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Council of Safety of Pennsylvania to the Congress

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COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO THE CONGRESS.

[Read October 10: referred to the Board of War; Board of War to confer.]

In Council of Safety, October 8, 1776.

As it is not improbable that General Howe might detach part of his army by water from New-York to invade this State, and as we should be unable to make any defence against them by land, in our present unarmed condition, and as not only the safety of this State, but the preservation and security of great part of the military stores belonging to Congress is thereby endangered:

Resolved, That Mr˙ Rittenhouse, Colonel Bayard, and Mr˙ Biddle, be, appointed to confer with a Committee of Congress on the expediency of having a body of Troops stationed near the City of Philadelphia, for the defence of this State, and that a General officer of some experience be appointed to have the command of said force.

Extract from the minutes:

JACOB S˙ HOWELL, Secretary .

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Title

Letter from Pennsylvania Council of Safety to Continental Congress: Have appointed a committee to confer with a committee of Congress on the defence of the State in view of the probable approach of a detachment of the British Army

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-10-08

Recipient

Continental Congress

Before Whom

Continental Congress

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies

Document ID

S5-V2-P01-sp25-D0122

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V2

Part

S5-V2-P01

Sub-Part

S5-V2-P01-sp25

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