Diary of Christopher Marshall, July 15, 1774

This day, about four o'clock, P. M. met at the Carpenters' Hall, in this city, the representatives appointed to attend from the several committees of the different counties in this Province, viz. Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Berks, Northampton, and Northumberland, to confer with the committee chosen by this city and county, and also to consult and consider what may be proper to propose to our General Assembly that is called by our Governor to meet the 18th instant, respecting the critical situation of all the American Colonies. There appeared in this meeting great unanimity, and a set of resolves [was adopted] in general, declaratory of the sense of this Province on the present state of British America, and the peculiar sufferings

of our brethren in Boston, in order to lay before our Assembly, the 18th.

Arrived this day at New Castle, the ship Peace and Plenty, Captain McKinzey, with four hundred passengers, from Belfast.

SOURCE: William Duane, Editor, Passages from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution, Vol. 1, 1774-1777, pp. 8-9