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Ordered, That the Secretary give public notice that a trusty and careful person is wanted as an overseer at Mud Island and Bil- lingsport for one year ; one acquainted with the repair of banks will be most suitable, and he must reside at one of the above places. Proposals will be received at the Secretary's office.
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An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Colonel Jacob Morgan, for the sum of five thousand pounds, State money, dated the seventh of April, 1781, for the purpose of paying for horses and cattle purchased in this State for the use of the Continental army, agreeable to the requisitions of Congress, for which sum he is to account.
This Board having received information from the Agents of Con- fiscated Estates in the county of Berks, that an ejectment has been brought by the guardians of the children of Andrew Allen, against the possession of the Big Spring tract in said county, lately sold by said Agents as the estate late of the said Andrew Allen; there- upon,
Resolved, That the Attorney General of the State be informed thereof, and directed to appear and make defence in behalf of this Commonwealth.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, August 16th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Cunningham, and
Mr. Thompson.
A petition from Benjamin Leech, of Duchess county, in the State f New York, by his attorney, James Craig, Junior, of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, was read, setting forth that he is intitled o a city lot containing in breadth on High street one hundred and hirty-two feet, and in length three hundred and six feet ; bounded orthward with High street ; westward with vacant ground ; south- vard by the back ends of Chesnut street lots; and eastward with T'enth street from Delaware; in right of the original purchase of Tobiah Leech, from William Penn, late Proprietary of Pennsyl- ania, and praying that the Attorney General may be directed to eceive a declaration in ejectment for the 'premisses, so that the ame may be brought to a trial; and it appearing to the Board hat the possesion of the said lot remains in the Commonwealth ; Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be granted, and he Attorney General directed to receive a declaration in ejectment or the premises, agreeable to the late act of Assembly.
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the Surveyor General having certified that upon an accurate search in his office, he cannot find that the said warrant hath been satis- fied ;
Resolved, That the Surveyor General do proceed to locate a city lot agreeable to the terms of the warrant and the usual forms of office.
A petition from Henry Pauling, setting forth that the right to a tract of land situate on Wyaloosing creek, in the county of Northumberland, lately advertized by the Agents for Confiscated! Estates in the said county, as the estate of John Pawling or Pauld- ing, an attainted traitor, is vested in him, the petitioner, in fee simple, that he hath not conveyed the same to the said John Paw- ling, or to any other person whatever, and praying this Board to forbid the sale thereof, was read, together with a deposition of the said Henry Pawling, and sundry other papers produced in support of the said petition ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the Agents for Confiscated Estates in the said county be directed not to proceed to a sale of the said estate, with- out the further order of this Board.
A petition from Margaret Maguire, praying a pass to go to Charlestown, within the lines of the enemy, was read; and there- upon,
Resolved, That a pass be granted, on condition that she give a security not to return again during the continuance of the present war.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, August 17th, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
Hon'ble the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Thompson.
On consideration,
Ordered, That William Will, Esquire, Sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia, or his deputy, be directed to deliver to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Mentges, or his order, the following persons now confined in the old gaol, vizt : James Green, Reuben Parker, - Hacket, alias Creamer, alias Crowder, and Mary Hall.
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The Honorable James Cunningham, Esquire, presented to the Council the following account for his attendance in Council, vizt :
Dr. The State of Pennsylvania to James Cunningham,
For attendance in Council from the sixteenth day of
June, to the seventeenth day of August, 1781, 63 days, at 25s per day, £78 15 0
To 81 miles coming to Philad'a and returning home, at 2s 1, - 8 4
To cash paid Capt'n Abraham Scott, for forwarding ammunition and cloathing to Northumberland county, 15 9
£87 14 9
Cr. By cash received of David Rittenhouse, Esq'r, 15 00 0
Ballance, 1.
- £72 14 9
And therefore,
An order was drawn in favor of the Honorable James Cunning- ham, Esquire, for the sum of seventy-two pounds fourteen shillings and nine pence, specie, ballance of the above account.
This being the day appointed to hear the claim of the Pykeland company to sundry lots in the city, in right of the original pur- chase of Richard Pyke, the parties attended, but not being pre- pared, requested the Board to postpone the hearing to a further day ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the said hearing be postponed to the seventeenth day of September next.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Aug't 18, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, &
Mr. Thompson.
A deed was examined and signed by His Excellency the Presi- dent, to Christopher Stewart, of the city of Philadelphia, Esquire," conveying a certain lot or piece of land, with the messuage, snuff mill, warehouse, and other tenements thereon erected, situate on the Wissahiccon road, in the township of the Northern Liberties, bounded and being as follows, to wit : Beginning at a stone on said VOL. XIII .- 3.
