LANCASTER COtlKTY. 395 



Mr. Crawford agrees that the county shall have his 

 jpowder, bemg 10 or 12 pounds, at the rate of £15 per 

 cwt. and carriage. 



Mr. Bickham agrees that the county sliall have his 

 powder, being 1 quarter cask and some loose powder, at 

 the rate of £15 per cwt. and carriage ; and his lead at 

 45 per cwt. 



Mr. Graff agrees that the county shall have his powder, 

 being about a quarter cask, at the rate of £15 per cwt. 

 paying carriage. 



At a meeting of the committee of observation for the 

 borough and county of Lancaster, at the house of Adam 

 Reigart, the 15th May, 1775. 



Present ; George Ross, Esq., chairman, Jasper Yeates, 

 Esq., William Atlee, Esq., Charles Hall, Eberhart Mi- 

 chael, Casper Shaffner, Adam Reigart, Sebastian Graff, 

 Esq., Emanuel Carpenter, Esq., James Clemson, Esq., 

 Alexander Lowry, James Cunningham, Samuel Bare, 

 James Burd, Esq., Christian Voght and Jacob Erb. 



The question being put whether the powder, lead, and 

 other military stores, which can be collected in the 

 county. "^ * * * * * * 

 [Here the connection is broken.] 



Wednesday, November Sth, 1775. 



A number of the members of conmiittee, chosen and 

 appointed by the several townships in Lancaster county, 

 to serve as committee men for the ensuing year, assem- 

 bled at the Court house, in Lancaster. 



Present. 



For the borough of Lancaster — William Bausman, Ja- 

 cob Clatz, Casper Shaffner, Christian Voght, Abraham 

 Dehuff, Michael Musser. For Lancaster— Andrew Graff, 

 Michael Shank. For Manheim — Peter Bachman, Se- 

 bastian Graff, Jasper Yeates. For Manor — Leonard Rod- 



