Resolved and Ordered, therefore, That the said Resolutions, with their preambulary recitals or introductions, as amended and agreed to, be entered on the Journals as part of the proceedings of this Congress; and that the same be published in the Newspapers; which said Resolutions, as amended, with their recitals, are in the words following, viz:

Whereas, it appeared to the Committee of Safety, appointed by this Congress during their late recess, that a Barge belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Asia, was, without any provocation, attacked, and most wantonly destroyed: And whereas, the Corporation of the City had, under the sanction of the said Committee, ordered another Barge to be built, in order to replace the Barge so destroyed as aforesaid: And whereas, this Congress had approved of that and the other conduct of their said Committee, and voted them their thanks for their faithful services: And whereas, notwithstanding, some disorderly and evil-disposed persons did, in the night, destroy and render useless said Barge so ordered to be built as aforesaid, by sawing it in pieces: And whereas, the Corporation have since formally applied to this Congress for their directions in the premises:

Resolved, That the perpetrators of the said act are guilty of a high offence and insult against this Congress, and the Colony they represent, as endeavouring to contravene the true intent and meaning of their appointment. That they are insolent violators of the Association subscribed by this Congress, and by them recommended to the adoption of their constituents.

In order, therefore, that the sense of this Congress may be fully known relative to such outrageous acts,

Ordered, That this Resolution be immediately made publick, not doubting but that the good inhabitants of this Colony will duly assist and support this Congress in detecting, convicting, and bringing to condign punishment all such factious offenders, as disturbers of the publick peace.

Ordered, That the Committee of the City of New-York be requested to send for any such persons to appear before them as they shall think proper to examine; and that they take examinations and every other such measure as they shall devise or think proper, to discover the persons who sawed and destroyed the Boat lately ordered to be built for the use of His Majesty’s Ship Asia; and that they report their proceedings and discoveries therein to this Congress, with all convenient speed.

Three of the Delegates of this Colony in Continental Congress informed this Congress that they have received a sum of Money from a particular friend, which they will lend to this Congress for a few days, on receiving security for the same.

Ordered, That Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esquire, the President of this Congress, receive from the said Delegates such sum as they can lend, and give hi note or obligation for the same; and

Ordered, That Mr. Livingston pay Four Thousand Pounds of that money to the Colonels of the respective Regiments, or for their use, in such proportion as he shall think expedient; and that he pay the residue thereof to Mr. Joseph Hallett.

Ordered, That one of the Secretaries write a Letter to Charles Thomson, Esquire, Secretary of the Continental Congress, requesting of him a certified copy of the rates of the pay of the Troops in the Continental Army, from a Colonel downwards.

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.

Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 10, 1775.

A number of Delegates from the Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, agreeable to their appointment, and the orders received from their respective Colonies, met at Philadelphia, viz:

From NEW-HAMPSHIRE.—Mr. John Sullivan, Mr. John Langdon.

From MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.—Messrs. John Hancock, Thomas Cushing, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine.

From CONNECTICUT.—Mr. Eliphalet Dyer, Mr. Roger Sherman, Mr. Silas Deane.

From NEW-YORK.—Mr. Philip Livingston, Mr. James Duane, Mr. John Alsop.

From NEW-JERSEY.—Mr. James Kinsey, Mr. Stephen Crane, Mr. William Livingston, Mr. John De Hart, Mr. Richard Smith.

From PENNSYLVANIA.—Mr. Edward Biddle, Mr. John Dickinson, Mr. Thomas Mifflin, Mr. Charles Humphreys, Mr. John Morton, Mr. George Ross, Mr. Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Thomas Willing,

From DELAWARE COUNTERS.—Mr. Casar Rodney, Mr. Thomas McKean, Mr. George Read.

From MARYLAND.—Mr. Matthew Tilghman, Mr. Thomas Johnson, Mr. William Paca, Mr. Samuel Chase, Mr. John Hall.

From VIRGINIA. — Mr. Peyton Randolph, Mr. George Washington, Mr. Richard Henry Lee, Mr. Edmund Pendleton, Mr. Benjamin Harrison, Mr. Richard Bland.

From NORTH-CAROLINA.—Mr. William Hooper, Mr. Joseph Hewes, Mr. Richard Caswell

From SOUTH-CAROLINA.—Mr. Henry Middleton, Mr. Thomas Lynch, Mr. Christopher Gadsden, Mr. John Rutledge, Mr. Edward Rutledge.

Being convened in the State-House, proceeded to the choice of a President; when,

Upon motion, The Honourable Peyton Randolph was unanimously chosen President.

After the President was seated,

Mr. Charles Thomson was unanimously chosen Secretary.

Andrew McNeare was also chosen Doorkeeper, and William Shed Messenger.

Ordered, That the Rev. Mr. Duché be requested to open the Congress with prayers to-morrow morning; and that Mr. Willing, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Bland, be a Committee to wait on Mr. Duché, and acquaint him with the request of the Congress.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, at eleven o’clock.

Thursday, May 11, 1775, A.M.

Agreeable to the order of yesterday, the Congress was opened with prayers by the Rev. Mr. Duché. After prayers, the Congress, according to adjournment, proceeded to business.

The Delegates from the several Colonies produced their Credentials, which were read, and approved, as follow:

FOR THE PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

At the Convention of Deputies, appointed by the several Towns in the Province aforesaid, held at Exeter, on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1775:

The Hon . John Wentworth, Esq., in the Chair.

Voted, That John Sullivan and John Langdon, Esqrs., be delegated to represent this Province in the Continental Congress proposed to be held at Philadelphia, on the tenth day of May next, and that they and each of them, in the absence of the other, Gave full and ample power, in behalf of this Province, to consent and agree to all measures which said Congress shall deem necessary, to obtain redress of American grievances.

True copy attested:

MESHECH WEARE, Clerk to the Convention.

FOR THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.

In Provincial Congress, CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 5, 1774.

Resolved, That the Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, on the fifth day of September last, and reported by the honourable Delegates from this Colony, have, with the deliberation due to their high importance, been considered by us; and the American Bills of Rights, their contained, appears to be formed with the greatest ability and judgment, to be founded on the immutable of nature and reason, the principles of the English Constitution, and the respective Charters and