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The Orlando Furioso, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)
The Orlando Furioso Vol 6 - Classic Reprint Author:Lodovico Ariosto THE BIETH OF THE REPUBLIC. — CHAPTER I. — THE STAMP ACT-THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF 1765. — The following account of the Continental Convention of 1765, which met in New York, is from the fifth volume of " Bancroft's History of tho United States:" — " On Monday, the 7th of October, delegates chosen by the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, R... more »hode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and South Carolina; delegates named by a written requisition from the individual representatives of Delaware and New Jersey; and the legislative Committee of Correspondence of New York,-met at New York in Congress. New Hampshire, though not present by deputy, yet agreed to abide by the result; and they were gladdened during this session by tbe arrival of the express-messenger from Georgia, sent near a thousand miles by land, to obtain a copy of their proceedings."
It is proper to explain, in this place, that North Carolina was not represented in this general congress of the Colonies, for th
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