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Members of the Council.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the General Assembly.
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John Steinmetz,
David Thomas,
Samuel Meredith,
Sharp Delany,
Matthew Holegate,
George Gray, Isaac Gray, Thomas Rees, Henry Hill,
Samuel Penrose,
Samuel J. Atlee,
James Morris,
Abraham Scott,
Samuel Ashmead,
James Jacks,
Jacob Rush,
John Craig,
Thomas Long,
Matthias Slough,
James Tate,
Joseph Thomas,
Percifor Frazier,
'Thomas Strawbridge,
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Joseph Magoffin,
Robert McPherson,
Christian Lower,
Moses McClean,
Abraham Lincoln,
Michael Schmyser,
John Patton,
Michael Hahn,
Jonas Hartzell,
Patrick Scott,
Jacob Arndt,
'Thomas Lilley,
Jacob Stroud,
Stephen Duncan,
Robert Lattimore,
William Brown,
Charles Cessna,
John Carothers,
William Montgomery,
James McLene, F& tal. William Cook,
James Johnston,
( Ba William Maclay,
Jonathan Hoge,
John Carnahan,
Patrick Maxwell,
Nehemiah Stokely,
Daniel Clymer,
Members of the General Assembly.
). Agreed, unanimously, that the said declaration of the election of the President and Vice President of the said Supreme Executive Council be publicly read at the Court House in the city of Phila- delphia by the Secretary of the Council ; and that the Secretary of the Council do then proclaim the President in the following words, viz :
And the said JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, is hereby proclaimed to be the President of the said Supreme Executive Council, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Agreed, that the order of the procession to the Court House be as follows, vizt :
Constables with their staves.
Sub-Sheriffs with their wands.
High Sheriff with his wand.
Benjamin Brannon, John Lindsay, . James Boyd, Evan Evans, Joseph Montgomery,
Christopher Kucher,
John Whitehill,
William Brown,
James Mercer,
John Hay,
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Coroner with his wand.
Judges of the Supreme Court.
Prothonotary of the Supreme Court.
Judge, Register, & Marshal of the Admiralty.
Naval officer.
Treasurer and Attorney General of the State.
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Secretary of the Land office, Receiver & Surveyor General of the State.
Justices of the Peace.
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, & Clerk of the Court of Quarter Session.
Clerk of the City Court.
Master of the Rolls and Escheator General.
Secretary of the Council.
His Excellency the President & the Hon'ble the Vice Presi- dent.
Members of the Council, two and two.
Doorkeeper of the Council.
Sergeant-at-Arms with the mace.
The Honorable the Speaker of the General Assembly.
Clerk of the House.
Members of the General Assembly, two & two.
Doorkeeper of the General Assembly.
Provost and Faculty of the University.
General and Field officers of the militia.
Citizens. -
The Secretary reports, that the declaration of the President was read at the Court House, and the President proclaimed according to the order of the Council.
His Excellency John Dickinson, Esquire, President, in conse- quence of his election to that office, now took the oath of allegiance and oath of office required by the Constitution of the State. And the Honorable James Ewing, Esquire, Vice President, elected to that office at the same time, took the oath of allegiance and oath of office required by the Constitution as aforesaid.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 8, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Irvine, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Van Campen, Mr. Levan, and Mr. Potter.
Mr. Wall,
Agreeably to the order of the sixth, the Attorney General, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Sergeant, and Mr. Osborne, attended in the Council Chamber, and a free conference was had respecting the state of the evidence collected and to be produced on the trial between this State and that of Connecticut.
On consideration of the intelligence from the county of North- umberland, of ravages by the Indians,
Ordered, That the Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland be authorised to call out any number of the militia which he may see occasion for, on any sudden alarm, not exceeding at any one time one hundred men.
A letter from John Nicholson, Esquire, Comptroller General, of this day's date, requesting an order on the 'Treasurer for twenty pounds specie, to be accounted for by him, in expences in removing his office, repairing the room he now occupies, half a dozen chairs, a table, wood and candles for the winter season, also a green cloth for the table.
On consideration,
Ordered, That as the law appointing the Comptroller General does not make provision for the articles Mr. Nicholson applies for, the Council are not authorised to draw the order he requests.
The Honorable James Ewing, Esquire, presented to the Board his account for his attendance in Council, as follows, vizt :
From the 8th of October to the 6th of November, 1782, 30 days, at 17s 6, - - £26 5 Mileage 79 miles, coming to Philadelphia and return-
ing, 158 miles, a s6, - -
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£30 4
And thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable James Ewing, for thirty pounds four shillings, amount of the said iccount.
Adjourned.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, November 8th, 1782, Friday, 6 o'clock in the af- ternoon.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Irvine, Mr. McDowell,
Mr. Van Campen, and
Mr. Potter.
Mr. Wall,
WHEREAS, Divers papers belonging to the Land Office have not been delivered to the present Secretary of that office, and espe- cially the Indian deeds for lands purchased of them within the State of Pennsylvania, which deeds are necessary to be produced on the trial now coming on between this State and the State of Connecticut, respecting lands within the charter bounds of Penn- sylvania, which Indian deeds, by the letters of James Tilghman, Esquire, late Secretary of the Land Office, now produced to this Board, and the representation of David Kennedy, Esquire, appear to remain in the hands of the Honorable John Penn, Esquire ; therefore,
Ordered, That David Kennedy, Esquire, Secretary of the Land Office, be directed to apply to the said John Penn, Esquire, demand and receive the said Indian deeds from him, giving a receipt for the same.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, November 9, 1782.
PRESENT :
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Irvine, Mr. McDowell,
Mr. Wall,
Mr. Van Campen, Mr. Potter, and Mr. Levan.
Passes were granted to Margaret Rhoorbach, to go to Second River, in the State of New Jersey, and to John Long, to go to New Windsor, in the State of New York, and to return again.
Colonel Richard Butler attended in Council, and represented that it is probable that a number of the men now enlisted in the Penn- sylvania line for the term of eighteen months, and whose time ex-
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pires on the first day of January next, may be engaged for the con- tinuance of the war; and requested the opinion and direction of Council ; thereupon, on consideration,
Ordered, That Colonel Richard Humpton give orders to his re- cruiting officers to enlist such of the eighteen months' men as may be willing to continue for the war, on the same conditions as other recruits are enlisted.
The return of the general election of the county of Westmore- land was received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected, vizt :
Representatives.
John Carnahan, Alexander McClean, &
Nehemiah Stokely.
Sheriffs.
Matthew Jack &
Thomas Freeman.
Coroners.
Michael Rugh &
Samuel Bradley.
Commissioner.
William Jack.
And the same being considered,
Ordered, That Matthew Jack be appointed Sheriff of the county of Westmoreland, and that Michael Rugh be appointed Coroner of the said county, and that they be commissioned accordingly.
Matthew Jack, Sheriff elect for the county of Westmoreland, now offers Matthew Ritchie and John Carnahan, of the said coun- ty, as sureties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of Sheriff, according to law, which this Council approve.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, November 11, 1782,
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Potter.
Mr. Van Campen, and
A letter from his Excellency General Washington, of the fifth instant, acquainting the Board that Dobbs' ferry is the only post from whence flags are sent or at which they are received, request-
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ing that for the future that route may be inserted in all passes granted to persons to go into New York, was read, and
Ordered, That the said request be complied with, and that the letter aforesaid be filed.
The following papers were read and ordered to lie on the table, vizt :
Resolution of the General Assembly, of this day, requesting Council to lay before the House a state of the disposal of five thou- sand pounds, appropriated for the frontier defence.
Reports of the Comptroller General, on the accounts of the State Treasurer and William Brown, contractor for supplying rations to the militia of Cumberland county, and Messieurs Montgomery and Rees, contractors, as aforesaid, for the county of Northumber- land.
Messrs. Joseph Montgomery and Samuel J. Atlee, a committee of the General Assembly, attended and acquainted the Council that five men were arrived in this city in a destitute situation, hav- ing been taken prisoners on the frontiers of the Indians, carried into Canada, and from thence made their escape to this place, and requesting information from the Council whether any cloathing could be had for them out of Colonel Farmer's store.
