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to your Woilhips to for^afe tte exercise of any author',
ty in the prefect courts Uatil a new government is framed,
ano ali toe powers thereof exerted, under the authdrit/
of the people of thrs province.
The ^^p^tee need not rem^d yor.r Worships of
the qu ihrie^iuns of grand -jurorg' and how inconvertible
they are with the present opposition to the King of
°' eat-Britah), and the execution of the Resolves as well
of the Codgreft as of the H>ufe of AfLm&y of this
province, when they reflect th?t taS difplfiJon of many
of your Worships is friendly t^the c^ndof liberty and
your country, and that a continuance in the feats you
have to worthily filled is no longer conducive to the
happmefs or h~fcty of the people.
It is with great concern that the Committee have be
held some persons in office in this province so influenced
by their salaries, as to prefer them own immediate power
and interest to that of their country and their poherity ;
and they are lorry to find themselves constrained to ex
ert their most strenuous efforts for obtaining those de
sirable ends, personal security, and the, preservation of
private property; which they apprehend every honest
man would ue anxious to fee fixed on a firm and per
manent bans. It is with equal concern that they have
fcen another sett of men in this province, heretofore no
turiumly oppohng. the elections and authority of Com
mittcea of all kinds (bodies, it is confefled, constituted
by ueccliity alone) now profiling a define for the con
tinuance of them, though evidently militating again!
the authority of the crown, and the execution of forne
of the criminal laws, as well as tending to the discon
tinuance of trial by jury, and trie fuipendoa of the writ
of h fom,® corpus, those bulwarks of liberty. This con
duct they cap only ascribe to an inclination in these men
to prefer confusion to order, tyranny to liberty, and
anarchy to legal government, and thereby, in time, to
make the peop.e so difeontented and unhappy, as to define
peace at the expeace of every thing valuable in this life,
as was effected by similar means at the restoration.
Upon the whole, the Committee think ; ± their duty to
themiewes, their cohftituents, and to the Congress, to
request your Worships to postpone the buhnefs of the
above-mentioned courts until a newgverament fliall be
formed, which they apprehend will be effected fofpeedil,
that the delay will be of fraall if any injury to the present
suitors, and in the mean time the minds of men will be
quieted from the apprehension of a difaffehted grand jury
or court attempting to censure or condemn the virtuous
measures now purfung for the happiness and fafety of
the good people of this province in particular, and Ame
rica in general. Signed by order of toe . Committee,
THOMAS M'KL^iN, Chairman.
(Copy) 7^e 3, 17)6.
To the Hon. the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS,
ft Memorial of the Committee of Privates of the Mili
tary Affectation banging tn the City and Liberties cf
Philadelphia,
Refl>eßfalb favoeth,
TEAT your Memorialists, confiding that this house
would reject no application which the most pressing
necehity urged on the one hand, and the mo! reprehen
iible negligence produced on the other, applied force
time since for a Continental .General/ and a few Conti
nental Battalions. The dt'fcir c elcfs Hate of this province,
the project of an attack bc.iig.made on this eity, and
the great difeouragements weigh our military a@bc ; ators
have met with, ami the injuries dope to their patriotic
exertions, by men, who, if they willed well' to our
cause, would have treated us in a very different manner;
these, with many other circumstances, pointed out the
r.eceffity of having a General of courage and experience,
with a few Continental Battalions, Rationed here. TiJ
we requeued, and had rerfin to expert to have onr
prayer attended to, as it is imppffiple for us in the pre,
lent unconnected state of our battalions ever to exert
their fierce to the greatest advantage, and as we, in con
sequence thereof, run the gre iteft hazard of a divifibn in
the hour of action. We underftahd that fomp of our
Delegates give great oppofitiori to the measure; aflcdging,
that, were such a thing necessary, the application ought
to come from our Committee of. Safety. We with not
to fall a facrifice to the ignorance or inattention of a
committee, in a number or wEefe members we Qave not
the lead confidence, efoecizly since their influence, in
all probability, prevented the burning of the Roebuck;
and we earnestly entreat that men, who endeavoured to
withdraw us from the C@ntiner.tal Onion, may mot have
too great weight in the councils which regard our fafety.
