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The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
James Read, Christopher Kucher,
Abraham Smith,
John Baird,
Samuel Edie,
David Reddick,
Esquires.
John Smilie,
George Ross, and
Samuel Dean,
Henry Hill,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Samuel Edie, Esquire, for the sum of forty-one pounds five shillings, in full of his account for his attendance in Council from the thirteenth day of March until the twenty-third of May, 1788, inclusively.
In favor of Edward Burd, Esquire, for seven pounds, for the travelling charges of the Honorable William Augustus Atlee, Esquire, to and from a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia for the State of Pennsylvania, in the term of April, 1788.
Charles Cecil laid before Council a paper signed by Miers Fisher, Attorney at Law, containing his opinion that the claim of said Cecil to city lots, &ca., in right of Richard Ward's original pur- chase, is sufficiently supported by the documents which he has produced, which being read, an order was taken that the said opinion, together with the papers upon which the same is founded, be referred to the Land officers for their consideration and opinion thereon.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, May 21st, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Henry Hill, Christopher Kucher, 7 Esquires. j
Samuel Dean, John Baird,
David Reddick, Samuel Edie,
George Ross, James Read, and
John Smilie, Abraham Smith,
On motion of Mr. Baird,
Ordered, That the Secretary return to him the fee of fourteen shillings, which was advanced for the commission of Collector of Excise for Westmoreland county, granted to John Giffin, who de- clined to act in said office, and refused to pay to Mr. Baird the fee aforesaid.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable John Smilie, Esquire, for eighty-one pounds fifteen shillings ; and in favor of the Honorable John Baird, Esquire, for thirty-one pounds ten shillings, in full of their seve- ral accounts for attendance in Council untill this day, inclusively, and their mileage.
In favor of Robert Aitken, for forty-one pounds eighteen shil- lings and four pence, in full of his account for printing an abstract of the laws of this State which relate to the militia, according to the Comptroller General's report.
Council being informed by a letter from Mr. Traill, of the death of Robert Levers, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of North- ampton,
Resolved, That to-morrow the Board will proceed to the choice of a proper person to fill the vacancy aforesaid.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, May 22nd, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, David Reddick,
Henry Hill George Ross,
Abraham Smith,
Christopher Kucher,
Samuel Edie, Jolin Baird, and
James Read, 1 Esquires. John Smilie,
Robert McIlhaney, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and
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for the county of York, upon a return made according to law for the district of the townships of Germany and Mountjoy ..
Agreeably to the order of the day, Council proceeded to the election of a Prothonotary, Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, and Clerk of the Orphans' Court for the county of Northampton, in the room of Robert Le- vers, Esquire, deceased. And the ballots being taken for the sev- eral candidates it appeared that William Craig, Esquire, was duly elected Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail De- livery, and that John Arndt, Esquire, was duly elected Clerk of the Orphans' Court; whereupon, it was
Ordered, That commissions issue to William Craig, Esquire, as Prothonotary and Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery ; and to John Arndt, Esquire, as Clerk of the Orphans' Court of the county aforesaid.
A letter was received from the Honorable Robert Traill, Esquire, requesting leave to resign his seat in Council, which being read and considered, it was
Resolved, Not to accept the said resignation.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, May 23d, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher, )
Abraham Smith, James Read, and
David Reddick, Henry Hill, Esquires. George Ross,
Upon application of Colonel William Henry, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for four hundred and twenty pounds, payable out of the money arising from militia fines in the city and liberties of Philadelphia, to defray the expence of exercising the militia of the said city and liberties.
A dedimus potestatem was directed to issue under the great seal to John Arndt, the Recorder and Register, and to William Craig, the Prothonotary of the county of Northampton.
It being represented to Council that the Commonwealth will sus- tain a loss if the estate of William Hay is now sold,
Ordered, That the Sheriffs of the county of Lancaster and Dau- phine, be directed to postpone the sale of the said Hay's estate un- til after the meeting of the Legislature.
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Upon consideration of the petition of Daniel Fogg, and a recom- mendation in his favor from several respectable inhabitants of the town of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey,
Ordered, That the fine due from him to the Commonwealth and the punishment at hard labour to which he was sentenced by the last city Court, upon being convicted of larceny, be remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, May 27th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher,
Abraham Smith, James Read,
George Ross,
Henry Hill,
Esquires.
David Reddick,
A petition and recommendation in favor of James O'Bryan, con- victed at the Quarter Sessions for Chester county for November last, of horse stealing and sentenced to hard labor for four years and a fine of being read,
Ordered, That his fine and punishment be remitted.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable James Read, Esquire, for fifty-eight pounds ten shillings, in full of his account for attendance in Coun- cil from the eleventh day of March, until the twenty-seventh day of May, 1788, inclusively.
