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Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the State be re- mitted.
Ordered, That a pass be granted to Solomon Pendleton to go to Charlestown, in the State of South Carolina, and to return again.
General Mifflin, Richard Peters, Thomas Fitzimmons, and John Montgomery, delegates in Congress for this State, and Mr. Delany, Mr. Steinmentz, and Mr. Joseph Montgomery, a committee of the.
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General Assembly, attended in Council, and a conference was had respecting certain goods imported in the ship Amazon for the use of the British prisoners in this State, and lately seized in Chester county.
The petition of Henry Martin, convicted of misdemeanors upon three indictments in the county of Lancaster, for aiding British prisoners to escape, was read : The record of his conviction, and a recommendation in his behalf, were also read, and the Council having considered his case,
Ordered, That two-thirds of the fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Henry Martin, be remitted.
The petition of Christian Weaver, convicted of the like offence in the said county, praying remission of his fines, was read, together with the record of his conviction and recommendation aforesaid. ' On consideration,
Ordered, That two-thirds of the fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Christian Weaver, be remitted.
The petition of Christian Carpenter, convicted of the like offence in the said county, praying remission of his fines, was read, together with the record of his conviction and a recommendation as afore- said. On consideration,
Ordered, That one-third of the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Christian Carpenter, be remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, February 21st, 1783 ..
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honorable James Irvine, James Cunningham,
John M'Dowell, John Piper,
John Van Campen, Dorsey Pentecost, Esquires .
Mr. Woods, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Ashmead, a committee of the General Assembly, appointed to confer with the President and Council on the cases of Mr. Pentecost and Mr. Cannon, attended in Council with several papers relative thereto; and thereupon,
Ordered, That Mr. Cunningham and Doctor. M'Dowell be a com- mittee to examine the said papers in conjunction with the said com- mittee, and report thereon.
A letter from his Excellency the President of Congress, inclos- ing a resolution of Congress of the twentieth of February, 1783, respecting goods seized in the county of Chester, and imported in the ship Amazon, was read ; and thereupon,
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Ordered, That the same be laid before the General Assembly.
A petition from Jesse Judah and Benjamin S. Judah, praying a pass to New York for Benjamin S. Judah, and permission to return, was read; and thereupon, 1 Ordered, That a pass be granted to Benjamin S. Judah to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again.
A resolution of the General Assembly of the twentieth instant, relating to the conduct of Charles Cessna, Esquire, late Commis- sioner of Purchases in the county of Bedford, was read ; and there- upon,
Ordered, That the petition and depositions laid before Council in June, 1782, be now transmitted to the Speaker of the General Assembly, to be laid before the House.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, February 22nd, 1783. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honorable James Irvine, John Piper,
John M'Dowell, James Potter,
John Van Campen, Dorsey Pentecost, Esquires. James Cunningham,
Ordered, That a pass be granted to James and John M'Cullob, to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again.
A petition from Anne Allen, in behalf of her husband, John Allen, convicted of misdemeanors, in the county of Chester, in aiding British prisoners to escape, was read, together with a recommenda- tion from the Honorable George Bryan, Esquire, in his behalf. On consideration,
Ordered, That the fine due to the State and punishment of whipping, be remitted.
A petition from Jacob Livergood, Junior, convicted of forgery in the county of Berks, was read, praying remission of his corpo- ral punishment. On consideration,
Ordered, That the execution of the sentence of the court against the said Jacob Livergood, Jun'r, for the said offence, as to his " standing in and on the pillory for the space of one hour, on Sat- urday the first day of March next," be suspended for and during the term of sixty days from the date hereof, and that he be reprieved for the term aforesaid.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, February 24th, 1783.
PRESENT :
Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honorable James Irvine, John Piper,
John Van Campen, James Cunningham, Esquires.
