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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Nov. 5th, 1781.
PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Potter,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Ewing, and
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Levan.
Mr. Cunningham,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. James Longhead, Paymaster of the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, forthe sum of one thousand pounds specie, for the purpose of paying the militia of the said city and libertics, lately elled into service for guards, to be charged to Colonel William Henry, Lieutenant of the said city, and to be repaid by him as soon as the money arising from militia fines shall be collected, the said Paymaster to be accountable.
Ordered, That Colonel William Henry, Lieutenant of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, be directed to call forth the succeed- ing class of the militia of said city and liberties to those now on duty, to the amount of one hundred men in the whole.
The two following deeds were examined and passed, to wit :
To Jacob Morgan and Hilary Baker, Jun'rs, for three lots marked in the general plan of city lots O, P and Q; sold agreeably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State of the twenty-ninth of April, 1780, for the sum of four hundred and twenty-seven pounds. Deed dated the eighth of October last.
A petition from Joseph Egg, setting forth that Anthony Moore, lately deceased, was seized in fee of a certain lot of ground situate ca the north side of Sassafras street, between Seventh and Eighth streets from Schuylkill, in the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth forty-uine feet and an half, and in length three hundred and six feet ; that the said Anthony Moore mortgaged the same to him on the thirty-first of January, 1776, to secure the payment of one hundred and fifty pounds, which lot hath been lately sold at the Coffee House to Edward Pole, but not conveyed; and praying that this Board will be pleased not to convey the said lot to the mid Edward Pole, or to any other person, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the said petition be sent to the Surveyor General of the State, and that ho be directed to make inquiry respecting the same, and make report thereon to this Board as soon as may be.
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In Couneil.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Nov'r 6th, 1781. PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Ewing, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter.
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Coldwell, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Deane, Mr. Irwin, Mr. Blewer, and Mr. Eyre, Wardens of the Port, attended in Council and in- formed that they had respectively taken the qualification required by the Constitution to qualify them for the said office, and they wore informed of the situation of the light house.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Peter Reeve, late Treasurer of the Board of Wardone of the Port of Philadelphia, be directed to deliver over to the present Board of Wardens, or their order, the money, books, and papers in his hands belonging to the said Board of Wardens.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Nov'r 7, 1781.
PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter, and
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Levan.
Ordered, That Colonel Lewis Farmer be directed to deliver to the Honorable James Potter, Esquire, seventy blankets, seventy stablo coats, seventy pair of shoes, seventy hats, and seventy poi of overalls, to be by him forwarded to Colonel Samuel Hanter, Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland, for the use of Cat- tain Thomas Robinson's company of Rangers, raised in said county. A petition from John Swanwick, praying permission for his mother, Mary Swanwick, and a certain Mary Connor, to go to Elizabeth town, in the State of New Jersey, and to return, road ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the mid permission be granted.
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The Honorable John Van Campen, Esquire, laid before the Board the following account, to wit :
The State of Pennsylvania to John Van Campen, Dr.
For attendance in Council from the eighth of September to the eighth of November, 1781, inclusive, 61 days at 25s. per day, £76 5
To mileage, 90 miles coming to Philadelphia and returning home, 180 miles at 1s.,
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£85 5
To an error in my account of the 14th of March, 1781, £17 10, State money.
And thereupon, the following orders were drawn on the Treas- urer :
In favor of the Honorable John Van Campen, to wit : One for the sum of eighty-five pounds specie, and the other for the sum of seventeen pounds ten shillings, State money emitted by act of General Assembly of the seventh of April, 1781, agrceably to the foregoing account.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Thomas Coombe, late Collector of the duties and sums of money due & payable for the tonnage of all ships and vessels chargeable by an act of General Assembly of Pennsylva- nia, passed February the twenty-fifth, 1773, entitled " An Act ap- pointing Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for other pur- poses therein mentioned, and Receiver of the fines and penalties imposed by the said act," be directed to deliver over the books, money and papers in his hands belonging to the Board of War- dens of the Port of Philadelphia, to the present Board of Wardens, or their order, together also with the scal of the said Board, and all things of what nature which may be lodged and now remaining in his hands as Clerk of the said Board or otherwise.
A letter from Charles Thompson, Esquire, Secretary of Congress, informing of the election of his Excellency John Hanson, Esquire, to be President of Congress for the present year.
A letter from Anne Moore, praying a pass to go to the city of New York, was read ; and thercupon,
Resolved, That the said petition be granted, on condition that she do not return again during the continuance of the present war.
A letter from John Hannums, Esquire, of the county of Ches- ter, of the seventh instant, praying leave to resign his office of Jus- tice of the Pesce, in consequence of his being elected one of the Representatives of the General Assembly for said county, was read; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the said resignation be accepted.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, Nov. 8, 1781. PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Potter, and
Mr. Levan.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, Nov'r 9, 1781. PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter,
Mr. Cunningham,
The Council taking into consideration the circumstances of Wil- liam Will, Esquire, one of the Agents for Forfeited Estates, be being Sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia, and his time consequently taken up by the duties of the said office,
Ordered, That William Will be discharged from the said office, and the thanks of this Board given him for the faithful diecharge of the duty therein.
Ordered, 'That IIenry Osborne, Esquire, be appointed Agent for Forfeited Estates in the city of Philadelphia, in the stead of Wil- liam Will, Esquire.
A resignation of the office of Forfeited Estates in the county of Chester, by John Hannums, was received and read; and
On consideration, the same was accepted.
The petition of George Schlosser was read, and referred to the General Assembly.
Ordered, That the Agents of Forfeited Estates in the city and
1 several counties of the State, do make a return to this Board as soon as possible, of all forfeited estates unsold, describing the site- ation, quantity, quality, and improvement of each, and the estate hold therein by the persons respectively, who have forfeited the same, whether in fee simple or otherwise.
Mr. Mclene and General Wilkinson, s committee of the Hes- orable House of Assembly attended in Council, and informed that
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e was now met and ready to receive any business the Coun- savo to lay before them.
veretary laid before the Board a draft of a message to the ' Assembly ; and the same being read and considered, was 1; and is in the words following, to wit :
ge from the Vice President and Supreme Executive Council Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of 'ania, in General Assembly met.
EMEN :- It is with the highest pleasure that we congratu- General Assembly at their first meeting, upon the great ious events of the present campaign, and the bright and ospeet which opens before us; while the citizens of America ressed with painful apprehensions for the fate of a hand- ave men in the Carolinas, surrounded with dangers and 6, General Green, with a degree of prudence, fortitude, luce, and courage, which does him the highest honor, bas assistance of the patriot citizens of those States, not only je efforts of an enemy greatly superior to him in force, uffect to pride themselves on superior discretion, but after Il fought battles has obliged them to abandon the interior those States, and by the late signal and important victory n at the Eutaw Springs, finally compelled them to retire cipitation within the vicinity of Charleston, and thereby insulted and distressed country from the ravages of a and cruel enemy. And after we had long looked with a etic sorrow on the ravages committed by a numerous army Lboring sister State, that whole army, consisting of near isaud men, including the seamen found on board the ene- led ships, have been made prisoners of war, and all their ammunition, stores, transports, and military chests, taken m. This important achievement, planned with consum- dom, and executed almost without loss, has not left a sin- I arms for an extent of at least six hundred miles. And reflects the highest honor upon the Commander-in-Chief illied army and navy, exhibits a glorious proof of the im- vantage which the United States of America have derived ir alliance with France, and of the boundless worth of the p of their powerful, wise, and generous Prince; atchievo- nose magnitude excites a solemn joy, and inspires the mind itude to Him whose Providence governs the Universe. hile we rejoice in those signal successes, and contemplate isive advantages which may be derived from them, it be- to look forward to another campaign, and make the most preparations for a vigorous effort to drive the enemy from Ery, and put an honorable period to the war.