Mr. Kennedy, Secretary of the Land office, attended in Council and reported that the Honorable John Penn had informed him that the Indian deeds were not in his possession, but he supposed Mr. Physick or Mr. Tilghman, late Secretary of the Land office, were possessed of them; whereupon,
Ordered, That Mr. Kennedy be directed to write to James Tilghman, Esquire, late Secretary of the Land office, and demand from him the said, Indian deeds, as papers belonging to. the said office.
William Bradford, Jun'r, Esquire, Attorney General, attended in Council, and informed that there are divers manuscripts in the hands of Ebenezer Hazard, Esquire, which if produced, may be use- ful on the trial shortly to come on between this State and that of Connecticut ; thereupon,
Ordered, That the Attorney General be authorised and empow- ered to borrow the same of Mr. Hazard in the name of the State, and to give him a receipt therefor.
Adjourned till 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
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. The Council met. .
Four o'clock in the afternoon, Monday, November 11, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. M'Dowell,
Mr. Van Campen, and
Mr. Potter.
On motion,
Ordered, That the Secretary of this Board be directed to lay before the Council, with all convenient' dispatch, a state of the Ranging companies raised for the defence of the frontiers, in the best manner he can.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Colonel Nicholas Lutz, for ten pounds two shillings and six pence specie, for rations furnished by him to the militia called out from the county of Berks, for the defence of the frontiers of Northumberland county, to be paid out of the five thousand pounds appropriated for the frontiers defence.
In favor of Jacob Stroud, Esquire, for three pounds specie, for transportation of cloathing, blankets, arms, &c., from Jonas Hart- zell, Esquire, to Capt'n Shrawder's in Northampton county, to be paid out of the said five thousand pounds.
In favor of William Bradford, Jun'r, Esquire, Attorney Gene- ral, for two hundred and fifty pounds specie, towards defraying the half part of the pay of the commissioners in the controversy be- tween this State and the State of Connecticut, and other contingent expences, touching the execution of the said commission, agreea- bly to resolution of General Assembly of sixth instant; and one other order, in favor of the said Attorney General, for one hundred and fifty pounds specie, towards defraying the daily expences of the Agents and Solicitor in the said controversy, according to the said resolution; for which two sums the said Attorney General is to ac- count.
The report of the Comptroller General on the accounts of William Maclay, Esquire, appointed to purchase flour for the Indian expe- dition, was read, by which it appears that there remains in his hands a balance of one hundred and ninety-six pounds two shillings and two pence one half-penny specie, and also a quantity of flour undisposed of, vizt : Fifty-one hundred one-quarter and nine pounds. On consideration,
Ordered, That Mr. Maclay be directed to pay the said balance into the hands of David Rittenhouse, Esquire, State Treasurer, and also dispose of the flour remaining on hand, to the best advantage, and pay to the State Treasurer afs'd, the balance arising there- fr om.
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On consideration,
Ordered, That David Rittenhouse, Esquire, Treasurer of the State, be directed to lay before the Board with all convenient dis- patch, an account stating the amount of the several kinds of paper money now in circulation within this State, or in this Treasury, . and in what manner the same came into the Treasury, and what sums of paper money have been destroyed according to law, or are now ready to be so destroyed.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of the eleventh instant, were received and read, expressing their approbation of the orders of Council for countermanding the Indian expeditions. That the House will take effectual measures to raise three hundred thous- and dollars, being the quota of supplies for this State for 1783. That they will provide for the support of the sick and wounded sol- diers belonging to the line of the State ; and requesting that Coun- cil will lay before the House a state of the disposal of the five thousand pounds lately appropriated for the frontier defence.
Ordered, To lie on the table.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 12, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Van Campen, and
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr. Potter.
A return of the Justices for the town of York, in the county of York, was received and read, by which it appears that Michael Swoope, George Staxe, were duly elected Justices for the said town. On consideration,
Ordered, That Michael Swoope and George Stake be appointed Justices of the Peace for the county of York, and that they be commissioned accordingly.
A pass was granted to Elizabeth Price, to go to New York, by the way of Dobb's ferry, and to return again.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 13th, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Potter.
Mr. Van Campen, and
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Thomas Smith, late a delegate in Congress for this State, for the sum of one hundred and sixty- nine pounds ten shillings specie, in full for his attendance in Con- gress till the twelfth instant, and his mileage.
