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The votes and proceedings of which, have since been pub- 

 lished in the pubUc papers, and printed also by a pam- 

 phlet containing the bill of rights, list of grievances, 

 occasional resolves, the association, an address to the 

 people of Great Britain, a memorial to the inhabitants 

 of the British American Colonies, and petition to the 

 King. 



November 22nd, 1774. The committee of this bor- 

 ough met and the following hand bill by them ordered to 

 be printed, and sent to, and put up at all the public places 

 in this county viz : 



To the freeholders and electors of the county of 

 Lancaster : , -i 



The committee for the borough of Lancaster, taking in J 

 their consideration the resolves and recommendations of 

 the American continental Congress, request that the free^ 

 holders and others qualified to vote for Representatives in 

 Assembly for the county of Lancaster, would meet at the 

 Court house, in Lancaster, on Thursday the fifieenth day 

 of December next, to choose by ballot sixty proper 

 persons for a committee, to observe the conduct of all 

 persons touching the general Association of the general 

 Congress ; which committee, it is proposed, when elected, 

 shall divide the county into different districts, and appoint 

 members of the committee to superintend each district, 

 and any six of the members so appointed for a district to 

 be a quorum for transacting business. 



It will be necessary, previous to the general election, 

 that each township shall elect a proper person to act as 

 inspector, and receive the tickets of the electors on that 

 day. 



On the said 15th day of December, in pursuance to the 

 notice above mentioned, a general election was held at 

 the borough of Lancaster, for this county, and the fol- 



