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Governor's house, South Third Street, in consequence of 

 stormy weather, and the election dinner was necessarily 

 postponed until Saturday following at the Castle. 



In November the fleet was hauled into Dry Dock, and 

 the Bridge secured in the opposite creek as usual, at the 

 rock, on the seat of J. C. Fisher, Esq. 



On the 8th of October this year it is registered, that 

 death then deprived the State in Schuylkill of Captain 

 CHARLES ROSS, a worthy member in the forty-fifth 

 year of his age. 



The March, May and October meetings of 1818, were 

 regularly held, several members added to the company, 

 and the names of several candidates withdrawn from the 

 ordeal of trial by ballot. 



Mr. Morrell the Secretary, produced a fair record of 

 minutes, relative to the proceedings of the Colony and 

 State since it received its charter of Independence, as 

 far as could be obtained from the remains of scattered 

 documents, and received an expression of the thanks of 

 the company for his arduous service- 

 Early in March 1819, an inroad was made on the ter- 

 ritories of the estate, and serious depredations committed 

 by feloniously breaking into the Castle and plundering 

 therefrom sundry valuables, amongst which were the an- 

 cient Penn pewter dishes, formei ly presented by the old 

 Governor of Fort St. David's. The Thieves broke open 

 all the chests and lockers, and stole therefrom a con- 

 siderable amount of clothing, fishing tackle, &c. the pro- 

 perty of citizens of the State. 



