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Resolved, That Colonel Butler be advised of the directions of Council that Martha Boggs be left in possession of the aforesaid premises, free from all disturbance, until return be made into the Surveyor General's office of the lott upon the west side of Alle- ghany river, granted to him by act of Assembly and confirmation by Council.
Upon consideration of the resolution of Assembly dated yesterday, . Mr. Biddle, Mr. Hoge and Mr. Hiester, were appointed a com- mittee of Council to confer with the committee of the General As- sembly on the subject of the accounts of James Searle, Esquire.
Jacob Weaver, Esquire, Justice of the Peace for the county of Berks, was appointed and commissioned a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county.
A letter from Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmer, of the eighth day of February last, inclosing a monthly return of the troops under his command, and recommending to Council the appointing some person to take charge of Fort McIntosh upon his leaving it, was read.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 5th, 1785.
PRESENT:
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Woods,
John Whitebill, John McDowell,
Isaac Meason, James McLene,
Stephen Balliot,
Daniel Hiester, and
Esquires.
John Neville,
Charles Biddle,
John Boyd,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Captain Thomas Campbell, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, ac- cording to resolution of the General Assembly dated upon the fourth instant, he to account.
The Comptroller General's report upon the pay roll of Captain Jacob Sweir's company of Bucks county militia, was read and ap- proved, and an order drawn for their pay from the fifth day of Oc- tober to the fifth day of December, 1784, amounting to two hun- dred and sixty-six pounds thirteen shillings specie, to be paid out of the fines which have arisen from the delinquencies within the county of Berks, of such as refused or neglected to perform their tour of service on the late expedition to Wioming.
The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of William Guthrie, Esquire, Captain of the Westmoreland County Rangers, from May, 1780, to January, 1781, was read and approved.
A letter from William Maclay, Esquire, inclosing a representa- tion from the Little Beard and the Big Tree, two Sachims of the six nations Indian tribes, was read.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 7th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Woods,
John Whitehill, John Mc Dowell,
Isaac Meason, James McLene,
Stephen Balliot, Daniel Hiester, and
John Neville,
1 Esquires. John Boyd,
Charles Biddle,
Mr. Neville was appointed to attend the President on the Board of Property, which sits this day.
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The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Abraham Van Cortwright, Contractor for the supply of the troops employed on a late expedition to Wioming, was read and approved, and an order drawn for twenty-eight pounds three shillings and four pence, being the ballance in his favor.
Mr. Stiles was directed to furnish Mr. James Pearson with such plank boards and other materials, the property of the State, (in his possession,) as may be proper for the repairs now making upon the State House.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable James Irvine, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and sixty- six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence specie, in full for his salary as Vice President from November the sixth, 1784, untill the fifth day of March, 1785, incl.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable John Neville, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-five pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence, in full for his attendance in Council untill the seventh of March, 1785.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 8th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Woods,
John Whitehill,
John McDowell,
Isaac Meason,
James McLene,
Stephen Balliet,
Daniel Hiester, and
Esquires.
John Neville,
Charles Biddle,
John Boyd,
Upon motion of Mr. Woods, that the election of a Prothonotary for the county of Dauphin, be the order of the day for to-morrow, the votes were taken, and the question lost; Council being equally divided.
The petition of George Elder was read.
Orders were drawn in favor of John Richards, Esquire, for sixty- three pounds fifteen shillings, State money, due to him upon two certificate of his, having furnished five heads of horned cattle and seven sheep for the use of the public, to be paid according to reso- lution of Assembly dated the eighth of April, 1782.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 9th, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John McDowell,
John Whitehill,
Isaac Meason,
Stephen Balliett,
Charles Biddle,
Esquires.
John Boyd,
Daniel Hiester,
John Woods,
James McLene,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable John Woods, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-nine pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence, due to him for attendance in Council untill the tenth instant, and his mileage.
The motion made yesterday for coming to the election of a Pro- thonotary of Dauphine county on this day, being re-considered, was carried in the affirmative.
Upon which the petitions of the several candidates being brought forward and read, and the votes of Council taken, it appeared that Alexander Graydon, Esquire, was duly elected.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the accounts of Captain William Guthrie for rations retained from the tenth day of May, 1780, to the fifteenth day of January, 1781.
Of Lieutenant John Jameson, for pay, &c., of Ensign John For- syth for pay and levy money.
Of the pay due to the non-commissioned officers and privates of Captain Guthrie's Ranging company, from the twenty-fifth of July, 1780, to the twenty-fifth of January, 1781, and of rations due to Andrew Munrow, were read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 10th, 1785. .
PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John McDowell,
John Whitehill, Isaac Meason,
Shephen Balliot, Charles Biddle,
John Boyd, Daniel Hiester,
Esquires. John Woods, James McLene,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Isaac Meason, Esquire, for the sum of forty pounds fifteen
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shillings and one penny, in full for his attendance in Council untill the tenth day of March, 1785, inclusively, and his mileage.
On motion,
Ordered, That the offices usually annexed to that of Prothono- tary, vizt : Clerk of the Orphans' Court and Court of Quarter Ses- sions, and Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, be added to the appointment of Alexander Graydon, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Dauphine.
On consideration,
Ordered, That the Magistrate, Inspectors, Judges, Constables, &ca., who superintended the late clection of Justices for New Market ward, and the remonstrants against the said election, be advised that Council have set apart Wednesday next for hearing the charges of the latter.
Ordered, That the said remonstrants be directed to come pre- pared with such evidence as they can adduce in support of their charges.
Mr. Graydon attending in Council, the oaths of allegiance and of office required by the Constitution, were administered to him.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 11th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John M'Dowell, John Neville,
John Boyd, Isaac Meason,
Charles Biddle, Daniel Hiester, and
Esquires.
Jonathan James McLene, John Whitehill,
It appearing from the Comptroller General's report that John Jones, Esquire, Health Officer, hath produced bills for repairs of the Marine Hospital on State Island, to the amount of one hundred and eighty-two pounds six shillings, which are yet unpaid, and that the Trustees of State Island request that sum may be advanced to Mr. Jones to pay off those bills,
Resolved, That an order be drawn upon the Treasurer for the sum of one hundred and eighty-two pounds specie, in favor of John Jones, Esquire, Health Officer, for the purpose aforesaid, he to be accountable, to be paid according to resolution of the General As- sembly dated the twenty-fifth day of August, 1783.
A resolution of the General Assembly appointing Joseph Mont- gomery, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds and Register of the Probate of
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Wills and granting letters of administration in and for the county of Dauphine, was read, and commissions issued accordingly ; an order was also taken that Joseph Montgomery, Esquire, be appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said. county.
Upon the petitions of Elizabeth Mckenzie, convicted of larceny in the county of Philadelphia, and a recommendation in her favor from the Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the said county, it was
Ordered, That her corporal punishment and fine be remitted.
On motion, agreed that Monday next be appointed for the choice of a person to fill the office of Master of the Rolls for this State, in the room of John Morris, Esquire, deceased.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 12th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, Isaac Meason,
John Boyd,
Charles Biddle,
Esquires.
James Mc Lene,
Daniel Hiester, and
Jobn Whitehill,
John Neville,
A resolution of the General Assembly of the tenth instant, ad- vising Council of the appointment of Matthew Irwin, Esquire, to the place of Recorder of Deeds in and for the city and county of Philadelphia : Upon which it was
Ordered, That a commission be made out for the said Matthew Irwin, Esquire, accordingly.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Samuel John Atlee, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and thirty-four pounds nine shillings and one penny specie, being the balance of his account as Colonel of a State regiment of musquetry, to be paid out of the class tax fund.
The petition of Jane Barker, for her husband Michael Barker, with a recommendation from the Magistracy of the city, was read, and an order taken that the fine of five pounds imposed upon the said Michael on conviction of an assault and battery, be remitted.
Ordered, That Friday next be set apart for hearing and deter- mining upon the complaints against the late election of a Justice of the Peace for the district of Germantown, and that the parties be instructed to bring forward the tally list, and such other evidence as they can respectively adduce.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 14th, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IVRINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John Boyd,
Isaac Meason,
James McLene,
Charles Biddle,
Jonathan Hoge,
Daniel Heister, &
John Whitehill,
John Neville.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Daniel Hiester, for the sum of thirty two pounds seven shil- lings and six pence, for his attendance in Council untill the four- teenth day of March, 1785.
A letter from the Delegates from this State to Congress, was read.
An order was drawn in favor of Moses Scott, for the sum of thirty-five pounds ten shillings State money, due as principal and interest of a certificate of having furnished a sorrel horse for the use of the public, to be paid according to resolution of the General Assembly, dated the eighth day of April, 1782.
Agreeably to the order of Friday last, Council proceeded to the election of a Master of the Rolls, and the votes being taken, it appeared that Matthew Irwin, Esquire, was appointed.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 15th, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John Boyd, Isaac Meason,
James M'Lene, Charles Biddle,
Jonathan Hoge, Daniel Hiester, and
Esquires. John Whitehill, John Neville,
Colonel Johnstone appearing in Council, was instructed two rifle guns provided by treaty as a present to two Indian chiefs of the Wiandott Tribe, and to find some means of forwarding them to the said chiefs.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 16th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John Boyd, Isaac Meason,
James M' Lene,
Charles Biddle, and
Jonathan Hoge,
John Neville, Esquires.
