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A petition From Nicholas Young, setting forth bis claim to divers I lots, in right of the original purchases of Thomas Pierce and an Pierce, from William Penn, Esquire, late Proprietary of -
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A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent to Captain William Rice, conveying one moiety of a certain tract of land, situate in Lion township, in the county of Northamp- ton, containing two hundred and fifteen acres and allowance; and one other tract in said township, containing one hundred and twen- ty-one acres : Seized as the estate late of George Philip Wertman, and sold agreeably to law, for the sum of one hundred and seven- teen pounds specie; which sum he hath paid to the Agents of Con- fiscated Estates in the said county. Deed dated the sixth instant. Ordered, That passes to Elizabethtown, in the State of New Jersey, be granted to Sarah Crawford, Caleb Lownes, Anne Pluck- rose, & Hanna Jamison.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, May 7, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Levan.
Mr. Cunningham, and
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, May 8, 1782.
PRESENT:
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Levan.
Mr. Cunningham, and
The Council resumed the consideration of the case of Thomas Allison ; & thereupon,
Resolved, That his fine and corporal punishment be remitted, on condition that he enlist as a soldier in the Pennsylvania line, and serve therein during the continuance of the present war, without bounty.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. James Loug- head, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, for paying the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia lately called into service, the same to be charge to Colonel Wm. Henry, and paid out of monies arising from militia fines.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, May 9, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Levan.
Mr. Gardner, and ,
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent, to Samuel Caldwell, conveying one hundred and five acres of banked meadow, part of Hog Island, in the river Delaware : Seized as the estate late of Joseph Galloway, an attainted traitor, and sold agreeably to law, to the aforesaid Samuel Caldwell, for the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds Continental money, subject to the yearly rent of seven bushels and one-half of good merchantable wheat, payable to the Trustees of the University of this State, three-fourths of which sum the said Samuel Caldwell hath paid to the Agents of Confiscated Estates in the county of Philadelphia, the remaining one-fourth being reserved for the pur- pose aforesaid. Deed dated this day.
Ordered, That passes be granted to Jane Dunn and Sarah Ball, to go to Elizabethtown, in the State of New Jersey.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Joseph Rake- straw, for eleven pounds two shillings and four pence specie, being one-half of the expence in erecting a fence between the President's house and lot, and that belonging to Mr. Morris.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, May 10, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Lovan.
Mr. Cunningham,
On consideration,
Ordered, That passes be granted to Sarah Griffing and Susanna Edwards, to go to Elizabethtown, in the State of New Jersey, and to return again.
The return of James Wilkinson and James Tate, Esquires, ap- pointed by order of the Council of the eighteenth of April last, to view and make return of the yearly value of a tract of land situate in Middleton township, in the county of Bucks, containing one
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A deed was examined and signed by his Excell dent to Captain William Rice, conveying one moju tract of land, situate in Linn township, in the county .: : ton, containing two hundred and fifteen acres and ntfs one other tract in said township, containing que huner ... ty-one acres: Seized as the estate late of George I'LL. and sold agreeably to law, for the sum of on. .. teen pounds specie .; which sum he hath paid to . fiscated Estates in the said county. Deed det. Ordered, That passes to Elizabethtown, In Jersey, be granted to Sarah Crawford, Caleb 1. rose, & Hanna Jamison.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA. 1 PRESENT :
His Excellency the President. The Honorable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham, and
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA,
PRESENT_ -
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham, and The Council resumed the considera. Allison ; & thereupon, Resolved, That his fine and corpora! condition that he enlist as a soldier i. serve therein during the continua :.. . haundor
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w, part of Hog Island, in the river Dela- Joseph Galloway, an attainted traitor, .. Board to cause possession to be given Wembly, of the part so purchased, was and thereupon, riff of the city and county of Philadel- possession of the said premises, agrecably" to the said Samuel Caldwell, in due form Pollental expences.
agreshly boue PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 13, 1782. PRESENT :
the President.
Gardner, Mr. Buyard.
bath pe Philvous
Levan, and
ouise's be granted to Daniel Heister, Junior, Es- Price, to go to Elizabethtown, in the State of to return.
yourbed in order to attend the public audience to the Minister ef France, in order to receive he birth of a Dauphin of France.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, May 14, 1782. PRESENT :
wel. scy the President.
Lardner,
Bayard, Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Levan.
ftended in Council, and informed that a recruit in the Pennsylvania lines, stands if ibe city and county of Philadelphia, on - horse; but the matter having been ex- be injured had been so satisfied as to him ; and the Colonel requested that l: whereupon, of the city and
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hundred and twenty-five acres and three quarters and thirteen perches, late the estate of Joseph Paxson, an attainted traitor, ia order that the same may be assigned to the University of this State, was read, by which it appears that the said tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, will produce thirty-five pounds per annum. Thereupon,
Resolved, That the said estate be assigned to the University of this State, that the same be now delivered to the Trustees, and that the said institution be charged therewith. according to the aforesaid yearly valuation in the estimation of estates so assigned, agreeably to act of General Assembly directing the same.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Joseph Reed, Esquire, for the sum of sixty pounds specie, as a fee for his ser- vices in the cause now pending between this State and the chil- dren of Andrew Allen, respecting the Big Spring, in Berks county.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Brad- ford, Jun'r, Esquire, Attorney General, for the sum of thirty pounds specie, for his services in the cause before mentioned.
A petition from Gideon Walker, convicted of larceny upon two indictments at a Court of General Quarter Sessions of the county of York the last Tuesday of April last, and sentenced upon each of the said indictments to be publicly whipped and to pay two several fines to the use of the State, vizt : one of eight pounds ten shillings, and the other of four pounds ten shillings, specie, &o., was read, praying remission of the said fines and corporal punish- ment. Thereupon,
Resolved, That the said fines and corporal punishment be remit- ted, on condition that he enlist in the Pennsylvania line, to serve therein during the continuance of the present war without bounty.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Robert Morris, Esq'e, Superintendant of Finance, for the sum of thirty-two thousand five hundred pounds specie, in part of the sup- plies required by Congress from this State, for which he is to ao- count; the same to be charged to the United States of America.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May 11, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, President. The Honorable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bayard.
Mr. Levan,
An application from Mr. Samuel Caldwell, setting forth that he bath purchased at a sale of confiscated estates, one hundred and
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es of banked meadow, part of Hog Island, in the river Dela- ste the estate of Joseph Galloway, an attainted traitor, ying the aid of this Board to causo possession to be given reeably to act of Assembly, of the part so purchased, was ito consideration ; and thereupon,
Wed, That the Sheriff of the city and county of Philadel- directed to give possession of the said premises, agrecably e survey thereof, to the said Samuel Caldwell, in due form he paying the incidental expences.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 13, 1782. PRESENT :
s Excellency the President.
›norable Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bayard.
Mr. Levan, and
red, That passes be granted to Daniel Heister, Junior, Es- nd Mary Price, to go to Elizabethtown, in the State of rsey, and to return.
Jouneil adjourned in order to attend the ' public audience y Congress to the Minister ef France, in order to receive tion of the birth of a Dauphin of France.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, May 14, 1782. PRESENT :
, Excellency the President.
norable Mr. Bayard, Mr. Cunningham, and
Dr. Gardner, Mr. Levan.
el Humphreys attended in Council, and informed that a Jacob Sheetz, a recruit in the Pennsylvania lines, stands ed to the gaol of the city and county of Philadelphia, on of having taken a horse; but the matter having been ex- the parties said to be injured had been so satisfied as to isposed to prosecute him ; and the Colonel requested that recruit be discharged ; whereupon,
red, That the Sheriff of the city and county of Philadel- directed to deliver over Jacob Sheetz, a recruit in the vania line, to the order of Colonel Richard Hampton, ho he charges scorned.
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Ordered, 'That passes be granted to Hannah Labboyteau and Elizabeth Lee, to go to Elizabeth-town, in the State of New Jersey, and to return again.
