year 1773, entitled “An Act for appointing publick Treasurers, and directing their duty in office;” and that each of them, before they enter on the execution of the said office, shall give bond and sufficient security in the sum of fifty thousand Pounds, Proclamation Money, to the Provincial Council,

Mr. Farquard Campbell and Mr. King have leave to absent themselves from the service of this Congress.

Mr. Caswell informed the Congress, that as they had done him the honour of appointing him Treasurer of the Southern District of this Province, and one of the signers of the publick Bills of Credit, his attending those duties would render it entirely out of his power to attend the Continental Congress, as one of the Delegates of this Province: he therefore requested this Congress would be pleased to appoint some other gentleman in his stead.

Whereupon, it is Resolved, That John Perm, Esquire, be, and he is hereby appointed a Delegate in behalf of this Province, in conjunction with William Hooper and Joseph Hewes, Esquires, and that he be invested with the same powers, and entitled to the same allowance, that the said Richard Caswell would have been vested with and entitled to, under a former resolution of this Congress.

Resolved, That the Secretary, as soon as this Congress rises, deliver the Journals to Mr. James Green, who is directed to transcribe a fair copy immediately, and deliver it to Mr. James Davis, who is desired to print the same, and send a copy to each of the Members of this Congress as soon as possible.

Mr. Wade laid before the Congress a Letter from John Coulson, with a Recantation and Association entered into, and signed by a number of the people called Protesters, with which this House is satisfied.

The Congress adjourned till to-morrow morning, six o’clock.

Saturday, September 9, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

The House taking into consideration the appointment of the Field-Officers of the Minute-Men, came to the following Resolution:

Resolved, That the following persons be appointed, to wit:

EDENTON: Edward Vail, Colonel; Andrew Knox, Lieutenant-Colonel; Caleb Nash, Major.

HALIFAX DISTRICT: Nicholas Long, Colonel; Henry Irwin, Lieutenant-Colonel; Jethro Sumner, Major.

SALISBURY DISTRICT: Thomas Wade, Colonel; Adley Osburn, Lieutenant-Colonel; Joseph Hardin, Major.

HILLSBOROUGH DISTRICT: James Thackston, Colonel; John Williams, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Moore, Major.

NEWBERN DISTRICT: Richard Caswell, Colonel; William Bryan, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Gorham, Major.

WILMINGTON DISTRICT: Alexander Lillington, Colonel; Robert Ellis, Lieutenant-Colonel; Samuel Swann, Major,

And that the following persons be Field-Officers of the Militia, to wit:

CURRITUCK COUNTY: Samuel Jarvis, Colonel; Dennis Dange, Lieutenant-Colonel; Taylor Jones, First Major; John Nicholson, Second Major.

PASQUOTANK COUNTY: John Lowry, Colonel; Isaac Gregory, Lieutenant-Colonel; Dempsy Burgess, First Major; Joshua Campbell, Second Major.

PERQUIMANS COUNTY: Miles Harvey, Colonel; William Skinner, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Harvey, First Major; Richard Clayton, Second Major.

CHOWAN COUNTY: Thomas Bonner, Colonel; James Blount, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Benbury, First Major; Jacob Hunter, Second Major.

BERTIE COUNTY: Thomas Whitmill, Colonel; Thomas Pugh, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Moore, First Major; Arthur Brown, Second Major.

HERTFORD COUNTY: Benjamin Wynns, Colonel; Matthias Brickle, Lieutenant-Colonel; Lawrence Baker, First Major; George Lyttle, Second Major.

TYRREL COUNTY: Edward Buncombe, Colonel; Benjamin Blount, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Long, First Major; Joseph Spruill, Second Major.

MARTIN COUNTY: William Williams, Colonel; Whitmill Hill, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Wiggins, First Major; Kennith McKinzie, Second Major.

HALIFAX COUNTY: John Bradford, Colonel; William Alston, Lieutenant-Colonel; David Sumner, First Major; Egbert Haywood, Second Major.