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'orfeited Estates in the said county. Deed dated the ninth day November instant.
be following deeds were examined and signed by the Honora- the Vice President, for sundry lots in the city of Philadelphia, ked in the general plan of city lots, sold agreeably to law, for redemption of the bills of credit of this State of the twenty- h of April, 1780, as follows, vizt :
o John M'Kim, for lots No. 544, 545, 550 and 551. Consid- ion one hundred and ninety-one pounds.
o Robert Bridges, for lots No. 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. Consid- ion five hundred and ninety-one pounds.
`o James McKim, for lots No. 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, , 907 and 908, & 909. Consideration one hundred and sixty- pounds; which sums the said persons have paid into the hands be Treasurer of the State, as by his receipt appears. Deeds d the ninth instant.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Nov'r 10, 1781.
PRESENT :
he Honorable the Vice President. . !
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Levan, and .
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter.
Mr. Cunningham,
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wo orders were drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. David bler, one for the sum of three thousand and ninety-seven pounds teen shillings and two pence, State money emitted by act of embly of the seventh day of April, 1781; and the other for sum of four hundred and one pounds eight shillings and one penny specie, balance of his account as Commissioner of Pur- les in the county of Northampton.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Nov. 12, 1781. PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter.
Mr. Cunningham,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorelh Robert Morris, Esquire, Superintendant of the Finances of the United States of America, for the sum of thirty thousand pounds specie, in part of the supplies required from this State by th Honorable Congress, for which the said Robert Morris is tom count; the same to be charged to the United States of America
Mr. Wynkoop, Mr. Culbertson and Mr. Slough, a committee d the Honorable House of General Assembly, attended in Council, and proposed to the consideration of the Board the appointing: day for electing a President and Vice President; when Wednesday next was agreed upon as a proper day.
Resolved, That Mr. Bayard and General Lacey be a committe of this Board to meet the said committee of Assembly, to agree upon the ceremonies . essary to be observed at the election of the President and Vice President, to be held on Wednesday next.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 13, 1781. PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Levan,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter, and
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Piper, (now first re-
turned from his family.)
On consideration,
Resolved, That Mr. Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to send to Mr. William Brown, to be sold d public suction, the sail duck and damaged arms now in his pomer sion, and pay the neat proceeds into the hands of the Treasure d' the State.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Captain Joseph! Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, for the purpose of repairing of arma, for which som is to account.
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petition from Philip Shriner, in behalf of his son-in-law, Frederick Hoffman, convicted of larceny at & Court of General Quarter Sessions for the county of Lancaster, and sentenced to be publicly whipped, pay a fine of twenty pounds to the use of the State, make restitution of the goods stolen, and stand committed till this sentence be complied with, was read, praying a pardon of the said offence; thereupon,
Resolved, That the said Frederick Hoffman be pardoned, so far is respects the said corporal punishment.
The committee of Council appointed to confer with the commit- tee of the Honorable House of General Assembly, upon the place of electing a President and Vice President of this Council, and to adjust the ceremonies necessary to be observed on the occasion, report :
That having conferred with the committee of the Honorable House upon the subject committed to them, it is agreed that the Council will on Wednesday next, at ten o'clock, meet the General Assembly in the Assembly room, (being larger and more convenient for the purpose than the Council chamber,) and there proceed to the election of a President and Vice President, agreeably to the Constitution ; that after the said election is finished, the Council and Assembly proceed to the Court House and there make procla- mation of the President and Vice President so chosen. And the committee submit to the Council the order of procession.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Nov'r 14, 1781.
PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Levan,
Mr. J.acey,
Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Potter, and
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Piper.
The Clerk of the Honorable House of General Assembly at- tended in Council, and informed that the House of Assembly was now ready to proceed to the election of a President and Vice Presi- dent ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the Secretary of the Council do attend the Hon- orable House, and inform the House that the Council is now ready to meet the General Assembly in the Assembly room, and proceed to the election of a President and Vice President of the Council.
The Honorable the Vice President and the members of the Council met the General Assembly in the Assembly room ; and
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thereupon, the Secretary of the Council and the Clerk of the House proceeded to take the votes for President.
