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Ordered, That John Jordan be appointed Waggon Master of the County of Lancaster, in the room of Ferdinand M'Elvain, and he is authorized & directed to nominate a suitable number of Depu- ties to make out a list of waggons in the said County, & to take or- der that the Waggons employed from time to time in the pub- lic service, perform their duty in their turn, & to proceed therein agreeable to such directions as he shall from time to time receive · from this Council.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Saturday Decem. 6, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President.
Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Jacob Morgan,
Tho's Scott,
John Bailey, Jacob Arndt,
John Hambright. Esq'rs.
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Upon representation of Mr. Adam Kimmel, that one of the Wag- gons which he had impressed by virtue of a Warrant from this Council, has been rescued from him by Jacob Keller, George Adam France, Dav'd Menser, Sam'l,Bowman & Henry Brental, in defiance of the said Warrant; thereupon,
Ordered, That the Sheriff apprehend the said persons, & bring them before this Council, and that a warrant issue for that purpose.
On motion,
Ordered, That a Circular Letter be written to the Lieutenants of the several Counties, to exert themselves in Collecting the Fines due from Delinquents, & remit the same to the Treasurer, and likewise to send forward returns of all the Militia in the several Counties, who have from time to time turned out in the several Classes.
The Council took into consideration the Memorial of Benja. Wallace, setting forth that his brother, Mich'l Wallace, had been put under Guard, by order of Col. Boyd, of Pequea, & had been threatened to be Marched to Camp for this reason, that he, Mich'l Wallace had obtained a warrant for a substitute, in the said Colo. Boyd's Battalion, for abuse.
Ordered, That the said Mich'l Wallace be discharged from his confinement.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Monday Decem 8, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President.
Jacob Morgan, John Hambright,
John Bailey, Jacob Arndt, & Esq'rs.
Thomas Scott, Thomas Urie,
His Excell'y, the President, laid before the Council a Letter from Henry Laurens, Esq'r, inclosing two Resolves of Congress,
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one of them recommending it to the Legislatures of the several States to enact Laws for the Calling in the Old Bills of Credit, struck under the authority and sanction of the King of Great Bri- tain, & the other recommending to the Legislatures of this State to repeal the clause in the Militia Law which permits the hireing of substitutes.'
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Capt. Ja's Francis Moore, for One hundred Pounds, in part of his Account, to be charged to Jacob S. Howell, to be by him charged to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment late of this State, and now Commanded by Colonel Stewart.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Tuesday Decem. 9, 1777. . PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President.
Jacob Morgan,
Thomas Urie,
John Bailey, Jacob Arndt, & Esq'rs.
Thomas Scott, John Hambright,
By virtue of a Warrant issued by this board on the 6th instant, Jacob Keller, George , Adam France, David Menser, Samuel Bowman & Henry Brintall, being Arrested, and a report made to Council,
Ordered, That Jacob Keller be now brought before the Coun- . cil, and it appearing by his own confession that he had, in contempt of the Warrant of this Council, taken several Horses from Adam Kimmel, which had been impressed by order of Council for Public Service, and George Adam France, Dav'd Menser, Sam'! Bowman & Henry Brental being now brought in, and it appearing by their own confession that the said George Adam France, Dav'd Menser, Sam'l Bowman & Henry Brental, were concerned with Jacob Kel- ler, in taking several Horses from Adam Kimmel, in contempt of a Warrant issued by this Council ; thereupon,
Ordered, That the said Jacob Keller, George Adam France, Dav'd Menser, Sam'l Bowman & Henry Brental be committed to the common Goal of this County.
Several letters from the County of Bedford, relating to the incursions made by the Indians, being now read and considered,
Ordered, That the Lieutenants of the County of Bedford, & of the County of Westmorland, be authorized and directed to call out from time to time, such parts of the Militia of the said Counties as may be necessary for the immediate defence of the Inhabitants against the Indians, & to take such measures as may most effectu- ally cover the inhabitants while they are securing their grain, and
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it is recommended to the said Lieut's to confer & correspond with each other on this Subject as occasion may require, so as to act in conjunction, as far as may be, for the Public safety.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Wednesday Decem. 10, 1777.
PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Jacob Morgan, Tho's Urie,
John Bailey,
John Hambright, &
Jacob Arndt,
Tho's Scott ..
Esq'rs.
James Edgar,
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Thursday Decem. 11, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Jacob Arndt, Thomas Scott,
John Edgar,
Jacob Morgan, &
Esq'rs. .
John Hambright, John Bailey.
Thomas Urie,
A Letter from Mr. Joseph Nourse, Deputy Secretary of the Board of War, inclosing several Resolves of Congress, Several Letters from Owen Jones, jun'r, to divers persons in Lancaster, & one from Mat- thias Slough to the said Owen Jones, jun'r, and the depositions of several persons relating to the conduct of the Quaker Prisoners at Winchester, & also a resolve of the Board of War for the removing the said Prisoners to Staunton, in the County of Augusta, in Vir- ginia.
Ordered, That the same be laid before the Hon'ble House of Assembly.
Ordered, That application be made to the Board of War for a number of Arms, to be repaired and put into the hands of the Mi- litia of the County of Bedford, for their immediate defence against the incursions of the Indians.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of the Hon'ble John Hambright, Esq'r, for the
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Sum of Fifty-eight pounds eight shillings & nine pence, for forty- five attendance & half Mileage on one hundred & five miles, (be having removed his Family from his late dwelling to this Borough.)
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Friday, Decem. 12, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Jacob Morgan, Jacob Arndt,
John Bailey,
Thomas Scott, &
James Edgar, Tho's Urie,
John Hambright. 1
Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of John Bayard, Esq'r, for the sum of Five thousand Pounds, to be charged to Will'm Henry, Esq'r, Lieutenant of the City of Philadelphia, being so much money advanced by John Philips & Co. to the said Will'm Henry, & by him assigned to the said Colo. John Bayard.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of George Ross, Esq'r, for Eleven Month's rent of an office for Public Papers, (according to an Agreement made with him by Will'm Parr, Esq'r, for the Sum of Thirty-Three Pounds.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Saturday Decem. 13, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THOS. WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Thomas Edgar, Thomas Urie,
Thomas Scott, & Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on ' Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Stephen Sutton, for the Sum of Thirty-six Pounds eighteen Shillings and nine Pence, for riding Express on Public business.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of John Tyler, (Gunsmith,) for the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, & ordered to be charged to Jacob S. Howell, to whom the said John Tyler (Gunsmith) is to be accountable.
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Ordered, That Mr. John Tyler send what Rifles he has by him fit for service, immediately forward to this Borough, to the Council. The General Assembly of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, sent into Council the following Certificate, vizt :
" In General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Wednesday Dec'r 10, 1777, P. M.
" On motion, Resolved, That this House will now proceed, agrea- ble to the order of the day, to the Election of Delegates to serve this State in Congress for the ensuing year, every one of whom shall have forty Shillings for each days' service.
" Whereupon, The said Election being made by Ballot, Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Rob't Morris, Dan'l Roberdeau, Jonath'n Bayard Smith, James Smith, Yorktown, Will'm Clinghan & Jo- seph Reed, Esq'rs, were Chosen.
"Extract from the Minutes.
"JOHN MORRIS, jun'r, Clerk of General Assembly."
Thereupon, Ordered, That a Certificate of the said Election and appointment be made out, under the Seal of the Comonwealth, signed by his Excell'y the President, & Attested by the Secretary.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Monday Decem. 15, 1777. PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Edgar, John Hambright, Thomas Scott,
Thomas Urie, &
Esq'rs.
William Henry, Esq'r, informed the Council that very frequent applications had been made to him for Payment of Waggonhire, due to the inhabitants of this County for service done last Sum- mer ; thereupon,
Ordered, That application be made to Gen'l Mifflin, requesting that he will take immediate & effectual measures for the payment of the said Waggoners.
