To  the  Son.  Alexander  Martin,  Esq.,  Greeting  :

Whereas,  our  General  Assembly,  in  their  late  session,  holden
at  Fayetteville,  by  adjournment,  in  the  month  of  January  last,


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did,  by  joint  ballot  of,  the  Senate  stnd  House  of  Commons,  elect
Richard  Caswell,  Alexander  Martin,  William  Richardson  Davie,
Richard  Dobbs  Spaight  and  Willie  Jones,  Esqrs.,  deputies  to
attend  a  Convention  of  delegates  from  the  several  United  States
of  Ameriea,  proposed  to  be  held  at  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  in
May  next,  for  the  purpose  of  revising  the  Federal  Consti-
tution :

We  do  therefore,  by  these  presents,  nominate,  commissionate,
and  appoint  you,  the  said  ^exander  Martin,  one  of  the  deiputies
for  and  in  behalfj  to  meet  with  our  other  deputies  at  Philadel-
phia, on  the  1st  of  May  next,  aind  with  them,  or  any  two  of
them,  to  confer  with  such  deputies  as  nlay  have  been,  or  shall
be,  appointed  by  the  other  states,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid :
To  hold,  exercise  and  enjoy,  the  appointment  aforesaid,  with
all  powers,  authorities  and  emoluments,  to  the  same  belonging,
or  in  any  wise  appertaining — you  conforming,  in  every  instance,
to  the  act  of  our  said  Assembly,  under  which  you  are  appointed.
Witness,  Richard  Caswell,  Esq.,  our  governor,  captain-gen-
eral and  commander-in-chief,  under  his  hand  and  our  seal,
at  Kinston,  the  24th  day  of  February,  in  the  eleventh  year

of  our  independence,  A.  D.  1787.
RICH.  CASWELL.
By  his  excellency's  command.
Winston  Caswell,  P.  Secretary.  [l.  s."]

THE  STATE  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA.
