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James McLene, William Brown,
The Comptroller General's reports upon the following accounts, were read and approved. VOL. XV .- 5.
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Of Daniel Williams, for leaden spouts taken for the Labaratory, by Allison & Worral, in August 1777.
Of James M'Dowell, Robert M'Dowell, David Thompson and Charles Keyl, for their pay while employed in building Fort Pre- servation, Westmoreland county, in 1777 and 1778.
Of George Feather, for
£11 10
8
Bernard Gardner,
11 10
8
George Foulke,
11 10
8
Christian Hellinger,
11 10
8
Joseph Gehr,
11 10
8
John Gingrich,
11 10
8
Isaac Adams,
11 10
8
John Smuller,
11 10 8
Bernard Gardner,
3 10
0
£95 15 4
For their services as Captains in the militia of the county of Lancaster, in the years 1777 and 1778 and 1779, according to the Comptroller General's reports ; and
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer, payable out of the mili- tia fines of the said county, in favor of Captain George Feather, to be by him paid to the persons before mentioned.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, August 19th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Jonathan Hoge,
Stephen Balliet,
John Woods, John Neville, and
Esquires.
James M'Lene, William Brown,
Upon the petition of William Barton, Esquire; it was
Ordered, That execution against him for a debt due to the Commonwealth, on a judgment obtained at the suit of the Collec- tor of the Customs, be suspended untill Council can have an op- portunity of conferring with the Attorney General upon the subject of the said petition.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Buchan- nan, for sixty-one pounds one shilling, in full of his account for surveying the road layed out from Miller's Spring, in Cumber- land county, to Fort Pitt, and making a draft of the same, accord- ing to act of Assembly of 21st of September, 1785.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, August 21st, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Boyd,
Samuel Dean,
Peter Muhlenberg,
Stephen Balliet,
William Brown,
Esquires.
Jonathan Hoge,
John Woods, and
James M'Lene,
John Neville,
Peter Conrad, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned a Jus- tice of the Peace for the district of Hamilton township, in the coun- ty of Northampton, upon a return made according to law : Mr. Conrad was also appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county.
Upon a letter from John Franklin and John Jenkins, praying "the protection of Council to their persons while coming to and remaining in this city, in waiting upon the Legislature as Agents for the settlers at Wyoming,"
Order was taken, that a passport under the seal of the State be made out for the said John Franklin and John Jenkins, or others, Agents as aforesaid, granting to them the desired protection, as far as the authority of the Executive will extend, but that they be ap- prized that this will not reach beyond prosecution of a criminal nature.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for two hundred pounds, in full for one quarter's salary as Comptroller General, ending the 13th of July last.
In favor of the Honorable Charles Pettitt, Esquire, for four hun- dred and ninety-five pounds fourteen shillings, in full for his attend- ance as a delegate from this State to Congress untill the 19th instant, inclusively, and his mileage.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, August 22d, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President
Henry Hill, John Boyd,
Samuel Dean, Peter Muhlenberg,
Stephen Balliet, William Brown,
Esquires.
Jonathan Hoge,
John Woods, and
James M'Lene, John Neville,
The petitions of Benjamin Davis, John Penn and John Penn, Junior, by their agent, Tench Francis, Francis Wallis, (alias Willis,) William Green, Nicholas Gay, Margaret Wakely, Martha Gay and Thomas Cecil, by their agent, John Lee, and of Mary Jenkins, ex- hibitory of their respective claims to city lotts, were read and re- ferred to the Attorney General, for his opinion of their validity.
On motion,
Ordered, That the resolution of Council of the 24th of Septem- ber, 1785, upon the claims of Mr. Edward Williams to commuta- tion of half pay as Clerk and Paymaster in the late general hos- pital, be reconsidered; and on the second motion,
Ordered, That the said resolution be rescinded, and that the Comptroller General be furnished with a copy of this proceeding.
The petition of Thomas Cuthbert and Daniel Bickley, the depo- sition of said Cuthbert, and a certificate from William Howell, Isaac Craig, and William Pollard, being read,
Ordered, That such part of two pipes of Teneriffe wine as was, upon seizure of the Excise Officer, forfeited to the Commonwealth, be restored to the petitioners aforesaid.
Upon the petition of Margaret Talbott, it was
Ordered, That the fine to the State, and imprisonment for twelve months, to which she was sentenced upon conviction of lar- ceny, be remitted.
The fine payable to the use of the State by Samuel Marriott, upon his conviction of selling spirituous liquors by small measure, without licence, was remitted.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, August 23rd, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, James McLene, 7
Samuel Dean, John Woods,
Stephen Balliet,
Jonathan Hoge, and
John Boyd,
William Brown,
Peter Muhlenberg,
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Esq'rs.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mr. Robert Aitken, for one hundred and seventeen pounds ten shillings and nine pence, for printing public accounts, and for stationery for the Comptroller's office, according to the Comptroller General's reports of July 21st and August 19th, 1786.
.On the petition of Henry Revers, convicted of larceny at the July Sessions of the City Court, and sentenced to a fine of six pounds seventeen shillings & six pence, payable to the State,
Ordered, That the fine aforesaid be remitted.
A letter from the Comptroller General, requesting Council to de- termine the allowance to be made to the Agents for the sale of the Barracks & Barrack lotts, was read, and an order taken that the said Agents be allowed a commission of two and a half per cent .. upon the monies paid by them into the public Treasury.
Note .- The authority to fix this compensation vested in Council by Act of Assembly dated April, 1784.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, August 24th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Henry Hill, John Neville,
Samuel Dean, Peter Muhlenberg,
Stephen Balliet,
John Woods, and
John Boyd, James McLene,
Esquires. Jonathan Hoge,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of Peter Winck, for eight pounds four shillings and three pence, in full of his account for curing a wound received
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while employed as a soldier on the last expedition to Wyoming, in October, 1784, according to the Comptroller General's report, to be paid out of the militia fines of Berks county.
In favor of the Honorable Jonathan Hoge, for twenty pounds five shillings, and the Honorable Peter Muhlenberg, for eighteen pounds, in full for their attendance in Council, respectively, until this day, included.
Mr. Lollar and Mr. Evans, a committee from the General As- sembly, attending, were introduced, and informed Council that the House was now formed, and ready to receive such business as Council have to lay before them.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, August the 25th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Neville, r
Samuel Dean,
Peter Muhlenberg,
Stephen Balliet,
John Woods, and
Esquires.
John Boyd,
James McLene,
Jonathan Hoge,
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Philip Albright, Esquire, late a Captain in Colonel Miles' Rifle regiment, was read and approved.
A message from the President and the Supreme Executive Council to the General Assembly.
GENTLEMEN :- Herewith will be laid before you a number of communications made by Congress and particular States since your last meeting. These we recommend to your consideration, and especially the requisition of Congress for our quota of the Federal supply for the year 1786. It is to the honor of Pennsylvania that she has hitherto been behind none of the States in ready compliance with such requisitions, and we have no doubt but you will take care to provide that this part of our character shall continue un- diminished-the due support of our General Government, and the punctual discharge of our foreign obligations, being of essential im- portance to the welfare and security of the whole Union.
Some farther progress has been made in the negociation with the States of Delaware and Maryland since your last session : Com. missioners have been appointed, an interview proposed, and every inclination to meet this Commonwealth on the ground of reciprocal advantage discovered.
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Having observed that the act passed on the twenty-second day of September, 1785, entituled "An Act for the relief of officers, soldiers, and seamen, who, in the course of the late war, have been wounded or otherwise disabled in the service of this State or of the United States," is liable to many and great abuses. That it has, in some instances falling within our own knowledge, been made to operate on very improper subjects. We are of opinion that a revisal thereof should take place as early as possible, and such alteration made as will effectually prevent any misapplication of the benevo- lence of Government.
