Maj. Wertz wrltes to Prest. Whalebleat, that there are 19 tons of powder in Lancaster and a new powder house needed.30 In October, 1776, New York advised the Pennsylvania Council of Safety about 33 persons for safety, mostly charged with treasonable practices.31 On October 26, 1776, Lieut. Col. Wm

surveys, tools, lumber and seeds, fully $100,000 were spent in two years and a half, and about $4,500,000 in transportation, provisions, clothing, etc., during the first two and a half years.15 In Canada proper things proceeded much along the same lines. Land surveys began in 1783, and eight townships