In favor of the Honorable John Armstrong, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty-eight pounds, in full of his account for his at- tendance as a Delegate from this State to Congress, from March the twenty-seventh untill May the thirty-first, 1788, both days included, and his mileage.
In favor of Simon Steddicorn for seventeen pounds seventeen shillings, and in favor of Thomas Seddon for eleven pounds, in full of their several accounts for printing paper furnished to Robert Aitken for printing an abstract of the Laws of Pennsylvania, now in force relative to the militia, according to the Comptroller Gene- ral's report.
The fine imposed upon George Hendrick of Lancaster county, for non-attendance upon militia duty, was remitted in consideration of the particular circumstances of his case.
Doctor James Diemer was appointed and commissionated a Jus- tice of the Peace and of the court of Commonpleas in and for the county of Berks, upon a return made according to law, for the dis- trict and borough of Reading.
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Two returns of Burgesses, &ca , for the boroughs of Reading and Carlisle, were received and read ; whereupon, it was,
Ordered, That the former be filed and the consideration of the latter postponed.
Upon consideration of a petition from the Justices of the county of Berks,
Ordered, That Henry Christ, Esquire, be appointed and commnis- sionated to be President of the court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and jail delivery and orphans' court of the county of Berks.
And that Peter Spyker, Esquire, be appointed and commissiona- ted the President of the court of Common Pleas for the said county.
A letter from the Honorable John Jay, Esquire, secretary for foreign affairs, dated the seventeenth of this month, inclosing a copy of an act of His most Christian Majesty's council of State, for the encouragement of the commerce of France with the United States of America, passed the twenty-ninth of December, 1787, together with a copy of a letter on the subject of it from His Majesty's Comptroller General of Finance, to the Honorable Mr. Jefferson, dated on the same day, was received and read, and an order taken that the said inclosures be published by the authority of this Board.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, May 28th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher, )
Abraham Smith, Henry Hill, and
George Ross, James Read,
Esquires.
David Reddick,
The petition of Robert Crossley, convicted at the court of Quar- ter Sessions for Chester county, held in February last, of fornica- tion, ana fined ten pounds, was read,
Ordered, That the fine be remitted.
Upon the petition of John Donnahue, fined at the City Court for July last three pounds, for an assault on Bryan Connor,
Ordered, That the fine be remitted.
A letter from his Excellency William Smallwood, Esquire, Gov- ernor of the State of Maryland, was read, requesting that, agreea- bly to the Articles of Confederation, a certain William Clelone, now confined in the jail of this city, charged with a crime com- mitted in Maryland, might be delivered to Mr. Samuel Swan, to be conveyed to Baltimore for tryal.
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Resolved, That the Sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia be directed to deliver the said William Clelone to the custody of Samuel Swan, and to aid and assist him, if necessary, in transport- ing the said William Clelone, clear of the said city and county of Philadelphia, and that the Sheriff of Chester county be directed to give to Mr. Swan like aid and assistance in transporting the said criminal through the county of Chester, out of this State.
Upon the petition of Thomas Carmichael and Thomas Bagley, of the county of Cumberland,
Ordered, That the several fines imposed upon them for non- attendance upon Militia duty, when called thereto in the year 1779, be remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thurday, May 29th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher,
James Read, Abraham Smith, Esquires.
David Reddick,
A transcript of the record of John Mooney's conviction of the crime of buggery at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, held at Lancaster on the twelfth day of this month, was received and read, by which it appears that the said John Mooney is sentenced by the said Court to be hanged by the neck untill he be dead. A petition from the said John Mooney, praying a pardon of the said offence, accompanied by a recommendation from the Judges of said court and the jury, being also read and considered ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the said John Mooney be pardoned ; and a par- don, under the Great Seal, was accordingly issued.
Agreeably to the Comptroller General's report upon the pro- ceedings of the Orphans' Court of Cumberland county, in the case of Mary Blair, late widow of John Smith, deceased, late of the Cumberland county militia, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, payable out of the militia fines of said county, vizt : For the sum of fifteen pounds fifteen shillings, being an allowance to her during the time she remained the widow of said Smith; and for the sum of sixty-nine pounds five shillings, for the support of the children of the deceased, until the twenty-third of April last.
The Comptroller General's report upon the proceedings of the Supreme Court in the case of Thomas Blair, a pensioner, was read,
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approved, and an order directed to issue upon the Treasury in his favor, for thirteen pounds ten shillings, being his pension from January 22nd, until May twenty-second, 1788.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, May 20th, 1788.
PRESENT :
His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice President.
David Redick, George Ross, and
Christopher Kucher,
Henry Hill, Esquires.
Abraham Smith,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, (gunsmith,) for the sum of one hundred pounds, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in the city and Liberties of Philadelphia, towards defraying the expence of repairing the public arms, which was delivered to him for that purpose.