The Council resumed the consideration of the petition of diven persons interested in goods lately seized by the Naval Officer, land- ed from Mr. Levi Hollingsworth's shallop, commanded by Captain Wade; and having spent some time upon it, referred it for further consideration.
A letter from the Honorable Robert Morris, Esquire, Superia- tendant of Finance, dated the ninth instant, was received, inclos- ing a statement of the old Continental money, and the same was read.
Ordered, That the following passes be granted to Elizabethtown, vizt :
To Rachel Sikes and Hannah Wright. Adjourned.
The Council met.
Wednesday, May 15, 1782.
A letter from Lewis Grownow, Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Chester, inclosing returns of the following officers elected, vizt :- Alexander Boggs, Captain ; William Johnston, Lieutenant; and James Stewart, Ensign of the third company, of the fourth Bat- talion of the Chester county militia, on the 22d April, 1782.
David Wilson, Captain of the sixth company, of the fourth Bst- talion of the said county, on the 15th of April, 1782; and there- upon,
Ordered, That commissions be issued accordingly, bearing date on the day of their respective elections.
On petition, the following passes were granted, vizt :
To Susanna Morgan, to go to Elizabethtown.
To Sybilla Hoff, to the same place.
To Barbara Delabar,
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To Mrs. Hamble, do
A letter from the Minister for foreign affairs, dated the four- teenth day of May instant, informing of the birth of a Dauphin of France, which had been announced to the United States in Com- gress Assembled, by his Excellency the Minister Plon'y of his most Christian .Majesty, on the 13th instant : whereupon,
Mr. Bayard and Doct'r Gardner are appointed a committee to prepare an address of congratulation on that event, and to forma plan of an entertainment suitable to the occasion, and report to Board.
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The Council resumed the consideration of the petitions respect- ing the sugar seized by the Naval Officer on the lst instant, and depositions now appearing respecting the property of individuals therein ; on consideration,
Ordered, That the one moiety of said sugar forfeited to the State by neglect to enter them according to law before landing, be remitted, and returned to the late owners thereof, vizt :
To Thomas Forrest or his order, the one moiety of nine hogs- heads of sugar marked Forrist.
'To Michael Kimmel and Michael Gunkell or their order, the one moiety of ten hogsheads and seven barrels of sugar marked M. G.
To John Brown and Sons, and William Matthews, or their order, six hogsheads of sugar marked J. Brown and Sons.
The Council being of opinion that no fraud was intended, and that the neglect arose from an accidental omission, and that the Naval Officer be directed to deliver the one moiety of the said sugars to the respective late owners, the said respective late owners pay- ing accordingly the duty and all the charges that have accrued.
The Honorable Superintendant of Finance having represented to this Board thro' the President, his intention of sending a vessel to the West Indies on business of great importance to this State and to the United States, and the ship General Washington being now ready for sea,
It is the opinion of this Board, that the commissioners for the defence of the river Delaware, do hire to the Superintendant of Fi- nance the said ship for that purpose, on such reasonable terms as may be agreed on between him and them.
Adjourned.
The Council met.
Thursday, May 16, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Bayard, and
Mr. Levan, Docior Gardner.
The following pass to Elizabethtown was granted, vizt :- To Margaret Cairl.
Commissions issued to Capt. Joshua Barnery, of the State ship General Washington, (Cap. 5f 8i, 25 years old; Luke Matthew- man, Mate, 28 years, 5 feet, 9 inches high, both dark complection.) eighteen guns, one hundred and twenty men, and two hundred and afty tons barthen.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, May 17, 1782 PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Bayard, Mr. Cunningham,
Dr. Gardner, and
Mr. Levan.
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A pass was granted to Samuel Correy.
A letter from Mr. Espy containing a return of a Justice of the Peace for the county of Bedford, was received and read, but there being no return of the resignation of the gentleman in whose stead the person so returned has been chosen, the same cannot be ao- cepted.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May. 18, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Bayard, Dr. Gardner,
Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Levan.
