Committee to repair to Somerset County, and take measures to unite that County with the other Counties of the Province,

Instructions given by the Convention of December last, to the Deputies of Maryland in Congress, recalled; and the Deputies authorized to vote for declaring the United Colonies free and independent States,

Officers of the Flying Camp elected,

Committee to examine the Accounts of the Supervisors of Saltpetre Works,

Resolution empowering the Council of Safety to contract for building a Powder-Mill on the publick account, repealed,

Ten thousand Pounds, common money, appropriated to fortify the harbour of Annapolis,

Two thousand Pounds appropriated for the encouragement of Daniel and Samuel Hughes, to prosecute their Cannon Foundry with spirit and diligence,

Resolution of the 25th June last, for making all Militia Officers ineligible to any future Convention, expunged,

Commission of a Field Officer not void, though elected to the next Convention,

Committee to value the Linen manufactured by Edward Parker, of Cecil County,

Committee to report proper Resolutions, in answer to a Resolution of the Virginia Convention of the 31st of May,

Ship Defence and her Tenders ordered to Annapolis, for orders from the Convention or Committee of Safety,

Committee of Safety empowered to fit out three vessels with a suitable number of guns, not exceeding ten each, and any number of armed boats, not exceeding six, for the defence of the Colony,

Convention to be elected on the 1st of August, for the express purpose of forming a new Government, by authority of the People only,

New Council of Safety to be elected; their powers,

Present Convention to be dissolved on the 1st of August,

Deputies to represent the Colony in the Continental Congress, elected,

John Dent elected Brigadier-General in place of Thomas Johnson,

Resolutions for punishing Traitors and Counterfeiters,

Motion of Mr. Chase, that all publick and private interest of Moneys cease and determine. during this time of general distress, rejected,

Bonds of non-Associators dispensed with,

Report of Committee on the establishment of Manufactories,

Motion of Mr. Chase, that all Rents be paid in country produce, rejected,

Motion, that all interest on Bonds or Contracts, cease and determine during this time of publick distress, rejected,

Motion of Mr. Hooe, that interest on all Debts and Contracts be paid in country produce, rejected,

Council of Safety elected,

Interest which has accrued since the 10th of September last, may be paid in Indian corn, wheat, tobacco, &c,

Resolution in favour of Menonists and German Baptists,

Resolutions in answer to the Resolves of the Virginia Convention, of May 31, respecting the case of Governour Eden,

Declaration by the Delegates of Maryland,

Convention met at Williamsburgh,

List of the Delegates present,

Edmund Pendleton elected President,

His Address to the Convention,

Committee of Privileges and Elections,

Petition of the Committee of the County of Norfolk,

Rev. Thomas Price appointed Chaplain to the Convention,

Committee of Privileges and Elections to examine persons committed on suspicion of being inimical to the rights and liberties of America,

Leave given to bring in an Ordinance to encourage the making of Salt, Saltpetre, and Gunpowder,

Intercepted Letters to Governour Eden, laid before the Convention,

Leave given to bring in an Ordinance for establishing a mode of Tobacco payments,

John Tayloe Corbin to be sent for in custody under a strong guard,

Committee of Propositions and Grievances,

Petition of John Ballendine, who is engaged in making a canal from Westham to Richmond, on James River,

Letter from General Lee, enclosing several Resolutions of a Council of Officers held at Williamsburgh, considered in Committee of the Whole,

Petition of John Tayloe Corbin,

Letters from General Lee and Lord Dunmore, relating to the exchange of Prisoners, read and referred,

Leave given to bring in an Ordinance to encourage Woollen, Linen, and other Manufactures,

Thirteen hundred men, consisting of Minute-Men and Militia, to be raised immediately,

Field-Officers for the two Battalions appointed,

Representation from the Committee of the County of Augusta, setting forth the necessity of framing an equal, free, and liberal Government, that may bear the test of all future ages,

John Tayloe Corbin, having discovered a disposition unfriendly and dangerous to the rights of the country, required to give bond that he will not depart from certain limits, nor give intelligence to, nor in any manner aid or assist the enemy,

Petition of John Dixon, Jun.,

Petition of Ralph Wormely, Jun., praying to be released from confinement, and promising, on the word of a gentleman, in future to conduct himself conformably to the measures and Ordinances of the Convention,

Prayers to be read every morning at seven o’clock by the Chaplain,

Convention in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Colony,

Ralph Wormely, Jun., having asked pardon and shown great contrition for his unworthy conduct, is released from prison, and permitted to reside in Berkeley County,

The Delegates in Congress instructed to propose a Declaration of Independence,

Committee to prepare a Declaration of Rights, and such a plan of Government as will secure substantial and equal liberty to the People,

Committee of Safety requested to report a list of the Armed Vessels now fitting out for the use of the Colony, with their condition,

Letter from Colonel Woodford: Some prisoners taken by Lord Dunmore, and permitted to go on shore on parole, decline returning,

Representation from Charles Lynch: He has discovered rocks greatly impregnated with saltpetre in the upper parts of the country,

Prisoners parolled by Lord Dunmore should be compelled to return,

Petition of the Inhabitants of that partof America called Transylvania,

Petition of Robert Adam for aid in establishing a manufactory of coarse linens and sailcloth,

Advertisement of George Morgan, for setting up a Land Office within the limits and territory of Virginia, presented to the Convention, and referred to the Committee on the state of the Colony,

Four Troops of Horse to be raised for the security and defence of the Colony; the officers and troopers, at their own expense, to provide their horses, arms, and accoutrements,