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ready manner, had agreed to comply with the request in 

 the former of those propositions ; but we are now inform- 

 ed tliat, on account of the Indian disturbances, the Gov- 

 ernor has found it necessary to call the Assembly to meet 

 m their legislative capacity, on Monday, the 18th of July, 

 being about the same time the Speaker would probably 

 have invited them to a conference or convention in their 

 private capacity. 



What we have therefore to request is, that if you 

 approve of the mode expressed in the second proposition, 

 the whole or part of the committee appointed, or to be 

 appointed for your county, will meet the committees from 

 the other counties, at Philadelphia, on Friday the fifteenth 

 of July, in order to assist in framing instructions, and 

 preparing such matter as may be proper to recommend 

 to our representatives, at their meeting the Monday 

 following. 



We trust, no apology is necessary for the trouble we 

 propose giving your committee of attending at Philadel- 

 phia, as we are persuaded you are fully convinced of the 

 necessity of the closest Union among ourselves, both in 

 sentiment and action ; nor can such union be obtained so 

 well by any other method, as by a meeting of the county 

 committees of each particular province in one place, 

 preparatory to the general Congress. 



We would not offer such an affront to the well known 

 public spirit of Pennsylvania, as to question your zeal on 

 the present occasion. Our very existence in the ranks of 

 freemen, and the security of all that ought to be dear to 

 us, evidently depend upon our conducting this great cause 

 to its proper issue by firmness, wisdom and unanimity. 

 We cannot therefore doubt your ready concurrence in 

 every measure that may be conducive to the public good; 

 and it is with pleasure we can assure you, that all the 



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