Committee on Non-Consumption Agreement ordered to sit forthwith

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Tuesday, October 25, 1774.

Congress met agreeable to adjournment.

Ordered, That the Committee appointed to report a Non-consumption Agreement, sit forthwith.

Mr˙ Wheeler brought into Congress a Letter directed to Doctor Appleton, purporting the propriety, that while we are attempting to free ourselves from our present embarrassments, and preserve ourselves from slavery, that we also take into consideration the state and circumstances of the Negro Slaves in this Province. The same was read, and it was moved that a Committee be appointed to take the same into consideration. After some debate thereon, the question was put, whether the matter now subside, and it passed in the affirmative.

Ordered, That Mr˙ Patterson, Mr˙ Devens, and Doctor Holten, be a Committee to inquire into the state of all the stores in the Commissary General' s office.

Upon a motion, the question was put, whether a Committee be appointed to take into consideration the propriety of having the Donations which shall be made to the Poor of the town of Boston, stored in the country, and passed in the negative.

Resolved, That four o' clock this afternoon be assigned to take into consideration the state of the Executive Courts throughout this Province.

Ordered, That the Committee appointed to inquire into the state of all the Stores in the Commissary General' s office, report forthwith.