Bayard’s Notebook, 242
Supreme Court of Delaware.
1776.
In the last vacation READ, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, died and JOHNS, one of the Associate Judges of the Common Pleas, was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
BASSETT, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was elected Governor, and JAMES BOOTH, Esq., was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
ANDREW BARRETT, Esq., was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the Common Pleas, vice JOHNS, promoted.