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Saturday, January 21, 1775. — The Committee met, and came to the following Resolutions:
Resolved, That the Committees of the several Parishes in Congress now sitting, are not or cannot be called a Provincial
Resolved, That as the Committees of the several Parishes in Congress now sitting, have not fully approved of and adopted the measures entered into and recommended by the late Continental Congress, this Committee cannot join them without violating the General Association, which they have already acceded to, and betraying the trust reposed in them by their constituents.
And then the Committee adjourned sine die.
The above Extracts taken from the original Minutes, by JOSEPH WOOD, Secretary.
Resolutions of the St. John' s Committee
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Congress, as the greater number of the Parishes in this Province are not represented therein; they therefore are not bound by the proceedings of the said Committees, although they may arrogate to themselves such a power.