"Most of the Deputies who composed the late " Provincial Congress, held in this City, were only " vested with powers to chose Delegates to represent "the Province at the next Continental Congress, "and the Convention having executed that trust " dissolved themselves : It is therefore thought "adviseable by this Committee, that a Provincial "Congress be immediately summoned to deliberate " upon, and from time to time to direct such measures " as may be expedient for our common safety.
"We persuade ourselves, that no argumen's can
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
" now be wanting to evince the necessity of a perfect " union ; and we know of no method in which " the united sense of the people of the province can " be collected, but the one now proposed. We there- " fore entreat your County heartily to unite in the " choice of proper persons to represent them at a " Provincial Congress to be held in this City on the " 22d of May next. -- Twenty Deputies are proposed " for this City, and in order to give the greater weight ■" and influence to the councils of the Congress, we " could wish the number of Deputies from the "counties, may be considerable.
"We can assure you, that the appointment of a " Provincial Congress, 1 approved of by the inhabitants " of this city in general, is the most proper and " salutary measure that can be adopted in the present " melancholy state of this Continent ; and we shall be " happy to find, that our brethren in the different "Counties concur with us in opinion.