Thereupon, upon the question, Resolved, That the said Bill be referred to the next session of Assembly:

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

Mr. Fisher, from the Committee appointed to bring in the draught of an Address to his Excellency, produced a draught accordingly; which was read, and ordered to be read a second time.

The House adjourned till nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Friday, November 24, 1775.

The House met.

Mr. Crane had leave of absence till Monday afternoon next.

Resolved, That Mr. Dennis De Berdt, Esq., be, and he is hereby appointed Agent of this Colony at the Court of Great Britain, in the room of Benjamin Franklin, Esq.

The Address to his Excellency was read the second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

The House accordingly resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the Address; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, reported, that the Committee had made some progress in the matter to them referred, and desired leave to sit again.

Ordered, That the said Committee do sit again.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

Mr. Taylor, from the Committee appointed for the purpose, brought in a Bill entitled “A supplementary Act to the Act entitled ‘An Act for striking One Hundred Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, and directing the mode for sinking the same;’” which was read, and ordered a second reading.

A Petition was presented to the House, from thirty-four Freeholders of the County of Burlington, praying the House to enter into such Resolves as may discourage an Independency on Great Britain, and to support the civil Government, as heretofore; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

The House adjourned till nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Saturday, November 25, 1775.

The House met.

The House again, according to order, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, on the Address to his Excellency; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, reported, that the Committee had gone through the Address, and had made sundry amendments to the same, which, by order of the House, he reported, and the same being read, and further amended in the House, the further consideration thereof was referred till the afternoon.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

Mr. Hinchman had leave of absence till Monday noon next.

A Petition was presented to the House, from nineteen Freeholders of the City of Burlington and parts adjacent, praying the House to enter into such Resolves as may discourage an Independency on Great Britain, and that they will also support the civil Government, as usual; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

The House resumed the consideration of the Address, with the amendments; and, after some time spent therein, the said Address, as amended, was agreed to, and ordered to be engossed.

The House adjourned till Monday morning, nine o’clock.

Monday, November 27, 1775.

The House met.

The Bill entitled “A supplementary Act to the Act entitled ‘An Act for striking One Hundred Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, and directing the mode for sinking the same,’” was read the second time, amended in the House, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.

The Bill entitled “An Act to authorize the Board of Justices and Freeholders of the several Counties in the Colony of New-Jersey to defray the expense of taking Lists of the Inhabitants,” was read the second time, amended in the House, and, upon the question, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.

A Petition was presented to the House, from forty-eight Freeholders of the County of Burlington, praying the House to enter into such resolves as may discourage an Independency on Great Britain, and that they will support the civil Government, as heretofore; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

Ordered, That the Sergeant-at-Arms do summon the signers of a Petition from the City of Burlington, presented to the House on Saturday last, to attend the House at four o’clock, this afternoon.

Mr. Tucker, from the Committee appointed to that service, brought in a Bill entitled “An Act for the support of Government of His Majesty’s Colony of New-Jersey, to commence the first day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and to end the first day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six; and to discharge the publick debts, and contingent charges there of;” which was read, and ordered a second reading.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

The engrossed Bill entitled “An Act to authorize the Board of Justices and Freeholders of the several Counties in the Colony of Now-Jersey to defray the expense of taking Lists of the Inhabitants,” was read and compared.

On the question, Resolved, That the same do pass:

Ordered, That Mr. Hewlings do carry the said Bill to the Council, for concurrence.

Mr. Hewlings reported, that Mr. Gibbon and himself delivered the Bill, with them intrusted, to Mr. Hopkinson, one of the gentlemen of the Council, the Council not then sitting.

According to order, the Petitioners from the City of Burlington attended, and being called in, and heard,

Ordered, That the consideration thereof be deferred till to-morrow morning.

The House adjourned till nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.