A manuscript of the unrevised resolves soon reached _Philadelphia_, having been sent off immediately upon their passing, that the earliest information of what had been done might be obtained by the sons of liberty. From thence the like was forwarded on the seventeenth of June. At _New-York_ the resolves were handed about with great privacy: they were accounted so treasonable, that the possessors of them declined printing them in that city. The _Irish_ gentleman alluded to above, being there, inquired after them, and with much precaution was admitted to take a copy.—He carried them to _New-England_, where they were published and circulated far and wide in the newspapers, without any reserve, and proved eventually the occasion of those disorders which afterward broke out in the colonies. Till they appeared, it was thought that the _Rhode-Islanders_ would submit. Murmurs indeed were continually heard; but they seemed to be such as would die away. The Virginia resolutions gave a spring to all the disgusted, and they began to adopt different measures. The _Massachusetts_ assembly had hit upon a wise and quiet mode of seeking address, before ever they could be acquainted with what had been done in Virginia. It was projected and brought on by Messrs. _Otis_, father and son. They were visiting at _James Warren’s_, esq. of Plymouth, a son and brother-in-law, he having married Miss _Otis_. The state of public affairs, and how to get rid of the burdens coming upon the colonies, were the subjects of conversation. Congresses had often been held, and though there was no precedent of any one’s being called, but at the instance of persons authorised or employed by the ministry, excepting the first congress we read of, which was proposed by the _Massachusetts_ general court in 1690; yet no reasonable objection could be made against holding one upon the present emergency, notwithstanding it might want the sanction of administration.—It was agreed to forward the meeting of a congress as a proper method for obtaining the removal of American grievances. The matter was moved in the house of assembly; [June 6.] the consequence was, an agreement, that “It is highly expedient there should be a meeting, as soon as may be, of committees from the houses of representatives or burgesses in the several colonies, to consult on the present circumstances of the colonies, and the difficulties to which they are and must be reduced, and to consider of a general address—to be held at New-York, the first Tuesday of October.” Within two days, a letter was drafted to be sent to the several speakers; and at the close of a fortnight, _James Otis_, jun. _Oliver Partridge_, and _Timothy Ruggles_, esqrs. were chosen the committee for the Massachusetts. The governor, in his account to the lords of trade, said, “It was impossible to oppose this measure to any good purpose; and therefore the friends of government took the lead in it, and have kept it in their hands.