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are hereby Authorized to Administer the same,) for the faithful and due Execution of their Respective Offices during their Continuance in the same respectively .- And We do further, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, Give and Grant to the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of New York, in America, and their Suc- cessors forever, that besides the Annual Meeting of our said Cor- poration herein before Directed and Appointed to be held on the first Tuesday in May in every Year, it shall and may be Lawful for them, their Heirs and Successors, forever hereafter, for promoting and carrying into Execution the laudable Intents and Designs aforesaid, and for the Transacting the Business and Concerns of our said Cor- poration, to meet together on the first Tuesday in every Month, for ever, at such Place or Places in our said City of New York as shall for that Purpose be established, fixed, ascertained and Appointed by the Bye-Laws and Regulations of our said Corporation :- And that the Members of our said Corporation being so met, or so many of them in Number at the least as shall by the Bye-Laws or Ordi- nances of our said Corporation be for that Purpose from time to time established, directed, Ordained or Appointed, shall, together with the President, or any one of the Vice Presidents of our said Corporation for the Time being, be a legal Meeting of our said Cor- poration ; and they, or the Major part of them so met, shall have full Power and Authority to adjourn from Day to Day, or for any other Time, as the business of our said Corporation may require, and to do, Execute, and perform all and every Act and Acts, Thing and Things whatsoever which the said Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of New York, in America, are or shall by these our Letters Patent be Authorized to do, Act or Transact, in as full and ample manner as if all and every of the Members of the said Corporation were present :- And that at any such legal Meet- ing of the said Corporation, they shall and may in Writing, under the common Seal, make, frame, constitute, establish, and ordain from Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter, such Laws, Constitutions, Ordinances, Regulations, and Statutes, for the better Government of the Officers and Members of the said Corporation, for fixing and ascertaining the Places of Meeting of our said Corporation as afore- said, and for regulating all other their Affairs and Business as they, or the Major Part of them so legally met, shall Judge best for the general Good of the said Corporation, and profitable for the more effectually promoting the beneficial Designs of their Institution ;-
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All which Laws, Constitutions, Regulations, Ordinances, and Stat- utes so to be made, framed, constituted, established, and Ordained as aforesaid, We Will, Command, and Ordain by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter, kept, obeyed, and performed in all things as the same ought to be, on the Penalties and Amercements in the same to be imposed and limited, so as the same Laws, Constitutions, Regulations, and Statutes be reasonable in themselves, and not re- pugnant or contrary to the Laws and Statutes of that Part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, nor of our said Province of New York .- And, for the keeping up and preserving for ever here- after a Succession of Members for the said Corporation, our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby for us, our Heirs and Succes- sors, Ordain, and Give and Grant to the said Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of New York, in America, and their Successors for ever, that at any of the Stated legal Meetings of the said Corporation, to be held on the first Tuesday in every Month for ever hereafter, but at no other Meeting of our said Cor- poration, it shall and may be Lawful for them and their Successors for ever, to Elect and choose in such manner and Form, and upon such Terms and Conditions, as shall be directed, ordained, and established for that Purpose by any of the said Bye-Laws, Statutes, Constitutions, or Ordinances of the said Corporation, such and so many Persons to be Members of the said Corporation as they shall think beneficial to the laudable Designs of the said Corporation ; Which Persons, and every of them so from Time to Time Elected and Chosen, shall by Virtue of these Presents and of such Election, be Vested with all the Powers, Authorities, and Privileges which any Member of the said Corporation is hereby Invested with. And in case any other extraordinary Meeting or Meetings of the said Cor- poration shall at any Time or Times be judged necessary for the promoting the Interest and Business of the said Corporation, We do hereby for us, our Heirs and Successors, Will, Declare, and Ordain, that it shall and may be Lawful for our said Corporation to meet from Time to Time, at such Days and Times, and at such Places in our said City of New York, and upon such Notices or Summons as shall for that Purpose from Time to Time be Settled, Established, and Ordained by the Laws, Ordinances, or Statutes of the said Cor- poration ; And that the Members of our said Corporation being so met, or so many of them in Number at the least as by the said
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Laws, Ordinances, and Statutes aforesaid shall from Time to Time be Established, Directed, Ordained, and Appointed for that Pur- pose, shall together with the President, or One of the Vice Presi- dents of the said Corporation for the Time being, be a legal Meeting of the said Corporation ; And they, or the Major part of them so met, shall have full Power and Authority to Act, Transact, do, and Perform all and Singular whatsoever may be Transacted, done, and Performed at any the hereby Stated Meetings aforesaid of the said Corporation, saving and Except the Electing Members, Making laws, Ordinances and Statutes, and Disposing of the real Estate of the said Corporation. And our Will and Pleasure is, that until the same shall be otherwise Regulated as aforesaid, that the Meetings of the said Corporation shall be held in the great Room of the Building commonly called the Exchange, situate at the lower End of the Street called broad Street, 51 in the said City of New York : and that until the same shall be also otherwise regulated as aforesaid, that no Act done in any Meeting of the said Corporation shall be Legal, Good, or Valid, unless the President, or one of the Vice Presidents, and Twenty others of the Members of the said Corporation at the least, be Present, and the Major Part of them consenting thereto. And We do further Give and Grant to the said Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of New York, in America, that it shall and may be lawful for the President of the said Corpora- tion, at all times hereafter for ever, to Appoint a Door-Keeper, One or more Messenger or Messengers, And all such other Inferior Officers as shall by him be thought necessary for the said Corpora- tion, and to displace them and any or every of them at his Will and Pleasure. PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS, That no such Door-Keeper, Messenger, or other Officer shall hold his or their Office or Offices by Virtue of any such appointment, longer than until the then next lawful Meeting of our said Corporation, unless such Person or Per- sons so appointed shall be then approved of by the Majority of such of the Members of the said Corporation as shall then be met .- And We do further, of our especial Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, for us, our Heirs and Successors, Grant and Ordain, that when and as often as the President, or any Vice President, Treas- urer or Secretary of the said Corporation, shall misdemean himself in his or their said Offices respectively, and thereupon a Complaint or Charge in Writing shall be exhibited against him or them, by any Member of the said Corporation, at any legal Meeting or Meetings
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of the said Corporation, that it shall and may be lawful for the Members of the said Corporation then Met, or the Major Part of them, from Time to Time, upon Examination and due Proof, to sus- pend or discharge such President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary, from their Offices respectively, although the Yearly or other Time for their respective Services shall not be expired, any thing before in these Presents contained to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding .- And further, We do by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, Give and Grant unto the said Cor- poration of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of New York, in America, and their Successors forever, that this our present CHARTER shall be deemed, adjudged, and construed in all Cases most favorably, and for the best benefit and advantage of our said Corporation, and for promoting the good Intentions and Designs herein before expressed, inducing us graciously to grant the same ; And that this our present Grant, being entered on Record as herein after is expressed, or the Enrollment thereof, shall be for ever here- after good and effectual in the Law, according to our true Intent and meaning hereinbefore declared, without any other License, Grant, or Confirmation from us, our Heirs and Successors, hereafter by the said Corporation to be had or obtained, notwithstanding the not reciting or misrecital, or not naming or misnaming of the aforesaid Offices, Franchises, Privileges, Immunities, or other the Premises, or any of them, And although no Writ of ad quo damnum, or other Writs, Inquisitions, or Precepts hath been upon this Occasion had, made, issued, or Prosecuted, Any Statute, Act, Ordinance, or Pro- vision, or other Matter or thing to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. IN TESTIMONY whereof, We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, And the Great Seal of our said Prov- ince to be hereunto Affixed, And the same to be Entered on Record in our Secretary's Office, for our said Province, in one of the Books of Patents there remaining.
WITNESS our trusty and well-beloved CADWALLADER COLDEN, Esquire, our Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our said Province of New York, and the Territories depending thereon in America, by and with the Advice and Consent of our Council for our said Province, at FORT GEORGE, in our City of New York, this thirteenth Day of March, in the Year of our Lord One thou- sand seven hundred and Seventy, and of our Reign the Tenth. 7
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 2d May, 1770.
John Cruger, President. Hugh Wallace, V. P. Elias Desbrosses, Treasurer. Anthony Van Dam, Secretary.
James Jauncey,
Thomas W. Moore,
Jacob Walton,
Richard Sharpe,
Isaac Low,
Abram Lynsen,
John Alsop,
Isaac Roosevelt,
William Walton,
Nicholas Hoffman,
William McAdam,
Hamilton Young,
Gerrard Walton,
Thomas Walton,
John Moore,
John Thurman,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Gerrard Duyckinck,
Lewis Pintard,
William Stepple,
Richard Yates,
Henry C. Bogert,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
George W. Ludlow,
Sampson Simson,
Joseph Bull,
Peter Keteltas,
James Beekman,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Alexander McDonald,
John Reade,
Samuel Bayard,
Robert Alexander,
Robert C. Livingston.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock, viz .:
Samuel Verplank,
Isaac Sears,
Henry White,
Alexan. Wallace,
Thomas White,
Thomas Buchanan,
Robert R. Waddle,
August. Van Horne.
Fined for non-appearance :
Robert Murray,
George Folliot,
Theoph Bache,
Miles Sherbrooks,
Walter Franklin,
Acheson Thompson,
John H. Cruger,
Jacobus Van Zandt, gout, Charles McEvers,
John Weatherhead, Garret Rapelje, William Imlay,
Lawrence Kortright, Thomas Randal, Philip Livingston,
Robert Watts,
Isaac Corsa, William Seton,
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Levinus Clarkson,
Edward Laight,
Thomas Marston,
William Neilson,
Peter Hasencliver,
Jeremiah Platt,
Jacob Watson,
Leonard Lispenard,
Peter Remsen,
Thomas Miller,
Henry Remsen,
Samuel Kemble,
Harman Gouverneur.
The proposal of Mr. Thurman to take into consider- ation some plan to be pursued in Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire is referred to a future Meeting.
Mr. Yates's proposal for a Committee to be appointed to wait on the Mayor, praying him to use his influence with the Corporation, to make a Law for the Inspection of Cornel, Rye Meal, and Indian Meal, is also referred to a future Meeting.
Mr. Yates's proposal for allowing the Secretary of this Corporation a Salary $2 for defraying the Expences he is put to having been considered,
Resolved, unanimously, that the present and future Secretary of this Chamber be paid annually, on the first Tuesday in May in every year, by the Treasurer of this Corporation, the sum of Twenty Pounds Currency.
In consequence of the Motion made by Mr. William Walton for this Corporation to Dine together, Messrs. William Walton, Richard Sharpe, William McAdam, and Gerrard W. Beekman were appointed Stewards to order a Dinner 53 in this Chamber on the Second Tuesday of this Month.
Ordered-That the Secretary do forthwith send Notices to and Invite the Lieut. Governor, Council, and Members of the General Assembly,54 who may be in Town, the Secretaries, 55 the General 56 and his Suit, the Captains of His Majesty's Ships,57 the Principal Officers of the Customs, 58 and the Mayor of the City.
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Ordered-That Messrs. Samuel Verplank, Peter Keteltas, John Reade, John Alsop, and Jacob Walton, be a Committee to audit the Treasurers accounts, and that they do report to this Corporation what Sum is in his hands.
The Charter of Incorporation as well as the Rules of the Chamber, appoint this Day for the Election of Officers for the Current Year, when the following Gentle- men were Elected, viz. :
The Hon. 59 HUGH WALLACE, Esq., President. The Hon. HENRY WHITE, Esq., Vice-Presidents. ELIAS DESBROSSES, Esq.,
THEOP. BACHE, Treasurer. ANTHO VAN DAM, Secretary.
Ordered-That Messrs. R. Alexander, T. W. Moore, R. Sharpe, P. Remsen, H. Remsen, Isaac Roosevelt, and Nicholas Hoffman, be a Committee, until the first Tues- day in June next, to hear and determine disputes between Parties who shall agree to leave such to this Chamber, and that they do make report thereof in writing to this Corporation.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 5th June, 1770.
PRESENT.
The Hono'ble Henry White, Esqr., Vice-Presidents. Elias Desbrosses, Esqr., Anthony Van Dam, Secretary. Gerrard W. Beekman, Jacob Watson, Robert Alexander,
John Cruger, Jacob Walton,
William Walton, Gerrard Walton,
Nicholas Hoffman,
Jacobus Van Zandt, Alexan. Wallace, John Moore, Gabriel H. Ludlow,
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Charles McEvers, Richard Yates, William Seton, Edward Laight,
Sampson Simson,
Thomas Walton,
William Stepple,
Alexand. McDonald,
Samuel Bayard,
Robert C. Livingston.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Samuel Ver Plank, Robert R. Waddell, Robert Watts,
John Harris Cruger, Thomas Buchanan, Henry Remsen,
Thomas Miller.
Fined for non-appearance :
Hugh Wallace,
Thomas White,
James Jauncey,
Philip Livingston,
Robert Murray,
William McAdam,
George Folliot,
Levinus Clarkson,
Theophy. Bache,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Miles Sherbrooke,
Thomas Marston,
Walter Franklin,
Isaac Sears,
Lawrence Kortright,
Lewis Pintard,
Acheson Thompson,
Peter Hasencliver,
Thomas Randal,
William Neilson,
Isaac Low,
Peter Keteltas,
John Alsop,
John Reade, William Imlay,
Thomas W. Moore,
Richard Sharpe,
August's Van Horne,
Peter Remsen,
Henry C. Bogart,
Abram Lynsen,
Jeremiah Platt,
John Thurman,
Joseph Bull,
Isaac Corsa,
Leonard Lispenard,
John Weatherhead, Garret Rapelje,
Samuel Kemble,
Gerrard Duyckink,
Harman Gouverneur.
The consideration of Mr. Thurman's Proposal for Insuring Houses from Fire is postponed to a future Meeting.
Mr. Pettitm having exhibited an account of Expences
James Beekman,
Hamilton Young,
George W. Ludlow,
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for Fire-wood, Candles, &c., amounting to Two pounds fifteen shillings and two pence, and a year's Salary, due the first May last, Proposed that he be paid the same.
John Cruger, Esqr., Moves-That as the Resolution of this Chamber for Regulating Johannes has caused the Evil and Scandalous Practice of clipping every Johannes before it passes in this Colony, and will encourage Foreigners and others to reduce them before they are sent hither ; therefore moves that it may be taken into consideration whether it will not be for the Interest of Commerce to Resolve not to take a half Johannes for sixty-four Shillings that does not weigh 9 dwt. 3 grains ; if under that weight a deduction to be made.
That as the Committee appointed to ascertain the Tonnage of this Port have not Reported,
Ordered-That Messrs. John Moore and Jacobus Van Zandt be added thereto, and that they do report to this Corporation the quantity of the different species of Goods usually Shipped from this Port, to ascertain the Tonnage thereon.
Ordered-That Messrs. A. Lynsen, H. Young, Thos. Walton, J. Thurman, Jno. Weatherhead, G. Rapelje, and G. Duykinck, be a Committee, until the first Tuesday in June next, to hear and determine disputes between Parties who shall agree to leave such to this Chamber, and that they do make report thereof in writing to this Chamber.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, July 3d, 1770.
PRESENT. Hon'ble Hugh Wallace, Esqr., President. Elias Desbrosses, Esqr.,
Hon'ble Henry White, Esqr.,
V Presidents.
Theoph. Bache, Treasurer. Anth. Van Dam, Secretary.
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James Jauncey, Jacob Walton, Lawrence Kortright, Isaac Low,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
Peter Keteltas,
Henry Remsen,
Nicholas Hoffman,
William Walton,
Hamilton Young,
John H. Cruger,
William Stepple,
Gerrard Walton,
George W. Ludlow,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
Alexander McDonald, Samuel Bayard,
Robert C. Livingston.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
Edward Laight, William Nielson, Jacob Watson,
Thomas W. Moore, Abraham Lynsen, Isaac Corsa,
Jeremiah Platt.
Fined for non-appearance :
Robert Murray,
Alexander Wallace,
George Folliot,
Thomas Buchanan,
Samuel Ver Plank,
William Seton,
Miles Sherbrooke,
Samson Simson,
Walter Franklin,
Gerrard W. Beekman,
Thomas Randal,
John Reade,
John Alsop,
Robert Alexander,
Thomas White,
Richard Sharpe,
Robert R. Waddell,
Peter Remsen,
Philip Livingston,
Isaac Roosevelt,
William McAdam,
Thomas Walton,
Robert Watts,
John Thurman,
Charles McEvers,
John Weatherhead,
Levinus Clarkson,
Garret Rapelje,
Samuel Kemble,
Gerrard Duyckink,
Nicolas Gouverneur,
William Imlay,
Richard Yates,
August. Van Horne,
Thomas Marston,
Henry C. Bogart,
Isaac Sears,
Joseph Bull,
Lewis Pintard,
Leonard Lispenard,
Peter Hasencliver,
Thomas Miller,
James Beekman.
Ordered-That the Treasurer of this Corporation do
John Moore,
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pay Mr. Pettit his [account 6] of Money expended for Fire- wood and Candles, amounting to &2 15s. 2d., and also his Salary of Fifteen Pounds, as Door keeper and Mes- senger for one year ending the first of May last.
Mr. Cruger's motion for half Joes. to weigh 9dwt. 3g. to pass for 64s., being considered of and greatly debated, on a division, it passed in the Negative.
Mr. Low moves that Jersey money6I shall not be received or paid by any Member of this Corporation for more than 63 per cent. advance, from and after the first day of January next ensuing.
Mr. Low also moves that, to prevent that Scandalous practice of clipping half Johannes, that three pence be allowed for every grain which a half Joe. weighs more than nine pennyweight, and that four pence be deducted for every grain it weighs less.
Order'd-That Messrs. W. Stepple, W. Imlay, A. Van Horne, H. C. Bogart, G. W. Ludlow, J. Bull, and L. Lispenard be a Committee until the first Tuesday in August next to hear and determine disputes between Parties who shall agree to leave such to this Chamber, and that they do make report thereof in writing, to this Chamber.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, August 17, 1770.
V. P.
John Cruger, James Jauncey, Samuel Ver Plank, Isaac Low,
PRESENT. Honble. Hugh Wallace, P. Elias Desbrosses, Honble. Henry White, Theop. Bache, Treas. Anthon. Van Dam, Secty. Peter Remsen, Isaac Roosevelt, Thomas Walton, John Thurman,
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William Walton,
Garret Rapelje,
Thomas White,
Gerrard Duyckinck,
Robert R. Waddell,
George W. Ludlow,
Robert Watts,
James Beekman, Alexander McDonald,
Gabriel H. Ludlow,
Edward Laight,
John H. Cruger, Gerrard Walton,
Sampson Simson,
Jeremiah Platt,
Peter Keteltas, Gerrard W. Beekman,
Henry Remsen,
John Reade,
Abram Lynsen,
Thomas W. Moore,
Samuel Bayard, Junr.,
Isaac Corsa.
Fined for non-appearance :
Jacob Walton,
Peter Hasencliver,
George Folliot,
Alexander Wallace, Thomas Buchanan,
Theoph. Bache,
Miles Sherbrooke,
William Nielson,
Walter Franklin,
William Seton,
Lawrence Kortright,
Jacob Watson,
Thomas Randal,
Robert Alexander,
Henry White, John Alsop,
Nicholas Hoffman,
Philip Livingston,
Hamilton Young, L. I. 62
William McAdam,
John Weatherhead,
Jacobus Van Zandt,
William Stepple, L. I.
Charles McEvers,
William Imlay,
John Moore,
Augusts. Van Horn,
Levinus Clarkson,
Henry C. Bogart,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Richard Yates,
Thomas Marston,
Thomas Miller,
Isaac Sears,
Samuel Kemble, Robert C. Livingston,
Lewis Pintard,
Joseph Bull, Leonard Lispenard,
Harman Gouverneur.
On Mr. Low's motion of last Meeting, whether there should not be allowed three pence per Grain on all half Johanneses that weigh more than nine Penny weight being debated in the Chamber, and on a division, passed in the Affirmative.
Richard Sharpe,
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Resolved, therefore-That the Members of the Cor- poration will in future pay and receive half Johanneses weighing Nine penny weight at three pounds four shil- lings, and for every Grain they weigh more to allow three pence, and to deduct four pence for every Grain they weigh less.
Ordered-That Notice be given in the News Papers.63
John Cruger, Esq., begs leave to dissent from the above resolution as it tends towards diminishing the value of our Currency, and that it be entered on the Minutes of this Corporation.
Ordered-That this dissent be entered accordingly.
Mr. Low's proposal for receiving and paying Jersey Money, from and after the first January next, at 63 per cent. advance, is postponed till a future Meeting.
Ordered-That Messrs. James Beekman, A. McDon- ald, S. Bayard, R. C. Livingston, H. Gouverneur, I. Corsa, Jerem. Platt, be a Committee until the first Tuesday September next to hear and determine disputes between Parties who shall agree to leave such to this Chamber, and that they do make report thereof in writing to this Chamber.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- TUESDAY, 4th September, 1770.
PRESENT. Honble. Hugh Wallace, P. Elias Desbrosses, V. P.
Honble. Henry White, Theophy Bache, T. Antho. Van Dam, S.
Samuel Ver Plank,
Hamil. Young,
William Walton,
Thomas Walton,
Robert R. Waddell, John Thurman,
Gerrard Walton, Garret Rapelje,
Jacobus Van Zandt, Gerrard Duyckinck,
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Edward Laight, Sampson Simson, Jacob Watson, Thomas W. Moore, Isaac Roosevelt,
Willliam Stepple, Augus. Van Horne, Leonard Lispenard, James Beekman, Samuel Bayard.
Fined for appearing after six o'clock :
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Gabriel H. Ludlow, Robert Alexander, Abraham Lynsen, Harman Gouverneur.
Fined for non-appearance :
James Jauncey, Jacob Walton,
Robert Murray,
George Folliot,
Theoph. Bache,
Walter Franklin,
Henry White,
Lawrence Kortright, Thomas Randal,
John Alsop, Thomas White,
Isaac Low,
Philip Livingston,
John H. Cruger,
William McAdam,
Charles McEvers, John Moore, Levinus Clarkson,
Isaac Corsa, Peter Hasencliver,
Thomas Buchanan,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
William Seton,
Richard Yates,
William Nielson,
Thomas Marston,
Peter Keteltas,
Isaac Sears, Lewis Pintard,
Robert Livingston,
Gerrard W. Beekman, John Reade,
George W. Ludlow, Joseph Bull, Thomas Miller,
Richard Sharpe, Peter Remsen,
Samuel Kemble, Alexander McDonald,
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Jeremiah Platt.
The proposal for receiving and paying Jersey Money at 63 per ct. was further postponed.
Hugh Wallace, Miles Sherbrooke, Robert Watts, Alexan. Wallace,
Henry Remsen, Nichols. Hoffman, John Weatherhead, William Imlay, Henry C. Bogert,
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Mr. Hugh Gaine n Printer's account for Work per- formed, and Books, &c., furnished this Corporation amounting to £12.15, appeared.
Proposed-That the same be paid.
Ordered-That Messrs. John Cruger, James Jauncey, Jacob Walton, George Folliot, Samuel Verplank, Theo- phylact Bache, and Miles Sherbrooke, be a Committee until the first Tuesday in October next to hear and determine disputes between parties who shall agree to leave such to this Chamber.
To the Gentlemen Committee of the Chamber of Commerce :
Messrs. Conyngham & Nesbitt, of Philadelphia, chartered a vessel for Lisbon; the merchant at Lisbon, to whom the Cargo was con- signed, sent them by the Master of said Vessel, one hundred half Joes. The Vessel foundered at sea, the Crew were taken up by Capt. Warden, of Glasgow, who saved part of the materials and brought them to New York where he received a Salvage for them.
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