Diary of John Adams, volume 3

Tuesday April 23. 1776.

Thursday April 25. 1776.

[Wednesday April 24.] JA [Wednesday April 24.] Adams, John
Wednesday April 24.

Wednesday April 24. Thomas Heywood Heyward Junr. Esqr. a new Member from Carolina, and an excellent one, appeared in Congress from South Carolina. On him We could always depend for sound Measures, though he seldom spoke in public. Thomas Lynch Junr. Esqr. also appeared.

Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the whole, but came to no resolutions.