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the common cause we think upon the whole he
ought to be restored to the confidence of his
Countrymen.

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 intituled an Ordinance
for raising and embodying a sufficient force for the
defence and protection of this Colony and after some time
spent therein Mr. President resumed the Chair and
Mr. Cary reported that the Committee had according
to order had under their Consideration the said
Ordinance and had made a farther