spection of records, that the troop originated in, and was 

 chiefly composed of, and officered by the Fox hunting 

 gentlemen of the Gloucester Club, and members of the 

 old Schuylkill Fishing and Fowling Company: and many 

 of the sporting gentlemen on the muster roll, it seems 

 belonged at that time, to both associations. 



The history of a grateful country records of them gen- 

 erous devotion and eminent service in the field, their 

 appropriate sphere of action. Almost every member of 

 both companies, usefully served in various other military 

 and some in distinguished civil departments. An old ante- 

 revolution register of proceedings of the Hunting Club 

 extant, exhibits its highly respectable origin and success- 

 ful progress. We feel great pleasure in recurring to, and 

 making from it some extracts. 



Some of our worthy ancestors of the city of Penn, 

 elated with the sport, and the ordinary success of the 

 hunts, in a country stocked with game, and in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the metropolis, convened a meeting at 

 the Philadelphia Coffee House, S. W. corner of Front 

 and Market Streets, in 1766, to organize a'regufar club. 

 The following is a part of the fair records of proceedings 

 made at that period, in good preservation. 



Philada. 9Qth October, 1766. 

 We the subscribers, being about to provide and keep a 

 kennel of Fox Hounds, do mutually agree with each 

 other in manner following, viz. 