Dorsey Pentecost, John M'Dowell,
The report of the Comptroller General on the account of Wil- liam Henry, Esquire, of Lancaster, for arms delivered agreeable to order of Major General Potter, was read and approved ; and there- upon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in his favour, for sixty- nine pounds ten shillings and five pence, balance of the said ac- count.
A resolution of the General Assembly of the twenty-fourth in- stant, was received and read, requesting Council to lay before the House, all the vouchers and receipts in their possession respecting Charles Cessna, Esquire, a member of the House, and late Com- missioner of Purchases for the county of Bedford.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Colonel Jacob Morgan, Junior, late Superinten- dant of the Commissioners of Purchase, be directed to furnish Council with the vouchers and receipts above mentioned, in order that the same may be laid before the House.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of James Smith, Esquire, for two thousand six hundred and sixty-five pound's eighteen shillings and four pence specie, with interest for the same from the first day of February, 1781, and costs of suit, out of the monies appropriated for the payment of the Purchasing Commis- sioners of this State, the same being for cattle purchased from him by Samuel Lyon, Esq'r, of Cumberland county, agreeable to reso- lution of the General Assembly of the
A letter from the Financier General of the United States of the twenty-second instant, inclosing certain acts and orders of Congress of the twelfth, seventeenth and eighteenth of February instant, was read; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the same be laid before the General Assembly.
The report of the Comptroller General on the accounts of Adam Hubley, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster, from April, 1781, till January, 1782, together with the Comptroller General's reports on the accounts of John Huber, John Barber, William Smith, William Steel, William Kelly, Abraham Dehuff, Robert Clark, John Hopkins and Maxwell Chambers, Esquires, Sub-Lieutenants of the said county, connected with she said Hub-
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ley's accounts, being read, were approved, by which it appears that there is due from said Hubley to the State, five pounds eight shillings and seven pence State money, and three pounds specie.
A letter, from the Commissioners of the county of Philadelphia, mentioning the following robberies as having been committed on several Collectors of the said county, vizt :
Isaac Humphrey, Upper Dublin; John Hoodt, Gwinedth; Wil- liam Broades, Lower Merion; Morris Davey, Franconia; Samuel Dehaven, Horsham; John Sberer, Whitpaine; Henry Conrad, do. Ordered, That the same be laid before the General Assembly.
Mr. Wall reports that the following robberies were said to be committed in Bucks county, vizt :
Daniel Hough, Solebury, Taxes; Joseph Dyer, Plumstead, 'l'axes; Jonathan Stout, Tinicum ; military fines.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, February 25th, 1783.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire.
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The Honourable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, James Cunningham, ?
John M'Dowell, John Van Campen,
Dorsey Pentecost,
George Wall,
Esquires. John Piper, James Potter.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of John Nichol- son, Comptroller General, for the sum of five hundred pounds, State money of the seventh day of April, 1781, for paying one-third of depreciation certificates to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, for which the said Comptroller is to account.
An order was drawn in favour of John Clarke, on Samuel Lyons, late Commissioner of Purchases in Cumberland county, for eighty pounds specie, out of the money arising from the sale of grain be- longing to the State now in his possession, or if the money cannot be had, in so much of the said grain as at the market price shall amount to the said sum, to be charged to the said John Clarke, in part of his account for provisions furnished for the use of the army.
A pass was granted to Charles Jones to go into the city of New York, by the way of Dobbs' ferry, and to return by the way of the West Indies.
The report of the Comptroller General on the account of Mark Wilcox, for writing paper seized in the county of Chester in the year 1777, and made use of by Council, was read and approved.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, February 26th, 1783.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
Honourable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honorable James Irvine, George Wall,
James Cunningham, John Van Campen,
Sebastian Levan, John Piper,
Dorsey Pentecost, James Potter,
Esq'rs.
