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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 5th, 1790. PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't.
Amos Gregg, Frederick Watts, 7
Christopher Kucher,
William Wilson, -
James Read, Jonas Hartzell,
Abraham Smith,
James Martin,
Zebulun Potts,
Richard Willing, & 2 Esquires.
Lord Butler,
Samuel Edie,
Henry Taylor,
Mr. Edie was appointed a member of the Board of Property for the present month.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the fol- lowing accounts were read and approved, vizt :
Of Mary Mackey, administratrix of John Mackey, deceased, for the pay of the said John Mackey as an eighteen months' man, in the late army of the United States, amounting to thirty-six pounds.
Of Robert Martin, Esquire, for his own services and the wages of six men employed in December, 1775, in pursuunce of a reso- lution of Assembly of the late province of Pennsylvania, dated November the twenty-fifth, 1775, for enforcing the laws of Penn- sylvania against the Connecticut settlers at and near Wyoming, and for supplies of provisions, forage and stores for the said men, amounting to eighty-two pounds thirteen shillings and eight pence, as settled by the said Comptroller and Register General, according to act of General Assembly passed the twenty-seventh day of March last.
Of Aaron Levy, for supplies furnished to the said men under the said resolution of Assembly, by order of the Justices of North- umberland county, in December, 1775, amounting to forty four pounds twelve shillings and five pence, as settled by the Comptrol- ler and Register General, according to the said act of Assembly.
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A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, dated the third instant, informing Council that he has appointed Moses McClean, Esquire, to be Deputy Surveyor of the townships of Cumberland, Franklin, Hamilton, Bann, Manallin, Tyrone, Stra- ban, Mount Pleasant, Mountjoy, Germany, Heidleberg, Manheim, and Codorus, in the county of York, and submitting the said ap- pointment to Council for their approbation, agreeably to act of General Assembly passed the eighth day of April, 1785, was re- ceived and read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That Council approve of the said appointment.
Upon the second reading of the report of the Committee to whom was referred the letter from the Comptroller General, inform- ing Council that a number of public certificates were deposited with the late Treasurer for the security of a sum of money due from Francis Wade. to the Commonwealth, for which judgment hath been obtained and execution issued,
Resolved, That the assignees of Francis Wade be informed that unless the demand of the Commonwealth against him be satisfied within three months, orders will issue by Council to the late Trea- surer to dispose of the said certificates for the benefit of the State.
A draft of a letter to the Speaker of the General Assembly, was laid before Council and adopted, as follows, vizt :
In Council, Philadelphia, April 5th, 1790.
SIR :- Council requests a conferrence this morning with a Com- mittee of the General Assembly on that part of their message to the Legislature of the twenty-fifth day of August, 1789, which relates to the gunpowder magazine
I am Sir, with great respect, Your most obedient humble servant, THOMAS MIFFLIN.
Hon'ble the Speaker of the General Assembly.
On motion,
Resolved, That Colonel Miles, Colonel Smith, and Mr. Read, be appointed a Committee to confer with the Committee of Assem- bly when appointed, on the subject aforesaid.
A letter from Zebulun Butler, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Luzerne, relative to a division of the second battalion of the militia of that county, and inclosing a certificate of the election of Elisha Blackman, to be first Lieutenant, and Abraham Bradley, second Lieutenant of the Light Infantry company, of Colonel Hol- lenback's battalion of the militia of that county, was received and read, and commissions directed to issue agreeably thereto.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 6th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Zebulun Potts, r
Amos Gregg,
Lord Butler,
Christopher Kucher,
Abræbam Smith,
Frederick Watt, Jonas Hartzell,
Esquires.
James Read,
Henry Taylor,
James Martin, Samuel Edie, and
Richard Willing, William Wilson,
. The following letter from the Comptroller General was received and read, vizt :
SIR :- Either thro' my mistake in reporting, or the error of the person who drew the orders of Council, the following three pension- . ers had each orders for a larger sum than then they were entitled to, upon which I wrote above the sum, (say the sum to which they were respectively entitled,) to prevent them receiving more at the Treasury then they ought; the orders were,
Orders.
April 23rd, 1789, Robert Frazier, £9 17 6 on which entered £9 7 6 May 2nd, 1789, George Grace, 6 40. do. 1 19 5
do. Paul Pimple, 1 10 0
do. 1 40
17 11 6
12 10 11
£5 0 7 amount deducted.
I also inclose two orders which were drawn by mistake, a second time, for the same thing that they may be cancelled, and that with the other business, such entry may be made thereof as shall be thought proper ; the orders returned are,
March 8th, 1788, Mary Sloan, December 22nd, do., Edward Kellon,
£60 0 0
376
£63 7 6
I have the honor to be with great respect, Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
Comptroller General's 2 office, April 6th, 1790. S
JOHN NICHOLSON.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Henry Taylor, for the sum of fifty-five pounds ten shillings, in full of his account for his attendance in Council, from the twen-
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ty-third day of January untill the sixth day of April, 1790, inclu- sively.
The reports of the Comptroller and Register General's upon the following accounts, were read and approved :
Of Captain Jacob Ladick, for the pay and bounty of his com- pany of Berks county militia, while employed in the service of the United States, under the command of Colonel Smuel Ely, from the first untill the seventeenth of October, 1781, including their extra pay, amounting in the whole to the sum of three hundred and thirty-two pounds nine shillings and four, of which having received thirty-eight pounds thirteen shillings and six pence, there remains due to the said company, two hundred and ninety-four pounds five shillings and ten pence.
Of James Douglass, for militia services as a Captain in the sec- ond battalion of Cumberland county militia, amounting to two pounds.
Council being informed that several warrants or orders for the payment of money drawn by direction of the Board, and signed by the President, have been altered by the Comptroller General with- out the instruction of Council.
Resolved, That Colonel Miles, Colonel Smith and Colonel Wil- son, be a committee to enquire into the truth of that information, and to report a state of the facts.
James Archer, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace, and of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Washington, upon a return made according to law, from the district of the township of Franklin, in the said county.
George Woods, Esquire, was also appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace, and of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Bedford, upon a return made according to law, from the district of the town of Bedford, in the said county.
Council resumed the consideration of the resolution of the Gen- eral Assembly of the thirty-first of March last; and thereupon, Timothy Matlack, John Adlum and Samuel Maclay, were appoint- ed commissioners to examine and survey the waters of Quittapa- hilla, Swatara, part of Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, the waters of Sinnamahoning creek, part of the waters of Allegany rivers, Presque Isle, &ca., Frederick Antes, Reading Howell and William Dean, were also appointed commissioners to explore the county near the head waters of the Delaware river, and East Branch of the Susquehanna, and of the Lthigh and Schuylkil rivers, agreea- bly to the directions of the said resolution of Assembly.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 7th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Richard Willing,
James Read,
Samuel Edie,
Amos Gregg,
William Wilson,
Christopher Kucher,
Frederick Watts,
Esquires.
Abraham Smith,
Zebulun Potts, and
Jonas Hartzell, James Martin,
Lord Butler,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Frederick Watts, Esquire, for fifty- four pounds, in full for his attendance in Council, from the twenty- six of January to the seventh of April, 1790, inclusively.
In favor of the Honorable Jonas Hartzell, Esquire, for seven- teen five pounds fifteen shillings, in full for his attendance in Coun- cil, from the first of January to the seventh of April, 1790, in- clusively, and mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home at this time.
A petition from Martha Biles, of the county of Bucks, stating that she purchased a tract of sixteen acres of land in the said coun- ty, which was seized and sold by George Wall, Esquire, as the con- fiscated estate of her late husband, Samuel Biles, that a certain William Biles is in possession of four acres of the said land which he refuses to deliver up, and praying the assistance of this Board, to cause possession to be given her, agreeably to act of As- sembly passed the sixth day of March, 1778, being read, and the said act being considered,
Resolved, That the Sheriff of the county of Bucks, do give possession of the said premises, to the said Martha Biles, in due form of law, she paying the incidental expences.
Joseph Dean, elected auctioneer for the city of Philadelphia, offered Paul Cox and John Stille as sureties, in lieu of Blair M'Clanachan & William Ralston, and it was agreed to accept them as such.
Upon the second reading of the petition of Barbara Peters, pray- ing remission of a fine of three pounds, to which she was sentenced for an assault and battery upon Susanna Esler and Rosanna Sower- man, by the last Mayor's Court ; it was
Resolved, 'To remit the said fine.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, April 8th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't.
Samuel Miles, Frederick Watts,
James Read,
Samuel Edie,
Amos Gregg,
Richard Willing,
Abraham Smith,
James Martin,
Esquires.
Lord Butler,
Zebulun Potts, and
Jonas Hartzell,
William Wilson,
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Christopher Kucher,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Lord Butler, Esquire, for forty-one pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council from the seventeenth of February untill the eighth of April, 1790, inclusively, and mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.
