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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 5th Nov., 1771.
PRESENT.
Elias Desbrosses, P. Theop. Bache, V. P. Antho. Van Dam, S.
John Alsop, Robert Alexander,
John Amiel,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Joseph Bull, James Beekman,
John Moore, Thomas Marston,
Samuel Bayard, Walter Buchanan, Thomas Buchanan, John Cruger,
Robert C. Livingston, Robert G. Livingston, .William McAdam, Charles McEvers,
Jacob Watson,
Thomas W. Moore, Lewis Pintard,
Jeremiah Platt,
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John H. Cruger,
Daniel Phenix,
Isaac Corsa,
John Reade,
Walter Franklin,
Henry Remsen, Jun'r,
Thomas Walton,
Garret Rapelje,
James Jauncey, William Imlay,
William Stepple,
Isaac Low,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
Jacob Walton,
Edward Laight,
Gerrard Walton,
George W. Ludlow,
Alexand. Wallace,
Leonard Lispenard,
Alexan. McDonald, after six o'clock.
Augustus Van Horne, S
Fined for non-appearance :
Henry White,
Thomas Miller,
William Walton,
William Neilson,
Henry C. Bogert,
Thomas Randal,
Benjam. Booth,
Isaac Roosevelt,
Levinus Clarkson,
Miles Sherbrooke,
Gerrard Duyckinck,
Isaac Sears,
George Folliot,
William Seton,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Sampson Simson,
Harman Gouverneur,
Richard Sharpe,
Peter Hassencliver,
Acheson Thompson,
Nicholas Hoffman,
John Thurman,
Samuel Verplank,
Samuel Hake, Lawrence Kortright, Peter Ketletas,
Hugh Wallace,
Samuel Kemble,
Thomas White, Robert Watts,
Philip Livingston,
John Wetherhead,
Abraham Lynsen,
Richard Yates,
Robert Murray,
Hamilton Young.
The Report of the Committee respecting the Ton- nage 85 proposed to be adopted, having been recommitted to the same Committee to report thereon after making some alterations in the words following :
WE, THE SUBSCRIBERS, being a Committee appointed by this Cor- poration to take into consideration the present uncertain State of the Tonnage of this Port, and to make report of such regulations as we should
John Ramsay,
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deem necessary for the better ascertaining the same, are of opinion that those following, if adopted, may be of publick utility, viz. :
Ist. That twenty-two hundred gross weight be deemed a Ton of Flour, Tallow, Hams, Butter, Hog's Lard, Beef in Keggs, Pott Ash, dry'd Cod in hogsheads, Candles, Soap, Chocolate, Sugar, Honey, Beeswax, Rice, Coffee, Cocoa, Tobacco, and Starch.
2d. That twelve hundred weight be a Ton of Bread in bulk, and eleven hundred weight if in bags.
3d. That eight Barrels be a Ton of Beef, Pork, wet Fish, Pitch Tar, and Turpentine.
4th. That forty Bushels, Winchester 86 measure, be a Ton of Wheat, Indian Corn, and other Grain, and that thirty-two bushels Water measure be a Ton of Salt, and thirty-six bushels - measure be a Ton of Coals in bulk.
5th. That eleven hundred gross weight be a Ton of Bread in Casks of all denominations.
6th. That two hundred and fifty-two gallons, reckoning the full contents of the Casks, be a Ton of Oil, Wine, Rum, Molasses, and Beer.
7th. That twenty hundred weight be a Ton of Bar and Pig Iron, Log- wood, Fustick, &c., as also of dry'd Cod Fish in Bulk.
8th. That thirty-two Bushels, Winchester measure, be a Ton of Flax- seed, Pease, Indian Corn, and other Grain in Casks.
9th. That Forty cubick feet be a Ton of Mahogany, square Timber, Oak Plank, Pine Boards ; as also of Beaver Furs and Peltry 87 in Bales and hhds., and of Bale Goods of all kinds.
Ioth. That considering the great irregularity of Staves usually brought to this Market, and of consequence how impracticable it would be to fix upon a standard for ascertaining their Tonnage, we are of opinion that the Freight of all Staves, Headings, and Hoops, should be rated by the thousand, to be regulated according to the quality.
IIth. We are also of opinion, for the same reason, that the Freight of Cotton, Sarsparilla, and dry'd Hides, be rated by the pound.
All which is humbly submitted to the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce, by their most obedient servants,
HAMILTON YOUNG, MILES SHERBROOKE,
RICHARD YATES, JOHN MOORE,
JACOBUS VANZANDT.
New York, 3d September, 1771.
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Voted and carried in the affirmative-That this Cor- poration will determine thereon at this Meeting.
Voted by a great majority-That the proposed plan shall be carried into execution.
Dissented-John Cruger, Esq.
Voted and Ordered-That the Members of this Cor- poration do, from and after the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, when they agree to Lett or Hire any Vessel or Vessels, and do it by the Ton, that the Goods of the several denominations, as re- ported by the Committee, shall be adopted a Ton invari- ably. This Resolution, however, shall not debar or restrain any or either of the Members from making a bargain for the whole Vessel by the Run, by the Month, or by Barrel, Piece, or Bushel.
Mr. McAdam's Proposal, viz. :- Soon after the establishment of this Society, I proposed to your consider- ation whether it was for the Interest of the Community that Jersey paper money should pass in this Province higher than it is taken for in the Treasury of the Province of New Jersey.
The Loss and inconvenience arising to the Traders in this City from the present practice of passing Jersey money for more than its acknowledged value by their own Legislature, will, I hope, plead my excuse for renew- ing my proposal that this Corporation may enter into an agreement to fix a time when they will no longer depreci- ate their own Currency by accepting that of another above par. I therefore propose, that a time 88 may be fixed that this Corporation do agree to pay and receive Jersey money at the same rate it is received and paid in their own Trea- sury. WILLIAM McADAM.
November 5, 1771.
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Lewis Johnston " against William Bayard.v
In an action of debt for £450 Currency, being on a supposition that he had paid Mr. Bayard for a Bill of Exchange, value £300 sterling, which Mr. Johnston never received.
What gave rise for this action is this, viz. :-
Mr. Johnston, at sundry times, bought Bills of Mr. Bayard to the amount of £6,021, 35 6d Sterling. Some time in the year 1768 or 69, the said Mr. Johnston, in order to frame an Account and transmit it to his Friends in England, sent to Mr. Bayard a list of Bills, which he had bought of him, and desired that he would let him know the Exchange he had given for them, as he had not kept any account thereof. Mr. Bayard, in order to do that, had recourse to his Bill Book and furnished him with the Account, at the same time, informed him that he had remitted a Bill entered in his Book of £300 Sterling, sold in September, 1757, dated 9th March, 1757. Mr. Johnston charges this Bill with the rest, to the Proprietors, but on examin- ing the account find that no such Bill was ever sent them. Mr. Johnston, therefore, draws this conclusion, that he must have paid Mr. Bayard for this Bill, and therefore demands the money without producing any receipt or proof of his having paid it. Mr. Bayard says that he has received payment from some one, and makes no demand of payment. It appears that from the Papers exhibited to us by Mr. David Johnston and Mr. Bayard, and that the Society of Proprietors,89 of Jersey, were determined to send MR. MORRIS W home on their business, and voted the sum of £400 sterling should be awarded him toward defraying his Expences. Mr. Parker called upon Mr. Bayard and took up the Bills, viz. : I set of £300, dated the 9th of March, 1757, drawn by Apthorp & Son on the Contractors, and another set of £100 sterling drawn by Capt. Gordon, which were entered in the two several Bill Books to Mr. Johnston as sold to him, being one of the Proprietors. It also appears, from two Receipts, that Mr. Bayard did receive the Sum of £573 17s 7d Currency from Andrew Johnston, Esq., by the hands of James Parker in part of these very Bills. Mr. Lewis Johnston, therefore, could not have paid for them, and the presumption is still greater when you consider that the Treasurer of the Society9º only kept an account of them, for Mr. Lewis Johnston had not any knowledge of the matter from the Ioth September, 1757, until the year 1768-9 ; and surely, if he had ad- vanced Mr. Bayard £540 currency for Bills which he had not received, he would not have left so considerable a sum in his hands so long. It appears, further, that Mr. Lewis Johnston did purchase of Mr. Bayard, in the year 1760, Bills to the amount of £500 sterling, and made full payment at several times without making any demand for the sum in contest.
New York, 29th November. We, therefore, the Arbitrators, chosen to give an Award, do say, that Lewis Johnston hath no demand upon Mr. Bay- ard; but that he pay all costs of suit.
JOHN ALSOP, ANTHY. VAN DAM, THEOP. BACHE.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 3d December, 1771.
PRESENT.
Henry White, V. P.
William Walton, T. Anthony Van Dam, S.
John Alsop,
Robert G. Livingston,
Joseph Bull,
William McAdam,
James Beekman,
Thomas Marston,
Thomas Buchanan,
John Moore,
John Cruger,
Lewis Pintard,
John H. Cruger,
Daniel Phenix,
Isaac Corsa,
Henry Remsen, jr.,
Walter Franklin,
Garret Rapelje,
Nicholas Hoffman,
Isaac Sears,
Samuel Hake,
William Stepple,
Jacob Watson,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
James Jauncey,
Jacob Walton,
Lawrence Kortright,
Robert R. Waddell,
Isaac Low,
Robert Watts,
Robert C. Livingston,
Gerrard Walton,
Thomas Walton.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Samuel Bayard,
Charles McEvers,
John Thurman.
Fined for non-appearance :
Elias Desbrosses, Theoph. Bache, Robert Alexander, John Amiel, Gerrard Beekman, Henry C. Bogert, Walter Buchanan, Benj. Booth, Levinus Clarkson, Gerrard Duyckink, Peter Ketletas, 10
John Ramsay, Miles Sherbrooke, William Seton, Samps. Simson, Richard Sharpe,
Acheson Thompson, Samuel Ver Plank, Augus. Vanhorne, George Folliot, Nicholas Gouverneur, Harman Gouverneur,
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Samuel Kemble,
Peter Hasencliver,
Philip Livingston,
William Imlay,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
Thomas Miller,
Edward Laight,
Alexan. McDonald,
Abram Lynsen,
William Neilson,
George W. Ludlow.
Jeremiah Platt,
Leonard Lispenard,
Thomas Randal,
Robert Murray,
Hugh Wallace,
Thomas W. Moore,
Thomas White,
John Reade,
Isaac Roosevelt,
Alexan. Wallace, John Weatherhead,
Richard Yates.
This Corporation, at their last Meeting, determined on the mode of Tonnage to be adopted from and after the first Day of May next.
Anthony Van Dam proposed that the Report of the Committee for ascertaining the Tonnage and the order and Resolution of this Corporation, be published 91 in the News Papers once a Month until June next.
Mr. McAdam's Motion for altering the mode of passing Jersey Money by the Members of this Chamber, being debated, is postponed until the first Tuesday in February next.
Ordered-That Messrs. Sampson Simson, Peter Ketletas, G. W. Beekman, Jacob Watson, John Reade, Robert Alexander, and Thomas W. Moore, be a Com- mittee until the first Tuesday in January next, to hear and determine disputes between Parties, who shall agree to leave such, &c.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 7th January, 1772.
PRESENT.
Theoph. Bache, V. P. William Walton, T. Anthony Van Dam, S.
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Henry C. Bogert, Joseph Bull, James Beekman, Samuel Bayard, Benjam. Booth,
John Cruger, Levinus Clarkson,
Walter Franklin,
Samuel Hake,
Miles Sherbrooke, Isaac Sears, John Thurman, Jacobus Van Zandt,
James Jauncey,
Edward Laight,
Thomas Walton,
George W. Ludlow,
Hamilton Young,
Fined for non-appearance :
Elias Desbrosses,
Henry White, John Amiel, Gerrard W. Beekman,
Thomas Miller, William Neilson, Lewis Pintard,
Jeremiah Platt, Daniel Phenix,
Walter Buchanan,
Thomas Buchanan,
Thomas Randal,
John H. Cruger, Isaac Corsa, Gerrard Duyckink,
Isaac Roosevelt, Garret Rapelje,
George Folliot,
Robert Alexander, John Ramsay, William Seton,
Harman Gouverneur, Peter Hassencliver,
Sampson Simson,
Nicholas Hoffman, William Imlay,
Richard Sharpe, William Stepple, Acheson Thompson,
Lawrence Kortright,
Peter Ketletas,
Samuel Kemble,
Samuel Verplank, August Van Horne, Hugh Wallace, Jacob Walton,
John Alsop, Isaac Low, Philip Livingston, Gabriel H. Ludlow, Abram Lynsen, Robert Murray, William McAdam, Charles McEvers, John Moore,
Leonard Lispenard, Robert C. Livingston, Thomas Marston, Alexand. McDonald, John Reade, Henry Remsen,
Thomas White, Robert R. Waddell, Robert Watts, Gerrard Walton, Alexan. Wallace, John Weatherhead, Jacob Watson,
Richard Yates.
Henry Remsen,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
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Anthony Van Dam's Proposal for publishing the Report of the Committee for ascertaining the Tonnage of this Port :
Ordered-That the same be published in the three 92 several News Papers of this City until June next.
Walter Franklin proposes that as Flour is one of our Staple Articles, it is needful it should be brought to Market and Exported with the least Expence possible : therefore moves that the Chamber agree not to pay any- thing for the weighing of Flour after the first of March next.
Ordered-That Messrs. R. Sharpe, H. Remsen, J. Roosevelt, Nich's Hoffman, H. Young, T. Walton, and J. Thurman, be a Committee until the first Tuesday in February next, to hear and determine disputes between Parties, who shall agree to leave such to this Corporation.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 4th February, 1772.
PRESENT.
Henry White, V. P.
William Walton, T. Anthony Vandam, S.
Robert Alexander,
John Moore,
John Amiel,
Thomas Marston,
Joseph Bull,
Thomas Miller,
Samuel Bayard,
Alexander McDonald,
Thomas Buchanan,
William Neilson,
Walker Franklin,
Hamilton Young,
Harman Governeur,
Daniel Phenix,
Samuel Hake,
Henry Remsen, jun.,
James Jauncey,
Isaac Roosevelt,
Alexander Wallace, Isaac Low,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
George W. Ludlow,
Augusts. Van Horne,
Leonard Lispenard,
Robert R. Waddell, Robert Watts,
Robert C. Livingston,
Garret Rapelje,
Gerrard Walton.
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Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Lawrence Kortright, Lewis Pintard, Hugh Wallace.
Fined for non-appearance :
Elias Desbrosses,
Miles Sherbrooke,
Theophy. Bache,
Isaac Sears,
John Alsop,
William Seton,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Samson Simpson,
Henry C. Bogert,
Richard Sharpe,
James Beekman,
William Stepple,
Walter Buchanan,
John Thurman,
Benj. Booth,
Samuel Verplanck,
John Cruger,
Levinus Clarkson,
John H. Cruger,
Isaac Corsa,
Peter Hasencliver,
Gerrard Duyckinck,
Nicholas Hoffman,
George Folliott,
William Imlay,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Peter Keteltas,
Robert Murray,
Samuel Kemble,
William McAdam,
Philip Livingston,
Charles McEvers,
Gabriel Ludlow,
Jeremiah Platt,
Edward Laight,
Thomas Randal,
Abram Lynsen,
Richard Yates,
Robert G. Livingston,
Jacob Walton,
John Reade,
Thomas White,
John Ramsay,
John Weatherhead,
Jacob Watson.
Mr. McAdam's and Mr. Franklin's Proposals are postponed till next Meeting.
Ordered-That Messrs. J. Wetherhead, G. Rapelje, G. Duyckinck, W. Stepple, W. Imlay, A. Van Horne, and H. C. Bogart, be a Committee, until the first Tuesday in March next, to hear and determine disputes between Parties who shall agree to leave such to this Corpora- tion.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 3d March, 1772.
PRESENT.
Elias Desbrosses, P.
Theop. Bache, V. P.
William Walton, T.
Antho. Van Dam, S. Samuel Hake,
John Alsop,
Robert Alexander,
Lawrence Kortright,
James Beekman,
Edward Laight,
Samuel Bayard,
John Moore,
George W. Ludlow,
Thomas Marston,
Leonard Lispenard,
Thomas Miller,
Robert C. Livingston,
Alexan'r McDonald,
William McAdam,
William Neilson,
Daniel Phenix,
Jeremiah Platt,
Isaac Roosevelt,
John Thurman,
Miles Sherbrooke,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
William Stepple,
August Van Horn,
Benja. Booth,
Hugh Wallace,
Levinus Clarkson,
Alexand. Wallace,
Nicholas Hoffman,
Jacob Watson.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Henry Remsen, junr.,
Robert Watts.
Fined for non-appearance :
Henry White,
Abram Lynsen,
John Amiel,
Robert G. Livingston,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Robert Murray,
Henry C. Bogart,
Charles McEvers,
Joseph Bull,
Thomas W. Moore,
Walter Buchanan,
Lewis Pintard,
Thomas Buchanan,
Thomas Randal,
John Cruger,
Hamilton Young, John Reade, Garret Rapelje,
John H. Cruger, Isaac Corsa, Gerrard Duyckink,
John Ramsay,
George Folliot, Walter Franklin,
Isaac Sears, William Seton,
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Nicholas Gouverneur,
Sampson Simpson,
Harman Gouverneur,
Richard Sharpe,
Peter Hassencliver,
Samuel Ver Plank,
James Jauncey,
Jacob Walton,
William Imlay,
Thomas White,
Peter Keteltas,
Robert R. Waddle,
Samuel Kemble,
Gerrard Walton,
Isaac Low,
Thomas Walton,
Philip Livingston,
John Wetherhead,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
Richard Yates.
Mr. Walter Franklin's Motion of the 7th January last, having been duly considered at the last and present Meet- ings of this Corporation, to whom it was referred ; and it appearing very evident that the Staple or Export of this Province ought to be shipped with as little charge as that of any Sister Colony. And the Merchants of this City have in most instances paid the Venders of Flour, &c., at the rate of one penny half-penny for half weighing, which is thought to be an unreasonable charge.
Resolved, unanimously-That from and after the first day of May next ensuing, the Members of this Cor- poration, when they purchase Flour, shall not pay one penny half penny per Barrel for half weighing as is at present charged in some of the Weigh Notes by Sellers of Flour.
Mr. William McAdam's motion of the 5th Novem- ber last being read in the words following :
Soon after the establishment of this Society, I proposed to your con- sideration whether it was for the interest of the Community that Jersey paper Money should pass in this Province higher than it is taken for in the Treasury of the Province of New Jersey. The loss and inconvenience arising to the Traders in this City, from the present practice of passing Jersey Money for more than its acknowledged value by their own Legisla- ture, will, I hope, plead my excuse for renewing my proposal ; that this. Corporation may enter into an agreement to fix a time when they will no longer depreciate their own Currency by accepting that of another above par.
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I therefore propose that a time be fixed that this Corporation do agree to pay and receive Jersey money at the same Rate it is received and paid in their own Treasury.
November 5th, 1771.
WILLIAM MCADAM.
And the same having been referred to their considera- tion, at the succeeding stated Meeting in December fol- lowing, when it was adjourned for further deliberation to the first Tuesday in February, then again deferred to this day, Whereupon it was moved whether this Corpora- tion would go upon the subject, and debates arising thereon it was put to the vote and passed in the affirma- tive, 19 for-16 against.
The question was then put that when the Members of this Corporation shall pay or receive any Jersey money they shall accept it on the same terms that it passes for in the Jersey Treasury, that is to say-
A Bill of {6 Proclamation money for 16 Dollars, or £6
8s New York Cur'y.
A Bill of 3 66
66
8
or 3
4
66
A Bill of I IOS
66
66 4
66
or I I2
66
66
66
A Bill of 15S 66
66
66
2
66
or 16 shillings.
And in like proportion for Bills of a less denomina- tion, which was also carried in the affirmative, 19 for --- 15 against.
Then a debate arose when it should take place, and it was argued that as many people might be possessed of some of that currency, who live in the remote parts of this Province, who had taken it at its common current Value, and that it would be right to give them an opportunity of parting with it without Loss, who might perhaps very ill afford to suffer by means of this agreement, and on a division whether it should be carried into execution in 6 or 9 months-
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Votes appeared for six months 19, and for nine months 15.
Thereupon Ordered-That the Members of this Cor- poration, from and after the third day of September next ensuing, shall, in all their dealings and Commercial Con-7 cerns, when they receive or pay Jersey money, accept and pay the same agreeable to the above Resolution.
Furthermore Ordered-That a copy of the foregoing Resolutions be delivered to the Printers of the GAZETTE and JOURNAL, and that the same be published 93 therein that all the Members may be apprised thereof.
Mr. John Schuyler having been proposed to be admitted a Member of this Corporation was balloted for and elected. Ordered-That Mr. Schuyler be informed in writing, that he was duly elected a Member of this Corporation.
Ordered-That Messrs. G. W. Ludlow, J. Bull, L. Lispenard, James Beekman, A. McDonald, S. Bayard, and R. C. Livingston, be a Committee until the first Tuesday in April next.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 7th April, 1772.
PRESENT.
Elias Desbrosses, P.
Theoph. Bache, V. P. William Walton, T. Antho. Van Dam, S.
Henry C. Bogert,
Thomas Marston,
Joseph Bull,
Lewis Pintard,
Daniel Phenix,
James Beekman, John Cruger, Isaac Corsa,
Miles Sherbrooke,
William Stepple,
James Jauncey,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
Jacob Watson,
Gabriel H. Ludlow, Edward Laight,
Hamil. Young.
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Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Theophy Bache,
Thomas McDonald,
William Walton,
William Neilson,
Samuel Bayard,
John Reade,
John H. Cruger,
Isaac Sears,
Walter Franklin,
John Thurman,
Isaac Low,
Jacob Walton,
William McAdam,
Gerrard Walton,
John Moore,
Alexan. Wallace.
Fined for non-appearance :
Henry White,
Robert Murray,
John Alsop,
Charles McEvers,
Robert Alexander,
Thomas W. Moore,
John Amiel,
Thomas Miller,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Jeremiah Platt,
Walter Buchanan,
Thomas Randal,
Benjamin Booth,
Henry Remsen,
Thomas Buchanan,
Isaac Roosevelt,
Levinus Clarkson,
Garret Rapelje,
Gerrard Duyckinck,
John Ramsay,
George Folliot,
William Seton,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Sampson Simson,
Harman Gouverneur,
Richard Sharpe,
William Imlay,
Acheson Thompson,
Lawrence Kortright,
Samuel Verplanck,
Peter Keteltas,
August's Van Horne,
Samuel Kemble,
Hugh Wallace,
Philip Livingston,
Thomas White,
Abram Lynsen,
Robert R. Waddell,
George W. Ludlow,
Robert Watts,
Leonard Lispenard,
Thomas Walton,
Robert C. Livingston,
John Weatherhead,
Robert G. Livingston,
Richard Yates.
Thomas Pettit, Doorkeeper and Messenger, acquainted this Corporation that he had paid for glazing the Win- dows, which with his Salary to the first Tuesday in May next, amount to £15 16 6, he prays to be paid for.
Mr. William McAdam proposes that this Corpora-
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tion dine together on the second Tuesday in May next, and that at the Meeting the first Tuesday in that Month, three Stewards be named to provide a Dinner and that each Member that may be absent at Dinner to pay eight Shillings.
Ordered-That Mr. Petit put the Room in proper Order.
Ordered-That Messrs. H. Gouverneur, I. Corsa, J. Platt, D. Phenix, Walter Buchanan, B. Booth, and John Amiel, be a Committee until the First Tuesday in May next, to hear and determine disputes between Parties.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 5th May, 1772.
PRESENT.
Elias Desbrosses, P. Theop. Bache, V. P. William Walton, S Antho. Van Dam, S.
John Amiel,
John Moore,
Joseph Bull,
Lewis Pintard, Daniel Phenix,
James Beekman,
Samuel Bayard,
John Reade,
John Cruger,
Henry Remsen, Jun'r,
Isaac Corsa,
Isaac Roosevelt,
Walter Franklin, Samuel Hake,
John Schuyler,
Henry White,
Peter Ketletas,
Jacob Walton,
Edward Laight,
Gerrard Walton,
Leonard Lispenard,
Alexander Wallace,
Robert C. Livingston,
Robert R. Waddle,
Hamilton Young.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Theoph. Bache, Henry C. Bogert, Isaac Low, Alexan. McDonald,
William Stepple, Thomas White, John Thurman, Augus. Van Horne,
.
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William Neilson, Jeremiah Platt, Thomas Randal,
Thomas Walton, Hugh Wallace, Richard Yates.
Fined for non-appearance :
John Alsop,
George W. Ludlow,
Robert Alexander,
Abram Lynsen,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Robert G. Livingston,
Thomas Buchanan,
Robert Murray,
Walter Buchanan,
William McAdam,
Benjamin Booth,
Charles McEvers,
John H. Cruger,
Thomas Marston,
Levinus Clarkson,
Jacob Watson,
Gerardus Duyckinck,
Thomas W. Moore,
George Folliot,
Thomas Miller,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Garret Rapelje,
Harman Gouverneur,
John Ramsay,
Nicholas Hoffman,
Miles Sherbrooke,
John Weatherhead,
Isaac Sears,
James Jauncey,
William Seton,
William Imlay,
Sampson Simson,
Lawrence Kortright,
Richard Sharpe,
Samuel Kemble,
Acheson Thompson,
Philip Livingston,
Samuel Verplank,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
Robert Watts.
Thomas Petitt's account amounting to £15 16 6 hav- ing been laid before this Corporation at last Meeting, Ordered-That the Treasurer do pay the same.
The Ceiling of the Chamber being much damaged from the leak in the Cupolo,94 proposed that it be re- paired, and that Messrs. Robert C. Livingston, Thomas Randall, and L. Pintard be a Committee to employ prop- er workmen to put it in order.
Proposed-That seven Guineas be paid to Capt. Isaac L. Winnx in addition to the ten Guineas already paid Mr. Bache, late Treasurer, for a Seal 95 of this Cor- poration.
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