September 5th
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ON THIS DAY IN 1781
BATTLE OF THE CAPES*
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ON THIS DAY IN 1774
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESSMEETS IN PHILADELPHIA
“It was Resolved here, to abide by the General Choice of Philadelphia, tho judged an improper Place, and to fix upon the 5th. of Septr. (as the South Carolinians have done) for the Time.”
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
National Park Service
To Thomas Johnson, Junior
Williamsburg, 5 August 1774
Sir,
As the Resolves of all the Colonies which had come to hand in this Meeting, adopted your Appointment of Philadelphia as the Place to hold the Congress in.** As the first of Septr. or thereabouts hath been fixed upon by all of them (except your Province) as a fit Time and as this Time is now so near at hand as to render it difficult, if practicable, to change it without putting too much to the Hazard; it was Resolved here, to abide by the General Choice of Philadelphia, tho judged an improper Place, and to fix upon the 5th. of Septr. (as the South Carolinians have done) for the Time.
These measures, or Appointments were more the Effects of a seeming Necessity, than Choice; and entered into by us to prevent any disappointment or Confusion which might arise from a Change of them; being finally agreed to after Lancaster, and the 15th. of Septr. were the Time and Place first chosen.
For the Resolutions of, and proceedings, in our Meeting, I refer you to the Letter wrote by our Committee of Correspondence to that of yours. We never before had so full a Meeting of delegates at any one Time, as upon the present Occasion. I shall not add, being a good deal hurried, but with Esteem remain Sr Yr most Obent Hube Sert ***
G:o Washington
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
Broadwoods Publishing (CC 2.0)
* see next entry
** The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia on 5 September to 26 October 1774. The body issued a Declaration and Resolves, some of the language and ideas of which would be included in documents such as the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. — NCC1
*** see, 24 July entry
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