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" 14th. A full Council was Summon'd & every thing repeated by me to all the Indians of what pass'd in Lancaster at the last Treaty with the Twightwees.
" The News was confirm'd by a Belt of Wampum from the Six Na- tions, that the French had imprisoned some of the Six Nations Depu- ties, & 30 of the Wandots, including Women & ( hildren. The In- dians that were sent to meet our People with the Goods came back & did not see any thing of them, but they had been no further than the old Shawonese Town.
" 15th I let the Indians know that I wou'd deliver my Message to morrow, & the Goods I had, & that they must send Deputies with me on my returning homewards, & wherever we shou'd meet the rest of the Goods I wou'd send them to them if they were not taken by the Enemy, to which they agreed.
" The same Day the Delawares made a Speech to me & presented a Beaver Coat & a String of Wampum, & said, Brother : 'we let the President & Council of Phila. know that after the Death of our Cheif Man, Olomipies, our Grand Children the Shawnese came to our own Town to condole with us over the loss of our good King, your Brother, & they wiped off our Tears & comforted our minds, & as the Delawares are the same People with the Pennsylvanians, & born in one & the same Country, we give some of the Present our Grand Children gave us to the President & Council of Philda. be- cause the Death of their good Friend & Brother must have affected them as well as us.'
" Gave the Beaver Coat & a String of Wampum.
"The same Day the Wandots sent for me & Andrew & presented
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us with 7 Beaver Skins about 10 lbs. weight, & said they gave us that to buy some refreshments for us after our arrival in Pennsylvania, wished we might get home safe, & lifted up their Hands & said they wou'd pray God to protect us & guide us the way home. I desir'd to know their Names; they behav'd like People of good Sense & Sincerity ; the most of them were grey headed ; their Names are as follows :
" Totornihiades,
Wanduny,
" Taganayesy,
" Sonachqua,
Taruchiorus, their Speaker.
" The Chiefs of the Delawares that made the above Speech are Shawanasson & Achamanatainu.
" 16th. I made answer to the Delawares & said,-
" 'Brethren the Delawares :
""' It is true what you said that the People of Pennsylvania are your Brethren & Countrymen ; we are very well pleas'd of what your Children the Shawonese did to you; this is the first time we had publick Notice given us of the Death of our good Friend & Brother Olomipies. I take this opportunity to remove the re- mainder of your Troubles from your Hearts to enable you to attend in Council at the ensuing Treaty, & [ assure you that the President & Council of Pennsylvania condoles with You over the loss of your King our good Friend & Brother.'
" Gave them 5 Strouds.
" The two aforesaid Chiefs gave a String of Wampum & desir'd me to let their Brethren, the President & Council, know they in- tended a Journey next Spring to Philadelphia to consult with their Brethren over some Affairs of Moment,. since they are now like Orphan Children; they hoped their Brethren wou'd let them have their good Advice and Assistance, as the People of Pennsylvania & the Delawares were like one Family ..
" The same Day the rest of the Goods arriv'd the Men said they had nine Days' Rain & the Creeks arose, & that they had been oblig'd to send a sick Man back from Franks Town to the Inhabi- tants with another to attend him.
"The neighbouring Indians being sent for again, the Council was appointed to meet to-morrow, it rain'd again.
" 17th. It rained very hard, but in the Afternoon it held up for about 3 hours ; the Deputies of the several Nations met in Council & I delivered them what I had to say from the President & Council of Pennsylvania by Andrew Montour.
"'Brethren, you that live on Ohio :
"' I am sent to You by the President & Council of Pennsylvania,
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& I am now going to Speak to You on their behalf, I desire You will take Notice & hear what I shall say.'
" Gave a String of Wampum.
"""Brethren :
" 'Some of You have been in Philadelphia last Fall & acquainted us that You had taken up the English Hatchet, and that You had already made use of it against the French, & that the French had very hard heads, & your Country afforded nothing but Sticks & Hickerys which was not sufficient to break them. You desir'd your Brethren wou'd assist You with some Weapons sufficient to do it. Your Brethren the Presid' & Council promis'd you then to send something to You next Spring by Tharachiawagon, but as some other Affairs prevented his Journey to Ohio, you receiv'd a Supply by George Croghan sent you by your said Brethren; but before George Croghan came back from Ohio News came from over the Great Lake that the King of Great Britain & the French King had agreed upon a Cessation of Arms for Six Months & that a Peace was very likely to follow. Your Brethren, the Pre- sident & Council, were then in a manner at a loss what to do. It did not become them to act contrary to the command of the King, and it was out of their Power to encourage you in the War against the French; but as your Brethren never miss'd fulfilling their Promises, they have upon second Consideration thought proper to turn the intended Supply into a Civil & Brotherly Present, and have accordingly sent me with it, and here are the Goods before your Eyes, which I have, by your Brethren's Order, divided into 5 Shares & layd in 5 different heaps, one heap whereof your Brother Assaraquoa sent to You to remember his Friendship and Unity with You; & as you are all of the same Nations with whom we the English have been in League of Friendship, nothing nced be said more than this, that the President & Council & Assaraquoa have sent You this Present to serve to strengthen the Chain of Friend- ship between us the English & the several Nations of Indians to which You belong. A French Peace is a very uncertain One, they keep it no longer than their Interest permits, then they break it without provocation given them. The French King's People have been almost starv'd in old France for want of Provision, which made them wish & seek for Peace; but our wise People are of opinion that after their Bellies are full they will quarrel again & raise a War. All Nations in Europe know that their Friendship is mix'd with Poison, & many that trusted too much on their Friendship have been ruin'd.
""' I now conclude & say, that we the English are your true Brethren at all Events, In token whereof receive this Present.' The Goods being then uncover'd I proceeded.
"' Brethren :
"'You have of late settled the River of Ohio for the sake of
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Hunting, & our Traders followed you for the sake of Hunting also. You have invited them yourselves. Your Brethren, the President & Council, desire You will look upon them as your Brethren & see that they have justice done. Some of your Young Men have robbed our Traders, but you will be so honest as to compel them to make Satisfaction. You are now become a People of Note, & are grown very numerous of late Years, & there is no doubt some wise Men among you, it therefore becomes you to Act the part of wise men, & for the future be more regular than You have been for some Years past, when only a few Young Hunters lived here.'
" Gave a Belt.
"'Brethren :
"' You have of late made frequent Complaints against the Traders bringing so much Rum to your Towns, & desir'd it might be stop't ; & your Brethren the President & Council made an Act accordingly & put a stop to it, & no Trader was to bring any Rum or strong Liquor to your Towns. I have the Act here with me & shall explain it to You before I leave you; But it seems it is out of your Brethren's Power to stop it entirely. You send down your own Skins by the Traders to buy Rum for you. You go yourselves & fetch Horse loads of strong Liquor. But the other Day an Indian came to this Town out of Maryland with 3 Horse loads of Liquor, so that it appears you love it so well that you cannot be without it. You know very well that the Country near the endless Mountain affords strong Liquor, & the moment the Traders buy it they are gone out of the Inhabitants & are travel- ling to this Place without being discover'd ; besides this, you never agree about it-one will have it, the other won't (tho' very few), a third says we will have it cheaper; this last we believe is spoken from your Hearts (here they Laughed). Your Brethren, therefore, have order'd that every - of Whiskey shall be sold to You for 5 Bucks in your Town, & if a Trader offers to sell Whiskey to You and will not let you have it at that Price, you may take it from him & drink it for nothing.'
" Gave a Belt.
"'Brethren :
"' Here is one of the Traders who you know to be a very sober & honest Man ; he has been robbed of the value of 300 Bucks, & you all know by whom; let, therefore, Satisfaction be made to the Trader.'
" Gave a String of Wampum.
" 'Brethren, I have no more to say.'
" I delivered the Goods to them, having first divided them into 5 Shares-a Share to the Senekas another to the Cajukas, Oneidos, the Onontagers, & Mohawks, another to the Delawares, another to
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the Owendaets, Tisagechroanu, & Mohickons, and the other to the Shawonese.
" The Indians signified great Satisfaction & were well pleased with the Cessation of Arms. The Rainy Wheather hasted them away with the Goods into the Houses.
" 18th. The Speech was delivered to the Delawares in their own Language, & also to the Shawonese in their's, by Andrew Montour, in the presence of the Gentlemen that accompanied me. I ac- quainted the Indians I was determined to leave them to-morrow & return homewards.
" 19th. Scaiohady, Tannghrishon, Oniadagarchra, with a few more, came to my lodging & spoke as follows :
"' Brother Onas-
"' We desire you will hear what we are going to say to You in be- half of all the Indians on Ohio ; their Deputies have sent us to You.
