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Saturday, August 17, 1776.

A Letter of the 13th, from General Washington, was read.

The Delegates of New-Jersey laid before Congress a Resolution of their Convention, empowering any One of them to represent the said State, in these words:

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"In Provincial Congress, New-Jersey, Burlington, June 23, 1776.

"Upon the question, whether one or more Delegates shall be a quorum to represent this Province in Continental Congress, it was carried in favour of one.

"Extract from the Minutes:

"WILLIAM PATTERSON, Secretary."

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Aug 17

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text

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documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-08-17

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Social reality: government organization

Document ID

S5-V1-P01-sp16-D0052

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V1

Part

S5-V1-P01

Sub-Part

S5-V1-P01-sp16

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