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scheduled to meet in Newbern on July 12, although the strong
probability existed that Governor Martin would again prorogue
it. The fact remained that as the delegates to both meetings
would be, for the most part, the same men, Johnston felt com-
pelled to wait until the exiled Governor acted.^ Furthermore,
Johnston was inclined to consider the requests for the con-
gress as premature, and not desiring further to damage rela-
tions with the royal government without due deliberations,
he hesitated. Connor quotes a letter in which Johnston wrotet
'I expect my conduct in not immediately calling
a provincial congress will be much censured by
many, but being conscious of having discharged my
duty according to my best judgement I shall be
the better able'to bear it.'-^
Unrelenting in their efforts to dissuade Johnston from
his position, the Wilmington committee, on June 29, implied
that Johnston was applying the wrong standards to the deter-
mination of his decision and suggested that the "Circumstances
of the times, and expectations of the people ..." were more
appropriate yardsticks for determining his conduct.-1^ on
July 13, having still received no word from Johnston, the
Wilmington committee again wrote that their situation was
"truly alarming." Amid both evidence and rumor that the
Governor was rapidly collecting "mefi, provisions, warlike
•^Sikes,
5, The Transition of Nortft Carolina From Colony
to Commonwealth.p. **2, "
l^Gowior, Cornelius Harnett, p, 103.
^Sftunder*, qolonia^ Beooydg. fX, 255.
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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/m1/67/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .