be a Committee to examine the Cartridge-Boxes, Knapsacks, &c., that are made for the use of this County, and, if they are made agreeable to the patterns, that they give orders to the Commissary to receive them into store.

Monday, September 25, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Samuel Morris, Jun., President pro tem., Thos. Wharton, Jun., Owen Biddle, Michael Swoope, John Cadwallader, Daniel Roberdeau, William Edmonds, John Dickinson.

Resolved, That Isaac Rotch, Pilot, be permitted to pilot down the River and Bay of Delaware the Brig Sally, Warren Lisle Nichol, Master, which vessel put into Christiana in distress; the said Isaac Rotch, Pilot, is cautioned to avoid going or being taken on board any Ship of War or other British Armed Vessel.

The Committee of York County having purchased the following quantity of Gunpowder and Lead, which is secured by them in Yorktown, for the security and defence of this Province, viz:

Forty-nine quarter-casks of Powder, weight twelve hundred and twenty-five pounds, which cost £178 14s.; three thousand seven hundred and seventy pounds of Lead, cost £69 6 s. 5 d.; carriage from Philadelphia to Yorktown, £11 6 s. 6 d.—£259 6 s. 11 d.,

Resolved, That this Committee take the abovementioned Powder and Lead, purchased by the Committee of York County for the use of this Province, at the price the same was purchased at by them, and that Mr. Michael Swoope, a Member of this Committee, and Mr. John Hay, a Commissioner of said County, be appointed to see that the said Powder and Lead are properly secured, and that Mr. Michael Swoope have an order on the Treasurer of this Board for the amount of the same.

Agreeable thereto, an Order was drawn, of this date, on said Treasurer, for the said sum of two hundred and fifty-nine Pounds six Shillings and eleven Pence, and signed by Samuel Morris, Jun., President pro tem.

Resolved, That George Jackson, Pilot, be permitted to pilot down the River and Bay of Delaware the Sloop Adventure, Benjamin Clark, Master; and he, the said Pilot, is hereby cautioned to avoid going or being taken on board any Ship of War or other British Armed Vessel.

Resolved, That an Order be drawn on Mr. Michael Hillegas, Treasurer to this Board, in favour of Mr. Robert White, for the sum of two thousand Pounds, being towards the payment of the building the Armed Boats and Chevaux-de-Frise; which Order was accordingly drawn, and signed by Samuel Morris, President pro tem.

Resolved, That Mr. Robert Morris, Mr. Thos. Wharton, and Mr. Robert White, or any two of them, be a Committee to receive all Accounts, and to inspect and certify those that are right to this Board.

This Board was furnished with an Account from the City Committee, against the Continental Congress, for the following quantities of Gunpowder delivered them, viz:

Ninety-eight quarter-casks of Powder sent to Gen. Washington, cost £367 10 s.; fifty-two quarter-casks of Powder sent to Ticonderoga, £195; twelve strong Hogsheads and packing, at 15 s., and hauling, £10 4 s.—£572 14 s.

Which Powder was added to the Account delivered by this Board to the Congress the 20th inst., in manner following;

Dr. Continental Congress in account with the Committee of Safety for the Province of PENNSYLVANIA:

September 25, 1775.

Captain Spring attended this Board, agreeable to a Resolve of the 22d inst., and they came to a resolve that the said Captain Spring be allowed the common storage for the Powder that is now or hereafter may be put in the Magazine by this Committee.

Tuesday, September 26, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, John Montgomery, Bernard Dougherty, Samuel Hunter, Owen Biddle, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Daniel Roberdeau, Michael Swoope, William Edmonds, George Ross.

Delivered to Lieutenant Gibbs Jones, for the Armed Boat Ranger, two brass Howitzers, which were made by Mr. King.

Delivered an Order to Edward Chamberlain, Master-at-Arms, on Mr. Robert Towers, Commissary, for twenty-eight Muskets, made by Nicholson, twenty-eight Cartridge-Boxes, made by Binks, and twenty rounds of Cartridges for each Musket.

Upon the application of the Committee of Correspondence of Westmoreland County, for a quantity of Powder and Lead for the defence of the Frontiers,

Resolved, That Mr. Michael Swoope and Mr. John Hay, of York County, do deliver to Captain Samuel Moorhead, of Westmoreland County, out of the publick stock, five hundred weight of Powder, and twelve hundred and fifty pounds of Lead, and that the same be placed in the hands of the Committee of Westmoreland, for the publick use of said County; and the Committee are requested to take particular care that the same be not expended but in the publick defence.

Resolved, That the Committee of said County be accountable to this Committee for the same, when called upon.

Resolved, That Orders be drawn on the Treasurer of this Board, in favour of the Commissioners and Assessors of each County in this Province, for the different sums as affixed to each County, being towards the payment of Arms and Accoutrements they are to furnish, respectively, viz: For Philadelphia County, £1,500; Bucks County, £300; Chester County, £500; Lancaster County, £600; York County, £300; Cumberland County, £300; Berks County, £400; Northampton County, £300; Bedford County, £100; Northumberland County, £100; Westmoreland County, £100.

John Philip De Haas having presented a Memorial to this Board relative to some dispute subsisting between Colonel Grubb, of Lancaster County, and him, respecting the division of said Colonel Grubb’s Battalion; the Committee taking the same into consideration, do resolve that it be recommended to the Committee of Lancaster County to hear the matter in dispute between Colonel Grubb and Major De Haas, and determine it agreeable to the regulations published by this Board for establishing rank and precedence amongst the Pennsylvania Associators; and it is also recommended to those gentlemen to refer their disputes to said Committee, but subject to an appeal to this Board, if the parties think proper, who may agree upon a day to attend most suitable to them.

Wednesday, September 27, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, John Cadwallader, Samuel Hunter, Bernard Dougherty, John Montgomery, Michael Swoope, Daniel Roberdeau, Owen Biddle, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Andrew Allen, Anthony Wayne, George Ross.

Resolved, That Mr. Towers, Commissary, alter the Cartridges that he has made for the Cannon, by decreasing the quantity of Powder to one-fourth the weight of the Ball; and the Cartridges made for the Field-Pieces to be decreased to one-fifth or one-sixth the weight of the Ball, according to the strength of the Powder.

Resolved, That Doctor Benjamin Rush be appointed Physician and Surgeon to the Armed Boats, and that the Commanding Officers of the Boats be informed that they apply to him, for themselves and people, for assistance in case of need.