North America, to hold a Congress at Philadelphia, 893 |
| | Members present from the several Colonies, 893 |
| | Peyton Randolph elected President, 893 |
| | Credentials read and approved, 893 |
| | | For New-Hampshire, 893 |
| | | | Massachusetts, 894 |
| | | | Rhode-Island, 894 |
| | | | Connecticut, 895 |
| | | | New-York, 896 |
| | | | New-Jersey, 896 |
| | | | Pennsylvania, 896 |
| | | | Delaware, 897 |
| | | | Maryland, 897 |
| | | | Virginia, 897 |
| | | | South Carolina, 898 |
| 6, | Richard Henry Lee, from Virginia, attended, 898 |
| | Rules of Order adopted, 898 |
| | Reverend Mr. Duché requested to open the Congress with Prayers, 899 |
| | Thomas Johnson, Jun., from Maryland attended, 899 |
| 7, | Committee appointed to state the Rights of the Colonies, the instances in which they are violated, and the means most proper to obtain a restoration of them, 899 |
| | Committee appointed to examine and report the several Statutes which affect the Trade and Manufactures of the Colonies, 900 |
| | President authorized to adjourn, from day to day, when there is no business, 900 |
| 12, | Matthew Tilghman, a Delegate from Maryland, attended, 900 |
| 14, | William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, from North Carolina, attended, 900 |
| | Henry Wisner, from Orange County, in New-York, attended, 901 |
| | George Ross, from Pennsylvania, and John Alsop, from New-York, attended, 901 |
| | Delegates from Massachusetts presented the Proceedings of the Joint Committees of the Towns in the County of Middlesex, at Concord, on the 30th and 31st of August, 901 |
| 17, | Richard Caswell from North Carolina, attended, 901 |
| | Resolutions of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, on the 6th inst., laid, before the Congress, 901 |
| | Resolution of the Congress, approving of the Suffolk County Resolutions, 904 |
| | Contributions from all the Colonies for supplying the Sufferers in Boston, should be continued, 904 |
| | Report of the Committee appointed to examine the Statutes, brought in and laid on the table, 904 |
| 19, | Referred to the Committee appointed to state the Rights of the Colonies, 904 |
| 22, | Merchants and others in the several Colonies requested not to send to Great Britain any orders for Goods, 904 |
| | Report of Committee on the Rights of the Colonies, brought in and read, 904 |
| | Copy of the Report made out for each Colony, 904 |
| 24. | The Report considered, 905 |
| | Congress will now consider only such Rights as have been infringed since 1763, postponing the consideration of the General Rights of America to a future day, 905 |
| | Committee appointed to state the Rights, brought in a Report of the Infringements and Violations of American Rights, 905 |
| | Consideration of the Report deferred, 905 |
| | Congress, in the meanwhile, to deliberate on the Means to be pursued for a restoration of our Rights, 905 |
| 26, | John Herring, from Orange County, New-York, attended, 905 |
| | Consideration of the Means for restoring Rights, resumed, 905 |
| 27, | Further considered, 905 |
| | Importation of all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, whatsoever, from Great Britain, or Ireland, prohibited after first of December next, 905 |
| | None exported from Great Britain, or Ireland, after that day, shall be used or purchased in the Colonies, 905 |
| 28, | Resolution offered by Mr. Galloway, declaring the Colonies hold in. abhorrence the idea of being considered Independent Communities, 905 |
Sept. 28, | Mr. Galloway's Plan for a proposed union between Great Britain and the Colonies, 905 |
| | Means of restoring the Rights, considered, 906 |
| 29, | Further considered, 906 |
| 30, | Further considered, 906 |
| | Exportation of all Merchandise whatsoever, from the Colonies to Great Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies, prohibited after the 1st of September, 1775, unless American Grievances are redressed before that time, 906 |
| | Committee to prepare a Plan to carry into effect the Non-Importation, Non-Consumption, and Non-Exportation resolved on, 906 |
Oct. 1, | Simon Boerum, from King's County, New-York, attended, 906 |
| | Means of restoring the Rights, further considered, 906 |
| | Committee to prepare an Address to the King, requesting a Redress of Grievances, 907 |
| 3, | Instructions to the Committee on the Address, 907 |
| | Matters proper to be contained in the Address considered, 907 |
| 4, | Further considered, 907 |
| 5, | Further considered, 907 |
| | Instruction to the Committee on the Address, 907 |
| | Address from William Goddard received, 907 |
| 6, | Means for restoration of American Rights further considered, 907 |
| | Letter from the Boston Committee of Correspondence laid before Congress, 907 |
| | Letter to be considered tomorrow, 908 |
| | Consideration of means for restoration of Rights, resumed, 908 |
| | Instruction to Committee appointed to prepare the form of an Association, 908 |
| 7, | Letter from Boston Committee considered, 908 |
| | Committee to prepare a Letter to General Gage, 908 |
| 8, | Letter from Boston further considered, 908 |
| | Opposition of the Inhabitants of Massachusetts to late Acts of Parliament approved by Congress, If the Acts are attempted to be enforced by Arms, all America ought to support them in their opposition, 908 |
| 10, | Letter from Boston further considered, 903 |
| | Removal of the People from Boston, so important in its consequences as to require the utmost deliberation, If absolutely necessary, they should be recompensed by all America, 908 |
| | People of Massachusetts advised to submit to a suspension of the administration of justice, where it cannot be procured under the Charter, 909 |
| | Any Person who shall act under any authority derived from the Act of Parliament, altering the Government of Massachusetts, to be held in detestation, as a wicked tool of the despotism, which is preparing to destroy the Rights of America, 909 |
| 11, | Letter from the Congress to General Gage, 909 |
| | People of Boston advised to conduct themselves peaceably towards General Gage and the Troops, 909 |
| | Committee to prepare a Memorial to the People of British America; and an Address to the People of Great Britain, 910 |
| 12, | Plan for carrying into effect the Non-Importation, Non-Consumption, and Non-Exportation Agreement, reported by the Committee, 910 |
| | Consideration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies resumed, 910 |
| 13, | Further considered, 910 |
| 14, | Further considered, 910 |
| | Resolutions declaring the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies, 910 |
| | Letter from several Gentlemen, in Georgia, read, 912 |
| 15, | Plan of Association further considered, 912 |
| 17, | John Dickinson, from Pennsylvania, attended, 913 |
| | Plan of Association further considered, 913 |
| 18, | Plan further considered, amended, and ordered to be transcribed, to be signed by the Members, 913 |
| | Address to the People of Great Britain reported, 913 |
| 19, | The Address considered, amended, and recommitted, 913 |
| | Memorial to the Inhabitants of the Colonies reported, 913 |
| 20, | The Association read and signed, 913 |
| | Fac simile of the Signatures to the Association, Opposite 916 |
| | Memorial to the Inhabitants of the Colonies further considered, 916 |
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