In favor of the honorable Henry Wynkoop, late a delegate as aforesaid, for twenty-two pounds two shillings and six pence specie, in full for his attendance in Congress till the 12th instant, and his mileage.
In favor of Joseph Dolby, and others, ringers of the bells of Christ's church, for eighteen pounds specie, in full for their ac- count for ringing the same bells, till this day.
In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, Comptroller General, for two several sums, vizt :
One of them for eighty-two pounds twelve shillings and six pence; and the other for five hundred pounds, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for paying one-third of depreciation certi- ficates to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, for which the said Comptroller is to account.
In favor of William Montgomery, Esquire, for two hundred and ninety-five pounds specie, for paying two months' pay to Cap't Thomas Robinson's company of Rangers, stationed in the county of
In favor of William Montgomery, Esq'r, for two hundred and fifty-two pounds ten shillings specie, to be applied in paying two months' pay to the six months' men raised and added to Captain Robinson's company stationed in the said county, for which two several sums the said William Montgomery is to account, and which are to be paid out of the five thousand pounds appropriated for the frontier defence.
In favor of Charles Cessna, Esquire, for two hundred and eighty- three pounds specie, to be applied in paying to Lieut. Johnston's company of Rangers in Bedford county, two months' pay, to be paid out of the said five thousand pounds, for which the said Charles Cessna is to account.
In favor of Nehemia Stokely, Esq'r, for one hundred and fifty- eight pounds specie, to be applied in paying to Lieutenant Cum- mins' company of Rangers in Westmoreland county, two months'
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pay, out of the said five thousand pounds, for which the said Stokely is to account.
In favor of the Honorable John Van Campen, Esquire, for two hundred and thirty pounds specie, to be applied in paying Captain Schrawder's company of Rangers in Northampton county, two months' pay, to be paid out of the five thousand pounds afs'd, and for which Mr. Van Campen is to account.
A petition from John Fullerton, praying permission for his daughter to come from New York, was read ; and
Ordered, That the same be dismissed.
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A letter from John Glonsinger, on behalf of Adam Orth, Sub- Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster, respecting a petition to the General Assembly, signed by a number of the inhabitants of that county, referred by the House to this Council, being again read, and Colonel Mercer attending in the Council chamber, represented that he had been present at the appeals of divers persons who al- leged that they had not been duly notified to attend the former Courts of Appeal, and that it clearly appeared in all the cases that they had been duly notified. On consideration,
Ordered, That Colonel Orth be required to proceed in the dis- charge of his duty according to law.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, November 14, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Potter, and
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr. Van Campen.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Joseph Montgomery, for ninety-two pounds specie, in full for his attendance in Congress as a delegate, late for this State, till the twenty-eighth day of October last, and his mileage.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 15, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. McDowell,
Mr. Van Campen,
· Mr. Potter, and
Mr. Levan.
A draft of a message from the Council to the General Assembly, being prepared, was presented to the Board and read. On consid- eration,
The same is approved, and is in the following words, vizt :
A Message from the President and Supreme Executive Council to the General Assembly.
Gentlemen :- We send to you with particular satisfaction, a let- ter from Mr. Morris, of the ninth instant, and the enclosures con- cerning his agency, as we are convinced will be very pleasing to you to see such accurate accounts of large sums of public money rendered so quickly after the appropriation and application of them.
With them will be delivered the accounts of the Treasurer of the State for this year, and the report of the Comptroller General thereon, which from a strict to his sense of duty has been laid be- fore us. Upon considering the nature of these accounts, and the Jaw establishing the Comptroller General's office, doubts have arisen in our minds whether it would be regular in us to decide upon them ; and, therefore, we have judged it proper to transmit them to your Honorable House.
We also send a letter from the Secretary at War, of the seventh instant, and an act of Council of the ninth, upon an application of Colonel Richard Butler, that you may be fully possessed of the plan in contemplation with respect to our line, and have the ne- cessary information for taking other measures on that head, if they shall be deemed expedient.
In compliance with your resolution of the eleventh instant, we inclose a state of the disposal of the five thousand pounds obtained from the National Bank for the further defence of the frontiers.
