and Volunteer McDermott, to the Camp of General Washington, on condition of their expenses being paid; which offer was accepted of.

Wednesday, August 16, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Roberdeau, Anthony Wayne, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Owen Biddle, George Gray, Robert White, Robert Morris, Benjamin Bartholomew, Andrew Allen, Samuel Morris, Jun., George Ross:

Major French was furnished with a copy of the instrument of writing signed by him the 12th inst., with the copy of his request, and this Board’s Resolve in consequence thereof, of this day.

As it is thought necessary that this Board should have a security for the two Soldiers that are with Major French, he was desired to sign the following engagement, viz:

August 16, 1775.

The Committee of Safety for the Province of Pennsylvania having permitted Wm. Goldthorp, a Private in the Twenty-Second Regiment, and Alexander Allen, a Private in the Forty-Fifth Regiment, to accompany me to General Washington’s camp, I pledge my honour that I will use my best endeavours to surrender them to the said General; that I will take all the care in my power to prevent their misbehaving themselves, or giving any intelligence injurious to the American cause.    Signed,

CHRIS. FRENCH, Major British Army.

Major French was furnished with a copy of the above.

Mr. Robert Towers made a Return of the Powder received and stored, as follows, viz: From Oswell Eve, five hundred and seventy-five pounds, stored in New Jail; from the Committee of the City and Liberties, fifty pounds, stored in New Jail; from do., eight hundred pounds, stored in Powder House; from do., eleven hundred pounds, stored in Germantown—twenty-five hundred and twenty-five pounds of Powder.

A Letter of Instructions was wrote and signed by Doctor Franklin, for Captain Richard Willing and Captain John Wharton, who go with the Officers, taken prisoners, by stage on Tuesday morning next.

Thursday, August 17, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Roberdeau, Benjamin Bartholomew, Owen Biddle, Samuel Morris, Jun., Robert Morris, George Gray, George Ross, Robert White, Andrew Allen:

The Committee appointed by the second Resolve of the 3d inst., for drawing up Rules and Regulations for the Associators, produced the same, and, after several amendments, were agreed to, and ordered to be transcribed.

Friday, August 18, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Bartholomew, Daniel Roberdeau, Owen Biddle, Anthony Wayne, Robert Morris, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Samuel Morris, Jun., George Gray, George Ross, Robert White:

The Articles of Regulations, &c., for the Associators, were this day taken into further consideration, and, after some amendments, were again ordered to be transcribed.

Joseph Fox, one of the Commissioners for this County, waited on this Board, acquainting them that it was found impossible to get completed, in any reasonable time, the Fire-Locks in this County, unless it be permitted that they make use of such Locks as they can procure.

Resolved, That this Board take the same into their consideration.

Saturday, August 19, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Andrew Allen, Samuel Morris, Jun., Thomas Wharton, Jun., Daniel Roberdeau, Owen Biddle, George Gray, Robert White, John Dickinson:

Robert Towers, Commissary, reports his having received the following articles, which he has stored: Five half-barrels of Gunpowder, two hundred and fifty pounds; five quarter barrels do., one hundred and twenty-five pounds—three hundred and seventy-five pounds; received from George Lush, and stored in the New Jail. Twelve thousand Flints and five hundred weight of Lead, received from the Committee of the City and Liberties, and stored in the State House.

Delivered an Order to Mr. Towers, to Major Samuel Mifflin, for the Powder that came this day in Captain Ferris, which is to be put into the Powder House.

Mr. Towers is desired to remove the Powder that is now in the Jail into the Powder House, and see that proper guards are fixed.

The Articles for regulating the Associators were transcribed, and this day read and approved of, and are as follows:

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION IN PENNSYLVANIA.

We, the Officers and Soldiers engaged in the present Association for the defence of American liberty, being fully sensible that the strength and security of any body of men, acting together, consists in just regularity, due subordination, and exact obedience to command without which no individual can have that confidence, in the support of those about him, that is so necessary to give firmness and resolution to the whole, do voluntarily and freely, after consideration of the following Articles, adopt the same as the Rules by which we agree and resolve to be governed, in all our military concerns and operations, until the same, or any of them, shall be changed or dissolved by the Assembly or Provincial Convention, or in their recess by the Committee of Safety, or a happy reconciliation shall take place between Great Britain and the Colonies:

ARTICLE I. If any Officer make use of any profane oath or execration, when on duty, he shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of five Shillings; and if a Non-Commissioned Officer or Soldier be thus guilty of cursing or swearing, he shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of one Shilling.

ART. II. Any Officer or Soldier who shall refuse to obey the lawful orders of his superiour Officer, may be suspended from doing duty on that day, and shall, upon being convicted thereof before a Regimental Court-Martial, make such concessions as said Court-Martial shall direct.

ART. III. Any Officer or Soldier who shall begin, excite, cause, join in, or promote, any disturbance in the Battalion, Troop, or Company, shall be censured, according to the nature of the offence, by the judgment of a Regimental Court-Martial.

ART. IV. Any Officer or Soldier who shall strike his superiour Officer, or draw, or offer to draw, or shall lift up any weapon, or offer any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, shall, upon conviction before a Regimental Court-Martial, be dismissed, and shall be deemed to be thereby disgraced, as unworthy the company of freemen.

ART. V. Any Commanding or other Officer who shall strike any person when on duty, shall, upon conviction before a General Court-Martial, be in like manner dismissed and disgraced.

ART. VI. Any Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or Soldier, who shall make use of insolent, provoking, or indecent language, while on duty, shall suffer such censure or fine as shall be inflicted by a Regimental Court-Martial, according to the nature of the offence.

ART. VII. If any Officer or Soldier should think himself injured by his Colonel, or the Commanding Officer of the Battalion, and shall, upon due application made to him, be refused redress, he may complain to the General of the Pennsylvania Associators, or to the Colonel of any other Battalion, who is to summon a General Court-Martial, and see that justice be done.

ART. VIII. If any inferiour Officer or Soldier shall think himself injured by his Captain, or other superiour Officer in the Battalion, Troop, or Company to which he belongs, he may complain to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, who is to summon a Regimental Court-Martial, for the doing justice according to the nature of the case.

ART. IX. No Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or Soldier, shall fail of repairing, with their Arms, Ammunition, and Accoutrements, upon any regular alarm, or at the time fixed, to the place of parade, or other rendezvous

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