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the affairs of the Colony, who can with more convenience 

 attend to the decaying situation of our fishery, and sin- 

 cerely study the peace and tranquility of Schuylkil." 



With Mr. Morris, the office of Lieutenant Governor 

 became extinct, until it was revived twenty years after- 

 wards, in the person of Josiah Hewes, Esq. for a short 

 period. 



On the same day, the 11th October, 1766, the annual 

 election was held at the Court House, and it is recorded, 

 that the members then elected the Honourable Samuel 

 Morris^ Esq. unanimously, but he being absent, did not 

 qualify himself at that time. 



The next year, a meeting of the Governor and Assem- 

 bly was called on the 12th of February, at Charles Jen- 

 kins', at which his Excellency Samuel Morris, presided, 

 attended by Joseph Stiles, Enoch Story, James Wharton, 

 William Hopkins, Peter Reeve and Israel Morris, the 

 assemblymen, in whom the plenitude of authority was 

 vested for the transaction of business appertaining to the 

 government, and affairs of the Colony. 



In pursuance of a resolve last year, for needful repairs 

 to the Court House, Wharf, &c. and for the purchase of a 

 new Boat, for the company's use, the same was according- 

 ly performed, and the bills amounting to £ 19 17 10, or- 

 dered to be paid, out of a tax fund levied of 7-6 on each. 



These improvements extended to the building of a hand- 

 some pavillion in the branches of an ancient Wal- 

 nut tree, which stood between the Court House and the 



