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Notice was given to the Surveyor General by the Secretary, of an additional number of officers intitled to land in donation from this State, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report of this day ; one tract of six hundred acres, one of five hundred acres, and two tracts of four hundred acres of land each.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Bernard Dougherty, Esquire, for the sum of seventeen pounds ten shillings specie, in full of his account of services at this Board untill the thirtieth instant, inclusively.
A letter from Thomas Smith, Esquire, stating that Mr. Thomas Forrest is possessed of a certificate originally issued by John Pierce to Bartholomew Van Herr, upon which he demands interest, under the funding law passed on the sixteenth of March, 1785 ; that he has hitherto refused to give it, as he conceives that it stands among those precluded by section the fourteenth, and praying the opinion of Council upon it, was read, and an order taken that this Board is unanimously of opinion that, from the clear and natural con- struction of the law aforesaid, the claims of interest set up by Tho- mas Forrest are unfounded, and ought to be rejected.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October the 1st, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Daniel Hiester,
Stephen Balliet, Bernard Dougherty, 1
Jonathan Hoge, John Whitehill, and
Esquires.
John Neville,
Isaac Meason,
John M'Dowell,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Stephen Bal- liet, Esq'r, for the sum of twenty-four pounds twelve shillings and six pence specie, being due to him for attendance in Council until this day, inclusively.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Col. Wall, for the sum of forty-three pounds six shillings and three pence half-penny State money of the seventh day of April, 1781, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report upon his account as Agent for Forfeited Estates in the county of Bucks, read and approved on the twenty-ninth ultimo.
Upon the petition of Garret and Abraham Fiscus, (first read on May the fourth, 1785,)
. . Ordered, That the corporal punishment and fine to which the petitioners were sentenced by the Court, on conviction of larceny, be remitted.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble John M'Dowell, Esquire, for thirty pounds two shillings and six pence specie, in full of his account of services at this Board untill the third instant, inclusively.
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The Council met.
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PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 3rd, 1785. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Daniel Hiester,
Stephen Balliet, Bernard Dougherty,
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Jonathan Hoge, John Whitehill, and >Esquires.
John Neville, Isaac Meason,
John M'Dowell,
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of James Clunie, Esquire, late Collector of Excise for Dauphine county, was read and approved.
Edward Shippen, Esquire, was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the district of Dock-ward, in this city, upon a return made ac- cording to law.
. Mr. Whitehill attended the President as a member of the Board of Property.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esquire, Comptroller General, for the sum of fifteen pounds specie, for the purchase of firewood for his office, for which sum he is to account.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 4th, 1785. PRESENT :
As yesterday.
A letter from Plunket Flecson, Esquire, resigning the appoint- ment of President of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, was read, and his resignation accepted.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Doersh, post rider, for the sum of seven pounds ten shillings specie, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report upon his account for carrying letters and packetts, by order of the Board.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of sundry persons, late soldiers in the service of the United States, and disa- bled therein, for the sum of sixty-seven pounds ten shillings specie, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report, and act of Assembly dated on the twenty-second day of September last.
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Upon the resignation of Plunket Fleeson, Esquire, Council pro- ceeded to the appointment of a President of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery for the city and county of Philadelphia, and of the Court of Record of the city of Philadelphia, when Edward Shippen, Esquire, was unanimously appointed.
Two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Lieuten- ant Colonel Josiah Harmer, for the sum of seventy-eight pounds fifteen shillings, respectively, for the purpose of recruiting the quota of Federal militia to be raised by this State, according to act of Assembly dated on the sixth day of September, 1785, for which he is to account.
Note .- These orders were delivered to Captain David Zeigler.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 5th, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Bernard Dougherty,
Jonathan Hoge, John Whitehill, and
John Neville, Isaac Meason, . Esquires.
Daniel Hiester,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of William Rees, for the sum of thirty pounds specie, for the farther improve- ment of the State House lott, according to two acts of Assembly dated the 20th of February, 1735-6, and 14th of May, 1762, and resolution of Assembly of the 25th of September, 1783, for which sum he is to account.
