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ASSOCIATION OF FREEMEN. 185
a year. Cities were not represented. The executive power was entrusted to
a committee of safety elected by the convention, consisting of sixteen
members, eight from each shore. This committee appointed all field officers
and granted all military commissions; it had the power to call out the
militia and direct their, operations; to issue orders upon the treasurers for the
bills of credit; and to assemble the convention during its recess. The
members for each shore were the conservators of liberty on their respective
shores, and had power to banish persons accused of acts "tending to disunite
the people and to destroy the liberties of America," or to imprison them until
the next convention.
The revenues of this government consisted in the bills of credit issued
under the resolves of the convention, or money raised by voluntary contribution; and they were placed in the hands of two treasurers, one for either
shore, subject to the orders of the convention or of the committees of safety.
The control of the counties was given to committees of observation, elected
annually by the voters of each county. They enforced the resolves of the
convention, arrested suspicious persons and sent them before the committee
of safety, conducted public correspondence, and so forth.
Non-associators were notified in January, 1776, to give in their adhesion
before the 10th of April. If they refused, they were allowed to depart from
the province with all their property; or, if they preferred to remain, the
committees were empowered to disarm them, and, if deemed necessary, to
require a bond that they would be guilty of no treasonable practice.1
1 A detailed account of the whole system is following gentlemen were chosen a committee
given by McMahon, pp. 417-423. of observation for said district, viz.: George
On Saturday, the 23d of September, the poll Strieker, Charles Beatty, Christopher Edelen,
for electing a committee of observation for Bal- Upton Sheridan, Baker Johnson, Wm. Beatty,
timore county was closed, when the following William Blair, Dr. Adam Fisher, Conrad Grosh,
gentlemen were declared elected: John Moale, John Hanson, George Murdock, John Adlum,
Jeremiah T. Chase, James Calhoun, Benjamin Michael Raymer, Dr. Phillip Thomas, William
Nicholson, Andrew Buchanan, Thomas Sollers, Lucket, John Haas, Joseph Wood, Jr., John
John Craddock, James Gittings, Robert Alex- Stoner. And made choice of Messrs. Charles
ander, Samuel Purviance, William Wilkinson, Beatty and Baker Johnson, by ballot, to attend
Charles Ridgely, son of William, Walter Tol- the Provincial Convention. At a meeting of
ley, Jr., Darby Lux, John Cockey, William the committee of observation for the Middle
Smith, William Buchanan, William Lux, John district of Frederick county, the 14th of Sep-
Boyd, John Smith, Zachariah McCubbin, Jr., tember, 1775, present, viz.: Messrs. George
Captain Charles Ridgely, Thomas Harrison, Strieker, Charles Beatty,. Christopher Edelen,
Benjamin Griffith, William Randall, Thomas Upton Sheridan, Baker Johnson, William Blair,
Gist, Sr., Stephen Cromwell, Isaac Grist, Thos. Adam Fisher, William Beatty, Conrad Grosh,
Cockey Deye, Mordecai Gist, John Stevenson, Messrs. John Hanson, George Murdock, John
Ezekiel Towson, Jeremiah Johnston, William Adlum, Michael Raymer, Dr. Phillip Thomas,
Asquith, John Howard, George Risteau, Abra- William Lucket, John Haas, Joseph Wood, John
ham Britton. And on casting up the ballot, the Stoner."
following gentlemen were declared delegates to "At a meeting of the freemen of the Upper
the convention for one year, viz.: Robert Alex- district of Frederick county, on Tuesday, the
ander, Benjamin Nicholson, John Moale, Walter 12th of September, for the purpose of choosing
Tolley, Jr., Jeremiah Townley Chase. a committee of observation and delegates to
"At a meeting of the freeholders and others of attend in convention, the following gentlemen
the freemen of the Middle district of Frederick were declared duly elected, viz.: For the corn-
county, at the court-house in Frederick Town, mittee of observation—John Stull, Chas. Swer-
the 12th of September, 1775, agreeable to the inger, Andrew Renck, Jonathan Hager, John
resolve of the last Provincial Convention, the Cellers, Colonel Cresap, James Smith, John
Object Description
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000214 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ASSOCIATION OF FREEMEN. 185 a year. Cities were not represented. The executive power was entrusted to a committee of safety elected by the convention, consisting of sixteen members, eight from each shore. This committee appointed all field officers and granted all military commissions; it had the power to call out the militia and direct their, operations; to issue orders upon the treasurers for the bills of credit; and to assemble the convention during its recess. The members for each shore were the conservators of liberty on their respective shores, and had power to banish persons accused of acts "tending to disunite the people and to destroy the liberties of America," or to imprison them until the next convention. The revenues of this government consisted in the bills of credit issued under the resolves of the convention, or money raised by voluntary contribution; and they were placed in the hands of two treasurers, one for either shore, subject to the orders of the convention or of the committees of safety. The control of the counties was given to committees of observation, elected annually by the voters of each county. They enforced the resolves of the convention, arrested suspicious persons and sent them before the committee of safety, conducted public correspondence, and so forth. Non-associators were notified in January, 1776, to give in their adhesion before the 10th of April. If they refused, they were allowed to depart from the province with all their property; or, if they preferred to remain, the committees were empowered to disarm them, and, if deemed necessary, to require a bond that they would be guilty of no treasonable practice.1 1 A detailed account of the whole system is following gentlemen were chosen a committee given by McMahon, pp. 417-423. of observation for said district, viz.: George On Saturday, the 23d of September, the poll Strieker, Charles Beatty, Christopher Edelen, for electing a committee of observation for Bal- Upton Sheridan, Baker Johnson, Wm. Beatty, timore county was closed, when the following William Blair, Dr. Adam Fisher, Conrad Grosh, gentlemen were declared elected: John Moale, John Hanson, George Murdock, John Adlum, Jeremiah T. Chase, James Calhoun, Benjamin Michael Raymer, Dr. Phillip Thomas, William Nicholson, Andrew Buchanan, Thomas Sollers, Lucket, John Haas, Joseph Wood, Jr., John John Craddock, James Gittings, Robert Alex- Stoner. And made choice of Messrs. Charles ander, Samuel Purviance, William Wilkinson, Beatty and Baker Johnson, by ballot, to attend Charles Ridgely, son of William, Walter Tol- the Provincial Convention. At a meeting of ley, Jr., Darby Lux, John Cockey, William the committee of observation for the Middle Smith, William Buchanan, William Lux, John district of Frederick county, the 14th of Sep- Boyd, John Smith, Zachariah McCubbin, Jr., tember, 1775, present, viz.: Messrs. George Captain Charles Ridgely, Thomas Harrison, Strieker, Charles Beatty,. Christopher Edelen, Benjamin Griffith, William Randall, Thomas Upton Sheridan, Baker Johnson, William Blair, Gist, Sr., Stephen Cromwell, Isaac Grist, Thos. Adam Fisher, William Beatty, Conrad Grosh, Cockey Deye, Mordecai Gist, John Stevenson, Messrs. John Hanson, George Murdock, John Ezekiel Towson, Jeremiah Johnston, William Adlum, Michael Raymer, Dr. Phillip Thomas, Asquith, John Howard, George Risteau, Abra- William Lucket, John Haas, Joseph Wood, John ham Britton. And on casting up the ballot, the Stoner." following gentlemen were declared delegates to "At a meeting of the freemen of the Upper the convention for one year, viz.: Robert Alex- district of Frederick county, on Tuesday, the ander, Benjamin Nicholson, John Moale, Walter 12th of September, for the purpose of choosing Tolley, Jr., Jeremiah Townley Chase. a committee of observation and delegates to "At a meeting of the freeholders and others of attend in convention, the following gentlemen the freemen of the Middle district of Frederick were declared duly elected, viz.: For the corn- county, at the court-house in Frederick Town, mittee of observation—John Stull, Chas. Swer- the 12th of September, 1775, agreeable to the inger, Andrew Renck, Jonathan Hager, John resolve of the last Provincial Convention, the Cellers, Colonel Cresap, James Smith, John |