"' We have heard what you have said to us, & we return You many thanks for your kindness in informing us of what pass'd be- tween the King of Great Britain & the French King, and in par- ticular we return you many thanks for the large Presents ; the same we do to our Brother Assaraquoa, who joined our Brother Onas in making us a Present. Our Brethren have indeed tied our Hearts to their's. We at present can but return thanks with an empty hand till another opportunity serves to do it sufficiently. We must call a great Council & do every thing regular; in the mean time look upon us as your true Brothers.
" ' Brother :
""" You said the other Day in Council if any thing befell us from the French we must let you know of it. We will let you know if we hear any thing from the French, be it against us or yourself. You will have Peace, but it's most certain that the Six Nations & their Allies are upon the point of declaring War against the French. Let us keep up true Corrispondence & always hear of one another.'
" They gave a Belt.
"'Scaiolady & the half King, with two others, had inform'd me that they often must send Messengers to Indian Towns & Nations, & had nothing in their Council Bag, as they were new beginners, either to recompense a Messenger or to get Wampum to do the busi- ness, & begged I wou'd assist them with something. I had saved a Piece of Strowd, an half Barrell of Power, 100 1b. of Lead, 10 Shirts, 6 Knives, and 1 1b. of Vermillion, & gave it to them for the aforesaid use ; they return'd many thanks and were mightily pleased.
" The same Day I set out for Pennsylvania in Rainy Weather, and arrived at George Croghan's on the 28th Instant.
" CONRAD WEISER.
" Pennsbury, Sept". 29th, 1748.
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At a Council held at Philadadelphia, 29th October, 1748. PRESENT :
The Honoble. ANTHONY PALMER, Esq., President.
Samuel Hassell,
Abraham Taylor,
Benjamin Shoemaker,
Robert Strettell,
Esqrs.
Joseph Turner,
Thomas Hopkinson,
The Minutes of the preceding Council were read & approv'd.
Two Packets from the Secretary of the State's Office were opened, which were found to contain the following Letters and Papers.
" WHITEHALL, 28th June, 1748.
" Sir :
" The Act of Accession of the King of Spain as likewise that of the Republick of Genoa to the Preliminaries signed at Aix-la- Chapelle the 19th April, O. S., 1748, having been Signed by their respective Plenipotentiary's on the 28th Instant, N. S., in conse- quence of which Hostilities are to cease as well by Sea as Land, ac- cording to the Terms and periods agreed upon for a suspension of Arms in the Treaty sign'd at Paris the 19th Day of August, N. S., 1712, I herewith inclose to You a literal Translation of the clauses of the said Treaty of the 19th Augst .: 1712, N. S., which relate to this matter, & which together with my Letter to You of the 7th May last, & the Copy of His Majestie's Proclamation which was therein inclos'd, will serve for your Information and for the rule of your Conduct on this occasion; and you are to give proper directions to the end that all His Majestie's Subjects in your Government may pay due obedience to & strictly observe the same.
" I am, Sir, Your most obed'. humb. Servt.,
" BEDFORD. " ANTHONY PALMER, Esqr., Presidt.
" Translation of the third Article of the Treaty for a suspension of Arms for four Months, made & concluded at Paris between Ann, Queen of Great Britain, & Lewis 14th, King of France, at Paris the 19th Day of August, 1712.
" To prevent in like manner all Subjects of Complaints & of Con- testations which may arise on occasion of Ships, Merchandises, or other Effects which may be taken at Sea during the time of the Suspension, it is mutually agreed that such Ships, Merchandises, & Effects which may be taken in the Channel & in the North Seas after the Space of twelve Days, to be computed from the Signing of the said Suspension, shall be restored mutually.
" That the Term shall be of Six Weeks for Prizes made from the Channel, the British Seas, & the North Seas as far as Cape St. Vin- cent.
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" And in like manner of Six Weeks from & beyond that Cape as far the Line, whether in the Ocean or in the Mediteranean.
" Lastly, of Six Months beyond the Line, & in all other parts of the World without any exception or other more particular distinc- tion of time & Place.
" WHITEHALL, 9th August, 1748. "Sir :
"In my Letter of the 28th June Last I acquainted You with the King of Spain & the Republick of Genoa's accession to the Prelimi- nary Articles, Sign'd at Aix-la-chapelle the 19th April, O. S., 1748, for restoring a general Peace. I am now to inform You that their Excellency's the Lords Justices have since order'd a Procla- mation to be published, a Copy of which is inclos'd, declaring a Cessation of Hostilities against His Catholick Majesty & the Re- publick of Genoa & their Subjects, as well by Sea as Land, which Proclamation you are to cause to be publish'd in all the proper Places under your Government, to the end that all His Majestie's Subjects there may pay due obedience, & strictly conform them- selves thereto.
" I am, Sir, Your most obed' h'ble Servt.
" BEDFORD.
"ANTHONY PALMER, Esq. Presid."
" By the Lords Justices.
"A PROCLAMATION. "Tho. Cantuar, " Bedford,
" Hardwick, C. " Argyle,
" Whereas, preliminaries for restoring a General Peace were Sign'd at Aix-la-chapelle on the 19th Day of April last, O. S., by the Ministers of His Majesty, the most Christian King, & the States General of the United Provinces. And whereas, for the putting an end to the Calamities of War as soon and as far as might be possible, it was agreed between his Majesty the most Christian King & the States General that Hostilities shou'd cease at Land and at Sea within the times & in the manner in the said Preliminary Articles for that purpose agreed upon. And whereas, since the Sign- ing the said Preliminaries His Catholic Majesty and the most serene Republick of Genoa did, on the Seventeenth Day of June last, O. S., accede to the said Preliminaries, We have thought fit by & with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, & do hereby in His Majesty's Name notify the same to all His loving Subjects, and do strictly charge & command all his Officers and all other His Sub- jects whatsoever, to forbear all Acts of Hostility against his Catho- lick Majesty and the Republic of Genoa, or either of them, their or either of their Vassals or Subjects, from & after the respective
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Times following, that is to say, from & after the end of Twelve Days, to be computed from & after the said seventeenth Day of June last, O. S., in the Channel & in the North Seas ; and from and after the end of Six Weeks from the said seventeenth Day of June last, O. S., beyond the Channel, the British Seas, and the North Seas as far as Cape St. Vincent, and beyond the said Cape to the Equi- noctial Line, whether in the Ocean or Mediterranean ; and from & after the end of Six Months from the said seventeenth Day of June last, O. S., beyond the said Equinoctial Line, and in all other Places of the World without any exception or other more particular distinction of time or Place, and do declare that all Ships, Merchan- dizes, & Effects belonging to His Catholick Majesty & the Repub- lick of Genoa, or either of them, or their or either of their Subjects or Vassals, that have or shall be taken contrary to the true meaning of this Proclamation, shall be restored.
" Given at Whitehall the 4th Day of August, 1748, in the Twenty- second Year of His Majesty's Reign.
"GOD SAVE THE KING."
"WHITEHALL, 27th August, 1748. "Sir :
"The Lords Justices having in obedience to His Majesty's Com- mands caused a Proclamation to be issued for taking off the prohi- bition of Commerce between His Majesty's Subjects and those of His Catholick Majesty, I am commanded by their Excellencies to send You a Copy of the said Proclamation, and to Signify their di- rections to You that you cause the same to be publish'd in all the proper Places under your Government.
"I am, Sir, Your most obedient h'ble Serv.,
"RI. RO. ALDWORTH.
" ANTHONY PALMER, Esqr., Presid"."
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" By the Lords Justices. "A PROCLAMATION. " Dorset P., " Bedford,
"Montagu,
" Harrington.
" Whereas, by an Act of Parliament made in the thirteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled 'an Act for prohibiting Commerce with Spain,' all Commerce between His Majesty's Subjects & those of Spain in Europe was prohibited and restrained in manner in the said Act mentioned : And Whereas it was provided by the said Act that if His Majesty in his great Wisdom should at any time during the present War judge it for the benefit of His People to take off the said Prohibition & Restrictions, it shou'd be lawful for His Majesty by one or Proclamation or Proclamations to signify
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the same, & thereupon such Goods & Commodities as in the said Act are mentioned shou'd and might be imported, being first duly en- ter'd, and paying the Customs & other Duties then due by Law for the same, any thing in the said Act contained to the contrary not- withstanding. We, therefore, judging it expedient immediately to take off the said Prohibitions & Restrictions created by the said Act of Parliament, have thought fit by & with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, and do hereby in His Majesty's Name, in pursuance of the Power reserved in & by the said Act of Parliament, by this Proclamation signify the same to all his loving, and do hereby de- clare that the said Probihitions and Restrictions are from henceforth taken off.
"Given at Whitehall the Twenty-fifth Day of August, 1748, in the the Twenty-second Year of His Majesty's Reign.
"GOD SAVE THE KING."