A letter from the Hon'ble Joseph Gardner, Esquire, inclosing a report of the Board of Preasury of the United States, was read and referred to the Comptroller General.
A letter from the Honorable David Jackson, Esquire, inclosing three copies of the requisition ordinance of Congress, was read.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable Charles Pettit, Esquire, for two hundred and seventy-two pounds fifteen shillings, being his pay as a delegate to Congress, from the twenty-seventh day of May until the thirtieth day of September, 1785, inclusively, and his mileage.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 6th, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Bernard Dougherty,
Jonathan Hoge,
John Whitehill, and
John Neville,
Isaac Meason,
Esquires.
Daniel Hiester,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Mr. John Steele, for the sum of twenty-one pounds eight shillings and eight pence, for printing done for the public.
In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for the sum of two hun- dred pounds specie, being one quarter's salary due to him as Comp- troller General of this State.
In favor of Jonathan Sergeant, Esquire, for the sum of twenty-five pounds specie, being a fee as an assistant to the Attorney General in the cause now depending between this State and Robert Morris, Esquire.
In favor of William Bradford, junior, Esq'r, for the sum of twenty five pounds specie, for the same service, and such as may arise in the cause between Robert Wilson and the Commonwealth.
In favor of the Honorable Charles Biddle, Esquire, for the sum of forty-two pounds two shillings and six pence specie, in full for his services at this Board until the sixth instant, inclusively.
In favor of the Honorable John Boyd, Esquire, for the sum of twenty-four pounds ten shillings specie, due for his attendance as a member of Council until the thirtieth of September, 1785, in- clusively.
In favor of William Stiles, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, in full for three stone steps for the State House yard, to be paid ac- cording to act of Assembly dated the 20th of February, 1735-'6, and 14th of May, 1762, and resolution of Assembly of the twenty- fifth of September, 1783.
The Comptroller General's report upon the pension account of the Honorable James Irvine, Esquire, late Brigadier General of militia, was read, and an order drawn agreeably thereto, for the sum of eight hundred and twenty-six pounds seventeen shillings and six pence, in favor of the aforesaid James Irvine, Esquire, to be paid according to act of Assembly of the twenty-second of September, 1785.
Upon the petition of William Huggins and Elizabeth, his daugh- ter, both of the county of Fayette,
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Ordered, That the forfeitures incurred by the said William and Elizabeth Huggins, upon non-compliance with their recognizances, be remitted.
The petition of Isaac Melchior, praying David Schaffer, (praying an extinguishment of two ground rents due to the State,) were read, and referred to the Judges of the Supreme Court for their advice and opinion.
Council proceeded to the appointment of a Lieutenant for the county of Cumberland, when John Wilkins, Jr., Esquire, was ap- pointed to that office.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Comp- troller General, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, being one quar- ter's salary due to the Clerk in his office.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 7th, 1785. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Bernard Dougherty, John Whitehill, and
Jonathan Hoge, John Neville,
Isaac Meason, Esquires.
Daniel Hiester,
The petition of Joshua Maddox Wallace, John Henderson, Nich- olas Rush, John Hide, and Casper Siphert, with the brief of their title and their title deeds, was referred to the Board of Property.
Major Hodgson presented a state of an account between the United States and the Commonwealth, for stores furnished Major Craig, and prayed a discharge of the debt.
Ordered, That the account be referred to the Comptroller Gen -. eral, and that Colonel Clement Biddle be requested to give such in- formation upon the subject of it as he may be possessed of.
A petition from Levi Hollinsworth was read.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October 8th, 1785.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Bernard Dougherty,
Jonathan Hoge, John Whitehill, and
John Neville,
Isaac Meason,
Esquires.
Daniel Hiester,
An opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court upon the cases of Isaac and Adam Melcher, and of David Schaffer, was presented to the Board, and read.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 10th, 1785.
PRESENT : 1
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President.
Charles Biddle, Bernard Dougherty,
Jonathon Hoge, John Whitehill, and
John Neville, Isaac Meason,
Daniel Hiester,
Esquires.
