Address of the Committee of Cumberland County

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At a Committee held for Cumberland County, on Friday, the 10th of, March, 1775; Present, George Carrington, Chairman, William Fleming, John Mayo, Joseph Carrington, Littleberry Mosby, Carter H˙ Harrison, James Pleasants, George Carrington, Junior, William Smith, Robert Smith, Maurice Langhorne, Benjamin Wilson, Richard Eggleston, Frederick Hatcher, Edward Haskins, Edward Carrington, John Woodson, Henry Macon, and Charles Woodson, Junior.

Resolved, That the following Address of Thanks be presented to the Delegates who represented this Colony in the late Continental Congress:

To the Honourable PEYTON RANDOLPH, Esquire, RICHARD HENRY LEE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, PATRICK HENRY, Junior, RICHARD BLAND, BENJAMIN HARRISON, and EDMUND PENDLETON, Esquires.

GENTLEMEN: Permit us, in behalf of ourselves and of our constituents, to acknowledge our grateful sense of your faithful discharge of the trust reposed in you by the unbought suffrages of your countrymen, in the important services

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We beg leave to declare our full approbation of, and hearty concurrence in, the prudent and pacifick measures adopted by the late Continental Congress, of which you formed so respectable a part, and to assure you that we will exert our utmost diligence and zeal to carry the same into effect. At the same time, when we reflect on the manner in which the schemes agitated against the Colonies for their destruction, have been conducted, we should be greatly wanting in our duty and prudence, did we not extend our views to the most unhappy events, and endeavour, as far as circumstances will permit, to prepare for every contingency.

With hearts deeply impressed with the pleasure of handing down to posterity your names, and those of your worthy brethren of the Congress, as the friends and guardians of your country; of beholding your wise measures applauded and adopted by every City, Town, and County, throughout British America, and overflowing with the warmest wishes for every blessing on you and your posterity, we beg leave to assure you that we, shall be ready to risk our lives and fortunes in your defence, when any personal insult shall be offered you by the tools of an incensed and corrupt Administration, and that we are your affectionate countrymen, and much obliged humble servants.

GEORGE CARRINGTON, Chairman.