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For attendance in Council from the twentieth of De. cember, 1781, to the fourteenth day of March, 1782, 84 days a 17s 6,
£73 10 0
Mileage 310 a s6,
7 15 9
£81 5 0
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Christopher Hayes, Esquire, for the sum of eighty-one pounds five shillings, amount of the above account.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 15th, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Hayes,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Piper,
Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Delaney, Mr. James McLane, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Wyn- koop, a Committee of the Honorable House of Assembly, attended
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agreeably to request of the Council, and a free conference was had respecting the defence of the frontiers.
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent, to James Byrnes, for city lots number fromn 1642 to 1684. Consideration seven hundred and sixty nine pounds. Sold for re- demption of money of the twenty-ninth of April, 1780 Deed dated the twelfth of March, 1782.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 16, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Piper,
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Hayes, and
Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Van Campen,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer on favor of Daniel Wim- meldorf, for forty pounds eighteen shillings specie, for forty-two ream of paper, for printing the laws of the State.
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1 In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 18, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Van Campen, and
Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Levan,
The Honorable Dorset Pentecost, Esquire, presented to the Board the following account, vizt :
Dr. The State of Pennsylvania in account with Dorsey Pente- cost, Esquire.
For attendance in Council from the twentieth of De- cember, 1781, to the twenty-third day of March,
1782, 94 days @@ 17s. 6 - - £82 5
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And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Dorsey Pentecost, Esquire, for the sum of eighty-two pounds five shillings specie, amount of the said account.
On consideration,
Resolved, That Joseph Reed, Esquire, be appointed Counsel to assist the Attorney General in the cause now depending in the county of Berks respecting the Big Spring tract, late the estate of Andrew Allen, an attainted traitor ; and thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the said Joseph Reed, Esquire, for the sum of thirty pounds specie, as a retaining fee.
A petition from the officers of the sixth battalion of the militia of the county of Berks, praying that the Lieutenant of the said county may be directed to discharge the arrearages of pay due to the said battalion, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That a copy thereof be transmitted to the Lieutenant of the said county, and that he be reminded of his duty to pay the militia out of the militia fines.
The following deeds were examined and signed by his Excellency the President, vizt :
To John Mease for city lots No. 379, 380 and 381, marked in the general plan of city lots, and sold agreeably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State of the twenty-ninth of April, 1780. Consideration one hundred and eighteen pounds.
To Ebenezer Carson, for a tract of land situate in the township of Tinicum, in the county of Bucks, containing one hundred and two acres and one hundred and ten perches : Seized and sold agreeably to law, as part of the estate late of John Reid, an attainted traitor, to the said Ebenezer Carson, for the sum of one hundred and forty-one pounds three shillings in depreciation cer- tificates, which sum he hath paid to the Agents of Confiscated Estates in the said county. Deeds dated the sixteenth day of March, 1782.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 19, 1782. L PRESENT :
His Excellency the President. 1
The Honorable the Vice President.
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Mr. Bayard, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Pentecost, and Mr. Levan.
Mr. Van Campen,
The Honorable Henry Wynkoop, Esquire, presented to the Board the following account, vizt :
Dr. The State of Pennsylvania in account with Henry Wynkoop, Esquire.
To attendance in Congress from December 18th, 1780, to April 7, 1781, inclusive, 111 days @ 30s. £166 10 0 Ditto from Nov. 27, 1781, till the 19th January, 1782, inclusive, 54 days, @ 30s. - 81 -
Mileage on the last year's appointment, going and re- turning, 45 miles, @ Is. 2 -
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Ditto on the present appointment, do. @, s6 -
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1 2 6
£250 17 6
Contra. Cr.
1781, Jan'y 6. By cash received from
Mr. Rittenhouse per order of Council, £50 March 27. By ditto 50
100
Ballance
- £150 17 6
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Henry Wynkoop, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds seveuteen shillings and six pence, ballance of the above account.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Henry Osborne, Esquire, for the sum of thirty eight pounds ten shillings specie, amount of his account for thirty five days service as Clerk to the Committee of Council for hearing the evidence respecting Phila- delphia election.
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The Honorable Sebastian Levan, Esquire, presented to the Board his account :
For attendance in Council from the 31st of October till the 4th of December, 1781, 35 days a 17 s. 6 £30 12 6 3
Mileage 120 miles at s6
£33 12 6
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Sebastian Levan, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-three pounds twelve shillings and six pence, amount of the said account.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 20, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Van Campen, and Mr. Pentecost.
