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Mother Country, and that their Subordination to the Parliament, is
universally acknowledged.
We therefore most humbly entreat, That the Honourable House
would be pleased to hear our Counsel in Support of this Petition, and
take our distressed and deplorable Case into their serious Considera-
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tion, and that the Acts and Clauses of Acts, so grievously restrain-
ing our Trade and Commerce, imposing Duties and Taxes on our
Property, and extending the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty
beyond its ancient Limits, may be repeal'd; or that the Honourable
House would otherwise relieve your Petitioners, as in your great
Wisdom and Goodness shall seem meet.
And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray.
Then the Congress Adjourned till To-Morrow Morning X o'Clock.
Thursday, October 24, 1765.
The Congress met according to Adjournment.
The Congress took into Consideration, the Manner in which their
several Petitions should be preferred and sollicited in Great-Britain,
and came to the following Determination, viz.
It is recommended by the Congress, to the several Colonies, to
appoint special Agents for sollicking Relief from their great Griev-
ances, and unite their utmost Interest and Endeavours for that
Purpose.
Voted Unanimously, That the Clerk of this Congress Sign the
Minutes of their Proceedings, and deliver a Copy for the Use of
each Colony and Province.
By Order of the Congress,
John Cotton, Clerk.
Savannah, in Georgia, September 6, 1765.
Sir,
(Copy.) Your Letter dated in June last, acquainting me, that the
House of Representatives of your Province, had Unanimously agreed
to propose a Meeting at the City of New-York, of Committees, from
the House of Representatives of the several British Colonies on this
Continent, on the First Tuesday in October next, to consult together
on the present Circumstances of the Colonies, and the Difficulties
to which they are, and must be reduced, by the Operation of the
Acts of Parliament for laying Duties and Taxes on the Colonies,
and to consider of an humble Representation of their Condition to
his Majesty and the Parliament, and to implore Relief, came to
Hand at an unlucky Season, it being in the Recess of the General
Assembly of this Province; nevertheless, immediately upon the Re-
ceipt of your Letter, I dispatch'd Expresses to the several Repre-
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