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Resolved, That the Treasurer of the State be and he hereby is directed not to pay any farther sums of the old Continental money into the loan office, untill the further orders of the house.
Extract from the minutes.
SAMUEL STERETT, Clerk.
And thereupon, Ordered, That the same be filed.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Wednesday, June 27th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President.
Honourable WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Thompson,
Mr. Van Campen, and Mr. Cunningham.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Daniel Sower, for the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, State money, amount of his account for fifty ream of printed paper, for the purpose of reprinting the laws of the State.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr. William Turnbull, for the sum of nine hundred and sixty-eight pounds four
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shillings, State money, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, 1780, being money advanced by him for cloathing for the Pensylvania troops.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr. William Turnbull, for the sum of two hundred and thirty-three pounds eighteen shillings and two pence, specie, money advanced by him as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster do call forth so many men of the Battalions of the county of Lancas- ter who are of the next class in tour of duty as will amount to fifty, exclusive of officers, to march to Northumberland, to relieve the militia now on duty there.
Ordered, That the Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland do call out one class of the militia of the said county, in order of duty, to relieve the militia on duty in Bedford county, so as the number of men amount to one hundred, exclusive of officers.
On consideration,
Resolved, That the Honourable George Bryan, Esquire, and Mr. George Schlosser, be authorized and requested to superintend the sale of the city lots, to be made agreeable to the act of Assem- bly passed the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, intitled "An Act for the better support of the publick "credit, by an immediate sale of the lands therein mentioned, and " fully securing the purchasers thereof in their titles ; and also for " preserving the common lands appurtenant to the city of Philadel- " phia and other towns of this State, from unwarrantable encroach- "ment."
A petition from Samuel York, praying permission to go to Eliza- beth Town, in New Jersey, to meet his brother Thomas York on the lines, was read ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the said petition be dismissed.
A petition from Elizabeth Overholtz, widow of John Overholtz, an attainted traitor, praying some relief out of the forfieted estate of her late husband, was read ; and thereupon, the same was dismis- sed.
A petition from from Peter Iserlo and wife, on behalf of their son, now confined in the new gaol, praying that he may be dis- charged from confinement, was read, and the same was dismissed.
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In Council.
PHILAD'A, Thursday, June 28th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President.
Honourable WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Thompson.
A petition from Mary Brown, convicted of felony in stealing the goods of Elizabeth Bethel, and sentenced to pay a fine to the use of the State of the sum of fifteen pounds, was read, praying remission of the said fine ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the said fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Mary Brown, be remitted.
A petition from John Miller, convicted of felony in stealing the goods of Samuel Scotten, and sentenced to pay to the use of the State a fine of forty pounds, and to be publickly whipped, &ca., was read, praying remission of the said fine ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said John Miller, be remitted.
A like petition from Margaret Win Stanley, convicted of felony in stealing the goods of Elizabeth Lawrence, and sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred and fifty pounds to the use of the State, was read ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Margaret Win Stanley, be remitted.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Friday, June 29th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esq'r, President.
Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Samuel Quinn laid before the Council a receipt from Wil- liam Gray, Esquire, Pay Master of the militia of the county of Northumberland, for the sum of twelve hundred pounds, State
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money, agreeable to the order of Council of the twenty-sixth instant ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the Treasurer do charge the said sum of twelve hundred pounds to the said William Gray accordingly.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Henry Stufer, for the sum of three hundred pounds, State money, dated the sev- enth of April last, to be by him paid to William Henry, Esquire, Treasurer of the county of Lancaster, for the purpose of exchang- · ing for old Continental money, outstanding in the said county, in part of the quota of this State, for which sum the said Treasurer is to be accountable.
Major General St. Clair having recommended the following gen- tlemen as proper persons to receive the recruits to be raised in the several counties, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly passed the last session, intitled "An Act for recruiting the Penn- sylvania line in the army of the United States," vizt :
Counties of Northampton and Bucks-Colonel Craig, Captain James Christie and Captain Claypoole, or either of them, at Eas- ton and Newtown.
County of York-Major James Moore or Captain Burke, at Mc- Allisterstown.
