present in Philadelphia, and 



ABSTKACT FKOM THE JUNTO MINUTE BOOK. 109 



By death, forfeiture of membership, and removal 

 without expressing a wish to continue members, the 

 Junto on the 30th of July 1761, was reduced to seven 

 members, viz. 



Edmund Physick, 



Isaac Paschall, 



Charles Thomson, 



William Hopkins, 



Joshua Howell 



William Franklin, "1 



, f absent in England. 



Samuel Powel. 



The old laws having been lost, Physick and Thom- 

 son were appointed a Committee to draw them up 

 anew, ' ' as agreeable as possible to the ancient Eules. ' ' 

 The new draught was submitted, adopted, copied in 

 the minute book, and signed by the first five mem- 

 bers mentioned above as being in Philajdelphia. 

 Subsequently, namely, on the 3rd of Sep. 1762, George 

 Eoberts was introduced, qualified as a member, and 

 signed the Laws. This is the sixth and last name 

 signed to these laws. He was subsequently dropped 

 from the list, and then re-elected, Feb. 12, 1768. 

 Between Oct. 22, 1762 and Apr. 25, 1766, no minutes 

 are known to exist. At the meeting of April 25, 1766, 

 six members, whose names occur for the first time, 

 are noted as present: viz, Isaac Bartram, Moses 

 Bartram, Owen Biddle, James Pearson, Joseph 

 Paschall, and Isaac Zane, Jun. These members must 

 have been elected between Oct. 22, 1762 and April 25, 

 1766; and hence some, if not regular, meetings must 



