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A petition from William Henry, Esquire, praying Council to or- der the Sheriff of the county of Lancaster, to pay him one moiety of six hundred pounds specie, in his hands, being the amount of the sales of certain British goods seized at Lancaster in 1782, was read and referred to the Comptroller General.
A petition from John Brown, convicted of horse stealing in the county of Chester, was read and rejected.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of the city and liberties of Phila- delphia, and of Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, were read and approved.
A letter from Monsieur Marbois, Consul General of France, of the twenty-eighth of June, 1784, was read ; and
Ordered, To be filed.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 2nd, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
John McDowell, Isaac Meason, & Requires. George Wall, Jun'r, Stephen Balliot, The petition of Keenan, a prisoner in the goal of Chester, was read, and an order taken that the remaining part of the imprisonment and fine to which he was sentence be remitted.
A letter to Mr. Levers, Prothonotary of the county of Northamp- ton, exhibiting the circumstances of the late election of Justices of the Peace for the district of Easton and Forks, was read ; on which it was
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Ordered, That the twentieth day of July next be set apart by Council for the purpose of hearing the complaints which may be urged against the aforesaid election, and that Mr. Levers be re- quested to communicate this order to the remonstrants, persons re- turned, Judges, Inspectors, and Constables.
Ordered, That before any warrant of survey be signed, a cer- tificate from the Receiver General, acknowledging the receipt of the whole of the principal purchase money at least, for the land therein mentioned, be produced.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Isaac Meason, Esquire, for the sum of forty-three pounds specie, in full for his attendance at this Board till the third instant, and his mileage.
In favor of the Honorable Stephen Balliot, Esquire, for the sum of twenty-six pounds five shillings specie, in full for his attendance in Council 'till the first instant, inclusively.
In favor of Jacob Zanck, for twenty-two pounds two shillings and eight pence, State money, in full for principal and interest due upon his certificate for a horse, according to resolution of the Gen- eral Assembly dated the eighth of April, 1782.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, July 3rd, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, George Wall, and
John Boyd, Stephen Balliott.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Samuel Kin- sey, for the sum of fifteen pounds specie, in full for his wages as Messenger to the Honorable the Council of Censors 'till the thir- tieth day of June, 1784.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the accounts of Daniel Montgomery, Esquire, Collector of Excise for the county of Nor- thumberland, & of Thomas Craig, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Northampton, were read and approved.
An order was drawn in favor of the latter, for the sum of forty- three pounds fifteen shillings, being the ballance due by the State on the aforesaid account, to be paid out of the delinquents' militia fines.
The reports of the Comptroller General upon the accounts of Thomas Wharton, for leaden spouts, and of David Brooks, for flour, were read & approved.
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The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of William Bradford, junior, Esquire, for three pounds five shillings, being an expence incurred by the hire of books dur- ing the controversy with Connecticut.
In favor of Thomas Ekeson, for forty-nine pounds, State money, being the amount of principal and interest due to him by the State for a bay horse.
In favor of Thomas Ekeson, for forty-three pounds one shilling, State money, being the amount of principal and interest due to him by the State for a black horse.
In favor of the Honorable James Moore, Esquire, for twenty- eight pounds seventeen shillings and six pence.
In favor of the Honorable Thomas Hartley, Esquire, for the sum of seventeen pounds ten shillings specie.
In favor of the Honorable John McDowell, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-four pounds two shillings and six pence specie.
In favor of the Honorable James Edgar, for the sum of thirty- four pounds two shillings and six pence specie, the said sums being in full for their attendance severally as members of the Council of Censors 'till the third of July, 1784, inc .; to be paid out of the fund appropriated by resolution of Assembly dated the twenty-second day of November, 1784.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 5th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and Esquires. John McDowell, Stephen Balliott,
The petition of Adam Ruff, read and rejected on the fifteenth of January last, was again re-considered, and the fine adjudged to the State remitted.
The Council met.
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PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 6th, 1784.
PRESENT : . His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, and Esq'rs. James McDowell, John Boyd,
Ordered, That the County Treasurers be directed not to pay any expences of the State connected with its militia but from such monies as may arise from militia fines.
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Ordered, That Saturday, the seventeenth day of this month, be appointed for the execution of John Downey and John Martin, agreeably to sentence of death passed upon them at the late Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Philadelphia on the twenty-fourth day of June last ; warrants to issue accordingly.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Joseph Forster, from removing the exhibition frame from Market street to the State house, was read and approved, and an order drawn in his favor for the sum of fifteen pounds six shillings and six pence specie.
John White's account for express riding was also admitted, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report, and an order for a bal- lance of sixteen pounds ten shillings specie drawn in his favor on the Treasurer.
The accounts of John Hubley, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Lancaster, and of Alexander Calhoon, for a black horse furnished for the use of the State, were read and approved, and an order drawn in favor of the latter, for the sum of eighty-six pounds six shillings and eight pence, State money, being the in- terest and principal of his account.
A report from the Honorable the Judges of the Supreme Court, with sundry inclosures, were read.
The Council met,
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, July 7th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, Esquires. John McDowell, John Boyd,
A return of an election for the town of Lancaster was read, and a commission directed to issue to Michael Hubley, Esquire, as a Justice of Peace in and for the county of Lancaster.
A return of an election of Justices for Carlisle district, was read & postponed.
A letter from J. R. Ried, praying to be appointed to the com- mand of the troops called for by resolution of Congress.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. Robert Aitkin, for printing two thousand advertisements, for the sum of three pounds fifteen shillings specie.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 8th, 1784. PRESENT :
. His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and Esquires. John M'Dowell, Stephen Balliott, S
Upon a farther re-consideration of the complaints against a late election of Justices for the district of Easton and Forks, in the county of Northampton, it was
Ordered, That directions be given to the Magistracy of that county to call before them such persons as are pointed out as wit- nesses by the complainants, and receive from them such testimony as they may be able to collect against the legality of the aforesaid election.
Letters were also directed to be written to Colonels Moore and Proctor, instructing the former to make report of his proceedings, in consequence of the orders of this Board of the twentieth day of April last, and calling upon the latter for a return of all persons confined in the gaol of this city and county upon charges of felony.
The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of James Loughead, Esq'r, Paymaster to the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, was read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 9th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen & S Esquires. John McDowell, John Boyd,
Lancas ter. Upon returns made agreeably to law of elections of Jus- tices of the Peace for the districts of Lebanon, and of Bart and Colerain,
Ordered, That John Gloningher, Esquire, be commissioned for the former, and Joseph Miller, Esquire, for the latter.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, in conse- quence of the Comptroller's reports of this morning :
In favor of John Noacre, for four pounds ten shillings. specie, for carrying dispatches of Council to the counties of Berks and Northumberland.
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In favor of Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds specie, in part of his account.
In favor of John Hubley, Esquire, for twenty-six pounds thir- teen shillings and five pence specie, to be paid out of the monies which may arise from the militia fines of the county of Lan- caster.
The reports of James Wilson and William Bradford, jun'r, Es- quires, Agents and Counsellors on the part of this Commonwealth in the controversy respecting the private right of soil to the lands at Wyoming, was read.
A letter from the Honorable Major General Hand, was also read.
An order was this morning taken that the Lieutenants of the city. and several counties be called to make a return of all the public arms, accoutrements, &ca , within their respective districts, and that letters be written accordingly.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Saturday, July 10th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, John McDowell, and Esq'rs.
John Boyd, Stephen Balliott,
A copy of an inquest held upon the body of George Fitler, de- ceased, was presented to Council, and read.
Philad'a.
Upon a return of Justices elected agreeably to law for the district of Oxford, Lower Dublin, and Biberry townships, John Knowles, Esquire, was elected.
The petition of Lieutenant Colonel James Moore, praying a com- pensation for extraordinary expences incurred during his late com- mand, was read and postponed for consideration.
The Comptroller's report upon the account of Joseph Potts, of Bordentown, was read and approved.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 12th, 1784.
PRESENT :
' His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. '
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and
John Mc Dowell, Stephen Balliot, Esquires.
'The Comptroller's reports upon the accounts of William Blake, and of James Parr, for rent, were read and approved, and an order drawn in favor of the former for the sum of two pounds two shil- lings & three pence.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Tuesday, July 13th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
John Boyd, and
The Honorable James Irvine, John McDowell, Stephen Balliott, Esquires.
The petitions of Thomas Smith, Matthew McNally, and John Spalding, convicted of larceny in the city of Philadelphia, and sen- tenced to a fine of four pounds nine shillings and two pence each, &ca., &ca., was read, and an order taken that the said fines be re- mitted.
An order was drawn in favor of William Irvine, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-four pounds two shillings and six pence specie, being his allowance as a Censor 'till the thirteenth instant, inclusively.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esq'r, Comptroller General, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, being one quarter's salary as Comptroller General, ending the twelfth instant.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble James Irvine, for seventy-nine pounds twelve shillings and six pence, being the amount of his wages as Councillor 'till the four- teenth instant.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Griffith Evans, for the sum of thirty-one pounds five shillings specie, being his salary for two months as Assistant to the Comptroller General of Accounts.
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PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, July 14th, 1784.
The Council met.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and
John McDowell, Stephen Balliott, S Esquires.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 15th, 1784:
No Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 16th, 1784.
No Council.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday July 17th, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and
John McDowell, Stephen Balliot, S Esquires.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for the sum of five hundred pounds, State money, for pay- ing one-third of depreciation to the Pennsylvania line, agreeably to act of General Assembly dated the thirteenth day of April, 1782.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 19th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and
John McDowell, Stephen Balliott, S Esquires.
John Hierback, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be Justice of the Peace in and for the county of York, upon a return made agreeably to law, for the district of York and Hallam.
The election of Justices for York Town, in the county of York, was set aside, on consideration of its illegality, and directions for holding another.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Francis Gur- ney, Esquire, and others, Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, for the sum of fifteen hundred pounds specie, agreeably to a reso- lution of Assembly of the twenty-second day of September, 1783, out of the duties which have arisen by the late impost laws.
. A letter from Alexander Patterson, Esquire, was read.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 20th, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John McDowell, and 2 Esquires. John Boyd, Stephen Balliott,
A letter from the Honorable Samuel Hardy, Esquire, with its several inclosures, vizt : " An Act of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, impowering their delegates in Congress to cede certain unlocated lands within the said Commonwealth to the Uni- ted States ; a similar act of the Legislature of North Carolina ; the petition of Massachusets bay ; and a copy of a letter from B'r General Clarke, with the reply of the committee of the States," was read.
A letter from General Hand, inclosing a resolution of the com- mittee of the States on the affair of Robert Shewell, was read.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Arndt, Esquire, for the sum of thirty pounds twelve shillings and six pence specie, being his wages as a member of the Council of Cen- sors 'till 20th instant inclu.
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The petitions of Rudolph Brookhouse and John Foster, prison- ers in the new gaol, were read, and their respective fines, as stated in the records of their convictions, remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, July 21st, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John McDowell, and
John Boyd, Stephen Balliott, $ Esquires.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer of the State, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Thomas Hartley, Esquire, for the sum of fourteen pounds seventeen shillings and six pence.
In favor of the Honorable Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Es- quire, for the sum of fifty-five pounds two shillings and six pence.
In favor of the Honorable Stephen Chambers, Esq'r, for the sum of thirty-one pounds ten shillings ; and
In favor of the Honorable Arthur St. Clair, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-three pounds five shillings, specie, being for their wages for attendance, respectively, as members of the Council of Censors.
And in favor of Samuel Bryan, Esquire, for forty-five pounds specie, for his wages as Secretary to the said Council.
In favor of James Wilson, Esquire, for fifteen pounds specie, due for his services as Council on the part of the State in the late trial of Charles Julian de Longchamps.
A draft of a message was laid before the Board, which being read, was adopted as follows, vizt :
A Message from the President & the Supreme Executive Coun- cil to the General Assembly :
GENTLEMEN :- Council having judged it absolutely necessary that you should be called together before the day to which you stood adjourned, it became their duty to convene you accordingly, altho' they regretted the inconveniencies to which you would be subjected by meeting so much sooner than you intended.
The Secretary will lay before you an act of Congress of the third day of June, requiring a body of troops to be forthwith furnished, with some other resolutions of the same, prior, and subsequent dates ; a collection of papers relating to the case of Charles Julian de Longchamps, and another of those respecting the late distur- bances at Wyoming.
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The necessity of adopting measures conformable to the requisi- tion before mentioned, is so urgent as to admit of no delay.
The late violations of the rights and privileges of public Minis- ters point out the propriety of further provisions more effectually to guard the honor, repose, and welfare of the United States, and of this Commonwealth in particular, against the licentious temerity of individuals.
We have carefully endeavoured to prevent any breach of the peace on account of the interfering claims to lands in Northumber- land county, but not so successfully as we desired. We must rely upon the prudence and authority of your Honorable House for establishing tranquility in that part of the State.
JOHN DICKINSON.
Council Chamber, July 21st, 1784.
Ordered, That the Secretary present the same to the General Assembly.
Upon consideration,
Ordered, That Archibald McClean, Esquire, of the county of York, be appointed and commissioned a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the said county.
The Council met.'
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 22nd, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
John McDowell,
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, Stephen Balliot, - Esquires.
