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About this period, the respective rights of the colonies occu- 

 pied much of the public attention ; and among those who 

 boldly advocated their rights, was Mr. Carroll. In 17 70 Mr. 

 Carroll was appointed, in conjunction with four other dis- 

 tinguished gentlemen, to visit Canada, and persuade the in- 

 habitants to unite with the colonies in the cause of liberty ; 

 but various circumstances rendered his mission abortive. 

 Mr. Carroll came to Philadelphia just as Congress was 

 discussing the question of declaring the colonies free and 

 independent. He was in favour of this ; but the delegates 

 from Maryland were instructed to vote against it. Mr. 

 Carroll, hearing this, left Philadelphia immediately for Anna- 

 polis, where the convention was then sitting, and suc- 

 ceeded by his efforts in inducing that body to give their dele- 

 gates instructions to vote for independence. On the same day 

 he was appointed a delegate to Congress. Mr. Carroll had 

 not voted on this subject, not being a member of Congress at 

 the time the votes were taken. Mr. Hancock asked him if he 

 would sign it. Most willingly, he replied, and immediately affixed 

 his name to that immortal document ; upon which one of the 

 members remarked, " There goes half a million at the dash of 

 a pen." Mr. Carroll aided in the formation of the constitution 

 of Maryland in 1776, and continued in Congress until 1778. 

 In the Senate of Maryland he served for several years, and 

 was a member of the United States Senate for a long pe- 

 riod. In 1810 he quitted public life, and passed the remainder 

 of his days in tranquillity. He died at Baltimore, Nov. 14, 

 1832, in his 96th year. 



CASS. 



Situation, Boundaries. — This county lies partly in 

 the primitive and partly in the transition formation. 

 Bounded N. by Murray, E. by Gilmer and Cherokee, W. by 

 Floyd, S. by Cobb and Paulding. Laid out from Cherokee 

 in 1832. 



Post Offices. — Cassville, Adairsville, Allatoona, Carters- 



