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Charles Pinckney chosen President. American Bill of Rights, as declared by the Continental Congress, approved. The Association approved. Thanks to the Continental Congress, for their wise and spirit...

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On Wednesday, the llth day of January, 1775, the Deputies from every Parish and District in the
Province of South Carolina, met at the Exchange, in Charlestown, agreeably to the Resolutions of
Election, when
They unanimously chose Colonel Charles Pinckney, to be their President,
And Peter Timothy, a Member, to be their Secretary.
They then adjourned to the Chamber of the Commons House of Assembly, in the west end of the
State House;

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Ordered, That the American Bill of Rights, as declared by the Continental Congress, be taken into
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-the Association formed by the late Continental Congress, be taken into immediate
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When the Proceedings of the Continental Congress were laid before them.

The Association was then read, and, after long debate, its was

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Resolved, That this Congress do approve the American Association.
Ordered, That the Resolutions of the late Continental Congress, on the 10th of September last,
and the first, second, fourth, and sixth Resolutions of the said Congress, on the 14th of October
last, be taken into immediate consideration.
Resolved, That this Congress do approve the above Resolutions of the Continental Congress.
Ordered, That the President do return the most cordial and grateful thanks of this Congress to
each of the late Delegates from this Colony to the late Continental Congress, for their able and
faithful discharge, in the said Congress, of the high trust reposed in them by their country. And the
same was done accordingly.
Resolved, That the unfeigned thanks of every American are justly due to the worthy and patriotick
Members of the

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late Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, for their wise and spirited exertions in behalf of
American Liberty: and the Representatives of this Colony, now met in Provincial Congress, do
hereby, in behalf of themselves, and in the names of their constituents, unanimously express their
sense of the great services rendered them by those important proceedings.
Ordered, That the Reverend Mr˙ Turquand, a Member, be desired to celebrate divine service in

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Charles Pinckney chosen President. American Bill of Rights, as declared by the Continental Congress, approved. The Association approved. Thanks to the Continental Congress, for their wise and spirit...

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Provincial Congress.
Resolved, That the President do return the thanks of the Congress to the Reverend Mr˙ Turquand,
Rector of St˙ Matthews Parish, for his devout and pious performance of divine service before the
Congress. And the same was done accordingly.
Resolved, That it be recommended by this Congress to the inhabitants of this Colony, that they
give a preference

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to their own Flour and other Manufactures; and that such articles be sold at reasonable rates.

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