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JOHN DICKINSON, President.
Council Chamber, Philadelphia, November 25, 1782. .
And the same being considered and approved,
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to present the said. message to the General Assembly. 4
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 26, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Wall, Mr. Potter. Mr. McDowell,
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
. In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for five hundred pounds, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for paying one-third of depreciation certifica es to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, for which he is to account.
In favor of Lieutenant Moses Van Campen, of Captain Robin- son's company of Rangers in Northumberland county, and lately returned from captivity, for ten pounds specie, in part of his pay, for which he is to account, to be paid out of the five thousand pounds appropriated for the defence of the frontiers.
Petition of Daniel Hoge was read, stating that he had conveyed a piece of land to the Commissioners appointed to build a Court House and Prison in Washington county, &c., and praying the said Commissioners may be ordered to report their proceedings as soon as may be to this Board.
Passes were granted to Jannet Annan to go to New York, by the way of Bobbs' Ferry, and to return again ; and to Frances Mc- Auley and Elihu Briddle, and with permission to return.
Petitions of John Shaw, John Harkins, John Fell, and John Johnston, praying to be allowed for their services in apprehending and securing Levi Dean, of Bucks county, were read ; and
Ordered, That the same be referred to the General Assembly.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 27, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Potter, and
Mr. M'Dowell,
Mr. Levan. Mr. Wall,
His Excellency the President laid before the Board a " Journal of the Congress at Fort Stanwix, in the year 1768," wbich Samuel Wharton, Esquire, had this day put into his hands, to be returned to him immediately after the trial between this State and the State of Connecticut shall be ended.
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to give a receipt for the same.
A pass was granted to Mary Goforth to go to New York, by way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again. '.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 29, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Wall, Mr. Potter.
Mr. Piper, and
The petition of Ralph Williamson, convicted in the county of Bucks, of a misdemeanor, praying remission of his fine, was read ; and on consideration,
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Ralph Williamson, be remitted.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, November 30, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Potter, and
Mr. McDowell, Mr. Levan.
A Commission was issued to William Bradford, Junior, Joseph Reed, James Wilson, and Jonathan Dickinson, Sergeant, Esquires,
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constituting and appointing them Counsellors and Agents, and Henry Osborne, Esquire, Solicitor and Agent, in the cause now depending before the Honorable Court appointed by Congress, pur- suant to the ninth article of the Confederation of the United States, between the States of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Ordered, That David Forst, Esquire, of the county of Bucks, be appointed Agent for Forfeited Estates in the said county, to act in conjunction with the Honorable George Wall, Junior, Esquire, the present Agent of that county.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of William Bradford, Junior, Esq'r, Attorney General, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, for defraying in part the pay of the Com- missioners in the controversy between this State and the State of Connecticut, and other contingent expences touching the execution of the said commission, agreeably to resolution of the General As- sembly of the sixth instant.
In favor of David Deshler, Esquire, for the sum of four hun- dred pounds specie, on the said Treasurer, to be paid by the Trea- surer of the county of Northampton, out of monies be may re- ceive on account of effective supplies for 1781, being in full of his account for provisions furnished to the militia, and his pay as Commissary in the year 1777, as settled by the Comptroller Gen- eral, agreeably to resolution of the General Assembly of this day.
A pass was granted to George Rappall, Joseph Swert, Benjamin Burrell and Samuel Grant; to go to Newberry Port, in New Eng- land, not to return again.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December 2, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Piper,
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr. Potter, and
Mr. Wall, Mr. Levan.
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to call upon General' St. Clair, and request he will make a return to Council with all convenient dispatch, of the promotions that ought to take place in the line of this State, conformably to the resolution of Congress of the twentieth of last month.
Ordered, That David Rittenhouse, Esquire, State Treasurer, be directed to pay to his Excellency John Dickinson, Esquire, Presi- dent of this Board, one hundred and fifty pounds for the necessary repairs in and about the Government mansion-house, agreeably to
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resolution of General Assembly of the twentieth instant, for which the said President is to account.
This being the day assigned for the meeting of the Board of Property, his Excellency the President and the Honorable Mr. Ir- vine agreed to meet the other members of the said Board at four o'clock this afternoon.
A pass was granted to Margaret M'Connel to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again.
The Honorable Sebastian Levan; Esquire, presented to the Board an account for his attendance in Council from the first of October to the thirtieth of November, 1782, inclusive, 61 days @ 17s 6 per day, £53 7 6.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the said Se- bastian Levan, Esquire, for fifty-three pounds seven shillings and six pence, amount of the said account.
