town, be desired to attend a meeting at eight o'clock, precisely, to-morrow morning.

Resolved, That Doctor Cadwallader, Doctor Bond, Doctor Kuhn, Doctor Rush, and Doctor Skippen, Jun., be requested to examine all candidates who shall offer as Surgeons to the different Battalions, and that no person be appointed by this Board to the office of Surgeon, without first obtaining a Certificate of his abilities from at least three of the above gentlemen, and that they appoint a day for examination as soon as is convenient.

Resolved, That Mr. Gray, Chairman of the Committee of Philadelphia County, be desired to call together the Members of the said Committee, on Wednesday, the 17th instant, and that Mr. Hart, Chairman of the Committee of Bucks County, be desired to call together the Members of that County, on Monday, the 22d instant, at eleven o'clock, on business of the utmost importance, which will be, communicated to them by a deputation from this Board, who will attend the meeting; and that they be desired immediately to employ a special Messenger or Messengers, for the purpose, at the expense of this Board, and to notify to the Board the places of each meeting.

Wednesday, January 10, 1776.

In Committee of Safety: Present—

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Daniel Roberdeau, George Clymer, Samuel Miles, Chairman, Samuel Morris, Jun., John Montgomery, Samuel Howell, Anthony Wayne, John Nixon, John Cadwallader, James Biddle, James Mease, Robert White.

Resolved, That the Committee will, on Monday next, proceed to the appointment of Second Lieutenants in Colonel Bull's Battalion; and that this Resolve be made publick.

Resolved, That this Committee will, on the 12th February next, proceed to the appointment of Chaplains to the six Battalions raised in this Province by order of Congress.

By order of the Board, an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., Treasurer to this Board, in favour of John Maxwell Nesbitt, Paymaster to the Boats, or order, for sixteen hundred Pounds.

Resolved, That Colonel Miles, Mr. Mease, and Mr. Samuel Morris, be a Committee to inquire for proper places to erect Powder Magazines in this Province, and to procure plans of the necessary buildings, and make report of the same to this Board.

Resolved, That Colonel Roberdeau, and Mr. Mease, apply to Joshua Fisher & Sons, to know if they will sell what goods this Board may have occasion for, for the use of the publick, that they have in the store of the Committee of Inspection and Observation.

Thursday, January 11, 1776.

In Committee of Safety: Present—

John Nixon, Chairman, Anthony Wayne, James Mease, John Cadwallader, Daniel Roberdeau, Samuel Morris, Jun., Samuel Howell, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Nicholas Fairlamb, Owen Biddle.

Resolved, That Mr. Robert Towers, Commissary, employ, in the service of this Province, Thomas Truck and John Forrest; and that they be allowed each forty-five shillings per month, and seven shillings and six pence per week for subsistence.

Pursuant to a Resolution of Congress and of this Board, this Committee proceeded to the choice of a number of gentlemen to be appointed Adjutants to the Second, Third, and Fourth Battalions, now to be raised, when the following gentlemen were made choice of: George Boss, Walter Bicker, and Thomas Holland.

Upon application of Colonel Wayne, an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., Treasurer to this Board, in favour of the Commissioners and Assessors of Chester County, for twenty-seven pounds, being so much towards the payment of Arms, Sic, for the use of that County.

Doctor Franklin sent to this Board the following Resolve of Congress, which is directed to be entered on the Minutes of this Committee, and a copy thereof to be delivered to Messrs. Mease and Caldwell, in order to their furnishing Colonel Bull's Battalion with such articles, therein set forth, that are not already furnished, agreeable to a former Resolution of Congress:

"In Congress, January 10, 1776.

"The following articles to be provided for the First Pennsylvania Battalion, under the command of Colonel Bull, now under orders to march for Canada, viz: 688 Caps; 688 pairs Mittens; 688 pairs Stockings; 688 pairs Leggings; 688 pairs Shoes; 1200 Shirts; 300 pairs Blankets; 688 Haversacks; 688 Slings, for Firelocks; 688 Waistcoats; 500 pairs Breeches; 64 Pitching-Axes; and nine Baggage-Wagons.

"Resolved, That it be recommended to the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, to supply the Pennsylvania Battalion with such of the above articles as they have not already furnished, agreeable to former Resolutions of Congress, and that all the articles furnished the men, more than those allowed in lieu of bounty, be deducted out of their pay.

Extract from the Minutes:

"CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary."

Agreeable to a Resolve of yesterday, Colonel Roberdeau and Mr. Mease waited on Messrs. Fishers, and report they positively and absolutely refuse to give any consent to the sale of their goods, or concur in any way to bring about the end proposed.

Resolved, That application be made to the Committee of the City and Liberties, informing them that the articles enumerated at the bottom of the Resolve, are essentially necessary for the public use. That they are not to be procured in this City, but from Joshua Fisher & Sons, who have them in the Committee Store, and have refused to dispose of said goods, or concur in any measures by which they be appropriated to the use of the publick. That this Committee, therefore, request the Committee of Inspection and Observation will take such measures to preserve the undermentioned goods, as the publick interest may require, and as they have done in cases of the like nature.

(Two tons Pig Lead, two bales Russia Sheeting, two bales Raven's Duck, one case Irish Linen, seven bales Sail Cloth.)

Friday, January 12, 1776.

In Committee of Safety: Present—

John Nixon, Chairman, John Montgomery, Anthony Wayne, James Mease, George Gray, Robert White, Nicholas Fairlamb, George Clymer, Samuel Howell, Daniel Roberdeau, Samuel Morris, Jun., Alexander Wilcocks, John Cadwallader.

Upon application of Captain Jones, for the payment of seven Firelocks, purchased by him for the use of his Company, in Colonel Bull's Battalion, an Order was drawn for twenty-two pounds, fifteen shillings, in his favour, on Messrs. Mease and Caldwell, Paymasters to said Battalion.

The appointment of the Captains, Lieutenants, Ensigns, and Adjutants, were this day sent to Congress, by Colonel Wayne.

Thomas Dewees's Account against the Congress for the soldiers, Lieutenant Syrnes and Duncan Campbell, confined in Jail by order of Congress, up to the 8th instant, were certified by the Chairman to be just, amounting in the whole to eight pounds seven pence half-penny.

In consequence of the Resolution of Congress of the 2d instant, handed to this Board:

Resolved, That Colonel Roberdeau and Mr. Clymer be a Committee to procure copies of all the Petitions, Memorials, and Remonstrances, which have been by this Colony presented to the Throne, or either House of Parliament, since the year 1762; and, also, of the Answers, if any were given to them, in order to lay them before Congress, and this Committee are to forward any other business that may be recommended to this Board, in the other Resolutions of Congress accompanying the above, of the 2d instant.

Resolved, That Mr. Reed, Mr. Mease, and Mr. Howell, be a Committee to meet the Committee of Inspection and Observation of Philadelphia County, at Chestnut Hill, on Wednesday next, at 11 o'clock.

Resolved, That Christopher Carter be discharged from.