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Jonathan Hoge,
Jacob Morgan. (Esq'rs.
John Proctor,
Rob't Galbraith, Esq'r, appeared before Council. and took the Oat is required by Law to qualify him to act as one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Bedford, & as one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas; and also the Oath required to qualify him to act according to the Powers mentioned & named in . Dedimus Potestatum dated this day.
Ja's Martin, Esq'r, also appeared & took the Oath required to qualify him to act according to the powers mentioned in & granted to him & others, by a Dedimus Potestatum dated this day.
A pass to Ja's Hamilton, Esq'r, to Northampton, & a protection for a Waggon with Baggage; and also a Protection for his Goods, Houses, Lands, & Effects, were granted.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Joseph Blewer, Esq'r, Chairman of the State Navy Board, for the Sum of Three thousand Pounds, for which said Navy Board is to account.
Ordered, That the Committee appointed to collect Boats, do immediately furnish Mr. Butler with the number of Boats necessary to bring up the wounded.
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An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Will'm Dallap, for the Sum of Three Pounds, for a Ream of Writing Paper.
A Certificate signed by Jos. Gardner, Esq'r, was laid before the Council, certifying that Tho's Mckean, Esq'r, had taken & sub- scribed the several Oaths & declaration required by the Laws & Constitution of this State to Qualify him to sot as Chief Justice of this Commonwealth. -
Ordered, That Colo. Proctor be appointed Paymaster of the Militia of the County of Westmoreland.
An order was drawn on David Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Colo. Proctor, for the Sum of One Hundred &' forty eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, Vist :
For 109 days attendance in Council @ 25s, £186 5 0
For 290 Miles @ 10d, 12 1 8
£148 6 8
Ordered, That the fourth & fifth Classes of the Militia of the Countics of Philadelphia & Bucks be called into immediate ser- vice.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Jonathan Hoge, Esq'r, for the Sum of One hundred & fifty-eight Pounds Seven Shillings & Six Pence, for his attendance in Council, Vix: /
For 123 days attendance in Council @ 25s, £153 15 0 Mileage on 111 Miles @ 10d, 4 12 6
£158 7 6
Ordered, That the fourth & fifth Classes of the Militia of Books County, & the fourth & fifth Classes of the Militia of Philadelphia County, & the fifth & Sixth Classes of the City, be immediately Called into service.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Sunday Septem. 14, 1777. PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & Jacob Morgan, I Esq'rs.
A Resolve of the Hon'ble House of General Assembly, del Yesterday, desireing & empowering this Council to take the
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speedy & effectual means to remove the Public Moneys belong'g to the General Loan Office, to such place as the Council may think Doocesary & secure, being read, thereupon
Ordered, That Mr. Lowden & Mr. Hoge be appointed to have the Money & Papers belonging to the Public Loan Office removed to Easton, in the County of Northampton, and John Snyder, Hen'y Bartholomew, was employed with a Waggon to convey it to the said place.
Ordered, That Colo. Nicola furnish a guard of Two Men to go with the said Waggoners. These Papers, &ca. are contained in a case, a Barrel, & an Iron Chest.
Mr. Tilghman and Mr. Reed, by order of Gen'l Washington. request that the Bridge may be immediately removed ; thereupon
Ordered, That Major Casdorp do immediately & effectually re- move the Bridge at the Middle Ferry on Schuylkill, & bring it sway into Delaware, & bring over all the Boats of every kind from the West of Delaware ; Two boats are to be removed from the upper Ferry into the cove below Mr. Morris's, & placed under a guard, the other Boats to be placed so as to be entirely out of the reach of the enemy; but the Orders of the general officers are to be obeyed on these heads, whether they are to be exactly ordered as above, or a new arrangement made.
Ordered, That Matt'w Irwin be appointed Quarter Master of the Militia of this State,. & that he Rank as Lieutenant Colonel. The Treasury nearly exhausted,
Ordered, That application be made to Congress for the Sum of Two hundred Thousand Dollars, to Pay the Militia & other neces- sary expences.
An order of Congress on John Gibson, Esq'r, Auditor General, for the Sum of Two hundred Thousand Dollars, to be paid to the Supreme Executive Council, "advanced for the Public use, the said Council to be accountable."
Ordered, That the Sum of Two hundred Thousand Dollars be paid into the hands of Dav'd Rittenhouse; Esq'r, Treasurer of the State.
Dav'd Harris, Esq'r, appeared & took the Oath required by the Constitution, & the Oath required to Qualify him to enter upon the duty of Prothonotary of the County of Northumberland, & also the Oath required to Qualify him to enter upon the duty of a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esquire, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Tho's Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Militia for the County of Philadelphia, for the Sum of Four thou- wand Pounds, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Robert Towers, for the Sum of Sixty-Ore VOL. XI .- 20.
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Pounds & Seven Shillings, to be charged to nocount of Jacob S. Howell.
NOTE-After Three Waggons are provided for the Council, two are to be furnished to Mr. Cannon & Mr. Lisle.
Ordered, That all the Boats that are now in Schuylkill be im- mediately hauled upon the land.
Ordered, That Colo. Flower employ Jas Worrell, Francis Alli- son & Mr. Evans, Carpenters, or such other workmen as he may think proper to employ, to take down the Bells of all the public Buildings in this City, & convey them to a place of safety.
Ordered, That Mr. Lowden & Mr. Hoge be appointed to have the Money & Papers belonging to the Public Loan Office removed ¿o Easton, in the County of Northampton, and John Snyder & Henry Bartholomew was employed with a Waggon to convey it to the said place.
Ordered, That Colo. Nicola furnish a Guard of Two Men to go with the said Waggoners. These papers, &ca. are contained in a Case, a Barrel & an Iron Chest.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Monday Septem. 15, 1777.
PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
Joseph Hart, &
John Haley, Esq'r, lately appointed Clerk of the Orphans' Court, represented to Council that he had applied to Jas Humphreys, Esq'r, for the Records & papers belonging to the said Court,
Resolved & Ordered, That John Haley, Esq'r, who has been appointed Clerk of the Orphan's Court of the City & County of Philadelphia, do demand of Jas Humphreys, Esq'r, late Clerk of the late Orphans' Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, the immediate delivery of all the Records, Papers & Seals to the said late Office of Clerk to the Orphans' Court, belonging, or which have been used in the said Office, and that the said John Haley be empowered to remove the said Records & Papers to a place of safety, & in case Mr. Humphreys make any difficulty in the Premises, Mr. Haley is to report the same to Council without delay, that further order may be had in the Premises.
An order was drawn on John M. Nesbitt, Esq'r, for the Sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, in favor of Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq't. Treasurer, for which Mr. Rittenhouse is to be accountable.
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The following orders were drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r. Treasurer of the State, in favor of Fred'k Snyder, for the Sum of Thirty Pounds Sixteen Shillings & three Pence, for Forty days at- tendance as doorkeeper, & for Wafers, Nails, & a Map.
In favor of Edw'd Stroud for the Sum of Ten Pounds Four Shil- lings, for riding Express.
In favor of Mich'l Bowyer for the Sum of Twenty-four Pounds Twelve Shillings, for Riding Express.
Mr. Lowdan & Mr. Hoge, appointed to remove the Public Monies & Papers of the Loan Office of this State to some place of security, Report, That they had applied to Sam'l Preston Moore, Esq'r, one of the Trustees of the said Loan Office, for the said Monies & Books & Papers thereto belonging, and that they had received of the said Mr Moore a large Iron Chest containing Forty-two bundles of Paper money, said to be the balance of Principal & Interest re- maining in the hands of the Trustees of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania, as settled by a Committee of Assembly in August last, Amounting to Thirteen Thousand One Hundred & Thirty- Eight Pounds Eighteen Shillings & Two Pence, & the Mortgages taken by the said Trustees for Money lent out, together with another bundle of Paper Money said to contain the Ballance of sundry Mortgages due to the old Loan office & Committed to the care of the said Mr. Moore, amounting to the Sum of Seven hun- dred & Seventy-four Pounds & nine Shillings, & that the said Mr. Moore also delivered to them the Keys of said Chest, but the said Monies dad not been counted for want of time.
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Mr. Moore acquainted them that the Deeds of the borrowers lodged in the said Office, were in the posession of Humphrey Mar- shall of Chester County ; another of the Trustees of said Office, & the Books of said Office, had already been delivered to the said Committee.
Ordered, That the said Chest with its said contents, be immedi- ately sent to Kast town & committed to the care of Rob't Levers, Esq'r, of said place.
Some information by affidavit & verbally, being given to Coun- Al by George Stevenson, Esq'r, of Carlisle, of divers treasonable = dangerous intentions and designs of levying men & destroying Le Public Stores at York, Lancaster & Carlisle & elsewhere, in Thich Will'm Willis, of Newberry, & James Rankin of Manches- ra, in York County, John Ferree of Lancaster County, Yoemen, & Wers other persons, are said to be actually concerned ; and it ap- caring that Daniel Shelly, of Shelly Island, in Lancaster County, @oman, hath been actively concerned in the Treasonable designs aremid, & that he is now in Custody on a charge on Oath, as one Che persons actively concerned in the Treasonable designs afore- id, & that he is willing & offers to discover & give evidence iu Premises against the accomplices & all others concerned in the Lid Conspiracy & every of them, as he knoweth, so as to convict
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his said accomplices ; The Council thereupon after due considera- tion had, do Promise to the said Dan'l Shelly, that if he shall fairly reveal & make known the designs of said persons, & conduct him- self in the Premises as a witness ought to do, he will thereby merit bis Pardon, for any thing he may have acted or done of a treason- able nature, & may be assured of receiving it.
The Petition of Jerman Davis, John Bailey, Isaac Johnson, James Chalfont, Tho's Agnew, Benja. Trego, Jos. Trego, Jas. Chalfont, jun'r, & John Simkins, setting forth that they had been committed to Prison by Capt. Bailey without any just cause, de- claring their innocence of any charge which may be alledged against them' as disaffected persons, & praying a hearing,
On Consideration,
Ordered, That the said Prisoners be enlarged on their sign- ing a Promise or Parole that they will do nothing injurious to the American cause, and appear to answer any charge which may be made against them.
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The Council met.
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PHILAD'A, Tuesday Septem. 16, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon. GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & Jacob Morgan, ! Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer. of . the State, in favor of Joseph Blewer, Esq'r, Chairman of the Navy Board, for the Sum of Three Thousand Pounds, for which the said Board is to Account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favour of Will'm Crispin, Esq'r, for the sum of Four Thousand Pounds, for which he is to account.
Ordered, That Maj. Will'm Scott be appointed Paymaster of the Militia of the County of York, in the room of Michael Hahn, Esq'r, who is a member of the House of Assembly, whose attendance is at this time highly necessary.
Mr. Alexa. Nesbitt, one of the Gentlemen of the Light Horse appointed to escort the Prisoners to Winchester, in Virginia, re- ports that Isr'l Pemberton, & divers others of them, had obtained writs of hebeas Corpus, ordering Lewis Nicola to bring the bodie's of mid Lar'l Pemberton & others before him on the 17th inst, at the place in the writ expressed ; and the Hon'ble House of Gene-
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ral Assembly having this day passed an Act entitled." An Act, &ca.,"
Ordered, That a Writ be issued authorizing and empowering Sam'l Caldwell & Aleza. Nesbitt to receive the bodies of Isr'l Pemberton, Jobn Hunt, James Pemberton, John Pemberton, Tho's Wharton,. Edw'd Pennington, Henry Drinker, Tho's Fisher, (son of Joshua). Sam'l Fisher, (son of Joshua) Myers Fisher, Sam'l Pleasants, Owen Jones, jun'r, Tho's Gilpin, Cha's Jervis, Tho's Afflick, Will'm Drewit Smith, Tho's Pike, Will'm Smith, Elijah Brown, & Charles Eddy, who have been, in consequence of the recommendation of Congress, Arrested & sent forward towards Winchester in Virginia, and them to deliver to Jacob Morgan or John Old, to be forwarded to the place of their destination.
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An order was drawn on Day'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of James Dundas, for the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, to be charged to Jac'b S. Howell, and applied to the pay- ing Workmen, &ca, for which he is to account. This order was omitted on the 15th, being dated yesterday.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r. Treasurer of the State, in favour of his Excell'y the President, for the Sum of Seven Hundred & Fifty Pounds, being one half Year's Salary due to him.
