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[{"insert":"\t"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Resolved"},{"insert":", That five persons be elected to represent this Colony in Continental Congress, to serve for one year, unless a new appointment be made before that time, any one of whom shall have power to vote.\n\n\tMr. "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sergeant"},{"insert":" having resigned his appointment as a Delegate in the Continental Congress,\n\n\t"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Ordered"},{"insert":", That his resignation be accepted.\n\n\tAdjourned to three o’clock, afternoon.\n\n\tMet according to adjournment.\n\n\tThe Congress proceeded to the election of Delegates to represent this Colony in Continental Congress, when "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Richard Stockton, Abraham Clark, John Hart, Francis Hopkinson"},{"insert":", Esquires, and Dr. "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"John Witherspoon"},{"insert":", were elected by ballot to serve for one year, unless a new appointment be made before that time.\n\n\t"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Resolved"},{"insert":", That the following Instructions be given to the Delegates so elected, viz:\n\n\t"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"To"},{"insert":" RICHARD STOCKTON, ABRAHAM CLARK, JOHN HART, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Esquires"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"and the Rev. Dr."},{"insert":" JOHN WITHERSPOON, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Delegates appointed to represent the Colony of"},{"insert":" NEW-JERSEY "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"in Continental Congress"},{"insert":".\n\n\tThe Congress empower and direct you, in the name of this Colony, to join with the Delegates of the other Colonies in Continental Congress, in the most vigorous measures for supporting the just rights and liberties of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"America"},{"insert":".\tAnd, if you shall judge it necessary and expedient for this purpose, we empower you to join with them in declaring the United Colonies independent of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Great Britain"},{"insert":", entering into a Confederacy for union and common defence, making treaties with foreign nations for commerce and assistance, and to take such other measures as to them and you may appear necessary for these great ends, promising to support them with the whole force of this Province; always observing, that whatever plan of Confederacy you enter into, the regulating the internal police of this Province is to be reserved to the Colony Legislature.\n"}]
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Appendix A: State and Local Declarations of Independence
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States
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Massachusetts
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Counties
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Appendix B: Local Resolutions on Independence: Some Examples
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New York
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Grand Jury Presentments
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Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence: The Jefferson Draft with Congress's Editorial Changes
Force, Peter. American Archives: consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs, the whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the north American colonies; of the causes and accomplishment of the American Revolution; and of the constitution of government for the United States, to the final ratification thereof. 4th Series, Volume VI. Washington: M. St Clair Clarke, 1846. Available at HeinOnline.
