Report of Committee appointed to procure copies of Petitions to the King and Parliament

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Friday, January 19, 1776.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present- John Nixon, Chairman, James Biddle, Daniel Roberdeau, George Clymer, Thomas Wharton, Jun˙, Samuel Howell, Nicholas Fairlamb, James Mease.

Resolved, That Mr˙ Samuel Howell purchase the whole quantity of Brass that Mr˙ Amos Strettle may have for sale, and order it into the hands of the Commissary.

Colonel Roberdeau and Mr˙ Clymer, a Committee appointed to procure copies of all the Petitions, Memorials, and Remonstrances, which have been by the Colony presented to the Throne, or either House of Parliament, since the year seventeen hundred and sixty-two, and, also, the answers, if any, that were given to them, report three Petitions to the King, viz: One of June 6, 1766 ; one of September 22,1768; and one of March 5, 1771 ; one Petition to the House of Lords, dated September 22, 1768 ; also, two Petitions to the House of Commons, dated January 14, 1766 , and September 22, 1768 ; and that they are informed by the Clerk of Assembly of this Province, that no answer has been given to either of the above-mentioned Petitions.

Resolved, That Mr˙ Clymer and Colonel Roberdeau wait upon the Congress, with the above-mentioned copies of Petitions.