Proceedings of the Committee for Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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At a meeting of the Committee of Observation, Inspection, and Correspondence, at the house of Adam Reigart, 30th July, 1776:

Present: Edward Shippen, William Atlee, William Bowman, Lodwick Lowman, Henry Dehuff, Jacob Krug, Christopher Crawford, John Miller, Adam Reigart:

William Atlee in the Chair.

It is the sentiment of the Committee, that Christian Werger, of Leacock Township, Gunsmith, and his Apprentice, Martin Micksell, ought to continue at home at that business, and ought not to be marched with Captain Bare' s or Captain Roland' s Company into the Camp in the Jerseys, it being contrary to the Resolves of the Congress and Committee of Safety to march tradesmen of that kind with the

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The Chairman is directed, by a line to Captain Scott, of Colonel Crawford' s Battalion, to request he will not march Robert Knox with his Company to the Camp in the Jerseys, his foot being in a condition which renders him unfit for duty as a soldier, his brother having lately, by accident, hurt himself so as to render him incapable of labour, and two of his sisters now lying in the small pox, and no person remaining about the house or farm but himself who can in any manner assist them.

Jacob, a Mulatto, belonging to Mr˙ Thomas Douglass, Peter, a Negro, belonging to John Hopkins, Irey, a Negro, belonging to Lionel Ellmaker, suspected and charged with intending to injure the inhabitants in the absence of the Associators, are brought to Town by Mr˙ Isaac McCammont, a member of the Committee for Salisbury Township, and ordered to be confined in Jail for examination, &c.

Hugh Knox, of the Twenty-Sixth Regiment, is permitted to work with Hann, Tailor, he here, in Committee, engaging to be answerable for him, agreeable to the Resolves of the Committee.

William Sutherland, of the Twenty-Sixth Regiment, is permitted to work with Michael Shindel, Tailor, Mr˙ Lodwick Lowman, here in Committee, engaging to be answerable for him, agreeable to the Resolves of this Committee.

The Committee requests Colonel Slough will order William Waggoner, a journeyman Hatter, in the employ of Captain Klatz, and an Associator in Captain Klatz' s Company, to attend constantly to his business, and excuse him from guard duty, that he may the better attend Captain Klatz' s business in his absence.

Nathan Wood, of the Seventh Regiment, is permitted to work with Nicholas Messersmith, Tailor, he here, in Committee, engaging to be answerable for him, agreeable to the Resolves of this Committee.