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forbidding it.^ On March 1 the proclamation was published,
calling on the inhabitants to renounce the "insidious at-
tempts of evil-minded and designing men" which could only
tend to introduce "disorder and anarchy" to the detriment of
the real interests of the province and result only in ". . .
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confusion, disgrace, and ruin."
The Governor's proclamation, notwithstanding, the dele-
gates began to assemble in New Bern on April 3. Of the Gen-
eral Assembly and the Provincial Congress, the latter was
somewhat larger, having some twenty more delegates; by and
large, however, the membership was identical. The resulting
situation was unique," with one group of men sitting as two
separate assemblies, one legally constituted by royal author-
ity and the other a revolutionary body sitting in open defi-
ance of their King and Governor. Both bodies met in the same
hall and were presided over by the same man, as John Harvey
was chosen Speaker of the one and Moderator of the other.^
The delegates would meet as the Provincial Congress until the
Governor's secretary was announced at the door, and ". . .in
an Instant, in the twinkling of an eye, Mr. Moderator Harvey...
2?At the time of the first Provincial Congress, the Coun-
cil had reacted in a similar manner. Then, disregarding the
Governor's proclamation, they attended the meeting themselves.
It would seem that their attitude was partially determined
by the presence or absence of the Governor.
2®Saunders, Colonial Records, IX, 1145-1146.
^Connor, Cornelius Harnett, p. 83.
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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/m1/54/?q=green+energy&rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .