1774.] HISTOUY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 281 



On the 20th day of December foHowint^, we again find, " a 

 very respectable number of the inhabitants of the County of 

 Chester, convened at tlie Court-house in tlie borough of Chester," 

 for the purpose of choosing a Committee '' to carry into execu- 

 tion tlio Association of the late Continental Congress." The 

 following persons were chosen, viz. : Anthony Wayne, Francis 

 Johnston, Richard Riley, Evan Evans k James Moore, Es- 

 quires, Hugh Lloyd, Tiionias Hockley, David Cou|)land, John 

 Hart, Sketcidey Morton, Samuel Fairlamb, Isaac Eyre, John 

 Crosby, Nicholas Diehl, Jesse Bonsall, Aaron Oakford, Benja- 

 min Brannan, John Talbot, Joseph Brown, Samuel Price, 

 John Crawford, John Taylor, Lewis Gronow, Edward Hum- 

 phreys, Henry Lawrence, Richard Thomas, Wm. Mont- 

 gomery, Persifer Frazer, Thos. Taylor, John Foulke, Robert 

 Mendenhall, Joseph Pennell, George Pierce, Nicholas Fair- 

 lamb, Samuel Trimble, Charles Dilworth, John Hannum, George 

 Hoops, Joel Bailey, John Gilliland, Joseph Bishop, Jr., John 

 Kerlin, Edward Jones, William Lewis, Patrick Anderson, 

 Joshua Evans, Thomas Hartman, Dr. Branson Van Leer, 

 William Evans, Joseph Cowan, Thomas Haslep, Patterson Bell, 

 Dr. Jonathan ]Morris, Andrew Mitchell, Thomas Buffington, 

 James Bennett, Joseph Musgrave, Wm. ]\Iiller, Richard Flower, 

 Walter Finney, James Simpson, David Wherry, James Evans, 

 Thomas Bishop, William Edwards, Jona. Vernon, Jr., Lewis 

 Davis, Sr., Jos. Gibbons, Jr., and Thomas Evans; which Com- 

 mittee were " to be and continue from this time until one month 

 after the rising of the next Continental Congress, with full 

 power to transact such business, and enter into such associa- 

 tions as to them shall appear expedient." 



After the appointment of the above Committee, they proceeded 

 to appoint a Chairman and Secretary ; when Anthony Wayne, 

 Esq., was selected for the former, and Francis Johnston, Esq., 

 for the latter office. The Committee then passed the following 

 resolves unanimously: "1st. That any twelve or more of the 

 said Committee, meeting upon due notice, be empowered to enter 

 upon and transact all such business, as shall come under their 

 consideration ; provided, the majority agreeing shall not be less 

 than twelve." 



" 2d. That the present unhappy situation of public affairs in 

 general, and of this Province in particular, renders it highly 

 necessary that a Provincial Convention should be held as soon as 

 possible ; for which purpose twelve persons shall be appointed, 

 out of the said Committee, as delegates to attend the said Con- 

 vention, at such time and place as shall be generally agreed on." 



The Committee then adjourned, to meet at the house of David 

 Coupland, in the Borough of Chester, on the 9th of January, 

 1775. 



