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AN Acr Laying a duty on Forreigners & Irish Servants, &c. im- ported into this Province.
AN ACT for Erecting the upper parts of the Province of Pennsyl- vania lying towards the Sasquehannah, Conestogoe, Donegal, &c., into a County.
AN ACT for continuing and establishing a Ferry from the Landing place of Joseph Kirkbride, over Delaware River at the Falls.
A SUPPLEMENT to that part of the Act for raising County Rates & Levies relating to the Killing of Wolves.
A SUPPLEMENT to the Act Entituled An Act to prevent Swine running at large : &
AN ACT for Emitting of Thirty thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit for the Better support of Government and the Trade of this Province.
Before passing the last mentioned Act the Governour spoke to the House as followes :
" Gentlemen :
" I am now to pass the Bill agreed on by us for the Emission of "Thirty thousand Pounds more of a Paper Currency, about which " so great & so undecent a Noise has been made in some parts of this " Province, that to prevent the Insults intended by some misled " People spirited up to Mischief, we were obliged to putt a late Act " of Parliament in Force amongst us ; What Misrepresentations have " been formed-what false Notions propogated-& what Acts & " Methods have been used to impose on the Inhabitants, & in some " measure by whom, it cannot be supposed that I am ignorant. But "I must hereupon repeat what I have divers times had Occasion to " say, that no Man in the Province is more truly and sincerely a " Friend to this Currency than I am, nor is there one person in my " Council but who has ever appeared to me, & I am well assured, not- " withstanding the unsufferable Abuses with which they have been " loaded, truly is a very hearty friend to it, & crave nothing more " than that we may always have it on such a footing as may render " it really useful to us, by answering the true Ends of a Currency, " that is, that it may ever be Kept up to the Value, or very near it, " for which it was first struck, for in Proportion as it declines from " this, 'tis manifest that it becomes a public Loss.
" I shall also further observe that notwithstanding all the turbu- " lent Noise that has been made, it is more owing, I have now Cause " to believe, to the Endeavours of those who have unjustly been " represented as Enemies to the Currency than to its pretended " Friends, that we have this Bill at all. And I heartily wish that " no Means may be used by any of those who were loudest in their " Clamours for it, to render the Currency fruitless to us by soliciting " a Repeal : For it is but too manifest from what we have seen of " late, that the Confusion of this Government is what a certain Party " amongst us have Principally at Heart. As for my part, I assure "you that all my interest at home with my best Endeavours, shall " be applied towards obtaining the Royal Sanction to it, or at least " in preventing its Repeal ; with which firm Resolution I now pass
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" this Bill for Emitting Thirty thousand pounds in Bills of Credit " into a Law of this Province, desiring at the same time, that all due " Care be taken to gett them well & carefully printed on good Paper, " & that they may be signed in a Readiness to be issued at the time " appointed.
" I must further desire you Gentlemen, upon your retiring to your " respective Habitations, that you would take proper Methods (for I " am sure it is every good Man's Duty) to possess the Minds of the " People with just Notions of Government, to animate them to Peace, " Industry, & all those Virtues that make truly for their own greatest "and best Interest. And at your next meeting I hope you will " proceed to the Consideration of what may be further necessary to " reduce us to some Degree of that Tranquility which, with a due "sense of God's Favour to us, & rational Endeavours to make the " best use of them, we might happily enjoy.
Then the House withdrew, & adjourned till the 11th of Angust next.
At a Council held at Philadia., May 26th, 1729.
PRESENT :
The Honble PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut. Governour.
James Logan,
Ralph Asheton, Samuel Hazel, 8 Esq'rs.
Richard Hill,
PRESENT ALSO : - Chiefs of the Conestogoe Indians.
Tawenna,
Ganyatorouga,
Taquatarensaly, als. Civility,
Amawoolit,
Peyhiohinas,
Chiefs of the Ganawese.
Yaochkonguess,
Peyashickon,
Whawyaygamen, Chiefs of the Delawares.
Saykalin,
With several other Indians.
Mr. Peter Bizallion, & Mr. John Scull,
) Interpreters.
The Governour told the Indians that he was very glad to see them, and that according to their Desire he had called his Council together to hear what they had to say.
CIVILITY then said that none of the Shawanese are now come, because unhappily, having spent all their Provisions on Rum, they are oblig'd to stay at home to provide Subsistence for their Families by hunting, but that they have contributed equally in the Presents now to be made, and desired those now present to speak in their Name
Then directing his discourse to the Governr. he said :
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That the Governour did not come to see them at Conestogoe the first year after his Arrival, being hindred by Sickness & Business, but that last year he came to see them, for which they were very glad, & then spoke to them particularly about the Death of those Indian People that were then killed. That the Governour then expressed his & all the English People's Sorrow for their Death, & they were afflicted with them, tho' those that were killed were not of their People, but that they are now come to desire the Governr may grieve no more, but that the Memory of the whole may be entirely buried in the Ground & never be remembered.
That the Governour, the English & Indians, are all as one People & one Body, that if they had received any thing on their Stomachs that was harsh & unpleasant, they must bring it all up, purge it out and cleanse their Hearts, that they all may be pure & clean & remain all the same People & Body as before.
That if there has been any Uneasiness between us, or any Cause of Grief, it must be all done away ; they are now come for that Pur- pose ; they will sweep the House clean & make the floors all white so that there shall not the least Spot of Blackness remain.
That what the Governour said to them at Conestogoe pleased them much : it was all right & good : they had never any such speech made to them since William Penn was here : And as the Governour then spoke they desire it may so continue, that they may be ever the same; and that the Candle of Love should always burn, and that there should never any Uneasiness subsist between us.
The Conestogoe, Delaware, Shawanese & Ganawese Indians all agree together in what he has said, & resolve forever to continue in the same Love & Friendship with the English as one People, & as _ they all joyned together in what was said last Spring at Conestogoe, they are now come hither to repeat the same.
As they are all one People with the Christians, so their Children must be the same as the Children of the same Parents, for they are all come from the same Father & Mother. .
That as the Governr desired last year at Conestogoc, that the Roads between Philadia, Conestogoe & the five Nations should be clear & open and free from all Grubs & Thorns, & every thing that can give any Offence, they find it is truly so, and are resolved that it shall so remain while they live.
That last year the Governour told them that the English & Indians must help each other as Brethren whenever they meet, that they desire it may be always so; that the English may help them in their Wants & the Indians shall always assist the English when they meet them in the woods ; they will treat them with clean Food, & in pure vessels, they will eat together out of one clean & white Dish without any Spot, as a MARK of the Cleanness of their Hearts.
That not only the Indians that were at Conestoge last year, but likewise those of the whole Country, were pleased with what then passed, and that the Presents then delivered to them were devided into the smallest parts, that it might reach all the Indians every where & be read as a Letter.
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Then TAWENNA stood up & said :
He never spoke since William Penn was here till last Spring, & now speaks the same again to the Governour. That William Penn. in his house in this town, told them they must be one Body & he now says the same; they are not to be as People bound to- gether to each other, tho' the Bonds were ever so strong, tho' they were of Iron, for even in that case the one may suffer & the other escape, but they & we, as William Penn said, must be as the same Body, half the one & half the other, that cannot be divided, that each may both, have Joy & Pain alike, as the same Body without any Division.
William Penn said that as both Nations were to be the same Body, so if by any stroke that Body were to be divided down the middle into two parts so that they fell assunder, This should be looked upon as the Act of Providence, which neither could help or be blamed for.
William Penn further said, that if all the People around us should differ one with another, yet we must not differ but continue the same in Love & Peace; that the Indians ought not hastily to goe out to War but rather should study Peace, & that if they were attacked he & his People would be ready to defend them, for that we are all as one People. William Penn told the Indians that he loved them all ; their Men, Women & Children, and that he held Councils with them to perpetuate the Remembrance of his Affection towards them, that the Friendship he had established with them was to last for many Generations; that their old Men die & others come in their Room, who likewise die, but that the Love & Friendship between the English & Indians ought to remain forever.
Tawenna said, he hopes the Governour will continue in the same strong Friendship & Love with all the Indians, for their Hearts are sincere & true, & they all desire that no unhappy Accident may ever interrupt that Peace which now subsists between the English and them, and that all those things which Governour Penn Spoke to them may ever be remembred & imprinted on our & their hearts, so as to be observed inviolably.
That he is well pleased with all that has passed between us & them, but is apprehensive some Mischief may happen through the great Quantities of Rum which are daily carried amongst the In- dians, who being greedy of that Liquor are soon debauched by it, & may then easily be stirred up to some unhappy or ill Action.
That William Penn told them he would not suffer any large Quan- tity of that Liquor to be brought among them, & that they might stave the Casks & spill it if they found any in the Woods, But that now several Hogsheads of Rum are brought to Conestogoe, & to several other places in their Road & near to them, by which the In- dians are tempted not only to sell their Peltry but likewise their Cloathing for that Liquor, & are much impoverished thereby.
That William Penn often told them, If any Cristian committ any foolish or ill Action amongst them, they should seize him without doing him any Violence, & bring such person to him, that the matter
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might be enquired into, for that he had made a Goal for the bad & wicked amongst his own People.
That William Penn is dead, but he now repeats all these things to the Governour whom he looks upon as in his stead, & as if William Penn himself were alive; that he remembers all these things which were then said, and He has now spoke in the name of the Conesto- goe, Ganawese, Delaware & Shawanese Indians.
CIVILITY added, that he was very uneasy lest any Mischief should happen through the great Plenty of Rum daily brought amongst them. This Concern he said, was not so much for fear of any Accident among the Indians themselves, for if one Indian should kill another they have many ways of making up such an Affair, but his Uneasiness proceeded from an Apprehension lest a Christian should be ill used by any Indian intoxicated with that Liquor.
In Confirmation of all which, & of their Love & Friendship for this Government, they now present a large Parcel of Skins.
The Governour thanked them for their Present, & having expressed his Satisfaction with what they had said, told them he would speak to them to morrow.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, May 27th, 1729.
PRESENT :
The Honourable PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut. Governour. James Logan, William Fishbourn, Esq'rs.
Richard Hill, Clement Plumsted. 1
And the same Indians as before, with Mr. Bizallion Interpreter The Governour spoke to the Indians in these words :
" My Friends & Brethren :
"Seeing your Affairs would not suffer you as you proposed last " year, to make a Return to my Visit to you at Conestogoe, I am " pleased to see you now here, & wish that some of the Shawanese "had also accompanied you ; but since you speak for them by their " Direction, & they joyn in your Present, I take what you say as if "it were truly spoke by all the four Nations & as an Answer to " what I then spoke.
"Iam glad to find by your Discourse, that you not only remember " what I said to you last Spring, but also there are some yet living " amongst you who can remember what your Father William Penn " said to your People when he was in this Countrey, from thence " you so that His Words & mine are the same. He agreed with all " the Indians whom he treated with in the several Points that I laid " before you at Conestogoe : they were his Words, tho' spoken by " me, & as I observe the old Men well remember them, so now I " desire you again to repeat them over to your Children & require " them to remember them & to repeat them again to their Children, " that the same may be continued not only to your.Children but, " through all Generations & to all Ages.
"By this means we shall truely continue not only Friends & Bro-
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" thers, but one People, of one Body, one Mind & one Heart. We " shall rejoyce together & be sorrowfull together, & we shall all be " the same.
" I need not now say anything further to you on these Heads, for " it would be'only to repeat the same things, therefore I only say ; "Lett us remember all the good Words that have been spoken. " Your Words have been good & your present is good. I take it " kindly, & I return you some Goods proper to cloath you, with " some Powder & Lead & Provisions for your Journey, that you may " goe from hence chearfully, & make all the Indians over the whole " Countrey chearfull with the Words that have been spoken ; that " you & they & all of us may keep the Chain bright & clear & with- " out Spot forever.
"I must add that you complained much of your suffering by " Rum : many Laws you know have been made against it, but your " People make all these Laws of no Effect; they will have it; they " send their Women for it to all Places where it can be had, & we " can make no Laws against your drinking it ; you must make these " yourselves. If your Women would carry none it would be more "-easy ; I shall endeavour however, to prevent its being carried in " such Quantities.
Then the following Goods which were prepared by Order of the Board, were delivered to them, vizt :
20 Strowd Matchcoats,
8 Blanketts,
8 Duffells, 20 Shirts,
Half a Barrell of Powder,
One hundred weight of Lead,
2 dozen Knives & 1 dozen looking Glasses ; with Rum, Bread, Cheese, Bacon, Tobacco & Pipes. A Gun was likewise ordered to be given to Civility. The Governour then took all the Indians by the hand & wished them a safe Journey home. The Bundles of Skins delivered by the Indians being examined & weighed, were found to contain
72 fall Deer Skins, weighing 287 pounds,
79 Summer Do. 142 108 Drest Do. - 119 3 Beavers, 3 17 Racoons, 3 Foxes & 6 Catts.
Which were ordered to be sold by the Treasurer, & the Produce thereof apply'd towards the Charge of the present Treaty.
At a Council held at Philadia., August 6th, 1729.
PRESENT :
The Honble PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut. Governr.
Samuel Preston,
Clement Plumsted,
Ralph Asheton, Samuel Hasel. Esquires.
Thomas Laurence, VOL. III .- 16
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The Account of Samuel Preston, Esqr., Provincial Treasurer, for the Charge of the late Treaty with the Conestogoe Indians in May last, and the Accounts of several other Persons who, by order of this Board had been sent on Messages to the Indians, & had performed other Services, being laid before the Board, were referr'd to James Logan, Clement Plumsted & Thomas Laurence, Esqrs., to examine & report what allowances are proper to be made on the same.
