About This Collection
Images of minutes for the Council of Safety from July 24, 1776 through March 13, 1777. Each entry lists the date of the meeting and the names of members present. The Committee dealt with both military and civil matters in an attempt to keep order during a time of upheaval. Information appearing concerning military matters includes orders for supplies, munitions, accommodation and transportation for enlisted men, matters of pay, cases of military courts martial, discharges, desertion, prisoners of war and jails, appointment of officers, formation of regiments, and the raising of local militia and Continental Army regiments from Pennsylvania. Information also appears showing the Councils concern for and on civil matters including goods bought from ships and resold to civilians at extravagant prices, disputes over Continental currency and the negotiation of the prices for goods and services, resolutions in response to the threat of enemy armies in Pennsylvania and general mobilization for war, and matters of public disturbance which included rioting and loitering.