Two acts for extinguishing the ground rent payable by Isaac and Adam Melcher, and David Schaffer, agreeably to the opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court mentioned'in the minutes of Saturday last, and now on the files of this office, were read, ap- proved, and executed by the President.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Captain Jo- seph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, for the sum of fifty pounds specie, on account.
The following resignation was presented by the Honorable James Irvine, Esquire, was read and accepted.
I, James Irvine, Vice President of the Supreme Executive Coun- cil of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do on this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, resign the said office.
As witness my hand.
JAMES IRVINE.
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Upon which Council proceeded to fill up the vacancy agreeably to the Constitution, and the ballots being taken, it appeared that the Honorable Charles Biddle, Esquire, was elected Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania.
The oath of office directed by the frame of government was ac- cordingly administered to him.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 11th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Neville,
John Whitehill, Isaac Meason, and
Stephen Balliot,
Bernard Dougherty,
Esquires.
John Boyd,
Council took into consideration the appointment of a President of the Court of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions, and Orphans' Court, for the county of Cumberland, when Samuel Laird, Esquire, was appointed.
The account of Edward Evans, as reported upon by the Comp- troller General, for his services and expences in seizing and secur- ing a quantity of powder on the approach of the enemy in 1777, was read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 12th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Boyd,
John Whitehill, John Neville, and
Esquires.
Stephen Balliet, Isaac Meason,
Upon the petition of Isaac Anderson, of Chester County,
Ordered, That the fine imposed upon the said Isaac, under a ne- glect of militia service, be suspended untill he have time to collect sufficient evidence of the facts urged in excuse for the aforesaid ne- glect, provided, that such time does not exceed the space of three months from this date.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 13th, 1785.
PRESENT : The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, V. Presid't. The Honorable Jonathan Hoge, Stephen Balliet, John Boyd, John Neville, Esquires.
Isaac Meason,
The petition of James Browne, now a prisoner in the jail of this city, was read, and an order that the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State be remitted.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, towards defraying the expences of the Honorable the Judges of the Supreme Court on the circuit, for which sum he is to ac- count.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 14th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Neville, - John Whitehill, John Boyd, and
Stephen Balliet, Isaac Meason,
Esquires.
A return of the general election held for the county of Berks, was presented and read, by which it appeared that Abraham Lincoln, Nicholas Lutz, Henry Spiker, Philip Kreamer, David Davis and Baltzer Gehr, Esquires, were duly elected Representatives of the county aforesaid in the General Assembly ; and Peter Filbert and Daniel Ludwig, Esquires, Sheriffs; and Peter Nagle and Daniel Rose, Esquires, Coroners, of the same county.
Peter Filbert, Esquire, was commissioned Sheriff, and Peter Nagle, Esquire, Coroner ; the former having given two good and sufficient securities, vizt : Nicholas Lutz and Joseph Hiester, for the faithful performance of his duties as Sheriff.
The petition of Elizabeth and Matthew Wilson, praying that the Attorney General be instructed to consent to an amicable suit to be entered on the docket of the Supreme Court, in order that the petitioners may have an opportunity of examining the opinion and judgment of the Comptroller General before the said court and a jury of their country, was read.
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A return of the general election for the city of Philadelphia was presented and read, by which it appeared that the Hon- orable Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, was elected Councillor ; William Will, Robert Morris, Thomas Fitzimmons, James Irvine and George Clymer, Esquires, Representatives in General Assem- bly ; Joseph Cowperthwaite and Jacob Morgan, Esquires, Sheriffs for the city and county of Philadelphia ; John Leacock and Francis Grice, Esquires, Coroners; Andrew Geyer and Nathan Boys, Street Commissioners ; and Israel Wheelen and Leonard Jacoby, City Wardens.
Joseph Cowperthwaite, Esquire, was accordingly appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and John Leacock, Esquire, Coroner, for the said city and county of Philadelphia.
