USA > Pennsylvania > Colonial Records of Pennsylvania Volume 13 > Part 11
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61
The record of the conviction of James Cannon, James Jones, and James Green, of robbery, and the sentence of the maid comt thereupon, that they be hanged, each of them, by the neck 'til they be dead ; being read and considered,
Ordered, That execution of the said sentence be made and dom on Saturday the twenty-fourth day of the present month, at the usual place of execution, between the hours of ten of the clock is the forenoon and two of the clock in the afternoon of the mums day, and that a warrant to the Sheriff be issued accordingly.
The record of the conviction of Augustine Louisson and Jacque Jollibois of manslaughter, and of the sentence of the court there upon, to wit : that they be severally burned in the brawn of the left thumbs with the letter M, be imprisoned in the common pel of the county for the space of two months, that they should neves ally pay a fine of five hundred pounds to the use of the State, gin security themselves in the sum of five hundred pounds encb, sad one good surety in one hundred and fifty pounds for each of them, for their good behaviour during their respective lives, discharge de costs of prosecution, and remain in the Sheriff's custody until the sentence be complied with ; being read and considered,
A petition from the said Augustine Louisson and Jacque Jolly bois, praying a pardon for the said offence, being also road considered,
Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be granted, soft as relates to the fine and imprisonment of their porsons.
117
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Nov. 17, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
ie Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Levan, -
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Ewing, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Piper.
Mr. Cunningham,
re following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, to wit :
favor of James Stevenson and John Nicholson, for the sum teen hundred pounds, State money emitted by act of Assem- { the seventh of April, 1781, for paying to officers and sol- of the Pennsylvania line one-third of their depreciation cer- tes, for which sum the said James Stevenson and John Nich- .. are to account.
favor of Mr. John Nicholson, for the sum of fifty pounds &, in part of his pay as one of the Auditors for settling the siation of the pay of the officers and soldiers of the Pennsyl- line, for which sum he is to account.
favor of Daniel Wimmeldorf, for the sum of ninety-seven ds ten shillings, amount of an account for one hundred ream per, for printing the laws of Pennsylvania since the Revolu-
favor of John Hart, Esquire, for the sum of eighteen pounds thillings specie, balance of his account for boarding recruits d in the county of Bucks, for the Pennsylvania line.
Ou consideration,
molved, That Captain Robinson's company of Rangers, (except geant, one Coporal, and twelve men, who are to be left as a d'at Fort Rice,) do proceed to Lancaster, in order to guard the vers there, by the tenth of December next, and to return by irat of March following.
wolved, 'That Daniel Montgomery and Daniel Rees do supply pard at Fort Rice with rations, at the price agreed on in the act entered into the third of October last.
solved, That Daniel Montgomery and Daniel Rees do supply win Robinson's company of Rangers, and such militia as may a duty next summer for the protection of the frontiers of humberland county, agreeably to contract entered into on the day of October last, and that the sum of two hundred pounds be advanced to the contractors; and thereupon,
118
MINUTES OF THE
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Mont- gomery, Esquire, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, to be by him paid to Messrs. Daniel Montgomery and Daniel Rees, of Northumberland county, for the purpose of paying for provisions to be furnished to the troops stationed in the said county, for which the said coutractors are to account.
The following deeds were examined and signed by his Excellency the President, for divers lots in the city of Philadelphia, marked in the general plan of city lots as follows, sold agreeably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State of the twenty- ninth day of April, 1780, to wit :
To William Greenaway, for lots No. 784, 785, 786, and 787. Consideration one hundred and one pounds.
To James Brown, for lots No. 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, and 1052. Consideration one hundred and eighty-four pounds.
Which sums the persons above named have severally paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the State, as appears by his receipts. Deeds dated this day.