And the votes were as follows, vizt :
For William Moore, Esquire, sixty.four.
For James Ewing, Esquire, one, (one-Vice President.)
For James Potter, Esquire, one, do.
. For John Lacey, Jr , Esquire, onc, do.
The Council and General Assembly then proceeded to the choice of a Vice President.
And the votes were as follow, vizt : For James Potter, Esquire, For James Ewing, E.quire,
thirty-eight. twenty-eight.
And thereupon, it was declared that William Moore, Esquire, was then duly elected to be President, and James Potter, Esquire, was then duly elected Vice President. And the following deden- ration of the said election being read, was signed by his Excellency William Moore, Esquire, President, the Honorable James Potter, Esquire, Vice President, and the other members of the Council then present ; and the same was also signed by the Honorabis Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. Esquire, Speaker of the General Assembly, and by the members of the House of General Assembly then present, to wit : By
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WILLIAM MOORE, President. JAMES POTTER, Vice President.
John Bayard,
Joseph Gardner, Sebastian Levan,
Jobn Lacey, Jun'r,
James Cunningham, James Ewing,
John Piper.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker.
Samuel Morris, Jun'r, Joseph MeClean, Sharp Delany. George Gray,
John Steinmetz, Thomas Rees,
Samuel Meredith,
Henry Hill,
Matthew Holgate,
James Mason, James Porter,
John Culbertsou, Thomas Maffits, Evan Evans, Robert MePherson, Jobu llanuums, Moses McClean, . James Moore, Patrick Anderson, John Lindsay. John Whitebill, Jacob Cooke, Abrabam Scott, James Jacks, Matthias Slough, William Brown, Jaoob Kerug, Michael Simpson, Th mos Lilley, Miebael Habu, Joseph McGoffa, James Melene, Robert MeGaw, John Allison, John Montgomery, Stephen Duncan, Benjamin Weiseer,
Gerardus Wynkoop, James Wilkinson, Thomas Long, Charles Kachline,
George Campbell, Percifer Frazier, John Bishop, Jonas Hartzell, William McFarren, Peter Kobler, Robert Lattimer, Jacob Stroud, Bernard Dougherty, Charles Cessna, William Montgomery, William Maclay, William Cook, Isaac Mason, John Prootor.
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The said declaration is in the following words, to wit :
To all people to whom these presents shall come or may concern. The General Assembly and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania send greeting :
Know ye, that we, the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, in the State House at Philadelphia, together with the members of the Supreme Executive Council of the same Commonwealth, in the mme plice convened, to elect a President and Vice President of the said Council, have, agreeably to the direction of the nineteenth weetion of the Constitution of the said Commonwealth, duly and fairly elected and chosen by ballot his Excellency William Moore, Enquire, President of the said Supreme Executive Council, and the Honorable James Potter, Esquire, Vice President; and to the cad that due regard and obedience may be paid to them in the exe- oation of their respective offices on all occasions, we do hereby make known and declare, that the said William Moore, Esquire, is the President, and the said James Potter, Esquire, is the Vice President of the said Supreme Executive Council.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the fourteenth day of November, in the sixth year of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.
And the said William Moore, Esquire, is hereby proclaimed to be Captain General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania.
Agreed unanimously, that the said declaration of the election of the President and Vice President of the Supreme Executive Coun- cil be publicly read at the court house in the city of Philadelphia, by the Secretary of the Council ; and that the Secretary of the Coun- eil do then proclaim the President in the following words, vis :
And the said William Mgore, Esquire, is hereby proclaimed to be President of the said Supreme Executive Council, Captain Gen- eral, and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Agreed, that the order of the procession to the court house be as follows, vizt :
Constables with their staves. Sub-Sheriffs with their wands. High Sheriff with his wand. Coroner with his wand.
Judges of the Supreme Court. Prothonotary of the Supreme Court. 1 VOL. XIII-8.
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Judge, Register, and Marshal of the Admiralty.