A return of the general election for the county of Philadelphia was received and read, by which it appeared that Henry Hill, Esquire, was elected Councillor ; Isaac Gray, John Salter, Thomas Mifflin, George Logan, and William Robinson, Representatives in General Assembly ; and George Gray, Esquire, Commissioner.
A return of the general election for the county of Chester was received and read, by which it appeared that Evan Evans, Esquire, was elected Councillor ; Robert Ralston, James Moore, Thomas Bull, John Hannum, Robert Smith, (Oxford,) Samuel Evans and Jonathan Morris, Esquires, Representatives in the General Assem- bly; and William Gibbons and John Davis, Sheriffs ; and Isaac Thomas and Evan Evans, junior, Coroners.
William Gibbons, Esquire, offering John Hannum and Thomas Cheney, as his securities, was commissionated Sheriff; and Isaac Thomas Coroner.
A return of the general election for the county of Bucks was received and read, by which it appeared that Samuel Dean, Esquire, was elected Councillor ; Arthur Erwin, Joseph Thomas, John Clark, John Smith and Representatives in the General Assembly; William Roberts and Bennett, Es- quires, Sheriffs, and Jeremiah Vastine and John Shaw, Coroners.
William Roberts, Esquire, offering Robert Shewell and Jesse Fell, of the said county, as his securities, was commissionated Sheriff, and Jeremiah Vastine, Coroner.
A return of the general election for the county of Montgomery was received and read, by which it appeared that Peter Muhlen- berg, Esquire, was elected Councillor ; and Benjamin Rittenhouse, Robert Loller, Thomas Rees and Peter Richards, Representatives in the General Assembly ; Zebulon Potts and William Dean, Es- quires, Sheriffs, and William Nelson and Conrad Boyer, Coroners. Zebulon Potts, Esquire, offering and
Esquires, as his securities, was commissionated Sheriff for the county of Montgomery, and William Nelson Coroner for said county.
A letter from the Board of Treasury, dated on the tenth Instant, with sundry inclosures, relating to the finances of the United States, was read.
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A fine of twenty shillings imposed upon John Simms, John Hor- gan, and James Connel, respectively, and adjudged to the use of the Commonwealth, was remitted.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, 15th of October, 1785.
No Council.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 17th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge, John Meason,
John Whitehill,
John Neville, and Esquires.
Stephen Balliet, John Boyd,
Returns of the general elections for the counties of Lancaster, Northampton, and Dauphine, were read, by which it appeared that Edward Hand, Adam Hubley, Alexander Lowry, Samuel John At- lee, Emanuel Carpenter, Joseph Work, and Abraham Scott, Es- quires, were elected Representatives in the General Assembly, for the county of Lancaster. John Miller, and Michael App, Esquires, Sheriff's, and John Offner, and Jacob Schaffer, Coroners for the said county of Lancaster.
Thomas Mowhorter, Robert Traill, Peter Traxler, Peter Burk- halter, and Robert Brown, Esquires, were elected Representatives, of the county of Northampton, in the General Assembly. And Peter Ealer, and Jacob Backman, Esquires, Sheriffs, and Conrad Ihrie, junior, and George Frederick Knowse, Coroners ; and George Frederick Knowse, Commissioner, for the said county of Northamp- ton.
William Brown, Esquire, Councillor ; Adam Orth, Robert Clark, David Krowse, and Daniel Bradley, Representatives in the General Assembly ; Anthony Kelcher, and John Gilchrist, Sheriffs ; and Peter Miller, and James Long, Coroners, for the county of Dau- phine.
The Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, Councillor elect for the city of Philadelphia, (having first taken the oaths of qualifica- tion prescribed by the Constitution and Laws,) took his seat at this Board.
The Honorable Henry Hill, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Philadelphia, took his seat at this Board, under the quali- fications provided by the Constitution and Laws.
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Agrecably to the return aforesaid, John Miller, Esquire, was commissionated Sheriff of Lancaster county, and John Offner, Esquire, Coroner ; the former having given two good and sufficient securities for his behaviour in office, vizt :- Adam Reigart and Jacob Weaver.
