[Philadelphia] Wednesday, May 17, 1775
Upon motion,
Resolved unanimously, That all exportations to Quebec, Nova Scotia, the Island of St. John's, Newfoundland, Georgia,2 except the Parish of St. John's, and to East and West Florida immediately cease, and that no provisions of any kind, or other necessaries be furnished to the British Fisheries on the American coasts until it be otherwise determined by the Congress.
Ordered, That it be published immediately.
1. Ford, ed., JCC., II, 54. The resolution was printed in the Pennsylvania Packet, 29 May 1775.
2. Ibid., 192, 193. The prohibition against Georgia ended with the arrival of Georgia Delegates in Congress in July with word that that colony had "acceded to the general Association."