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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
The Congress met according to adjournment.
John Herring,2 Esqr. a deputy from Orange county, in the colony of New-York, appeared this morning, and took his seat as a delegate for that colony.
[Note 2: 2 John Haring.]
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RESOLUTION NOT TO IMPORTPHILADELPHIA.
In CONGRESS, Thurfday, September 22, 1774.
Resolved,
THAT the Congrefs requeft the Merchants and Others, in the feveral Colonies, not to fend to Great Britain any Orders for Goods, and to direct the execution of all Orders already fent, to be delayed or fufpended, until the fenfe of the Congrefs, on the means to be taken for the prefervation of the Liberties of America, is made public.
An Extract from the Minutes,
Charles Thomson, Sec.
Printed by W. and T. BRADFORD.
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The Congress resumed the consideration of the means, &c. and after several hours spent thereon, it was referred till to-morrow, to which time the Congress was adjourned.1
[Note 1: 1 "26th. The Congress met, agreed upon non-importation, and adjourned." Samuel Ward.]
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