Meetings of Inhabitants of Morris County, New-Jersey

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Pursuant to an appointment of a meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Morris, agreeable to notice given by the former Committee of Correspondence, the said Freeholders and Inhabitants did meet accordingly on Monday, the first day of May, Anno Domini, 1775.

JACOB FORD, Esq., Clerk.

WILLIAM DE HART, Esq., Clerk.

And came into the following Votes and Resolutions, to wit:

That Delegates be chosen to represent the County of Morris,, and that the said Delegates be vested with the power of legislation, and that they raise Men, Money, and Arms for the common defence, and point out the mode, method, and means of raising, appointing, and paying the said Men and Officers, subject to the control and direction of the Provincial and Continental Congress; and that afterwards they meet in Provincial Congress with such Counties as shall send to the same, jointly with them to levy taxes on the Province, with full power of legislative authority, if they think proper to exercise the same, for the said Province, and the said Provincial Congress be subject to the control of the Grand Continental Congress.

And they proceeded to elect the following persons to be their Delegates as aforesaid, to wit:

William Winds, Esquire, William De Hart, Esquire, Silas Condit, Peter Dickerson, Jacob Drake, Ellis Cook, Jonathan Stiles, Esq., David Thompson, Esq., Abraham Kitchell.

By order:

WILLIAM DE HART, Clerk.

And pursuant to the above appointment, the said Delegates met at the house of Captain Peter Dickerson, at Morristown,, in the County of Morris,, on the said first day of May, 1775:

Present: William Winds, Esquire, William De Hart,, Esq., Silas Condit, Peter Dickerson, Jacob Drake, Ellis Cook, Jonathan Stiles,, Esq., David Thompson, Esquire, Abraham Kitchell.

William Winds, Esq., was unanimously chosen Chairman. Archibald Dallas was appointed Clerk. Voted unanimously, That any five of the Delegates, when met, be a body of the whole, and do make a board, and that a majority of them so met should make a vote.

Voted unanimously, That Forces should be raised.

Then the Delegates adjourned till to-morrow, at nine o' clock in the forenoon, to meet at the house of Captain Peter Dickerson aforesaid.

Meeting of Freeholders and Inhabitants of Morris County, New-Jersey. Delegates appointed to a County Congress, vested with the power of Legislation, and to raise Men, Money and Arms, for the common offence, Delegates to the County Congress meet. William Winds chosen Chairman, and Archibald Dallas, Clerk, Voted unanimously that Forces be raised. [1775-05-01] New-Jersey, Morris County Meeting. [S4-V2-p0457] [Document Details][Complete Volume]