TO THE
INHABITANTS OF THE COLONIES
Of
NEW- HAMPSHIRE,
MASSACHUSETTS-
BAY,
RHODE-ISLAND and
PROVI-
DENCE Plantations;
CONNECTICUT,
NEW-YORK,
NEW-JERSEY,
PENN-
SYLVANIA, the Counties of
NEW-
CASTLE,
KENT and
SUSSEX on De-
laware;
MARYLAND,
VIRGINIA,
NORTH CAROLINA and
SOUTH CA-
ROLINA.
FRIENDS and FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,
WE, the Delegates appointed by the good
people of the above Colonies to meet
at
Philadelphia in September last, for the pur-
poses mentioned by our respective Constituents,
have in pursuance of the trust reposed in us, as-
sembled, and taken into our most serious consi-
deration the important matters recommended to
the Congress. Our resolutions thereupon will
be herewith communicated to you. But as the
situation of public affairs grows daily more and
more alarming; and as it may be more satisfac-
tory to you to be informed by us in a collective
body, than in any other manner, of those senti-
ments that have been approved, upon a full and