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Resolved, that the same be put off till tomorrow.
Adjourned till tomorrow half after 10 oClock.

Wednesday December 27th 1775.
The President laid before the Convention a letter
from Col. Howe also a letter from Col. Woodford,
which were read and ordered to be referred to the
Committee on the state of the Colony.

Mr. Holt from the Committee appointed presented
according to orde an Ordinance to amend an
Ordinance intituted an Ordinance for regulating
the Election of Delegate and ascertaining their allowances
and also for regulating the election of Committee men
in the several Counties and Corporations with in this
Colony and for other purposes therein mentioned which
was read the first time and ordered to be read a
second time.

The Convention then according to the order of the
Day resolved itself into a Committee on the Ordinance
for raising an additional number of forces for the
defence and protection of this Colony and for amending
an Ordinance for raising and embodying our
sufficient