The committee brought in a draft of an address of congratah- tion to the Honorable Chevalier Dela Luzerne, Minister Plenipo- tentiary of his most Christian Majesty, and the same being read and amended, was unanimously agreed to, as follows, vizt :
To the Honorable the Chevalier De La Luzerne, Minister Pleni- potentiary of his most Christian Majesty :
The address of the President and Council of the State of Pern- sylvania.
SIR :- The Secretary of Foreign Affairs has communicated to us that you, sir, as " Minister Plenipotentiary of his most Christian Majesty, had announced to the United States in Congress assem- bled, at a public audience, the birth of a Dauphine of France." An event of so much importance to the French Nation, and so flattering to their hopes, becomes highly interesting to me; and when we consider it as advancing the personal felicity of that illes- trious and magnanimous Prince, from whom the people of America have received such powerful aids and so many proofs of his royal regards and friendship, we feel the most lively and animating joy. And it is with the highest veneration and the warmest gratitud,
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that we present our warmest congratulations to his most Christian Majesty, and to his Royal Consort, for whom we feel a respect which we cannot express, and felicitate them on this auspicious oc- casion.
The attention which you, sir, have always shewn to the State of Pennsylvania, affords us full assurance that you will represent to your august Sovereign the sincerity with which we rejoice at every event that adds to his glory or happiness, and more especially in the present instance.
May the great Governor of the Universe take into his holy keep- ing the King, the Queen, and the Dauphin of France, and pour ont his choicest blessings upon them.
WILLIAM MOORE, President.
To which the Minister of France was pleased to give the follow- ing answer :
GENTLEMEN :- I cannot be charged with a duty more agreeable to fulfil than that of transmitting to his Majesty testimonies of the part you take in the favour which Heaven has done him, in grant- ing . Dauphin to his wishes and to those of the French Nation .- Since I have had the advantage of living among you, gentlemen, I have been frequently a witness of the sincere interest you have taken in every thing that may concern your ally. The more the two nations are acquainted, the more they love and esteem each other, and the more they are sensible of the necessity of an unal- terable union. These circumstances will render still more agreea- ble to his Majesty the sentiments of the Council of Pennsylvania on the subject of the birth of an heir to his crown. The young Prince will one day be informed of the joy which the Pennsylva- nians bave shewn on this occasion. He will learn that they were his friends from his cradle, and it will please him to be theirs the whole time of his life.
Philadelphia, May 20, 1782.
The following passes were granted on petition, vizt :
To Margaret Oxley and Margaret Loofborough.
The petition of Mary Hall was read, praying pardon ; and the same being considered,
Resolved, That she be pardoned, on condition that she leave the State and never return to it again.
WHEREAS, Many purchasers of the city lots have neglected to pay for the same in due time, agreeably to the terms of sale ; there- fore,
Ordered, That the State Treasurer do charge interest to all the delinquents until the respective sum in arrear is fully paid.
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In Council. .
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 20, 1782.' PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President, (now first returned from his family.)
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Levan.
Mr. Gardner,
Ordered, That a pass to Elizabethtown, in New Jersey, be granted to Elizabeth Cozens and Mary Baker, with permission to return.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, May 21,.1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, - Mr. Gardner, Mr. Levao.
Mr. Cunningham, and
David Duncan, Esquire, late Commissioner of Purchases in the county of Westmoreland, having represented that there remain in his hands a quantity of flour, grain and forage, purchased agrees- bly to act of Assembly passed the twenty-third day. of March, 1780, intitled An Act for procuring a supply of provisions and other necessaries for the use of the army, which articles are in 'danger of great waste. On consideration,
Ordered, That the said David Duncan, Esquire, be directed to make sale at public auction, of the aforesaid articles, or otherwise dispose of them, as he shall judge most for the interest of the State, as soon as may be, and make report of his proceedings therein te this Board.
