At a CONVENTION of the DELEGATES chosen by the several counties and districts, and by the city of Annapolis and town of Baltimore of the province of Maryland, at the city of Annapolis, on Wednesday the 14th of August, 1776,

The convention proceeded to the choice of a president, and the hon. Matthew Tilghman, esq. was unanimously elected.

The convention appointed Mr. Gabriel Duvall, clerk. Ordered, That he qualify himself as such, by taking oath that he will honestly, diligently, and faithfully discharge the office of clerk to the convention of Maryland, and that he will not disclose or reveal the secrets thereof."

Mr. Allen Quynn was appointed messenger, and Mr. Robert Reynolds door keeper. Ordered, That they severally qualify themselves as such, by taking the oath of office and secrecy as above directed to be taken by the clerk.

On motion, Resolved, That a committee of elections be appointed, and that they be directed to inspect the returns thereof, and report whether the elections have been made agreeable to the directions of the last convention; and Mr. Gilpin, Mr. S. Chase, Mr. Worthington, Mr. Wootton, and Mr. Carroll, were elected by ballot a committee for that purpose.

Adjourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Covention met. Mr. William Paca, a delegate returned for the city of Annapolis, and Mr. Nathaniel Potter, Mr. William Richardson, and Mr. Richard Mason, delegates returned for Caroline county, appeared and took their seats in the house.

On motion, Resolved, That the council of safety be empowered to draw for a sum not exceeding thirty thousand pounds, of the bills of credit now remaining in the hands of the treasurer, appropriated to the calling in and cancelling the bills of credit issued by the convention in July, 1775, and that they apply the same or any part thereof to the use of the public, as occasion may require; and that this convention will make such provision for calling in and cancelling the said former emission as may be necessary.

Certificates of the qualification of the clerk, messenger and doorkeeper, were produced and filed.

Mr. Nicholas Harwood and Mr. John Johnson were appointed assistant clerks to the convention. Ordered, That they qualify as such, by taking the usual oath.

Convention adjourns till Monday morning, 9 o'clock.

THURSDAY, August 15, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday. The proceedings of yesterday were read. Mr. Robert Goldsborough, Mr. John Murray, Mr. James Ennalls, and Mr. Joseph Ennalls, jun., delegates returned for Dorchester county; Mr. Gustavus Scott, Mr. George Scott, Mr. William Horsey, and Mr. Henry Lowes, delegates returned for Somerset county; Mr. Peter Chaille, Mr. Smith Bishop, Mr. Samuel Handy, and Mr. John Purnell Robins, delegates returned for Worcester county; and Mr. Pollard Edmondson and Mr. John Gibson, delegates returned for Talbot county, appeared and took their seats in the house.

Mr. Samuel Chase brings in and delivers to Mr. President a report from the committee of elections, which was read in the following words:

"The committee of elections beg leave to report, that by the return of the election for Saint Mary's county, Richard Barnes, Ignatius Fenwick, George Plater, and Jeremiah Jordan, Esquires, were elected agreeable to the resolve and direction of the last convention.

That by the return for Charles county, the same was partly held at the place directed by the last convention, and partly at another place, by the unanimous consent of the voters, and that Robert T. Hooe, John Dent, Thomas Semmes, and John Parnham, Esquires, were elected for the said county.

"That by the return for Calvert county, Benjamin Mackall, Charles Grahame, William Fitzhugh, and John Mackall, Esquires, were duly elected agreeable to the resolve and direction of the last convention.

"That Walter Bowie, Luke Marbury, Osborn Sprigg, and Thomas Sim Lee, esqrs., are returned by Jeremiah Magruder, Humphrey Belt, and Thomas Boyd, as duly elected for Prince George's county.

"That the inhabitants of the county agreed, that every taxable bearing arms, being an inhabitant of the county, had an undoubted right to vote for representatives at this time of public calamity; that the judges appointed declined to act, and that they appointed the judges who made the return aforesaid.

"That by the return of the election for Anne Arundel county, Rezin Hammond, Brice Thomas Beale Worthington, Charles Carroll, barrister, and Samuel Chase, esqrs., were elected agreeable to the resolve and direction of the last convention.

"That for the lower district of Frederick county, Thomas Sprigg Wootton, Jonathan Wilson, William Bayly, junr. and Elisha Williams, esqrs., are returned by judges appointed by the committee of that district, duly elected by a majority of voters, resident of the district, who had armed in defence of the country.

That by the return for the middle district of Frederick county, Adam Fischer, Upton Sheredine, Christopher Edelin, and David Schriver, esqrs., were elected agreeable to the resolve and direction of the last convention.

"That by the return for the upper district of Frederick county, Samuel Beall, Samuel Hughs, John Stull, and Henry Schnebely, esqrs., were duly elected.

"That by the return from Baltimore county, Charles Ridgely,

Thomas Cockey Deye, John Stevenson, and Peter Shepherd, esqrs. were duly elected.

"That by the return from Baltimore town, John Smith, and Jeremiah Townly Chase, esqrs. were duly elected.

"That by the return from Harford county, Jacob Bond, Henry Wilson, jr., John Love, and John Archer, esqrs. were duly elected. "That by the return from Cecil county, Joseph Gilpin, Patrick Ewing, David Smith, and Benjamin Brevard, esquires, were duly elected,

"That by the return from Talbot county, Pollard Edmondson, John Gibson, Matthew Tilghman, and James Lloyd Chamberlaine, esqrs., were duly elected.

"That by the return from Caroline county, Nathaniel Potter, William Richardson, Richard Mason, and Henry Dickinson, esqrs. were duly elected.

"That by the return from the city of Annapolis, William Paca, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, esqrs., were duly elected.

"That by the return for Dorchester county, Robert Goldsborough, James Murray, John Ennalls, and Joseph Ennalls, esqrs., were duly elected.

"That by the return for Somerset county, Gustavus Scott, Geo. Scott, William Horsey, and Henry Lowes, esquires, were duly elected.

"Signed by order of the committee,

NICHOLAS HARWOOD, clerk."

On motion the question was put, That for the future, the name of every gentleman who may make a motion in the house be inserted in the entry that may be made in consequence thereof? Resolved in the affirmative.

Certificates of the qualification of Mr. Harwood and Mr. Johnson were produced and filed.

On reading a letter from William Rogers, William Bordley, and John Page, esqrs., appointed judges by the last convention for holding the election for Kent county, setting forth that they were prevented from carrying on the election for the said county by a number of people not qualified to vote by the resolves of the last convention, on motion of Mr. Samuel Chase, Resolved, That the election for the said county be carried on and continued by the said judges on Thursday the 22d instant, agreeable to the resolves and directions of the last convention.

Resolved, That all friends to America, and the interest, peace and happiness of this province, are required, if necessary, to be aiding and assisting to the judges of election for Kent county in the execution of their office, and this convention will support and maintain the said judges in the discharge of their duty.

The yeas and nays being required on the above resolution, they were as follow: