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Resolved that Henry Wisner and John Haring Esq. be the
Delegates from this County to meet the Delegates from the other Colonies in the ensuing General Congress to consult on proper Measures to be taken for the promising the Redress of our Grievances for which Purpose they are devised to repair to the
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in May, 1775 "that though they are arming with the greatest diligence and industry; it is not with design to oppose, but to strengthen government in the due exercise of constitutional authority". In May, all inhabitants were asked to sign an
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to be submitted to the public, and on May 17 they published a notice calling on the public to meet at the Coffee-house on May 19 at 1:00 pm to approve the committee and appoint others as they may see fit. At the meeting on May 19,
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Committee of Sixty was replaced by a more representative Committee of One Hundred on May 1, 1775. By May 4, the city had four companies of volunteers. On May 15, the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a fort at
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Committee then formed a subcommittee which reported a letter in response to the letters from Boston, calling for a "Congress of Deputies from the Colonies" to be assembled (which became known as the
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were then appointed, and the public of the City and County was invited to attend City Hall and concur in the appointments on July 7. This caused friction with the more radical
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September 5 to October 26, 1774. Previous to this committee's formation, opposition to the British was organized through the informal leadership of the
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Congress to be held at Philadelphia on or about the first Monday in September next or at such other Time and Place as shall be expedient for that Purpose
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Loyal Whigs and Revolutionaries: The Making of the Revolution in New York, 1765-1776
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The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776
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233:First Continental Congress
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46:First Continental Congress
557:Launitz-Schurer, pg. 160
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331:Committee of inspection
237:Continental Association
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26:committee of inspection
524:John Coe Esq. Chairman
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134:Meeting in the Fields
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292:Cadwallader Colden
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219:Committee of Sixty
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297:Association
170:John Haring
136:on July 6.
114:James Duane
616:Categories
564:References
97:John Alsop
337:Footnotes
305:loyalists
273:Highlands
252:Isaac Low
66:Isaac Low
30:Manhattan
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122:John Jay
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