We thought our application io reasonable, that there was
fcarcHy a necedity of hunting the matter, and therefore
declined troubling the Congress with irmeceff&y felicita
tions. And now, that opposition is hr A, the option of
his Excellency General Washington, and the'other
General officers at prefect in this city, may five us the
labour of farther applications, We do therefore fra, Con
gress to take their sentiments on our present dtffve pre
parations ; and if, on a survey of our river and city, it
appears to them that we are Efficiently secured against all
attempts of the enemy, and that a number of half-difci
plitied battalions, which have never seen a? action,
hastily called together, on an open and naked beach,
without regular order, fubordiiation, or head to hired:
them, and under the sense of being oppressed by the
very men whose lives, liberties and estates, they are
called out to defend, are fufficient to the exigency of
our affairs, we Eall relu^Untiy submit, until that fatal
day shall arrive, in which it will appear that the pre
fect opposition to our request proceeds more from a
define to keep the way open for our enemies, than from
any attachment to the Gaufe of liberty. We rest the
faecefs both of our present and former applications on
their justness and necessity, begging,leave to retire, af
ter returning our warmest thanks to this Honourable
House for promoting our favourite fellow-citizen Ge
neral Mifflin, on whom we earnestly with to fee the
chief command in this province speedily devolve.
Signed, on behalf of the Committee of privates,
SAMUEL SIMPSON, Pie£dcnt.
We hear there has been a skirmish between a regiment
of regulars that lay at Niagara last winter, in their way to
Canada, and a party of our people, the particulars of
which we have not been able to learn.*
Extract of a Letter from tarsia, dated Suffolk,
May 7,4, 1776.
" About 3,000 men and upwards have landed at Cape-
Fear, and 15,000 are on their march to oppose them.
\The British troops can make no impreEon on our coast.
The river St. Lawrence ought to be particularly attended
to —that is the poncipal inlet, and the capes of Virginia
the next; every other port is.fhut against them. They
cannot make any considerable imprdTion in Carolina—
the malecontents being dispersed, all their weafares are
wfconcerted there."
A he Co.nmi.tet request that all virtuous citizens will
'V u tm°! endeavours to detect and bring tojuftice
ar such persons as dare to offend against the above ne
cessary and highly ufe~u regulations.
, , a R- SMITH, Secretary.
Id COMMI I TEE, Lafon, 30, 1776.
Gentlemen,
ON receiving your letter of 21st inst. with the papers
therein encl led, the General Committee of this
County were immedi Ty celled, and met this d y.
I he several matters laic before the Committee were
Conceived by us of L.„greater moment, we directly pro
ceeded thereon, and unammouliy agreed to the enclosed
resolves.
Animated by tev good foirit, which, in a very re
mirkaote manner, has hitherto smiled on the pwJal l«
endeavours of the United Colonies for the preservation of
invaluable liberty, the free gift of God, our business was
carried on without the least opposition, and in full con
fidence of the coati med protection and affiance of bbn,
in whose Sovereignty is.the disposal of ail things.
We are, Gentlemen,-
Your most obedient humble servants,
Signed by order of Committee,
,' Robert Levers, Chairman.
To the Committee of Trfpe&ion and Obfcwation
at Philadelphia,
At a meeting of the General Committee of the County
of Northampton, held at Eafton, the 30th day of Mav,
Anno 1776.
Present thirty-one members.
On motion, ROBERT Levers, Efa; was appointed to
and seated in the chair.
The Committee were informed that they had been call
ed together in consequence of a letter from the Com
mittee of Inflection and Obfervafon of the City and
Liberties, of Philadelphia, dAed 21st Mav instant, and
delivered the 26th nit. to Leopis Gordon, Efa; Chairman,
at , prefect indifyofed, by Mr. Frederick Kuhl, and Mr.
Christopher Ludwig, two of the Lid Committee of In
fpeaionil
Moved, That the Lid letter should be read, and it was
read accordingly.
