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preceedlng session. When the decision was conveyed to
Speaker John Harvey, he displayed a "violent mood" and de-
clared that "... the people will call one themselves." To
Samuel Johnston, Harvey declared himself in favor of assem-
bling a convention independent of the Governor and he deter-
mined to lead the way personally by Issuing a call under his
own name. The idea, though revolutionary, received the gen-
eral support of the province's leading citizens, as the only
remaining measure to save the colony from ruln.^ William
Hooper expressed an ever spreading sentiment when he wrote
that the colonies were rapidly moving toward independence and
before long would "btfild an empire upon the ruins of Great
Britain.1,7
The inhabitants of the Wilmington District took the lead
in moving toward a convention independent of Governor Martin.
On July 21, a general meeting, led by William Hooper, ap-
pointed a committee to prepare a circular letter to the sev-
eral counties of the province calling for a general provincial
meeting to debate the alarming state of the American colonies
and to adopt and prosecute whatever measures would appear
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effective to avert the impending crisis. The Wilmington
meeting not only called for a provincial convention but
* ^Saunders, Colonial Records, IX, 968.
7lbld., p. 985.
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Peter Force, editor, American Archives, 4-th series,
6 vols. (Washington, 1837-1H53). I,"518:
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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/m1/44/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .