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An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. John Nicholas, for six pounds and ten pence, ballance due to him upon his account for transporting ammuition from Easton to Wioming.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 17th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President. James Irvine, Bernard Dougherty, and
Stephen Balliot, John Neville, Esquires. On consideration,
Ordered, That George Woods, Esquire, be appointed and com- missioned to be Lieutenant of the county of Bedford. in the room of Colonel George Ashman, resigned.
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Ordered, That John Piper, Esquire, be appointed and commis- sioned to be a Justice of the county Court of Common Pleas in and for county of Bedford.
Ordered, That Samuel Edie, and Thomas Lilly, Esquires, be ap- pointed and commissioned to be Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of York. And that the said Samuel Edie, Esquire, be appointed and commissioned to be a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the county, upon a return made ac- cording to law, for the district of Cumberland township.
Jacob Morry, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the Peace, (upon a return made according to law for the district of the township of Upper Saucon,) in and for the county of York.
Upon consideration of the complaint against the late election of Justices for the district of Germany and Mountjoy townships, in the county of York, it was
Ordered, That directions be given to Henry Slagle, Jacob Rudi- sill, and David Beatty, Esquires, Justices of the Peace for the said county, to call before them John Weaver, and Samuel McIlhinny, Constables ; George Koons, Inspector, and Peter Little and David Horner, Assistant Judges, at said election ; also Robert Bracken- ridge, William Adair, Jacob Sell, Ludowick Little, and James Mellhinny, and receive their testimony concerning the said elec- tion : And that they transmit the said testimony, under their hands and seals, to this Board, as soon as may be.
John Thomson's account, and Comptroller General's report thereon, as late Waggon Master of the county of Bucks, was read, and it was
Ordered, That the Comptroller General be desired to take Mr. Thompson's affidavit upon said account.
Patrick Ewing, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Lancaster, upon a return according to law, for the district of Little Britain.
The petitions of Edward Cunnard, and Daniel Williams, and the resolution of the General Assembly of the third day of August, 1784, in their case, were read, and
Ordered, To be sent to the Attorney General, to whom the same are referred.
James Chambers, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the County Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Franklin.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 18th, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, Stephen Balliot,
John Neville,
Bernard Dougherty, r Esquires.
A deed was examined and signed by His Excellency the Presi- dent to John Dunlap, for city lots numbered from 1778 to 1792, sold for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State dated the 29th of April, 1780. Consideration money £2,815 0 0. Deed dated this day.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Bernard Dougherty, for seven pounds specie, for his attendance as Councillor from the 17th untill the twenty-fourth of January, 1784, inclusively.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Richard M'Callister, Esquire, for the sum of forty pounds and five shillings specie, in full for his attendance in the Council of Censors, until this day, inclusively, to be paid according to reso- lution of the General Assembly dated 22nd of November, 1783.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 20th, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, Stephen Balliot,
Bernard Dougherty, and ? John Neville, Esquires.
The complainants against Caleb Davis, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Chester, not attending, it was
Ordered, That Monday the fourth day of October next, be ap. pointed for a hearing of the parties touching the complaint against the said Prothonotary.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 21st, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
Bernard Dougherty, and
James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, John Neville, Esquires.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Esquire, appointed by the General Assembly to be Register for the Probate of Wills and granting letters of administration, and Recorder of Deeds, in and for the county of Montgomery, attended in Council and took the several oaths required by the Constitution, to qualify him for the execution of the said offices.
Edward Shippen, Esquire, also attended and took the oaths re- quired as aforesaid to qualify him for the execution of his office, as one of the Judges of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of this Commonwealth.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Bernard Dougherty, Esquire, for the sum of twenty-one pounds five shillings and nine pence specie, amount of his account for pro- visions spoiled by long keeping in warm weather, sundry rations furnished to the militia of Bedford county, and transporting the same, and ammunition, &ca.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 22nd, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Neville; also
Stephen Balliot, John McDowell, Esquires.
Bernard Dougherty, and 7
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble George Bryan, Esquire, for seventy-eight pounds fifteen shil- lings specie, for attendance in the Council of Censors until the twenty-first instant, inclusively.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Thomas Hartley, Esquire, for thirty three pounds five shillings,
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for attendance in the Council of Censors, untill the twenty-second instant, inclusively.
And one other order on the Treasurer in favor of Samuel Bryan, Esquire, for sixty-two pounds specie, for his services as Secretary to the Council of Censors until the twenty-first instant, inclusively. All which sums are to be paid out of the fund appropriated by reso- lution of the General Assembly dated the twenty-second day of November, 1783.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mr. George Henry, for ninety-three pounds seventeen shillings and four pence specie, in full of his account for victualling the militia of West- moreland county in 1777.
The Comptroller's report upon Michael Hahn's account for store rent in York county, was read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 23rd, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, Stephen Balliot,
George Wall, jun'r, Bernard Dougherty, and Esquires. John M'Dowell,
John Neville,
The Comptroller General's report upon the Treasurer upon the account of John Swift, for provisions furnished for public use in 1777, was read and approved.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Robert An- drews, Esquire of Virginia, one of the Commissioners for ascer- taining the boundary line between the State of Virginia and this Commonwealth, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, Vir- ginia currency, to be replaced by the State of Virginia, according to resolution of Assembly dated this day.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Friday, Septem'r 24th, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, Bernard Dougherty, ?
John M'Dowell,
George Wall, and Esquires.
Stephen Balliot, John Neville,
John Hierbach was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the County Court of Common Pleas for the county of York.
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William Cochren, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of York, upon a return made according to law for the township of Hamilton,. Bann district.
George Ashman and Hugh Davidson, Esquires, were appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Bedford.
Joshua Anderson, Francis Murray, John Davis, Thomas Dyer, Timothy Taylor and Samuel Benezet, Esquires, were appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Bucks.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, in part of his salary as Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and in the Admiralty Sessions of this State, for which sum he is to be ac- countable.
Council taking into consideration two letters from the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia dated the fourteenth and twenty-first instant,
Resolved, That one hundred pounds specie be allowed to Levi Hollinsworth and Arthur Donnaldson, for removing or destroying each of the chevaux de frize in the main channel of the river Dela- ware, or between the two barrs in the Eastern channel, above the number of forty-nine, mentioned in their former agreement, dated the first day of May last, and that the hulk also be given up to them, they first producing to this Board a certificate from the said Wardens that the said chevaux de frize are so destroyed that the navigation of both the said channels is rendered safe.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Samuel Bryan, Esquire, for one hundred pounds specie, for defraying the contin- gent expences of the Council of Censors, according to resolution of the General Assembly dated the twenty-second day of November, 1783, for which he is to account.
Two orders were drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable James Potter, Esquire, for twenty-four pounds two shillings, and in favor of the Honorable Baltzer Gehr, Esquire, for the sum of sixteen pounds fourteen shillings and six pence specie, for the attendance respectively in the Council of Censors 'till this day inclusively and their mileage, to be paid according to resolution of Assembly dated the twenty-second day of November, 1783.
Thomas Levis, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the Peace and of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Chester, upon a return made according to law, for the district of the townships of Ridley, Springfield, Marple, Upper and Nether Providence.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 25th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, Stephen Balliot,
John M'Dowell, John Neville, and
·Esquires.
George Wall, Bernard Dougherty, S
Council, upon considering the resolutions of the General Assem- bly of the instant, appropriating the sum of seven hundred pounds for repairing the State House,
Agreed, That Mr. James Pearson be employed to make the said repairs.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer of the State in favor of the following members of the Council of Censors, for their wages for attendance in the said Council respectively untill this day, to be paid according to resolution of the General Assem- bly dated the twenty-second day of November, 1783, vizt :
In favor of the Hon'ble William Finley, for £49 4 0
Richard McAllister,
11 18 6
David Espy,
33 10 0
James Moore,
30 18 6
Thomas Hartley,
10 18
6
James Read,
42 17
6
Arthur St. Clair,
53
7
6
Stephen Chambers, ,
27 12
6
William Montgomery,
21
8
0
James Edgar,
56 18
0
John Whitehill,
104 15
0
James M'Lene,
23 17
6
Samuel Smith,
15 16
0
Simon Dreisbach,
14 .9
6
Anthony Wayne,
41 0
0
n
Joseph Hart,
104 10
0
Fred'k A. Muhlenberg,
73
6
0
John M'Dowell,
56
4
0
John Smiley,
24 12
6
And in favor of Samuel Kinsey for twelve pounds ten shillings specie, in full for his wages as Messenger to the said Council untill the twenty-fifth day of September, 1784, inclusively, to be paid out of the same fund as the foregoing orders.
Another order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Cap- tain David Zeigler, for the sum of fifteen pounds, in full for his services as State Clothier in the year 1780.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 27th, 1784.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John McDowell, George Wall, junior,
Bernard Dougherty, and ) John Neville, Esquires.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Henry Taylor, Esquire, for the sum of two pounds five shillings specie, for his services in paying the Ranging company of Washington county, late commanded by Captain Hughes, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report.
The Comptroller General's report upon the said Henry Taylor's account for money paid to the said company on account of their pay, was read & approved.
Do. upon the account of William Bennet, for the ballance due upon his certificate for provisions, and upon the account of John Palmer for provisions furnished to the Westmoreland county mili- tia, were also read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 28th, 1784. PRESENT :
As yesterday.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the following accounts, were.read and approved : For provisions furnished to the Washing- ton county militia by William Campbell, Richard Elson, John Smith, William Rankin, 'Thomas Cherry, John Nichols, Henry Enoch, David Shepherd, Thomas Rankin, Stephen Treacle, Demus Lindley, James Marshall, junior, and George Atkinson.
Of James Pollock, for forage, &ca.
Of Thomas Campbell, Captain of a Ranging company in West- moreland county, for pay, bounty, &ca:
Of David McKee, for provisions for public use to militia of said county.
Of Robert McKee, for services as Captain of militia.
Of Robert McKee and David McKee, for militia services.
Of Robert McKee, for the pay of his company of militia.
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Of Samuel McKee, for provisions furnished to militia of said county.
Of Robert Laughlin, for the same.
Of William Marshall, (for his pay while a prisoner,) belonging to the militia of said county.
Of John Palmer, for provisions furnished to the Bedford county militia.
Of William Kern, for a horse furnished for the public service.
And an order drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor, for thirty- three pounds eleven shillings and two pence, State money, to be paid according to resolution of Assembly dated the eighth day of April, 1782.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Greer and Robert Stewart, Administrators of the estate of William Ken- nedy, deceased.
John Greer and Josiah Ferguson, in behalf of themselves and others, concerned in apprehending and securing Joseph Doan, junior, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, being the reward allow- ed by proclamation of Council dated the 26th of July, 1783, for apprehending and securing Joseph Doan, Junior.
A letter from the Wioming Commissioners, dated the 24th in- stant, was read.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmer, for ninety-seven pounds ten shillings spe- cie, as a compensation to him and his officers for the expences in- curred in recruiting the troops of this State under his command, according to resolution of Assembly dated 25th instant.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 29th, 1784. PRESENT : -
His Excelleney JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Neville, and
Bernard Dougherty, George Wall, junior, Esq'rs.
John McDowell,
A pass was granted to Christian Wyerman, of the county of Bucks, to go into the State of Virginia and to return again.
James Morris, Esquire, was appointed a Justice of the Peace of the county Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Mont- gomery, upon a return made according to law, for the district of the townships of Norrington, Whitpaine and Worcester.
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The Comptroller General's reports upon the account of Captain Craig Ritchies, for the pay of his company of Washington county militia ; and upon the account of Frederick Vernon, Major of the eighth Pennsylvania regiment, were read and approved, and an order drawn in favor of the latter for the sum of five pounds sev- entcen shillings and three pence specie, ballance of the said ac- count, the same being for recruiting, to be paid out of the monies arising from the class tax.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 30th, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President. James Irvine, John Neville, and
John McDowell, George Wall, junior, Esquires.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble John McDowell, Esquire, for nineteen pounds five shillings specie, in full for his attendance as Councillor untill this day, inclu- sively.
The Comptroller's report upon the account of William McClecry, Esq'r, Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Washington, was read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 1st, 1784. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
James Irvine, John Neville, and 3 Esquires.
Bernard Dougherty, John McDowell,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Door Keeper of this Board, for fifteen pounds two shillings specie, in full for his wages until the thirtieth of last month, inclusively, and cash paid for news papers.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Matthew Irvine, Esquire, for three hundred and sixty-eight pounds nineteen shillings and four pence half penny, specie, ballance due upon his
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account as late Quarter Master General of the militia of this State, to be paid out of the monies arising from militia fines.
An order was taken that John Ralston, Esquire, be commis- sioned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Chester, upon a return made according to law for the district of the town- ships of Coventry, Wincent and Pikeland.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, 2nd of October, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President. The Honorable James Irvine, John Neville, and
John M'Dowell, Bernard Dougherty, Esquires.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the accounts of Enoch Williams, James Bellow, Thomas John, James Alexander, John Coyle, John M'Clellan, John M'Kinley, Richard Stevens, James Gallway, John Rankin, William Slone, John Buckley, Daniel M'Curdy, Lewis Davis, John Martin and the widow Nesbit, for blankets, musquets, shoes and stockings, furnished for public use, were read and approved.