On motion,
Resolved, That the Comptroller General be directed to attend Council to-morrow at ten o'clock to assign his reasons for alter- ing three warrants which were drawn on the Treasurer of the State by order of the Board, and signed by the Vice President in Council.
Oa motion,
Resolved, That the Commissioners who were appointed by Coun- cil on the sixth instant, to carry into execution the resolution of the Assembly of the thirty-first of March last, for ascertaining the most practicable communication between the eastern and western limits of the State, be allowed seventeen shillings and six per diem for their services in that business, including their personal expences, and that the charges which may necessarily arise from the hire of horses, boats and assistants, be allowed.
Sharp Delany, Esquire, was requested to lay before Council a copy of the list of pensioners of this State, which he has received from the Secretary of the War office; and Colonel Miles and Colo- nel Willing were appointed a committee to compare the same with the original orders in the office of the Comptroller General.
Thomas Clingan and Patrick McSherry were offered and accepted as sureties for Moses McClean, Esquire, who was appointed Sur- veyor of the county of York on the fifth instant.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, April 9th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles. William Wilson,
Christopher Kucher,
James Martin,
Abraham Smith,
Richard Willing,
Jonas Hartzell,
Zebulun Potts,
Esquires.
Frederick Watts, Samuel Edie,
Amos Gregg, and
James Read,
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An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Abraham Smith, Esquire, for the sum of seventy-three pounds ten shillings, being the amount of his account for attendance in Council from the fifteenth of December, 1789, to the fifth of Janu- ary, 1790, and from the third of February untill the ninth of April, 1790, inclusively, and his mileage coming to Philadelphia and re- turning home.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Robert Thorn, for the sum of forty pounds twelve shillings and eight pence, payable out of the fund specially appropriated by law for the pay- ment of claims and improvements, as soon as that fund shall be- come productive, being the sum granted to him by an act of the General Assembly passed the fifth day of April instant, to reim- burse him for money expended in improving the navigation of the river Delaware at Well's and Howell's Falls.
The reports of the Comptroller and Register General upon the following accounts, which they have settled according to an act of the General Assembly passed the twenty-seventh of March last, were read and approved, vizt :
Of Laughlin McCartney, for supplies of provisions and liquors furnished to the men employed in December, 1775, under the Pro- prietary government, to enforce the laws of Pennsylvania against the Connecticut settlers, at and near Wioming, in pursuance of a resolution of the then Assembly dated the twenty-fifth of Novem- ber, 1775, amounting to eighty-eight pounds three shillings and a penny.
Of Frederick Stone, for victualling the said men and forage furnished for their horses, amounting to sixteen pounds three shil- lings and six pence.
Of William McKim, for supplies of cloathing for the said men, while employed as aforesaid, amounting to fifty-nine pounds nine shillings and seven pence.
Of Captain John Simpson, for supplies of provisions and forage for the men employed as aforesaid, amounting to eight pounds eleven shillings and three pence.
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Of Captain Thomas Gaskins, for his own services on the said expedition, for provisions furnished to his company employed as aforesaid, and for the hire of a boat and wages of two boatmen, &ca., amounting to twenty-eight pounds five shillings.
Mr. Nicholson attended agreeably to the order of yesterday, and informed Council that upon the returns of the orders in question to his office, he discovered that they were drawn for larger sums than were actually due, he therefore made alterations on the orders agreeably to the sums due ; that it was on Saturday, after Council had adjourned, that two of the orders were altered, on the agree- ment of the parties that they would take the orders so reduced rather than wait.
On application of Justus Beutnitz, a certificate was granted to him of his having on the first of July, 1789, obtained a licence from this Board to follow the employment of a pedlar, on foot, within this Commonwealth, untill the thirtyeth of June, 1790, it appearing to Council by his affidavit produced to them that the original licence has been lost.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, April 10th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. 1
Amos Gregg, James Martin.,
James Read,
Richard Willing,
Christopher Kucher,
Zebulun Potts,
Abraham Smith,
Jonas Hartzell, and
Esq'r.
Samuel Edie,
Frederick Watts,
William Wilson,
The Register and Comptroller General's report upon the account of Jacob Haller, Captain of a company of Northampton county militia, for his services in warning the said company to attend militia duty in the years 1780 and 1781, and for hawling arms & ammunition for the use of the militia of said county in the year 1782, by order of Robert Levers, Esquire, amounting to twelve pounds ten shillings, was read and approved.
