1From George Washington to Townshend Dade, Jr., 19 November 1774 (Washington Papers)
As it is necessary that the Free holders of this County should be convened, in order to make choice of a Committee agreeably to the recommendation of the Congress for the purpose of carrying the Association more effectually into Execution I shall be obliged to you for giving notice at both your Churches that Wednesday the 30th of this Instt is appointed for this purpose at the Court House in...
2[Diary entry: 19 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
19. At home all day.
3[Diary entry: 19 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
19. Clear and Cold. Wind hard at No. West all day.
4The Question Discussed, [19 November 1774] (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Verner W. Crane, Benjamin Franklin’s Letters to the Press, 1758–1775 (Chapel Hill, N.C., [1950]), pp. 270–6. Verner Crane attributed this letter, printed in an issue of the Public Ledger that is apparently unavailable in the United States, to Franklin on the basis of abundant analogues with his known writings. But the content and style, although they sound like his, do not...