Henry W. Archer, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be Lieutenant of the county of Northampton, in the place of Ro- bert Levers, Esq'r.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Samuel Moore, was read and approved.
John Armstrong, Junior, Esquire, (Secretary of this Council,) was appointed and commissioned to be Adjutant General of the militia of this State, in the room of James Wilkinson, Esquire, who is gone from the State.
Upon consideration of the evidence now before this Board,
Ordered, That a detachment of fifty men, properly officered and equipped, be immediately drawn forth from the militia of the county of Bucks, and that the like number of men be, in like man- ner, immediately drawn forth from the militia of the county of Berks, according to the additional supplement to the act of the General Assembly intitled "An Act for the regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," to be sent to Wioming, for quieting the disturbances and supporting the civil authority in that district, and letters were accordingly written to the Lieuten- ants of the counties of Bucks and Berks.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 4th, 1784.
PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, and John M'Dowell, John Boyd, John Neville,
Esquires.
Council took into consideration the appointment of a person to take the direction of the troops provided by the resolutions of Saturday, for quieting the disturbances at Wioming and supporting the civil authority in that district, upon which Colonel John Arm- strong, Adjutant General of the State, was appointed.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of John Weitzell, Esquire, for the sum of sixty pounds specie, to be applied in purchasing provisions for the militia to be sent to Wioming.
In favor of Nicholas Kern, for the sum of forty pounds specie, for the purpose aforesaid.
In favor of John Armstrong, Junior, Esquire, for the sum of ' fifty pounds specie, for defraying his expences to Wioming, under the resolution of Council of the second instant.
Ordered, That an express be employed to carry the dispatches of Council to the Sheriff and Magistracy of the county of North- umberland, for raising the posse commitatus of that county, and also the letter to John .Weitzell, Esquire.
James Morris, Esquire, attending in Council, the oaths of quali- fication required by the Constitution were administered to him in due form, as a Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Common Pleas for the county of Montgomery.
On consideration,
Resolved, That the necessary expences of Colonel John Arm- strong for travelling, horse hire, &ca., while employed in the direc- tion of the troops to be sent to Wioming, be paid by the State.
John Jacobs and Caleb Davis attended in Council, and upon a hearing of the complaint of said Jacobs and others against the said Caleb Davis, for receiving other and greater fees than is allowed by law, the same was dismissed.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mr. John Okely, for the sum of twenty pounds specie, in full for his wages and expences as a commissioner lately sent to Wioming.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 5th, 1784.
PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot, and )
John M'Dowell, John Boyd, Esquires. John Neville,
Resolved, That John Armstrong, Junior, Esquire, Adjutant Gen- eral of the militia of this Commonwealth, shall take rank as a Brigadier General of the same.
Upon the petition of Charles M'Carter, convicted of an assault and battery on the body of Daniel M'Callister, and sentenced to a fine of five pounds, to be applied to the use of the State,
Ordered, That the said fine be remitted.
On consideration of the following letter from his Excellency the President, received this morning,
Resolved, That the measures adopted by Council on the second instant be pursued.
The Honorable the Vice President and the Supreme Executive Council :
PHILADELPHIA, October the 5th, 1784.
GENTLEMEN :- Being still much indisposed and unable to attend in Council to-day, I think it my duty, notwithstanding what has been already offered, to request that you will be pleased further to consider the propriety of calling a body of militia into actual ser- vice on the intelligence yet received, and in the manner proposed.
'The objects suitable for the operations of militia do not appear. Heinous offences, it is true, have been lately committed, whether by many or few is not ascertained, but it cannot be expected that the militia should apprehend the criminals. Exertion by the Magistracy of the county, with the aid of the posse comitatus, would be the proper remedy.
No advice is come of such an attack upon the Pennsylvania claimants as required the late call; and I believe that one reason why Council ordered the fort to be levelled was, that the peace of the State might not be disturbed by another siege.
The present call will unnecessarily expose the lives of our fellow- citizens. If the militia is to act for the protection of the inhabi- tants in general, and can be collected and brought into the neigh- bourhood, it is highly improbable that they can be kept there for any length of time. A rotation of service will be exceedingly inconvenient and expensive, and I presume no person thinks of expelling the settlers in order to prevent that rotation.
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If the intention is that the militia should assist the Pennsylvania claimants in securing the corn planted on the lands from which the settlers were expelled last spring, such a procedure will drive those settlers into absolute despair. They will have no alternative but to fight for the corn, or suffer, perhaps to perish, for want of it in the coming winter.
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