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road, being a corner of Jonathan Adams's and the late Christopher Sowers's land ; thence up the said line to the orchard fence ; thence along the said fence until a line parallel to the said division line shall strike a certain ash tree standing by the run in the meadow near the said mill ; thence up the said run on the south side thereof through the arch of the bridge ; thence by a straight line to the north-east corner of the said mill dam; thence along the fence to Potts's line ; thence down the same and continued with the said Adams's to the place of beginning, containing about three acres, be the same more or less : Seized and sold agreeably to law, (as the estate of Jonathan Adams and Susanna, his wife, attainted of high treason,) to the said Christopher Stewart, for the sum of fifteen hundred and thirty pounds, lawful money of Pennsylvania, subject to a yearly ground rent of forty-five bushels and nine-tenths of a bushell of good merchantable wheat, payable to the Trustees of the University of this State, three-fourth parts of which sum he hath paid into the hands of the Agents of Confiscated Estates in the county , of Philadelphia, the remaining one-fourth part being re- served for the purpose aforesaid. Deed dated this day.
A deed was examined and signed by His Excellency the Presi- dent, to Major William Armstrong, conveying a certain lot or piece of land, situate on Province Island, in the county of Philadelphia, and marked in the general plan of the said Island No. 15, bounded and being as follows, to wit : Beginning at a stake near a large old stump standing on the edge of the cripple and a small distance south of the hospital wharf; thence by said cripple south forty degrees west twenty-one perches and six-tenths to a stake set in the bank in the line of lot No. 16, sold to Charles Miller ; thence by the said lot north forty degrees thirty minutes west forty-five perches to a stake set in the middle of the road leading south- westerly from the hospital road through the marsh ; thence by said road north forty-seven degrees forty-five minutes east thirty-two perches to a stake set for a corner in the middle of the hospital road ; thence by said road and the line of the hospital lot south twenty-eight degrees thirty minutes east forty-five perches to the first mentioned stake and place of beginning, containing seven acres and ninety-nine perches, be the same more or less : Sold agreeably to law, to the said William Armstrong, for the sum of five hundred and seventy nine pounds of the bills of credit of this State, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, 1780. Deed dated the sixteenth.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Aug't 20, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
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The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey,
Mr. Gardner, and
Mr. Thompson.
The following deeds were examined and signed by His Excel- lency the President, for the lots hereafter mentioned, marked in the general plan of the said lots as follows, and sold agreeably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, 1780, vizt :
To William Milnor, for lot No. 8, on the north side of Spruce street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, from Delaware river. Consideration ninety-eight pounds. , Deed dated the 20th instant.
David C. Claypoole, for lot No. 84, on the north side of Lom- bard street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration thirty- one pounds. Deed dated the twentieth instant.
William Eckhart, for lot No. 112, on the south side of Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration fifty pounds. Deed dated the 20th inst.
Ditto, for lot No. 113, on the south side of Pine street and on the west side of Fifth street from Delaware. Consideration sixty- one pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.
The Honourable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for lots No. 215 and 216, on the north side of Mulberry street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, from Delaware river. Consideration money two hundred and twenty-five pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.
Peter Ozeas, for lot No. 85, on the north side of Lombard street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, from Delaware river. Considera- tion twenty-five pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.
Ditto for lot No. 86, on the north side of Lombard street, be- tween Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration twenty-three pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.
Christleib Bartling, for lot No. 192, on the north side of Sassa- fras street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration one hundred pounds. Deed dated the 20th ins't.
William Eckhart, for lot No. 111, on the south side of Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration sixty pounds. Deed dated the 20th inst't. .
William Milnor, for lot No. 7, on the north side of Spruce street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Consideration ninety pounds. Deed dated the 20th ins't.
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Benjamin Harbeson, for lot No. 191, on the north side of Sassa- fras street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, from Delaware river. Consideration one hundred pounds. Deed dated the twentieth instant.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr. James Longhead, for the sum of two hundred and eighty-five pounds, specie, for the purpose of paying the militia of the city and liber- ties of Philadelphia now in service, for which sum he is to be ac- countable ; the same to be charged to Col. William Henry, Lieu- tenant of the said city and liberties, and paid out of the monies arising from militia fines.
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In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, August 21, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President. Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Thompson.
William Barton, Esquire, appointed on the second instant to be a Notary Publick in this State, attended in Council, and took the oaths necessary to qualify him for the execution of his said office.
In Council.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 1781.
PRESENT :
As yesterday.
An affidavit of Michael Shubart and Frederick Hailer, being laid before the Board, proving that they, in the year 1777, in behalf of the Lutheran Congregation of this city, offered to pay to Mr. Penn the sum of five hundred pounds, for two lots of ground in the said city, purchased for the use of the said congregation ; that Mr. Penn declined receiving the said money at that time, and agreed to let them keep the money one year longer, without interest. On con- sideration,
Resolved, That the Receiver General of the Land Office be di- rected to receive from the said Frederick Hailer and Michael Shu- bart, on behalf of the said congregation, the purchase money for the said lots, abating one year interest thereon.
