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and good conference for the people of these Colonies
JOOA to take the oaths or affirmations necessary for the
Qpirr of any government under the Crown of Gfreat-
Britain, and that it is necessary that the exeicife of any
^A&f'air-hority under the (aid Crown ihould be totally
ffprefedf &c. That this Committee conceive it to be
their duty, as it is their inclination; to exert their ut-.
moll endeavoips for carrying into execution the said
resolve, as well as others of that honorable body, and
therefore they thus apply to yenr Worships to surcease
the exercise of any aotho^ry in the preterit Court until
ri new gevernmen is frahi^d, and all the powers thereof
exerted, under the auifruity of the people of this province.
The Committee need not remind your Worships of
the qualifications of grand jurors, and how incompati
ble they a?e with the prefect opposition to the King of
Great Britain, and the execution of the resolves as well
\ of the Congress as of the Houle of Assembly of this pro
vince, when they reflect that the difpufieion of marry
of four Worships is friendly to the cause of liberty and
your country, and that a continuance in the feats you
have so worthily filled is no longer conducive to the hap
piness or fafety of the people.
ft is with great concern that the Committee have be
held some persons in office in this province, so influen
ced by their salaries as to prefer their own immediate
power and iotereft to that of their country and their
pofteriry; and they are sorry to find themfeltes con
strained to exnrt their mod ftrennous efforts for obtain
ing these desirable ends, personal security and the pre
servation of private property, which they apprehend
every honest man wow'd be anxious to fee fixed on a
firm and permanent basis. It is with equal concern that
' they ha^ seen another set of men in thii province, here
t'o^e iforioudy opposing the elections and authority
of Committees of all kinds (bodies, it is confeffed, con
stituted by necefiby alone) now profeffing a desire for
the continuance of them, tho' evidently militating
. against the authority of the Crown, and the execution
of some of the criminal laws, as well as tending to the
difeontinuance of trial by jury, and the suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus, thole bulwarks of liberty.
This conduct they can only ascribe to an inclination in
these men to prefer confufion to order, tyranny to li
berty, and anarchy to legal government, and thereby,
in time, to make the people so difeontented and unhappy
as to desire peace at the expence of every thing valua
ble in ilfi's life, as was effected by fimifar means at the
Redoration.
Upon the whole, the Committee,think it their duty
to themselves, their constituents, and to the Congress,
to request your Worships to postpone the bufmefs of the
above mentioned Courts until a new government shall
be formed, which they apprehend will be effected so
fpeedilv that the delay will be of small injury to the
prefentTuitors, and in the mean time the minds of men
will be quieted from the apprehenfior tof a difaffetfled
grand jury or court attempting to Qifare or condemn
the virtuous ^eafures now pursuing nir the happiness
and fafety of the good people of this province in particu
lar, and America in general.
^une3, 1776. .Signed by order of the Committee,
(Copy) THOMAS M'KEAN, Chairmans
At a feed al meeting of the Committee of Infeedion of
the city and liberties of Philadelphia.
Whereas the Honorable Congress, by their resolve
of the gods of May, have empowered the Committees
of Infpedion to regulate the price of SALT.
Refoived, That that article shall not exceedthe fol
lowing prices—COAßSE SALT seven Killings and
sixpence p^r bushel, three (hillings and ninepence per
half bushel, and twogillings per peck.=-FINE SALT
eight fhilljngs per bushel, four (hillings per half bufliel,
and two (hillings and twopence per peck. And where
as the Congress have empowered the Committees of
Infpedion to regulate the price of GREEN TEA as
well as to execute their resolve limiting the price of
Bohea Tea at three fourths ofa dollar per pound.
Refolded, That the price of the best Green Tea shall
not exceed thirty two (hillings and sixpence per pound.
Refolded likeivife, That if any persons shall by any
art or evasion elude the above resolutions, by reflating
to fell th. above articles at the said limited prices, they
may depend upon being held up as enemies to their
country without refped to f^rfons, and they may be
affiired, the Committee will take such farther steps (if
neceflary) as ^1 effectually carry ths above resoluti
ons of Congref^itt).execution..
The Committee request that all virtuous citizens will
tife their utmost endeavours to direst and bring to jus
tice all such persons as dare to offend against the above
heceffary and highly ufeful regulations.
J. B. SMIT H, Secretary.
In Committee of Privates, sane 3, 1776.
Movid, That an Address of Thanks be presented
to the officers and men belonging to the Gallies, for
their spirited behaviour in the late engagement with the
Roebuck and Liverpool men of war, aad that the fame
be published in the several public papers of this city.
Extract from the Minutes
JAMES CANNON, Clerk.
N. B. The vote was delayed some weeks to give the
House of Assembly an opportunity of doing it firft.
