Annapolis, (in Maryland) June 22, 1769 : We, the subscribers, His Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the merchants, traders, freeholders, mechanics, and other inhabitants of the province of Maryland, seriously considering the present state and condition of the province, and being sensible, that there is a necessity to agree upon such measures, as may tend to discourage, and as much as may be, prevent the use of foreign luxuries and superfluities ...