CONGRESS TO CONFER WITH WASHINGTON & OTHER GENERALS TO PLAN FOR ENSUING CAMPAIGN
Philadelphia (JFK+50) On May 25, 1776, the Second Continental Congress convened here in Philadelphia. The following resolution was presented for consideration...
"Resolved, That a committee to consist of one member from each of the colonies be appointed...to confer with General Washington, Major General Gates and Brigadier General Mifflin to plan military operations for the ensuing campaign."
In addition, the Congress determined it "highly expedient to engage the Indians in the Service of the United Colonies."
A number of deputies from four of the Six Nations of Indians* requested an audience with the Congress. This request was approved.
*The Six Nations (Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy) was a powerful, historic alliance of North American tribes. It included Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca & Tuscarora.
The confederacy played a major role in the colonial period & many of its principles influenced the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
SOURCE
"Second Continental Congress: May 25, 1776," Journals of the Continental Congress, The American Founding, www.americanfounding.org/