Lancaster-Major Grier or Captain Patten, at Lebanon ; Cap- tain Turnbull, for the Artillery at Lancaster ; Major Fountleroy, for the Cavalry at Lancaster.
Berks-Captain John Christie or Captain Bowers. at Reading. Chester-Lieutenant Colonel Noarth, Capt'n Lusk and Captain Kennedy, at the Yellow Springs.
Philadelphia-Lieutenant Colonel Mentges, Captain Keene and Capt'n Jackson, at Philadelphia.
Thereupon,
Resolved, That the said gentlemen be appointed to receive re- cruits in the said counties accordingly ..
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Saturday, June 30th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Honourable the Vice President. Mr. Van Campen, Mr. Cunningham.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favour of Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, for purchasing
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ammunition for the defence of the frontiers of this State, for which the Commissary is to account. .
In favour of Major William Armstrong, for the sum of one hun- dred and fourteen pounds specie, for his services in surveying and dividing into lots the State island, and for the wages of his attend- ants.
In favour of Colonel Jacob Morgan, Superintendant of the Com- missioners of Purchases in the several counties, for the sum of two thousand pounds specie, for the purpose of procuring supplies of provisions for the use of the army of the United States, for which the said Superintendant is to be accountable.
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency Joseph Reed, Esquire, President, to Alexander Powers, conveying a certain two story frame tenement and lot of ground situate on the east side of second street in the district of Southwark, containing in breadth twenty feet, and extending in depth sixty-five feet, bounded north- ward by ground of James Skinner, eastward by ground late of Al- exander Alexander, southward by ground of James Rowan, and westward by Second street aforesaid : Seized and sold agreeable to law, as the estate of John Fox, an attainted traitor, to the said Alexander Powers, for the sum of seven hundred and sixty pounds, lawfull money of Pensylvania, subject to a yearly ground rent, payable to the Trustees of the University of this State, of twenty- two bushells and eight-tenths of good merchantable wheat, three- fourths of which sum he hath paid to the Agents of Confiscated Estates in the county of Philadelphia, the remaining one-fourth part being reserved for the aforesaid purpose ; and subject also to a ground rent of six pounds lawfull money of Pensylvania, paya- ble to George Emlen, the younger, his heirs and assigns, and to the arrearages of the same. Deed dated this day.
On consideration,
Resolved, That the Attorney General of the State be directed to make inquiry respecting publick money, not accounted for, in the hands of John Sigfriedt, Esquire, late Sheriff of the county of Northampton, arising from the sale of the property of sundry per- sons, seized agreeable to act of General Assembly passed the first day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, inti- tled "An Act for the further security of the government ; and that he be also directed to prosecute the said John Sigfriedt at common law, for the said money, if necessary, in behalf of the Common- wealth.
A letter from Robert Good, of the tenth instant, was read, pray- ing leave to resign his office of Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster. Thereupon,
Resolved, That the said resignation be accepted.
A letter from Colonel Adam Hubley, of the thirteenth instant, recommending Mr. William Smith as a proper person for the office
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of Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster, in the room of Ro- bert Good, Esquire, resigned, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, 'That William Smith, Esquire, be appointed and com- missioned to be Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster, in the room of Robert Good, Esquire.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Monday, July 2nd, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President.
Honourable WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, Vice Presid't.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Van Campen, and Mr. Cunningham.
A petition from Thomas Murphy, convicted of felony upon two indictments, in stealing the goods of Ann Brian and James Caruth- ers, at a City Court held at Philadelphia in January last, and sen- tenced to be publickly whipt, and pay two several fines to the use of the State, was read, praying remission of the fines. Thereupon,
Resolved, That the same be remitted, on condition of his entering on board one of the Continental frigates, to serve during the pre- sent war without bounty.
The petition of James Parr and William Gray, setting forth in effect that they stood seized of a right under a certain Richard Wall, to a lot of ground in the city of Philadelphia, of eighty feet front on the back streets, for which a warrant hath been granted but not executed, and praying that their said claim may be heard and ex- amined by the Council, &c., agreeable to an act intitled "An Act " for the better support of the publick credit by an immediate sale " of the lands therein mentioned, and fully securing the purchasers " thereof in their titles ; and also for preserving the common lands, " appurtenant to the city of Philadelphia and other towns in this " State, from unwarrantable encroachment," was read ; and on con- sideration,
Ordered, That the said prayer of the said petition be granted, and that Monday the sixteenth instant be appointed to hear the said claim.
