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Saturday, August 5, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present —

Benj˙ Franklin, Robert White, Richard Reiley, Owen Biddle, Daniel Roberdeau, George Gray, Thomas Wharton, Jun˙, Andrew Allen:

Mr˙ Owen Biddle presented to this Board, from Mr˙ Robert Smith, a model of a Machine for lowering and raising Ballast into and out of the Chevaux-de-Frise, to be sunk in this river; for which Mr˙ Biddle is desired to return to Mr˙ Smith the thanks of this Board.

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Title: August 5th
Creator: Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Editor: Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1775-08-05
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-V3-P01-sp12-D0005
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V3
Part: S4-V3-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V3-P01-sp12
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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