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Colonial Records of Pa. MINUTES
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SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
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PENNSYLVANIA,
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE TERMINATION OF THE REVOLUTION.
PUBLISHED BY THE STATE.
VOL. XIII.
ONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FROM JULY 13TH, 1781, TO DEC. 31ST, 1783, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.
HARRISBURG : PRINTED BY THEO. FENN & CO. 1853.
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ACT for appointing Wardens for the Port at Philadelphia, 105. for the relief of several frontier counties, 127.
for preventing the erecting or forming a new and independent State within this Commonwealth, 477.
for the sale of certain lands in Pennsylvania, 477.
Agents of Confiscated and Forfeited Estates to make returns, 106. Address of the Council of Pennsylvania, 284. to his Excellency General George Washington, 130. Washington's reply to the same, 131.
from the Minister of France, 285.
Adams, John, acknowledged and received by France as Minister Plenipotentiary, 377.
Attainted traitors, whose property was confiscated, 6, 12, 13, 20, 26, 30, 32, 34, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 52, 56, 57, 78, 79, 80, 81, 94, 97, 108, 126, 141, 170, 175, 182, 183, 204, 251, 257, 273, 277, 325, 505.
Audibert, Philip, Deputy Paymaster General of the U. S., 7. Aspden, Matthias, an attainted traitor, 170, 209. Allen, Andrew, his property confiscated, 12, 57, 303, 309. Army, a great part of it moved to the south, 41. Adams, Jonathan, an attainted traitor, 182.
Ammunition, large quantities purchased, 213. Anderson, Stephen, his property confiscated, 56, 333.
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Allen, John, abets and aids British prisoners to effect their escape, 513.
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BARON DE KALB'S SONS, Pierre and John, commissioned, 52.
Barras De Count, French seamen delivered to him, 5.
letter from him, 55.
Berks county militia called out to march into Northampton county, 368.
Bedford county, ammunition sent into, 1.
Ranging companies in, 133, 145, 150, 203, 209, 210, 218, 331.
Biddle, Clement, appointed Quarter Master General, 53.
Boundary line between Pennsylvania and Virginia, relative there- to, 79, 203, 205, 252, 510, 530, 541, 685, 686, 753.
Bay,. Thomas, of Washington county, raised a number of volun- teers, 133.
Billingsport, pest house at established, 54.
Breasly, a letter from, 2.
Bortram, Alexander, an attainted traitor, 175.
Bank, a meditated attack upon by the soldiery in Philadelphia, 611, 613, 617, 619.
Bell, William, an attainted traitor, 529.
Buzzard, Frederick, aids British prisoners to effect their escape, 520.
Bowman, Benjamin, aids British soldiers, &ca., 535.
Books of minutes of Council examined touching Connecticut con- troversy, 332.
Benefits, certain ones to which officers in the army are entitled to, 712, 718.
Bulla Thomas, an attainted traitor, 333.
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CHARLESTOWN SUFFERERS, relative thereto, 1. Carlisle, Abraham, an attainted traitor, 6.
Copper coin counterfeited, in the use of a base metal, 4.
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Carpenter, Christian, aids British prisoners to escape, 512.
Connecticut controversy, touching, 10, 123, 313, 314, 332, 342, 361, 366, 399, 437, 442, 474, 475, 476, 478, 486.
Campbell, Peter, an attainted traitor, 52.
Cumberland county, flour, grain, and forage on hand, to be sold, 311. militia in ordered to march to Northumberland county, 314.
Cessation of hostilities, proclamation relative thereto, 559.
Campaign re-opened with vigor, preparations made, 291.
Comptroller General's reports, 553, 555, 561, 567, 577, 579, 582, 593, 601, 611, 613, 615, 620, 623, 631, 634, 636, 638, + 640, 643, 668, 676, 679, 708, 755, 777.
Conwallis' surrender at Yorktown, 94.
Continental money largely counterfeited, 385.
Chevaux-de-frize, in the river Delaware, removed, 744.
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DEEDS FROM INDIANS, titles of cited, 462, 463, 464, 467, 469. Deserters from the army, a list of, 14, 28, 29. Duche, Jacob, an attainted traitor, 26.
Dubueson, Col., aid to Gen. Baron De Kalb, 51.
Declaration of the General Assembly and Supreme Executive Council, 113.
Days of fasting and thanksgiving recommended, 124, 267, 400, 438, 749.
Delaware river, an armament to defend it, 270, 316, 384.
Du Ponceau, Peter S., appointed, sworn, interpreter of the English, French, Italian, and Spanish languages, 736, 739.
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ENGLISH, BENJAMIN, charged with high treason, 96. Evans, Thomas, an attainted traitor, 204. Evans, John, aids British prisoners to escape, 526. Expedition against the Indians contemplated, 139, 422 .. Election frauds closely investigated, 220, 232.
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Evans, William, an attainted traitor, 97.
Estimate for the service for 1782, $6,000,000, p. 405.
Extracts, important ones, from minutes of the General Assembly, 524.
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FRAUDS .- See Election Frauds.
French seamen to be surrendered to Count de Barras, 5.
Findley, James, Rev'd, undertakes a journey to the Western fron- tiers, 481, letter from, touching the same, 617.
Field officers of the city of Philadelphia convened in the Council chamber, 609, 610.
Fort Pitt, Brigadier General Irvine at, 83, 162, 531. recruits for, raised, 364.
Frontier settlers suffered from the savages and enemy, 108, 169, 248. state of considered, 292, 308, 426.
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GALLOWAY, JOSEPH, his property confiscated, 13, 325, 450.
Green, General, his achievements in the south commendably spoken of, 107.
Grove, Jacob and Christian, convicted of harboring and aiding British prisoners, 442.
Germantown, lots laid out in, 322.
Gordon, Harry, an attainted traitor, 701.
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HARRIS, JOHN, member of the Committee of Finance, 60. Heiner, Henry, of York county, steals horses, 195.
Hazard, Ebenezer, asks for assistance from Assembly to collect va- rious State papers, 122.
Hessian colours taxen at Trenton, 588.
Holker, Sieur, Consul of France, 54, 59, 144.
Houssecker, Nicholas, an attainted traitor, 199, 251.
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Hughes, Thomas, charged with high treason, 39. Hook, Christian, an attainted traitor, 695.
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INDIANS, expedition against them recommended, 362. the same declined, by the advice of General Washington, 380.
Irvine, General, at Fort Pitt .- See Fort Pitt.
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JEAN, DANIEL, his property confiscated, 204. Jones David, an attainted traitor, 30.
Justices of the Peace elected, 38 .- See Elections.
Jackson, John, an attainted traitor, 333.
Jewish Congregation in Philadelphia about erecting a place of wor- ship, 367.
Journal of the Congress, extracts from, held at Fort Stanwix, N. Y., 440.
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KNETZER, BALTZER, convicted of aiding and abetting British intor- ests, 605.
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LETTERS from David Briarly to Thomas McKean, 3, 4, 74. from divers, inhabitants of the town of York, 3. from Thomas Mckean, President of Congress, 15, 41. from Robert Morris, Esq., 18, 100, 137, 199, 211. from his Excellency President of Congress, 53, 59, 79, 170, 199, 600. from Count De Barrus, 55. from Daniel Hiester, of Reading, 74. from Charles Hall, printer, 128. from John Hanson, 138, 147, 154, 185. from Colonel Hubley, 141. from General Washington, 184, 363, 380, 419. from Matthew Clarkson, 199.
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Letters from Thomas Willing, 200.
from the Hon. Judges of the Supreme Court, 219 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 282. from General Irvine, 297, 491, 617. from Mr. Scott, 318. from John Henry, 324. from Hon. Frederick A Muhlenberg, 352.
from the Minister of France, 374. from Francis Gurney, 384.
- from Thomas Scott, 403.
from Maj. General Lincoln, 432.
from Joseph Reed, 437.
from John Dickinson, 472.
from Whipple, Welcome and others, 474.
from Gen. La Fayette, 479. from Monsieur Marbois, Consul of France, 486. from Wikoff & Clark, 486. from Frederick Philo, 563, from William Henry, 603.
from David Rittenhouse, 522.
from Captain Christie, 610, 633.
from Revd. James Finley, 617. from Mr. Boudinot, 618. from Governor Harrison, of Virginia, 637. from Colonel Coates, 611. from James Bennet, 633. to General Carleton, 680. to Governor Livingston of N. Y. 680. from John Buyers, 686. from Delegates of the State, 730.
Lutheran congregation at Philadelphia, 36. Lebanon, Colonel Moylan's legion at, 41. Lincoln, Maj. Gen., Minister of the War Department, 165. Lancaster borough, near at, clandestine traffic carried on, 317, 238. German and British prisoners of war at, 483. Lots in the city of Philadelphia, sold for the redemption of bills of credit, 63, 65, 103, 118, 142, 146, 159, 166, 171, 172, 181, 184, 193, 217, 240, 246, 250, 251, 274, 305, 306, 307, 315, 316, 320, 334, 366, 389, 395, 432, 543, 548, 549, 552, 572, 585, 618, 629.
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Lochry, Archibald, of Westmoreland, captured by the Indians, 155. Luzerne, Chevalier De La, Minister of France, 284.
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MERCHANDISE, property belonging to Virginia, seized, 2. Maddock, William, an attainted traitor, 251.
Morris, Robert, Superintendent of the finances of the United States, 6.
Martin, Henry, aided British prisoners to escape, 512. Militia raised, equipped, &c. 53, 61, 83.
many of them unprovided with arms, 70.
Meyers, Jacob, aids British prisoners to escape, 535.
Messages from the President and Council to the Representatives of Pennsylvania, 58, 67, 107, 129, 259, 348, 408, 414, 425, 518.
from William Moore, President, 363.
from John Dickinson, President, 438, 486, 647, 654, 682, 683, 692, 733, 761.
Muncy, place of rendezvous for the militia, 369. provisions sent thither, 371.
Molesworth, James, executed as a spy, 385.
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NORMAN, DAVID, aids British prisoners to escape, 516. Money, quota of required from the States, 405.
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OBERHOLTZER, JOHN, an attainted traitor, his property confis- cated, 201.
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PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA boundary line .- See Boundary line.
Proclamation issued by Joseph Reed, President, 4, 41, 104. by James Potter, Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council, 400.
by William Moore, Vice President, 95, 124, 167, 312, 333, 338, 375, 377.
by John Dickinson, &c., 433, 473, 475, 533, 541, 559, 615, 620, 630, 693, 649, 687, 728, 749.
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Paxton, Joseph, an attainted traitor, 257, 281.
Petition presented touching the Connecticut controversy, 10. Pawling, John, an attainted traitor, 32.
Passes granted to persons to visit New York, &c., 17, 61, 149, 157, 161, 178, 181, 208, 214, 241, 248, 249, 253, 254, 278, 279, 282, 300, 302, 313, 315, 324, 330, 337, 340, 342, 344, 346, 367, 369, 273, 381, 383, 384, 394, 418, 432, 439, 441, 443, 457, 460, 461, 507, 513, 515, 516, 517, 520, 524, 527, 529, 530, 533, 534, 539, 543, 547, 550, 558, 561, 563, 565, 567, 585, 632.
Parrock, John, an attainted traitor, 20, 111, 309.
Promotions in rank of the Pennsylvania regiment, 202, 203, 222, 456.
Princeton College, damage done to by militia, 44. Peck, John, aids British prisoners to escape, 35. Potts, John, an attainted traitor, 505.
Philadelphia, lots in sold .- See Lots. designs against by the enemy, 63.
Parent, Asa, charged with high treason, 96.
Potter, James, his account presented, 151. Public creditors, suffering distress, 307. Post robbed, in the State of Maryland, 312. Prisoners taken by the Indians, 155, 330.
Pastorius, Daniel, mentioned, &c., 322.
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QUOTAS of money required from the several States, 405.
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RANGERS, companies of raised and equipped, 135, 145. Rankin, James, an attainted traitor, 273, 274.
Rations furnished the troops at stipulated prices, in Northumber- land, 71.
at Hanna's town, Westmoreland county, 157. in Washington county, 162. in Northampton county, 245,
Rice, John Jeremiah, an attainted traitor, 101.
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Rochambeau, De Count, commander of troops, 42. Rhein, John, an attainted traitor, 138. Requisitions from the several States, 405. Roberts, Nathan, an attainted traitor, 108. Rendezvous, places of designated, 155. Robeson, John, an attainted traitor, 309. Recruiting certificates, form of, 156. Reed, John, an attainted traitor, 180, 183, 204, 236, 277. Resolves, important ones, by Congress, 60, 287, 288. Robert Owen, his property confiscated, 180.
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SINCLAIR, GEORGE, an attainted traitor, 57. Seven colours, taken from the Hessian regiment, 301. Sowers, Christian, his estate confiscated, 126. Stiles, Joseph, Captain, Commissary of Military Stores, 247. Steininger, Henry, an attainted traitor, 273, Stores, provided for by the Quarter Master General, 298. Stedman, Alexander, an attainted traitor, 695. Smith, Joseph, captured and plundered, 49.
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VOGHT, VOUTS, VOUGHT, CHRISTIAN, an attainted traitor, 78. Virginia and Pennsylvania boundary line-See Boundary line. Valentine, Robert, asks permission to go to Ireland, &c., 84. Votes of Assembly printed, 277. Van Campen, Moses, returned from captivity, 43. Vernon, Gideon, an attainted traitor, 590.
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WAGON-MASTERS, &ca., 55, 70, 73. Westmoreland, militia called out, 83. Rangers in, 143, 179.
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Washington, General, address to from the Supreme Executive Council, 131. letters from, 195, 167, 403-See letters. Washington county, Rangers în, 143, 539. Court House erected in, 531. Companies discharged, &c., 592.
Wertman, Geo. Philip, an attainted traitor, 278.
Wyoming, Rangers sent there, 52.
Weaver, Christian, aids British prisoners to escape, 52.
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YELDALL, ANTHONY, an attainted traitor, 519. Z.
ZIEGLER, DAVID, expenses paid going to head quarters, 76.
MINUTES
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SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 13th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, and
Mr. Cunningham.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr. John Nicholson, for the sum of three thousand pounds, State money, lated the seventh day of April last, for the purpose of paying to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, one-third of their de- reciation certificates, for which the said Nicholson is to account.
On consideration,
Resolved, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to the Hon'ble Thomas Smith, Esquire, hree hundred weight of gun powder and four hundred weight of ead, to be by him forwarded to Colonel George Ashmant, Lieuten- nt of the county of Bedford, for the use of the militia of the said ounty.
WHEREAS, A number of well affected inhabitants of Charles own, who have suffered a long and painful captivity, have been xchanged and arrived in this city, after having been plundered by he common enemy, and thereby left destitute of the means of pro- uring accommodations suitable to their merit and rank in life :
And Whereas, It is an indispensible duty to provide them with uitable quarters free of any expence :
Resolved, That the Deputy Quarter Master General of this city o immediately accommodate all such persons as shall apply to him
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under the above description, with suitable apartments, in sack houses in this city and liberties as are .most convenient for that purpose, having due respect to the numbers of persons in family and the size of the houses ; and that the wardens of the city, or so many as may be necessary, be requested to assist the said Quarter Master in the said service.
WHEREAS, The Hon'ble the delegates of the States of Virginia have presented a memorial to this Board, representing that fifteen bales of merchandize, the property of the said State, have been at- tached, by virtue of a process issuing out of the Court of Common Pleas of this city, at the suit of Simon Nathan, at present a resi- dent of this State. That the said merchandize is now accordingly arrested in the hands of Messrs. Mifflin and Butler as garnishees. P th That the said memorialists apprehend that the State of Virginia, now in union with this and the other United States of America, as free, sovereign and independant, cannot nor ought not to be in any for respect held to answer in the Courts of Justice of any other State, nor reduced to the alternative of yielding its property to a claim made f by any individual in any such court, and that such procedure is in f other respects dangerous to the publick interests : Whereupon, due tre deliberation having been had, and the opinion of the Attorney Gen-yl eral of the State taken in the premises,
Resolved, First. That the said process is derogatory to thekit rights and sovereignty of the Commonwealth of Virginia as a free sovereign and independent State, and that farther procedure thereone ought not to be had.
Secondly. That the Sheriff of the city of Philadelphia, and all other civil officers of this State, concerned in the arrest or deten-078 tion of said goods, do immediately deliver the same to such personsch as may be appointed in behalf of said State by the Honorablesha Delegates thereof, in Congress assembled, and forbear farther mo-ol lestation or disturbance of the said State or its legal agents in the premisses.
AND WHEREAS, The said Simon Nathan, the plaintiff in said and suit, having been brought before this Board, examined touching his he conduct, and having declared that he had taken out the said process merely as a matter supposed of right, and being ignorant of the privi- ledges of the State in this respect : The Sheriff and Prothono- tary alledging the same, and the delegates of Virginia havinglust signified their desire that as this is the first instance of such aggres-St. sion, no farther notice may be taken of any of the parties. Piz
Resolved, That the said plaintiff, Simon Nathan, be discharged from farther attendance.
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In Council.
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PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, July 14th, 1781.
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PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, and
Mr. Cunningham.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Major James Parr, for the sum of six hundred pounds specie, payable out of he subscription raised pursuant to a vote of the twenty-second lay of June last, for the purpose of raising three hundred Riffemen Fjor the service of the United States, for which he is to account.
WHEREAS, It appears by a certificate, signed by William Pollard If this city, that there is due from him to William Price, formerly f this city, merchant, an attainted traitor, the sum of three hun- red and sixty-seven pounds eleven shillings and four pence, Penn- Duylvania currency, and the same becoming the property of the tate, ought to be paid to the Agents for Forfeited Estates in the ity of Philadelphia ; wherefore,
Ordered, That if the said sum be not accordingly paid on or- efore the first day of August next, the Attorney General be re- uired to sue for the same without further delay.
A letter was read from David Brearly, dated Trenton, June 28th, 781, and directed to the Hon'ble Thomas Mckean, Esquire, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, informing that a certain Joseph hackleton alias Smith, who is charged with having committed a obbery in Philadelphia ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the said letter be sent to the Honourable George. ryan, Esq'r ; that he be requested to inquire into the said case, i od, if he shall think it proper, to send for the said Shackleton,, at ine expence of the county of Philadelphia.
On consideration,
Resolved, That the Commissioners for selling the city lots do aspend the sale of such lots as are now within the inclosures of" t. Peter's church, and also of the Presbyterian meeting house in ine street, until farther orders.
A letter from divers inhabitants of the town of York, in the punty of York, in this State, of the seventh instant, was read, in- rming that the office of Clerk of the Market in the said town is. ow vacant, and recommending Mr. John Ehrman as a proper per- on to be appointed to said office ; thereupon,
Resolved, That Mr. John Ehrman be appointed and commis- oned to be Clerk of the Market in the town of York aforesaid ..
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The following proclamation being read and considered, the same was agreed to and ordered to be published, vizt :
By his Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President, ana the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, Divers ill-disposed persons have manufactured or im. ported into this State quantities of base metal, in the similitude of British half pence, but much inferior in value and weight to genuine British half-pence, to the great depreciation of that coin, o the injury of the community in general, and the poor in particu. lar, such practices having a natural tendency to raise the neces- i sarys of life and introduce new confusion in the currency off the country : We have, therefore, thought proper to prohibit, and do hereby strictly enjoin all officers employed in the re- ceipt of taxes or other publick dues, not to receive such base coin in any payments whatsoever ; and do earnestly recommend to all the faithfull inhabitants of this State to refuse it in payment, and by all other lawful ways and means discourage the currency thereof; and we do in a special manner direct and enjoin all Mato gistrates, Sheriffs, Constables and other civil officers within this B State, to make due inquiry after offenders in the premises, that they may be brought to speedy and condign punishment.
Given by order of the Council, under the hand of his Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President, and the less seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.
JOSEPH REED, President.
Attest-T'Y MATLACK, Secr'y.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
A memorial from Nicholas Miller, of the borough of Lancaster, was read, and the same was dismissed.
A petition from Isaac Green, Jun'r, now confined in the gaol, praying to be discharged from confinement without entering on board the Trumbull frigate, was read, and rejected.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 16th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President. Hon'ble the Vice President. Mr. Gardner, and No Council.
Mr. Cunningham.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 17th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Lacey.
The Board taking into consideration the resolve of the Hon'ble ongress of the United States, passed the twelfth instant, setting rth that " Whereas, It has been represented to the United States, in Congress assembled, that there are many French seamen, sub- jects of his most Christian Majesty, in the United States, em- ployed on board armed and other vessels in the service of the said States or the citizens thereof : And whereas, It has also been represented that the said seamen are necessary for compleatly manning the squadron under the Count De Barras ; all officers, therefore, commanding armed or other vessels, under commis- sions from the United States, in Congress assembled, are hereby ordered and directed immediately to deliver to the said Count De Barras, or to any person or persons by him appointed to receive the same, all French seamen, subjects of his said Majesty, who are or may be entered on board their vessels respectively ; and if any officer commissioned as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse com- plying with this order, he shall forfeit his commission, and be subject to such other punishment as to right shall appertain ; and it is earnestly recommended to the Legislatures and Executives of the several States to give effectual aid and support for the exe- puting this order, and also for delivering to the Count De Barras all French seamen, as aforesaid, that may be otherwise employed within their respective jurisdictions ;" whereupon,
Resolved, That all Merchants, Captains of vessels, and other izens or inhabitants of this State, be strictly enjoined to pay e obedience to the above resolve, and all Magistrates, Sheriffs, Id Constables, and other civil officers, be directed to aid and as- t such persons as may be legally appointed by the Commander of Fleet of his most Christian Majesty, in apprehending and secu- g such French mariners, as they will answer the contrary at eir peril.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Hon'ble John cey, Jun'r, Esq'r, for the sum of twenty-five pounds specie, in rt of his pay as a member of this Board, for which sum he is to count.
A petition from George A. Baker, was read, setting forth that ptain Robert Bethel purchased at a vendue of confiscated estates, messuage and lot of ground late the estate of Abraham Car-
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lisle, an attainted traitor ; that the right of the said Robert Bethel is since become vested in him, the said George A. Baker; that the widow of the said Abraham Carlisle is in possesion of the premises, and refuses to deliver them up; whereupon, he hath prayed the aid of this Board to cause possesion to be given him, agreeable to the act of Assembly ; and the same act being considered,
Resolved, That the Seeriff of the city and county of Philadel- phia do give possesion of the said premises to him, the said George A. Baker, in due form of law, he paying the incident expences.
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