The petition of Jacob Grove and Christian Grove, convicted of harboring and aiding British prisoners to escape, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Lancaster the eighteenth day of Octo- ber, 1782, and sentenced each to pay the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, were read, praying remission of the same; and the said Jacob Grove and Christian Grove being recommended to this Board by the Judges of the Supreme Court, and a number of the inhabitants of the county of Lancaster; on consideration,
Ordered, That two third parts of the fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Jacob Grove and Christian Grove, be remitted.
Ordered, That the Secretary write to the said Samuel Wharton - and Richard Peters, Esquires, and request their attendance at Trenton, to give evidence on behalf of Pennsylvania, on the con- troversy between the State of Pennsylvania and the State of Con- necticut, and that he also request Mr. Wharton to take with him a copy of the treaty of Fort Stanwix.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 3, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Levan,
Mr. Wall, Mr. Potter, and
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr. Piper.
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to return to the Honor- able Samuel Wharton the copy of the treaty of Fort Stanwix, and take up his receipts.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 4, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
"The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Potter,
Mr. Wall, Mr. Piper, and
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr Levan.
A return of the general election for the county of Washington was received and read, by which it appears that the following gen- Klemen were duly elected, vizt :
Representatives.
Matthew Ritchie and
William M'Cleery.
Sheriffs.
Van Swearingen & .
Andrew Swearingen.
Coroners.
William M'Farland and John Marshall.
Commissioner.
George M'Cormick.
And the same being considered,
Ordered, That Van Swearingen, Esquire, be appointed Sheriff of the county of Washington, and that William M'Farland be ap- pointed Coroner of the said county, and that they be commissioned accordingly.
Van Swearingen, Esquire, Sheriff elect for the county of Washing- ton, offers Matthew Ritchie and John Cornaghan, as sureties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of Sheriff of the said county, according to law, which this Council approve.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esquire, for the sum of five hundred pounds, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for paying one-third of depreciation certificates to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, for which he is to account.
A pass was granted to Barbara Bendelow, to go to New York and to return again.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 5th, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Levan,
Mr. Wall, Mr. Potter, and
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr. Piper.
A pass was granted to Jacob Kechler and William Jordan, to go to New London and to return again.
A pass was granted to Garret Cottinger, to go to the. city of New York, by the way of Dobbs' ferry, and to return again.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of John Carnaghan, for eight pounds ten shillings, out of the five thousand pounds appropriated for the defence of the frontiers, for his expences in conveying fifteen hundred pounds to Fort Pitt, and a small deficiency in the money received at the Bank.
In favor of Messieurs Hazlewood and Blackston, for twenty-six pounds two shillings and five pence, for rations supplied to three officers and seven men of the State Navy, employed at Billingsport and Mud Island, from the twenty-seventh of September, till the twenty-first of December, 1781.
In favor of John Hazlewood, for four pounds twelve shillings and two pence, for expences and commissions in removing and sel- ling two large kettles, which had been used at the fire raft-yard in 1776, and bought in.
In Council.
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PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 6, 1782. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Piper, and
Mr. M'Dowell,
Mr. Levan.
Mr. Potter,
A letter from William Montgomery, Esquire, to General Potter, inclosing an account of the weight of seventy cattle, sold by him to John Hazlewood, Esquire, amounting to seventeen thousand five hundred and thirty-seven weight, at thirty-seven shillings and six pence per hundred weight, is three hundred and twenty-eight
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pounds sixteen shillings and four pence one-half penny, being read; thereupon,
Ordered, That Mr. Hazlewood be desired to pay the said sum into the hands of David Rittenhouse, Esquire, taking his receipt for the same.
A return of an election for the county of Chester, in the room of Thomas Moffat, representative in the General Assembly, was re- ceived and read, by which it appears that John Hannums was duly elected.
Ordered, That the said return be sent into the General Assem- bly.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Frederick Sneider, for seventeen pounds seventeen shillings, in full for his wages as Doorkeeper, till the thirtieth of November last, and sundry small expences.
In favor of Steiner and Cist, for four pounds five shillings specie, for printing one thousand resolves of Council, in January, 1781.
In favor of Thomas Ravenscrapt, for fifteen pounds specie, to be charged to the account of Captain Thomas Stokely, in part of his pay as a Captain of a company of Rangers on the western frontiers, to be paid out of the five thousand pounds appropriated to the de- fence of the frontiers.
The Board taking into consideration the completing three regi- ments of Infantry in this State, for the continental service the ensuing campaign, agreeably to the representation of the Secretary of War of the seventh of November last,
Resolved, That this State will complete the said three regiments by the opening of the campaign.
A petition from Assheton Humphreys, praying to be appointed Notary and Tabellion Public in this State, was read, together with a recommendation in his favor ; thereupon,
. Ordered, That Assheton Humphreys be appointed a Notary and Tabellion Public in this State, and that he be commissioned accord- ingly.
Petitions from Carolina Young and Catharine Bieler, for passes to go to New York, were read and dismissed.