The following letters were received and read, vizt :
From his Excellency Edmund Randolph, Esquire, Governor of Virginia, in answer to the letter from Council of the seventh instant, informing the Board that the copies of the Virginia acts, therein requested, are preparing, and shall be forwarded as soon as possible.
From the Honorable John Jay, Esquire, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, with an inclosure, containing information that a certain Frederick Dahlberry, master of the ship called Adolph, belonging to Sweedish subjects, had run away with said ship and cargo, and requesting that should he enter any of the American ports, mea- sures may be taken to procure the arrest of him and the vessel and cargo aforesaid.
From Timothy Pickering, Esquire, relative to the conduct and discourse of John Jenkins and others, of Luzerne county.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May 31st, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, David Redick,
Abraham Smith, James Read, and
George Ross,
Henry Hill,
Esquires.
Christopher Kucher,
Mr. Ross was appointed to attend the Vice President as a mem- ber of the Board of Property for the month of June.
Upon the application of the Reverend Charles Nesbit,
Ordered, That the State Treasurer be informed it will meet the approbation of Council if he draws an order upon the treasurer of Cumberland county for one half year's interest, due upon the State certificates belonging to the Trustees of Dickinson College, any former order of this Board notwithstanding.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2nd, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Pre- sident.
Samuel Dean, David Redick,
Abraham Smith, James Read, and George Ross, Henry Hill, 1 Esquires.
Christopher Kucher,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Peter Muhlenberg, Esquire, for one hundred and twenty-five pounds, for one quarter's salary as Vice President of the State, for which sum he is to account.
Upon the petition and recommendation in favor of Henry Shil- gas, for the pardon of a misdemeanor of which he was convicted at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer held in Montgomery county,
Ordered, That the prayer of the petitioner be granted.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, June 3rd, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher, 1 Esquires.
Abraham Smith, George Ross, and
David Redick, James Read,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable Samuel Dean, Esquire, for twenty-one pounds, in full for his attendance in Council from the seventh of May, untill the seventh of June, 1788, inclusively.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, June 4th, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquite, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, David Redick,
Abraham Smith, James Read, and
George Ross, Henry Hill,
Christopher Kucher,
Esquires.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for seventeen pounds fifteen shillings and four pence, in full of his account for his wages as Doorkeeper to Council, from the first untill the thirty-first of May, 1788, and for cash paid for one cord of hickory wood for the use of Council in the month of April last, and for hawling, sawing, wharfage and carrying in the same.
An order was also drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mrs. Jane Roberts, for the sum of seventy-five pounds, payable out of the monies arising from the sale of the confiscated estate of Jobn Roberts, deceased, her late husband, being one year's pension due to her on the first day of April, 1788, according to the decree of the Supreme Court under the acts of attainder of this Commonwealth.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, June 5th, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher,
Henry Hill, James Read, and
Abraham Smith,
David Redick, Esquires.
George Ross,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:
In favor of the Honorable Abraham Smith, Esquire, for forty- eight pounds, in full for his attendance in Council from the third . day of April, untill the fifth day of June, 1788, inclusively.
In favor of Abraham Morrow, for forty-five pounds, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in the county of Philadel- phia, towards defraying the expence of repairing the public arms which have been delivered to him for that purpose, for which sum he is to account.
A deed was examined and signed by the Honorable the Vice President, bearing date this day, conveying to Doctor Robert Har- ris, in ffee simple, a tract of one hundred and fifty-one acres of land situate in Newberry township, in the county of York, which was confiscated to the use of the Commonwealth, by the attainder of James Rankin, and sold by the State agent in October, 1779, for the sum of four thousand eight hundred and fifteen pounds, which the said Robert Harris hath duly paid into the Treasury.
An order was drawn upon the 'Treasurer in favor of Mr. John Duffield, for one hundred and fifty pounds one shilling, to reim- burse him for a like sum paid into the Treasury as being due from him to Timothy Connor, an attainted traitor, and forfeited to the Commonwealth, but which sum he hath since paid to Samuel Plea- sants, agreeably to a late determination of the Supreme Court.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, June 6th, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Abraham Smith, James Read, and Henry Hill,
David Redick,
>Esquires.
George Ross, Christopher Kucher,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble David Redick, Esquire, for thirty-one pounds five shillings, in
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full of his account for attendance in Council from the fifth day of May, untill the fifth of June, 1788, inclusively, and his mileage.
Upon a representation from some of the City Magistrates, setting forth that from the information they have received it is probable that Mr. Reynolds, the Jailor, and some of his deputies have been guilty of malpractices in receiving stolen goods, &ca., at the same time expressing their desire that Council would request the Sheriff to remove the said Reynolds from being keeper of the jail until an examination and trial can take place.
Resolved, That the Secretary inform the Sheriff of the city that it is the opinion of Council a removal of Mr. Reynolds as Keeper of the Jail, for the present, would be attended with good conse- quences, and give the wished for oppertunity of investigating the matter fully.
Upon a petition from the Commissioners of the county of Dau- phine, requesting Council to give orders for the removal of James Fisher and James Hagerty, who have been convicted of divers of- fences in said county, and sentenced to hard labour,
Ordered, That a warrant, under the less seal, be now issued for removing the said James Fisher and James Hagerty from their present confinement in the jail of the county of Dauphine to that of the city and county of Philadelphia.
Upon the petition of Catherine Wright, and a recommendation in her favor from the Justices of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the county of Dauphine,
Ordered, That the fine of fifty pounds which was imposed upon her, upon being convicted at the said court of adultery, be remitted, and that she be released from confinement upon paying the costs of prosecution and her fees.
Council Chamber.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, June 7th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean, Abraham Smith,
George Ross,
Christopher Kucher,
David Redick, James Read, and Henry Hill,
Esquires.
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Council Chamber.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, June 10th, 1788. PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Samuel Dean,
David Redick,
Henry Hill,
James Read,
Esquires.
George Ross,
Abraham Smith,
Christopher Kucher,
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, June 10th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
James Read, Abraham Smith,
Samuel Dean, David Redick,
Henry Hill,
Christopher Kucher,
¿Esquires.
George Ross,
Upon a representation from the Commissioners appointed by Council on the fourteenth of May last, relative to their pay, the Board proceeded to reconsider their resolution of that day, respect- ing the said Commissioners ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That so much of the said resolution as fixes the pay of the said Commissioners be recinded, and that they be allowed the sum of twenty shillings per day each, while performing the du- ties required of them by the said resolution, to include their ex- pences, except the expences of guides and expresses when neces- gary, which is to be defrayed by the State.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, June 11th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
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Samuel Dean, James Read, and
Abraham Smith,
David Redick,
Esquires.
George Ross,
A petition from Doctor Andrew Ledlie, informing the Board that he became one of the sureties to the State for James Petti- grew's faithfull performance of the duties of his office of Collector of Excise in the county of Northampton, and that he is now desi- rous that some other person should be surety in his room, being read,
Ordered, That James Pettigrew, Esquire, be directed to procure another surety, in the room of Doctor Ledlie.
The fine imposed upon Patrick Dalton, upon his being convicted of larceny at a Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held in June, 1787, for Philadelphia court, was remitted upon his petition and a certificate of his having finished his service at hard labour.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, June 12th, 1788.
PRESENT :
The Honorable PETER MUHLENBERG, Esquire, Vice Presi- dent.
Henry Hill, James Read,
Samuel Dean, Christopher Kucher, and
Abraham Smith, David Redick,
Esquires.
George Ross,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Stephen Balliet, Esquire, and Major William Arm- strong, for fifty-six pounds, to enable them to enter upon the busi- ness of their appointment as Commissioners to repair to Luzerne county, and to ascertain the quantity and quality of the lands there claimed by Pennsylvania owners, under the resolution of Assem- bly dated the twenty-seventh of March, 1788, for which sum they are to account.
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In favor of Catherine, the widow of General William Thompson, deceased, for seventy pounds six shillings and three pence, being one quarter's pension due to her under the act of Assembly dated March 1st, 1780.
A deed was examined and signed by his Excellency the Presi- dent, bearing date the tenth instant, conveying to John Grauel, in ffee simple, a certain three story brick messuage or tenement and lot of ground, marked with the letter A, (in the general plan of the ground, whereon the barracks formerly stood,) being forty-six and a half feet in breadth on Third street continued in the Northern Liberties, and extending in length, or depth, one hundred and twelve feet, to Rose alley, which messuage and lot of ground he purchased on the third day of July, 1784, for one thousand two hundred and ten pounds, from the Commissioners appointed by Council to sell the said barrack ground, and hath paid the said sum, as appears by the said Commissioners' receipts.
A letter from the Delegates of this State, inclosing an act of Congress dated the sixth of this month, for surveying and ascer- taining the quantity of land situate between Lake Erie and Penn- sylvania and west of the boundaries of the States of New York and Massachusets, and fixing the price at which the same may be sold, was read, requesting instructions from Council relative to the purchase of the said land on account of the State.
A letter of instructions was written to Stephen Balliet and William Armstrong, Esquires, inclosing the minutes of Council of the fourteenth of May and seventh instant, and requesting them to proceed without delay to the county of Luzerne, on the business of their appointment, and consult Messieurs Montgomery and Gray, Deputy Surveyors, and obtain from them such drafts of surveys as it may be in their power to furnish, and from Colonel Pickering descriptions of the townships comprehended in the resolution of Assembly of March 27th, 1788.
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