. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. vias direct* saltpetre, .fivlijje^^^,,Jj^:|^.,^,aj b^n-per bushei,T^v,i^!b>i^|ev6djr^/?^,.4ftp^two articl(M:o4pir^SSjr)ii$0 i|i)flij^,^m|r^,,M Ai • ^ ^ ■■•HiiiDhdoliiCtHiiv ^/tt^dm^aift-^ ii^m uudiotovi^ivii. the Con- ■ ^■- ^—-vp ■ s • Indows an ts >iiiops, stores, aaU iS D3ade to be forwarder; .i>siuHei;i;> ap- f-mted for purcliasiiig a.,.. The 22d of June, 1770, was ma«ip ?>!!r^>«»rable inthe histor Jersey by dele- to C-oagitss. V Ht Kichard Stockton, Abraham riart, Francis Hopkinson, and Johi ^
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. vias direct* saltpetre, .fivlijje^^^,,Jj^:|^.,^,aj b^n-per bushei,T^v,i^!b>i^|ev6djr^/?^,.4ftp^two articl(M:o4pir^SSjr)ii$0 i|i)flij^,^m|r^,,M Ai • ^ ^ ■■•HiiiDhdoliiCtHiiv ^/tt^dm^aift-^ ii^m uudiotovi^ivii. the Con- ■ ^■- ^—-vp ■ s • Indows an ts >iiiops, stores, aaU iS D3ade to be forwarder; .i>siuHei;i;> ap- f-mted for purcliasiiig a.,.. The 22d of June, 1770, was ma«ip ?>!!r^>«»rable inthe histor Jersey by dele- to C-oagitss. V Ht Kichard Stockton, Abraham riart, Francis Hopkinson, and Johi ^ ii. To the Dec- laration of Independence their names are signed,sioifATURB6 OF ■ jjQg in accordancc with their instructions from DELKGAXES TO OP iNj v Congress of that day, when a : ^ We empower you to joiis . ^gates of the other colonies] in de-■ United Colonies indeptmdent of •. T^x c^^^/j^^^^^^^^-ytr^z^ (Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a painting by Pine.) ONY AND AS A STATE 115 Britain, entering into a confederacy for union andcommon defense, making treaties with foreign na-tions for commerce and assistance, and to takesuch other measures as to them and you may ap-pear necessary for these great ends, promising tosupport them with the whole force of this Prov-ince; always observing that, whatever plan of con-federacy you enter into, the regulating the inter-nal police of this Province is to be reserved to theColony Legislature. In instructing its delegates in the ContinentalCongress the Provincial Congress followed a prec-edent already well established in the Countys committee, as early as Sep-tember 30, 1775, represented to the Honorablethe Delegates of the thirteen United Colonies inGeneral Congress Assembled that Cumberlandhad ever shown itself forward in the cause ofliberty, being the first in that part of the provinceto take up arms in
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