A resolution of the Honorable House of Assembly of the twen- tieth instant was read, referring two petitions to the consideration of this Board, vizt :- A petition from divers inhabitants of Mount Bethel township, in Northampton county, with respect to the militia fines ; and the other from inhabitants of Mount Bethel township, in Northampton county, with respect to the public taxes. There- upon,
Ordered, That the former petition be transmitted to the Lieu- tenant of the county of Northampton; and that the latter be transmitted to the Commissioners of the Taxes of the said county ; and that the said Lieutenant and Commissioners be requested to report thereon as soon as may be.
A return of a tract of land situate in Middleton township in the county of Bucks, containing one hundred and twenty-five acres and three-quarters and thirteen perches, late the estate of Joseph Paxson, forfeited to the use of the State, was presented to the Board, signed by George Wall, Jun'r, Agent for Forfeited Estates . in the said county ; and the same being read and considered,
Resolved, That Timothy Taylor, Esquire, and Captan Augus- tine Willett, be appointed to view the said tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, and make a return of the
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value thereof to this Board, according to the best of their skill and judgment, in order that the same may be assigned to the use of the University.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 21, 1782.
PRESENT :
'T'he Honorable Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Gardner, General Lacey,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Pentecost.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 22, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Levan,
Mr. Pentecost, and
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Van Campen.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Joseph Borden, Esquire, or his order, for the sum of twenty-four pounds fifteen shillings specie, amount of his account for flour furnished to the officers and men of the State fleet, in the year 1778, to be charged to William Crispin, late Commissary.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to Messrs. Charles Pettit and Thomas Fitzsimmons, thirty muskets, thirty pair of pistols, or as many as he may have, not exceeding that number, one hundred cutlasses, one thousand weight of cannon-powder, one thousand of six and nine pound shot, fifty pikes, nine hundred musket cartridges; and that he take their receipt to return the said articles or pay the amount.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 23d, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Pentecost.
Ordered, That the sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia do make return to Council by eleven o'clock on Monday next, of the names of the owners of the merchandize from St. Thomas's, lately sold as confiscated, with the amount due to the State of each owner's sale.
On consideration,
Ordered, That James Alison be appointed Sub lieutenant of the county of Washington, in the room of David Leet, who has re- signed.
Ordered, That Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, Esquire, be re- tained as Council on the part of the State, in the cause now pend- ing between this State and Baron Hurst and company.
Ordered, That the sum of thirty pounds specie, be given.to the . said Mr. Sergeant as a retaining fec, and the like sum to the Attor- ney General, for their services in the said cause.
WHEREAS, Representation has been made to this Board, that divers lots of ground in the city of Philadelphia, which have lately been sold for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State of the twenty-ninth of April, 1780, held by persons acting in the Quarter Master's department :
And whereas, It is highly proper and necessary that the pur- chasers should be put into the possession thereof ; therefore,
Ordered, That the Sheriff of the city and county of Philadel- phia, do accordingly forthwith put the respective purchasers into possession of the lots which they have purchased, and for which deeds have been granted by this Council.
Ordered, That Tuesday next be appointed to hear the petition of Benjamin Davis, respecting a city lot claimed by him.
A petition from Catharine Dorsey, convicted of stealing the goods of Thomas Cuthbert, at the last city court, and sentenced to be publicly whipped, pay a fine of thirty shillings to the use of the State, was read, praying remission of the said fine and corporal punishment. Thereupon,
Resolved, That the said fine be remitted.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 25th, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Cunningham,
A petition from Benjamin Shoemaker, praying a pass to the city of New York and permission to return, was read and rejected, it being contrary to a rule of this Board, to grant passes to New York with permission to return.
Agreed, That a pass be granted to the petitioner to go to Eliza- bethtown, and to return again.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Brad- ford, Jun'r, Esquire, Attorney General, or his order, for the sum of forty pounds specie, as a fee for himself and any other lawyer he may take to his assistance, in the cause now pending between this State and General Roberdeau, respecting lands in Bedford county, commonly called the lead mine tract ; and
One other order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the At- torney General, for the sum of thirty pounds, for his services in the cause now pending between this State and the children of Andrew Allen.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 26th, 1782 1 PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Levan,
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham, and
Mr. Van Campen,
Mr. Pentecost.
WHEREAS, Divers persons who have purchased lots of land on Province Island, and city lots sold for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State, have not completed the payments; therefore, agreeably to the conditions of sale, and it is indispensably neces- sary that the said payments be immediately completed,
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Ordered, That all persons who shall neglect to compleat their payment for the said lots of land and city lots on or before the fif- teenth day of April, be proceeded against according"to law :- That public notice be given, and that after the said fifteenth day of April the Attorney General do accordingly proceed against all de- linquents, without further notice.