A letter from Alexander McClean, Esquire, of the twenty-fifth instant, informing Council of two tracts of land in Westmoreland county, one containing two hundred and seventy acres, and the other containing one hundred and thirty acres, which he has reason to believe, is the estate late of Anthony Yeldall, an attainted tray- tor, and now forfeited to the use of the Commonwealth, was read ;. and thereupon,
Ordered, That Mr. McClean be requested to furnish Council with drafts of the said lands.
Ordered, That a pass be granted to Mary Eddy to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again. $ A petition from Christopher Painter, convicted of stealing a mare in the county of Berks, and sentenced to be pillored, cropped and whipped, praying remission of his punishment,
Ordered, That the punishment of Christopher Painter as to standing in the pillory and cropping of his ears, be remitted.
Ordered, That a pass be granted to Nicholas Low to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again.
A petition from David Norman, convicted of a misdemeanor in the county of Philadelphia, for harbouring and aiding British pris- oners to escape, was read ; and on consideration, the same was dis- missed.
A petition from Israel Doan, confined in the gaol of the county of Bucks, praying remission of his fine, and to be discharged from confinement, was read; and on consideration, the said petition was dismissed
A petition from William Moland, an attainted traytor, was read ; and
Ordered, To lie on the table.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, February 27th, 1783.
PRESENT :
Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honorable James Irvine, John Piper,
George Wall, John Van Campen, Esquires.
James Cunningham, Dorsey Pentecost,
The report of the Comptroller General on the account of John Patton, Francis Gurney and William Allibone, Commissioners for the defence of the bay and river Delaware, for fitting out a flag and lading her with supplies for the prisoners belonging to this State at New York, agreeable to resolution of the General Assem- bly of the twenty-sixth of November last, was read, and approved ; and thereupon,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in their favour for one hundred and seventy-four pounds five shillings and five pence specie, ballance of the said account.
A petition from Casper Bittenhousen, convicted of fornication and bastardy with Sophia Severling, in the county of Lancaster, and sentenced to pay a fine of ten pounds to the use of the State, was read, praying remission of the said fine. On consideration,
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Casper Bittenhousen be remitted.
A petition from David Adams, convicted of fornication and bas- tardy with a certain Elizabeth Smith, in the county, of Bucks, and. sentenced to pay a fine of ten pounds specie to the State, &ca., praying remission of his fine, was read; and thereupon, -
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said David Adams be remitted.
A return of Justices for the township of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Westmoreland, was received and read, by which it ap- pears that James Guthrie hath been duly and the inhabitants of the said township, to the number of twenty-nine, having prayed this Board to appoint and commission the said James Guthrie to be a Justice of the Peace : On consideration,
Ordered, That James Guthrie, Esquire, be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Westmoreland, and commissioned accordingly.
Ordered, That a pass be granted to Lethea Spring to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs' Ferry, and to return again.
A petition from John Moyes, praying a pass to New York, and from. thence to Halifax, was read, and rejected.
Samuel Potts, a son of John Potts, an attainted traytor, being lately arrived in this city, attended in Council, and being interro- gated as to his coming : Thereupon,
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Ordered, That he give security in the sum of one thousand pounds specie, for his appearance before this Board when called for, and his good behaviour in the mean time.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, February 28th, 1783. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, James Cunningham,
John Van Campen, Dorsey Pentecost,
John Piper, James Potter.
A.draft of a message was laid before the Board and read, in the words following, vizt :
A message from the President and the Supreme Executive Coun- cil to the General Assembly.
GENTLEMEN :- The Secretary will present to you the report of the Commissioners appointed last year by this Commonwealth and the State of Virginia, with a draft of the country situate between the meridian line run by Messieurs St. Clair and McClean, and that lately run by Messieurs Nevil and McClean, bounded southward by an extension of Mason and Dixon's line, and northward by the Ohio river.
If the proceedings of the Commissioners are approved by the General Assembly, it may be advisable to issue a proclamation for giving notice to the inhabitants on the lands comprehended within the limits above described, and all others whom it may concern, that the lines have been thus ascertained, and requiring them to pay due obedience to the laws of this State.
