Some Account of George Washingtons Library And Manuscript Records And Their Dis
Some Account of George Washingtons Library And Manuscript Records And Their Dis
Joseph M Joseph Meredith Toner
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For many years it re- mained the largest hotel in the city, and the gathering place for the mem- bers of the Continental Congress. It was from this house on the 5th of September, 1774, says John Adams in his diary, that "At 10 o'clock the GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DIARY, 1774 TONER. 133 5. Breakfasted and Dined at Doct r . Shippers Spent y e Evens at Tavern 6. Dined at the New Tavern after being in Congress 73 all day. 7. Dined at M r . Pleasants 74 and spent the Evening in a Club 75 at the New Taver...n. delegates all met at the City Tavern, and walked to Carpenter's Hall. " Within an hour afterwards the First Continental Congress was success- fully organized by the selection of Peyton Randolph as president, and Charles Thomson as secretary. "This was a congress of delegates fresh from the people and untram- meled by instructions. The advisableness of a confederated union between all the English colonies for their better protection was early felt by the leading minds in America. Some such conference and union had been recommended in New England as early as 1643 and again by William Penn in 1696-'97.
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