Peyton Randolph chosen president of--Charles Thomson chosen secretary
of, i. 421;
noble character of the men composing, i. 422;
opening speech of Patrick Henry in, i. 423;
regulations adopted by, i. 425;
Mr. Duche requested to read prayers in, i. 426;
Washington the only delegate who knelt during prayer in, i. 429;
names of the first committee appointed by--difficult points to be
decided at, i. 430;
resolves of the Suffolk county convention laid before, i. 432;
resolution of, limiting its action to infringed rights--duration of the
sessions of (_note_), i. 484;
non-importation resolutions offered in, by R. H. Lee, i. 435;
dangerous plan of union submitted to, by Joseph Galloway, i. 435, 437;
non-exportation proposed and debated in, i. 430;
great diversity of opinion in, among the delegates--loyal address to
the king resolved on by--opposition of the Virginia delegates in, to
non-exportation (_note_), i. 438;
declaration of rights unanimously adopted by, i. 440;
the _American Association_ signed by every delegate present at,
i. 441;
the petition of Congress to the king, the last public act of, i. 446;
profound sensation produced everywhere by the publication of the
proceedings of, i. 447;
sympathy with, expressed by Chatham in a letter to Stephen Sayre,
i. 448;
no record of the part Washington took in, i. 449;
Washington the best informed man in, i. 450;
state-papers of, i. 450, 485.

Congress, second continental, journey of Washington to, in company with
Patrick Henry and Benjamin Harrison--organization of--secrecy of the
proceedings of, i. 528;
resolution of, respecting the spoils taken at Ticonderoga by Ethan
Allen, i. 529;
Washington appointed chairman of the committees of, on military
affairs--"conciliatory resolutions" of Lord North laid
before--vigorous preparations of, for the defence of the
country--resolution of, to petition the king, i. 530;
address of, to the inhabitants of Canada--day of fasting and prayer
appointed by, i. 531;
resolution of, to raise companies of riflemen, i. 532;
John Adams's account of the deliberations of, as to the choice of a
commander-in-chief, i. 533-535;
instructions of, to Washington, as commander-in-chief (_note_),
i. 540;
major generals appointed by, i. 545-547;
brigadier-generals appointed by, i. 5