This Day Commissions were signed for the undermention'd Gentlemen, appointed as Lieutenants on Board the Armed Boats, and Dated as follows:

1775.

October 3rd, No. 12, John Webb, Lieutenant of the Bull Dog. 13, John Hennessey, Lieu't. of the Effingham.

4th, "

October 5th.-At a meeting of the Committee of Safety.

October 6th.-At a Meeting of the Committee of Safety.

A Warrant and directions for John Ross, Gentleman, was this Day drawn up and approved of, and is as follows:

"In Committee of Safety.

"To John Ross, Gentleman:

"You are hereby appointed Muster Master of the Forces belong ing to the Pennsylvania fleet, and authorized to exercise all such powers as may be necessary for the Effectual Discharge of the said office. You are to repair on Board and visit each Boat in the Fleet, once at least in every month, and oftener if occasion should require, or if directed by this Committee. You are there to require the articles signed by the Boat's Company, and carefully to call over their Names, view each of them separately, examine whether they be actually fit for their Respective Duty, and see that their Numbers, Conditions, and abilities, agree with the Returns made by the Captains, and faithfully certify the same on the said Returns. You are also to compare all Draughts and Orders made on the Paymaster by the Captains in favour of the Officers and Privates belonging to the Boats, examine whether the time which they have been in the Service be truly stated, with their ranks, and certify the same accordingly. And all officers and others belonging to the Pennsylva

nia Fleet, are hereby strictly enjoined & required at all Times to admit and receive you on board the Boats, and suffer you to proceed in the Duties above specified, without Hindrance or Molestation; And for your so doing this shall be your Warrant."

A Warrant and Directions for John Maxwell Nesbitt, Gentleman, was this day drawn up and approved of, and is as follows: "In Committee of Safety.

"To John Maxwell Nesbitt, Gentleman:

"You are hereby appointed Paymaster of the Pennsylvania Fleet, and impower'd to do all such Matters and things as may be necessary in the Execution of the said Office. You are regularly to pay all Draughts and orders made on you by the Captains of the armed Boats in favour of the Officers and Privates employed in the Service of the said Boats, which are properly certified by the Muster Master, having strict regard to the Rates fixed and Published by this Committee for the Pay of the said Officers and Privates respectively, And keeping exact accounts and Receipts of all sums of Money by you paid away, and the Names of the Persons to whom, & the Purposes for which they were disbursed; And for your so doing this shall be your Warrant."

Mr. Wharton, Mr. Biddle, & Mr. Dougherty, Report, That they applyed yesterday to the Commissioner of this County for information respecting the progress in making the fifteen hundred Stand of Arms voted by Assembly for the use of this County, and find that none are yet prepared. Therefore, it is ordered, that said Gentlemen be a Committee to wait on the Commissioners and Assessors, and inform them an order is made out and left with the Clerk of this Board, to be deliver'd them, on the Treasurer, for fifteen hundred Pounds, to be paid them as wanted, in order to forward this necessary service; And that if the same be neglected, this Board will think themselves in Duty Bound to make a Representation thereof to Assembly and the Public.

Upon application of Mr. Dunwicke, a Gun Smith now employed in making the Provincial Muskets for Chester County, An Order was given on the Commissary for Two Pounds of Powder to prove some of them now ready.

Ordered, That the Commissary attend Mr. Dunwicke in proving the Muskets for Chester County, and furnish the Powder necessary for that purpose.

Upon Motion,

Resolved, That application be made by this Board to the Committee of Lancaster County, to collect in the Provincial arms now in that County, And send them down to this Committee as soon as possible, and that Mr. Owen Biddle draw up a Letter to said Committee, setting forth the necessity and propriety of this measure.

Upon Motion,

It is agreed by the Board, That an officer be appointed to receive the Indents from the Captains and officers of the Boats, and to procure the necessary articles for fitting the armed Boats, as Ships Husband for the Fleet.

October 7th.-At a Meeting of the Committee of Safety.

John Morton, Esq'r., a Member of the Continental Congress, deliver'd to this Board the following Resolve of the Congress:

"In Congress, October 6th, 1775.

On Motion made,

"Resolved, That it be recommended to the several Provincial Assemblies or Conventions, and Councils or Committees of Safety, to arrest and secure every Person in their respective Colonies, whose going at large may, in their opinion, endanger the Safety of the Colony, or the Liberties of America.

"A true Copy from the Minutes,

"Signed, CHAS. THOMSON, Sect'y."

Agreeable to a Resolve of Yesterday, A Letter was this day wrote to the Committee of Lancaster County, requesting they would collect and send to this Board what Provincial arms there may be in that County.

