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Huntington's Declaration of Rights

Published by Huntington Town Records including Babylon

(1688-1775)

[1774, June 21.]

1st That every freemans property is absolutely his own, and no man has a right to take it from him without his consent, expressed either by himself or his representatives.

2nd That therefore all taxes and duties imposed on His Majesties subjects in the American colonies by the authority of Parliament are wholly unconstitutional and a plain violation of the most essential rights of British subjects.

3rd That the act of Parliament lately passed for shutting up the port of Boston, or any other means or device under color of law, to compel them or any other of His Majestys American subjects to submit to Parliamentary taxation are subversive of their just and constitutional liberty.

4th That we are of opinion that our brethren of Boston are now suffering in the common cause of British America.

5th That therefore it is the indispensable duty of all colonies to unite in some effectual measures for the repeal of said act and every other act of Parliament whereby they are taxed for raising a revenue.

6th That it is the opinion of this meeting that the most effectual means of obtaining a speedy repeal of said acts will be to break off all commercial intercourse with Great Britain, Ireland and the English West India colonies.

7th And we hereby declare ourselves ready to enter into thee or such other measures as shall be agreed upon by a general congress of all the colonies: and we recommend to the general congress to take such measures as shall be most effectatl to prevent such goods as are at present in America from being raised to an extravagant price.

And lastly we appoint Colonel Platt Conkling, John Sloss Hobart Esq. and Thomas Wickes a committee for this town, to act in conjunction with the committees of the other towns in the county, as a general committee for the county, to correspond with the committee of New York.