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An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of William Bradford, Junior, Esquire, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, in part of his salary as Attorney General of the State, for which sum he is to be accountable.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, Aug't 23d, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President. Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Thompson. 4
No Council.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, August 24, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Gardner, Mr. Lacey, and
Mr. Thompson.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Captain David Sneyder, of the Philadelphia county Troop of Light Horse, for the sum of fifty-two pounds fourteen shillings and six pence, State money, of the seventh of April, 1781, amount of an account of the expences of the said troop while on command, on a late call of militia.
The Lieutenant of the city and liberties of Philadelphia having represented that the tour of duty of the militia now on service here will shortly expire,
Resolved, That he call forth the sixth class of the second and sixth battalions, and the seventh class of the first battalion, to re- lieve them in guarding the prisons, and other Continental duty.
Resolved, 'That the Lieutenant of the said city and liberties direct an election to be held for Captain in Colonel Dean's bat- talion, in the room of John Flynn, who hath left the State.
A petition from Thomas Bolesby, praying permission for his daughter, Mary Bowlings, with her two children, to go to Eliza- bethtown, in the State of New Jersey, was read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be granted.
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A petition from Elizabeth O'Flaherty, praying permission to go into New York, was read; and thereupon,
Resolved, That a pass be granted, on condition that she give security not to return again during the continuance of the present war.
Returns of Justices for the following townships in the county of Washington, were received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were elected :
Peters township-John Douglass and Robert Thompson.
Township of Nuttingame-Benjamin Parkinson and Joseph Parkinson.
Strabane township, (in which is the place called Catfish Camp, ordered by law to be the seat of justice)-Daniel Leet, Henry Taylor, John White, Nicholas Little, Alexander Eddy, and David Ciark.
Aimwell township-Abner Howell and John Craig.
Donnegal township-Samuel Mason and Samuel Williamson.
Hopewell township-William Scott and John Marshall.
Fallowfield township-John Parker, John Hall, east end; and John Stevenson and Patrick McCullough, west end of said town- ship.
Smith's township-Samuel Johnston and James Edgar.
Cecil township-Matthew McConnell and John Read.
On consideration,
Resolved, That Henry Taylor, William Scott, John Craig, John White, Daniel Leet, John Marshall, John Douglass, Benjamin Parkinson, John Reed, Abner Howell, Matthew McConnell, Samuel Johnston, and Samuel Mason, be appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the Peace of the Court of Common Pleas and of the Orphans' Court of the county of Washington, and that a general commission be issued accordingly.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, August 25, 1781. PRESENT:
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Thompson.
The Council taking into consideration an application from Amos Wickersham, to postpone the sale of the estates of Thomas Hughes, late of Northumberland county, called upon to surrender and abide
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his trial for high treason, by a proclamation of this Board of the twentieth day of March last; and there being reason to believe that he did, on the tenth day of May last, surrender himself by the time mentioned in the said proclamation ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the Agents of Forfeited Estates in the said county be directed to postpone the, sale of the estate of the said Thomas Hughes, until the further order of this Board.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, August 27th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
.Mr. Lacey, and
Mr. Gardner.
General St. Clair attended in Council, and communicated to the Board a letter from his Excellency General Washington to him, requesting returns to be made of the number of recruits at the sev- eral places of rendezvous within this State.
The following deeds were examined and signed by his Excellency the President, for divers lots in the city of Philadelphia, sold agree- ably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, 1780, and marked in the gene- ral plan of said lots as follows, vizt :
To Joseph Wilson, for lots No. 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208 and 209; seven of them, viz : From 193 to 199, situate on the south side of Sassa- fras street between Sixth and Seventh streets, from Delaware river ; containing in breadth twenty-one feet each lot, and in depth three hundred and ten feet and five inches. The remaining ten of the said lots, to wit : From 200 to 209, situate on the east side of Seventh street aforesaid. Consideration one thousand and fifteen pounds.
To ditto, for lots No. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 and 73, situate on the north side of Lombard street, between Fourth and Fifth, containing in breadth in the whole three hun- dred and eight feet, and in depth one hundred and forty-one feet. Consideration six hundred and seventy-three pounds.
To ditto, for lots No. 2, 3 and 4, situate on the north side of Spruce street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, containing in breadth seventy-four feet three inches, and in depth two hundred and twenty-nine feet. Consideration three hundred and forty six pounds.
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To ditto, for lots No. 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, and 259, situate on the south side of Mulberry street, between Eighth and Nine streets, containing in breadth one hundred and ninety-eight feet, and in length one hundred and fifty-seven feet. Consideration four hundred and eighty-three pounds.