WHEREAS, By a report of the Lieutenant city, a greater number of militia have offered themselves to serve on the present tour than has been demand by the Honourable Congress; and the season rendering it inconvenient for the Battalions of the district of the Northern Liberties and Southern district, on account of the harvest of hay and grain :
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Resolved, That such parts of the class as belong to the said Liberties and districts, and now subject to the tour, be called on at the expiration of the present tour to relieve the militia of the city, and to perform the same duty.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of forty-five pounds fifteen shillings, specie, for his wages as Doorkeeper, from the first day of May to the thir- tieth of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, sixty- one days, at fifteen shillings per day.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Tuesday, July the 3d, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President. Honourable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Van Campen, and Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to the Honourable John Van Cam- pen, Esquire, three hundred weight of gun powder, and four hun- dred weight of lead, to be delivered to Colonel Robert Levers, Lieu- tenant of the county of Northampton, for the purpose of defending the frontiers of the said county,
The Honourable John Van Campen, Esq'r, presented to the Council the following account for his attendance in Council and mileage, vizt :
Dr. The State of Pensylvania to John Van Campen.
To attendance in Council from the twenty-eighth day of May to the third day of July instant, inclusive, 37 days, at 25s per day, - £46 5 Mileage coming to Philad'a and returning home, 180 miles, at ls, 9
£55 5
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the Honoura- ble John Van Campen, for the sum of fifty-five pounds five shil- lings, amount of the above account.
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In Council.
PHILAD'A, Thursday, July 5th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President. Hon'ble WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Cunningham.
A letter from his Excellency Samuel Huntingdon, Esquire, President, of the third instant, was receiv'd and read, inclosing an extract of a letter from his Excellency General Washington, re- questing three hundred Riflemen from this State; and a resolve of Congress of the second instant, on the same subject.
Ordered, To lie on the table.
The award of execution against Isaac Green the younger, attaint- ed of high treason at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Goal Delivery held at Philadelphia, the tenth day of April last, sentenced to be hanged by the neck till he be dead, being now read and considered ; a petition from the said Isaac Green being also read; thereupon,
Resolved; That the said Isaac Green be pardoned, on condition that he enter on board the Continental Frigate Trumbull, and serve during the continuance of the present war without bounty.
The Honourable Joseph Montgomery, member of Congress for this State, presented to the Council the following account for his attendance in Congress, vizt :
Dr. The State of Pennsylvania, in account with Joseph Mont- gomery.
For his attendance in Congress from the eighth day
of December, 1780, to the first instant, 205 days, at 30s specie, -
£307 10 0
Cr. By 44 days absence, -
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£66
1780, Decem'r 28th, by cash, -
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1781, February 21st, by do., -
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Ballance,
£141 10
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honoura- ble Joseph Montgomery, for the sum of one hundred and forty-one pounds ten shillings, specie, ballance of the above account.
An application from John Reynolds, Gaoler, in, behalf of Susan- na Murphy, now confined in the old gaol, was read ; and there- upon,
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Resolved, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Susanna Murphy, be remitted, and that she be discharged from confinement on paying her fees.
Resolved, That Jacob Morgan, Esquire, Superintendant of Pur- chases, be directed to write immediately to the several County Commissioners, to render their returns to the twentieth, that in the mean time he make up from the returns in the office, a general return of all purchases made and delivered to the Continental Com- missarys, and that he forward such return to Robert Morris, Es- quire, Superintendant of the Finances of the United States, and that as soon as he shall recieve full returns to the twentieth instant, he then finish a compleat general return of the supplies fur- nished the United States, pursuant to the requisition of Congress of the fourth of November last, and forward it in like manner.
