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Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware (no. 6)
Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware - no. 6 Author:Historical Society of Delaware Volume: no. 6 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: The Society. Subjects: Delaware Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to... more » Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DELAWARE STATE. NEW-CASTLE-ON-DELAWARE, Monday, October 28th, 1776. At a meeting of the Council, one of the branches of the Legislature for the Delaware State, it appears, by the returns of the Sheriffs and Inspectors of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex, that on the 2ist day of October, instant, at the usual places of election for the said counties, the following gentlemen were chosen members thereof, with the number of votes annexed and following each name, to wit: FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY. George Read, with 280 votes. Nicholas Vandyke, with 246 votes. Richard Cantwell, with 244 votes. FOR KENT COUNTY. Thomas Collins, with 645 votes. James Sykes, with 642 votes. Richard Bassett, with 639 votes. FOR SUSSEX COUNTY. John Wiltbank. with 542 votes. William Polk, with 541 votes. Daniel Dingee, with 541 votes. And the names being called over, they all appeared except Richard Cantwell, Esq. Council adjourned till to-morrow, 3 o'clock, P. M. Tuesday, P. M., October 2gth, 1776. Council met. Present all the members, who proceeded to the choice of a Speaker, when George Read was unanimously chosen. The Speaker, in the Chair, Mr. Slator Clay was appointed Clerk, and Robert Booth, Doorkeeper. Then the Speaker, in the Chair, and afterwards all the members, took and subscribed the oath and the declaration prescribed by the Constitution or system of government formed by the late Convention for this State. On motion, Resolved, That a quorum of this Council shall consist of five members...« less