The governor questions their right to have these instructions laid before them, and endeavours to put them beside their point, by magnifying the preparations of the French, &c.
The assembly order the papers which had passed between the proprietaries and them to be printed, which till then they had avoided.
Their unanimous resolutions concerning the proprietary instructions, in which they declare it as their opinion, that the said instructions were the principal if not the sole obstruction to their bill: also the most essential points contained in their reply to the governor's charges against them.
A brief of the governor's sur-rejoinder.
Some general remarks.
The assembly make their appeal to the crown, inform the governor thereof, signify their inclination to adjourn till May, and give his instructions the coup de grace.
The governor's expostulatory message thereon.
He demands a copy of their minutes; they order him one when the printed copies were finished, and adjourn.
Upon Braddock's arrival in Virginia, they are re-assembled by special summons: the demands made by message on that occasion.