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the Honorable Richard Rush, now in the City from Wash- 

 ington. 



The Boat committee were instructed forthwith to pur- 

 chase an additional supply of crockery and glass ware. 



A special committee was appointed to prepare toasts 

 for the day, and the Caterer was duly authorized to pro- 

 vide a banquet extraordinary. 



On Thursday following, the appointed day Counsellor 

 Morris, Lewis and Fisher, and Messrs. Milnor, Shoema- 

 ker, Gerhard, Lippincott, Swift, Hart, S. P. Wetherill, 

 Peddle and Anderson, convened at the Castle at an early 

 hour with their visiting friends, and busied themselves in 

 necessary preparations for the due reception of their il- 

 lustrious guest and suite, whose approach to the confines 

 of State, was announced about two o'clock P. M. 



The Company habited in the Fisherman's stile, with 

 white linen aprons and ample straw hats, were formed 

 in open file, facing inwards, near the north front entrance 

 to the Castle. The three banners supported on the right. 

 General Lafayette and suite, and the gentlemen in 

 waiting on him as escort, deputed by the City authorities, 

 alighted at the lines of the State. 



Counsellor Morris officiating as Governor, in his Excel- 

 lency's regretted absence, received him as the guest of the 

 State with a cordial welcome, and presented him with a 

 certificate of honorary membership as a duly qualified citi- 

 zen, to which he was previously unanimously elected, on 

 the proposition of the Secretary, seconded by Mr. Morris. 