Moved, That tile rtfo!ve of Congress of 15th ult.be
read, with the proceedings % the SUte-houfe at Phila
delphia the ioth inst: which were read accordingly.
Moved, That the^p'roteft: bf divers of the inhabitants
of this province, in behalf of themfrtves and others,
lately presented to the Hon. iluufe of Assembly, be read,
and it was read accordingly;
. Moved b That the Tddrefs and remonstrance of dive's
of the inhabitants of the City and Liberties of Philadel
phia, lately presented to Assembly, against the above
protest be read, which was read accordingly.
After having maturely canfidered the letter and papers
above mentioned, it was mhved, and refolded uranimo\ %,
That a number of the Committee be nominated to meet
Deputies from all the other Committees in the several
counties in this province at Philadelphia, on Ttiefday,
the 18th day of June next, in order to agree upon and
qire& a mode of electing members for a Provincial Con
vention, and to determine upon the number of which
the said. Convention flaah be composed; which Conven
tion to be held at such time and place as the said confer
ence of Committees may appoint, for the express purpose
of forming and establishing a new government, tinder the
authority of the people only, for the preservation of in
ternal peace, virtue and good order, as well as for the
defence of their lives, liberties and properties, according
to the express declaration of the Hon. the Continental
CongreL, preceding and mmediateiy connected with the
recommendation mentioned in the faiditefolve.
On motion, Refolded unanimously, That fix members of
the Committee be nominated for the above purpose.
On motion, Resolved, That Robert Levers, fohn Wetzel,
Nicholas Dupui, Neigal Gray, David Dfhler, and Ben
jamin. Dapui, 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 conference
of Committees, for the above purpose.
Signed by order of the Committee,
Robert Levers, Chairman.
In COMMITTEE, Chejier County, May 30, 1776.
. The critical situation of public affairs requiring thp
fv.lleft representation of the people in Commmittee, at
their next meeting, to confer upon matters of the greatest
confcquence to the peace and union of this province, and
of the colonies in general; Therefore
Refolded, That it be, and it is-hereby recommended to
the Overseers of the poor of each town ship in this county,
where they have not chosen members to attend the Com
mittee, or where they have been chosen and have not
attended, that they do notify the inhabitants of their re
fpedtive townfllips, qualified to vote for members of
Assembly, to meet at the most convenient place in said
townftrips or Tuesday, the eleventh day of June, and
there by ballot choofi one or more reputable freeholders,
so represent them in Committee of InfreGion and Ob
servation for this county, who, nith the members already
appointed, are hereby required to meet at the house of
Richard Cheney, at Downing's -Town, at the foth hour
of the forenoon of the fourteenth day of June next, on
business of great importance and pressing necessity.
Signed by Order.
W TLLTAM LVANS, Chairman pro, tern.
In PWadelpfy County Committee, Ma, 18, 1776.'
Refohed, That it be, and is hereby recommended to
the Colonels of this county, to make immediate returns
of the Associators in their several battalions, agreeable to
the resolve of the House of Assembly.
Refolded, That it be, and is hereby recommended to
the townffiips in this county, where persons have been
" "!?""''meeting of th? Committee of LifrEion of the
City and Liberties of Philadelphia, sane 1, 1776.
,WH^RE A S the Ton. Cengrefs, by their fefofye of
t?e 30th of May, have impowered the Committees of
xmpe&ion to regulate the price of Salt,
Refolded, That that article fall net exceed the follow
ing prices Coarse Salt 7s. 6d. per teihel, 3s. pd. per
halt bushel, and as. per peck. Fine Salt Bs. per bajLel,
4 s ' R" '"'f buihd, and 7. 2d. per peck. And whereas
toe Congress have empowered the Committees of Infpec
-4? n to regulate the pf;e of green tea, as well as to exe
ccte theii resolve, lira....ng the price of bohea tea at three
^^ '" s ° a Dollar rv+ pc end,
. s^eforved, That the prrte of the best green tea fliall not
exceed 325. 6d. per pound.
