Bad beef smells really really bad and you would not have to put your nose close to the meat to smell it. You would know there was something wrong. I have had beef that is a little brownish in place and it was fresh and not old. I don't know exactly why it looks that way sometimes but it is probably drying blood.
When the Second Continental Congress came together on May 10, 1775 it was, in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress.
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.eyton Randolph presided over the proceedings; Henry Middleton took over as President of the Congress for the last few days, from October 22 to October 26. Charles Thomson, leader of Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence, was selected to be Secretary of the Continental Congress.