That he also forward to the said Mr. Morris the said requisition of Congress, the direction of General Washington thereupon, as · to the places of deposit of such supplies, and the different quan- tities of each, with all such other papers as may be necessary to give clear information of the amount and disposition of such 'sup- plies, so as to enable the said Superintendant to judge what has been done and what remains to be done to comply with the said requisition of Congress.
A petition from Richard Peters, Esquire, surviving Executor and residuary devisee of the late Richard Peters, deceased, setting forth that the said Richard Peters, the testator, was in his life time intitled to divers lots in the city of Philadelphia, under the original purchases of John Mason and Adrian Vroescn from William Penn, late proprietor of Pensylvania, and praying that the Surveyor Gen- eral may be directed to lay out the same accordingly, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That Wednesday, the first day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, be appointed to hear the claim of the said Richard Peters to the said lots, in the Council Chamber, and that a copy of the said petition be sent to John Lukens, Es- quire, Surveyor General of the State.
The Council taking into consideration a return of the prisoners confined for criminal offences, in the goal of the city and county of Philadelphia,
Ordered, That the following named persons be pardoned, on con- dition of their entering on board the Continental Frigate Trumbull, to serve during the war, vizt :
1 William Williamson, convicted of felony ; 2 Thomas Murphy, convicted of felony ; 3 Henry Mckeever, convicted of burglary ; 4 John Miller, convicted of felony ; 5 Miles Martin, convicted of horse stealing ; 6 John Flanaghan, convicted of burglary ; 7 Mor- gan O'Brian, convicted of felony ; 8 Andrew Darcus, charged with felony ; 9 John Anderson, convicted of felony ; and 10 John Ru-
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kens, convicted of horse stealing ; and that Christopher Simpson, a British prisoner, convicted of felony, be sent to the new gaol.
On consideration of the necessity of setling the remaining ac- counts of officers and soldiers of the Pensylvania line,
Ordered, That Mr. John Nicholson be directed to proceed im- mediately to camp in order to settle the accounts of the general guards and the corps of Sappers and Miners, as were draughted from the Pensylvania line.
Ordered, That James Johnston, Esquire, be appointed Auditor of Accounts, with Mr. Nicholson, to settle the said depreciation accounts.
Ordered, That the said Auditors be directed to return to this Board their proceedings as soon as possible.
A letter from Henry Christ and Henry Haller, dated Reading, July 1st, 1781, was read; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the Secretary do write to the said Christ and Hal- ler, and inform them that the Council understand the tract of land on which the town of Reading stands to be an estate held by the proprietors in their public capacity, and accordingly devolves to the State ; but that if any advice respecting the construction of the law be necessary to Mr. Christ and Mr. Haller, that it is proper they should state their question to the Attorney General, who will, of course, give his opinion thereupon.
In Council.
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PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 6th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, and
Mr. Cunningham.
A letter from Colonel Nichola, Town Major, requesting leave among other things to appoint a Town Major in his absence upon a special occasion ; on consideration,
Ordered, That Colonel Nichola, Town Major, be authorised to appoint a deputy to act in his absence upon the present special oc- casion.
Ordered, That a further sale of the city lotts be held at the Cof- . fee House, on Tuesday the seventeenth day of July instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on the conditions on which the late sale was there held.
WHEREAS, The advertisements of the terms of sale of some of the forfeited estates, has by mistake of the printer, been differently published, which has, and may again embarrass the purchasers :
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Resolved, That the Agents of Forfeited Estates do forbear pro- ceeding to a sale of any forfeited estates under this circumstance.
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent to Mr. Benjamin Harbeson, conveying a certain two story brick messuage or tenement and lot or piece of ground, situate on the west side of Fourth street, between High street and Chesnut street, in the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth fifteen feet, and in depth forty-nine feet six inches ; bounded southward by a messuage and lot of Josiah Bell ; westward by ground of John Gibson; northward by ground of the said John Gibson; and east- ward by Fourth street aforesaid : Seized and sold agreeable to law, as the estate late of Isaac Allen, an attainted traitor, to the said Benjamin Harbeson, for the sum of twelve thousand pounds, old Continental money, subject to a yearly ground rent of six bushels of good merchantable wheat, payable to the Trustees of the Uni- versity of this State, three-fourths of which sum. the said Benja- min Harbeson hath paid into the hands of the Agents of Confisca- ted Estates in the city of Philadelphia, the remaining one-fourth being reserved for the purpose aforesaid. Deed dated third day of February last.
