CONTINENTAL CONGRESS APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On May 23, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting at the Pennsylvania State House here in Philadelphia, appointed a committee of five delegates to confer with General Washington, Major General Gates and Brig General Mifflin on supporting the cause in Canada.
The committee included Benjamin Harrison, Richard Henry Lee, John Adams, James Wilson and Edward Rutledge.
On the same day, the Virginia Convention voted unanimously to instruct its delegates in Congress to declare the colonies free and independent states.
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SOURCE
"Second Continental Congress: May 23, 1776," Journals of the Continental Congress, www.americanfounding.org/
