72 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 



22nd of October close the first part of tlie Junto 

 minute book. 



After this time, no minutes are known to exist, 

 until the 25th of April 1766, an interval of three 

 and a half years, when the second part of the Junto 

 minutes begins. The question here arises, did the 

 Junto meet during 1 the whole or a part of this in 

 terval, the minutes having been lost; or was there a 

 suspension of the Society for the whole period? 

 It is not possible to answer this question positively; 

 but there is good reason to believe that some meet 

 ings took place in this interval. In the first place, 

 the minutes open without any allusion to a suspen 

 sion of meetings ; but, on the contrary, in a manner 

 to indicate continuity with meetings recently held. 

 The turns of members to act as Chairman, and to 

 propose queries are mentioned; and at a meeting 

 held shortly afterwards, (namely, on the 23rd of 

 May) Owen Biddle and Isaac Paschall are referred 

 to as having been appointed to revise the Laws ; and 

 as their appointment is not recorded in the minutes 

 beginning with the 25th of April 1766, it is evident 

 that they must have been charged with that duty at 

 a meeting earlier than that with which the second 

 part of the Junto minute book opens. Besides these 

 considerations, four members, Moses Bartram, Isaac 

 Zane, Joseph Paschall and Owen Biddle, are re 

 corded as present in this second part, whose elections 

 are not contained in the minutes in the possession 



