Which of the following revisions of the selection of "A Participant's Firsthand Account of the Boston Tea Party" correctly uses a semicolon?
"On the day preceding the seventeenth, there was a meeting of the citizens of the county of Suffolk, convened at one of the churches in Boston, for the purpose of consulting on what measures might be considered expedients to prevent the landing of the tea, or secure the people from the collection of the duty."
A. On the day preceding the seventeenth, there was a meeting of the citizens of the county of Suffolk, convened at one of the churches in Boston; their purpose was to consult on what measures might be considered expedient to prevent the landing of the tea.
B. On the day preceding the seventeenth, there was a meeting of the citizens of the county of Suffolk, convened at one of the churches in Boston; for the purpose of consulting on what measures might be considered expedient to prevent the landing of the tea.
C. On the day preceding the seventeenth, there was a meeting of the citizens of the county to discuss the following topics; to consult on what measures might prevent the landing of the tea.