Naval Officer.
Treasurer and Attorney General of the State.
Secretary of the Land Ofice, Receiver & Surveyor Geneml c the State.
Justices of the Peace.
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, & Clerk of tb Court of Quarter Sessions.
Clerk of the City Court.
Master of the Rolls and Escheator General.
Secretary of the Council.
His Excellency the President and Honorable the Vice Presi dent.
Members of the Council, two and two.
Doorkeeper of the Council.
Sergeant-at-Arms with the Mace.
The Honorable the Speaker of the House of Assembly. Clerk of the House.
Members of the House of Assembly, two and two.
Doorkeeper of the General Assembly.
Provost and Faculty of the University.
General and field officers of the militia. Citizens.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, Nov'r 15, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Lacey,
. Mr. Levan, Mr. Ewing, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Piper.
Mr. Cunningham,
The Secretary reports that the declaration of the President Vice President was read at the court house yesterdey, and t President proclaimed, according to order of the Council.
His Excellency William Moore, Esquire, in consequence of 1 election to that office on Wednesday last, now took the oath of : legiance and oath of office required by the Constitution of t State ; and James Potter, Esquire, Vice President, elected to ti ofice on the same day, took the oath of allegiance and oath of off required by the Constitution, as aforesaid.
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onsideration,
d, That Mr. Michael Cryder, of the county of Bedford, ted Agent of Forfeited Estates in the said county, in the ohn Cannon, Esquire.
'r was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Shee, 'or the sum of two hundred and thirty-five pounds ten specie, amount of his account for one hundred and fifty as one of the Auditors of the Public Accounts, to the ; of October last, at thirty shillings per day.
er was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. Jacob Mor- e hundred and seventy five pounds ten shillings specie, : his account for one hundred and seventeen days' pay as : Auditors aforesaid.
ion from Thomas Bond, Jun'r, Purveyor of the Hospital sited States, in behalf of himself and Doctor Goodwin Physician and Surgeon in the said Hospital, was read, lis Board to direct the Auditors to settle the depreciation ay, agreeably to the act of Assembly entitled " A supple- le act entitled An Act to amend the act entitled An Act for effectual supply and honorable reward of the Pennsylva- in the service of the United States of America," and the d "An act to settle and adjust the accounts of the troops ate in the service of the United States, and for other pur- 'ein mentioned ;" whereupon, the said acts being consid-
d, That the prayer of the said petition be granted, so far ; the said Thomas Bond, Junior.
titions from Bodo Otto, Physician and Surgeon in the ital, and Reading Beatty, Surgeon to the regiment of Ar- : Colonel Proctor's, were read ; and on consideration, 1, That the prayer of the said petitions be granted.
tition of John Shergeld, James Sutton, and Anne his Richard Cooke Shergeld, of the Kingdom of Great Bri- leir Attorney, Charles Cecil, now of the city of Philadel- ng forth their claim to a certain lot of ground in the said ining in breadth on the east side of Fourth street, from between Spruce and Walnut streets, forty-nine feet and in depth one hundred and ninety-eight feet, appurtenant ginal purchase of Robert Shergeld, alias Sergehill, and lis Board to direct the Surveyor General to lay out the :dingly, was read ; and thereupon,
1, That the said petition be sent to the Surveyor General ite, and that he be directed to make inquiry respecting and report thereon to this Board as soon as may be.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, Nov. 16, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President. The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Levan,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Ewing, and
Mr. Gardper,
Mr. Piper.
Mr. Cunningham,
The record of the conviction of Mary Hall of burglary, and of the sentence of the Court of Oyer and 'Terminer and General Gad Delivery held at Philadelphia, the twenty-fourth day of September last, thereupon, to wit : that she be hanged by the neok till the l dead ; being read and considered,
Ordered, That execution of the sentence be had and door( her, the said Mary Hall, on Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of the present month, at the usual place of execution, between the home of ten of the clock in the forenoon and two of the clock in the if ternoon of the same day, and that a warrant to the Sheriff be # cordingly issued.
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