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Model of a Pike Staff

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Saturday, July 8, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety. Present: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Wharton, Jr˙, Andrew Allen, Daniel Roberdeau, George Gray, Robert White, Samuel Morris, Jr˙, Owen Biddle:

A model of a Pike-staff was produced, and one ordered to be made.

1˙ Resolved, That Mr˙ John Wharton immediately build a Boat or Calevat of forty-seven; or fifty feet keel, thirteen feet broad, and four and a half feet deep.

2˙ Resolved, That Mr˙ Owen Biddle apply to Stephen Paschall, and give him directions to make a Pike agreeable to the pattern produced by Doctor Franklin.

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Title: Model of a Pike Staff produced, and one ordered to be made, John Wharton directed to build a Boat or Calevat, of forty-seven or fifty feet keel, Owen Biddle to have a Pike made agreeable to the pattern produced by Dr. Franklin
Creator: Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Editor: Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1775-07-08
Recipient: Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Presentation Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America
Before Whom: Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: intelligence and planning
Document ID: S4-V2-P01-sp48-D0006
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V2
Part: S4-V2-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V2-P01-sp48
Usage Conditions: This work is in the Public Domain, and as such is not subject to copyright restrictions. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute it in whole or in part without permission.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Public Domain

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