Among the papers sent you are some which relate to the people of Wyoming.
We expect that these settlers will send agents hither to repre- sent to your Honorable House their present situation. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Council Chamber, Philadelphia, August 25th, 1786.
Upon the petition of Elizabeth Armstrong, convicted of selling spirituous liquors by small measure without licence, it was
Ordered, That one-half part of the fine to be paid by her to the use of the State, be remitted.
The Council met.
Saturday, August the 26th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Neville, r
Samuel Dean, Peter Muhlenberg, -1 Esquires.
Stephen Balliet,
John Woods, and
John Boyd, James McLene,
Jonathan Hoge,
The petition of Job and Jonathan Vernon, stating that they had become security for the payment of a fine of fifteen pounds im- posed on a certain William Scholefield, upon conviction of larceny ; that the said Scholefield has some time since died; that they are now left exposed to the payment of the fine aforosaid ; (and upon the facts,) praying a release from the payments of the said fines, was read, and an order taken that the prayer of their petition be granted.
A report of Willam Bradford, Esquire, on the claims of Mary Jenkins (referred on the 22d instant) to a city lot, was read and filed.
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On'motion of Mrs. McLene, James Maxwell, Esquire, was ap- pointed and commissioned President of the Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, and Orphans' Court, of the county of Franklin.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Philip Albright, for forty pounds thirty shillings and two pence, ballance due upon his account as late Captain in Colonel Miles' Rifle regi- ment, according to the Comptroller General's report, to be paid out of the fund appropriated to the recruiting service.
A deed was examined and signed by the Vice President, to Ed- ward Bartholemew, Esquire, for a tract of land situate in New- town township, in the county of Chester, containing one hundred and seventy-two late the estate of Matthew Apsden : Sold on the 29th of April last, to said Edward Bartholemew, for the sum of one thousand and ninety pounds. Deed dated this day.
The Attorney General having been consulted on the case of William Barton, Esq'r, agreeably to the minutes of the 18th inst., an order was taken that execution against him for a debt due to the Commonwealth, on a judgment obtained at the suit of the Collector of the Customs, be suspended for the term of two years from the date of this proceeding.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, August 28th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Woods,
Samuel Dean, Isaac Meason, (now re-
Stephen Balliet, turned) Esquires. Jonathan Hoge, Mr. Boyd, and James McLene, John Neville, William Brown,
The fine imposed upon James Kelly, on conviction of horse stealing, in the county of Philadelphia, was remitted.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, August 29th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, John Woods,
Stephen Balliet,
William Brown,
Henry Hill,
John Neville,
Esquires.
Jonathan Hoge,
Isaac Meason, and
James McLene,
John Boyd,
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, August 30th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, John Woods,
Stephen Balliet,
William Brown,
Jonathan Hoge,
John Neville, and
Esquires.
James McLene, John Boyd,
The fine imposed upon John Hall upon conviction of fornication and bastardy, in the county of was remitted.
An Forder was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the War- dens of the Port of Philadelphia, for eight hundred and twenty pounds, to be applied in support of the Light House, &ca., in the bay and river Delaware, and in improving the navigation in the said bay and river, for, which sum they are to account.
A petition being presented to the Board from James Robinson, representing the great injury which he must sustain from the ope- ration of a resolution of Council of the twenty-third of June last, in favor of Colonel William Butler, and the said petition being ac- companied by a certificate from a number of respectable inhabi- tants of Pittsburg in favor of the character of the said James Ro- binson ; therefore,
Resolved, That the said resolution, as far as it respects the im- proved land upon which the said Robinson resides, be hereby re- scinded, and that the said Robinson be permitted to enjoy the said improvement, with the priviledges he has hitherto had, until other- wise directed by this Board.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, August the 31st, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, William Brown, ?
Stephen Balliet, John Woods, 1
Jonathan Hoge, John Neville, and
James McLene,
John Whitehill,
Esquires.
John Boyd,
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Lieuten- ant Peter Conrad, for pay and subsistence, while a prisoner, from 1778 to 1781, was read and approved.
Agreeably to the sixteenth section of an act of the General As- sembly intituled " An Act for directing the mode of distributing the donation lands promised to the troops of this Common- wealth,"
The Surveyor General made return to Council of the draught of lots laid down within the limits of the said lands ; upon which it was
Ordered, That the drawing of the lottery for, and the patenting of the said lots, shall commence on the first day of October next, to be continued for one year from the 29th instant.
The consideration of the petition of David Lennox, stating " that in April, 1784, he imported into this State a cargo of rum, sugar, and coffee ; that he afterwards entered part of the said cargo for exportation, and praying to be allowed a drawback upon such part of the cargo as was exported in due time," read on the first of July, 1785, was resumed, and an order taken that the resolution of Council of that day be rescinded, and the prayer of the said pe- tition granted.
The petition of Edward Kenan and others, praying for a settle- ment of their accounts, was read, and referred to the Comptroller General.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for fifteen pounds ten shillings, in full for his wages as door-keeper until this day, included.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 1st, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Henry Hill, John Neville,
Stephen Balliet, John Woods,
Jonathan Hoge,
Isaac Meason, and
James McLene,
John Whitehill,
r- Esquires.
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Stephen Balliot, Esquire, for seven- teen pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council un- til the thirty-first day of August,. 1786, inclusively.
In favor of William Mitchell, Esquire, for fifty pounds seven shillings and two pence, in part of the ballance due upon his ac- count as Agent for the sale of Confiscated Estates in York county, according to the Comptroller General's report.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 2nd, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, James McLene,
Stephen Balliet, Isaac Meason,
Jonathan Hoge, John Whitehill,
Esquires.
Peter Muhlenberg,
William Brown, and
John Neville, John Woods,
On motion,
Ordered, That the natives of China and India, now in this city, who have been for some months past supported at the expence of this State, be now removed to the State of Maryland, in which they were originally brought by John O'Donnel, Esquire, Captain of the Pallas Indiaman, and that Mr. Levi Hollingsworth be re- quested to take measures for executing this order.
Colonel Francis Johnston was directed to advertise a further sale of city lots numbered from 1921 to 1982, inclusively, situate on both sides of Market or High street, and between Fourth and Fifth streets from Schuylkill; also eleven lots on the north side of Ches- nut street between Seventh and Eighth streets from Delaware, to be held on Wednesday the 20th of this month, at the old Coffee House.
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The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Cooke, jeweler, for seventeen ounces ten penny weights of gold forfeited to the Commonwealth by the non-appearance of A. Boye: before the Supreme Court, upon a prosecution for passing bas metal as gold, was read and approved.
A certificate of the division of the township of Smith, in the county of Washington, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at Washington, for the county aforesaid, on the 5th o January last, was read, and order taken that the division be con firmed, agreeably to the decree of the said Court.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 4th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, John Whitehill,
Stephen Balliet,
Peter Muhlenberg,
Jonathan Hoge, John Woods,
John Neville,
Isaac Meason, and
Esquires.
James McLane,
William Brown,
John Boyd,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer :
In favor of Colonel William Henry, for one hundred and fifty- five pounds, for defraying the contingent expences of exercising the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, for which sum he is to account.
In favor of William Rees, for fifteen pounds and seven pence, in full for his account for improving the State House lot until the second instant, and for bricklayer's work done by John Parker, to be paid according to two acts of Assembly dated the twentieth of February, 1735-6, and 14th of May, 1762, and resolution of As- sembly dated 23d of September, 1783.
Mr. McLene attended the Vice President as a member of the Board of Property.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 5th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, John Whitehill,
Henry Hill,
John Woods,
Stephen Balliet,
Isaac Meason,
Esquires.
Jonathan Hoge,
John Boyd, and
James M'Lene,
John Neville,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Samuel Dean, Esquire, for twenty-five pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council until this day, inclusively.