Ordered, That the Lieutenants or Sub-Lieutenants of County of Berks & Cumberland, do provide Guards from the Militia that are called into service, or may hereafter be called, to guard Ammu- nition, Stores or Prisoners, when necessary, unless a sufficient num- ber can be hired on reasonable terms, to perform that duty.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Wednesday Septem. 17, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & Jacob Morgan, { Esq'rs.
Ordered, That the fifth Class of the Militia of the County of Chester be immediately sent into the field.
Ordered, That the Books in the Library belonging to the State be sent immediately to Easton in Northampton County, & com. mitted to the care of Robert Levers, Esq'r, of the said county, to whose care a case & a Barrel, containing the Books & Papers of the late Council of Safety & the Board of War, have already been sent with the Loan Office Money & Papers.
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(N. B. Fourteen Boxes & Two Trunks sent by Philip Moseer & Jacob Kuhn, accordingly.)
Major Casdrop being called into service in the Militia,
Ordered, That Rich'd Dennis be appointed in his stead, to take charge of the Boats and Ferry in Schuylkill, & to take care of the bridge now in the River Delaware.
Ordered, That Capt. Joseph Stiles take charge of Wort & Brooks' two shallops with Ammunition on board, & remore them to a place of safety.
Bristol may at present a place of safety.
The two following orders were drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, & ordered to be charged to Jacob. S. Howell, Vizt :
In favor of Rob't Towers for the Sum of Fifty Pounds, for which he is to account.
In favor of Captain Joseph Stiles for the Sum of One hundred & fifty Pounds.
Mr. Pearson & others of the Committee appointed to drive off the Cattle, complain that persons in whose Pastures they are ne- cessarily put from time to time, threaten to turn them out.
On consideration,
Ordered, That the respective Committees appointed to drive off the Cattle on the approach of the Enemy, do make use of such Meadows or Pastures as they may find necessary, & give to the Owners or Occupiers of such Meadows or Pastures a Certificate of the Number of the Cattle pastured, & the time they were continued, this Certificate to be directed to Jacob S. Howell, who will pay the same price as is allowed by the Continental Army in like cases.
The following Recommendation of the Hon'ble House of As- sembly being read, vizt:
" In General Assembly, Septem. 16, 1777.
" On motion,
" Ordered, That Benja. Vancampen, Esq'r, be recommended to His Excell'y the President & Council, to be Commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant for the County ot Northampton.
" Extract from the Minutes.
" JOHN MORRIS, Cl'k of General Assembly."
Thereupon,
Ordered, That Benja. Van Campen be Commissioned accord- ingly.
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An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Abram Mason, (sail maker,) for the Sum of One hundred & forty eight Pounds Eighteen Shillings & Nine Pence, for work done for the State Laboratory.
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The Council Met.
PHILAD'A, Thursday Septem. 18, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S .WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. The Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey,
D Joseph Hart, &
Jacob Morgan, ! Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Colo. Joseph Hart, for the Sum of Fifty-nine Pounds fourteen Shillings and Six pence, for Arms put into the hands of the Militia of Bucks County last year, & charge the same to Jacob S. Howell.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favour of George Spangler, for the Sum of Six Pounds & ten Shillings, for his Services riding Express on Public Business.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Saturday Septem. 20, 1777. 1 John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & Esq'ra. Jacob Morgan.
PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of . State, in favor of Joseph Blewer, Esq'r, Chairman of the State Dry Board, for the Sum of Eight Thousand Dollars, for which Board is to account.
-An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of State, in favor of James Carter, Esq'r, for the Sum of Four
cusand Dollars, for which he is to account.
In order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of State, in favor of Colo. Will'm Henry, Lieutenant of the City Philadelphia, for the Sum of Four Thousand Dollars, for which e is to account.
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The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Monday Septem. 22d, 1777. PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & Esq'rs. Jacob Morgan.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Tho's Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Mili- cia for the County of Philadelphia, for the Sum of Twelve Thou- sand Dollars, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on David Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Tho's Hewitt, Esq'r, to be delivered by him to Colo. Sam'l Hunter, Lieutenant of the County of Northum- berland, for the Sum of Two thousand Dollars, & to be charged so the said Colo. Hunter, for which he is to account.
