Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba 1777, majalisar dokoki ta New Jersey ta ambaci Boudinot a matsayin daya daga cikin wakilan su zuwa Majalisa ta biyu na Continental
Ka yi haƙuri. Ayyukansa a matsayin Kwamishinan ya hana shi halartar, don haka a watan Mayu 1778 ya yi murabus. A farkon watan Yuli an maye gurbinsa kuma ya halarci taron farko na Majalisar a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 1778. A matsayin wakili, har yanzu yana ci gaba da damuwa da jin daɗin fursunonin yaƙi. Wa'adinsa na farko ya ƙare a wannan shekarar.