And thereupon the Proclamations were immediately publish'd at the Court House, & order'd to be printed & dispers'd thro' the several Counties.
At a Council held at Philada., Wednesday, 23d Novr., 1748. PRESENT :
The Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esqr., Lieutenant Gov- ernor.
Anthony Palmer, Thomas Lawrence,
Samuel Hasell,
William Till,
Abraham Taylor,
Robert Strettell,
Esquires.
Joseph Turner,
Thomas Hopkinson, J
A letter from the Honourable Proprietarics to the Council by the Governor, was read in these words :
" Gentlemen :
" As the arrival of Mr. Hamilton, who embarks in the Ship that carrys this Letter, will put an end to your Administration of Gov- ernment, we cou'd not avoid declaring to you the Sense we have of your having executed those Powers with great Zeal and attachment to the true Interest of your Country ; such a Conduct deserves and has our hearty acknowledgments, and you may be assur'd of our good will on all occasions. We recommend our Governor to your advice & assistance, and are,
" Gentlemen, Your very affectionate Friends,
" THO. PENN. "RICH'D. PENN.
" LONDON, August 30th, 1748."
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And then a Commission, Dated the 17th Day of March last, un- der the Hands and Seals of the Honoble Proprietaries, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esqrs., constituting the Honoble. James Hamilton, Esqr., Lieutenant Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania & Counties of New Castle, Kent, & Sussex, on Delaware, His Majestie's Order in Council under the Seal of the Privy Council, dated the 12th May last, approving of him to be Gov"", & a Copy of the Minute of the fourth of August last of their Excellencies the Lords Justices in Council, certifying the Governor's having that Day taken the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy, &c., before them, and likewise a Warrant from the Pro- prietaries to the Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province bearing even date with the Commission commanding him to Affix the said Seal thereto, were produc'd by the Governor & read; the Secre- tary was thereupon sent to the Keeper of the Great Seal to get the Seal affix'd to the said Commission.
On his return the Governor's Commission was again read, & His Honour signifying his Intention that it shou'd be immediately pub- lish'd, the Council waited on him to the Court House where the Publication was made in the usual Forms.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, Thursday, 24th Nov"-, 1748. PRESENT :
The Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esqr., Lieutenant Gov- ernor.
Thomas Lawrence,
Samuel Hasell,
Abraham Taylor,
Robert Strettell, Esqrs. Joseph Turner,
Thomas Hopkinson,
The Minutes of the preceding Council were read & approv'd.
The Governor propos'd to the Council the issuing a Proclamation for the continuance of Magistrates & other officers, & a Draught being Laid before them it was approv'd and agreed to be published on the Governor's return from his Government of the Lower Counties : .
" By the Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esqr., Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsyl- vania and Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Dela- ware :
"A PROCLAMATION.
" Forasmuch as the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and, absolute Proprietaries & Governors-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, have been pleased by their Commission, under their Hands and Seal, bearing date the seventeenth Day of
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March last, to constitute and appoint me to bo their Lieutenant Governor of the said Province and Counties, with all necessary Powers and Authority for the well governing of the same, which said appointment the King's most excellent Majesty, in a Council held at St. James' the Twelfth Day of May last past, was graciously pleased to allow and approve of : "Therefore, in pursuance of the said Trust in me reposed, having a special Regard to the Safety of the State & Government of the said Province and Counties, and to pre- vent failures in the Administration of Justice therein, I have by & with the Advice & Consent of the Council of the said Province & Counties, thought fit to ordain and do hereby ordain and declare that all Orders and Commissions whatsoever relating to the Govern- ment of the said Province and Counties heretofore Lawfully and rightfully issued, which were in force on the Twenty-third Day of this Instant, November, shall be, continue, and remain in full force, power, and virtue, according to their respective Tenors, until my further pleasure shall be known therein ; and that all Persons what- soever who on the Twenty-third Day of this Instant, November, held or enjoyed any Office of Trust or Profit in this Government, by virtue of any such Commission as aforesaid, shall continue to hold and enjoy the same until they be determined by me as aforesaid, or by other sufficient Authority. And I do further hereby command and require all Magistrates, Officers, and Commissioners whatsoever, in whom any publick Trust is reposed in this Government that they diligently proceed in the performance and discharge of their re- spective Duties therein for the Safety, Peace, and well-being of the same.
" Given under my Hand and Great Seal of this Province at Phila- delphia the Thirtieth Day of November, in the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the Second, King of Great Britain, France, & Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &ea., Annoqz Domini, 1748.
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