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To the Hon. the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
Tie MEMORIAL of the Committee of Privates of
the Military Association belonging to the City and Li
berties of Philadelphia,
RefpedfuHy foemeth,
THAT your Memorialifts, confiding that this
House would reject no application which the
molt pressing necessity urged on the one hand, and the
most reprehensible negligence produced on the other,
applied feme time since for a Continental General, and
a few Continental Battalions. The defencelefs state
of this province, the prolpeft of an attack being made
on this city, and the great difeouragements which our
military associators have met with, and the injustice
done to their patriotic exertions, by men, who, if
they wished well to our cause, would have treated us
in a very different manner; these, with many other
circumstances, pointed out the necessity of having a
General of courage and experience, with a few Conti
nental Battalions, Rationed here. This we requested,
and had reason to exped to have our prayer attended
to, as it is impossible for us in the present unconnected
state of our battalions ever to exert their force to the
greatest advantage, and as we, in consequence thereof,
run the greatest hazard of a diviGon in the hour of
action. Weunderftand that some of our Delegates give
great opposition to the measure, alledging that, were such
a thing necessary, the application ought to come from
our Committee of Safety. We wish not to fall a fa
crifice to the ignorance or inattention of a committee,
in a number of whose members we have not the least
confidence, especially since their influence, in all pro
bability, prevented the burning of the Roebuck; and
we earoeflly entreat that men, who endeavoured to
withdraw us from the Continental Union, may not
have too great weight in the councils which regard
our fafety. We thought our application so reasona
ble, that there Was scarcely a necessity of hunting the
matter, and therefore declined troubling the Congress
with unnecessary solicitations. And now, that opposition
is made, the opinion of his Excellency General Wash
ington, and the other General officers at present in
this city, may save us the labour of further applicati
ons, We do therefore pray Congress to take their, sentiments
on our pt efent defenfve preparations ; and if, on a lur
vey of our river and city, it appears to them that we
are fufficiently feared against all attempts of the ene
my, and that a number of half-difciplined battalions,
which have never seen an action, hastily called together
on an open and naked beach, without regular order,
subordination, or head to direct them, and under the
sense of being oppressed by the very men whose lives,
liberties and estates, they are called out to defend, are
Efficient to the exigency of our affairs, we shall re
4u^antly (übmit, until that fatal day shall arrive, in
^hich it will appear that the present opposition to our
request proceeds more from a desire to keep the way
open for our enemies, than from any attachment to the
.cause of liberty. We rest the success both of our pre
sent and former applications on their justness and ne'cef
fity, begging leave to retire, after returning our warm
est thanks to this Honourable House for promoting our
.favourite fellow-citizen General Mifflin, on whom
we earnestly wish to fee the chief command in this
province speedily devolve.
Signed, on behalf of the Committee of Privates,
SAMUEL SIMPSON, President.
In COMMITTEE, Easton, May 30th, 1776.
Gentlemen,
ON receiving your letter of the 2 [ft instant, with
the papers therein inclofed, the General Com
mittee of this county were immediately called, and met
this day.
The several matters laid before the Committee were
conceived by us of the greatest moment. We dire&ly
proceeded thereon, and unanimously agreed to the in
clofed resolve.
Animated by that good spirit, which in a very re
markable manner has hitherto (miled on the laudable
endeavors of the United Colonies, for the prelervation
of invaluable liberty, the free gift of God, our buli
n^fs was carried on without the leaf opposition ; and
in full confidence of the continued protection and assist
ance of him in whose Sovereignty is the disposal of all
things, we are, Gentlemeft your most obedient hum
ble fervaots. Signed by order of Committee,
ROBERT LEVERS, cto^.
To the Committee of InfpeCion. and Observation,
at Philadelphia.
At a meeting of the General Committee of the county of
Northampton, held at Eafion, the 30th day of May,
Anno 1776. Prefect thirty-one Members.
On Motion, Robert Levers, Esq; was appointed to,
and seated in the chair.
The Committee were informed that they had been
called together in consequence of a letter from the
Committee of Inflection and Obfervaticn of the city
and liberties of Philadelphia, dated the twenty-firft of
May instant, and delivered the twenty-sixth instant to
Lewis Gordon, Esq; Chairman, at present indispo
sed, by Mr. Frederick Kuhl, and 'Mr. Christopher
Ludwig, two of the said Committee of Infpe&ion.
Moved, That the said letter ffiould be read, and it
was read accordingly.
Moved, That the Resolve of Congress of the ifth
instant be read, with the proceedings at the State-
House at Philadelphia, the 20th instant, which were
read accordingly.
Moved, That the protest of divers of the inhabitants
of this province, in behalf of themselves and others,
lately presented to the Honorable House of Assembly,
be read, and it was read accordingly.
