The House adjourned to Monday next, at eleven o’clock in the morning.

Monday, June 10, 1776.

Mr. Speaker, with eighteen Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to four o’clock in the afternoon.

Mr. Speaker, with twenty-seven Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to ten o’clock to-morrow morning.

Tuesday, June 11, 1776.

Mr. Speaker, with thirty-three Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to five o’clock in the afternoon.

Mr. Speaker, with thirty-two Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to ten o’clock to-morrow morning.

Wednesday, June 12, 1776.

Mr. Speaker, with thirty-six Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to three o’clock in the afternoon.

Mr. Speaker, with thirty-six Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to nine o’clock to-morrow morning.

Thursday, June 13, 1776.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The Committee appointed to take into consideration the Proposals of Thomas Savage, respecting the making Salt, &c., reported that they had examined the plan proposed by the said Thomas Savage for making, annually, on the seacoast, about sixty thousand bushels, and are of opinion the necessary works may be completed in a short time, at an expense not exceeding two thousand five hundred pounds; but, as they conceive this quantity not altogether equal to the consumption of the Colony, they earnestly recommend to the House an undertaking of greater extent, to be put under the direction of some persons of such known activity and zeal as may give a reasonable hope that the publick necessities in this article may be fully relieved, without depending on a precarious supply from abroad, which can only be obtained at an exorbitant rate.

Ordered to lie on the table for consideration.

A Member presented at the table a Letter from the President of the Congress, directed to the House, which, being read, follows in these words, viz:

“Philadelphia, June 13, 1776.

“GENTLEMEN: The Congress have just received advice that a number of disaffected persons have got together in Sussex County, in Delaware Government; that there is reason to apprehend those deluded people are supplied with arms and ammunition from the men-of-war of our enemies, and mean to act in concert with them. As it is of the utmost importance that such insurrections be immediately quelled and totally suppressed, the Congress have come to the following Resolution:

“That it be recommended to the Assembly of Pennsylvania immediately to order a Battalion of the Provincial Riflemen, now at Chester, to march to the assistance of the Militia in Delaware Government.

“I doubt not you will see the necessity of an immediate compliance.

“I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient, humble servant,

“JOHN HANCOCK, President.

“To the Honourable Assembly of Pennsylvania. ”

The House, taking the above into immediate consideration,

Resolved, That this House will immediately send a Battalion of the Riflemen in the service of this Colony to the assistance of the Militia in Delaware Government.

Ordered, That Colonel Miles issue orders immediately for the marching of one Battalion of the said Riflemen, or a detachment equal to a Battalion, on the above service.

Upon motion, Ordered, That four Companies of the Musket Battalion in the service of this Province be removed from their present station to the City of Philadelphia, for Guards.

The House adjourned to four o’clock in the afternoon.

The Speaker, with thirty-six Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to ten o’clock to-morrow morning.

Friday, June 14, 1776.

Mr. Speaker, with thirty-five Members, met pursuant to adjournment.

Ordered, That Mr. Howell, Mr. Rodman, Mr. Pearson, Mr. Sbugh, Mr. Porter, Mr. Eddy, and Mr. James Allen, be a Committee to examine and report the number of days the Delegates of this Province have attended in Congress this year.

An Account of Charles Moore, Esquire, late Clerk of the House, amounting to one hundred and seventy-six Pounds three Shillings and six Pence, was presented at the table; which being read, and agreed to,

Resolved, That a Certificate be made out, and signed by the Speaker, in favour of the said Charles Moore, Esquire, for the above sum.

A Member presented at the table two Accounts of Mr. Samuel Fairlamb, for Provisions supplied the troops in the pay of this Province. Referred to the Committee of Safety.

The Committee appointed for the purpose, reported the number of days that the Delegates of this Province had attended in Congress; which being taken into consideration,

Resolved, That the Honourable John Morton, John Dickinson, Thomas Willing, Robert Morris, Andrew Allen, Benjamin Frankclin, Charles Humphreys, and Edward Biddle, Esquires, be allowed twenty Shillings per diem for their attendance on that service; and that James Wilson, Esquire, be allowed twenty-five Shillings per diem for his attendance on the same service, on account of the increased expense attending his great distance from home.

The House adjourned to three o’clock in the afternoon.

Mr. Speaker, with thirty-five Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and Orders to the Honourable John Morton, Esquire, for £80; to John Dickinson, Esquire, for £81; to Thomas Willing, Esquire, for £197; to Robert Morris, Esquire, for £168; to Andrew Allen, Esquire, for £140; to Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, for £166; to Charles Humphreys, Esquire, for £172; and to James Wilson, Esquire, for £381 5s., being made out, agreeable to the Resolve of the forenoon, were signed by the Speaker, to be delivered to the said gentlemen accordingly. An Order to Charles Moore, Esquire, for the sum of £176 3s. 6d. , being also made out, was signed by the Speaker, to be delivered to him.

The Instructions to the Delegates of this Province in. Congress being transcribed according to order, were signed by the Speaker, and follow in these words, viz:

“GENTLEMEN: When, by our instructions of last November, we strictly enjoined you, in behalf of this Colony, to dissent from and utterly reject any propositions (should such be made) that might cause or lead to a separation from Great Britain, or a change of the form of this Government, our restrictions did not arise from any diffidence of your ability, prudence, or integrity, but from an earnest desire to serve the good people of Pennsylvania with fidelity, in times so full of alarming dangers and perplexing difficulties. The situation of publick affairs is since so greatly altered, that we now think ourselves justifiable in removing the restrictions laid upon you by those instructions. The contempt with which the last Petition of the honourable Congress has been treated; the late act of Parliament, declaring the just resistance of the Colonists against violences actually offered to be rebellion, excluding them from the protection of the Crown, and even compelling some of them to bear arms against their countrymen; the treaties of the King of Great Britain with other Princes, for engaging foreign mercenaries to aid the forces of that Kingdom in their hostile enterprises against America; and his answer to the Petition of the Lord-Mayor,