A representation from the Commissioners for the defence of the bay and river Delaware, proposing the sale of the ship Hyder Ally, in order to enable them to build in the course of the winter a ves- sel of more suitable construction ; and informing that they had nearly equipped an armed schooner for defending the bay and river, and recommending John Sneider as a proper person to command her; whereupon,
Ordered, That the Council approve of the commissioners selling the Hyder Ally, provided she will sell for a price equal to or near her value, and that the commissioners be authorized to sell her ac- cordingly.
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Ordered, That John Sneider be appointed to command the arm- ed schooner afs'd.
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to write a letter to his Excellency General Washington, requesting him to procure an other passport for the flag vessel fitting out for New York, for the relief of the prisoners belonging to this State, as it is highly proba- ble that Captain Kemp will be prevented from taking command of the said flag.
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to call on Messrs. Dun- lap and Bailey, printers, and procure for each member of Council one copy of the new edition of the Laws and Minutes of the Gene- ral Assembly.
A return of Justices for the county of Bedford was received and read, by which it appears that Bernard Dougherty and Henry Wertz were duly elected. On consideration,
Ordered, That Bernard Dougherty, Esquire, be appointed a Jus- tice of the Peace in the county of Bedford, and commissioned ac- cordingly.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Bernard Dougherty, Esquire, be appointed Pre- sident of the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Common Pleas and Orphans' Court of the county of Bedford, and that he be commissioned accordingly.
Saturday, December 7th, and
Monday, December 9th,
No Council.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 10, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Piper, and
Mr. McDowall, Mr. Potter. , :
Mr. Levan,
The Council resumed the consideration of the complaints of John Buyers and Christian Gettig, Esquires, against Matthew Smith, Es- quire, Prothonotary of the county of Northumberland ; and there- upon,
Ordered, That Council will proceed on Monday, the twenty- seventh of January next, to hear the said complainants on the charges of misbehaviour in his office and irregularity of behaviour.
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Ordered, That the depositions of witnesses taken in the presence of John Buyers and Christian Getting, Esquires, or either of them, and of Matthew Smith, Esquire, before some Justice or Justices, to be by them mutually agreed on, be admitted at the hearing.
Ordered, That notice of the foregoing order be sent to the said Buyers and Getting and Mr. Smith, by General Potter, now going into the county of Northumberland.
The Secretary reports that he had delivered to the Honorable Sam- uel Wharton, Esquire, the journal of the Congress held in Albany, in the year 1768 ; Mr. Wharton proposing to set out this day for Trenton, to give evidence in the cause now in hearing between this State and the State of Connecticut.
Isaac Howell and Samuel Wetherill, Jun'r, executors of James Young, Esquire, attended in Council, praying to be heard respect- ing the account settled by the Comptroller General, and approved by the Council, and they were heard accordingly.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Samuel Wharton, Esquire, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, to be by him paid to William Bradford, Junior, Esquire, At- torney General, towards defraying the half part of the pay of the Commissioners in the controversy between this State and the State of Connecticut, and other contingent expences touching the execution of the said commission, agreeably to resolution of Gen- eral Assembly of the sixth ultimo, for which the said Attorney General is to account.
The Honorable James Potter, Esquire, presented to the Board the following account for his attendance in Council :
From the ninth of November till the eleventh of De- cember, 1782, inclusive, 33 days, a 17s 6, - -
£28 17 6 Mileage, coming to Philadelphia and going home, 300
miles, a s6, 7 10
:36 7 6
And.thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable James Potter, Esquire, for thirty-six pound's seven shillings and six pence, amount of the foregoing account.
A pass to Boston was granted to Gilbert Dubois, Edmund Dun- can, and John Thomas, and William Jipson, a servant.
A pass to Boston was granted to Philip Fritz, Peter Adams, Patrick McCarty, and Robert Wright, with three teams, loaded with cordage and hemp.
The report of the Comptroller General on the accounts of Briga- dier General Irvine, for his pay and rations while a prisoner with the enemy, was read ; and the same was approved.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 11, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Potter, and
Mr. McDowell,
Mr. Piper.
Mr. Levan,
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to write to the captains of each of the ranging companies in this State, requiring them to make monthly returns to Council of the state of their companies respectively.
A pass was granted to Ann Richie to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' ferry, and to return again.
A pass was granted Monsieur De Goutheire to go to New Orleans, by the way of Fort Pitt, and to return again.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable John Piper, Esq'r, to be by him paid to Thomas Cummins, for carriage of clothing for Captain Boyd's company of Rangers, from Philadelphia to Shippensburgh.
The report of the Comptroller Ceneral on the accounts of Stephen Balliott, for rations furnished to the militia of the county of North- ampton, employed on the frontiers in August, September, and Oc- tober last, was read and approved.
