Sussex County (Virginia) Committee

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At a Committee held for the County of Sussex, in Virginia, at the Court-House, on Thursday the 6th of April, 1775, present: Thomas Peete, Esq˙, Chairman, and twenty-seven other Members of the said Committee:

The Proceedings of the Provincial Congress, lately held in the Town of Richmond and County of Henrico, were laid before the Committee by the late Delegates for this County; and the same being read, and maturely considered, the Committee came to the following Resolution:

Resolved, That the thanks of this Committee, in behalf of themselves and their constituents, the good people of this County, are justly due, and are most unfeignedly given to the Congress in general, and to our late worthy Delegates in particular, for the great pains and trouble they have been at, and wisdom shewn in their consultations and resolves, and to assure them that this Committee will adhere strictly to the spirit of the Resolves of the said Congress.

Signed by order.

THOMAS PEETE, Chairman.

JOHN MASSENBURG, Clerk.