Referring to that subject, we beg leave to observe that we have had under our consideration the accounts of Mr. William Brown and Messieurs Montgomery and Reese, now inclosed, and the Comptroller General's reports upon them, which we approve. But as the services mentioned in those accounts were almost wholly prior to the resolution of the General Assembly of the ninth of last September, appropriating the five thousand pounds solely to the further defence of the frontiers, we esteemed it our duty to de-
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cline giving orders for payment out of that fund, unless you should previously authorise us to give them.
It is proper to add, that it appears from a letter of General Ir- vine of the twenty-seventh of October, that some other expences have been lately incurred for the defence of the frontiers. An ob- ject of much greater moment, mentioned in a following letter from the General, of the twenty-ninth, we are assured will claim your immediate and serious attention ; and that is the settlements that people are now making beyond the Ohio, upon lands within this State. We have conferred with Mr. Jones, who is mentioned in that letter, and desired him to attend in case you should incline to see him, as his intelligence seems to be important. As these lands constitute a fund that may contribute towards rendering justice to our deserving and suffering officers and soldiers, we apprehend the most early, vigorous and decisive measures should be adopted for preventing and removing every difficulty that may tend to obstruct or delay such a disposition of them as the interests, good faith, and honor of the Commonwealth may, in the wisdom of the Legisla- ture, require.
JOHN DICKINSON, President. Council Chamber, Philadelphia, November 15th, 1782.
Ordered, That the Secretary of this Board be directed to pre- sent the said message to the General Assembly.
The Council resumed the consideration of the request of the General Assembly of the eleventh instant, respecting the disposal of the five thousand pounds appropriated by the late House for the defence of the frontiers, and it appears that the following orders have been drawn, vizt :
In favor of William Maclay, Esquire, for the pur- chase of flour and spirits, for £ 350 In favor of William Montgomery, Esquire, for the purchase of beef and pork, for - 550
In favor of William Brown, Esquire, toward the hire of horses, ʹ 50
In favor of Philip Marsteller, toward the hire of horses,
50
In favor of John Carnaghan, Esquire, to be paid to Brigadier General Irvine, at Fort Pitt, for providing provisions, pack horses, stores, &c , for the expedition carrying on against Sandusky towns,
1,500
In favor of Colonel Lewis Farmer, for paying for making up cloathing for troops going on Indian expeditions, -
100
In favor of William Turnbull, for cloathing pur- chased for said expeditions, -. 713 3 02
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In favor of Colonel Lutz, for rations furnished by
him to the militia called out from Berks county for frontier defence, In favor of Jacob Stroud, for transportation of cloathing, blankets, arms, &c., for Captain Shrawder's company, - In favor of William Grimes, for cattle purchased of him by Wm. Montgomery, Esquire, Mr. Montgomery to account, - In favor of John Weitzel, Esquire, to troops in Northumberland county,
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172 1 6
239 8 4
[For which sums the gentlemen in whose favor they have been drawn, are to account, except that the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds, forwarded by Mr. Carnaghan to Gen'l Irvine, which sum the Honorable Robert Morris, Es- quire, Superintendant of Finance, engages to account for, agreeably to the order of the Gen- eral Assembly ]
In favor of John Weitzell, Esquire, on account of provisions to be furnished to the troops in North- umberland county,
In favor of William Montgomery, Esquire, for paying two months' pay to Capt'n Robinson's company of Rangers in said county,
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In favor of do., for paying to six months' men, raised and added to said company of Rangers, two months' pay, -
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In favor of Charles Cessna, for paying two months' pay to Bedford county company of Rangers, said Cessna to account,
283
In favor of Nehemiah Stokeley, for paying two months pay to Westmoreland county company of Rangers, said Stokely to account,
158
In favor of the Honorable John Van Campen, for paying two months pay to Northampton county company of Rangers, said Van Campen to account, 230
The amount of the money drawn out of the said £5000,
£5,156 15 4%
It appears by return, that Captain Schrawder's company consists of one Captain or Lieutenant, two Serjeants, two Corporals and thirty-one privates ; that it appears by the report of Charles Cess- na, Esquire, Captain Boyd's company consists of one Captain, (prisoner,) one Lieutenant, one Ensign, two Serjeants, two Corpo-
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