The petition of Edward Stiles, praying the aid of this Board for the recovery of divers negroes and other property taken from him in the year 1778, by Messieurs Lollar, Smith, and Dean, Commis- sioners for seizing of the property of persons adhering to the enemy, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the same be dismissed, as not proper for the de- termination of the Council.
Petitions of John Johnston and George Grover, setting forth their claims on the forfeited estate of William Bell, and praying some relief, was read. .
Ordered, That the Secretary of this Board be directed to write to the Agents of Forfeited Estates in the county of Philadelphia, to enquire the situation of William Bell's estate, and report to Council thereon.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 12, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. McDowell, Mr. Piper.
Orders were drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. William Smith, for five pounds nineteen shillings and eleven pence specie, and two pounds one shilling and two pence State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for taxes paid by him for the land at Bil- lingsport, and for glass for windows at Mud Island Fort, as the same is reported by the Comptroller General.
A letter from the War Office, of the eleventh instant, was read.
Ordered, That a copy of the same be sent to Colonel Hump- ton.
A pass was granted to John Rice, of the Delaware State, to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' ferry, and to return again.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 13th, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Levan, and
Mr. McDowell, Mr. Potter.
A petition of James Lees, late a Captain of Artillery, was read, praying a settlement of his recruiting account.
On consideration,
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Comptroller Gen- eral.
. The Honorable the Chief Justice laid before the Board the case. of Enos Tyson.
And thereupon,
Ordered, That the said case be referred to the Chief Justice to take order thereupon.
The petition of Thomas Stites, convicted in the county of Phila- delphia of selling spirituous liquors by the small measure without licence, praying remission of his fine, was read ; and thereupon,
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Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Thomas Stites be remitted.
The petition of the widow Hartman, of the county of Northamp- ton, setting forth that hez son enlisted with Captain Philip Schraw- der, in his corps of Rangers, in the said county, and praying a discharge for her son, on condition that she procure an able-bodied man to serve in his stead, was read ; & thereupon,
Ordered, That the Secretary write to Captain Schrawder and inform him that Council have no objection to his discharging the son of the said widow Hartman, on his receiving an able-bodied man in his stead.
A letter from the Commissioners for the river defence, of this day, was received and read, acquainting the Board that, agreeably to permission of Council, they had exposed to sale the ship Hyder Ally ; but there being no disposition in any of the bidders to give near the value of her, they had purchased her in for the State.
Ordered, To be filed.
The report of the Comptroller General on the account of William Crispin, Esquire, Collector of Excise for the city and county of Philadelphia, stating the balance due to the State to be three thou- sand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds one shilling and two pence halfpenny, was read and approved, so far as relates to the said balance, and leaving the account open for such further charge as may hereafter appear to be just ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That it be'recommended to the Comptroller General to take the proper measures to obtain the sums due to the State.
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the President, to James Wilkinson, Esquire, conveying a tract or piece of land, situate in Bensalem township, in the county of Bedford, contain- ing four hundred and forty-four acres and thirteen perches : Seized and sold agreeably to law, as the forfeited estate of Joseph Gallo- way, an attainted traitor, for and during the term of his natural life, for the sum of four thousand and six hundred pounds Conti- nental money, which sum the said James Wilkinson hath paid to the Agents of Confiscated Mstates in the said county. Deed dated the
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PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, December 14, 1782.
PRESENT : His Excellency the President.
Mr. McDowell, and
The Honorable Mr. Levan, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Piper,
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December 16, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine,
Mr. Piper, and
Mr. McDowell, Mr. Levan.
The petition of William Tanner and Jane his wife, convicted of harbouring negro Lilly, a felon, and receiving stolen goods, know- ing them to be such, at a Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Lancaster, held at Lancaster the first Tues- day in August last, was read, praying a pardon for the said offence: And they being recommended by two of the Justices of the said court and the person from whom the said goods were stolen ; on consideration,
Ordered, That the fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said William Tanner and Jane his wife, be remitted, and that they be discharged from confinement on paying their fees and the costs of prosecution.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for the sum of fifty pounds, in part of his salary as Judge in the Court of Admiralty and in the Ad- miralty Sessions for this State, for which he is to account.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 17, 1782.
PRESENT :
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Levan, and
Mr. McDowell,
Mr. Piper.
No Council.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 18, 1782.
PRESENT :
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Piper, Mr. McDowell.
No Council.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 19, 1782.
PRESENT :
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. McDowell, and
Mr. Piper, Mr. Levan.
No Council.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 20, 1782.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable Mr. Irvine, Mr. Piper, and
Mr. M'Dowell, Mr. Levan.
The Council resumed the consideration of the case of Mahlin Dunn; and thereupon,
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