DURING THE YEARS 1774 TO 1776 MORE AND MORE OF THE POWERS OF
GOVERNMENT CAME TO BE EXERCISED BY POPULAR BODIES, THOUGH
THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR WAS STILL ACKNOWLEDGED
UNTIL EDEN'S DEPARTURE. THESE POPULAR BODIES WERE:

Provincial Convention—Chosen by the Freemen.

June 22-25, 1774. ........... .Matthew Tilghman. ....... ..President
Nov. 21-25, 1774.............. Matthew Tilghman.......... President
Dec. 8-12, 1774. ......... .....John Hall. ................ .President
April 24—May 3, 1775. ..... .Matthew Tilghman. ........ .President
July 26—Aug. 14, 1775. ..... .Matthew Tilghman. ...... . .President
Dec. 7, 1775—Jan. 18, 1776. . .Matthew Tilghman. ........ .President
May 8—July 6, 1776. ....... ..Charles Carroll, Barrister. . .President
Aug. 14—Nov. II, 1776. .... ..Matthew Tilghman. ....... ..President

Councils of Safety Exercising Power in the Intervals
Between Conventions.

August 14, 1775 (first met August 29). This and all other commit-
tees served from the close of the convention at which they were
elected to the close of the one next succeeding. Eight were from
each shore of the bay. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, President; Mat-
thew Tilghman, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Smyth, Henry Hooper,
William Paca, John Beale Bordley (declined to serve), Richard
Lloyd, Edward Lloyd, James Hollyday, Charles Carroll, Barrister;
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Thomas Stone, Samuel Chase, Robert
Alexander and Robert Goldsborough,

January 17, 1776 (first met January 18), Daniel of St. Thomas
Jenifer, President; Charles Carroll, Barrister; John Hall, Benjamin
Rumsey, James Tilghman, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Bedingfield Hands.

May 25, 1776 (first met May 27), Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
President; Charles Carroll, Barrister; John Hall, Benjamin Rumsey,
George Plater, James Tilghman, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Bedingfleld
Hands, William Hayward.

July 5, 1776 (first met July 6), Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Presi-
dent ; John Hall, George Plater, Charles Carroll, Barrister; Benjamin
Rumsey, Thomas Smyth, James Tilghman, Joseph Nicholson, Jr.,
Thomas Bedingfleld Hands (declined, and Nicholas Thomas appointed
in his place September 17, 1776).

November 10, 1776 (first met November 12), served until March
20, 1777. March 21, Senate adopted a resolution, followed by the
House on the 22d, dissolving the Council of Safety because the new
government was organized. The Legislature had been in session
since February 5. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, John Hall, George
Plater, Brice Thomas Beale Worthington, Joseph Nicholson, Charles
Graham (declined), James Tilghman (declined), William Kumsey
(declined), Thomas Contee (chosen to fill Graham's place, Samuel
Wilson (chosen to fill Tilghman's place), William Hernsley (chosen
to fill Rumsey's place, declined), James Lloyd Chamberlalne (ap-
pointed by Council January 3, 1777, to fill Hemsley's place, declined),
Turbutt Wright (appointed by Council February 3, 1777, to fill Cham-
berlaine's place).

State Governors.
Elected Annually by the Legislature, with an Executive Council.

1777—Thomas Johnson. 1785—William Smallwood.
1779—Thomas Sim Lee. 1788—John Eager Howard.
1782—William Paca. 1791—George Plater. (1)

1. James Brice, of the Governor's Council, Acting Governor upon the death
of Governor Plater In 1792.