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Thursday, July 25, 1765.

The House (according to Order) took into Consideration, the
Letter from the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
Massachusetts-Bay, laid before them on Friday last, and a Debate
arising thereon, and some Time spent therein, Ordered, That the
said Letter be referr'd to a Committee of the following Gentlemen,
viz. Capt. Gadsden, Mr. Wright, Mr. Galliard, Mr. Wragg, Mr.
Parsons, Mr. Pinckney, Col. Laurence, Mr. Rutledge, Mr. Manigault,
Mr. Drayton.

Friday, July 26, 1765.

Capt. Gadsden Reported from the Committee appointed to con-
sider of the Letter sent from the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, to the Speaker
of this House, and to report their Opinion thereupon, of the Ex-
pediency and Utility of the Measures therein proposed, and the best
Means to effect the Relict therein mentioned:

That they are of Opinion, the Measure therein proposed, is pru-
dent and necessary, and therefore recommend to the House, to send
a Committee, to meet the Committees from the Houses of Repre-
sentatives, or Burgesses, of the several British Colonies on this
Continent, at New-York, the First Tuesday in October next.

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That the said Committee be ordered to consult there, with those
other Committees, on the present Circumstances of the Colonies,
and the Difficulties which they are, and must be reduced to, by the
Operation of the Acts of Parliament, for levying Duties and Taxes
on the Colonies, and to consider of a general, united, dutiful, loyal,
and humble Representation of their Condition, to his Majesty and
the Parliament, and to implore Relief.
That the Result of their Consultation, shall, at their Return, be
immediately laid before the House, to be confirm'd or not, as the
House may think proper.
And the said Report being delivered in at the Clerk's Table, and
Read a second Time, the Question was severally put, That the House
do agree to the First, Second, and Third Paragraphs of the said
Report. It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Friday, August 2, 1765.

Motion being made, Resolved, That this House will provide a
Sum sufficient to defray the Charges and Expences of a Committee
of Three Gentlemen, on Account of their going to, continuing at,
and returning from, the Meeting of the several Committees pro-
posed to assemble at New-York, on the First Tuesday in October