On this day 250 years ago in Pennsylvania, “the Freeholders and Freemen of the County of Northampton qualified to vote for Representatives in the Legislature, a very respectable number of them met at the Court House in Easto” to elect three men as judges to oversee elections. Another 26 men, about one from each township in the County, were chosen to serve as the Committee of Observation and Inspection. The voters chose members as Secretary and Treasurer of the Committee, and then adjourned. The Committee of Observation and Inspection then served as governing body of Northampton County as the Revolution began.
Sources: https://archivesspace.lafayette.edu/repositories/2/resources/8;
On this day 250 years ago in London, England, Benjamin Franklin and other Americans present The Petition of Rights and Grievances to Lord Dartmouth.
Source: https://allthingsliberty.com/2018/01/franklins-secret-efforts-bring-reconciliation/
On This Day In The Revolution 