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GENEALOGY 974.8 P384, 1786-178º
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Colonial Records of Pa MINUTES
OF THE
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
OF
PENNSYLVANIA,
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE TERMINATION OF THE REVOLUTION.
PUBLISHED BY THE STATE.
VOL. XV.
CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FROM JULY 4TH, 1786, TO FEBRUARY 6TH, 1789, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.
HARRISBURG : PRINTED BY THEO. FENN & CO. 1853.
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CONTENTS.
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A.
Acr for the sale of lots in Philadelphia, 4.
for the relief of soldiers, 71.
for the distribution of donation lands in the Commonwealth, 74. touching vesting the estate of the Penns to the Common- wealth, 202.
for appointing Wardens for the port at Philadelphia, 393. Agents of Confiscated Estates, to postpone certain sales, 9. Allen Andrew, an attainted traitor, 4, 43.
Adventure Brigantine, sustained damages at sea, touching the same, 517.
Alleghany town, opposite Pittsburg, draft of, &c., 610, 612, 623, 624.
Arch, triumphal, one erected in Philadelphia, 574.
Arms, public, expences paid for repairing, 521.
Arnold Benedict, an attainted traitor, touching certain claims, 640.
B.
BALLIET STEPHEN, letter from, 472. Barrack lots in Philadelphia, sold, 18, 21, 77. Bartram Alexander, an attainted traitor, 143, 185. Base coin uttered, punished by hanging, 475, 476. Bank of the United States, regulations touching the same, 192. Beaver river, donation lands on, 16. ,
Biddle Charles, letters from, 84, 170.
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Blank certificates of the re-funded debt printed, 440.
Berks county militia imprisoned, 415. Board of Council, certain rules and regulations adopted, 591. Boundary lines of Pennsylvania, provisions made for, 33, 39, 106. northern line, 38, 198, 212, 220, 340, 356. western line, 39, 106, 108. Brown Lazarus, letters from, 599.
Burnt Cabins, road to, 121, 322, 486, 519.
Butler Zebulon, letters from, 443, 525.
C.
CANAL, or water communication, to connect Presque Isle with Philadelphia, 631.
Cape Henlopen, a large pole hoisted at, 566.
Caswell, Governor of North Carolina, letter from, 159.
Comptroller General's reports, 1, 5, 27, 37, 64, 65, 80, 107, 122, 571, 600. .. Collector of Customs, touching, 440.
of Excise, for Lancaster county, 81.
Connawaw, upon the Susquehanna river, lands at unappropriated, 631.
Commercial Convention, relative thereto, 86.
.Connecticut claims, proceedings touching the same, 19, 79, 237, 356.
Caldwell & Brady, letter from, 116.
Craig James, Jr., letter from, 562.
D.
DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, their remissness of duty, 14. Day Luke, a noted rebel, 176.
Delaware, may be made navigable as far as the northern boundary of Pennsylvania, 659.
Delaney Sharp, letter from, 597.
Dickinson College, in Carlisle, touching, 298. John, letter from, 107.
CONTENTS.
Distances from Conoe Place to Kittanning town, 91. Doan Abraham & Levi, declared outlaws, 497, 500, 515, 535, 544. Donation lands, distributed by lottery, 518, 580. Dryer Jacob, trial and conviction and pardoned, 631.
F.
ELECTIONS of Justices of the Peace, 520. Ellicott Andrew, an attainted traitor, 230.
Erie Lake, lands on, touching, 392, 472, 524, 528, 532, 553, 555, 561, 650, 659.
Escheated estate of Doctor Daniel Weiss, 482.
Evans Thomas, an attainted traitor, 14. Eckert Valentine, letter from, 295.
F.
FALCONER NATHANIEL, letter from, 337. Fort Harmar, in Ohio, letter from by General St. Clair, 518. Franklin Benjamin, elected President of Council, 110. John, one of a banditti at Tioga, 291. arrested and imprisoned in Philadelphia, 385, 537, 640.
& Jenkins, agents for settlers at Wyoming, 67. Fourth of July celebrated, 46.
Frontiers to be protected, 323.
Francis Tench, letter from, 153. Finly James, of Westmoreland, a letter from, 472.
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GERMAN PASSENGERS, Register of appointed, 322. Gibson John, letter from, 605. Gordon Thomas, attainted of high treason, 177, 338.
Graffenriedt de Techanor, claims grants of land on Susquehanna and Schuylkill, 529.
Gun powder stored in Philadelphia, 529.
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H.
HAMILTON DOCTOR, letter from, 578.
Harris' Ferry, Court House and Jail to be erected near it, 14. Hancock John, letter from, 435.
Hellstedt Charles, Swedish Consul General, 433. Hamilton's Island, in the Ohio river, 598.
Hessian fly, investigation touching, 524, 526. Hopkinson Francis, letter from, 517.
Huntingdon Samuel, letter from, 575. county, riots and outrages committed in, 479.
I.
INDEPENDENCE DAY celebrated, powder furnished for the occa- sion, 46.
Indian Chiefs furnished with spirituous liquors, 54, 61.
Indians expected to meet at Muskingam, in Ohio, to hold a trea- ty, 531.
Indian Commissioners, instructions to them, 554.
Islands in the Ohio river appraised, 598.
J.
JUSTICES OF PEACE elections-Sce Elections.
K.
KNOX, GENERAL, a letter from, 641.
L.
LAIRD HUGH, a letter from, 213.
Land reserved for the use of the Commonwealth, opposite Pitts- burg, 42. price of in the Indian purchase to be reduced, 167. ceded by the Indians, 609.
Laws of the State, the Governor recommends a digest of, 659.
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Letters, from Hon. Charles Pettet, 19. from Benjamin Franklin, 20. to John Franklin, &c., 35, 78. from the Managers of the State Lottery, 37. from the Surveyor General, 49. from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 50. from the Governor of Massachusetts, 53. from the Comptroller General, 54. from the Board of the Treasury, 83. from Charles Biddle, 84, 170. from Charles Thompson, 104, 474, 515.
from the Board of the U. S. Treasury, 107. from Stephen Porter, 108. from Richard M'Allister, 126. from Caldwell & Brady, 116. from Governor Caswell, of North Carolina, 159. from Tench Francis, 213. from James Morris, 223. to Valentine Eckert, 295. from Jacob Wink, 337. from Phineas Bond, 408, 416.
from Governor Randolph, of Virginia, 416. from William Moore Smith, 428. from the Comptroller General, 429. from John Nice, 432. from John Hancock, 435. to Stephen Balliet and W. Armstrong, 472. from James Finley, 472. from Thomas M'Kean, 452. from the Magistrates of Huntingdon county, 479. from David Rittenhouse, 493. to Zebulon Butler, 493, 525. from Governor Livingston, of New York, 493.
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Letters from Governor Clinton, 497.
from Edmund Pendleton, 498.
from James Wharton, 499. from Timothy Pickering, 502, 507, 546.
. from Francis Hopkinson, 517. from General St. Clair, 518.
from Hon. Samuel Johnston, 524. from James Craig, Jr., 562.
from Samuel Huntingdon, 575.
from John Franklin and Dr. Hamilton, 578.
from Sharpe Delany, 597.
from Lazarus Brown, 599.
from John Gibson, 605.
from Turnbull, Marmie, &c., 616. to General Knox, 641.
Lots sold in Philadelphia, to redeem bills of credit, 7, 15, 23, 37, 46, 50, 85, 87, 151, 601, 602.
Louisburg, in Dauphin county, shiretown of, (now Harrisburg,) 189.
Luzerne county, riots in, 291, 293.
lands in claimed by Pennsylvania owners, 471.
M.
M'ALLISTER RICHARD, letter from, 126.
Mackenness Thomas, attainted of high treason, 82.
Map of the lands purchased from the United States on Lake Erie, 561.
Members of Congress elected, 636.
Messages from Benjamin Franklin, 71, 76, 116, 167, 304, 314, 392. Charles Biddle, 77, 268. David Redick, 582. Thomas Mifflin, 592, 658. M'Kean Thomas, letter from, 452.
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Minister of the Lutheran church of Albany asks permission to col- lect money, 14.
Mint, touching the establishing of one, 104. Muskets on the banks of the Susquehanna, &c., 9. Model bridge on Schuylkill river, 529. Morris James, a letter from, 233.
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NORTHERN BOUNDARY of Pennsylvania, 473, 614, 642, 644. Nice John, a letter from, 432.
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OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT, their acts scrutinized, 321. Ohio river, certain Islands in valued, 598. Old and late purchasers, touching, 85. Otto Monsieur, Charge de Affairs, 215. Outrages committed in Huntingdon county, 479. Outlaws, Abraham and Levi Doan, 500, 515. Out-lots opposite Pittsburg, sold, 510, 512.
P.
PARSONS ELI, a noted rebel, 177. Pendleton Edmund, a letter from, 498. Penn John, his claims to divers city lots, 63. Pennsylvania owners claim lands in Luzerne county, 471. Pensioners, disabled ones, no specified funds assigned them, 658. Pickering Timothy, made prisoner by a banditti, 489. Is libera- ted, 502, 507.
Pittsburg, lots opposite reserved, 601. Tract of land reserved by the Commonwealth, 635, 649.
Porter Stephen, a letter from, 100. Philadelphia, riots in, 319.
streets and alleys in, regulated, 539. Potter John, attainted of high treason, 26.
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Proclamations by Charles Biddle, 79, 279, 281. by Benjamin Franklin, 176, 317. by Peter Muhlenberg, 487, 489, 491. by Thomas Mifflin, 638, 655. Plan of lots opposite Pittsburg, 510, 512. Proprietors claim a certain tract of land, 265.
Q.
QUAKERS conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, 418. Quantity of land at Lake Erie, 472.
R.
RECORDER OF WILLS AND DEEDS appointed for Chester county, 4. Randolph, Governor of Virginia, a letter from, 416, Rations, certain allowance of, 17. Reciever General directed to advertise city lots, 58.
Riffets Philip, a letter from, 482.
Rayshill, a road made to that place, 543.
Rankin James, an attainted traitor, 468. Representatives elected, 98, 100, 103.
Rebels, a reward offered for their apprehension, 176. Road from Frankstown to Conemaugh, 191. Rhine John, attainted of high treason, 193. Robberies committed in and near Philadelphia, 588. Ross Alexander, an attainted traitor, 242. Riots in Philadelphia, 319.
Redick sent to New Jersey, &c., 490. Reserved land opposite Pittsburg, 509. Reading, State prisoners at, 641, 643.
S.
SAINT CLAIR, General, letter from, 518. State troops, Commander of, 394.
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Springetberry Manor, 153, 541. Supreme Executive Council, rules for, 341. Stiles Joseph, Commissary of the Military Stores, 453. Scotosh, a Wyandott Chief, 60. Surveyor General appointed, 3.
T.
TALBAHALKIE, an Indian town on Schuylkill river, 631. Tench Francis, a letter from, 150. Treaty with the Indians at Muskingum, 531. Tioga, banditti assembled at, 291, 307.
Triangular piece of land on Lake Erie, 553, 555.
Triumphal Arch erected in Philadelphia, 574. Troops, quota of to be furnished, 395. Thompson Charles, letters from, 104, 474, 515.
U.
UNLIQUIDATED ACCOUNTS between the United States and Pennsyl- vania, 83.
V.
VESSELS, American ones, touching, 392. Vice and Immorality, suppressed by an act of the Legislature, 587, 594.
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WARRANTS for public executions, 2. Willet Walter, attainted of high treason, 99. Wink Jacob, a letter from, 337. Wheeler Adam, a noted rebel, 177. Wyoming, disturbances at, 304. Western road laid out, 331, 359. Western troops supplied, 475. Washington county, a township in divided, 507.
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Wheat prohibited by proclamation to enter Great Britain, 523. Wardens, Board of at Philadelphia, 558. Wilson's Island, in the Ohio river, 598. Water communications between Presque Isle and Philadelphia, 631.
Y.
YELDALL ANTHONY, an attainted traitor, 606.
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SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 4th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, James McLene,
Stephen Balliet,
Jonathan Hoge,
John Boyd,
John Neville, and
John Whitehill, Peter Muhlenberg.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Henry Townly, for his pay as a private of Ensign Freeland's company of militia on the frontiers of Northumberland county, was read and approved.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, agreeably to the Comptroller General's reports, vizt :
In favor of Captain William Crawford, of the tenth battalion of Lancaster county militia, for four pounds thirteen shillings and ten pence, for militia services in the years 1777, 1778 and 1779.
In favor of Captain James Watson, of the militia aforesaid, for four pounds thirteen shillings and ten pence, for militia services as aforesaid.
In favor of Lieutenant Andrew M'Ilvaine, of the militia aforesaid, one pound seventeen shillings, for militia services as aforesaid.
In favor of Lieutenant John Hilpatrick, of the militia aforesaid, for one pound seventeen shillings, for militia services as afore- said.
In favor of Captain Emanuel Carpenter, of the militia aforesaid, for seven pounds twelve shillings and ten pence, for militia services as aforesaid, to be paid out of the militia fines of the county of Lancaster.
In favor of Captain James Persons, for twenty pounds eleven shillings and eight pence, in full of his account of expences in ap- prehending and securing Benjamin Nugent, according to the Comptroller General's report.
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The Agents for selling Confiscated Estates in the county of Berks, were directed to proceed to sell by public vendue, on Friday the twelfth day of May next, such part of the estate of Andrew Allen (generally called the Big Spring) as may yet remain unsold, first dividing the same in such manner as may be most convenient, provided only, that one part be left sufficiently large to discharge the incumbrances to which the estate may be subject.
The Council met. 0
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 5th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, James McLene,
Stephen Balliet, Jonathan Hoge,
John Boyd, John Neville, and
John Whitehill, Peter Muhlenberg.
Agreeably to the order of the third instant, Council proceeded to the election of five Commissioners, under the resolution of As- sembly of the twenty-third of March last, when the Honorable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, Doctor John Ewing and David Rit -. tenhouse, Rober Milligan and George Lattimer, Esquires, were elected.
Wednesday next was appointed for going into the appointment of the Commissioners provided by resolution of Assembly of the twenty-first day of March last.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, April 6th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Stephen Balliet, Jonathan Hoge,
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John Boyd, John Neville, and
John Whitehill, Peter Muhlenberg,
Esquires.
James McLene,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Alexander Patterson, for twelve pounds ten shillings, being expences incurred, under an order of Council of the twelfth day of January last.
Warrants for the execution of Josiah Rammage and John Han- nah, convicted of murder at the late Court of Oyer and Terminer
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held for the county of Franklin, passed the State seal, their execu- tion to take place on Wednesday the third day of May next.
On petition of William Hay, late Collector of Excise for the county of Lancaster,
Ordered, That the sale of the estate of the said Hay on the suit of the Commonwealth, be suspended for six months from the date of this order, and that the Sheriff of the county aforesaid be direct- ed to govern himself accordingly.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Jones, Esquire, for seventy-four pounds four shillings and six pence, being the ballance due by the State upon his account as Health Officer, from the first day of January, 1785, to the first day of January, 1786, and for sundry repairs done to the Marine Hospital, accord- ing to the Comptroller General's report.
On consideration,
Ordered, That the petition of Colonel Thomas Forrest, and the several papers accompanying the same, relative to his claims to city lots under old rights, be referred to the Board of Property.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, April 7th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Boyd,
Samuel Dean, James McLene,
Stephen Balliet, John Neville, and
Esquires.
John Whitehill, Peter Muhlenberg, 7
The fine imposed upon Joseph Smith, on conviction of larceny in the city and county of Philadelphia, was remitted, on condition that he depart the State immediately, not to return again.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, April 8th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President
Henry Hill, John Boyd, Samuel Dean, James M'Lene, Stephen Balliet, John Neville, and 1 Esquires. John Whitehill, Peter Muhlenberg,
The Surveyor General named for the consideration of Council, Robert Galbraith, Esquire, of Bedford county, to measure and as-
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certain the boundaries of the several districts between the Canoe place on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and the Kittanning on the Allegheny river. This nomination was approved by Coun- cil, and an order made that the Surveyor General direct Mr. Gal- braith to proceed upon this business immediately.
The fine imposed upon John Otto, on conviction of larceny, was remitted.
A resolution of the House appointing Percifor Frazier, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds and Register of the Probate of Wills and grant- ing letters of administration, in the county of Chester, was read, and commissions issued agreeably thereto.
John Luther, Esquire, was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the district of Earl, in the county of Lancaster, upon a return made agreeably to law ; Mr. Luther was also appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the county aforesaid.
A deed was signed by the Honorable the Vice President to John Clyde, for a tract of land of one hundred acres, situate in Allen township in the county of Northampton, late the estate of Andrew Allen, an attainted traitor, consideration £298 17 6. Deed dated the first day of March, 1786.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 10th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
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Mr. Hill, Mr. Balliet, Mr. Boyd,
Mr. M'Lene,
Mr. Muhlenberg,
Mr. Neville.
Mr. Whitehill,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:
In favor of the trustees of Dickinson College, for five hundred pounds, agreeably to act of Assembly dated the seventh instant, for the purposes mentioned in the said act.
In favor of the Honorable James McLene, Esquire, for forty- four pounds, in full for his attendance in Council until the twelfth instant, inclusively, and his mileage.
In favor of William Rees, for fifteen pounds, for the further im- provement of the State House lot, agreeably to acts of Assembly dated the twentieth of February, 1735-6, and fourteenth of May, 1762, and resolution of Assembly dated the 22nd September, 1783, for which sumn he is to account.
Council took into consideration the case of Mathias Aspden, and thereupon, it was
Ordered, That he be pardoned.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 11th, 1786.
PRESENT : His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, Mr. Whitehill,
Samuel Dean,
Mr. McLene,
Mr. Balliet,
Mr. Muhlenberg, and
Mr. Boyd,
Mr. Neville.
Agreeably to the order of Wednesday the fifth instant, Council proceeded to the election of five Commissioners under the resolu- tion of Assembly of the twenty-first of March last, when it ap- peared that the following gentleman were chosen, vizt : Robert Morris, George Clymer, John Armstrong, Junior, Thomas Fitzim- mons, and Tench Coxe, Esquires.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Colonel William Henry, for one hundred and fifty pounds, for defraying the contingent expenses of exercising the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, for which sum he is to account, to be paid out of the militia fines of the said city and liberties of Philadel- phia.
Upon the petition of Robert Biggs, John Kinkaldy and Thomas Smith, convicted of a riot and now confined in the jail of this city, it was
Ordered, That the fines adjudged to be paid by them to the use of the State, be remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 12th, 1786.
PRESENT :
His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, . And as yesterday.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, April 13th, 1786. . PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Whitehill,
Stephen Balliet,
Peter Muhlenberg, and 2 Esquires.
John Boyd, John Neville,
Upon the petition of Isaac Taylor, of Lancaster, county,
Ordered, That the sale of a tract of land situate in the town- ship of Sadsbury, and county of Chester, late the property of Thomas Bulla, the elder, be postponed until the farther orders of Council.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Thomas Douglass, for ten pounds two shillings and six pence, in full for inlisting twenty-seven men for the regiment commanded by Colo- nel Josiah Harmer, in August and September, 1785.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, April 14th, 1786.
PRESENT :
Henry Hill, John Whitehill,
Stephen Balliett, Peter Muhlenberg, and & Esquires.
John Boyd, John Neville,
The petition of Williamina Bond, praying the pardon of her son Phineas Bond, attainted of high treason, was read, and the con- sideration thereof postponed untill Tuesday next.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Jonathan Hoge, Esquire, for twenty-five pounds one shilling, in full of his account for his attendance at this Board until this day, inclusively, and mileage.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esquire, for two hundred pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as Comptroller General of the State, and ending the thirteenth instant.
The following notice was put into the hands of the Receiver General of the Land Office, for publication, vizt : Notice is hereby given, that agreeably to an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth entitled " An Act for directing the sale of such of the city lots as remain the property of the State, and for disposing of the house and lots in High street, in the city of Philadelphia, late the estate of Joseph Galloway, and forfeited. to this Common-
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wealth, the mansion and lots adjoining on Market street, contain- ing in breadth on the south side of said street sixty feet, and in length or depth on Sixth street one hundred and eighty feet, late the property of Joseph Galloway, as aforesaid, will be exposed to public sale at the Old Coffee House in this city, on Wednesday the third day of May next, and between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon, and two o'clock of the afternoon of that day. Con- ditions of sale : gold or silver money, bills of credit of this State of the last emission, depreciation certificates, or other certificates of debts due by this State on which interest is receivable at the Trea- sury of this Commonwealth, will be received in payment. One- third part of the consideration money to be paid within three days after the day of sale, another third part in one month thereafter, and the remaining third part within two months from the day of sale; possession of the premises to be given on a certificate from the Receiver General of the Land Office that payment has been made of one-third part of the consideration money, and good and sufficient security given for the payment of the remainder, agree- ably to the preceding terms.
The fine imposed upon Thomas Wigley, upon conviction of lar- ceny in the city of Philadelphia, was remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 17th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Stephen Balliet, General Neville, Peter Muhlenberg, John Whitehill, William Brown, and John Boyd,
Jonathan Hoge,
Esquires. -
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 18th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Stephen Balliet, General Neville,
Peter Muhlenberg, William Brown, and
John Whitehill, John Boyd,
Esquires. Jonathan Hoge, 7
Present also, his Excellency Balliet.
The petition of Frederick Wilt, stating his claim to the arrear- ages of a pension, was read, and referred to Edward Shippen, Es- quire.
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A reconsideration of the petition of Mrs. Bond, in favor of her son Phineas Bond, was had, and an order taken that the operation of the attainder to which he is now liable, be suspended until the end of the next session of the General Assembly.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Captain Wil- liam McCurdy, of the first American regiment, for fifty-one dollars, being the bounty paid to seventeen recruits inlisted by him and discharged by Major William North, on the fourteenth day of No- vember, 1785.
A dispute having arisen between William Maclay, Esquire, De- puty Surveyor of district number eighteen, and Samuel Edmiston, Deputy Surveyor of distriet number seventeen, touching the par- tition line between these districts, and the same being submitted to Council, the following order was taken thereon, vizt : that a straight line be run from the tree on the bank of Lycoming creek, marked by William McClay, two miles up the creek aforesaid, the termina- tion of which shall be taken as the point of beginning of a line of partition to be run by the parties severally, or by either of them.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 19th, 1786. PRESENT :
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