Upon a return of Justices made agreeably to law, for the dis- trict of Carlisle, John Agnew and John Jordan, Esquires, were appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Cumberland.
A return of Military and Quarter Master's stores and ordinance at Wyoming and Sunbury, was this morning presented by Lieuten- ant Colonel Moore, and read.
The Comptroller's report being read,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Clarke, for the sum of two hundred and twenty-five pounds eighteen shil- lings and seven pence, State money, for provisions furnished by him for public use.
The memorial of John Reynolds was read and postponed.
The petition of Philip Weiss, a prisoner in the gaol of this city, was read and rejected.
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The Council met. 2
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 23rd, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, and ? Esquires. John McDowell, John Boyd,
A letter from General Hand, inclosing several acts of the Legis- latures of North and South Carolina and Virginia, and copies of letters from Messrs. Franklin and Jay, and David Hartley, Es- quire, was read.
Letters from James Marshall, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Washington, and from Thomas B. Bowen and Ercurius Beatty, agents for receiving and distributing the final settlement notes of the Pennsylvania line, were also read.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the account brought against the State by James Sullivan, was read and approved.
The petition of Jane Kean was read, and an order taken that the fine of five pounds imposed upon her on conviction of having kept a disorderly house, be remitted.
A letter from Arthur Lee and Richard Butler, Esquires, request- ing an audience of this Board on the subject of their intended negotiations with the Indian nations, was read, and to-morrow assigned for the interview.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, July 24th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, and ? Esquires. John M'Dowell, John Boyd,
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Major James Parr, for his pay as aid-du-camp to Major General James Potter, was read, & approved.
Several letters from Northumberland county, addressed to James Moore, Esquire, upon the subject of some late disturbances at Wi- oming, were read, and an order taken that the Sheriff and Magis- tracy of the said county be directed aud required to exert every legal means in their power to suppress these or any future outrages, and if possible, to bring the authors of them to immediate punish- ment.
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A second order was also taken, vizt: That Colonel Thomas Craig, Lieutenant of the county of Northampton, be instructed to hold some part of the militia of the said county in readiness to march at a moments warning, should the temper of the mal con- tents at Wioming make a military interference necessary.
The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer agreeably to the Comptroller General's reports, vizt :
In favor of James Muir, for two pounds fifteen shillings and six pence specie, for a blank book.
In favor of Anthony Wayne, Esquire, for twenty-eight pounds, being in full for his wages as a Censor 'till the twenty-fifth day of July, 1784, inclusively.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 26th, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, Stephen Balliott, and S Esquires. No Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 27th. PRESENT :
As yesterday. No Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, July 28th. PRESENT :
: As yesterday. No Council.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 29th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd, and
Stephen Balliott, John McDowell, S Esquires.
The resignation of Frederick Antes, Esquire, late a Justice of the Peace for the county of Northumberland, and now a member of the House of Assembly, was read and accepted.
A number of papers relating to the disturbances at Wioming and its neighborhood, among which were the depositions of Cap- tain John Armstrong and Mr. William Brink, were laid before Council and read.
The commission of Chief Justice of this Commonwealth, held by the Honorable Thomas Mckean, Esquire, having expired agreeably to the Constitution, Council proceeded to the filling up of that office, when the said Thomas Mckean was unanimously re-appointed.
Mr. M'Kean attending in Council, and the oaths of qualification being administered to him agreeably to law, he was instructed to issue his writs upon the depositions made by Captain John Armstrong & William Brink.
The Council taking into consideration the evidence now before them, and the emergency not permitting to wait any longer for the sense of the Honorable the General Assembly,
Resolved, That the peace and good order of government are in. terrupted by sudden and dangerous tumults and riots near Wio- ming, in the county of Northumberland, for the suppression of which the immediate aid of the militia is expedient and necessary.
Resolved, That the Lieutenant of the county of Northampton be directed immediately to draw forth a detachment of three hun- dred Infantry and twelve or fifteen Light Dragoons, properly officered and equipped, from the militia of the said county, agreea- bly to the additional supplement of the act of Assembly intitled "An Act for the regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
Resolved, That the Sheriff of the county of Northumberland immediately raise the posse of that county, and that the Lieuten- ant thereof add his authority under the act aforesaid, to that of the Sheriff, so that the aid of the militia of the said county may be. forthwith and effectually obtained, as the exigency requires.
Resolved, That the militia and posse aforesaid act under the. direction of the Commissioners hereinafter appointed for suppress- ing the tumults and riots aforesaid, and in duly executing the laws of the State.
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