Resolved, That James Roberts, Pilot, be permitted to Pilot down the River & Bay of Delaware, the Brig't Charlotte, Capt. Parker; And he is warned by this Committee, to avoid going or being taken on Board any Man of War, or other British Armed Vessel.

Mr. Dougherty, Mr. Wharton & Mr. Biddle, Report :

That they delivered to Mr. Joseph Fox the copy of the Minute of this Board of Yesterday, relative to the making of the Arms ordered by Assembly, who assured them that he would Communicate it to the Board of Commissioners and Assessors, And that he would use his best Endeavours to promote that necessary business.

Resolved, That Colo. Cadwalader be desired to deliver to the Master at Arms, what Muskets, with the Bayonets, he can spare

out of a Number he has order'd to be made; And that this Board pay him four Pounds five Shillings for each, being the price he agreed

for.

On motion made by Colo. Wayne, That Daniel Sharpless should be employed in making a number of Fire Arms.

Resolved, That Colo. Wayne request the said Sharpless to attend this Board as soon as possible.

Resolved, That the Master at Arms go to the different Smiths in and about this City, who are capable of making Fire Arms & Gun Locks, and desire them that are out of employ to attend this. Board.

Colo. Wayne, Colo. Cadwalader, & Mr. Allen, are appointed a Committee to lay before the Committee of Inspection and observation for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, the Resolve of the Honorable Continental Congress of the 6th October, 1775, deliver'd to this Board by Mr. Morton, and to represent to them that they had receiv'd information that certain Persons had been apprehended by their Committee, for practices inimical to the Liberties of America, and dangerous to the Safety of this Province, And that this Committee apprehend it to be their Duty, under the above resovle, to take the Examination of such Persons, & to proceed to such Measures as their offences require.

The above Committee Reported that they had accordingly waited on the Committee of Inspection and Observation for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, who informed them that they would take the matter into their immediate Consideration, and acquaint this Board with the Result.

Messrs. Morgan, Lawrence, Wilcocks, Mease, & R. Strettle Jones, a Committee from the Committee of the City and Liberties, waited on this Board, and delivered the following Resolve, with the papers therein mentioned, vizt. :

In Committee, October 7th, 1775.

A Committee of the General Committee of the City & Liberties of Philadelphia, deliver'd the Papers and Letters as follows, to wit: 1. A Deposition of Christopher Carter, taken before Henry Hale Graham, Esqr., Chester.

2. A Paper relative to Doct'r Kearsley's affair of the 6th of September, under the Signature of Frater & Soror.

3. A Letter to the Right Honorable Charles Jenkinson, Esqr., signed a Friend to your Friend Cariolanus, under cover to Thomas Corbyn Holburn, London.

4. A Letter from J. Brooks to Mr. Isaac Lermitte.

5. A Letter Signed John Kearsley, to Lieut. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Boston.

6. A Note of Residence of Dr. David & Paul Kearsley, Small Papers, Vizt.:

7. No. 1. Relative to Messrs. Bradfords.

8.

9.

2. Being Directions for Executing 6 Prints.

3. A Plan for subduing America.

10. 4. A Scheme for a private Correspondence.

11. An anonymous Letter directed to the Reverend Doct'r Thomas B. Chandler, London. And

12. A Letter Signed Jno. Odell, to Mrs. Bullock, Brixton Causway, Surry, near Westminster.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Papers this Day Read in Committee, be deliver'd to the Committee of Safety, with a state of the proceedings of this Committee with Regard to Doct'r Kearsley & Messrs. L. Snowden and J. Brooks, and that said Committee be informed that we consider those Gentlemen as Enemies to the Liberties of America; Also, that the Committee have not come into any Result concerning the Rev'd Mr. Odell, but have taken his Parole of Honor not to leave this City until dismissed by the Committee of Safety, or this Committee.

Ordered, That Messrs. Morgan, Lawrence, Wilcocks, Mease, & R. Strettle Jones, be a Committee for that purpose.

In Consequence of said Papers, and the Resolve of the Committee of the City and Liberties, this Board thought Proper to Issue the following Warrant to the Gaoler of this City, to take into custody & Safely keep the said Doct'r John Kearsley, J. Brooks, & Leonard Snowden, vizt. :

"In Committee of Safety.

"To Thomas Dewees, Keeper of the Gaol for the City & County of Philadelphia.

"You are hereby directed to receive into your Custody the Bodies of John Kearsley, J. Brooks, and Leonard Snowden, charged before us, with practices inimical to the Liberties of America, and dangerous to the Peace and Safety of this Province, and them Safely keep until you shall receive Directions from this Committee for their Discharge, and this shall he your warrant for so doing. Signed, "ROB'T. MORRIS, Presid't pro temp'y.

"WM. GOVETT, Sect'y.

แ Philadelphia, 7th October, 1775."