Messrs. Joseph Cowperthwaite and John Jones presented to the Board a representation of divers inhabitants and freemen of the county of Philadelphia, complaining and requesting leave to rome- sent and shew, " that divers undue measures had been pursued at the late general election, and calling on this Board to enquire into the truth of their complaints, and praying that upon the said mp resentation being supported, the election of a Councillor for the county of Philadelphia may be set aside, and a new election ordered;" which being read, was ordered to lie on the table.
A letter from James Moore, Esquire, of the twelfth instant, va read, praying leave to resign his office of Justice of the Peace, in consequence of his being elected one of the Representatives in the General Assembly for the county of Chester; thereupon, on con- sideration,
Ordered, That the said resignation be accepted.
A memorial from James Carmichael, praying leave to resign his office of Justice of the Peace for the county of Bedford, was read; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the said resignation be accepted.
119
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Nov. 19, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Piper.
Mr. Cunningham,
Dorset Pentecost, Councillor elect for the county of Washington, attended in Council, and took the oath of allegiance and oath of office required by the Constitution, and thereupon took his sent at the Board as a member thereof.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Colonel Lewis Farmer be directed to purchase, in behalf of the State, forty coats, forty waist-coats, forty hats, forty pair of shoes, eighty shirts, forty pair of overalls and twenty-two blankets, for the use of Captain Boyd's company of Rangers, raised in the county of Bedford.
Ordered, That Messrs. Joseph Cowperthwaite and John Jones be requested to attend this Board to-morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, upon business of the representation respecting the Phila- delphia county election, presented lately by them to this Board.
A petition from Daniel Llewellen, setting forth his right to a city lot between Spruce street and Walnut street, and between the Second and Third street from the river Schuylkill, containing in breadth fifty-one feet and in length two hundred and forty-seven feet and a half, praying that he may be permitted to take posses- sion of the said lot, and also a confirmation of the same by patent, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the said petition be sent to the Surveyor General of the State, to make inquiry respecting the same, and report thereon to this Board as soon as may be.
120
MINUTES OF THE
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1781. -
PREBENT :
His Excellency the President.
' The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Levan,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Pentecost,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Ewing, and
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Piper.
Mr. John Byers, Esquire, attended in Council, (being elected Councillor for the county of Cumberland,) and took the oath of allegiance and oath of office required by the Constitution of this State; and thereupon took his seat at this Board as a member thereof.
The Council resumed the consideration of the representation d divers "inhabitants and freemen of the county of Philadelphia, complaining and requesting leave to represent and shew, that divers undue measures had been pursued at the late general eleo- tion, and calling on this Board to enquire into the truth of their complaints, and praying that upon the said representation being supported, the election of a Councillor for the county of Philadel- phia may be set aside, and a new election ordered;" and Joseph Cowperthwaite and John Jones, who presented the same, now at tending, being asked some questions tending to obtain informatica who were the persons alluded to therein, and they declining to give answers thereto, as being unprepared to do so,
Ordered, That the signers of said representation, or some person or persons on their behalf, do, on or before Friday the twenty-third day of November instant, specify to the Council the names of the persons alluded to as having violated the privilege of election ; and at the same time also specify the facts on which the general alle- gations in the said representation are founded, so that all persons concerned may have an opportunity of being heard in the premises on the day which shall be appointed to hear the merits of the mid representation.
Ordered, That the aforegoing minute be published, and that a copy thereof be sent to the aforesaid Joseph Cowperthwaite and John Jones.
The following petitions were presented and read, vizt :
The petition of James Jones Gillmore, now under sentence of death, praying pardon. On consideration, unanimously rejected.
The petition of James Green, under sentence of death, praying pardon. On consideration, unanimously rejected.
121
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
The petition of Mary Hall, also under sentence of death, pray- ing pardon. On consideration, unanimously rejected.
The petition of Matthew . Lukens, convicted of an assault and battery, and fined the sum of twenty pounds, praying remission of che said fine. On consideration, unanimously rejected.