Mr. Meredith, Mr. John Motgomery, and Mr. Whitehill, a com- mittee of the General Assembly to enquire what steps have been taken by the Agent of this State employed in Holland, for the pur- pose of negotiating a loan, attended in Council ; whereupon, the letters, &c., relative to the same, was communicated to the said com- mittee ; and it was
Agreed to be proper to write to Mr. Searl, and direct him, in case he should not have shipped the arms purchased by him before the letter shall reach him, to forbear to ship them.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. John Nicholson, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, in part of his account for his services as one of the Auditors for settling the depreciation of the pay of the Pennsylvania line.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable John Holker, Esquire, for the sum of eight hundred and fifty-seven pounds ten shillings specie, being in full of the balance of his ac- count with the State.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 27, 1782.
PRESENT :.
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Levan,
Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Lacey, Mr. Van Campen, and Mr. Penticost.
The Honorable John Bayard, Esquire, presented to the Board the following account, vizt :
For attendance in Council from the 21st of Decem- ber, 1781, till March 27, 1782, inclusive, 97 days,
a 17s 6 p day, - £84 17 6 And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in his favor, for the sum of eighty-four pounds seventeen shillings and six pence, amount of his said account.
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An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Shee, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and seventy-two pounds ten . shillings specie, for his services as one of the Auditors of the Pub- lic Accounts of this State to the seventeenth instant.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. Jacob Morris, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds specie, in full for his services as one of the Auditors of the said accounts to the sixteenth instant.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Samuel J. Atlee, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds specie, in part of his pay as a member of Congress for this State, for which he is to account.
The Honorable Sebastian Levan, Esquire, presented to the Board the following account, vizt :
For attendance in Council from the 12th to the 27th of
March, 1782, 15 days, a 17s 6, £13 2 6 -
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the said Sebas- tian Levan, Esquire, for the sum of thirteen pounds two shillings and six pence specie, amount of the said account.
. On consideration,
Resolved, That the Honorable Mr. Vice President, Mr. Pente- cost, and Mr. Van Campen, be appointed a committee to draw up a message to the Honorable House of Assembly, respecting the frontiers.
Resolved, That Doct'r Gardner, Mr. Bayard, and General Lacey, be appointed a committee to take into consideration the case of Thomas Hale, now confined in the old gaol, and make report to this Board.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 28th, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Van Campen,
General Lacey, Mr. Pentecost, and Mr. Cunningham.
Doctor Gardner,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Mr. Van Campen, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, in part of his pay as a member of this Board, for which he is to account.
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An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Henry, Esquire, of Lancaster, for the sum of eight hundred and twenty- five pounds fifteen shillings and one penny half-penny, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, balance of his State money ac- count for paying gratuities to the retained soldiers of the Pennsyl- Vania line, allowed by Assembly.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Henry, Esquire, of Lancaster, for the sum of two hundred and sixty-two pounds eighteen shillings and three pence specie, balance of his specie account for paying gratuities as aforesaid.
A return of Justices for Huntingdon township, in the county of Westmoreland, was received and read, by which it appears that Nehemiah Stokely, Thomas Jones, and James Amberson, were duly elected Justices for the said township ; thereupon, on consideration,
Ordered, That Nehemiah Stokely be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Westmoreland, and commissioned accord- ingly.
A remonstrance of Francis Proctor, Captain in the fourth regi- ment of Artillery annexed to the line of Pennsylvania, setting forth his right to a majority in the said regiment, and praying this Board to take the case into consideration, and grant him some relief in the premises, was read, and
Ordered, To lie on the table.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 29, 1782. 1
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President. General Lacey, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Pentecost.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 30, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Van Campen, and Mr. Pentecost.
A petition from Mary Knight, praying a pass to Elizabethtown, and to return again, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the said pass be granted.
A petition from William Green, convicted of fornication at a Court of General Quarter Sessions held in the county of Chester, and sentenced to pay to the use of the State a fine of ten pounds, &ca., was read, praying remission of the said fine ; thereupon,
Ordered, That the said fine be remitted.
Henry Epple, on the part and behalf of Colonel Stephen Balliot, attended in Council, and agreed to supply the' Ranging company stationed in the county of Northampton, and such of the militia as shall be called into service from time to time for the defence of the frontiers within the said county, at ten pence half penny per ration, to be issued by him to the said company and militia, wherever they may be within the said county, free from expence to the State. The certificates of delivery to be countersigned by the Lieutenant of the said county, and payment to be made monthly, in specie.
The ration to consist of-
One pound of bread.
One pound of beef, or & 1b of pork.
One jill of whiskey per day, and
One quart of salt and two ?
quarts of vinegar, to every hundred rations.