The Petition of Jacob Keller & Peter Miller, on behalf of Ja- cob Keller, jun'r, Sam'l Bowman, Jacob Brindle, Dav'd Meinzer, George Adam Frantz, now prisoners in the Goal of this County, being read, & the Petitioners heard ; thereupon,
Ordered, That Sam'l Bowman, David Meinzer, & George Adam Frantz, who appear to have been drawn in to aid & abet Jacob VOL. XI .- 25.
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Keller in forcibly taking away two Horses from Adam Kimmel, which were in the service of Council, thro' a deception, be dis- charged on taking & Subscribing the Oath or Affirmation of Alle- giance to the State, and that Jacob Keller, jun'r, & Jacob Brindle, on their taking & subscribing the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to the State, and giving Security for their good behaviour for one year, themselves each in the Sum of Four hundred Pounds, & one Sufficent Freeholder in the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, be en- larged.
Colo. Bayard & Colo. Coats attended the Council in the name of the Hon'ble House of Assembly, requested a conference with Council, (either in the Assembly Room or in the Council Cham- ber, as the Council think fit,) on the situation of the State, with respect to the Continental Army going into Winter Quarters; thereupon, -
Agreed, That this Council will attend the House in the Assembly Room.
The Conference with the Hon'ble House of General Assembly having been had, & it being unanimously agreed to remonstrate to Congress against the Army going into Cantonments,
Ordered, That the Hon'ble Vice President & Mr. Scott be ap- pointed to join with a Committee of the Hon'ble House of Gen- eral Assembly to draw up the said Remonstrance, to be laid before the Council & the House to-morrow morning.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Tuesday Decem. 16, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President.
James Edgar, Tho's Urie, &
1 John Hambright, Tho's Scott. "}Esq
The Council taking into consideration the case of Doctor Shan- non, who has been arrested as a person unfriendly to the cause of America, and suspected as being dangerous to liberty ; thereupon,
Ordered, That Doctor Shannon do give security for his appear- ance at this Board when called upon, to answer such Charge as may be brought against him, and in the mean time to be of good beha- viour, himself in the Sum of Two thousand Pounds, & one or more sufficient Freeholders in the Sum of One thousand Pounds.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Wednesday Decem. 17, 1777.
PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, John Hambright, & )
James Edgar,
Tho's Scott. Esq'rs.
Tho's Urie,
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Will'm C. Bradford, Paymaster of the Penn- sylvania Fleet, for the Sum of Three Thousand Pounds, 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 C. Bradford, for the Sum of Four thousand Pounds, to be delivered to Mr. Will'm Crispin, Commis- sary to the Pennsylvania Fleet, to be charged to the account of the said Will'm Crispin, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of the Hon'ble George Bryan, Esq'r, Vice Presi- dent, for the Sum of Two hundred & Fifty Pounds additional Pay, voted to him in Assembly the 12th of October last, for half a year, ending the first day of September last.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Friday Decem. 19, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, James Edgar,
Jacob Morgan, Thomas Scott, &
Esq'rs.
John Hambright, Thomas Urie, 7
Application being made to Council to fix the Pay of the Horse Men who entered into Service from Chester County,
Ordered, That the Gentlemen who, instead of doing duty in the Foot Militia, have entered into the service as horsemen, be allowed over and besides the Pay of Militia, all the expences which they have actually paid for foreage, when it could not be supplied by the Commissary.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Saturday Decem. 20, 1777.
PRESENT :
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His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, Tho's Scott, & )
James Edgar, John Hambright,
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Philip Mar- stiller, Paymaster of Militia for this County, for the Sum of Four thousand Pounds, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Frederick Sneyder, for eighty five days at- tendance, and for riding express to Easton, & for sundry small ex- pences paid by him, for the Sum of One hundred Pounds Eight Shillings & Six Pence.
