203 AUTHENTIC HISTORY 



Cumberland— Umes Wilson, Robert Magaw and William Irvine. 

 ^e^/.5_Edward Biddle, Daniel Broadhead, Jonathan Potts, Thomas 

 Dundas and Christopher Schultz. 



Northampton~V^i\\\2.m Edmunds, Peter Kechlein, John Okeley and 



Jacob Arndt. 



Northuniherland—WiWidim Scull and Samuel Hunter. 

 Bedford — George Woods. 



Westmoreland— Rohen Hannah, James Cavett. 

 Thomas Willing was chosen Chairman. 

 Charles Thompson, Clerk. 



Agreed that, in case of any difference in sentiment, the question be 

 determined by the Deputies voting by counties. 



The letters from Boston of the 13th of May were then read, and a 

 short account given of the steps taken in consequence thereof, and the 

 measures now pursuing in this and the neighboring provinces; after 

 which the following resolves were passed: 



Unan. 1. That we acknowledge ourselves and the inhabitants of this 

 province, liege subjects of his Majesty King George the third, to whom 

 they and we owe and will bear true and faithful allegiance. 



Unan. II. That as the idea of an unconstitutional independence on 

 the parent state is utterly abhorrent to our principles, we view the un- 

 happy differences between Great Britain and the Colonies with the deep- 

 est distress and anxiety of mind, as fruitless to her, grievous to us, and 

 destructive of the best interests of both. 



Unan. III. That it is therefore our ardent desire, that our ancient har- 

 mony with the mother-country should be restored, and a perpetual love 

 and union subsist between us, on the principles of the constitution, and 

 an interchange of good offices, without the least infraction of our mutual 

 rights. 



Una7i. lY. That the inhabitants of these colonies are entitled to the 

 same rights and liberties within these colonies, that the subjects born 

 in England are entitled to within that realm. 



Unan. V. That the power assumed by the Parliament of Great Britain 

 to bind the people of these colonies, by statutes, " IN ALL cases what- 

 soever," is unconstitutional ; and therefore the source of these unhappy 

 difl'erences. 



Unan. VI. That the act of Parliament for shutting up the port o^ Boston 

 is unconstitutional; oppressive to the inhabitants of that town; danger- 

 ous to the liberties of the British Colonies ; and therefore, that we con- 

 sider our brethren at Boston as suffering in the common cause of these 

 colonies. 



Unan. VII. That the bill for altering the administration of justice in 

 certain criminal cases within the province of Massachusetts Bay, if passed 



