PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF 1774-1776

SECOND CONVENTION '

November 21-25, 1774
THIRD CONVENTION

December 8-12, 1774

	ST. MARY'S	CHARLES*	John Winder	William Purnell
	John Allen Thomas	Samuel Hanson 2	Luther Martin	Samuel Handy
	Jeremiah Jordan	William Smallwood 2	DORCHESTER	Smith Bishop
	Richard Barnes	Josias Hawkins 2	John Dickinson	Nehemiah Holland
	John DeButts	Francis Ware 2	Thomas Ennalls	FREDERICK*
	KENT	Joseph Hanson Harrison 2	Matthew Brown	Charles Beatty
	Thomas Ringgold	Thomas Stone	Josiah Richardson	Henry Griffith
	Joseph Earle	Daniel Jenifer	Zachariah Campbell	Thomas Sprigg Wooton
	ANNE ARUNDEL* John Hall, chairman 3 Thomas Johnson Samuel Chase William Paca Matthias Hammond	John Dent George Dent 2 Robert Townshend Hooe 2 Samuel Love 2 Thomas Hanson Marshall 2 BALTIMORE*	CECIL John Veazey, Jr. Joseph Gilpin PRINCE GEORGE'S* Richard Brooke 2	Jacob Funk Evan Thomas 2 Richard Brooke Upton Sheredme Baker Johnson 2 Thomas Price
	Charles Carroll, Barrister Charles Carroll of Carrollton Brice T. B. Worthington Thomas Dorsey John Weems Thomas Sprigg 2 Samuel Chew 2	Thomas Cockey Deye Charles Ridgely Walter Tolley, Jr. Benjamin Nicholson Samuel Worthington John Moale John Boyd William Buchanan	Josias Beall : Robert Tyler John Rogers Joshua Beall William Bowie Addison Murdock 2 Walter Bowie Thomas Gantt, Jr. 2 George Lee 2	Joseph Chapline James Smith 2 HARFORD Thomas Bond John Love Josias Carvil Hall John Paca Aquila Paca
	Rezin Hammond 2	TALBOT	Osborn Sprigg	Francis Holland
	John Hood, Jr. 2	Matthew Tilghman,	Edward Sprigg	Aquila Hall
	CALVERT*	chairman 2 2	David Craufurd	Amos Garrett
	John Weems	Edward Lloyd		Richard Dallam
	Alexander Somerville Richard Parran	SOMERSET Peter Waters	QUEEN ANNE'S James Hollyday John Brown	CAROLINE Henry Dickinson
	Edward Reynolds Benjamin Mackall IV	George Dashiell Samuel Wilson	Thomas Wright Turbutt Wright	Benedict Brice William Molleston
	William Lyles :	Josiah Polk		Joshua Clarke
		Henry Waggaman	WORCESTER Peter Chaille

¹ There is very little extant source material from which to obtain a roster for the Second and Third Conventions. Elec-
tions were held in the various counties in late October and early November, 1774, to choose delegates to the Second
Convention. The Maryland Gazette reports the results of these elections for Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Charles,
Frederick, and Prince George's counties, but there is no record of the results from the other counties.

Fifty-seven delegates assembled in Annapolis on November 21, 1774, but the only name noted in the proceedings of
the Convention is that of Matthew Tilghman, chairman. Because a number of counties were not fully represented, the
Second Convention adjourned on November 25, 1774.

On December 8, 1774, eighty-five delegates met in Annapolis, but again the proceedings do not include the names of
any men present except John Hall, "in the Chair." The Convention adjourned on December 12, 1774. On December
19, the Baltimore Maryland Journal printed the names of the delegates appearing for the Third Convention. It is un-
clear from the wording whether the list includes only those men present on December 8, or is a complete roster of all
those who appeared at any time during the Convention.

The session list for the Second and Third Conventions has been compiled from these meager sources. An asterisk has
been placed after those counties for which election results are known, and all elected delegates were named. It is proba-
ble that those men who are listed as attending the Third Convention also represented their county in the Second Con-
vention.

² These members were not reported in the December 19 issue of the Maryland Journal. They may not have attended any
meetings of the Third Convention, or they may simply have been overlooked by the Maryland Journal

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