Ordered, That Captain Boyd's company of rangers, raised in Bedford county for the war, do immediately march to Yorktown, there to assist the military prisoners untill the twenty-fifth of Feb- ruary next, and then return ; and that the men raised for the term df seven months in the said county be immediately discharged.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Now'r 21, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Buyers,
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Piper, and
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Levan,
The petition of James Cannon, now under sentence of death, and confined in the old gaol, praying a pardon, was read ; and on con- sideratien, unanimously rejected.
The petition of Mary Eddy, praying a pass to the city of New York, was read ; and, on consideration, rejected.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Captain Boys, for the sum of eighty-two pounds one chilling and taro pence, in part of pay due to officers and men em- ployed in taking care of Mud Island and Billingsport to the first instant, for which the said Captain Boys is to account.
In favor of Lieutenant Richard Johnston, for the sum of thirty- three pounds fifteen shillings specie, in part of his pay as Lieu. tenant of a company.of Rangers raised in Bedford county, for which the said Lieutenant is to account.
In favor of Jacob Cook, Esquire, for the sum of six pounds eigh- teen shillings, and two pence specie, amount of his account for pas- turing and driving cattle purchased in Lancaster county for the use of the army, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the first day of June, 1780.
In favor of William Smith (appointed to take care of Mud Isl- and and Billingsport,) for fifteen pounds and thirteen shillings, for sandry wepairs at said places.
122
MINUTES OF THE
A letter from Ebenezer Hazard, dated the twenty-first of No- vember instant, inclosing a resolve of Congress of the twentieth of July, 177x, recommending to the several States to assist him in making a collection of the various State papers relative to the ori- gin and progress of the several European settlements in North America, and such as relate to the rise and progress of the present war with Great Britain, &ca. ; whereupou,
Ordered, That the keepers of the public records do admit the said Ebenezer Hazard to inspect such public records as relate to the settlement of this State, and the rise and progress of the present war with Great Britain, and that he be permitted to take copies of such of those papers as he may have occasion for.
A return of an election said to have been held at the house of Ezekiel Roe, in Bethlehem township, in Washington county, for electing Justices of the Peace for said township, was presented and read, and on enquiry it appeared that the said election was not ap- pointed by a Justice of the Peace for the said county, where "a vacancy had happened," the case provided for by law, but in con- sequence of a neglect to chuse according to the directions of the law; wherefore the said election is void.
The Council, thereupon, proceeded to the choice of a Justice of the Peace for the said township of Bethlehem. agreeably to the directions of the act of Assembly, entitled "A further supplement to the act entitled ' An Act directing the mode and time of electing Justices of the Peace for the city of Philadelphia aud the several counties in this Commonwealth, and for other purposes herein men- tioned,'" and appointed Thomas Crooks, Esquire; and
Ordered, That he be commissioned accordingly.
A petition from Barnabas Binney, a Physician and Surgeon in the Hospital of the United States, was read, praying a settlement of the depreciation of his pay, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the first day of October last. On consideration,
Resolerd, That the prayer of the said petition be granted ; and that the Auditors be directed to settle bis account accordingly.
A petition from Sarah Coombe in behalf of John Coombe, som of the Reverend Thomas Coombe, late of the city of Philadelphia, praying permission for the said John Coombe to go to New York, was reud ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the same be granted.
. .
-
123
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, Nov'r 25, 1781. .
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Byers,
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Piper, and
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Levan,
Mr. Dougherty, Mr. Slough and Mr. Montgomery, a committee from the Honorable House of Assembly appointed to confer with the Council on the present mode of assessing and collecting the public taxes, &c., attended in Council. On consideration,
Ordered, That Mr. Vice President, Doctor Gardner, Mr. Byers and Mr. Cunningham, be a committee to confer with the said Com- mittee, and to report thereupon.
The petition from Samuel Sterett was read, praying allowance for his services as Muster Master of the Militia, and referred to Mr. Vice President and General Lacey to consider and report thereon.
