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Kent County,! We whose Names are hereunder written, Members of
to wit. J the General Assembly of the Government of the
Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware, for the
said County of Kent, tho' sensible of the Impropriety of assuming
the Functions of the Assembly-Men, during the Recess of our
House, yet zealous to concur in any Measure which may be produc-
tive of Advantage to this Government, and the other British Colonies
on the Continent of America, in general, have Appointed, and as
much as in us lies do Appoint, Jacob Kollock, Esq; Caesar Rodney,
Esq; and Thomas M'Kean, Esq; Members of said Assembly, to be
a Committee, to meet with the other Committees already appointed,
or to be appointed, by the several and respective Assemblies of the
said other Colonies, at the City of New-York, on the First Tues-
day in October next, in Conjunction with the said other Com-

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mittees, to consider of the present distressful Circumstances of the
said Colonies, occasioned in some Measure, as we apprehend, by
several late Acts of Parliament, and to join with them in an humble
Address to his most Gracious Majesty and the Parliament of Great-
Britain, for Redress of our Grievances, or in any other expedient
that shall be agreed on by the said Committees, which may tend to
promote the Utility and Welfare of the British Dominions in
America.
September 13^th 1765. John Vining,
John Caton,
John Barnes,
William Killen,
Vincent Lockerman.

Sussex County, We whose Names are hereunder written, Members
to wit. of the General Assembly of the Government of
the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware, for
the said County of Sussex, tho' sensible of the Impropriety of assum-
ing the Functions of Assembly-Men, during the Recess of our
House, yet zealous to concur in any Measure which may be pro-
ductive of Advantage to this Government, and the other British
Colonies on the Continent of America, in general, have Appointed,
and as much as in us lies do Appoint, Jacob Kollock, Esq; Caesar
Rodney, Esq; and Thomas M'Kean, Esq; Members of the said
Assembly, to be a Committee, to meet with the other Committees
already appointed, or to be appointed, by the several and respective
Assemblies of the said other Colonies, at the City of New-York,
on the First Tuesday in October, next, in Conjunction with the
said other Committees, to consider of the present distressful Cir-
cumstances of the said Colonies, occasioned in some Measure, as
we apprehend, by several late Acts of Parliament, and to join with
them, in an humble Address to his most Gracious Majesty and the
Parliament of Great-Britain, for Redress of our Grievances, or in