JOHN DICKINSON, President.
Council Chamber, Philad'a, February 28th, 1783.
Whereupon,
The Council having considered the same,
Ordered, That the said message be approved and laid before the General Assembly.
Mr. Penrose and Mr. Magoffin, a Committee from the General Assembly, on the petition of Isaac Austin, attended in Council, and such information thercon given as was in the power of Coun- . oil.
A letter from David Rittenhouse, Esquire, Treasurer, respecting applications by the officers of the Pennsylvania line for an exchange of their certificates in his hands.
Ordered, That the same be laid before the General Assembly.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 1st, 1783.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire.
Hon'ble JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Van Campen,
Dorsey Pentecost, George Wall, Esquires.
John Piper,
Alexander M'Clean, Esquire, discovered to the Council the fol- lowing tracts of land, said to belong to Anthony Yeldall, an at- tainted traytor, vizt :
One tract containing one hundred and fifty-six acres, surveyed to Edward Green, situated on the east side of Monongahela river, on the waters of Brown's run, in the county of Westmoreland, sur- veyed the tenth day of June, 1773, by virtue of two warrants, one dated the third day September, 1770, the other dated the tenth day of October, 1772.
One other tract containing two hundred and ninety-five acres and one quarter, and allowance for roads, &ca., surveyed to Antho- ny Yeldall the eleventh day of November, 1772, in pursuance of two warrants, the one dated the third day of September, 1770, for fifty acres, the other dated the tenth day of October, 1772, for two hundred aeres, situated in the new purchase in the county of West- moreland, on the waters of Dunlap's creek.
Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing be transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Court, or one of them, as soon as conve- niently may be, and also within one month after this date another authentie copy thereof to the Sheriff of the county of Westmore- land, who is hereby required to give notice thereof to the Agents of Forfeited Estates in his county, in order that the said Agents may proceed therein according to law.
Ordered, That Colonel Stephen Balliot, Contractor for Provi- sions in the county of Northampton, forbear any further purchases, as Captain Schrawder's company is ordered to Wyoming, where measures will be taken for supplying them by other means.
Ordered, That John Weitzle, Esquire, Contractor for Frovisions in Northumberland county, be informed that Captain Robeson's company and Captain Schrawder's company are ordered to proceed to Wyoming, and that Council desire he will supply rations to both these companies at that post. In case of any additional ex- pence in transporting the provisions to Wyoming, more than would have arisen on the contract with Mr. Weitzle, the Council engage · to make him a reasonable compensation.
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On application,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Frederick Sneyder, for fourteen pounds one shilling and ten pence specie, amount of his account for his wages as Doorkeeper till the twenty- eighth day of February, 1783, and sundry small expences.
A petition from Frederick Buzzard, convicted of misdemeanors upon three indictments in the county of Chester, in aiding British prisoners to escape, was read, praying remission of his fines. On consideration,
Ordered, That two-thirds of the fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Frederick Buzzard be remitted.
A petition from Casper Heiner, praying a pass to go into New York, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That a pass be granted to Casper Heiner to go into New York, by the way of Dobbs' ferry, and to return again.
A state of the Pennsylvania line was received and read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That a copy thereof be transmitted to the Board of War.
A petition from Thomas Christwell, and a certificate accompany- ing the same, praying payment for a horse killed on the frontiers, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the same be transmitted to the Comptroller Gene- ral for his opinion thereon.
A letter from Colonel Samuel Hunter, Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland, with sundry papers inclosed, respecting a horse lost by Captain Thomas Kemplin in the frontier service, and re- questing payment for the said horse, were read ; and
Ordered, That the same be transmitted to the Comptroller Gene- ral for his opinion thereon.
A return of Justices for the township of Letterkenny, in the county of Cumberland, was received and read, by which it appears that James Finley and James McCammont were duly elected ; whereupon,
Ordered, That James Finley, Esquire, be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Cumberland, and that he be commis- sioned accordingly.
