Which meeting held from six until near ten o'clock. The debates ran high
respecting their conduct in these troublesome times that are expected. In
regard thereto, their members were enjoined not to concern themselves in the
public disputes, nor to interrupt any of the king's officers in the discharge
of their duty, but to pay all humble and dutiful obedience unto the king or his
ministers' mandates, from time to time; not to join, nor be in any of the city,
county, provincial, or general committees, if so, whoever offends is to be
dealt with as walking contrary to their discipline.
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. 13
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