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And further resolving that the Speaker of the said House of
Burgesses, do transmit to the Speaker of the different assemblies of
the British Colonies on this Continent, Copies of the said Resolu-
tions and desire that they will lay them before their respective Assem-
blies, and request them to appoint some person or persons of their
respective Bodies to communicate from time to time with their said
Committee.
This House taking into Consideration the Contents of the said
Letter, the aforesaid Resolutions and the Reasons on which they are
founded, are of opinion that they are weighty & important in their
Nature and Design, calculating and tending to produce happy and
salutary Effects, in securing and supporting the ancient legal consti-
tutional Rights of this and the Colonies in general, do therefore
approve of and adopt the Measure.
And thereupon resolved that a standing Committee of Correspon-
dence and Inquiry be appointed to consist of nine persons, to wit, the
honorable Ebenezer Silliman Esq. William Williams, Benjamin
Payne, Samuel Holden Parsons — Nathaniel Wayles, Silas Deane,
Samuel Bishop, Joseph Trumbull, and Erastus Wolcott Esquires,
whose Business it shall be to obtain all such Intelligence and to
keep up & maintain a Correspondence and Communication with
our Sister Colonies respecting the important Considerations men-
tioned & expressed in the aforesaid Resolutions of the patriotic
House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia, and the Result of
such their Proceedings from Time to Time to lay before this House.
Resolved, that the Speaker of this house do transmit to the
Speakers of the different Assemblies of the British Colonies on this
Continent, Copies of these Resolutions, and request that they will
come into similar Measures, and communicate from Time to Time
with said Committee, on all Matters wherein the Common Welfare
and Safety of the Colonies are concerned.
The foregoing Resolutions being severally read a third Time, were
on the Question put, agreed to by the house.
a true Copy extracted from the Journals
Attest. W.m Williams Cler: D. R.
(7)
Maryland Dec.r 6, 1773.
Sir,
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I took the earliest Opportunity after the Receipt of your Letter
of the 19.th March, to lay the Resolutions of your House of Bur-
gesses, before the House of Delegates of this Province at their
meeting in June last. They then had them under Consideration but
before any Resolutions were entered into, an unexpected Proroga-
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