The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776 Page: 36
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CHAPTER II
GOVERNMENT BY COMMITTEE
When Governor Joslah Martin dissolved the North Carolina
General Assembly in March, 177^ he was, in effect, bringing
to an end any further effectiveness the royal government
might have enjoyed. Although the Assembly would meet once
again and Martin would continue for a short time to play his
assigned role, the citizens of North Carolina were now forced
to look to other sources for the effective exercise of civil
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authority.
The mounting crisis within the colonial government had
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been of prime concern to its leaders for several months, with
the result that many an anxious conference was held in the
hope of devising an effective plan for united action. One
of the most Important of those meetings was that of Josiah
Qulncy, Jr., of Massachusetts, with Cornelius Harnett and
Robert Howe, of North Carolina. Quj.ncy, while traveling
through the Cape Fear region, spent the night of March JQ,
1773 at the home of Harnett, whom he described as "the Samuel
Adams of North Carolina (except in point of fortune.)" Quincy
recorded that the "plan of continental correspondence" was
highly relished, much wished for, ajid resolved upon as proper
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McCarty, Jerry L. The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776, thesis, January 1970; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131213/m1/41/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .