Colonial Records of Pennsylvania Volume 11, Part 40

Author: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Harrisburg, Printed by T. Fenn & co,
Number of Pages: 671

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school, 665. List of Philadelphia shipwrights taken at Oswego, 717, 737. Proposal to send troops from, to New York, 719. Names of chiefs at, 726. Petition of Richard Hill and S. Preston Moore to make title to certain lands in, 728, 739, 740. Petition of ship- wrights from Oswego, 737. Gov- ernor produces certificate of Rob- ert Jenny, Rector of Christ Church, of having taken sacra- ment, 741. Justices of peace, 769.

Conference with Indians at,

viii., 9, 29, 40, 51, 54, 86, 101, 114, 149, 265, 484-494, 667, 698, 707, 709, 712. Tonnage duty ob- jected to, as injurious to business of, 31, 41. Names of Indians in, 31. Conference with, 32, 86. Embargo at, 38. Abraham Tay- lor, collector, 39. Fort at Wic- caroa to prevent passage of ves- sels, 39. Guards to be reinforced from General Otway's regiment, 39. Two good horses to be at, 71. Tax on unimproved lots in, 80. Teedyuscung in, 86. Flag of truce arrives with prisoners from New Orleans, 124. Indians arrive from Virginia, 124. Message received by Peters and Pemberton from Cherokees to Delawares, 135. A French flag of truce captured by privateer Spry in Delaware Bay, 139. Embargo, 146. Fort at Wiccacoa to be guarded, and can- non charged, to prevent evasion of embargo, 147. Barracks at, 147. Spanish vessel arrives with ! goods wrecked on an English ves- sel near Cuba, 155. Embarrassm't about Dutch vessels and registers, 155. Arrival of Cherokees, Mo- hawks, Scarroyda's wife and chil- dren ask for guns and horses, 163. Coroners appointed, 223, 403, 506, 781. Sheriff's appointed, 223, 403, 506, 781. Petition of merchants against duty on tonnage, 230, 232. Thanksgiving day appoint- : edl, 235. Difficulty about soldiers' quarters at, 262. Indian confer- enve with General Forbes at, 263- 269. 270. French neutrals at, in distress, 268, 719. General Am- ;

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herst in, 324. Barracks of, de- scribed, 331. College, Academy and Charity School, condition and statistics of, 339. Act for sup- pressing lotteries and plays pro- posed, and instances in which they have been useful, 340. Lottery for fortification of, 340; and for finishing the Episcopal church, 340. Order to James Coultas, she- riff, to imprison Rev. Dr. Wm. Smith, 443. Act passed for keep- ing banks, dams, &c., at Point- no-Point, in order, 480; and at Greenwich Island, 482, 484. Con- ference with Indians at, 489-494, 497-500. Execution of Jas. Brule- man, 506. Proceedings on death of King George II., 515-520. Sale and purchase of lands for Oxford Church, 574. For keeping banks, &c., in order-merchants' memo- rial against, 574. Piers in Dela- ware, 574. Banks at Darby creek to be made, &c., 575. Justices commissioned, 575. Old ones superseded, 575. Petition of mer- chants against duty on negroes, 576. Vaughan's regiment to be moved from New York to Phila- delphia, 578. Conference at, 594, 614-620, 654-661, 667. Women attacked and wounded in streets of, 671. Proclamation against, 672. Act proposed for vesting State House in trustees, 676, 715. Act proposed erecting District of Southwark, 695, 698. Roads and highways, 694, 695. War with Spain proclaimed, 698, 703, 706. Embargo laid, 713. Arrest of Messrs. Boyrie and Le Roy, 714. Trustees of State House to pur- chase rest of the square, 715.

Record of Court for trial of ne- groes in, ix., 5. Indian confer- ences at, 6-9, 44, 77, 328, 604, 689, 737. Proclamation of peace between France and Spain, 15, 39, 41. Nuisances to be removed- highways, &c., to be regulated, and wagoners, &c., 22, 24. Marsh and meadows, 24. Tavern li- censes, 24. Petition, Spanish ship in distress at ; J. Gibson ap- pointed factor, 26. Thanksgiving

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day, 41. Christ Church bells rung and cannons fired for peace be- tween France and Spain, 41. Watching and lighting, 54, 243, 247, 543, 723. Lighthouse, buoys, lottery for paving streets, &c., 56, 580. Sheriffs elected, 57, 199, 286, 333, 398, 547, 623, 688, 777, Coroners elected, 57, 199, 236, 333, 398, 547, 688, 777. Governor's proclamation against highway robbery about, 70, 76, 316. Governor John Penn pro- claimed, bells rung and battery guns fired, &c., 72. Proclamation of Governor Penn for highway robbery and murder of Henry Hamilton, 76. Paxton boys pre- paring to march to, 108. High- landers, under Captain Robinson, in, 110. Troops from Gienl. Gage, 129. Attack on barracks expected, meeting called at State House, 132. Memorial of Indians in bar- racks at, 135. On their removal,

137. An interior county, 138. Indians to be removed from bar- racks, 170. Or retained at public expense, 171. Justices, 205, 237. Provincial Commissioners, 237. Letter from, 240. Lotteries for

various purposes, 56, 57, 148, 243, 579. Embanking and drain- ing a lot in Kinsessing, 245, 247. New election ordered for member of Assembly, on account of tie vote, 257. Seven Wardens ap- pointed, for bill regulating pilots, their names, 293, 294. Lighting, watching, pilotage, &c., 294, 366, 549, 723. Poor, 295, 296, 549, 561. Relating to Stamp Act, 298, 299. 300, 301. 315. Arrival of stamped papers, 300. John Hughes, Captain James Hawker, General Gage. 301. Quakers, peaceable conduct of, 301. Ad- dress to King, 315. Highway robbery near-Governor's procla- mation, 314, 396. General Gage asks quarters for troops-High- land regiment, returns of, 318.

Message to Assembly respecting,

323. Manufacture of sail-cloth, ticking and linens in, 354. Regu- lation of streets, &c., 361. Me-

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morial of Wardens on pilotage, &c., 366, 388. Names of War- dens, 366, 367, 549. Of mer- chants, 366. Moyamensing mea- dows, 367, 368, 376. John Allen, Justice, 374. Conviction and re- prieve, 387, 399. Executions, 398. Poor Indians arrive from Wyalusing, 426, 436. Complaint of Billy Champion, 426. Phila- delphia Contribution apply for a charter, 440, 447. Lottery asked for by Northern Liberties to buy a public landing, 440, 447, 472, 638. Building middle house, W, of barracks. 461, 472, 688. Division of county, 556, 563. 579, 707, 729. Act passed for sale of a church in, 566, 579. Ship-masters' Society incorporated, 566. Recorder to

receive Germantown records, 575. Lottery for First and Third Presbyterian church, 580. Pe- tition respecting road and steep hills between, and Chester, 623, 627. Lower Dublin, road, 628. Forges and furnaces in 1750, 632, 636. Stephen Pas- chall's account of his steel fur- nace in Walnut street, 633. Cer- tificates respecting, 634. Act for erection of Callowhill street mar- ket, 650. Newalika, Indian chief, arrives, 656. Road from Lancas- ter to, 657, 667, 681, 686, 693. Executions and pardon, 666, 697, 734. Justices, 671. Notary Pub- lic to take acknowledgment of deeds, 678. Road in Passyunk, 686. Return of road to Lancas- ter, 700. Road on dividing line, 703. In Passvunk-regulators for Northern Liberties, 719. War- dens and pilots, 723. Defence of, 729. Lighting and watching, 730. Road on line between, and Bucks, 745, 750, 760. Justices, 750, 760. Conference with several Indian tribes at, 773-775. Conviction and reprieve, 778. Richard Penn, Governor, arrives, 7.50. Road through widow Master's land, 781. Governor proclaimed at Court house, 782. His proclama- tion for continuing officers, 783. John Swift, Collector of Port,

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x., 8. Notaries and Tabellion Public, 9, 15. Sheriffs elected, 56, 100, 212, 270. Coroners elect- ed, 56, 78, 100, 212, 270. Jus- tices commissioned, 15, 30, 31, 45, 46, 156. Indian conferences at, 10, 12, 55, 61, 255. Barracks, condition of, complaint of Captain Sutherland, 16, 21, 415. Chim- ney sweepers, 23, 41. Perkiomen copper mine, 23. Damage from dogs, 33. Estate of J. Pauling, 35. Convictions and executions, 50, 60, 89, 92, 172, 256. Alleged errors in road from, to Lancaster, and petition, 65, 69, 70, 113. Wardens, 70, 72, 259, 261, 263. Vendues, 72, 74. Roads, 73, 87. New jail, 73. Old road laid out sixty years through Master's land, 87. A murder confessed, 88. Governor John Penn proclaimed, 92. A French vessel arrives in distress, 92, 102. Judah Foulke, clerk of market and keeper of weights and measures, 111. Re- port on road to Lancaster, 113. Act to prevent infectious diseases, 139. A grant and authority to Governor John Penn to build for- tifications, 146. Meeting of Com- mittee of all the counties-dele- gates to General Congress, 200. Complaint against Sheriff for not aiding in seizing a quantity of sugars in Jeremiah Warder's store, 210. John Patterson, Col- lector of Port, 213. Goods stolen from vessel-proclamation of, 213. Against murderer of Edward Carey, 228. Sheriff, &c. of Ches- ter refuse to aid in seizure of a vessel in river, 230. Work house, &c., 237, 243. Act to suppress fairs in, 254. Indians arrive, 255. Counterfeiter escapes, 257. Pro- clamation for his arrest, 258. Reed's map, 260, 267. Petition of Captain Dominique Du Casse, of schooner Mary, in distress, 262. Guards for military stores &c. at - State House, 287. Guard at new jail on account of powder, 296. Memorial to Committee of Safety, 297. Only five hundred weight of lead in city, 300. Three minis-

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terial officers arrive from Cork- Captain Bradford to conduct then to Smith's tavern, 302. Com- mittee to inspect goods from Cork, 313. Watch at the Capes, 359. Barracks to be repaired, 389. Defence of city, 390. Committee to procure logs for third tier of chevaux-de-frize, 390. Captain Thomas Proctor's company ad- mitted to barracks, 390, Com- mittee furnish powder, 407. Sur- vey of river from Marcus Hook to, 412. Coal to be taken out of river, 421. Racks for arms in State House, 422. Coal thrown into, 423. Inquiry as to quantity of coal in city, 423. Return of, 425. Part of new gaol ready to receive prisoners-they are re- moved from old, 429. Or work- house, 429. The armed boats or- dered up to, 434. Continental troops in, 438. Resolutions re- specting, 440. D. Connolly, Al- len Cameron and servants com- mitted, send resolutions of Con- gress, 444. Guards at State house, 445. Parole of N. Ellicott and Lord Drummond, 445. Sol- diers to be placed in pest-house and gaol, if barracks will not contain them, 485. Called on for blankets, 498, 508. Riot in gaol-military called out to quell it-guards for powder house, State House, and fire rafts, 512. City battalions, 521. Six rooms in new gaol with . iron doors, 534. Fitting out two privateers, 536. Saltpetre made at Provincial works, 543. Notices to be put up at coffee house, to inhabitants to furnish leaden win- dow weights, &c., 558. Iron clock weights to be cast and exchanged for leaden, 561. Stage boats, Captains Bush and Taylor, be- tween, and Wilmington, 563. Conduct of gaoler-survey of river from Billingsport to Fort Is- land, 567. Company of volun- teers for defence of river, 569, 570. Lead, shot-list of neces- saries-complain against Com- mittee of Assembly, 573. Survey of river, 575. Gaol to be strength-

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ened by bars, &c .- prisoners from North Carolina committed-guard for, 581. Colonel Atlee to order his battalion from Chester, 605. Firelocks purchased in Dock Ward, 606. George Bryan, naval officer, pilots for chevaux-de-frize, distribution of powder to boats by Committee-report of Com- mittee of Assembly on conduct of this Committee to be published in newspapers-appointment of J. Hazelwood as Captain of fire ves- sels, &c. - flying camp, 611. Troops to be ready, 627. Guard removed from old powder house to new magazine, 627. Gondola building, 627. Troops ordered to and from Billingsport, 627. Col. Miles to order most speedy march of battalions to, also Col. Atlee, 628. Awnings and coarse linens to be bought up for tents-officers memorial for a patrol for safety of city-resolutions respecting, 630. Ladies appealed to for old linen for bandages, &c .- Robert Eastburn employed to collect it, 633. Awnings for tents, 633, 641. Declaration of Independence to be read at State house under direction of Sheriff, 635. Prison- ers discharged, 639. Prisoners sent to York-boring mill near, 641. British officers -- prisoners to leave city-provision for families of poor associators, 646. Leaden weights required, 649. Guard or- dered, 649. Stage at State House for guard-Council of Safety sit, 653. Committee on complaints of families of associators, 671. Troops to be quartered in places of worship-elders to have notice, 672. Marching of associators in- convenient to public service, 673. William Sutton and James McCon- naughy confined as tories-sol- deirs quartered in private houses- families of poor associators pro- vided for-battalion of Colonel Paschall to be passed by Muster Master, though short of officers, 677. Sash weights, 681. Orders respecting guards for city. 691. Barracks, 698. Commissary's

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quarters, Fifth near Market, 698. Riots in, L. Fagan stabbed, 701. Reward, 701. Urgent order for troops in city to depart for Amboy, 706. Guard at State House, 709, 710. House for an hospital to be taken-Dr. Gerardus Clarkson, physician, 719. Fortifications at Billingsport-blankets, purchase of, 719. Guards over frigates, 720. George Bryan, naval officer, 728. Militia to be employed at Billingsport-Dr. Currie resigns as Surgeon, 734. L. Nicola, bar- rack master, 736. Guard for city, 747, 750. Invasion of General Howe feared, 747. Arms to be distributed-Hessians from Long Island expected -complaint of Captain Sharp Delaney, 753.

Fleet to rendezvous at, xi., 1. Alarm from transports expected, 3. Cannon hauled from State house to commons to be proved, 5. Sick soldiers placed in bettering house, 13. Not to receive share of salt having been before sup- plied, 16. Blankets and stock- ings collected from, 18, 20. Poor women &c. of army, to be cared for, 20. Public stores to be moved, 21. Salt for, 22. No vessel suffered to leave port or through chevaux-de-frize-money for families of Associators-guard for salt vessels, 23. Records, &c., to be removed to Lancaster, 23. Colonel Jno. Bayard commands battalion of militia of-Redman and Hodge, Surgeons, 24. Field pieces from State house yard for assistance to General Washington, 24. Barracks repaired, 24. Troops sent in shallops, with oars, to Trenton, 24. Vessels already cleared may pass, 25. No person to pass ferries with arms-L. Nicola, Town Major-his duty- citizens unfit to march to form a guard-volunteers to be raised- shops and schools to be shut up- Associates to form a brigade under Colonel John Cadwalader, 27. Ferryman on Delaware to bring over Maryland flying camp, 29." Council offer to reward those who

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form a troop of horse-John Schaf- fer, Paymaster-commendation of shopkeepers, 29. Watchmen not to be enlisted-records sent to Reading, 31. To detain printers of continental money-names- Colonels appointed-old ferry, 31. Medicines stored in college hall, 35. Provision for sick soldiers, 35. River craft allowed to pass, 36. Opening of the port, 36. Schools opened, 38. To impress carriage and horses from Messrs. Pemberton and Emlen - stores open-books and treasury re- moved to Lancaster, 41. Carpen- ters' work at State house-War- dens to employ patrols-horses impressed -- six men to inquire into causes of commitment of William Smith and Joseph Stanbury, &c., 43. Continental stores to be re- moved, 44. Dunlap's printing press taken into service of Coun- cil of Safety-(ieneral Washington asks for aid to General Putnam in throwing up works of defence, 46, Stores opened, 51. Men compelled to join militia-guard for floating bridge at Schuylkill, 56. Men to apply to General Putnam for orders, 58. Census of persons fit to bear arms taken, 60. Old arms to be collected and repaired, 61. Wood for poor to be cut on commons and in lanes, 70. Cannon to be collected, 83. Troops to be paraded before the lodge -- regulations, 85. Barracks, 86. Public smith's shops to be erected at corner of Chestnut and Fifth, 145. Small pox hospital in Vine street and in Pine street, 154. Hospital opposite to sign of "Noah's Ark," 158. Samuel Morris appointed Register, 186. Master of Rolls for State, 187. George Campbell, Prothonotary, 190. Justices-dedimus to James Young, 194. State of old jail, 194. Lieutenant, 194. Clerk of market, 195. Prothonotary, 197. Fred. Phile, naval officer, 198. Jacob Plankinhorn appointed flour · inspector, 201. Wm. Dewees re- signs as Sheriff, 201. Gaol to be

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repaired, 205. Sheriff elect de- clines-James Claypoole applies for the office, 217. Plan for re- moving citizens-state of militia required, 218. Wm. Henry ap- pointed Lieutenant and E. Bon- ham and W. Semple sub-Lieuten- ants-dedimus, 218. Militia to be arranged and in readiness, 219. Judges of City Court appointed, 220. Neither wagons nor drums to be permitted to enter the State house yard, as they disturb Coun- cil, Congress, and Assembly, 229. July 4 celebrated-measures to .prevent a riot, 237. Application by James Hopkins by order from General Washington, for a vessel to go down the river on an expe- dition-supplied at General Ar- nold's request, 237. Wm. Sykes arrested for moving goods contra- ry to order, 234, 237, 238. Ad- vertisement for election of Jus- tices, 238. Committee for driving off cattle ask to be increased- names, 244. Justices, 251. Ord- nance in State House yard, 252. General Wayne and General Nash present situation of the army ap- proaching city, 253. To furnish men for guards, 256. Public pa- pers to be removed when in dan- ger, 258. Committee to drive off cattle increased, 266. Wood for barracks 269. Colonel Henry, Lieutenant, to complete and send .off, militia to Chester and Down- ingstown, 275. J. B. Smith, Prothonotary of county, to bring papers to city, 276. Col. Henry to deliver spare arms to General Armstrong, 277. Officers object to removal of troops, 278. Lead- en spouts to be taken down- houses searched for arms-disaf . fected persons to be arrested, 279, 283, 284. Persons appointed to make arrests-Col. Nicola to fur- nish guards-arrests and com- mittal to prison, 287. Free Ma- son's lodge, 290. Prisoners to be sent to Virginia, 290. Mason's lodge, remonstrance from, 292. Boats and other water crafts, ex- cept shallops, to be detained, 297.

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Great number of prisoners in now gaol, 298. Guard at Schuylkill bridge to remove it when ordered, 298. None to pass without pass properly signed-light horse to proceed to camp-proclamation on approach of enemy-militia called out-horses not to be procured to guard prisoners, 299. Shops and stores to be shut-armies now en- gaged, 301. Cols. Toomb and McElwaine to rendezvous in, 301. Bucks county troops in barracks to send guards to protect artillery at Gray's ferry, &c., 302. Col. Charles Stewart to seize all the hard bread he can find in, 303. Bells to be removed from-John Haley, Clerk of Orphans' Court, complains of not being able to re- ceive the papers from James Humphreys, late clerk, 306. Mili- tia called out, 359. Repair of Court House for use of Assembly and Council, 362. Paymaster, 390. Resolution of Congress on proposed attack on, 404. And act for supply of armies, 404. Col. John Moore and Peter Evans commissioned to buy provisions in, 424. Provisions brought from Chester county, 445. Sheriffs elected, 502, 512, 595. Coroners, 502, 595. Commissioners, 502. Enemy preparing to leave, 507. News of evacuation of, reaches Gen. Washington, 520. Making up of clothing removed from Lan- caster, 521. First meeting at, after evacuation, 522. Celebra- tion of 4th July-inquiry of Gen. Arnold, why he has ordered the shops to be shut, 522. His an- swer and papers-warrant against all traitors in, 523. Markets to be repaired after destruction by enemy-butchers, &c., to be agreed with-Act for regulating prices of goods suspended - discharge of persons from parole-enemy's goods found in the city-enemy's goods found in, after evacuation, in hands of Heyman Levy, 525. Markets placed by Assembly in charge of Council-Joseph Red- man, clerk, to have them well

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cleansed, &c., 526. Necessity of opening Courts of Justice-J. B. Smith appointed Prothonotary and Justice of Common Pleas- galley from Trenton to be repaired, Rev. Thomas Coombe, Jr., refuses to take oath-pass for him to leave State, 527. Petition re- specting enemy's property found after evacuation-armed boats afloat-brig to be fitted ont, 529. Records brought from Reading- Court room in State House to be repaired-trees on lines near the city to be cut down and given to the poor-Council room ready ex- cept chairs-ordered, 535. Bridge at Schuylkill to be restorad to its place by Major Casdrop-Com- missioners of Taxes and Levies, 536. Wardens of, appointed- rations of Town Major, value of- guard boats to watch cruisers in Delaware bay-resolutions of Congress in case of evacuation, 539. Health officer and advisers, 543. Wharfinger and weigh- master of hay at drawbridge ap- pointed -- vessel sunk in Delaware, embargo on provisions, 545. Measurer of wheat and other corn and salt appointed-Clerk of Court Quarter Sessions, 546, 547. Wardens in want of money to pay city debts-reception of French minister, 54 -- 9. Repairs to State house, 564. Lumber taken by enemy, 566. Edward Burd, Pro- thonotary Supreme Court, 566. Robert Jewell, keeper of United States prison in, 566. Militia called out, 569, 581. Guard for prisoners from Lancaster to, 573. Old work house to be used for casting ball and room in State House for magazine of small arms, 590. Pass for Mrs. Margaret De Lancey to visit and remain with her father, William Allen, 593. Joseph Reed, Councillor, 595. General Armstrong ordered to, and take commands of militia-militia of counties to be ready, 597. Jus. tices, 599, 619, 644, 656, 658. Measurer of grain, Bedford, re- moved, Capt. W. Greenway ap-