Petitions from John Moyes and Thomas Barnes, junior, praying passes to go into New York, and to return again, were read; and on consideration,
Ordered, That passes be granted to the said John Moyes and Thomas Barnes, Jun'r, to go to New York, by the way of Dobbs" ferry, and to return again.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 3rd, 1783. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honourable James Irvine, Dorsey Pentecost,
George Wall, James Cunningham,
John Van Campen, Sebastain Levan,
Esquires,
John Piper,
A memorial from Alexander Power, Esquire, late Lieutenant Quarter Master in Colonel Flower's regiment of Artillery Artificers, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the said petition be dismissed, and that the papers accompanying the same be returned to Mr. Power.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer of the State, vizt :
In favour of his Excellency John Dickinson, Esquire, President, for one thousand pounds specie, with interest thereon from the fourth day of January, 1783, out of the fund appropriated for the recruiting service ; the same being money lent to the State for the said service, agreeable to order of this Board of the fourth day of January last.
In favour of Adam Barr and James Barr, for fifty pounds specie, being the reward allowed by proclamation of Council of the ninth day of July, 1782, for apprehending and securing Jesse Vickars.
Captain John Floyd, of the ship Amazon, reported himself as a flag bound for Charlestown, to carry there divers citizens of that State, and laid before the Board his papers, which being examined and approved, were returned.
On application,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the Honoura- ble John Montgomery, for one hundred and seventeen pounds, in full for his attendance in Congress as a delegate for this State till the twenty-eighth day of February, 1783, and his mileage.
A petition from William Nugent, convicted of stealing two mares in the county of York, and sentenced to be cropped, pillored, and whipped, & pay a fine to the use of the State, &ca., was read, pray- ing remission of his fine and corporal punishment.
Ordered, That the corporal punishment of the said William Nu- gent, as to cropping of his ears, be remitted.
A petition from Thomas Canby, praying a pass to New York, was read, and rejected unanimously.
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A petition from Jane Cuyler, praying a pass to New York, was read; and thereupon,
Ordered, That a pass be granted to the said Jane Cuyler to go into New York, by the way of Dobbs' ferry, and to return again.
This being the day appointed for the meeting of the Board of Property, the Honourable the Vice President and the Honourable Mr. Pentecost agreed to meet the other members of the said Board.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 4th, 1783.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
Honourable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Honourable James Irvine, James Potter.
George Wall,
John Van Campen,
Esquires.
Sebastian Levan, Christopher Hayes,
On application,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of John Nichol- son, Esquire, for 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, agreeable to act of General Assembly of the thirteenth day of April, 1782, for which he is to account.
A letter from David Rittenhouse, Esquire, Treasurer, having been laid before the House of Assembly, and referred to a committee of the House, the said committee attended in Council, and a confer- ence was had on the subject of the said letter, when the Council and committee agreed in opinion that such exchanges of officers for soldiers' certificates, as mentioned in the said letter, ought not to be made; but that certificates received in payment for confiscated estates should be kept, in order to be cancelled, in such manner as the Legislature sball hereafter direct.
A letter from Colonel Benjamin Blythe of the seventh ulto., was read; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to collect the papers re- ferred to in the said letter, and lay the same before Council.
Ordered, That Captain Thomas Robeson, and Captain Philip Schrawder, be directed to march with their respective Ranging com- panies to Wyoming, and take every proper measure for maintaining the post there, and for protecting the settlements.
Ordered, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to the Honourable John Van Cam-
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pen, Esquire, or his order, ten knapsacks, nine camp kettles, and three wood axes, for the use of Captain Philip Schrawder's com- pany of Rangers, in the county of Northampton, for which Cap- tain Schrawder is to account.
The Honourable Mr. Pentecost not attending this day, the Hon- ourable Mr. Cunningham was appointed to meet the Honourable the Vice President, and the other members of the Board of Pro- perty.
The Council met.
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