A patent was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent to John Nixon, of the city of Philadelphia, for two hundred and sixty-eight acres, and allowance of six per cent., situate in Turbutt township, in the county of Northumberland, surveyed by virtue of a warrant dated the twenty-second of November, 1773, to John Woodside, whose right is now vested in the said John Nixon, who hath paid to the Receiver General of the Land Office the sum of nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and seven pence, being the arrearages of purchase money and interest due on the said land.
Saturday, July 7th, 1781.
No Council.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 9th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President. Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Gardner.
A petition from Ann Florentine, praying a pass to the city of New York, was read ; and thereupon,
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Resolved, That a pass be granted to her, on condition that she give security not to return again during the continuance of the present war.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 10th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Lacey, and
Mr. Cunningham.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Colonel Lewis Farmer, for the sum of seventy pounds, specie, for the purpose of making up cloathing for the use of the Pennsylvania line, for which he is to account.
A petition from John Frederick Reichel, Missionary of the Uni- ed Brethern Church, now sojourning at Bethlehem, in the forks of Delaware, praying permission to return to Saxony, the place of his residence, by the way of New York, with his wife, the son of Mr. Sweinitz of Bethlehem, a child of about ten years old, and a ser- vant man, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be granted, on condition that the said John Frederick Reichell give security .not to return to this State or any of the United States, during the continuance of the present war.
An application from Benjamin Shoemaker, for permission to go to Shrewsbury, in the State of New Jersey, for the recovery of his health and to return again, was read; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the said permission be granted.
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent, to Lieutenant John Weidman, conveying a certain lot of ground, wharf and frame chair house, situate on the east side of Water street, and north side of Sassafrass street in the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth twenty feet, and extending in depth from Water street, aforesaid, into the river Delaware as far as low water mark, reserving the priviledge of a passage or cartway from the adjoining lott across this lott into Sassafrass street ; and also reserving the priviledge unto the owners of the different work- shops erected on the said lott, to remove them when required by the purchaser: Seized and sold agreeable to law, as the estate late of John Parrock, an attainted traitor, to the said Lieutenant John Weidman, for the sum of thirteen hundred and five pounds lawfull money of Pennsylvania, subject to a yearly ground rent of thirty-
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nine bushels and three twentieth parts of a bushel of good Merchanta- ble wheat, payable to the Trustees of the University of this State. three fourth parts of the said sum, he hath paid into the hands of the Agents of Confiscated Estates in the city of Philadelphia, the remaining one-forth being reserved for the purpose aforesaid. Deed dated this day.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, July 11th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Lacey, and
Mr. Cunningham.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr. Thomas Nevill, for the sum of fifty pounds, specie, for the purpose of re- pairing the State House, for which sum the said Thomas Nevill is to account.
David Kennedy, Esq'r, Secretary of the Land office, presented to the Council a warrant, which was signed by the President, for the acceptance of a survey to Alexander Powers, of one hundred and forty-four acres and one hundred twenty-eight perches of land, situate in Kishiquoquillis Valley in the county of Cumberland, made on an application entered in the Secretary's office the second day of March, 1767, and numbered 2934 ..
A letter from Charles Thompson, Esquire, Secretary of Congress, of the tenth instant, was read, informing the Board that the Hon'ble Thomas M'Kean, Esquire, is elected President of Congress, in the room of his Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esquire, resigned, the state of his health not permitting him to continue longer in that office.
In Council.
PHILAD'A, Thursday, July 12th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Cunningham.
Mr. Gardner, and
A letter from the Hon'ble Robert Morris, Esquire, Superinten- dant of the Finances of the United States of America, of the sixth
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instant, was read, inclosing a resolve of Congress of the twenty- eighth ult'o, directing that the said Superintendant be furnished with an account of the several requisitions of money and supplies from the States, and that he take measures for calling upon them and pressing a compliance with the said requisitions.
Ordered, That the said papers be filed.
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