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY: Allen Jones, Colonel; William Eaton, Lieutenant-Colonel; Jephthah Atherton, First Major; Howell Edmunds, Second Major.

EDGECOMBE COUNTY: William Haywood, Colonel; Sherwood Haywood, Lieutenant-Colonel; Joseph Moore, First Major; Henry Horn, Second Major.

BUTE COUNTY: William Person, Colonel; Philip Hawkins, Junior, Lieutenant-Colonel; William Alston, First Major; Thomas Sherwood, Second Major.

ANSON COUNTY: Samuel Spencer, Colonel; Charles Medlock, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Auld, First Major; David Love, Second Major.

MECKLENBURGH COUNTY: Thomas Polk, Colonel; Adam Alexander, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Pfifer, First Major; John Davidson, Second Major.

GUILFORD COUNTY: Ransome Sutherland, Colonel; James Martin, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Paisley, First Major; John Tate, Second Major.

TRYON COUNTY: William Graham, Colonel; Charles Maclaine, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Beatty, First Major; Frederick Hambright, Second Major.

SURRY COUNTY: Martin Armstrong, Colonel; Joseph Williams, Lieutenant-Colonel; William Hall, First Major; Joseph Winston, Second Major.

ROWAN COUNTY: Griffith Rutherford, Colonel; Francis Locke, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Dobbins, First Major; James Brandon, Second Major.

CRAYEN COUNTY: Joseph Leech, Colonel; John Bryan, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Benners, First Major; Frederick Becton, Second Major.

CARTERET COUNTY: William Thomson, Colonel; Solomon Sheppard, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Chadwick, First Major; Malachi Bell, Second Major.

BEAUFORT COUNTY: James Bonner, Colonel; Thomas Bonner, Lieutenant-Colonel; Roger Ormond, First Major; William Brown, Second Major.

HYDE COUNTY: Rotheas Latham, Colonel; Benjamin Parmerlin, Lieutenant-Colonel; William Russel, First Major; Thomas Jones, Second Major.

JOHNSTON COUNTY: Needham Bryan, Colonel; William Bryan, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Smith, Jun., First Major; Samuel Smith, Jun., Second Major.

DOBBS COUNTY: Abraham Sheppard, Colonel; Thomas Torrans, Lieutenant-Colonel; Martin Caswell, First Major; William McKinne, Second Major.

PITT COUNTY: John Simpson, Colonel; Robert Salter, Lieutenant-Colonel; George Evans, First Major; James Armstrong, Second Major.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY: John Davis, Colonel; Thomas Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel; Richard Quince, Jun., First Major; Parker Quince, Second Major.

ONSLOW COUNTY: William Cray, Colonel; Henry Rhodes, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Johnston, First Major; James Howard, Second Major.

DUPLIN COUNTY: James Kenan, Colonel; Richard Clinton, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Rutledge, First Major; James Moore, Second Major.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Thomas Rutherford, Colonel; Alexander McAlister, Lieutenant-Colonel; Duncan McNeill, First Major; Alexander McDonald, Second Major.

NEW-HANOVER COUNTY: William Purviance, Colonel; Sampson Mosley, Lieutenant-Colonel; William Mosley, First Major; John Devane, Second Major.

BLADEN COUNTY: Thomas Robison, Junior, Colonel; Thomas Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas Owens, First Major; James Richardson, Second Major.

ORANGE COUNTY: John Hogan, Colonel; John Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel; William Moore, First Major; Nathaniel Rochester, Second Major.

GRANVILLE COUNTY: Joseph Taylor, Colonel; Charles R. Eaton, Lieutenant-Colonel; Samuel Smith, First Major; William Williams, Second Major.

WAKE COUNTY: John Hinton, Colonel; Theophilus Hunter, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Hinton, Junior, First Major; Thomas Hines, Second Major.