About This Collection
Images of a daily record of the minutes of the meetings of the Supreme Executive Council from March 4, 1777 through December 20, 1790. Each entry records the date, day of the week and occasionally the location of the meeting. The members present at each meeting are also recorded, with an occasional mention of the office a particular member might hold. The minutes contain a record of business brought before, mentioned, discussed and resolved within council meetings. Information found within the pages of each volume pertain to the general daily business the Council had to deal with in order execute the laws of the state, letters sent or received by the Council, mention of proclamations made by Council, petitions brought before Council by officers or their families as well as ordinary citizens, money, supplies or munitions allocated by a decision by Council, returns of elected county officials or officers in the army, arrangement and commissions for Pennsylvania regiments in service to the Continental Army, appointments to political office, warrants to arrest prisoners or impress supplies, enemy movements or perceived threats due to circumstances of the enemy in the State, and various reports made in Council by members or commissioners specially appointed for committees or projects.