At a Council held at Philadia, August 9th, 1729.
PRESENT :
The Honble PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut Governr.
William Fishbourn, Ralph Asheton,
Clement Plumsted, Samuel Hasel.
Thomas Laurence,
2 Esq'rs.
The Report of the Members appointed by order of the preceding Council to examine & Report what Allowances are proper to be made on the several Accounts then exhibited to the Board was read, & is in these words :
" PHILADELPHIA, August 7th, 1729.
" Pursuant to the Order of Council of yesterday, We examined " the Accounts exhibited by the Persons following, & are of Opinion " that they be allowed the several sums after mentioned, vizt :
To Richard Thomas, Four Pounds, as the price of a Cow killed & eat up by the Indians of the five Nations, in their return home from Philadia. after the Treaty with them in July, 1727, certified by a Justice of Chester County, & the value of the Cow ascertained by the Affirmations of two lawfull men of that County.
To Robert Miller, Sixteen shillings, for Provisions to the said In- dians, by his Account affirmed to before a Justice of the Peace.
To Martin Jervis, Four Pounds for Horsehyre, Expence & Trouble in going to Conestogoe, by Order of Council of the 1st of Septem- ber last, it appearing his Horse was hurt thro' the quickness of the Journey.
To Anthony Morris, One pound seven shillings, for Beer to the Indians at the Treaty in October, 1728, not charged in the Account thereof given in.
To Samuel Preston, Provincial Treasurer, Sixty three pounds two shillings & ten pence, for presents to the Conestogoe Indians, & their Entertainment at the late Treaty in May last, from which the sum of Forty eight pounds eighteen shillings & one penny is to be deduc- ted, being the amount of the sale of the Present then made to this Government by these Indians.
To Nicholas Scull, Eleven Pounds, for twenty two days service on a Message to the Indians at Shamokin & other parts, upon the un- happy murder of those at Cucussea : And Four pounds extraordi- nary to him ; he being the person especially entrusted with the Management thereof.
To John Scull, Fifteen Pounds, for thirty days Service on the said
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Messages, & other Services performed; And Three pounds extraor- dinary for interpreting at Treaties.
To Anthony Zadouski; Seven Pounds, for fourteen days service on the Message aforesaid.
To John Jones, Samuel Cosens, John Philips & William Davies who then attended these Messages; Fifty Shillings each.
All which is humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Board by
J. LOGAN, THO. LAURENCE. CLEMT. PLUMSTED.
The Board having considered the several Articles of the above Report do approve of the same, & 'Tis recommended to the Assem- bly to order the Payment of the respective sums therein contained.
At the Courthouse of Philadelphia, August 19th, 1729.
PRESENT :
The honble PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut. Governour, with the Mayor & several of the City & County Magistrates.
A List was presented of the names of Seventy five Palatines, who with their families making in all about One hundred & Eighty per- sons, were imported here in the Ship Mortonhouse, James Coultas Mr., from Rotterdam, but last from Deal, as by Clearance thence dated 21st of June last.
It appeared that the Master had no special License for their Trans- portation, they were then called in, & having declared that their Intentions were to settle & Live peaceably in this Province, the several Persons whose names are subjoyned, did repeat & sign the Declaration inserted in the Minute of 21st of September, 1727.
Dirick Truer, John Philip Rank,
John Daniel Worley,
Valentine Fikus,
John Miller,
John Adam Moor,
Conrad Werness,
John Rice,
John Stephen Regensberger,
Casper Dorest, Dilman Coll,
Dirick Adam Weidle,
Michael Urelick,
Ulrick Croll,
Adam Shamback,
Conrod Killinor,
Joannes Brinkler,
Moret Creetor,
Jacob Reyser,
Jacob Fetter,
Richard Fetter,
Philip Jacob Back,
George Daniel Back,
Michael Weever,
Wendel Wyant, ; Andrew Bastian,
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Michael Boarst, John Haake, Rudolph Moore, Hans Jacob Ratslue, Ulderoy Roat, Nicholas Peffell, Hendrick Doabs, Ultiner Snebler, Hendrick Plino, Hans Hendrick Ubera, Christopher Brown, John Christ Croll,
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Hendrick Warner,
Adam Bastian, ;
Gerard Miller,
Martin Alstadt,
Rudolph Walder,
Andrew Hayes, Hans Michael Heyder, Jacob Creeple,
Hendrick Keelhaver,
Simon Reel,
Peiter Weegar,
Nicolas Carver,
Hendrick Sligloff,
Jacob Eshelman,
Hendrick Sootera,
Welder Keyser,
Hans Uldrick Fry,
Abraham Kensinger,
Christopher Fry,
Reynd. Halder,
Jacob Bowman,
Baltzer Roer,
Joan Casper Inkeler,
Christopher Bumgarner,
John Miller,
Johannes Orde,
Jacob Over,
Johannes Dirick Greeseman,
David Mantandon,
Fredrick Marsh,
Christian Longinacre,
Peter Moll,
Dirick Greeseman,
Joannes Middle.
