DURING THE YEARS 1774 TO 1776 MORE AND MORE OF THE POWERS OF
GOVERNMENT CAME TO BE EXEBCISED 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
Dee. 8-12, 1774. ................. .Matthew Tilghman. ...... .President
April 24—May 3, 1775. ........... Matthew Tilghman. ...... .President
July 26—Aug. 14, 1775. .......... .John Hall. .............. .President
Dec. 7, 1775—Jan. 18, 1776. ...... .Matthew Tilghman. ...... .President
May 8—July 6, 1776. ............ .Charles Carroll, Barrister. .President
Aug. 14—Nov. 11, 1776. .......... .Matthew Tilghman. ...... .President

Councils of Safety Exercising Power in the Intervals
Between Conventions.

August 14, J775 (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; Matthew 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 Bedingfield
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
Rnmaey, Thomas Smyth, James Tilghman, Joseph Nicholson, Jr., Thomas
Bedingfield Hands (declined, and Nicholos 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 govern-
ment was organized. The Legislature had been in session since Febru-
ary 5. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, John Hall, George Plater, Brice
Thomas Beale Worthington, Joseph Nicholson, Charles Graham (de-
clined), James Tilghman (declined), William Rumsey (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 Chamberlaine (appointed by Council Janu-
ary 3, 1777, to fill Heinsley's place, declined), Turbutt Wright (appointed
by Council February 3, 1777, to fill Chamberlaine's place),

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

1777—Thomas Johnson. ]785—William Smallwood.
1779—Thomas Sim Lee. 1788—John Eager Howard.
3782—William Paca. 3791—George Plater. (1)

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