The report of John Lukens, Esquire, Surveyor General of the State, in the case of Joseph Egg, respecting a lot of ground in the city elaimed by him, referred to him by order of the fifth instant, was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, dated November the twenty-first, 1781, inclosing divers resolves of Congress of the fourteenth of November instant, respecting the controversy sub- sisting between this Commonwealth and the State of Connecticut, and assigning the fourth Monday in June next for the appearance of this State and Connecticut, by their lawful agents, at the place in which Congress shall be then sitting.
The following is the proceeding of the General Assembly rela- tive to this subject, on Monday, the twelfth day of March, 1781 :
WHEREAS, The confederation of the United States is now hap- pily completed, and an opportunity is thereby offered to bring to final settlement the long depending dispute between this State and the State of Connecticut ; therefore,
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Supreme Executive Council to take all necessary and expeditious measures for the con- ideration and determination of the said dispute, agrceably to the ninth article of the Confederation of the United States.
124
MINUTES OF THE
The Honorable James Ewing, Esquire, presented to the Board the following accounts for his attendance in Council, viz ! Dr. The State of Pennsylvania to James Ewing.
Por attendance in Council from the twenty-sixth of Oo- tober to the twenty-second of November, 1781, in- clusive, 28 days, a 25s, £35 To milenge on seventy-eight miles coming to Philadel- phia and returning, 156 miles, a 18, - 7 16
£12 16
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable James Ewing, Require, for the sum of forty-two pounds sixteen shillings specie, agreeably to the above account.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. James Lougheed, for the sum of five hundred pounds specie, for the pur. pose of paying the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia lately called into service, the same to be charged to Colonel Wil- liam Henry, Lieutenant of the said city and liberties, and to be paid out of the money arising from militia fines and no other.
The Council resumed the consideration of the proclamation of Congress of the twenty-sixth ultimo, recommending to the several States to get apart the thirteenth day of December next, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, and a proclamation being pre- pared, was read and considered, and ordered to be published, the proclamation is as follows :
By his Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, President, and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania :
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The United States in Congress assembled, by their proclamation bearing. date the twenty-sixth day of October last, for the many great and solemn considerations therein mentioned, have recommended to the several States to set apart the thirteenth day of December next to be religiously observed as a day of thanks- giving and prayer, that all the people may assemble on that day with grateful hearts to celebrate the praises of our Gracious Bene- factor; to confess our manifold sius; to offer up our most fervent supplications to the God of all grace, that it may please Him to pardon our offences and incline our hearts for the future to keep all this laws; to comfort and relieve all our brethern who are in distress or captivity ; to prosper our husbandmen and give success to all engaged in lawful commerce; to impart. wisdom and integrity to our councillors, judgment and fortitude to our officers and sold- to protect and prosper our illustrious ally, and , favor ofr' u
1
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 195
sertions for the speedy establishment of a safe, honorable and sting petce ; to bless all our seminaries of learning, and cause the Knowledge of God to cover the earth as the waters cover the seas:" Wherefore, as well in respect to the said recommendation from the plain dictates of conscience, publickly to acknowledge e favor and goodness of Divine Providence, and the duty incuin- int on us to implore its further protection : We do hereby ear- istly recommend to the good people of Pennsylvania accordingly set apart the said thirteenth day of December next, for the pions Irposes expressed the said proclamation; and that they abstain om all labor on that day.
iven by order of the Council, under the hand of his Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, President, and the seal of the State, at Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty- one.
WILLIAM MOORE, President.
West-TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
A petition from Martha Robbins, praying a pass to the city of Bw. York, was road ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the same be granted, on condition that she do is return again during the present war.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, Nov'r 28, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Gen'l Ewing,
Gen'l Lacey, Mr. Piper,
Doct'r Gardner, Mr. Hayes, and
Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Byers,
A committee of the General Assembly attended in Council, and seated the following orders of the House, vist : .
" In General Assembly, November 21st, 1781, A. M. " Ordered, That Mr. Lilley, Mr. M'Lene and Mr. Duncan, be a committee to obtain information from Council of what specific applies have been furnished by this State on account of the United States, and what supplies are now on hand."