Carol Arant Mooselback.
At the Courtho. of Philadia., September 15th, 1729. PRESENT : The Honble PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut. Govr., with the Mayor & several of the City & County Magistrates.
A List was presented of the names of Fifty nine Palatines, who with their Families, making in all about One hundred & twenty six Persons, were Imported here in the ship Allen, James Craigie, Mas- ter, from Rotterdam, but last from Cows, as by Clearance thence dated 7th of July last.
It appeared that the Master had no special License for their trans- portation : They were then called in, and having declared that their Intentions were to settle & live peaceably in this Province, the seve- ral persons whose names are subjoyned, did repeat & sign the decla- ration inserted in the Minute of the 21st of September, 1727.
Alexander Mack, Joannes Mack,
John Martin Crist, Hisbert Benter,
Felte Mack,
Hans Contee,
Alexander Mack, Jun'r, Jo. Hendrick Kalklieser,
Jacob Wise,
Andreas Ponne,
Christian Snyder,
Jacob Snyder,
Joannes Flickinger,
Felte Beecher,
Christopher Kalklieser,
Joannes Mackinterfeer, Christian Kitsintander,
Lenhart Amwigh,
Mathias Snyder,
Joseph Prunder,
Christian Cropp, Andreas Cropp, Jacob Cropp, Christian Cropp, Jun'r,
John Jacob Hophack,
William Knipper, Jacob Lisley, Christopher Matten, Paul Libekip,
Jacob Possart,
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Hans Slachter,
Mathias Ultand,
Joannes Pellickhover,
Joannes Kipping,
Johannes Prunder, Jerig Hoffart,
Hans Erick Cogh,
Joannes Perger,
John Michael Anwing,
Joannes Weightman,
Hans Ulrick Kisle,
Philip Mich'. Fiersler,
Ulrick Eley,
Valentine Perhart Hisle,
Rinard Hammer,
Hans Jerig Clauser,
Samuel Galler,
Hendrick Holstein,
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Conrad Iller,
Feltin Rafer,
Hans Casper Kulp,
Jerig Fetter
John Jacob Knight,
David Lisley,
Alexander Till,
Jacob Possart,
Hendrick Peter Midledorf,
Daniel Crop.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, September 20th, 1729.
PRESENT :
The Honble PATRICK GORDON, Esqr., Lieut. Governr.
James Logan, .
Clement Plumsted, 1
Isaac Norris,
Ralph Assheton,
Esq'rs.
Samuel Preston,
Samuel Hasel. 1
Willm. Fishbourn,
The Governour acquainted the Board that he now called them to- gether to lay before them a News paper published in this Province, printed & sold by Andrew Bradford, numbered 506, in which a Letter signed BRUTUS or CASSIUS, or both, appears to reflect on the King & Government of Great Britain, & to incite the Inhabitants of this Province to throw off all Subjection to the regular & Estab- lish'd Powers of Government. And the same being read & con- sidered by the Board, It is their Opinion that it is a wicked & seditious Libell, tending to introduce Confusion under the Notion of Liberty, and to lessen the just Regard due to Persons in Authority. 'Tis therefore ORDERED, that the said Bradford be immediately taken into Custody, & examined by the Mayor & Recorder of this City, or any other two Justices of the Peace, & that his Dwelling House & Print- ing Office be searcht for the written Copy of the said Libel, that the Author may be discovered, & that the Attorney General commence a Prosecution against the said Bradford for Printing & Publishing the same.
N. B.
This order being executed and the Original Copy found, it ap- peared to be wrote by one Campbell, a Parson of a dissolute Character, who had lived for some time in Newcastle County, but his scandalous Behaviour proving intolerable to his Hearers, there he removed to Long Island, from whence he sent that Paper with others of the same strain, by the Post, to Andrew Bradford, who without consider- ing or knowing its Tendency, printed it as he did other Papers in his Mercury. His ignorance therefore, gave some Abatement to the
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