Reward a patriotic Breast can fill, the Applause
of your County; who in Order to bear Testimony of
of your merit, have directed me to convey to you
their sincere Thanks for the Services you have
rendered them in the important Office to which
they appointed you. And it is with great Pleas-
ure I now, Gentlemen, in Behalf of this Colony
in general, and of this Convention in particu-
lar, return you those Thanks which have been
so unanimously resolved by the Convention to
be your Due.
To which the Delegates returned the following
Answer:
We, the delegates appointed to represent this
Province in the Continental Congress late held
at Philadelphia, beg Leave to express a Heart-
felt gratitude for this public Testimonial which
we have received from you of the Approbation
of our Constituents of our Conduct, in the most
important Transaction in which any Member
of Society can have been engaged. With Diffi
dence we undertook the sacred Trust of being
joined to a Body of Men, appointed to be the
Guardians of the constitutional Rights and
Privileges of British America. if we have execu-
ted that Charge, to give Satisfaction to the
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Reward a patriotic Breast can fill, the Applause of
of your Country; who, in Order to bear Testimony of
they appointed you. And it is with great Pleas=
=ure I now, Gentlemen, in Behalf of this Colony
in general, and of this Convention in particu=
=lar, return you those Thanks which have been
at Philadelphia, beg Leave to express a Heart=
=felt Gratitude for this public Testimonial which
of Society can have been engaged. With Diffi=
=dence we undertook the sacred Trust of being
Privileges of British America. If we have execu=
=ted that Charge, to give Satisfaction to the
of your Merit; have directed me to convey to you
they appointed you. Ans it is with great Pleas.
in general, and of this Convention in particu.
by your Due.
felt Gratitude for the public Testimonial which
we have received from you in the Approbation
of Society can have been engaged. With Diffi.
:denc we undertook the sacred Trust of being
Privileges of British America. If we have execu.