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pointed, 697. Militia as guards, 617. Lime-State House, 620. Militia ordered out, 636. Wood for L. Nicola, 637. Forestallers, petition against, 639. Inquiry, 640. Execution, 641. Newspa- pers subscribed for by State, 654. Repairs of State House-guard at middle ferry-against keeping gun- powder in, 657. Work at mar- ket house, 659. Pay for guard- salt seized-petition of Matthew Irwin, Andrew Hodge and John Bayard, for broken cannon from frigate Augusta, 661. Rent of ferry on Schuylkill-riot of sailors, Justices to aid in quelling-Maj .- General Arnold to furnish troops- election-ferry not rented to Og- den-notice to be given that proposals will be received, 665. Bridge over middle ferry, 666. Court of Quarter Sessions before trial of persons for treason-com- mittee of merchants ask for a ves- sel to protect bay and river Dela- ware from British vessels, 683. State of prison and prisoners to be inquired into, 684. Hilary Baker, Jr., appointed Notary and Tabellion Public-General Arnold leaves while inquiry is going on respecting wagons to Egg Harbor, 684, 685. Schuylkill upper bridge partly carried away-middle bridge secured-severe season, 686. Gal- lies disposed of - officers dis- charged-forestallers, 687. Fore- stalling, 690. Report on prison, 695. Merchants against priva- teers, 702. Charge against United States for use of public buildings, except State House, 705. Major- General Armstrong in, 707. T. Hare's porter brewery-Schuyl- kill bridge expensive, 711. Tim- ber taken from redoubts to make buoys, 715. Arnold resigns com- mand of-Colonel Bull to repair Fort Island, cable and bridge, 725. Plumstead's wharf, 748. Acts on sale by vendues, openly violated, to be published, 751. Prisoners discharged, 753. Exe- cution of George Hardy, 754. P. De Haven agent for forfeited es-

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tates, 754. Books missing from State Library, 755. Two brass field pieces and writing paper from Lancaster, 754. Plank and tim- ber stolen by enemy at redoubts near, 756. Embargo for fifteen days, 761. Win. Rush, Justice- seamen disappear-river to be swept for anchors-arms arrive from West Indies, 771. P. De Haven appointed health officer, 775. Prisoners shipped. 781. Merchants petition Congress re- specting a Court of Appeals, 783.

Stores transported from, to fron- tiers, xii., 2. L. Nicola, town ma- jor, 10. A tobacconist finding no asles here applies to go to Boston, 11. Petition to remove wagon duty, 15. Agent for prisoners sent to, 23. Charter of Academy and Col- lege to be sent Council by John Morris, Recorder of Deeds-James Claypoole, Sheriff-costs in cases of Roberts and Carlisle and Geo. Hardy, 36. Willing Morris's wharf, 38. Sheriffs, 38, 131, 507. Coroners, 131, 507. Justices, 150, 379. Settees for Court room made by John Pinkerton, 40. Irregular- ities and rules of markets in, 41. Markets in, 41. Commencement at college deferred till constitutional difficulties are removed, 43. Door- keepers of Council and Congress have same pay and privilege of State House yard, 49. Boards for Court room, 56. Two men join British army in, 57. Plan of citizens for restoring public credit, 65. Approved by Councils, 67. Sheets of paper money dis- tributed-militia to be practiced and receive ammunition, 72. Let- ter from Justices relativo to nui- sances in markets, 80. Scarcity of salt, to be distributed, 87. Ger- man congregation for a brief, 92. Resolutions of Council respecting militia, guards, &c., 95. House and lot of Arthur Thomas, money for, 104, 149. President's house, 106. Marshal hindered by mer- chants, 105. Joseph Redman, clerk of market, dies-Robert Smith, hatter, appointed in his

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Colonial Records of Pennsylvania Volume 11, Part 40

Author: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870 Publication date: 1851 Publisher: Harrisburg, Printed by T. Fenn & co, Number of Pages: 671

Author: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Harrisburg, Printed by T. Fenn & co,
Number of Pages: 671