Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Diary of Christopher Marshall, September 5, 1774

The gentlemen that arrived in town as delegates, about fifty-three in number, met at the Carpenters' Hall, when Hon. Peyton Randolph was chosen chairman, and Charles Thompson, secretary.

SOURCE: William Duane, Editor, Passages from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution, Vol. 1, 1774-1777, p. 10

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