LANCASTER COUNTY. 3S9 



Nays ; Lancaster township, Deny tcv^nship, Strasburg 

 township, Bart township. 



Absent ; Conestoga township, Upper Paxton township, 

 Ileidleberg township, CocaUco township, Martick town^ 

 sliip, Manor towiiship. 



Tiie cornmlttse then proceeded to appoint deputies, and 

 the following genth^men, to wit: — Adam Simon Kuhn, 

 James Burd, James Cienison, Esq , Peter Grubb, Sebas- 

 tian Graff, David Jenkins and B irirani Galbraith,or any 

 live of them, were nominated to attend the said provin- 

 cial convention, in behalf of tlie county of Lancaster. 

 Edward Shippen, Cliairman. 



The preceding proceedings of tlie committees and 

 occurrences, being recorJed by E. M. (Ju.ie SJ, 1775 ) 



At a meeting of the committee of inspection and obser- 

 vation, of the borough of Lancaster, th'e 27th of April, 

 1775, at the hou ie of Adam Reigart. 



Pi'eseut; Eiward Snippen, Esq., Wilham Atlee, V/m. 

 Bausman, Cnarles Hail, Wuliam FattersOn, Casper Saalf- 

 ner, Eberhart Michael, Adam Rjigart. 



Edward Shippen, Esq. was chosen president. 



It appearing by intelligence from d.vers places and by 

 th.3 papers, that General Gage, hat'i at length attacked 

 the inhabitantj of MassacLu .etts Bay, . ^ed and 



wou.ided many of t.iem, and the iatei-t accounts froin 

 Ejgiand confirming the accouiits that the Parhamen4: of 

 Great Britain are determined by foice of arti.s to coinixl 

 the colonies to an abject suomission to tjie late acts of Lie 

 British Parliameiit, caicu ctted to deprive thi> iwhab.tants 

 of t.ie colonies of t leir inebt.mabie rig. to and privdeges ; 

 and tiiat a formidable tieot and army are pr^parmg t4J'' 

 mvade the colonies or some of tlieui ; it >>i^ LierL^ur^ 

 thoui:ht proper tj reviujst a ffenerai mt^eti.ili'bfliiij e^L- 



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