TO THE
PEOPLE OF
GREAT-BRITAIN,
FROM THE
DELEGATES,
Appointed by the several ENGLISH CO-
LONIES of
NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
MASSA-
CHUSETT'S BAY,
RHODE-ISLAND and
PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS,
CONNEC-
TICUT,
NEW-YORK,
NEW-JERSEY,
PENNSYLVANIA, THE LOWER COUN-
TIES on
DELAWARE,
MARYLAND,
VIRGINIA,
NORTH-CAROLINA, and
SOUTH-CAROLINA, to consider of
their Grievances in GENERAL CON-
GRESS, at
PHILADELPHIA,
Septem-
ber 5th, 1774.
Friends, and Fellow Subjects,
WHEN a Nation, led to greatness by
the hand of Liberty, and possessed of
all the glory that heroism, munificence, and hu-
manity can bestow, descends to the ungrateful
task of forging chains for her Friends and Chil-
dren, and instead of giving support to Free-
dom, turns advocate for Slavery and Oppres-
sion, there is reason to suspect she has either
ceased to be virtuous, or been extremely negli-
gent in the appointment of her rulers.