The recommendation of the Justices of the Peace of the County of York of three persons as qualified to act as Clerk of the Peace, being now read & considered ; thereupon,
Ordered, That Arch'd McClean, Esq'r, be appointed Clerk of the Peace for the County of York.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Monday Decem. 22, 1777. PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, Ewing, & 7
Tho's Scott, John Hambright, . Esq'rs. 1
James Edgar,
The Council took into consideration the great inconveniences arising from the present irregular mode of providing Waggons for the Army.
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LANCASTER, Tuesday Decem. 23, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, Tho's Urie, & )
James Edgar,
Tho's Scott, Esq'rs.
John Hambright,
The Council resumed the consideration of the mode of supply- ing the Army with Waggons.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Peter Dehaven, for the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, for which he is to account.
Council being informed that there is a quantity of Gun powder, Salt Petre, & Sulphur, belonging to either this State or to the Continent, which is at present in the hands of Tho's Himeburg, near the Yellow Springs, which appears to be insecure ; therefore,
An order was given for the delivery of the same to the Hon'ble Tho's Urie, Esq'r, to be by him secured, and an order was also drawn directing Mr. Rob't Towers, to deliver to the said Tho's Urie such Public Stores as are now in his hands belonging either to the Continent or to this State.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Mr. Blaithwaite Jones, for the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, to be charged to Congress, in part Pay for his services in superintending the Works at Billingsport.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Wednesday Decem. 24, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S. WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Hambright, Thomas Scott, & 2
James Edgar, Joseph Hart, Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Adam Kimmel, for the Sum of Five hundred & Fifty Pounds Six Shillings & Eleven Pence, for Whiskey, & Car- riage of it to our Fleet. The following Representation to the Re- presentatives of the Freemen of the State of Pennsylvania being
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read and agreed to, was sent to the Hon'ble House of General As- sembly now sitting, viz't:
" In Council, Lancaster, Decem. 24, 1777.
" To the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
"'The Council having found great inconvenience and mischief arise from the want of a Law for regulating Carriages employed in the Service of the Army; That such Laws having been found proper & useful in former times, when Soldiers have been employed & Quar- tered in Pennsylvania, are become more necessary than ever, from the great extent & burden of that duty at present ; That contrary to the Policy of free States, Quarter Masters, Commissaries, & other persons of Character, purely Military, have been left through necessity, to press Waggons & Horses, a practice big with mischief & oppression, such Officers regarding merely their own convenience & ease, & burdening chiefly the neighbourhood where they reside, & forcing into Service Carriages carrying in the Town food & fuel to the immediate distress of the inhabitants; That Council have endeavoured to interpose their influence in extending the burden of this necessary duty to the People generally, but that want of au- thority to enforce their Rules by punishing offenders & restraining the Military Officers aforesaid, have undermined all their efforts, and must continue to do so, whereby the Waggon Service will be- come an intolerable grievance to many worthy Farmers, and will be performed with reluctance & insufficiency; That the need of a better reward than Thirty Shillings P. Diem, for the service of a Team of four Horses & a Waggon, has been fully manifest to Council ; That they have represented to our Delegates in Congress that adequate Wages are essentially necessary to the performance of this important Service, & they have recommended that Forty- five Shillings or Fifty Shillings Per Diem be hereafter allowed; Council therefore, are of opinion that a Law on the Subject of Car- riages & Horses for Continental Service is indispensibly necessary, & if it should be considered as proper, Council will frame heads of a Bill for expediting the same.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Thursday Decem. 25, 1777. PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEO. BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, & Tho's Scott, Esq'rs.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Friday Decem. 26, 1777. PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. Joseph Hart, John Hambright, Esq'rs.
Tho's Scott, &
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Saturday Decem. 27, 1777. PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, Esquire.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Colo. Will'm Coats, Lieu't of the County of Philadelphia, for the Sum of One Thousand & five hundred Pounds, 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 Scott, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Militia of the County of Bucks, for the Sum of Two thousand Pounds, to be charged to Thomas Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the State.
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The Council met.