126
MINUTES OF THE
"Same day, P. M.
" Ordered, That Mr. Lilley, Mr. M'Lene and Mr. Duncan, the "committee appointed this morning receive information from the " Honorable the Supreme Executive Council, of the annual amount "of the sales of the Province Island and city lots, and confer with " them respecting the propriety of continuing the sale of the said " lots for the present."
And a free conference with the said committee was had, in which the Council freely expressed their opinion in favor of continuing the sale of the said lota; and
Ordered, That the case of specific supplies furnished to the Con- tinent, remain under the consideration of the Board.
This being the day upon which the signers of the representation of divers inhabitants and freemen of the county of Philadelphia, respecting the late general election, or some person or persons on their behalf, were called upon to specify to the Council the name of the persons therein alluded to, and no person or persons appear- ed in their behalf, nor any return in writing was made thereupon, although the requisition for that purpose was published in several of the newspapers of this city.
The following deeds were examined and signed by his Excel- lency the President, to wit :
To Joseph Carson, conveying two pieces or parcels of land situ- ate in the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia ; one of them containing two acres three-quarters of an acre and sixteen per- ches; and the other containing one-quarter of an acre :. Seized and sold agreeably to law, as the estate late of Christopher Sower, to the said Joseph Carson, for the sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty pounds old Continental money, which sum be bath paid to the Agents of Forfeited Estates in the county of Philadelphia. Deed dated the twentieth of November, 1781.
To do., for two certain pieces or parcels of land contiguous to each other, situate in Germantown township, in the county of Phila- delphia; containing six acres and three-quarters of an acre: Seized and sold agreeably to law, as aforesaid, for the sum of one thousand six hundred and ten pounds old Cotinental money. which sum hath been paid as aforesaid. Deed dated the twentieth day of November, 1781.
To Peter Blanchard, for three lots of ground in the city of Phila- delphia, marked in the general plan of city lots No. 417, 418 med 419, 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 ninety-two pounds.
To Joseph Dean, Esq'r, for 9 city lots, numbered from 892 to 400, sold as aforesaid, for two hundred and fifty-two pounds, tad lot No. 378 sold for forty-five pounds.
127
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
To do., for lots No. 74, 75, 76 & 77, sold for two hundred and fty-five pounds. Deeds dated this day.
-
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Nov. 24, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Col. Bayard, Mr. Byers,
Gen'l Lacey,
Mr. Hayes,
Doct'r Gardner,
Mr. Pentecost,'
Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Piper,
Mr. Ewing.
The President laid before the Board a letter signed by Joseph Cowperthwait and John Jones, and dated November the 23d, 1781, which he reports came to his hand yesterday afternoon after the Council had adjourned, and the same was read; by which it ap- pears that they decline to specify to Council the names alluded to in the representation of divers inhabitants and freemen of the county of Philadelphia, or to specify the facts on which the gene- ral allegations in the said representations are founded.
The Council resumed the consideration of the cases of James Jones and Mary Hall, ordered for execution this day; and there- upon,
Ordered, That the execution of the sentence against James Jones and Mary Hall, be delayed until Saturday the first day of Decem- ber next; and a warrant was accordingly issued.
A committee of the General Assembly, appointed by the Hon- trable [louse, to confer with the Council upon a bill for the fur- ther relief of the frontier counties, intitled "An Act for the relief of the suffering inhabitants of Northampton, Bedford, Northum- berland, Westmoreland and Washington counties, and the town- ship of Armagh, in Cumberland county," attend in Council.
The minute of the House expresses "to confer with Council on the mbject of the defence of the frontiers, and to bring in addi- tional clauses for that purpose," as appears by a note of the minute Bot signed ; and
A free conference being had, it appeared to be the sentiments of the Council and of the committee, that an additional company is necessary for the defence of Washington county, and to complete the four companies now established, and that it might be proper to make application to Congress for such assistance from the United
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.