of four hundred, showed their hearty approbation of the whole transaction by three huzzas. Signed by order of the Battalion:

THOMAS MC KEAN, Colonel.

At a meeting of the Associators of the Fifth Battalion of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, on the usual place of parade, in consequence of notice given to them on the 6th instant that their sense respecting a new Government of this Province, and the mode proposed for obtaining it, &c., would this day be freely taken,

The Colonel, Timothy Matlack, informed them that since he had proposed this meeting for the above, among other purposes, he had been waited upon with the following Resolution of the Committee of Privates of the five Battalions:

“In Committee of Privates, June 6, 1776.

“Moved, and unanimously agreed to, That an application be made to the Officers of the several Battalions to take the sense of each Battalion, whether they will support the Resolve of Congress of the 15th ultimo, and the Proceedings of the publick meeting held the 20th following, in consequence thereof.

He said he was happy to find that his own idea of the propriety of this measure was supported by so respectable a body as the Committee of Privates.

The Resolve of Congress of the 15th ultimo, was then read, and the Proceedings of the publick meeting in the State-House yard on the 20th of the same month. And thereupon the questions were severally put:

Is it the determined resolution of this Corps to support the said Resolve of Congress with their lives and fortunes?

Carried unanimously in the affirmative.

Is it the determined resolution of this Corps to support the Proceedings of the publick meeting aforesaid, at all hazards?

Carried unanimously in the affirmative.

After which the Colonel proposed another question to them, viz:

Whether they wished the Province of Pennsylvania to be a free and independent State, and united with the other twelve Colonies represented in Congress?

Carried unanimously in the affirmative.

No arguments or persuasions were urged for or against the above propositions, and all present showed their hearty approbation of the whole transaction by three huzzas.

Signed by order of the Battalion:

TIMOTHY MATLACK, Colonel.

At a meeting of the Associators of the First Battalion of Chester County, on the 10th, of this instant, Colonel Moore in the Chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed upon, viz:

That whereas the King and Parliament of Great Britain have asserted their right to bind the Colonies in all cases whatsoever, and, by a late act of Parliament, declared the colonists Rebels, and consequently have cut them off from the protection of that Crown; have levied a cruel and bloody war against us, by calling in to their assistance many thousands of foreign mercenaries, so that we must either submit to the most ignominious slavery, or vindicate our liberties at the risk of our lives:

Resolved, That we will exert our most strenuous efforts to support and strengthen the Continental Union, and in a particular manner to carry into execution, to the utmost of our power, the Resolve of the honourable the Continental Congress, bearing date May 15, 1776.

Resolved, That the Instructions given by our Assembly last fall, and renewed in the spring to our Delegates, are of the most dangerous tendency, and are calculated to break an important middle link in the grand Continental chain of Union.

Resolved, That some alterations in new-modelling the Government to suit the present exigency of our affairs, are necessary.

Resolved, That the present House of Assembly, as they were chosen for the sole purpose of executing the old—not framing a new Constitution—have no authority to make the necessary alterations, without assuming arbitrary power.

Resolved, That we most heartily concur with the Committee of Inspection of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, in calling a Conference of the several County Committees of this Province, to be held on the 18th of this instant, at Philadelphia, for the purpose of deliberating on the most proper measures for choosing a Provincial Convention for the purpose of new-modelling the Constitution.

Resolved, That the Remonstrance said to be signed by a number of the inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, and a Petition to the Assembly, signed W. Hamilton, are calculated to inflame the minds of the good people of this Province, to sow dissensions, and strike at the liberties of the people.

Resolved, That we will support the measures now adopted at all hazards, be the consequences what they may.

At a meeting of the Elk Battalion Militia of Chester County, under the command of Colonel William Montgomery, the following Resolves were agreed to, and signed by six hundred and sixty men:

Whereas the King, Ministry and Parliament of Great Britain, have declared their right of making laws to bind the inhabitants of these Colonies in all cases whatsoever, and have enacted a variety of laws destructive of our liberty, have levied war against us, cruelly destroyed many of our countrymen, declared these Colonies in a state of rebellion, and have employed foreign troops for the express purpose of subjugating and enslaving us:

Therefore, Resolved, That we, from a full persuasion that all hopes of a reconciliation between Great Britain and these Colonies are at an end, do think ourselves bound, in conjunction with the other Colonies, solemnly to declare ourselves independent of Great Britain. And we are of opinion that the whole power of these Colonies ought to be exerted in support of the unalienable rights of freemen.

Resolved, That we will use our utmost endeavour to support the union of the Colonies.

Resolved, That proper measures be adopted for carrying into execution the Resolve of the honourable Congress, dated the 15th of May.

Resolved, That some alterations in the Constitution of this Province are absolutely necessary.

Resolved, That no body of men elected for the purpose of legislation only, have the least right to alter one iota of the Constitution, without powers delegated from the people for that purpose.

Resolved, That the present House of Assembly being elected for the sole purpose of legislation, are therefore unqualified to make the necessary alterations.

Resolved, therefore, That a Conference of the several County Committees of this Province ought to be held, for the purpose of consulting on measures necessary for carrying said Resolve of Congress into execution.

Resolved, That our liberties are dearer to us than our lives, and we will spend the last drop of our blood in defence of them.

Signed by order. A true copy:

JOSEPH GARDNER, Clerk.

The Associators of Colonel James Crawford’s Battalion being convened on the 10th instant at the place of their parade in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, it was moved to read to them the Resolve of the honourable Continental Congress of the 15th of May, the Protest of divers of the inhabitants of this Province of the 20th of May, the Alarm, the Circular Letter from the Committee of Privates of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, and the Instructions given by the Assembly of this Province to their Delegates in Congress.

The same were accordingly read; upon which the Battalion formed the following Resolutions:

Resolved, unanimously, That the Instructions given by the Assembly to their Delegates in Congress have operated against the honour, interest, and safety of this Colony, and are very injurious to the American cause in general.

Resolved, unanimously, That it is from the influence of those Instructions that many of the people have viewed