Moved, That the address and remonftra^p of divert
of the inhabitants.of the city and liberties of Philadel
phia, lately presented to the Assembly against the above
protest, be read, which was read accordingly.
After .having maturely considered .the letter and pa
pers a^ve mentioned, it was moved and resolved una
nim^lly, That a number of the Committee be nomi
nated to meet Deputies from all the other Committees
in the several counties in this province, at Philadelphia,
on Tuesday, the 18th day of June next, in order to
agree upon, and direct the mode of electing members
for a Apvincial Convention, and to determine upon
the number of which the said Convention (hall be com
piled, which Convention to be held at such time and
place as the said conference of Committees may ap
point for the express purpose of forming and eftablilh
ing a new government, under thq@.uthority of the peo
ple only, for the preservation of Internal peace, vir
tue, and good order, as well as„Qr the defence„of
their lives, liberties and properties&rcording to the
express declaration of the Honora], the Congress,
preceding and immediately conne&ed with the recom
mendation mentioned in the said resolve.
On motion, Resolved unanimously, That fix members
of the Committee be nominated for the above purpose.
On motion, Resolved, That Robert Levers, John
Wetzej, Nicholas Dupui, Niegal Gray, David Defh
ler, and Benjamin Dupui, be a Committee appointed,
in behalf of this county, to meet at Philadelphia, on
Tuesday the 18th day of June next, with the above
mentioned Inference of Committees for the above
purpose. Signed, By order of the Committee,
ROBERT LEVERS, Chairman.
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Port of Philadelphia, in the
province of Pennsylvania, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the Court of Ad
miralty, for taking cognizance of, and trying thi
justice of captures of vessels, made in pursuance of the re
solves ®fthe Hon. the Continental Conrfefs, and brought
into the port of Philadelphia, will beheld at the Court
house, in the city of Philadelphia, on 1 uefday the nth
day of June next, at 1© o'clock in the forenoon of the
fame day, then and there to try the truth of the fa&s al
ledged in the bill of Charles Alexander, Esq; commander
es the schooner of war called the WASP, who^s well
f&c.) against the brigantine, schooner ^r velfelwcalled
The BETS EY, burthen about 90' tons, lately'com
manded by Thomas,Slater, and against John Hafleler,
a mulatto, and Charles Sims, a negro have, taken on
board the said brigantine. To the end and intent that
the owner or owners of the said vessel called the BETSEY
and (laves afore said, or any person concerned therein, may
appear and (hew cause, if any they have, why the fame
ffiould not be condemned according to the prayer of the
said bill. By order of the Judge,
May 2 S , 17 76 : ANDREW ROBESON.
Salem County, Ne=w,erfey, May 28, 1776.
TO BE SO L D,
On the premises, at public vendue, on Tuesday the i3th
day of June,'
AVERY valuable Plantation, situate in Hains's
Neck, in the county of Salem, containing about
509 acres of land, about 150 acres of which is improved
marsh and meadow, the rest fine cleared upland and
woodland. There is a new frame dwelling-house and
building on the premises, and the whole is in good order
and repair. This estate has an indisputable title, and
was late the property of Joste Miller, deceased, to
be fold by
I CHARLES ELLET, Surviving Executor,
To be ^OLD by PUBLIC VENDUL,
on Thursday, the 13th day of June instant, at Seven
o'clock in the evening, at the house of John Biddle,
in Market street,
A CERTAIN three-story brick meffuage or tene
ment, and lot or piece of g r &iL situate on the
north fide of Plumb street, in the diffrci Of Southwark ;
the said lot containing in breadth on said. Plumbdtreet
18 feet and an half, and in depth 90 feet, more^or less;
bounded fouthwa^d by Plumb-street, eaftwavd whh ground
now or late of Philip Hulbert, jun. northward by ground
now or late of Luke Morris, Samuel Rheads and others,
and westward by Abraham judMß^ round ; now in the
tenure of William Singleton. Ano also a certain frame
tenement or workshop, situate on a Jot of ground on
the south fide of Plumb-street aforefaid. For further
particulars enquire of
ALEXANDER BARTRAM.
May 23,
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors
of JOSEPH LAND, confined in the <^dl of
the county of Burling,^ for debt, that they be and ap
pear before Daniel Elff and Thomas Rodman, Efqrs.
two of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas
in and for said county, at the house of Joseph Haight,
Inn-keeper, in the city of Burlington, on Tuesday, the
twenty-fifth day of June next, to shew cause (if any they
have) why the said debtor should not be difeharged,
agreeable to an Aft of Assembly, intituled, “ An Aft
for the relief of infolveht debtors.", J 4.