Memorial and Petition from the Officers of the four Battalions in the County of Philadelphia, associated for the defence of American Liberty,

Address of the People called Quakers,

Report of the Committee on the Memorial of Northampton and Northumberland Counties, for protection against the Connecticut intruders,

Memorial from the Officers of the Military Association within the County of Chester,

Motion to admit the Freeholders and Inhabitants to hear the Debates in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Province, rejected,

Petition and Remonstrance of the Committee of the City of Philadelphia, against the Address of the Quakers,

Memorial from the Officers of the Military Association of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, against the Address of the Quakers,

Representation from the Committee of Privates of the Association, against the Address of the Quakers,

Present critical state of the Colony considered in Committee of the Whole,

Representation from the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, praying the House to appoint persons to procure Arms ordered on the 30th of June last,

State of the Province further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Delegates to the Continental Congress to be appointed to-morrow,

State of the Province further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Committee to inquire what progress has been made by the Commissioners and Assessors of the several Counties in procuring Arms for the publick use,

State of the Province further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Delegates to the Continental Congress appointed,

Letter from Christopher Whitman, Chairman of the Berks County Committee, read and referred to the Committee of Safety,

Committee on a Resolution of the Continental Congress, requesting the Assemblies of Connecticut and Pennsylvania to prevent hostilities at Wyoming,

Address in behalf of the Societies of Menonists and German Baptists. They are not at liberty, in conscience, to take up arms to conquer their enemies,

Committee to prepare Instructions for the Delegates to Congress,

State of the Province further considered in Committee of the Whole,

Resolutions reported by the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Province,

Committee to prepare Rules and Regulations for the better government of the Military Association in the Province,

Address from the Committee of York County, read and laid on the table,

Letter from Richard Penn and Arthur Lee, Agents in London,

Instructions to the Delegates from, the Province, in Congress. They are to dissent from and utterly reject any proposition that may cause or lead to a separation from the Mother Country,

Remarks on the Instructions,

Resolution received from the Continental Congress, recommending the encouragement of the manufacture of Saltpetre,

Report of the Committee on the progress made in manufacturing Saltpetre in the Province,

Barracks in the City directed to be put in order for the use of the Troops in the pay of the Province,

Committee to bring in Resolves for striking Eighty Thousand Pounds, in Bills of Credit,

Regulations for the Military Association of the Province, considered,

Resolutions for striking the sum of Eighty Thousand Pounds, in Bills of Credit,

Letter from Thomas Mifflin, dated Cambridge, November 12, resigning his seat in the House,

Representation from the Committee of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, informing the House that certain persons have refused the Bills of Credit of the Province, by which means there is the utmost reason to fear a depreciation,

Letter from Robert Hunter and others, of the County of Northumberland. The Connecticut Settlers at Wyoming refuse to submit to the laws of Pennsylvania,

Persons refusing to receive the Bills of Credit thereby endeavor to injure the currency of said Bills, and ought to be deemed inimical to the liberties of America,

Committee to adjust the Accounts of the several Battalions of Associators in the Province,

Governour requested to give orders for a due execution of the laws of the Province in the Counties of Northumberland and Northampton,

The Saltpetre Works erected in Philadelphia placed under the direction of the Assembly,

Committee to superintend the Saltpetre Works,

Report of the Committee appointed to inquire what number of Arms has been provided in the several Counties for the publick use,

Rules and Regulations for the better government of the Military Association in Pennsylvania,

Articles of Association in Pennsylvania,

Resolutions directing the mode of laying Taxes on Non-Associators in Pennsylvania,

Officers of the Armed Boats commissioned,

Powder supplied to Bedford County,

Ammunition, &c., furnished to Captain Montgomery, of the Ranger,

Major Rogers furnished with a copy of his parole,

Petition of the Pilots considered and rejected,

John Ross appointed Muster-Master of the Forces belonging to the Pennsylvania Fleet,

John Maxwell Nesbitt appointed Paymaster of the Pennsylvania Fleet,

Committee to forward the making of Arms for the publick service,

Committee of Lancaster County requested to collect and send to the Committee of Safety the Provincial Arms in that County,

James Roberts, a Pilot, permitted to pilot a Vessel down the River and Bay,

Gunsmiths of the City requested to attend the Committee,

Sundry papers communicated by the Philadelphia Committee, together with their proceedings with regard to Dr. John Kearsley, J. Brooks, and Leonard Snowden,

Peter Long appointed Ships’ Husband for the Armed Boats,

The Carpenters of the City requested to attend to-morrow, with all their hands, to assist in getting afloat and taking down to Fort-Island from the Gloucester shore, the Floating Machines for the obstruction of the Channel,

Christopher Carter committed to prison, as a person inimical to the liberties of America,

Ships’ Husband directed to procure six hand cuffs for each of the Armed Boats,

Advances ordered for the Seamen as an encouragement for their enlisting in the Armed Boats,

Papers delivered to Colonel Dickinson, for the perusal of the Continental Congress,

Dr. Duffield appointed Surgeon and Physician on board the Armed Boats,

List of the Military Stores directed for each of the Armed Boats,

Ten Pilots only permitted to pilot Vessels through the Chevaux-de-Frise,

Gunpowder and Lead furnished to Northampton County,

Instructions to Peter Long, as Ships’ Husband to the Armed Boats,

Plan of a Fire Ship, for the destruction of the enemy’s Ships, presented and approved,

Met at Fort-Island, to view the condition of the works there,