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in September they sent colonel Ethan Allen, d^ 

 their advocate to that body ; and to procure in- 

 formation, in what light their proceedings were 

 viewed at Philadelphia. Upon his return, he 

 rnade report,* that Congress was unanimously 

 opposed, to their forming any connexions with 

 the people of New Hampshire : And that if 

 those proceedings were disannulled, none of the 

 members of Congress, except the delegates frorri 

 New York, would oppose their independence. 



The next assembly of Vermont met in Oc- 

 tober, at Windsor. Representatives from ten 

 of the sixteen towns, took their seats in the as- 

 sembly. A question was moved, '* whether the 

 towns on the cast side of Connecticut river, 

 which had been admitted into an uni6n with 

 Verm,ont, should be erected into a county by 

 themselves ?" The vote passed in the negative. 

 Finding by this, and some other votes, that the 

 assembly declined to do any thing more, to ex- 

 tend their jurisdiction to the east of Connecticut 

 river, the members from those towns -withdrew 

 from the assembly, arid were follov;ed by fifteen 

 of the representatives from some of the towns 

 in Vermont, adjoining to the river, with the 

 deputy governor, and two assistants. The as- 

 jiembly of Vermont consisted of but sixty mem- 

 bers, two thirds of which were necessary to 

 make a house, to do business ; And this, was 

 just the number that was left, Vv'hen the seceding 

 members had withdrawn. The remaining memt 

 bers went on with the public business, and con- 

 tinued their session, until the business of it was 

 finished : But they referred the matter to their 



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