Which was agreed to, and that the Gentlemen who were appointed to prepare & receive Plans or Schemes for the Union of the Colonies the 24 ult^ should be a Committee for this purpose.

The Plan fir an Union of the Colonies was debated, but the Board came to no resolves upon it.

Adjourned to Nine oClock to morrow morning

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678 MANUSCRIPTS OF

At a Meeting in the Court House at* Albany

on Tuesday the 2^ July 1754 A M. Present

All the Commissioners from Massachusets Bay, New Hampshire, Connecticvit, Rhode Island, Pensylvania, and Maryland. After debates held on the Plan of an Union, it was moved K they Board should proceed to form the plan of Union of the Colonies to be established by an Act of Parliament.

Whereupon it was moved to put the previous Question -- which passed in the Negative.

The Question was then put whether the Board should proceed to form the Plan of a Union of the Colonies to be established by an act of parliament -- which passed in the Affirmative. Adjomned to 3 aClock in the Afternoon.

At a meeting as aforesaid on Tuesday

the 2d July 1754. P. M. Pbesent

Thye Lieu* Governor, & the four Gentlepa^ of the Council

of New York and all the Commissioners from the Several

Governm*s above mentioned.

The answer of the Six Nations to the General Speech ipade to

them on Saturday last by his Honour the Lieu* Governor of New

York in his Majesties name and in the presence and behalf of the