. Rejohed like^ife, That if any persons ft all by any art
ci evasion elude the at owe resolutions; by refuting to fell
the above articles - .the :au_ wanted prices, they may
depend upon toeing mid up as enemies to their country,
without refpedt to 1 lens, and they may be allured the
Committee will take such further fti-ps (if rre^fCrv) as
will effectually carry the above refutations of Cungrefs
into execution.' ■•
; A P ROcLA MATI ON.
1 hnve matters f great in norbanre
VV to communicate 'to the Gem ra! Affer sos i.
prov n< e; I h ve-therefore thought fit, with #h ' e - N<c°
of his Manff\ s Council, to appoint a'n e^ 4
^ A f embl F ofNew-Jerfey to \ jehl in the citv ^
leon-Amboy, on Thmfday the t< ¥ irfi<.th day of lune
'° P,^ the'fime by this F /clamati n. to
me t ml that all persons whom it may Concern may Lave
a "' "' ver " themfelses accordit gly.
Gr / Vundr my hand and seal at aw, it.the city of
Jdr.- so the trirtitE day of May. in th rear of
'J.' "° r 4> °" e 'l^'fand' Seven hundred and Sevent,-
, , ^ M. FRANKLIN.
By /J C' EXCELLENCY s Command,
Charles Pettit, D. Sec. # -
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TO BE SOLD
A DUTCH SERVANT WOMAN, who ha@
two years and eleven months to serve ; the un^rftan^
town or cou ^ ft, can f pi r, k ^ it , and dairy; sh e is fold
r r n ^ ' l t' ,'y ' )r want of employ since her maker's decease.
Eroor^ or thr PRINTERS. 1
WANT E It
A ^ °- w ?! h a g °° d ^^ of M ^ ^^^
v . a credua 1- Family. Such an one, that tan fe Aell re
^CTnterV^ tt em % sfor
g" d ue . r fa writ to me directed, will be" 'd 1 . v d
ven ~e,..0n. on the 21st day of June inst. at one o" c' ch i
^t^uocn. on he pr^ifes, a certain traß CT parcel rs L-d’
-ow n &ip, Cheflerc unry containing 28,
<.r.v: b d ,CT -d by land of Robert Gambell, AL harder
Wil,a to D vrfon ; late the estate of James M .nin ;k^
fl T a Ge, era! Meeting ts the Memb if of the LU^
h Company of Philadelphia, held in p^f.a^ e of the ad
ned int- s paper of the r<th of May Jaff, the
fr. er.ot Members ret not being competent to the paffna of
a ^w, it ^ s agreed to adjourn until Thursday, the sixth day
p lune infant, at two 0 clock in the afterpo n, at the L : -
brary. E. 0% ,: , t w h ich tine and place the Members are
t ;,^ eitbcr ^ f^ ° r ^ Proxy, to c ^^ cf
\ be Adld Co '7 ? r; ^d. to r paCs a law, in vc f:i n g
t.^m V:h such power, 14 case ft. 11 „. judged ner °
ANDREW ROBE 1 CN
& Middletown, in Lancaster county. St ^e-keepers are re
ifiiefted t fen; in'..tie refye&be acebu is fc v the 2th
t r t^e fubfert -rs in Phibdel ria, in * order tbit a divic^o
he so of their e%,e. All p<: f,, s i nd . tied to the fain e ft a ,.
tv hobri debt, are desired to pay the fame to Co). Jamesßerd'
of Middletown, on or before the 31st inftantsand all ih^fe cer
fns indebted to the said parfne^ip, by bond or note, 'are
kqittfted to p y the fame to the fubfilters, by the ti f r e above
,^ lwn , otherwift they will I es su d, without refpedti'per-
M A ^F reem ^, W ILLIAM Sem^e, RoJ rt
Wilson, Affignees.^
Goods in the Mayor's Office, ftiprofed to be Helen
A REMNANT of ftiped cotton, ore li n f ey petticoat,
T 1 3 rrmnarts of check 1 ten, 3 remnants of furniture check
a blue cl th waukoat, an old p m;ad ur cl th c. tee a co^er
jai l a fnal! qu^tty of ni-n e, to , three cards of gilt butt ms' a
Cbefkr County, i
EIGHT DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away the^rnft f r p m % f ub frb CT living in Bethel
tovnfh p, Chester county, a Dutch servant 1^ named
Ho, Lift Bartram, about 19 years 01 age, r feet 7 or 8 inches
high, 1 eaks broken EngTh, and has brown hair; had on
when he went away, a sours coloured ciAh coar home „.;./
one pair of rood buckfkm breeches, one pair cf blue ribbed
ftorkings, cl /hues, a new tow shirt, and felt hat.