WHEREAS, On the twenty-fifth day of May, 1778, at a time when the British Parliament, Ministry, and King, were artfully attempting, by insidious means, to divide and destroy these United States, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, with a digiy becoming the Representatives of a virtuous and free people, tered unanimously into the following resolve, vizt :
1 " Resolved, unanimously, That the delegates or deputims df " the United States of America, in Congress assembled, are inn
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"with an exclusive authority to treat with the King of Great ' Britain, or Commissioners by him duly appointed, respecting a " peace between the two countries.
2. " Resolved, unanimously, That any man, or body of men, "who shall presume to make any separate or partial convention or "agreement with the King of Great Britain, or with any Commis- " sioner or Commissioners under the crown of Great Britain, ought "to be considered and treated as open and avowed enemies of the " United States of America.
3. " Resolved, unanimously, That this House highly approve of " the declaration of Congress, ' that these United States cannot " with propriety, hold any conference or treaty with any Commis- " sioners on the part of Great Britain, unless they shall, as a pre- " liminary thereto, either withdraw their fleets and armies, or else " in positive and express terms, acknowledge the independence of " the said States.'
4. "Resolved unanimously, That Congress have no power, autho- " rity or right, to do any act, matter or thing, whatsoever, that may "have a tendency to yield up or abridge the sovereignty or indepen- dence of this State, without its consent previously obtained.
5. "Resolved unanimously, That this House will maintain, sup- " port and defend, the sovereignty and independence of this State, " with their lives and fortunes.
6. "Resolved unanimously, That it be recommended to the Su- " preme Executive Council of this State forthwith to order the " militia to hold themselves in readiness to act as occasion may "' require.
" AND WHEREAS, There is the fullest evidence that the same " spirit of wickedness and folly which, at that time, governed the " Councils of the British nation, has excited the rulers of that " people under more specious names and pretences, to repeat the " insulting attempt :
"And Whereas, The people of . a free .State are entitled to the " fullest and clearest information of the principles on which their " Representatives in the Executive as well as the Legislative, mean " to proceed in every great concern, this Council conceive it to be " their duty to declare that, as they fully.and unanimously approve " of the said recited resolutions, so they determine to adhere "strictly to them on all occasions ; and it is the unanimous opinion of " this Council, that any propositions which may be made by the Court " of Great Britain, in any manner whatsoever, tending to violate the "* treaty subsisting between us and our illustrious Ally, ought to be " treated with every mark of indignity and contempt ; and at the " time this Council, considering the advantages which Nations derive " from amity and commerce founded on good faith, esteem and "mutual interest, and well knowing the benefit which Great Bri- " tain might derive from America were she to adopt principles of " modbratien, wisdom and justice, cannot so far suppress their
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" desire for the general interest of mankind and the dignity d "human nature as not to feel some concern while they see thet " once powerful and respectable nation continuing to set upon pri- " ciples which, if persisted in much longer, must, by destroying " all title to the esteem, faith and confidence of these United States, " render treaties of amity and commerce between us and them ab " solutely and altogether impracticable."
Ordered, That the foregoing resolutions be published.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, May 22, 1782
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham, and
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Levan.
The Honorable Joseph Montgomery, Esq'r, presented to the Council the following account for his attendance in Congress, vizt :
From the 22nd of February till the 21st of May, 1782, 89 days, a 30s , - £133 10
Deduct for absence, 11 days, 16 10 -
£117
Mileage to Pazton, 100 miles, at 1s. -
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£122
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Joseph Montgomery, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred sad twenty-two pounds specie, agreeably to the said account.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of his Excelleney the President, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, in part of his salary, for which the said President is to account -
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Michael Huf- nagle, for the sum of fifty two pounds six shillings and six pente specie, for rations supplied to Captain Thomas Stokely's company of Rangers, raised in the county of Westmoreland, being .. full.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of George for the sum of seventy-five pounds specie, for providing,~
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kaip ment on Thursday next, agreeably to order of this Board, for which he is to account.
The Honorable Sebastian Levan,' Require, presented to the Council the following account, vist :
For attendance in Couneil, from the thirteenth of April . till the twenty-second day of May, 1782, inclusive, 40 days, a 178. 6 ℃ day, £35 To one day omitted, vist : 12th of March last, - 17 6
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