The reports of the Comptroller General upon the following ac- counts for materials for houses at the Barracks in the Northern Liberties, sold May the 8th, 1784, were read and approved.
Of George Forepaugh, Matthew Clarkson, Christlieb Bartling, Quarrier and Hunter, John Keen, Nicholas Brooms, William Williams, Nicholas Ribbell, and Michael Groves.
The following draft of a message from the Vice President and Council to the General Assembly, was read and approved :
A Message from the Vice President and the Supreme Executive Council to the General Assembly :
GENTLEMEN :- Having observed with the greatest satisfaction, a .. revival of that spirit and those habits which have so highly distin- nguished the militia of this city and its vicinity, and wishing to give them such countenance as will most effectually tend to diffuse them throughout the State, we have, during your late recess, unani- mously appointed Colonel Francis Mentges to the place of Inspec- tor General. Under this appointment it will become his business f to encourage and direct this rising disposition, to mark out and es- 8. tablish a uniformity of appearance and discipline in the several corps, to examine into the state of arms and accoutrements, and to notice and report all abuses of such public property as may fall within his care or observation. In executing this necessary and important trust, some expence must be incurred and much time given. 'Tis, therefore, the object of this message, to request that or these such compensation be made as the House in their wisdom will think proper to direct. e
We take this opportunity of communicating also a letter of the wenty-third ult., from President Sullivan, containing several pa- vers relating to the capture and condemnation of the brigantine
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Susannah, &ca. And a letter of the 28th from Mr. Jay ; and a proposition from the house of Coxe and Frazier, on the subject of arms.
CHARLES BIDDLE, V. P.
Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 6th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, John Woods,
Henry Hill,
Isaac Meason,
Stephen Balliet, John Neville,
1 Esquires.
Jonathan Hoge,
William Brown,
James McLene, and
Peter Muhlenberg, John Boyd, John Whitehill, 7
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of James Mc- Cutcheon, for nineteen pounds seventeen shillings and six pence, for seven hundred and ninety five pounds of beef furnished to a number of the natives of China and India, under a resolution of Assembly dated the 5th of November, 1785.
A letter signed "John Franklin and John Jenkins, Agents for the claimants under Connecticut, now residing in and near Wyo- ming, and stating, that under the protection lately granted them by Council, they had now arrived in this city and wished the oppor- tunity of laying their grievances before the Board," being read ; an order was taken that agreeable to their request, they be admitted and heard, and that to-morrow 10 o'clock, be appointed for that purpose.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 7th, 1786.
PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, Isaac Meason,
Henry Hill, John Neville,
Stephen Balliet, William Brown,
Jonathan Hoge,
James McLene, and
Esquires.
John Boyd, John Whitehill,
John Woods,
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Captain James McLean, for ten pounds seven shillings, for his subsistence
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for the months of July, August, and September, according to the Comptroller General's report.
Agreeably to the order of yesterday, Council proceeded to hear John Franklin and John Jenkins, Agents for the claimants under Connecticut, upon the subject of grievances alledged by the said claimants ; and some time being spent therein, the further hearing was postponed until to-morrow at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 8th, 1786. PRESENT :
The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Dean, John Whitehill,
Stephen Balliet, John Neville,
Jonathan Hoge,
John Woods,
Esquires.
James McLene,
John Boyd, and
William Brown, Isaac Meason,
A petition from a number of persons styling themselves " late settlers of Wyoming, under legal titles from Pennsylvania, but now expelled from their possessions by persons claiming under Con- necticut," was read ; and an order taken that the same be transmit- ted to the General Assembly, together with a letter in the follow- ing words, vizt :
To the Honorable the Speaker of the General Assembly.
SIR :- Enclosed is a petition from a number of persons "styling themselves late settlers at Wyoming, under legal titles from Penn- sylvania, but now expelled from their possessions by persons claim- ing under Connecticut."
It may also be proper to advise the House that the Agents of the claimants under Connecticut are now here, and wish to be heard by the Legislature.
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