imprison merit upon condition (hat he pays his fees, and immediately departs the Continent; and that Leonard Snow-Jen be enlarged on paying fees, and giving his parole that his future conduct shall not be inimical to the American cause.

Resolved, That Colonel Roberdeau, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Owen Biddle, be a Committee to procure and get made in the best and most speedy manner, twenty-five Grubbing Hoes, one hundred and fifty Picks, five hundred Shovels, one hundred Spades, one hundred Pitching-Axes, and one thousand Pikes, fifty Wheelbarrows, and one hundred and fifty Handbarrows.

Letters were wrote to the Commissioners and Assessors of each County, respecting the Arms, &c., to be provided by them agreeable to a Resolve of Assembly of the 30th June last, and to the Committees of the different Counties, (except those of Westmoreland, Northumberland, and Bedford,) respecting the manufacture of Saltpetre, and the mode of receiving and paying for the same.

Robert Towers, Commissary, reports his having received the following articles into store, &c., viz:

65 pounds Saltpetre, from the manufactory of this City; 56 pounds Saltpetre, from ditto; 36 Steel Ramrods, from William Brown; 2 cwt. 3 qr. of small Shot, from Owen Biddle; 21/2 pounds Saltpetre, from Mr. Peak, for which he gave ten ounces of Powder, and nine shillings, four pence half-penny, in cash; 56 pounds Shot, from John Scotton, at thirty-eight shillings per hundred weight; his having delivered four pounds of Powder to Mr. Vandegriff, for the Commissioners and Assessors of Bucks County.

Saturday, January 13, 1776.

In Committee of Safety: Present—

Samuel Howell, Chairman, Daniel Roberdeau, James Biddle, James Mease, George Clymer, Samuel Morris, Jun., Thomas Wharton, Jun., Owen Biddle, John Cadwallader.

Captain Andrew Caldwell having been applied to, to take the command of the Fleet in the service of this Province, and consenting thereto, it is

Resolved, That he, the said Andrew Cadwallader be, and he is, hereby, appointed Commander-in-chief, or Commander of all the Armed Vessels in the service of this Province.

Resolved, Thai a person be appointed second in command of the Armed Vessels in the service of this Province.

Thomas Apty produced his Account for furnishing twenty-four men, prisoners confined by Congress, with Provisions to this day, amounting to forty-one pounds, two shillings and three pence, which was certified by the Chairman to be just, and directed to the Committee of Accounts of Congress.

Mr. Owen Biddle having produced an Account for sundry articles supplied the Saltpetre Works of this Province, by order of the Board, an Order was drawn in his favour, on the Committee of Accounts of this Board, for seventy-eight pounds, five shillings and six pence, being the amount of said Account.

Resolved, That this Board pay Thomas Dewees the Jail expenses of Leonard Snowden, he being incapable of doing it.

Mr.Clymer, by desire of this Board, applied to Mr. John McNeal, to know if it would, be agreeable to him to enter into the service of this Province, in the character of an Engineer.

In consequence of which Mr. McNeal acquaints this Board, by Letter, that his bad state of health prevents his acceptance of the appointment, but will do every thing in his power from time to time for the service of the Province, without any fee.

Monday, January 15, 1776.

In Committee of Safety: Present—

John Nixon, Chairman, Samuel Howell, James Biddle, Owen Biddle, George Clymer, Alexander Wilcocks, Joseph Reed, John Cadwallader, Daniel Roberdeau, James Mease.

Mr. Mease having delivered an Order of Congress to this Board, of which the following is a copy, it was, by order of the Board, endorsed by the Chairman, and delivered to Messrs. Mease and Caldwell, for the uses therein mentioned, viz:

"Philadelphia, January 11, 1776.

"GENTLEMEN: Please to pay to the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, six thousand dollars for the use of the Battalion in this City, the said Committee to be accountable for the expenditure of said sum.

"I am gentlemen, your most obedient servant,

"JOHN HANCOCK, President.

"Michael Hillegas and George Clymer, Esquires, Treasurers."

By order of the Board, an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., in favour of John Nixon, Thomas Wharton, Jun., and James Mease, the Committee of Accounts, for five thousand pounds, and signed by the Chairman.

Ordered, That Mr. John Ross be directed to furnish, immediately, a return of the number of men now in the service of this Province on board the Armed Boats.

Pursuant to a Resolve of Congress, that the Battalions raised in this Province in the Continental service, should have a Second Lieutenant to each Company; this Board went into the choice of eight gentlemen as proper persons to be appointed Second Lieutenants in Colonel Bull's Battalion, when the following gentlemen were made choice of: 1. Roger Stayner, 2. George Jenkins, 3, Christian Staddle, 4. Amos Wilkinson, 5. John Ellis, 6. Samuel Tolbert, 7. Peter Gosner, 8. John Cohey.

Tuesday, January 16, 1776.

In Committee of Safety: Present—

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

Resolved, That Doctor Robert Johnson, recommended by Doctors Thomas Cadwallader, Thomas Bond, Adam Kuhn, and William Shippen, Jun., according to a former Resolve of this Board, is hereby appointed Surgeon to the Fifth, or Colonel William Irwin's Battalion, to be raised by-order of the Congress.

The honourable Continental Congress having recommended Chaplains to be appointed to the Battalions to be raised in this Province, for the service of the United Colonies,

Resolved, That the Rev. Daniel McCalla be appointed Chaplain to the First, or Colonel Bull's Battalion.

Upon application of Joseph Fox, Esq., by order of the Board, an Order was drawn on Michael Hillegas, Esq., in his favour, for five hundred pounds.

Upon application of Captain Mar, for the payment of twenty-two Firelocks, purchased by him for the use of his Company, in Colonel Bull's Battalion, an Order was drawn on Messrs. Mease and Caldwell, in his favour, for seventy-nine pounds, eleven shillings, being the amount of said Firelocks.

Mr. Morris, by direction of Congress, delivered the following Resolve of Congress to this Board, a copy of which was delivered to Robert Towers, with orders to see the same carried into execution:

"In Congress, January 8, 1776.

"Resolved, That it be recommended to the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania to send five hundred pounds of Powder to the Colony of Virginia, for the use of the forces to be employed in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton.

"Extract from the Minutes:

"CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary."

Robert Towers, Commissary, reports his having received the following articles into store:

Two hundred and fifty pounds Powder, from Oswett Eve; sixteen new Muskets, from John Nicholson; eight new Muskets, from Lewis Prahl; nineteen half barrels, and one hundred and ninety-five quarter barrels Gunpowder, weight, five thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds, received from Pelatiah Webster, for account of the Continental Congress, That he has delivered to Captain Falconer, on account of Congress, eighty quarter barrels,