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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 9 | 9 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Congress, Continental
The first Continental Congress assembled in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 5, 1774, when eleven of the English-American colonies were represented by forty-four delegates—namely, two from New Hampshire, four from Massachusetts, two from Rhode Island, three from Connecticut, five from New Yor ters.
The division is attributed to moral and philosophical causes.
The sessions of the Continental Congress were opened at the following times and places: Sept. 5, 1774, Philadelphia; May 10, 1775, ditto; Dec. 20, 1776, Baltimore; March 4, 1777, Philadelphia; Sept. 27, 1777, Lancaster, Pa.; Sept. 30, 1777, York, Pa.; July 2, 1 e was fixed by the articles of Confederation (q. v.). The presidents of the Continental Congress were:
Name.Where From.When Elected.
Peyton RandolphVirginiaSept. 5, 1774.
Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaOct. 2, 1774.
Peyton RandolphVirginiaMay 10, 1775.
John HancockMassachusettsMay 24, 1775.
Henry LaurensSouth CarolinaNov. 1,
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