tions and Recommendations of the late Provincial Convention.

Unanimously resolved, That Captain Charles Ridgely, Thos. Cockey Dye, Walter Tolley, Jun., Charles Ridgely, son of John, Robert Alexander, Samuel Purviance, Benjamin Nicholson, Darby Lux, Jeremiah Townley Chase, George Risteau, Thomas Harrison, John Moale, Andrew Buchanan, William Lux, and Samuel Worthington, be Delegates to represent this County in the next Provincial Convention; and that they, or any of them that shall attend, have full and ample power to consent and agree to all measures that the said Provincial Convention may deem necessary and expedient to obtain a redress of American Grievances.

Resolved, That the following gentlemen be added to the Committee of Observation appointed on the 12th of November last:

HUNDREDS.

PATAPSCO, LOWER.—Charles Rogers, John Gorsuch, William M'Cubbin, and William Williamson.

PATAPSCO, UPPER.—James Croxall, John Elliott, and Edward Norwood.

BACK RIVER, UPPER.—John Cockey, Edward Talbot, Joshua Stevenson, Edward Cockey, and Ezekiel Towson.

MIDDLE RIVER, UPPER.—Benjamin Rogers, Robert Cummings, Benjamin Buck, Joshua Hall, Gist Vaughan, and Benjamin Merryman.

BACK: RIVER, LOWER.—George Matthews, and John Buck.

MIDDLE RIVER, LOWER.—Moses Galloway, George Goldsmith Presbury, Abraham Britton, and Nicholas Britton.

SOLDIER'S DELIGHT.—Thos. Cradock, Charles Walker, Samuel Owings, Junior, Christopher Randall, Junior, and Benjamin Wells.

MIDDLESEX.—Jacob Myers, Richard Cromwell, and Thomas Rutter.

DELAWARE.—Christopher Owings, Benjamin Lawrance, and Nicholas Dorsey, Junior.

NORTH.—John Hall, and Stephen Gill, Junior.

PIPE CREEK.—John Showers, and George Everhart.

GUNPOWDER, UPPER.—Samuel Young, Jesse Bussey, Thomas Gassaway Howard, James Bosley, William Cromwell, and Zaccheus Barrett Onion.

MINE RUN.—Edward Stansbury, John Stevenson, Daniel Shaw, William Slade, Junior, Joseph Sutton, and John Steward.

BALTIMORE TOWN.—James Sterret, Charles Ridgely, William Goodwin, Doctor Charles Wicsenthall, and Thomas Ewing.

Resolved, That subscriptions be opened in each Hundred, under the direction of the Committee, and that the same be paid into the hands of a Treasurer to be appointed by the contributors in each Hundred, and be laid out agreeable to the Resolve of the Provincial Convention.

Resolved, That the name of every person who shall, upon personal application made to him, by the Committee, or any person under their appointment, refuse or decline to subscribe or contribute for the purchase of Arms and Ammunition, be taken down, and laid before the Committee at the next meeting after such refusal, together with the reasons of such refusal.

Resolved, That the forming of the inhabitants of this County into Companies, and their using their utmost endeavours to make themselves masters of the Military Exercise, and their resisting, with force, every illegal attempt upon their liberty and property, is not repugnant to the oaths of allegiance.

Resolved unanimously, That subscriptions be opened in each Hundred, in this County, under the direction of the Committee of the respective Hundreds, for raising contributions to supply the necessities and alleviate the distresses of our oppressed brethren of Boston.

Resolved, That William Goodwin, Richard Moale, William Buchanan, and William Lux be, and are hereby, empowered to purchase three thousand pounds of Powder, and twelve thousand pounds of Lead, on the credit of the subscriptions for the use of this County.

Resolved, That the Committee meet at the Court House on Wednesday, the 8th of February next, to produce their several subscriptions.

Ordered, That these Proceedings be published in the Maryland Gazette, the Baltimore Journal, and in handbills, to be circulated through the County.

Signed per order,

J. T. CHASE, clerk.

Newtown, Bucks County, Perm, January 16, 1775.

A large majority of the Committee chosen in said County, on the 15th of December last, in pursuance of notice for that purpose given, this day assembled in said Town, and unanimously chose

JOSEPH HART, Esquire, Chairman, and
JOHN CHAPMAN, Clerk.

The Committee then taking into consideration the measures recommended by the Continental Congress, for the redress of American Grievances, entered into the following Resolves, unanimously:

1st. That we highly approve of the pacifick measures recommended by the Continental Congress, for the redress of American Grievances, and do hereby render our unfeigned thanks to the worthy gentlemen who composed that august assembly, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in them.

2d. That we hold ourselves bound, in justice to ourselves, our posterity, our King, and our country, strictly to observe and keep the Association of said Congress, especially as it is recommended to us by the united voice of our Representatives in Assembly, and, as a Committee, will use our utmost endeavours to have it carried into execution.

3d. That we hold it as our bounden duty, both as Christians and as countrymen, to contribute towards the relief and support of the poor inhabitants of the Town of Boston, now suffering in the general cause of all the Colonies; and we do hereby recommend the raising a sum of money for that purpose, to every inhabitant or taxable in this County, as soon as possible.

The Committee then taking into consideration a late Resolve of the Committee of the City of Philadelphia, setting forth an absolute necessity that the Committees of the Counties of this Province, or their Deputies, be requested to meet together in Provincial Convention, on the 23d day of January, instant, cannot conceive, from any information we have had, the necessity of such Provincial Convention, or that any good effects can be produced thereby, towards carrying into execution the Association so clearly pointed out to us by the Continental Congress.

Voted, That Joseph Hart, John Wilkinson, Henry Wynkoop, Joseph Watson, and John Chapman, or any three of them, be a Committee of Correspondence, and that Henry Wynkoop be Treasurer, to receive such charitable donations as may be collected, in pursuance of the third Resolve of this Committee.

JOHN CHAPMAN, Clerk.

TO THE FARMERS OF BERKS COUNTY.

Reading, January 16, 1775.

The Committee of the County of Berks, having considered the Association of the Butchers of this Town, not to kill any Sheep whatsoever till the first day of May next, take the liberty earnestly to recommend to the inhabitants of this County, not to sell any Sheep whatsoever to any Butcher from Philadelphia, or elsewhere, till the first day of May. The preserving of Wool being an object of the greatest consequence, the Committee flatter themselves that the Farmers will cheerfully observe this recommendation: and as the Committee will meet in Reading, on Tuesday, the 14th day of February next, if any inhabitants have any objections to make to the measure, hereby recommended, such inhabitants are requested to attend the Committee to make their objection, that the same may be maturely considered.

Any person having Wool, which he cannot dispose of in the country, may bring it to the house of Mr. Mark Bird, in Reading, who will give fourteen Pence per pound for any quantity. By order of the Committee,

JONATHAN POTTS, Secretary.