LANCASTER, Monday Decem. 29, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excll'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. Joseph Hart, Thomas Scott, John Hambright, & Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Marshall Edwards, Esq'r, Paymaster of Phila- delphia County Militia, for the Sum of One thousand Two hundred & fifty Pounds, to be charged to Tho's Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Militia of the State.
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Colo. Proctor represented to the Council that a considerable Sum of Money was due to the Militia of the County of Westmor- land, for services done by them, and that there is a necessity of a Sum of Money being sent into the said County to purchase Provi- sions for the Men now in service & that may be called into service against the Indians ; thereupon,
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of John Proctor, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Militia of the County of Westmoreland, for the Sum of One thousand & five hundred Pounds, to be applied in Paying the said Militia, & to be charged to Thomas Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the State.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of John Proctor, Esq'r, for the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, to be by him delivered to Colo. Arch'd Lockry, Lieu't of the County of Westmorland, to procure Provisions for the Militia, & to be charged to the said Colo. Lockry.
And an order was drawn on David Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Wm. Holliday, for the Sum of Four hun- dred Pounds, to Pay for Provisions purchased to supply the Militia of Bedford County, & to continue the Supply, which Sum is to be charged to Colo. Piper, Lieu't of said County.
The Council met.
LANCASTER, Tuesday Decem, 30, 1777. 1
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, John Hambright, & Thomas Scott, Š Esq'rs.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer of the State, in favor of Michael Reinhard, for the Sum of Thirteen Pounds & ten Shillings, for Riding Express.
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The Council met.
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LANCASTER, Wednesday Decem. 31, 1777. PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEOEGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
Joseph Hart, John Hambright,
Thomas Scott, & ? Thomas Urie, Esq'rs.
On Monday last Mich'l Smith, Waggon Master, delivered to Council Nine Bales of Woollens & five small Bales of Shalloons, which had been Seized by Colo's Smith & Keiklein, of the County of Bucks, & sent forward for the purpose of Cloathing of Troops; . and an order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of the said Mich'l Smith, for the Carriage of the said Goods, for the Sum of Ninety-four Pounds & ten Shillings, to be charged to account of Cloathing the Troops of this State.
Ordered, That Capt. John Harrison be appointed to the Com- mand of the Dickinson Arm'd Boat, and that he be commissioned accordingly.
The Council met.
Thursday January 1, 1778.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President.
Joseph Hart, John Hambright, &
Tho's Urie, John Bailey, S
Esq'rs.
Joseph Green, of the County of Northumberland, laid before the Council an Account of Expences in supplying the Militia of that County with Provisions, on an expedition up the West branch' of Susquehanna River, to defend the frontiers against the Indians, Amounting to One thousand Four hundred & Sixty Six Pounds Se- ven Shillings & Six Pence, as he has stated it; but Council not having before them the vouchers necessary to support the said ac- count, & it appearing that a considerable Sum of Money will be wanted in that department, this account is ordered to be rendered to the Lieu't of the County; And an order was drawn on the Trea- surer, in favor of Joseph Green, for the Sum of One Thousand & Six hundred Pounds, to be by him paid into the hands of Samuel Hunter, Esq'r, Lieutenant of the said County, & to be charged to the said Hunter.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer, in favor of Jacob S. How- ell, for the Sum of One hundred Pounds, for which he is to ac- count.
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Mr. Sam'l Caldwell rendered an account of the Expences paid by him & Mr. A. Nesbitt, in conducting the Quaker Prisoners to Reading, Amounting to One hundred & Fifty-Nine Pounds Three Shillings & four Pence ; And an order was drawn on the Treasurer, in favor of Mr. Sam'l Caldwell, for the Sum of Fifty-Nine Pounds Three Shillings & four Pence, balance of the aforesaid Account.
Order dated yesterday.
Mr. James Read & Colo. Clarke, a Committee of the Hon'ble House of General Assembly, attended in Council & laid before them the Petition of Forty-four respectable Persons of this County, pro- posing the calling out the whole strength of this State against the Enemy, and proposed a conference between the Council & General Assembly.
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