Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1774 an kira shi a matsayin wakili ga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Farko. Duk da yake ya goyi bayan yarjejeniyar da ba a shigo da ita ba da kuma roƙo na farko ga Sarki, yana goyon bayan sulhu. An mayar da shi zuwa Majalisa ta Biyu
a 1775, amma kamar yadda bambance-bambance tare da Birtaniya ya zama mafi mahimmanci, Majalisa ta fara daukar nauyin layi. A ƙarshe, a ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, 1775, ya rubuta murabus ga Babban Majalisar New Jersey, kuma sun karɓa a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba.