History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . the jail thereon, if built there, was erectedprior to that year. All that is definitely known concerning this jail is con-tained in the following document, the original of which is still preserved inthe county archives:—To the Worshipful the Justicea of Xnrlliiiinli, rhunl Cninty in Court of Qonrter Sessions met for said County nt Sunhury mi Tiirs(hiy,Noreniber 3S, 1775,—The petition of Robert McBride, of Sunbury aforesaid, humbly sheweth: Thatyour petitioner, in compliance with the desire of some of the magistrates of saidcounty, erected a hous
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . the jail thereon, if built there, was erectedprior to that year. All that is definitely known concerning this jail is con-tained in the following document, the original of which is still preserved inthe county archives:—To the Worshipful the Justicea of Xnrlliiiinli, rhunl Cninty in Court of Qonrter Sessions met for said County nt Sunhury mi Tiirs(hiy,Noreniber 3S, 1775,—The petition of Robert McBride, of Sunbury aforesaid, humbly sheweth: Thatyour petitioner, in compliance with the desire of some of the magistrates of saidcounty, erected a house which he appropriated to a prison for the use of the county,which house was to have been finished in such a manner as to serve for a temporarygaol; that your petitioner has been active in the discharge of the duty of a gaoler;notwithstanding, several have made their escape from said prison, owing to the insuf-ficiency of the prison house. Your petitioner, being young in the otlicc of gaoler, •Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. IV. pp. 1^^4^^^^ i/y^c^^^ •^U, ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 165 prays if he is longer continued therein your Worships will occasion the house to bestrengthened, the fees for debtors and criminals to be adjusted, and also the allowanceto be made for the sustenance of poor debtors and criminals, their fuel, etc. Andyour petitioner will, etc. Robert McBiude. Imhirsed: Xovember sessions. Petition of Robert McBride respecting thegaol he built. Robert McBrides petition. To be read. This petition referred tathe commissioners.—Per cm-iiiui. By the act providing for the organization of the county its commission-ers were authorized to le\-A- a tax not exceeding one thousand pounds, for theerection of public buildings: but the resources of the county were foundutterly inadequate to meet the demands siich an expenditure would haveentailed, and in 1774 the Assembly generously re-enforced local exertionswith an appropriation of eight himdred p
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