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Upon the memorial of Timothy Cheeney, shewing to this Assem- bly that in consequence of an order from the Captain General of this State he marched in the month of August last with the company of militia under his command to the relief of the continental army then in New York; that after his arrival at New York aforesaid he was directed by his Honor the Governor, signifyed to the commanding officer of the regiment to which he belonged, that it was necessary he should be released from said service that he might make granulating
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sieves for the purpose of making powder &c. ; that he accordingly did re- turn home by permit &c. and was in said service the space of three weeks, and that his name was omitted to be inserted in the pay-roll made up for said company, and so without any fault of his he has lost the wages and allowances justly his due &c .; praying that allowance may be made him &c., as per memorial &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of the Pay-Table be directed and they are hereby directed to receive and adjust the accounts of the allowances and wages that may appear due and draw on the Treasurer for what they shall find to be due thereon to the memorialist and charge the same to the continental accounts.
Upon the memorial of Jacob Ely of Lyme, shewing to this Assem- bly that he was a listed soldier in Capt. Bingham's company in the regiment under the command of Colo. Selden in the continental army in the last campaign; that he faithfully served therein till by reason of sickness on the ninth of December last he was properly discharged, but by mistake was returned a deserter and thereby prevented from his wages, to the distress of his family, &c., as per memorial on file &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of the Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed to settle and adjust the wages due to said Jacob Ely to the time of his discharge aforesaid, he accounting for his arms, and that they give orders on the Treasurer for the pay- ment of the same accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Moses Hide of Lebanon, shewing to this Assembly that on the 17th day of August last he marched in and with a company of militia or voluntiers whereof Walter Hide of said Leba- non was captain, since deceased, to New York by order of the Captain General of this State, and that he faithfully discharged his duty as a soldier untill the 12th day of September following, at which time said captain being sick he, said memorialist, by order attended said captain to the town of Greenwich and untill he dyed there, which was the 18th of said September, and then being sick himself and at a great distance from the regiment to which he belonged and unable to apply to the commanding officer for a regular discharge, set forth for and returned home on the 22ª of the same month, and continued sick and weak for and untill after said regiment was dismissed and returned home, but that for want of such discharge from the commanding officer he, the said Moses, has not nor could draw any pay with said company, and praying to have such allowance of wages and marching money as other soldiers had and received for the time said petitioner was so in service; as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Moses Hide be allowed his pay for wages and marching money as a soldier in said company for the time he was in service as aforesaid ; and the Committee of the Pay-Table are impowered to adjust and allow the same and order payment thereof from the treas-
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ury accordingly upon application to them made and charge the same to the continent.
Upon the memorial of Elizabeth Thrall, administratrix on the estate of Timothy Thrall late of Windsor, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the memorialist together with Josiah Bissell, Esq", were by this Assembly in November last appointed to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as would raise the sum of £236. 7. 5, &c., and that since said appointment the said Josiah has deceas'd, said business not being accomplished ; praying for relief &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that Josiah Allyn be and he is hereby appointed and fully impowered together with the memorialist, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd Timothy Thrall as will be sufficient to raise said sum aforesaid &c., with the same powers and under the same regulations as directed in said resolve of Assembly in November last.
Upon the memorial of Daniel Hide of Lebanon, shewing to this Assembly that on the 17th day of August last he, being a drummer, marched in and with a company of voluntiers whereof Walter Hide of said Lebanon, late deceas'd, was captain, to New York by order of the Capt. General of this State, and that he faithfully discharged his duty as a drummer untill the 12th day of September following, at which time said captain being sick he, the said Daniel, by order attended said captain to the town of Greenwich and there continued untill the death of said captain, which was the 18th of said September, and then being sick himself and at a great distance from the regiment to which he belonged and unable to apply to the commanding officer for a reg- ular discharge, set forth for and returned home by the 22ª of the same month, and continued sick and weak untill after said regiment was dismissed and returned home, but that for want of such discharge from the commanding officer he, the said Daniel, has not nor could draw any pay with said company ; and praying to have such allowance of wages and marching money as other drummers were allowed for the time said petitioner was so in service; as per memorial on file : Therefore, resolved by this Assembly, that the said Daniel Hide be allowed his pay for wages and marching money as other drummers for the time he was in said service as aforesaid; and the Committee of Pay-Table are impowered to adjust and allow the same and order payment thereof from the treasury accordingly upon application to them made, and charge the same to the continent.
Upon the memorial of the town of Hartland by their representa- tives, Phineas Kingsbury and Joseph Wilder, shewing that Mr. Uriel Holmes, who was their collector legally chosen to collect a rate of two pence upon the acre upon the lands of said Hartland granted by this Assembly in May last, is in the army, and by reason thereof has not
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nor can collect said tax, and that said town at their legal meeting on the 12th day of December, 1776, made choice of Eleazer Ensign to collect said rates or tax in the room of said Holmes; praying that said Ensign be impowered to collect said tax pursuant to said choice ; as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Eleazer Ensign be and he is hereby impowered to collect said twopenny tax in the room of said Holmes, and that he be accountable therefor in the same manner as other collectors of rates are.
Upon the memorial of Samuel Crane, Jehiel Everts and Elisha Crane, selectmen of the town of Killingworth, praying for liberty to sell so much of the real estate of Sylvanus Kelcey, an impotent per- son belonging to said Killingworth under the care of the selectmen of said town, as shall raise the sum of £23. 15. 6 and the charges of sale, for the payment of £14 18 6 due for his pass'd support, £3 17 0 due for sundry taxes, and £5 0 0 for his future suport; as per memo- rial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that Mr. Aaron Kelcey of said Killingworth hath liberty and authority is hereby given to him to make sale of so much of the real estate of said Silvanus as will raise the sum of £23 15 6, L. money, and the incident charges of such sale; taking the advice of the selectmen therein; and the money so raised to be put into the hands of said selectmen, to be by them applied for the purposes aforesaid and to render their account thereof when required.
Upon the memorial of Benedict Arnold, of New Haven in the county of New Haven, for himself and the rest of the heirs of the estate of Samnel Mansfield late of said New Haven, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that said Mansfield was in his life time indebted to one James Waugh, of London in the island of Great Britain, by note bearing date December 10th, 1763, for the sum of £72 4 5, sterling; and said note was in said Mansfield's life time put in suit and judg- ment was had and obtained thereon against said Mansfield, which ex- ecution was never satisfyed but run out in the hands of the sheriff who had said execution, and that judgment and execution has been obtained against said sheriff for not collecting the sums due on said execution, which execution is now in force and said sheriff is liable to pay the sums due on said execution; and praying this Assembly, as said Waugh is an inhabitant of the island of Great Britain, to order that all further prosecution on any of said executions be staid till the further order of this Assembly ; as per memorial dated January 8th 1777: Resolved by this Assembly, that all further proceedings in law or equity on the aforesaid executions be suspended and staid till the further order of this Assembly; and all officers and other persons concerned are to take notice of this resolve and conform thereto.
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Whereas the authority and selectmen of the town of Killingworth in the county of New London have represented to this Assembly that the several officers by law appointed to make choice of suitable per- sons for tavern-keepers, taking into consideration the necessity of increasing the number of tavern-keepers in the town of Killingworth for the reception and comfortable supply of soldiers and others who travel on occasion of our present troubles, at their meeting on the 6th day of January instant made choice of Messrs. Samuel Crane and Hiel Buell to keep houses of entertainment; and as there will not be any county court holden in the county of New London where licences may be issued soon enough to answer the ends for which they were chosen, praying that they may be licensed accordingly, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Samuel Crane and Hiel Buell be and they are hereby licensed and authorized to keep houses of public entertainment within the town of Killingworth from the 16th day of January, 1777, untill licence may be had and obtained from the county court to be holden at New London in June next.
Upon the memorial of Anthony Judd of Farmington, a soldier belonging to the company under the command of Lieutenant John Lankton of said town, shewing that in pursuance of the orders of his Honor the Governor he did on the 15th day of August last set out on his march to join the continental army then at New York; that he was immediately taken siek and rendered unfit for duty on his arrival at that place; that his extream weakness rendered it unsafe for him to take benefit of general orders for the discharge of the sick when he might have obtained it; that he was afterwards unhappily refused a discharge upon the arrival of a friend to assist him in his return; that urged by necessity he did however commit himself to the care of his friend, by whose assistance he arrived home on the 26th of Sep- tember last; that he continued siek long after his regiment was dis- charged ; and praying for his wages, mileage and expences of sickness during the term of his service, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby authorized and directed on proper application to them made by the memorialist, to liquidate and adjust the accounts of his wages, mileage and cost of sickness from the said 15th day of August till his return home, he accounting for his arms &c., and draw on the Treas- urer for such sum as they shall find justly due to him accordingly.
Upon the information of Samuel Chapman, Esq', colonel of the twenty-second regiment of militia in this State, representing to this Assembly that after said regiment per order marched for the relief and aid of the continental army in August last, one Paul Blogget, a captain of a company in said regiment, in September last while in said service presumed to forge a paper purporting a discharge to him- self, with the name of General Wadsworth set to the same, by and
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under pretence of which said Blogget attempted to cross Harlem River in a secret and clandestine manner, with a view to desert said service, in which he was disgraced and rendered himself unworthy of any further command in said regiment &c .; as per complaint on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Secretary is directed and author- ized to issue a warrant for arresting the body of him, the said Blog- gett, and cause him to be brought before the General Assembly of this State in its next session, to answer to the matters aforesaid and be dealt with therein as to law and justice appertains.