Eight pounds of soap and three pounds of candles, to every seven hundred rations.
The Board being informed by letter and a return inclosed, of the fourth of February last, from Colonel James Marshall, Lieute- nant of the county of Washington, that there were irregularities in the election of some of the militia officers of the said county, and others had refused to serve; therefore,
Resolved, That the said Lieutenant be directed to proceed, with all convenient speed, to fill up the said vacancies agreeably to law, in order that commissions may issue.
The following deeds were examined and signed by his Excellency the President, for sundry lots in the city of Philadelphia, sold
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agreeably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit"of this State of the twenty-ninth of April, 1780, marked in the general plan of the city lots as follows, vizt :
To Colonel Richard Humpton, for lot marked F. Consideration one hundred and sixty pounds.
To Mr. Andrew Epple, for lots marked G., H., & I. Considera- tion four hundred and eleven pounds.
To Charles Syng and John Graff, for lots marked M., N., & R. Consideration five hundred two pounds.
To Michael Mease, for lots No. 371 and 372. Consideration one hundred and ten pounds.
To Michael Gratz, for lots No. 405, 406, 407, 408, and 409. Consideration eighty-five pounds.
To Elizabeth Morris, for lots No. 505, 506, and 507. Consid- eration ninety-four pounds.
To James Clark, for lots No. 1168, 1169, & 1170. Consideration one hundred and forty-nine pounds.
To Captain Andrew Porter, for lot No. 1554. Consideration forty-seven pounds.
All which sums have been paid into the hands of the Treasurer. Deeds dated this day.
To Major James Parr, for a messuage and plantation, situate on the banks of Schuylkill, in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia county : Seized and sold agreeably to law, as the estate late of Samuel Shoemaker, an attained traitor, for the sum of five thousand pounds, lawful money of Pennsylvania, which sum he hath paid to the Agents of said county. Deed dated this day.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 1, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cunningham, and
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Pentecost.
Mr. Van Campen,
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Colonel Benjamin Blythe, for eighteen pounds fifteen shillings specie, to be paid to Colonel Abraham Smith, Lieutenant of Cumberland county, for procuring provisions for the militia of said county called into service, for which the said Colonel Smith is to account.
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In favor of Captain Philip Shrawder, for the sum of thirty-five pounds specie, for the purpose of paying in part the Ranging. com- pany under his command in Northampton county, for which the said Captain Sbrawder is to account.
In favor of said Captain Philip Shrawder, for the sum of eighty pounds specie, to be paid to John Arndt, Esquire, for the purpose of recruiting the Ranging company under the command of said Shrawder, for which the said John Arndt is to account.
In favor of Colonel Richard Humpton, for the sum of fifteen hundred pounds specie, for the purpose of recruiting the Pennsyl- vania line, for which he is to account.
On motion, at the request of James Hutchison,
Ordered, That a certificate be given to Doctor James Hutchin- son, certifying that he hath not received from this State pay, rations, or perquisites, as Surgeon of the militia of the State, at any other or longer time than the militia hath been actually in ser- vice ; and that he doth not, nor ever did, hold a sinecure office of any kind whatsoever under the appointment of this Council.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 2nd, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Bayard, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Pentecost.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of fifteen pounds nineteen shillings and two pence specie, amount of his account for his wages as Door-keeper to the thirty-first day of March last, and cash paid for sundry articles for the use of the Council.
In favor of Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds specie, for purchasing powder and lead for the use of the State, for which he is to ac- count.
Ordered, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to William Browne, Esquire, one hundred and fifty weight of lead, seventy-five weight of powder, and two hundred and fifty flints, to be forwarded to Colonel Arthur Buchanan, Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, for the use of the militia of the said county now called into service.
Ordered, That the said Commissary be directed to deliver to the said William Browne twenty-five weight of powder, fifty weight of
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lead, and one hundred flints, to be forwarded to Colonel Frederick Watt, Sub-Lieutenant of said county, for the purpose aforesaid.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Dorsey Pentecost, Esquire, for the sum of twelve pounds ten shil- lings specie, to be paid to Adam Poe, for taking an Indian scalp in the county of Washington, agreeably to the proclamation of this Board.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 3, 1782.
PRESENT :
As yesterday.
A return of Justices for the township of Somerset in the county of Washington, was received and read, by which it appears that William Parker and John Stevenson were duly elected Justices for the said township; thereupon,
Resolved, That William Parker, Esquire, be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Washington, and commissioned ac- cordingly.
A petition from Captain James Wilson and Marcus Young, pray- ing passes to L'Orient in France, was read; and thereupon,
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