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I hereby certify that I was present in Charlotte on the 19th and 20th days of May, 1775, when a regular deputation from all the Captains' companies of Militia in the County of Mecklenburgh, to wit: Colonel Thomas Polk, Adam Alexander, Lieutenant-Colonel Abram Alexander, John M' Knitt Alexander, Hezekiah Alexander, Ephraim Brevard and a number of others, who met to consult and take measures for the peace
ISAAC ALEXANDER.
October 8, 1830.
Certificate of Isaac Alexander
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and tranquillity of the citizens of said County, and who appointed Abraham Alexander their Chairman, and Doctor Ephraim Brevard Secretary; who, after due consultation, declared themselves absolved from their allegiance to the King of Great Britain, and drew up a declaration of their independence, which was unanimously adopted; and employed Captain James Jack to carry copies thereof to Congress, who accordingly went. These are a part of the transactions that took place at that time, as far as my recollection serves me.