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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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On the 1st instant, the Pennsylvania General Assembly met and received the Governor's message presenting Lord North's reconciliation plan from February 20th. The Assembly responded by rejecting the plan as not providing a just ground for accommodation between Great Britain and the colonies.
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"Having weighed and considered this plan with the temper, calmness, and deliberation that the importance of the subject, and the present critical situation of affairs, demand, we are sincerely sorry that we cannot think the terms pointed out afford a just and reasonable ground for a final accommodation between Great Britain and the colonies."
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Pennsylvania
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On The 1st Instant
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the assembly rejected the reconciliation plan as not affording a just and reasonable ground for final accommodation.
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The General Assembly of Pennsylvania met according to adjournment. The Governor sent a message and ordered the Secretary to present Lord North's plan of reconciliation, resolved in the House of Commons on the 20th of February last. The Assembly considered the plan and responded with regret that its terms were insufficient for accommodation between Great Britain and the colonies.