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The important duties of the care and repairs of the 

 Castle, fleet, bridge, and the personal property, in and 

 near the Castle, was now judiciously entrusted to a com- 

 mittee of three new efficient members, viz,. Messrs. 

 G d, J. M r, and R. L s. 



The old elective officers were chiefly reinstated. 



At a special meeting called on the 1 6th of May 1811, 

 Mr. Rundle, the new Baron of the soil, was unanimously 

 elected an Honorary Member, and notice ordered to be 

 given him accordingly. 



A committee to revise and report on the laws, rules and 

 regulations in force, or to be adopted, consisting of Messrs. 



J. S. L , T. M , and J. W. M — , were 



appointed. 



On the 27th of May, another special meeting was called, 

 and a letter received from Baron Rundle, dated at Ea- 

 glesfield, the 18th, addressed to his Excellency the Gov- 

 ernor, in which after expressing the homage of respect 

 and grateful acknowledgment, for the high honor confer- 

 red by the respected officers and citizens, composing the 

 State in Schuylkill, he proceeds to say, "Believe me, I 

 can never forget this distinguished mark of their favor 

 and partiality towards me, and that I shall always hold it 

 in grateful remembrance, and be ever happy on all occa- 

 sions to testify my esteem, by every act in my power to 

 contribute to their comfort and enjoyment at the Castle." 



He sedulously kept his promise, and often to the peri- 

 od of the Castle's removal from ^^ Eaglesjield,^' in 1822, 



