The York County Committee to the Pennsylvania
Committee of Safety
LS: The Rosenbach Foundation
<York, October 4, 1775: “Your Favour of the 29th ult....by
Mr. Swope” (Swoope) has been received, with its gratifying approval
of what the county has done. But the order for delivering
500 pounds of powder and 1250 pounds of lead alarmed the inhabitants
until they understood that the ammunition would soon
be replaced, which we beg you to do as soon as possible.
When the charges against Matthew Dill were laid before you by
some officers of the fifth battalion, you recommended a new election.
The battalion officers met on September 30; judges were
appointed, who examined the accusations and found them false
“and propagated by the Faction with the Design of injuring the
Man,” whereupon the field officers previously chosen were re-elected:
Dill colonel, William Rankin lieutenant colonel, Robert
Stevenson and Gerhart Graeff (Graff) majors. We again request
commissions for these men. Addressed to Franklin, Owen Biddle,
and the committee of safety, and signed for the York committee
by James Smith, chairman.>
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