John Whitehill,
The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of Colonel James Murray and James Collier, of Colonel Robert Elder's bat- talions of Lancaster county militia, for services in warning classes during the years 1777, 1778 and 1779, was read and approved, and orders drawn for their respective ballances, to be paid out of the fund arising from the militia delinquencies of the county afore- said.
The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of the Com- missioners from this Commonwealth for treating with the several Indian tribes, was read and approved, and an order drawn agreea- bly thereto for the sum of four hundred and eighty-four pounds nine shillings and three pence specie, being the ballance due by the State thereon.
The petition of Joseph Rakestraw was read,
Agreeably to an order of Council of Friday the eleventh instant, the Judges and Inspectors of, and remonstrants against, the late election of a Justice of the Peace for the New Market ward ap- peared in Council, and were respectively heard. A farther considera- of this subject was postponed till to-morrow.
The following draft of a message to the General Assembly was presented to Council, read and adopted.
A Message from the President and the Supreme Executive Coun- cil to the General Assembly.
GENTLEMEN :- We have this day received the inclosed letter from the Governor of the State of New York, with the copy of the act therein mentioned. Circumstances requiring that the boundary line should be run and ascertained with all convenient dispatch, we hope for an early determination of your Honorable House upon the business.
JOHN DICKINSON.
Council Chamber, Philadelphia, March 16, 1785.
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the Council met
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 17th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John Boyd, Isaac Meason,
James M'Lene,
Charles Biddle, and
Jonathan Hoge,
John Neville.
Esquires.
John Whitehill,
The following letter was transmitted to the General Assembly.
In Council, Philadelphia, March, 17th, 1785.
SIR :- Inclosed are sundry papers relating to Captain Thomas Houston's demands against the State; and as we cannot afford him relief, we recommend his case to the General Assembly. I am, Sir, with great regard,
Your most obedient and very humble servant, JOHN DICKINSON.
To the Honorable the Speaker of the General Assembly.
A consideration of the late election of a Magistrate for New Market ward was this morning resumed, and the following orders taken, vizt :- That the charges stated against the legality of the election aforesaid are unfounded, and that Joseph Wharton, Es- quire, be commissioned a Justice of the Peace for the said ward, agreeably thereto.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favour of the Honora- ble Isaac Meason, Esquire, for the sum of six pounds two shillings and six pence specie, in full for his attendance in Council untill the eighteenth instant.
The committee appointed to examine the claims of Captain Thomas Houston, to depreciation of pay, and other benefits extended to the Naval Officers of this State, made report thereon, which being read, was transmitted to the General Assembly.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 18th, 1785. PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John Boyd,
James M'Lene,
Jonathan Hoge,
Charles Biddle, and
John Whitehill, John Neville,
E: quires.
The petition of Captain James Lang, praying that an order be taken for discharging the ballance reported by the Comptroller to be due by the State to him, was read, and an order taken for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, payable out of the monies due by Samuel Penrose, for the rent of Province Island.
The complainants against the election of a Justice of the Peace, held on the thirteenth day of December, 1784, for the district of Germantown, not appearing agreeably to the order of Council of the twelfth instant, their petition and remonstrance was dismissed.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the pay accounts of Colonel Kern and his detachment of Northampton county militia, called forth upon a tour of duty to Wioming, by order of Council, were read and approved, and orders drawn for the ballance due by the State, amounting to one thousand and twenty-five pounds fif- teen shillings and six pence, to be paid out of the delinquencies arising upon this tour of duty.
Colonel Kerns' account for ammunition furnished for public use, was also read and approved, and an order drawn for the ballance, being two pounds and ten pence.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the surplus certificate of Caspar Thomas, Peter Borea, Michael Forker, Peter Diffenback, Christian Fisher, and John Brown, of the county of Berks, were read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 19th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
John Boyd, James McLene,
Jonathan Hoge,
Charles Biddle, and Esquires.
John Whitebill, John Neville,
Upon the application of Michael Barker,
Ordered, That the farther obligation of his sentence, vizt : Se- curity for his future good behaviour, be remitted, and that the
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keeper of the jail be directed to release the said Michael from his present confinement.
