Company of Artillery, with six eighteen pound Cannon, to be stationed at Fort-Island,

Three Hulks to be sunk in the most convenient places for the defence of the River,

General Instructions for the Commanders of the Provincial Armed Boats,

Christopher Carter convicted of inimical correspondence and practices,

Appointment of new Committee of Safety received from the Assembly,

Benjamin Franklin chosen President, and Robert Morris, Vice President,

Oath taken by Stephen Bayard, the Clerk allowed to Dr. Kearsley while in prison,

Oath taken by the Pilots employed to take Vessels through the machines sunk near Fort-Island,

Statement of Capt. George Hastings, of the Transport Ship Rebecca and Francis, stranded on Brigantine Beach,

Committee to give orders respecting the removal of Dr. Kearsley to Yorktown Jail, and J. Brooks to Lancaster Jail,

Captain Thomas Read recommended to the Assembly to be appointed Commodore of the Fleet,

A Second Lieutenant to be appointed to each of the Armed Boats,

Thomas Proctor appointed to command the Artillery at Fort-Island,

David Rittenhouse appointed Engineer to the Committee,

Captain Campbell and Lieutenant Symes imprisoned,

Application to Congress for Lieutenant Symes to be considered a prisoner of war,

Committee of Safety resolve that it is necessary to take further measures for the defence of the City than are already provided,

Committee appointed to ascertain how soon, and at what cost, a vessel can be procured, fit for a Provincial Ship of War,

Materials ordered for building a third tier of Chevaux-de-Frise,

Rules and Regulations for the Artillery Company,

Committee to borrow Ten Thousand Pounds for the use of the Province,

Committee to contract for building and equipping a Ship of War for the river service, to mount twenty eighteen pounders,

Committee to inquire into the construction of Fire Rafts, and to build immediately as many as may be necessary,

Rules and Regulations for the conduct of the Pilots,

Committee authorized to make an immediate purchase, and equip any Ship suitable for a Provincial Armed Ship,

John Saunders, a Pilot, committed to the common Jail of the County, for piloting a Ship through the Chevaux-de-Frise, without permission

Parole given by Oliver de Lancy, a Lieutenant in His Majesty’s Navy,

Committee to purchase Logs sufficient for building three tier of Chevaux-de-Frise,

Agree to sell the Ship Sally to the Continental Congress,

Lieutenant Symes admitted to parole,

Assembly meets at Burlington,

List of the Representatives,

Speech of the Governour to the Council and the House,

Letter from Richard Perm and Arthur Lee,

Mr. Kinsey and Mr. De Hart, two of the Delegates to the Continental Congress, apply for leave to resign.

Petition from the Township of Chesterfield, in Burlington County, for an Act to set free all the Slaves now in the Colony,

Governour’s Speech read a second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House,

Committee to prepare an Address, in answer to the Governour’s Speech,

Committee to prepare and bring in a Bill for the support of Government,

James Kinsey and John De Hart permitted to resign,

The three remaining Delegates, or any two of them, authorized to represent the Colony,

Message from the Governour,

Petition from thirty-two Freeholders of Burlington County, praying the passage of such Resolutions as may discourage an Independency on Great Britain,

Committee to prepare an answer to the Governour’s Message,

Motion to make provision for repairing the Barracks, rejected,

Bill of the last session, for the more easy manumission of Slaves, considered, and a motion to commit it rejected,

The Bill then referred to the next session of Assembly,

Dennis De Berdt appointed Agent of the Colony at the Court of Great Britain, in the room of Benjamin Franklin,

Petition from thirty-four Freeholders of Burlington, against Independence,

Address, in answer to the Governour’s Speech, agreed to,

Petition from forty-eight Freeholders, in Burlington County, against Independence,

Committee to prepare a Petition to His Majesty,

Resolutions of the House against Independence,

Salaries to various Officers of the Government allowed,

Any one of the three Delegates in Continental Congress authorized to represent the Colony,

Address of the House to the Governour,

Answer of the Governour,

Motion to request the Governour to dissolve the Assembly at the end of the present session, rejected,

Petition to the King, reported and read,

Petition to the King read a second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House,

House in Committee on the Petition to the King,

Report of the Committee, that a Petition is now before His Majesty, to which no answer has been given, and that the present Petition ought to be referred,

Message to the Governour, in answer to his Message to the House,

General Assembly prorogued, to meet at Perth Amboy, on Wednesday, the third day of January next,

Address of the Council to the Governour, in answer to his Speech to both Houses,

Answer of the Governour,

Message to the Governour from the Council,

Message from the Governour to the Council,

Letter from the Governour to the Earl of Dartmouth,

Petition of divers Freeholders of New-Jersey to the Assembly,

Notes of Mr. Dickinson’s Speech before the Assembly, on the 5th of December,

Reasons why the Americans should not furnish the King’s Ships with Provisions,

Extract from the Minutes of the Provincial Council of New-Jersey,

Mr. De Halt’s Letter of Resignation,

Congress met agreeable to adjournment,

Credentials of the Delegates from Georgia, in Provincial Congress, July 15, 1775,

Credentials of the Delegates from Virginia, in Convention, August 11, 1775,

Credentials of the Delegates from Maryland, in Convention, at Annapolis, July 26, 1775,

Delegates for Pennsylvania directed to forward, under a proper guard, to the Army in Massachusetts, five hundred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred and eighty Dollars,

Edward Fleming appointed Deputy Adjutant-General for the Army in the Northern Department,