On the memorial of Ezra Bevin of Chatham, administrator on the estate of Henry Goodale late of said Chatham, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts and charges due from said estate, together with some allowance to the widow, surmount the moveable part of said estate the sum of £41 17 11, and thereupon prays for liberty to sell lands &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memo- rialist have liberty, and liberty is hereby given him, to sell so much of the real estate of the said deceas'd as will procure the aforesaid sum of £41 17 11 together with the incident charges arising on such sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Midletown therein.
Upon the memorial of David Morse of Preston, shewing to this Assembly that he was a soldier in Colo. Huntington's regiment the year past and was discharged in July last by General Spencer, since which he has been at great cost in coming home and in time of sick- ness &c .; praying that the same may be paid to him, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, to grant to the memorialist the sum of thirteen shillings and sixpence, and the same is hereby granted to him on said memorial; and the Treasurer is directed to pay the same accordingly.
Resolved by this Assembly, That the Treasurer of this State pay to Major Ebenezer Backus the sum of eighteen hundred pounds, to be by him used in paying the troops of light horse who marched under his command in September last to the relief of General Washington's army at New York, and to the troops of such horse who marched again under his command to the State of Rhode Island in December last by order of his Honor the Governor and Council of Safety on the appearance of the enemy's fleet and army which have since invaded and possessed themselves of Rhode Island. And said Backus is ordered to pay out the same to the horsemen who marched to each and either of said places as aforesaid in proper and just proportion : said sum to be accounted for on settlement of the account and pay- roll of said troops on each of said marches and their several services as aforesaid; which account and rolls he is directed to make out and exhibit to the Committee of Pay-Table as soon as may be, that the
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same may be adjusted and settled according to such rule as may be given by Congress and the amount charged and obtained from the continental treasury : he, said Backus, first giving bond with sufficient surety to be taken by said Committee of Pay-Table in manner and form as usual for pay-masters in similar cases.
Upon the memorial of Jacob Beach of Goshen, shewing to this Assembly that since the repeal of the late law granting a premium for destroying wolves they have increased and done much damage by killing sheep in said Goshen, and consequently he having expended considerable in time and money for that purpose hath since the first day of May last taken, killed and destroyed three grown wolves in said Goshen ; praying for such sum of money to be paid him out of the public treasury of this State as he would have been entituled to receive had said act never been repealed; as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have liberty to receive the sum of twelve pounds lawfull money, and the Treasurer of this State is hereby ordered and directed to pay the same accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Stephen Ward jun" of Midletown in the county of Hartford, shewing to this Assembly that he belonged to and marched with the militia to New York by order of the Governor in August last, and that while there he was badly wounded by a flash of lightning striking a house in which he was &c .; and that he has been at the expence of £12 9 1, for doctoring &c .; praying for relief &c., as by memorial on file dated the 25th day of December, 1776, may appear: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed to draw an order on the Treasurer to pay out of the public treasury the sum of £12 9 1 unto him the said Stephen Ward jun"; and the Treasurer is ordered to pay the same accordingly.
Upon the memorial of the inhabitants of the town of Glastonbury, shewing to this Assembly that said inhabitants in legal town-meeting voted to repair the highways in said town by a tax on the polls and rateable estate of said inhabitants; praying for such liberty, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that liberty and author- ity be and the same is hereby granted to the inhabitants of said Glas- tonbury to tax the polls and rateable estate within said town to raise such sums of money as they shall from time to time judge necessary and sufficient to repair all public highways within said township and annually, or from time to time as occasion shall require, by the select- men or a committee by said town appointed for that purpose, divide the highways in said township into particular districts and assign to each surveyor a certain proportion thereof to be repaired and main- tained under his special care, oversight and direction, who shall in the most convenient and proper season give notice at least three days beforehand to all the inhabitants living within his peculiar district who are or may be taxed for that purpose to attend, undertake and
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carry on the needfull repairs of the highways in such district, in such way and manner as he shall specially direct; and in case such inhab- itants or any of them so warned as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect a punctual compliance therewith, it shall be the duty of such surveyors respectively to hire and employ proper persons to effect such necessary repairs in due season and shall take and make out a particular and fair account of all such services of such particular persons in repair- ing said highways according to orders and to his acceptance and the same present and certify to said selectmen to be by them adjusted and orders for payment drawn on the treasurer of said town.