To Joseph Wilson, for 34 lots, from No. 131 to 164, inclusive, situate and extending on and from the south side of Pine street to the north side of Lombard street, and from the west side of Seventh street to the east side of Eighth street, from Delaware river, containing in breadth one hundred and ninety-six feet, and in length two hundred and eighty-two feet. Consideration one thous- and two hundred and sixty-four pounds.
To ditto, for lots No. 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336 and 337, situate on the south side of Chesnut street and east side of Ninth street, from Delaware river, and north side of George street, containing in breadth two hundred and thirty-seven feet, and in depth two hundred and thirty-five feet. Consideration six-hun- dred and sixty-one pounds.
To ditto, for lots No. 19, 20 and 21, situate on the east side of Sixth street and south side of Pruin street, containing in breadth sixty-eight feet six inches, and in depth one hundred and ninety- nine feet. Consideration four hundred and ninety-one pounds.
To do., for lots No. 348, 349, 350 and 351, situate on the north side of Walnut street between Eighth and Ninth streets; containing in breadth one hundred feet, and in depth two hundred and thirty- five feet. Consideration two hundred and sixty pounds.
To do., for lots No. 338, 339, 340 and 341, situate on the north side of Walnut street and on the east side of Ninth street, contain- ing in breadth ninety-six inches. and in depth two hundred and thirty five feet. Consideration three hundred and thirteen pounds.
To ditto, for lot No. 358, situate on the west side of Eighth street and south side of Walnut street, containing in breadth twen- ty-four feet, and in length one hundred and ninety-seven feet. Consideration sixty-one pounds.
To Charles Risk, for lots No. 22 & 23, situate on the east side of Sixth street, between Pruin street and Spruce street, containing in breadth forty-seven feet, and in depth one hundred and ninety- nine feet. Consideration money two hundred and twenty-eight pounds.
To Dean Timmons, for lot No. 87, situate on the north side of Lombard street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, containing in breadth twenty-four feet, and in length one hundred and forty-one feet. Consideration twenty-seven pounds.
To do., for lot No. 88, situate and containing in breadth and depth as aforesaid. Consideration twenty-six pounds.
To d'o, for lot No. 89, situate and containing in breadth and depth as aforesaid. Consideration thirty-six pounds.
Deeds dated this day.
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In Council.
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PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, August 28th, 1781.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr. Lacey, Mr. Gardner, and
Mr. Thompson.
Col'l Samuel Miles, Deputy Quarter Master General, laid before the Council information from his Excellency General Washington, of his intention to move a great part of his army to the south ward, and ordering Col'l Miles to procure by every means in his power suitable vessels for transporting the same from Trenton to Chris- tiana Bridge ; and he also informed the Council that the number of vessels now in port and under one hundred tons burthen, will probably be wanted for that purpose.
On consideration,
Ordered, That an embargo be laid on all vessels of and under the burthen of one hundred tons; and that the following proclama- tion be issued, to wit :
By his Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esq'r, President, and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The public service requires a speedy exertion by the authority of this State to procure the most immediate transportation by water; we have, therefore, thought proper, and do hereby lay an embargo on all river craft and vessels of and under the burthen of one hundred tons ; to which all the citizens of the State and others are required to conform and govern themselves accordingly, as they will answer the contrary at their peril.
Given by order of the Council, under the hand of his Excellency JOSEPH REED, Esquire, President, and the seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty. one.
JOSEPH REED, President. Attest :- TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary. GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
A letter from His Excellency Thomas Mckean, Esq'r, of the twenty-third instant, was received and read, inclosing a resolution of Congress of the same day, requesting the Council to appoint
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proper persons to make a just appraisement of the leaden spouts taken in the year 1777, from sundry inhabitants of Philadelphia for public use, by order of Congress ; the Appraisers to return to the Board of War their valuation and appraisement,
Ordered, To lie on the table.
In Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, Aug't 29, 1781. PRESENT :
His Excellency the President.
. The Honorable the Vice President.
Mr, Lacey, Mr. Gardner, and
Mr. Thompson.
Resolved, That the Vendue Masters of this city and districts, and the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty, be directed to furnish the Collector of Excise from time to time, with an account of the purchasers, the quantity, quality, marks and numbers of the casks of all spirituous liquor by them respectively sold, whenever he shall apply to them therefor.
A return of Justices for Sadsbury township, Chester county, having been made, and accompanied with a letter from the Judges of the election, representing that divers electors were not freehold- ers, as by law they ought to have been.
Resolved, That the said return be remitted, in order that a new election may be had, and that it be recommended to the Inspectors and others, to be more attentive in future to the qualification of electors.
Application having been made to this Board by His Excellency the Count De Rochambeau, commander of the troops of His Most Christian Majesty, serving in the allied army, that an hospital may be established in this city for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers of the troops under his command,
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