The Council Met.
PHILAD'A, Tuesday Septem. 23, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & Jacob Morgan, { Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Joseph Blewer, Esq'r, Chairman of the State Navy Board, for the Sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Will'm Crispin, Esq'r, for the Sum of Twen- ty Thousand Dollars, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of William Henry, Esq'r, Lieutenant of the City of Philadelphia, for the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Tho's Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Militia of the County of Philadelphia, for the Sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, for which he is to account.
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NOTE .- That the President wrote to Colo. Benj'a Flower, to supply Lieut. Grant with three hundred Riffles, five hundred Pounds of Powder, & One thousand Two hundred pounds of Lead, for which the said Grant is to account.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Wednesday Octo. 1, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President.
Jacob Morgan, Jonathan Hoge, & 1
John Bailey, John Lowdan, Esq'rs.
The Petition of Capt. Jos. Brady's Company of Militia, of the County of Cumberland, addressed to the Hon'ble House of Assem- bly, setting forth in effect, that they had drawn Lots in Quotas. consisting of a Class, for the number of the Class in which the Quotas respectively shall stand ranked & be called into service; that some objections had afterwards arisen to the mode, & praying advice therein, being read & considered, & it appearing that this mode of casting Lots is according to the Law for regulating the Militia of this State, however it may differ from the practice of other Compa- nies ; thereupon,
Ordered, That the first & second Class of the said Company, do immediately March & join General Washington without further de- lay, and that the third Class March to Carlisle to guard the Stores there, according to the direction of the Lieut. of the said County.
Ordered, That the fourth & fifth Class of the Militia .be called into service immediately.
Ordered, 'That Colo. Galbraith, Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, do immediately send the hundred of the Militia of the County to the Borough of Lancaster, and that he do furnish a guard for Prisoners, whenever the same may be necessarily required of bim.
NOTE .- The following orders were drawn Septem. 18th ult'o, & from the situation of our Public affairs, may probably have been omitted to be entered in the Minutes of that day.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Adam Poht, for the Sum of Seven Pounds. Seventeen Shillings & Six Pence, for the hire of his Horse, and in favor of Leonard Lasher, for the Sum of Ten Pounds Two Shillings & Six Pence, for the hire of his Horse.
An order was drawn on Rob't Towers, in favor of Capt. Watkins, for Sixty Pounds of Sulphur & ninety thousand Musquet Cartridges, to be charged to Congress.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Friday October 3, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Jacob Morgan,
John Bailey, & . Jonathan Hoge. ? Esq'rs.
Mr. Peter Dehaven attended & asked the direction of Council as to the place the Gun Factory should be now established ; On con- sideration,
Resolved, That the Gun Factory be established at Hummel's Town, in Derry Township, in this County, for the present; if on re- viewing it he finds it practicable otherwise, to enquire after a more convenient place, & exercise his best discretion therein.
Mr. Parker & Mr. Whitehill, the Members' Committee of the Hon'ble house of Assembly, now in the City, attended the Council & represented that the Hon'ble House are desirous of having ex- presses established to pass & repass from Council to the Army, the expence of which the Hon'ble House are ready to defray.
The Council, sensible of the necessity of this measure, there- upon,
Resolved, To establish the Expresses to pass & repass from Council to Camp once in two days.
Resolved, That the Doorkeeper be immediately sent forward to Easton, to bring to the Borough the Papers belonging to Council."
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Peter Dehaven, for One hundred & Thirty- two Pounds, for One hundred & Thirty-two days attendance at the Gun Factory as director, ending the first instant; and An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Peter Dehaven, for which he is to account.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Saturday October 4, 1777.
PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. Jonathan Hoge, John Lowdan. ? Esq'rs. $
Jacob Morgan, &
Council having receiv'd intelligence that Brooks & MoKinley, two Prisoners on their way to Virginia, had made their escape from the Prison of this County,
Ordered, That Wm. Kelly, the Sheriff, attend the Council im- mediately, and he attended accordingly, but not being able to give the necessary information on the subject of the said Prisoners' 68- cape, thereupon Wm. Immel, the Goaler, was sent for & appeared.
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