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FOR MARYLAND.

At a meeting of the Deputies appointedby the several Counties of the Province of Maryland, at the City of Annapolis, by adjournment, on the eighth of December, 1774, and continued till the twelfth day of The same month:

Resolved unanimously, That the Honourable Matthew Tilghman, Thomas Johnson, Jun˙, Rober Goldsborough, Williaam Paca, Samuel Chase, John Hall, and Thomas Stone, Esquires, or any three or more of them, be Delegates to represent this Province in the next Continental Congress, and that they, or any three or more of them, have full and ample power to consent and agree to all measures which such Congress shall deem necessary and

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effectual to obtain a redress of American grievances; and this Province bind themselves to execute, to the utmost of their power, all resolutions which the said Congress may adopt. And further, if the said Congress shall think necessary to adjourn, we do authorize our said Delegates to resent and act this Province in any one Congress, to be held by virtue of such adjournment.

Signed by order,

JOHN DUCKET, Clerk.

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* Note. — All the Members attended except those marked thus*

Details

Title: Credentials of the Delegates read and approved
Creator: Continental Congress
Editor: Continental Congress
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1774-12-08
Recipient: Maryland Delegates, Continental Congress
Presentation Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America
Before Whom: Continental Congress
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Political philosophy: American nationalism, unity, rights of America
Political philosophy: republicanism and representation
Document ID: S4-V2-P01-sp51-D0010
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V2
Part: S4-V2-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V2-P01-sp51
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