Simeon Haney's fine and corporal punishment, on conviction of having fraudulently passed and uttered counterfeit Spanish milled dollars, in Bucks county: Jane Gullion's fine, on conviction of pettit larceny in the county of Philadelphia ; and John Stanly, alias Fielding, for horse stealing in the last mentioned county; were re- spectively remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 2Ist, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
George Wall, Junior, John Boyd,
Jonathan Hoge, John Neville, and Esquires,
John Whitehill, Charles Biddle,
A letter from John Armstrong, Junior, Esquire, was read, stating that " being informed that on last Saturday it was publickly offered as information to the House, that sometime in June, 1783, the Se- cretary of Council, or his Clerk, had made a demand of five shil- lings for presenting a petition to Council, and that this charge being disputed, half a crown was actually paid for presenting as afore- said, and therefore, praying that Council' would be pleased by com- mittee or otherwise, to inquire into the fact, and make report of it to the Honorable the General Assembly ;" upon which it was
Ordered, That a committee be appointed agreeably to the re- quest of the above mentioned letter, and that Mr. Biddle and Mr. Wall, be that committee.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the surplus certificates of John Wenrick, Andrew Tucker, Andrew Foght, Daniel Reed, Jacob Anspach, Adam Emmerick, Jacob Ortz, Nicholas Weyand, Frederick Wolf, and George Reim, were read and approved.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable John Boyd, Esquire, for one hundred pounds spe- cie, being a part of the ballance due on his account as late Captain of a Ranging company, to be paid out of the arrearages of the eighteen penny taxes, appropriated by resolution of the General Assembly to the defence of the frontiers.
In favor of the Honorable Charles Biddle, for fifty-two pound ten shillings specie, in full for his attendance in Council 'till the twenty-second instant.
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And in favor of the Honorable John McDowell, Esquire, for the sum of forty two pounds seventeen shillings and six pence specie, in full for his attendance in Council untill the twenty-second in- stant, inclusively.
Upon the petition of the Justices of the county of Lancaster, in favor of John Fisher, alias Stevens, alias William Stevens, con- victed of stealing a mare in the said county,
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid by him to the use of the State, be remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 22nd, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
George Wall, jun'r, James McLene,
John Mc Dowell, John Boyd,
Stephen Balliot, John Whitehill, and
Jonathan Hoge,
Charles Biddle,
Esquires.
John Neville,
Ordered, That Thursday next be set apart for taking into con- sideration the case of Aaron Doan, now confined in the new prison under sentence of death for outlawry.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 23rd, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
George Wall, jun'r, James McLone,
John McDowell, John Boyd,
Stephen Balliot, John Whitehill, and
Jonathan Hoge, Charles Biddle,
John Neville,
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A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, was read, and an order taken that the resolution of Congress of the seventeenth instant, which it incloses, be published for three weeks successively in the respective newspapers of this city; that fifteen hundred copies of it be immediately printed in handbills, and that the several coun-
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ties within this Commonwealth be furnished with one hundred each.
Upon a state of Andrew Yorke's claim to a yearly ground rent of twenty shillings, arising from a piece ground seized by Robert Smith, Esquire, in behalf of the Commonwealth, as late the pro- perty of Thomas Yorkes, an attainted traitor,
Ordered, That Andrew York shall continue to receive the ground rent aforesaid, until the farther order of Council.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, in advance of his salary as Judge of the Court of Admi- ralty, and in the Admiralty Sessions of this Commonwealth, for which sum he is to account.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 24th, 1785. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
George Wall, junior, John Neville,
John McDowell, John Boyd,
Stephen Balliot, John Whitehill, and Esquires. Jonathan Hoge, Charles Biddle, James McLene,
Messieurs Whitehill, McPherson and Smiley, a committee from the House, appearing in Council, a conference was had upon the subject of running the northern boundary of this Commonwealth.
A letter from George Stewart, Esquire, Agent for the sale of Confiscated Property in the county of Lancaster, was read, with an exemplication of a mortgage from the late George Ross, Esquire, to Thomas Foxcraft and Joseph Galloway, in trust.
Council took into consideration the case of Aaron Doan, and after some time spent therein, the farther consideration thereof was postponed untill Saturday next.
To-morrow being Good Friday, Council adjourned untill Satur- day next.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 26th 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
George Wall, junior, John Neville,
John McDowell, John Boyd,
Stephen Balliot, John Whitehill, and Esquires.
Jonathan Hoge, James McLene,
Charles Biddle,
Council proceeded to the appointment of the Agent provided by a law intitled " An Act for directing the mode of distributing the donation lands promised to the troops of this Commonwealth," when Brigadier General William Irvine was appointed.
General Irvine having subscribed the oath of office, an order was issued in his favor for the sum of ninety pounds specie, under the said act, as part of his pay.
A letter from James Milligan, Esquire, informing Council that agreeably to a late act of Assembly, he had proceeded to the ap- pointment of an additional Commissioner for settling the accounts of the citizens of this Commonwealth against the United States, and that John Story, Esquire, was the person so appointed, was read, and an order taken that it be referred to the House of As- sembly.
The farther consideration of Doan's case was postponed untill Monday.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 28th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. John McDowell, James McLene,
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