426 Appendix.

respecting the Rights and Priviledges of the Colonies &.^c It is
therefore resolv'd by this House that his Honor the Governor be
requested to deliver said Committees a Copy of his Commission as
one of the Judges of the Court of Enquiry constituted from home
and said to be held in this Colony and of all such other Papers which
were laid before said Court as may be consistant with his Honor as
Governor of this Colony
Voted
p Ord.^r J Lyndon Cler

The above written is a true Copy of a Vote of
the House of Deputies or lower House of
Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island

Teste Josias Lyndon Cler
[Endorsed on back] Rhode Island May 7^th 1773. Resolution

In the House of Deputies.
May 7^th 1773

Resolv'd that the Speaker of this House be requested to write to
the Speaker of the House of Burgisses in Virginia and to all other
Speakers of Assemblies in North-America informing them of the
Proceedings of this House relating to the Preservation of the Rights
of the Colonies
Voted p Ord.^r J Lyndon Cler

The above written is a true Copy of a Vote of
the House of Deputies or Lower House of
Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island

Teste Josias Lyndon Cler
[Endorsed on back] Rhode Island May 7.^th 1773.

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Province of in the house of Represent-
New Hampshire atives May 27.^th 1773

Original
from Vir-
ginia State
Library.

Resolved And Voted That a Standing Committee of Correspon-
dance and Enquiry be appointed, to consist of Seven persons, Viz^t
The Hon.^ble John Wentworth Esq.^r, John Sherburne, Will.^m Parker,
John Spaldinge, Jacob Sheafe, Christopher Toppan, and John Pick-
ering, Esquires any four of whom to be a Committee, whose Busi-
ness it shall be to obtain the Most Early & Authentick Intelligence
of all Such Acts & Resolutions of the British Parliament, or pro-
ceedings of administration, as may Relate to or affect the British
Colonies in America; and to keep up and maintain a Correspondance
and Communication with our Sister Colonies, Respecting these Im-