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Resolved, That Colonel Coates, Lieutenant of the County of Phila- delphia, be desired to Muster the militia that were called out and marched, agreeable to the Order of this Board of the thirteenth of October last, and that he draw on the paymaster of the County for their pay.
Mr. Pringle attended and laid before the Board the account of his proceedings and Journey to New Jersey, on Mrs. Bergen's com- plaint.
A letter from Honourable Mr. Atlee, containing an account of the Conestogoe Manor; which was Ordered to be filed.
A letter from Captain Ziegler, requesting a farther Supply of Stores, was laid before the Board; and thereupon,
Ordered, That Colonel Farmer attend to-morrow on this business.
Mr. Rittenhouse, State Treasurer, having made a return of Cash as follows :
" Philadelphia, January 4th, 1780.
" Return of Cash in the State Treasury, subject by law to the " orders of Congress, 150,000 dollars, which will be ready for pay- " ment on Monday next.
" Paid on a Warrant of Congress since that return, 200,000 " dollars.
" DAVID RITTENHOUSE, Treasurer.
" The Hon'ble President and Council."
Thereupon,
Ordered, That the same be filed.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Jau'ry 5th, 1780.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Read, Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Smith,
Mr. Lacey, and
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Hambright,
Colonel Farmer attended pursuant to the order of yesterday, and received directions to enquire into the prices of the several articles, and make return.
It having been certified to this Board by Doctors Chevitt and Phile, that Samuel Fisher, now confined in prison under sentence for misprision of Treason, is dangerously ill, so that his life may be endangered, unless removed to some place where he may be better accommodated,
Resolved, That upon sufficient Security being given, as has been usual in like cases, before any Justice of the peace of the City, that he return to prison on his recovery, or be forthcoming upon the demand of the Sheriff to comply with the Judgment of the Court, he be permitted to remove to more convenient lodgings.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, January 6th, 1780. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President. Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Read,
Colonel Smith, and Mr. Thompson.
A Letter from the Board of War on the Case of Schott's Corps, was received, with a copy of a letter wrote Colonel Wiltner on that subject.
The Honourable Colonel Smith, Member of this Board for the County of Lancaster, being about to remove from said County to a very distant part of the State, and also alledging the very great injury to his private affairs from attending the Board, presented his resignation, which was accepted.
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Honorable Mathew Smith's account for bis attendance in Coun- cil, from the eighth day of December last 'till the Sixth day of January, instant, inclusive, thirty days, at twelve pounds per- day, 360 00 0
Mileage coming to Council and returning home, 202 Miles, at 10 Shillings per Mile, - 101 00 0
£461 00 0
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Honourable Mathow Smith, Esquire, for the sum of four hundred and sixty-one pounds, the amount of the above account, agreeable to an act of the General Assembly, passed the twenty-seventh day of November last.
A Deed was examined and signed to Charles Baker, of the City of Philadelphia, conveying to him a lott of Ground, with a frame House thereon, late part of the estate of David Thompson of the district of Southwark, Shipwright, forfieted by the attainder of the said David Thompson to the use of the State, situate between Front Street and Water Street, containing twenty-one feet in breadth, and sixty-six feet in depth; Bounded North by Almond street, East by William Hodge's ground, South by Samuel Penrose's ground, and West by Christian Fitz ;. the sum of one thousand three hundred and ten pounds, consideration Money, paid to Thomas Hale, Agent for Philadelphia County .. Deed bearing date the twenty- sixth. day of August, 1779.
A transcript of the Record of Conviction of William Cassedy, alias Thompson, found guilty of High Treason at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in the City of Philadelphia the twentieth day of September last, for the City and County of Philadelphia, and then and there Sentenced to be hanged by the Neck untill he be dead, being. now read, the Petition of the said William Casedy being also read, together with the recommendation of sundry per- sons, of the said William Casedy for mercy ; And the same being. duly considered,
Ordered, That a pardon do issue to the said William Cassedy,. on condition that he serve as a Soldier during the present War, in- one of the Regiments of this State.
The Petition of Peter Swoope, late Turnkey of the Goal of the- City and County of Philadelphia, convicted of the voluntary escapes- of the following persons, to wit : John Shelleman, upon an Indict- ment and Committment for forgery and fraud, and of Samuel Slack, upon a Committment for felony in horse stealing, and adjudged to. pay a fine to the use of the State, of the sum of five hundred. pounds, was read, setting forth that he is unable to pay the said fine, and praying remission of the same; Thereupon,
Ordered, That the said fine be remitted, on condition that the said Peter Swoope do serve as a Soldier during the present War, in one of the Regiments of this.
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
In Council ..
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, January 7th, 1780%.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President. Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Read, Mr. Thompson,
Mr. Hambright,
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Whitebill', and Mr. Gardner.
A'n order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Colonel Lewis Farmer, for the sum of eighty thousand pounds, for purchasing the enumerated articles for the use of the Troops of the Pennsylvania line, for which sum he is to account.
A petition from Isaac Kauffman and Frederick Koble, prisoners- in Berks county Goal, under Sentence for misprision of Treason, praying to be released from imprisonment, and the forfeitures to be remitted, and the petitioners being recommended by the Justi- ces of the County,
Resolved, That the sentence of the Court be remitted so far as respects the Imprisonment of their persons, and that the remainder of the Petition be referred for further consideration ..
The Petition of William Keyser, convicted of Felony, in Sheep- stealing, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That no Sentence having been passed, this Board can- not,, consistent with their rules, make any, order therein ..
In. Council ..
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Jan'ry 8th, 1780.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, esquire, President ..
Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Ready Captain Hambright ..
Mr. Lacey, and"
Mr. Thompson,
An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Captain Na- than Boys, for the sum of two hundred and twenty-eight pounds,. for paying the Officers and Men of the Gallies, now in the service ot this State, their wages to the first day of this instant, for which he is to account .-
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A letter was sent to his Excellency Thomas Jefferson, esquire, Governor of the State of Virginia, enclosing the Proclamation of the Council of the twenty-eighth day of December last, with an at- tested copy of the resolution of Congress of the twenty-seventh of December. Also, a duplicate of a letter from Council to the Governor of Virginia, and the resolution of the Honourable House of Assembly of the nineteenth day of November last, on the sub- ject of the disputed Territory between Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Jan'ry 10th, 1780. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Read, Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Thompson, and
Mr. Hambright,
Mr. Lacey.
WHEREAS, The Commissarys of the Continental Army have rep- resented to us that there is at present a very great scarcity of Flour for the support of the Army, and the most ruinous consequences are to be apprehended unless some remedy is immediately provi- ded:
On consideration whereof,
Resolved, That the Commissioners for executing an Act of As- sembly entitled "an act for the more effectually preventing, engros- "sing and forestalling, for the encouragement of Commerce, and the "fair trader, and for other purposes therein mentioned," be requested immediately to exert themselves to assist the Commissarys in pro- curing such quantities of flour as may be spared from private use, on such terms as shall be most effectual for the service, and least inconvenient to the citizens, and that if the aid or assistance of the Board is requisite, it will be cheerfully given when applied for, and that the commissioners be requested to meet immediately here- upon.
A certificate from Governor Livingston that the Trunks brought from New York, and for which security had been given by Captain Clunn, and others, had been forthcoming to his order, agreeable to the Tenor of their Bond; and the Obligors requesting the Bond to be delivered up, the same was done accordingly.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Jan'ry 11th, 1780. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President.
Honourable the Vice President. Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Thompson, and
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Gardner.
Resolved, That the Attorney General take the depositions seper- ately of William Geddis and William Govett, Esquires, auditors of accounts, on the subject of General Arnold's conduct during his com- mand in this city, and more especially at the time of his taking possession thereof, and the contents of his Memorandum books lately laid before them, so far as they shew any abuses of his com- mand.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Jan'ry 12th, 1780. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President.
Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Lacey.
Mr. Hambright, and
Petition of Margaret Browne, convicted of Larceny in the city court in October last, praying that the fine of one hundred & twenty pounds, adjudged by the court to be paid by her to the State, be remitted, was read, with the certificate annexed ; and on considera- tion,
Ordered, That the said fine be remitted.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt : in fa- vour of his Excellency Joseph Reed, Esquire, for the sum of two thousand pounds, on account of his Salary as President.
And one in favour of Timothy Matlack, or his order, for the sum of three thousand pounds, for the purpose of paying the expences of Witnesses attending on the Court Martial on the trial of Major General Arnold, the same to be charged to the United States, agree- able to a resolve of Congress, in such case made and provided.
A Certificate or letter of the fourth instant, received from Messrs. Govett and Geddis, having been maturely Considered by Council, VOL. XII .- 15.
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Resolved, That it be returned to them as improper and insatis- factory, for these reasons :
First, That they mention themselves as called upon by the Exe- cutive Council, & particularly by the President, which is not agree- able to the real state of the Transaction, there being no particular call of the President, but a call of the Board, and it being Con- trary to the desire of the Board, as well as the President, that any thing should be transacted hereupon, elsewhere than the Council Chamber.
Secondly, For that the Certificate does Not Contain the circum- stances of misconduct in General Arnold's command, which have been mentioned by them, or at least one of them, in conversations abroad, and which have been repeated even before the Board.
That the keeping the Certificate under these Circumstances, would, in some measure, imply an acquiescense in it, both as to form and Substance, which cannot by any means be given.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Thursday, Jan'ry 13th, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President.
, Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Reed, and
Mr. Thompson, Mr. Hambright,
Mr. Lacey.
An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the Hon'ble James Reed, Esquire, for the sum of one thousand pounds, on ac- count of his pay as a Member of this Board, for which he is to ac- count.
WHEREAS, the small number of Men now in the State Service, on board the Gallies and armed Boats, renders it unnecessary to continue the heavy expence of a Commissary for that department, and more especially as the Officers of the said Gallies and armed Boats do now request to have the amount of their rations paid them in money; therefore,
Resolved, That Mr. Crispin do issue rations to the Officers and Men belonging to the State Gallies, to the fourteenth instant, and then deliver what Stores shall remain into the hands of Colonel Lewis Farmer; That Mr. Crispin do immediately lay before the Council a State of his accounts, and that he be thereupon discharged from his said Office of Commissary.
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Ordered, That the Officers and men belonging to the State Fleet be allowed for their rations and necessaries for one Month, as fol- lows, Vizt :
To a Captain three rations of refreshments S. and common rations, $ L. 82 11 13
A Lieutenant 2 Do. - 55
Dr. Hutchinson, (State Surgeon,) 5 do 137 11 10층
9 - A private a single ration, - 27 10 d.
Per week.
Ordered, That William C. Bradford be called upon for a state of his accounts, to be delivered in to this Board, on or before the twentieth instant.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Friday, January 14th, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Thompson, and
Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Read.
A letter from the Hon'ble Samuel Huntingdon, esquire, Presi- dent .of Congress, dated the twelfth day of January instant, was received and read, together with the following papers enclosed, tu wit :
Copy of a letter from Royal Flint, Assistant Commissary of Pur- chases, dated the third day of January instant, to his Excellency General Washington.
Copy of a letter from William Irwin, Brigadier General, dated the fourth day of January instant, also to his Excellency General Wash- ington. 1
Extract of a letter from his Excellency General Washington to Congress, dated the fifth day of January instant, and an Order of Congress of the twelfth day of January instant.
Whereupon, the Council requested the attendance of two of the delegates of Pennsylvania to explain the wishes of Congress, with respect to the assistance now desired by Congress of the State ; And Mr. Searle and Mr. McLene attended. On conferring with them, it appears that the emergency is not now so great as it has been, and that the assistance now most wanted, is, in a Supply of Waggons, which this Council are still willing to give, on a requi- sition from the Quarter-master.
A letter from Robert Aitkin, Secretary of the Commissioners for procuring Flour, &ca., dated the twelfth day of January instant, was now read and considered ; and thereupon,
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Ordered, That the said Commissioners be directed to sell the Salt on hand, other than that belonging to Pelatiah Webster, if the whole together will fetch thirty pounds per bushel, and not other- wise.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Jan'ry 15th, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President. Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Read,
Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Hambright.
A letter was written to his Excellency the President of Congress, in answer to his of the twelfth instant, on the Subject of supplying the Army with provisions.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Jan'ry 17th, 1780.
PRESENT : The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, Vice President. Mr. Read, Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Hambright, and Mr. Thompson.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Jan'ry 18th, 1780.
PRESENT : The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President. Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Thompson,
Mr. Read, and Mr. Hambright.
Mr. Owen Biddle Presented to the Council an Order of Congress, in the following Words, to wit :
In Congress, Jan'ry 14th, 1780.
GENTLEMEN-Pay to Charles Petit, assistant Quarter Master General, or his Order, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, .
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being part of the Monies raised by the State of Pennsylvania, for the use of the United States, on account of Major Gen'l Green, Quarter Master Gen'l, and for the use of his department, for which he is to be accountable.
I am, Gentlemen, Your humble Serv't, SAMUEL HUNTINGDON, President.
To his Excellency the President & and the Honble. the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania.
And the same was endorsed in the following words, Vizt: Entered in the Treasury Office, January 15th, 1780. A. A. G'l.
' The Secretary was thereupon directed to enquire of the Treasu- rer whether he had Money in his hand to pay the said draft; and he reporting that the Treasurer was unable to pay the same,
Ordered, That the Treasurer be directed to pay the aforesaid draft of Congress, in favour of Charles Pettit, and that the Order for so doing be endorsed on the said draft in the following words :
Pay to Charles Petit, esquire, Assistant quarter master General, or his Order, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, agreeable to the within draft, and charge the same to the United States of America.
Ordered, That Colonel Lewis Farmer be directed to make a re- turn to Mr. Turnbull of all the cloths in his possession not suitable for the Army.
An account of Cooper's work, done by James Rowan, for the Gallies, being now examined, an order was thereupon drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the said James Rowan, for the sum of Sixty- five pounds seventeen shillings and six pence, the amount of his account.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Jan'ry 19th, 1780. PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President. Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Hambright, and Mr. Read, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Lacey,
A letter from Samuel Hunter, esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland, of the twenty-ninth day of December last, and a Memorial from Sundry inhabitants of the said county, represent- ing their distressed situation, on account of the depredations of the Indians, were read, and thereupon,
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Resolved, That the same be laid before the Honourable House of General Assembly.
A letter was written to Colonel Samuel Hunter, in answer to his of the twenty-ninth of December last.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Thursday, Jan'ry 20th, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Read, Mr. 'Thompson,
Mr. Whitehill, and Mr. Hambright.
An Order was drawn in favour of Lieutenant John Love for four thousand five hundred pounds, to be paid to Colonel William Clark, paymaster of the of Cumberland, for the purpose of paying the Militia of the said County, for which sum the said William Clark is to be accountable.
An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the Hon'ble William Shippen, esquire, for the sum of four thousand dollars, in part of his pay as a Member of Congress for the State of Penn- sylvania, for which he is to account.
A letter from the Hon'ble Samuel Huntingdon, esquire, Presi- dent of Congress, dated the eighteenth instant, inclosing two re- solves of Congress, the one of the thirteenth instant, relative to Prisoners of War; the other of the fourteenth instant, relative to estates of French subjects dying in any of the United States, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Bradford, Commissary of Prisoners, do make a return to this Board, with all Possible expedition, of the names and ranks of all Officers, and the number of privates belonging to the enemy, held as Prisoners of War in this State, and the places they are at.
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In Council.
PHILAD'A, Friday, January 21st, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Read,
Mr. Whitehill, and Mr. Hambright.
A return of the Election of Justices of the peace for Leacock Township, in the county of Lancaster, in the room of Stewart Herbert, esquire, deceased, being read, it appears that David Wat- son & Hugh Hamilton were chosen; and, on consideration,
Ordered, That David Watson be appointed a Justice of peace for the county of Lancaster.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Saturday, Jan'ry 22, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President. Mr. Whitehill, Mr. Read, and Mr. Hambright. Mr. Lacey,
A letter from John Hubley, esquire, of Lancaster, of the tenth instant, was read.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Monday, Jan'ry 24th, 1780.
