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tion was formed, a Copy whereof we inclose you, which is expected
to be signed very generally by every Degree of the People here.—At
our Meeting, Copies of similar Resolutions, from some other Coun-
ties, were communicated; and a Meeting of Committees, from each
County, is appointed to be at Annapolis, the 2oth of next Month;
when, 'tis hoped, the Sentiments of the whole Province, will so well
coincide, that a general Resolution of Non-Importation, except as
to a few coarse necessary Articles, may be formed.

We are particularly desired to request, that the distributing
Copies of our Association-Paper, may not be looked on in any other,
than, the true Light, that of shewing the People of Anne-Arundel
County are solicitous of joining in Resolutions to preserve the Con-
stitutional Rights.

Your County is earnestly intreated to consider the Importance of
the Object, and to send some of your Gentlemen to the General
Meeting.—Hoping, Sir, for your best Assistance, in promoting a
general Concurrence of the Inhabitants, in Resolutions preservative
of the common Liberty,

We are

Your most obedient Servants,
B. T. B. Worthington
James Dick
John Dorsey
Cha.^s Carroll

		APPENDIX III RESOLUTION OF NON-IMPORTATION JUNE 22, 1769 [THIS RESOLUTION WAS THE RESULT OF THE MEETING HELD IN ANNAPOLIS WHICH Is REFERRED TO IN APPEN- DIX II. SEE INTRODUCTION p. xi-xii]
	Tract, Md. Hist. Soc. MF 184 L. 79	Annapolis, (in Maryland) June 22, 1769. We, the Subscribers, his Majesty's loyal and dutiful Subjects, the Merchants, Traders, Freeholders, Mechanics, and other Inhabitants of the Province of Maryland, seriously considering the present State and Condition of the Province, and being sensible, that there is a Necessity to agree upon such Measures, as may tend to discourage, and as much as may be, prevent the Use of foreign Luxuries and Superfluities, in the Consumption of which, we have heretofore too much indulged ourselves, to the great Detriment of our private Fortunes, and, in some Instances, to the Ruin of Families; and, to this End, to practice ourselves, and, as much as possible, to promote, countenance, and encourage in others, a Habit of Temperance, Fru-