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the mother country and the colonists, the inhabitants of 

 Lancaster and adjacent counties, met at Lancaster 

 borough, July 4th, 1776. The meeting consisted of the 

 officers and privates of the fifty-three battalions of the 

 Associators of the colony of Pennsylvania, to choose two 

 Brigadier Generals, to command the battalions and forces 

 of Pennsylvania. Col. George Ross, was president of 

 the meeting, and Col. David Clymer, secretary. 



The following officers and privates attended, as dele- 

 gates to the convention, from Philadelphia city and Lib- 

 erties: Colonels, Chevalier, Roberdeau, Clymer and 

 Major Knox. Captains, Copenwhait, Bradford, Du- 

 lancy, Brewster, and Bitting. Privates, jMessrs. Nevil, 

 Nelson, Montgomery, Pool, Cox, Prior, Brower, Keck, 

 Craig and Kitter. From Philadelphia county : jNIajor 

 Hughs, and George Grey standard bearer; Captahis 

 Hart and Edwards ; Privates; Roberts, Smith, Whitten, 

 Simpson, Hazelett and Hicks. 



From Bucks county : Colonels Hecklinc, and Erwin ; 

 Lieutenant colonels Bryan and Robinson; Captains 

 Jarvis, Falwell, Jameson, and Adjutant Thompson ; pri- 

 vates, Watts, Fenton, Hollis, Herr, Patterson, Stoneback, 

 Middleswarth, and Titus. 



From Chester county: Major Culbertson ; Colonel 

 Montgomery ; Lieutenant colonel Gibson ; Captains W al- 

 lace, Scott, Gardiner; privates, Cunningham, Boyd, 

 Denny, Culbertson Mackey, and Fulton. 



From Lancaster county : Colonels, George Ross, Curtis 

 Grubb, James Crawibrd, M. Slough, John Ferre, Peter 

 Grubb, Timothy Green; Lieutenant colonels, Adam Rei- 

 gart, R. Thompson, Lowry, Leonard Rautfaung, Peter 

 Hendricks, Christian Weyman, Andrew Little ; Majors, 

 Philip Marstaler, Thomas Smith, James Cunningham, 

 Michael Fire ; Captains, Joseph Sherrer, James Murray, 