PRESENT :
The Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Read, Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Lacey, and Mr. Hambright.
An Order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the Hon'ble John Hambright, for the sum of three thousand dollars, in part of his pay as a Member of this Board, for which he is to account.
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Mr. William Thorne presented to the Council an Order of Con- gress, in the following words, to wit :
In Congress, January 3d, 1780.
1,000,000 dollars.
Gen'l.
Joseph Nourse, A. A.
January, 1780.
Entered in the Treasu- ry office the 7th of
SIR, Pay to Colonel Benjamin. Flower, Commis- sary General of Military Stores, or his order, the sum of one Million of dollars, being part of the mo- nies raised by the State of Pennsylvania for the use of the United States, to be by him appropriated for discharging indispensible contracts already made in his department, and for which sum he is to be accountable.
I am, Sir, Your very humble servant, SAM'L HUNTINGDON, Presid't.
Exam'd C. T.
To David Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State of Pennsyl- vania.
The same being read and considered ; Thereupon,
Ordered, That the Treasurer be directed to pay the aforesaid draft of Congress in favour of Colonel Benjamin Flower, and that the Order for so doing be endorsed on the said draft in the follow- ing words :
IN COUNCIL, Philad'a, Jan'ry 24th, 1780.
For 1,000,000 dollars.
SIR, Pay to Colonel Benjamin Flower, Commissary General of Military Stores, or his order, the sum of one Million of dollars, agreeable to the within order, and charge the same to the United States of America.
WILLIAM MOORE, Vice President. To David Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer.
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In Council.
PHILAD'A, Tuesday, Jan'ry 25th, 1780. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President. Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Laccy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Whitehill,
Mr. Read, &
Mr. Hambright.
George Bryan and Charles Wilson Peale, esquires, a Committee of the Hon'ble House of Assembly, Attended in Council, and in-
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formed that the house was now met and ready to receive such busi- ness as Council may have to lay before the General Assembly.
The Petition of John Lukens, Esq'r, praying to be appointed Surveyor General of the State, was read; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.
A letter from Ira Allen, of the State of Vermont, dated the twentieth instant, was read.
A letter from the Hon'ble Mr. Holker, Consul of France, of the twenty-third instant, respecting the Flour purchased for the Fleet of France, was read.
Adjourned to six o'clock in the Evening.
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Council met, pursuant to adjournment.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Whitehill, and
Mr. Read,
Mr. Hambright.
The following Message from the Council to the General Assem- bly being read and considered, was approved and signed.
Message from the President and Council to the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met.
Gentlemen,
At this critical period, when such a variety of important concerns call for your wisdom and attention, your punctual attendance on Public business must afford the greatest satisfaction to your con- stituents. The evils arising from want of discipline and experi- ence in War, being happily surmounted by the skill of our officers and the bravery of our Troops, the Citizens and Yeomen of the State seem now called upon in a peculiar manner to manifest their virtue, spirit and firmness, in supporting this noble and necessary contest, so as to bring it to a happy issue. The farther emissions of Continental Money having now ceased, seems to afford a solid foundation for establishing public Credit upon some fixed principles, and ensuring the public supplies. The alacrity with which the assemblies of this State have enacted Laws for raising money by Taxes, as recommended by the Honourable Congress, demonstrates their zeal for the General Cause, and has induced us to exert the authority entrusted to us to execute them with energy and expedi- tion. For this end we have specially called upon all officers through- out the State elected to this necessary duty, requiring their utmost
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exertions, and we trust every good Man ard lover of his Country will yield a cheerfull compliance and assistance.
We lay before you sundry resolutions of the Honourable Con- gress on this subject, and also for procuring such supplies of speci- fick articles as the resources of this State may enable her to fur- nish in the common cause. We also lay before you sundry papers on the affairs of the frontiers, which in various respects requires the attention of the House at the present sessions.
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