LANCASTER COUNTY. 387 



^¥ Reiidingj 2i Jaiumy, 1775. 



This diy th^ committee of this ccuity mat here. A 

 letter from the committee of correspondence of the City 

 and Liberties of Philadelphia, (m.eaning the same above,) 

 was laid before them proposing a provincial convorition, 

 to be held at Philadelphia, the 22i instant. The letter 

 being du'y considered, the committee unanimously agreed 

 to the proposed convention, and appointed Edward Bid- 

 die, Jonathan Potts, Mark B>d, Christopher Shutz, John 

 Patton, Sebastian Levan, and lUlzer Gehr, a committee 

 to attend to said convention, in behalf of this county. — 

 Tae committee then proceeded to choose a conmtittee of 

 correspondence, and Edward Biddle, William Reerer, 

 Mark Bn'J, Jonathan Potts, and Christopher Witt man, 

 were duly elected a committee of correspondence for this 

 county. Extract from the proceedings of the committee. 



Jonathan Potts, Clerk. 



Another letter from the same committee of correspond- 

 ence of the county of Berks, to the committee of this 

 place, viz : 



Gentlemen : Enclosed is an extract from the proceed 

 ings of t'le committee of this county, by which you will 

 see that deputies are appointed to attend the proposed 

 provincial convention. 



When we consider that our disputes are drawing fast to 

 a crisis, and that t'ne most cordia. unanimity is absolutely 

 necessary lor our preservation ; we cannot doubt but that 

 your respectable committee will without. hesitation appoint 

 deputies to attend the provincial Congress. The neglect 

 of any one county may have the most fatal consequences. 

 Anl we well know the pleasure it would give our ene- 

 mies to see even the appearance of a disunion at this 

 very important time. 



