Here Met the Convention that Later Adopted the Suffolk Resolves - Dedham, MA
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N 42° 14.943 W 071° 10.562
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At this location, a committee met that drafted and later approved the Suffolk Resolves, which was taken to Philadelphia and approved by the First Continental Congress.
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2009
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At this location where the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds is now is a plaque on a wall that declares:
"Here met on September 6 1774
"the convention
"which three days later at Milton
"adopted the Suffolk Resolves
"The lighted the match that kindled
"the mightly conflagration of the
"American Revolution"
In 1774, the area was still part of Suffolk County. Norfolk County would not form until 1793. Also, people gathered from all around, including people from Boston. They met first in a tavern in Dedham, then, a few days later, met at a tavern in Milton to approve the document. Paul Revere traveled to Philadelphia with the document where it was read by the First Continental Congress and, after heated discussion, approved the document.
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