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their powder, being five quarter casks, at £15 per cwt., they paying the 

 carriage; and their lead at 45 pence per cwt. 



Mr. Matthias Slough agrees that the county shall have his powder, 

 being four quarter casks, at £15 per cwt., they paying the carriage; and 

 his lead at 45 pence per cwt. 



Mr. Simons, by Mr. Levy, Andrew Levy, agrees that the county shall 

 have his powder, being two quarter casks, at the rate of £15 per cwt,, 

 they paying the carriage; and his lead, being about 200 pounds, at 45 

 pence per cwt. 



Mr. Christian Wirtz agrees that the county shall have his powder, 

 being five quarter casks and some pounds loose, at the rate of £15 per 

 cwt., they paying the carriage; and his lead, being about 150 pounds, at 

 45 pence per cwt. 



Mr. John Hopson agrees that the county shall have his powder, being 

 two quarter casks, at the rate of £15 per cwt., they paying the carriage. 



Mr. Crawford agrees that the county shall have his powder, being 10 

 or 12 pounds, at the rate of £15 per cwt. and carriage. 



Mr. Bickham agrees that the county shall have his powder, being one 

 quarter cask and some loose powder, at the rate of £15 per cwt. and 

 carriage ; and his lead at 45 pence per cwt. 



Mr. Grafi" 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 Michael, Casper Shaffner, Adam Reigart, Sebas- 

 tian Grafi", Esq., Emanuel Carpenter, Esq., James Clemson, Esq., Alex- 

 ander 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 8th, 1775. 



A number of the members of Committee, chosen and appointed by the 

 several townships in Lancaster county, to serve as committee-men for the 

 ensuing year, assembled at the Court House, in Lancaster. 



present : 



For the borough of Lancaster — William Bausman, Jacob Clatz, Cas- 

 per Shafther, Christian Voght, Abraham Dehufi", Michael Musser. For 

 Lancaster— Andrew Graff, Michael Shank. For Manheim — Peter Bach- 

 man, Sebastian Grafi", Jasper Yeates. For Manor— Leonard Rodfunk. 

 For Conestoga— William Atlee, Michael Haberstick, Abraham New- 