And it is further resolved, That this liberty and authority shall be and remain to said town of Glastonbury during the pleasure of this Assembly; and if the said town shall not grant and raise money sufficient to defray the expence of repairing the highways therein, then and in that case said highways shall be further and sufficiently repaired by force and directions of the general laws of this State respecting the repairs of highways; anything in this act notwith- standing.
Upon the memorial of Jedidiah Strong, in behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Litchfield, shewing to this Assembly that said inhabit- ants in legal town-meeting authorized and instructed him to make application for liberty and authority for said inhabitants to tax them- selves for the purpose of repairing highways in said Litchfield ; pray- ing for such liberty &c. as per memorial on file:
Resolved by this Assembly, That liberty and authority be and the same is hereby granted to the inhabitants of said Litchfield to tax the polls and rateable estate within said town to raise such sums of money as they shall from time to time judge necessary and sufficient to repair all public highways within said township, and annually or from time to time as occasion may require by the selectmen or a com- mittee by said town appointed for that purpose divide the highways in said township into particular districts and assign to each surveyor a certain proportion thereof to be repaired and maintained under his special care, oversight and direction, who shall in the most convenient and proper season give notice at least three days beforehand to all the inhabitants living within his peculiar district who are or may be taxed for that purpose to attend, undertake and carry on the needfull repairs of the highways in such district in such way and manner as he shall specially direct; and in case such inhabitants or any of them so warned as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect a punctual compliance therewith, it shall be the duty of such surveyors respectively to hire and employ proper persons to effect such necessary repairs in due season, and shall take and make out a particular and fair account of all such services of such particular persons in repairing said highways according to orders and to his acceptance and the same present and certify to said selectmen to be by them adjusted and orders for pay- ment drawn on the treasurer of said town.
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And it is further resolved, That this liberty and authority shall be and remain to said town of Litchfield during the pleasure of this Assembly ; and if said town shall not grant and raise money sufficient to defray the expences of repairing the highways therein, then and in that case said highways shall be further and sufficiently repaired by force and directions of the general laws of this State respecting the repairs of highways ; anything in this act notwithstanding.
Upon the memorial of Mathew Pickerton and James Pickerton, both of Londonderry in the State of New Hamshire, shewing that they have for a long time carryed on the linen manufacture and disposed of large quantities of linen in this State, and praying for liberty to purchase and carry out of this State five thousand weight of flax for the purpose of carrying on the manufacture aforesaid, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that liberty be and the same is hereby granted to each of the memorialists, severally, to purchase and carry out of this State two hundred pounds weight of flax for the purpose aforesaid.
Upon the memorial of Robert Moor, of Londonderry in the State of New Hamshire, shewing that the crop of flax in those parts has the last year been very much cut off; that he has made a long and ex- pensive journey to this State for the purpose of procuring a quantity of that article, being ignorant that an embargo was laid upon it, and praying for liberty to purchase and carry out of this State two thou- sand weight of flax to said Londonderry for the use of the inhabitants of said town, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that liberty be and the same is hereby granted to the said Robert Moor to purchase in and transport out of this State four hundred weight of flax for the purpose aforesaid.
Upon the memorial of Elkanah Sears, of Chatham in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, executor of the last will and testament of Joseph White late of Chatham in said county, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts due from the estate of said deceas'd surmount the personal estate of said deceas'd the sum of £7 18 0, L. money, for which no provision is made for the payment thereof, and praying that some suitable person might be impowered and appointed to make sale of so much of the lands of said deceas'd as shall raise the said sum of £7 18 0, L. money, with the incident charges arising thereon &c., as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that Elkanah Sears of said Chatham be and he is hereby appointed and impowered to make sale of so much of the lands of said deceas'd as shall raise the sum of £7 18 0, L. money, together with the incident charges arising on such sale, for the purpose of making full payment of the debts due from the estate of said deceas'd ; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Midle- town therein.
Teste GEORGE WYLLYS Secrety.
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AT A MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL OF SAFETY, MIDDLETOWN, December 20th, 1776.
Present : His Honor the Governor. His Honor the Deputy Governor. Elipht Dyer, Benj. Huntington,
Jabez Huntington, Wm. Hillhouse,
Wm. Williams, Thos Seymour,
Titus Hosmer.
Voted, That Col. Phillips, Mr. Jauncey and his two sons, (viz :) Messrs. James and William Jauncey, Mr. Miller, Mr. Walton, and Mr. Hugh Wallace, in Middletown, and Messrs. Reed and Palmer, in Windham, all from the State of New York, be permitted to return home upon their giving their parole not to give any intelligence from us to the enemy; not to take up arms, nor to do or say anything against the United States of America, and to return back to this State upon being requested or called for, and remain under the direction of the Governor and Council of Safety.
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