Aifo an him fervent woman, named Mar; Cr^y about 2 <
^ ha °- ° n r a '"^ ^ ffi a ^ d che k ^ r ^,a
black hat two pair of yarn flockings, and gr o d shoes
Whoever secures the said servants, so that their mafte'r may
get tnem again, ihall have the above reward, or Five Dollars
for the lad, arid Thiee Dollars fur the woman, wfrh rerf-nabie
chaie.es. paid by m^X—! LARKIN. Cf
' 'lbiluactphi, June 177.6
TR AkED cr STOLEN, on Saturday evening last
1 , out of the pasture of the fubferiher, at Wilton Plan. atiTi
be^ft to Joseph Turner, Ef^ in Pffiunk townffim" nea ' r
3/coi d-freet road, two miles from Philadelphia, a Lr, e B AY
MAR^, 3 years old, full 15 hands high, a natural ratter has
a large bald face with f me brown foots, is a little hump-back
ed, has a black and long tail and mane, having rev r been
docked, shod before, hath been a little used under the fiddle
and in the plough, is somewhat marked whh the collar and hurt
with the back-band, and hath feme white hairs Ipread'all over
•her body. Whoever takes up the said mare and thief, if stolen
and secures both, so that the thief be protected to conviction'.
Joail receive Three Pounds reward, and for the mare alone if
taken within Paffyunk or Moyamenfing townihips, Tieewy Sbil
lings, and rs at a greater distance Forty Srilfy ^ eatable
charges, paid by CHj^T^AN GaOvE R .«
tsaltimore-Toun. May 1776
^H R? F.E POUNDS REW AR D.
^" ^TODDM fr the fubferier. or He
kJ zetb,fooj ju/y lajt, a chefat brown M(R2, 4 vears
old, %a;.&p,% tfud well made, marked D, B.foe Ms -wU^if*^
a writ former he- „ o fe, a „d a blach, f rea k reaebhg from tn.
mane ^er he^ back quite to the tail; fee tt^ me parefye was
nearfoam^ when fee was miffing, ana it is ftp,fed fa culd rot
go three %ys longer. Whoever is able to give the sos fri grounded
nonce to tee fubjerito, where the said n& with her fe „ to be
bad, Jball have tbe a-bowe reward, paid by ~
_f Andrew Steiger,
H N ^b'o -
CLOCK and W ATCH-M A K. F.R,
Ct ONTINUES to carry on the Aid Bufipefs in all' its
4 Branches, as usual, at his House in Front ftrfet. at the
Corner of Chestnut Treet, where those who are pleased to em
ploy him w,U meet with his best endeavours to give Satisfactions
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chosen to receive the arms of nyd-affociaters, to snake
their returns to this Committee at the next meeting, in
oiotr tnat proper. petfuns (as enjoined by the fiou e of
Ahembly) may ue appointed to ceded the arms in those
VewniLips where none have been chosen,
Extract from,be Minutes,
.'ENOCH EDWARDS, Secretary.
.The Officers'll the four Philadelphia county bat
tahons are requested to meet, on Saturday, the Bth inst.
at 11 o'clock, at Capt. Neff's, in Whit^arffi township,
on buhiiefs of immediate confcquence.
B, bis Excellency WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Efa;
Ca ^)m-Generol, Governor and Commander in Chief, in
for over the province of Necv-'ferfej, and territories
th^ehn depending in America, 'Chancellor and fice
lidm.ra i^ the fame, ^ c.