Executive Correspondence, 1776-1777, undated

About This Collection

Images of correspondence of the executive body of the Council of Safety from July 25, 1776- March 14, 1777 and undated. Information appearing in these papers includes letters and petitions to the Council pertaining to the purchase, sale and delivery of provisions, munitions, transportation, and pay of soldiers, civilians working for the province, the recruitment of men to serve as soldiers, depositions of civilians and soldiers, warrants of search, orders of appearance before the Council of Safety or court, extracts from Council minutes and resolutions made within meetings, civilian testimonies, pay schedules of soldiers, orders to be paid, lists of prisoners, battalion procedures, names of fords on Schuylkill River, letters specially sent to General George Washington, John Hancock and other known Continental officers, and resolutions passed and defensive measures discussed at the time General Howes Army invaded Pennsylvania.