Anthony Kelcher, Esquire, was commissionated Sheriff, and Pe- ter Miller, Esquire, Coroner, for the county Dauphine. Mr. Kel- cher offered as his securities Christopher Uhler, and Daniel Brad- ley, who were accepted.
Peter Ealer, Esquire, was commissionated Sheriff, and Conrad Ihrie, junior, Coroner ,of the county of Northampton. Mr. Ealer's securities were Peter Seip and Jonas Hartzell, Esquires, approved by Council.
A dedimus potestatum was this day issued to Matthew Irwin, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds and Master of the Rolls for this city.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of John Sig- friedt, of Northampton county, was read and approved, and an or- der drawn upon the Treasurer for the sum of one hundred and twenty seven pounds ten shillings and three pence, in favor of the said John Sigfriedt.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 18th, 1785.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. The Hon'ble Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Meason,
Henry Hill, John Neville,
John Boyd, Stephen Balliet, and > Esq'rs.
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Jonathan Hoge, Bernard Dougherty,
John Whitehill,
Council proceeded to the election of a President under the twen- tieth section of the Constitution, when the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, was unanimously elected.
The oath of office directed by the frame of Government, was ac- cordingly administered to him.
A return of the general election for the county of York, was read by which it appears that Henry Miller, David McConaughy, Mi- chael Schmycer, Philip Gartner, Joseph Lilly, Henry Tyson, Da- vid Mcclellan, and Adam Eichelberger, Esquires, were duly elect- ed members of the General Assembly ; William Bailey and John Edie, Esquires, Sheriffs ; and Ephraim Pennington and George Lewis Leffler, Esquires, Coroners ; and Robert Morrison, Esquire, Commissioner.
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William Bailey, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and Ephraim Pennington, Esquire, Coroner of the said county of York. The former offered Thomas Hartley and David Grier, Esquires, as his securities, and they were accepted.
A return from three districts, of the general election for the county of Northumberland, was received and read, by which it ap- peared, (the return made by the fourth district having been excluded for some supposed irregularity,) that William Maclay, John Weit- zle, and Anthony Sealing, Equires, were elected Representatives in Assembly; Thomas Grant and John Sneider, Esquires, Sheriffs; and Joseph Laurens and Christian Gettig, Esquires, Coroners.
Thomas Grant, Esquire, was commissionated Sheriff, having of- fered to Council William Wilson and William Cook, Esquires, as his securities, who were accepted.
A copy of Robert Steel's conviction and sentence, accompanied by a recommendation from the Chief Justice and his Associate Justices, was read, and a pardon granted thereon.
The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of Thomas Saltar, for the service of a schooner, his property, employed in re- moving military stores from this city on the approach of the enemy in September, 1777, was read and approved, and an order drawn in his favor for eight pounds ten shillings specie, to be paid out of the militia of the city and county of Philad'a.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 19th, 1785.
PRESENT : His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, Isaac Meason,
John Boyd, John Neville,
Jonathan Hoge, Stephen Balliet, and --
Esquires.
John Whitehill, Bernard Dougherty,
The Comptroller General's reports upon the accounts of Adam Hubley, late Lieutenant of Lancaster county:
Of Michael Leib, Levi Budd, and James Loughead, for signing .the Bills of Credit of the last emission.
Of Robert Miller, of Fayette county, for a horse lost on the San- dusky expedition.
Of John Stewart, of Westmoreland county, for shoeing horses in public service.
Of John Crawford, of Fayette county, for a horse lost on the Sandusky expedition.
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Of Captain Joseph Erwin, for a horse lost in General Clark's expedition against the Indians ; and of Captain John Stewart, of Westmoreland county, for his services in warning the different classes in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782, were read and approved.
Orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the following persons, for the sums annexed to their respective names, vizt :
Robert Aitken, for printing, one hundred and ninety-nine pounds nineteen shillings, specie.
The estate of Captain Thomas Hazlewood, late of the State navy, deceased, ten pounds two shillings and six pence.
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