Memorial from Robert and John Murray, Congress in Committee of the Whole, on the state of America

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Tuesday, May 16, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

A Memorial from Robert and John Murray, of New-York, was laid before the Congress, and read.

Ordered, To lie on the table.

Agreeable to the Order of the Day, the Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, to take into consideration the state of America. After some time spent therein, the President resumed the chair, and Mr˙ Tilghman reported from the Committee, that they had taken

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Resolved, That the Congress will, to-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole, to take into consideration the state of America.

Adjourned till to-morrow, at twelve o' clock.