Upon the second reading of the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of John Weitzle of Northumberland county, praying payment for a quantity of provisions furnished to John Van Campen, who was appointed Commissary for supplying the militia sent to Wyoming in the year 1784, for which provisions the said Van Campen received from the State the sum of fifty-eight pounds sixteen shillings,
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Resolved, That the Comptroller General be directed to call on John Van Campen, of Northampton county, to refund the sum of fifty-eight pounds sixteen shillings, overpaid him on his account as Commissary for furnishing provisions to the militia sent to Wyom- ing in the year 1784.
Agreeably to an act of General Assembly passed the fifth instant, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Messieurs Turnbull, Marmie and Company, for the sum of one thousand three hundred and seventeen pounds eighteen shillings and nine pence, payable out of the fund of five thousand pounds, annually set apart, and particularly appropriated for claims and improvements, being the amount of their claim against the State for money unpaid upon a warrant drawn by the Board of Treasury of the United States on Thomas Smith, Esquire, Continental Loan Officer, and by him accepted and placed to the credit of this State in account with the United States, which warrant was dated the first of June, 1787, and granted to them for supplies furnished to a part of the Conti- nental Army.
The fine of four shillings and six pence imposed upon John Montgomery, now confined in the jail of this city for larceny, was remitted agreeably to the prayer of his petition ; it appearing by a certificate from the jailor that his time of servitude is expired.
Doctor Gregg and Mr. Read were appointed a committee to su- perintend the examination of such certificates of debts due by the United States, as have been received in payment for lands, and lodged in the Comptroller General's Office, as the property of this State. and which by the act of Assembly of the first day of April, instant, the Comptroller General is required to deliver over to the Treasurer of the State.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 12th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, James Martin,
James Read, William Wilson,
Christopher Kucher, A mos Gregg,
Jonas Hartzell,
Richard Willing,
Esquires.
Abraham Smith, Zebulun Potts, and
Samuel Edie, Frederick Watts, -
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of His Excel- lency Thomas Mifflin, Esquire, for the sum of three hundred and
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seventy five pounds, being one quarter's salary as Vice President of the State, for which sum he is to account.
Agreeably to the Register and Comptroller General's reports of the eight instant, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of James Cunningham, Esquire, for the sum of one thousand and eighty-eight pounds ten shillings, payable according to act of As- sembly dated the third of March last, "out of the fund appro- priated for claims and improvements, by an act entituled an act to appropriate divers funds accruing and growing due to this Com- monwealth towards the expences of government, and provide a fund for other purposes ' so as not to interfere with the appropria- tion of part of the said fund made and directed by an act entituled an act to appropriate the sum of five thousand pounds annually, therein mentioned, any act or part of an act to the contrary not- withstanding, '" being the amount of his account for surveying three hundred and eleven tracts of land in his district of deprecia- tion lands, numbered from 310 to 620 inclusive.
Agreeably to an act of General Assembly passed the thirtieth of March last, entitled " an act to authorise the sale of the barracks in the borough of Lancaster, and the lot or lots on which they are erected, and for other purposes therein mentioned," John Miller and James Cunningham, Esquires, were appointed Commissioners to expose to public sale, and sell to the highest bidder the afore- said lot or lots of ground and the barracks thereon erected, and upon payment of the purchase money for the same in full, to make good and effectual conveyances for every such lot or lots to the purchasers thereof respectively.
Upon the second reading of a petition from Samuel Preston, of the county of Northampton, praying Council to appoint him a Jus- tice of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county of North- ampton, and for the county of Luzerne, in order that he may be enabled to take acknowledgements of deeds in the unsettled parts of those counties for the convenience of the persons making the same, and the purchasers who may reside at a great distance from a justice of the said court, and the petitioner being recommended to Council as a person well qualified for the said office; it was
Resolved, That the said Samuel Preston be appointed and com- missionated a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Northampton.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 13th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Richard Willing,
James Read, Frederick Watts,
Christopher Kucher, James Martin,
Abraham Smith, Zebulun Potts, and Esquires.
Jonas Hartzell,
Amos Gregg,
Samuel Edie,
Agreeably to the Register and Comptroller General's reports, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable William Augustus Atlee, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's sala- ry as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, ending the twenty- fifth of March last.
In favor of John Nicholson Esquire, for the sum of two hundred pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as Comptroller Gen- eral of the accounts of this State, ending the thirteenth instant.
In favor of William Banks, for thirty-seven pounds ten shillings, being one quarter's salary due to him for his services in the Regis- ter General's office from the fifth of November, 1790, to the fifth of February, 1790.
A memorial from a Committee of the subscribers to the Manu- facturing fund, stating the probability of their factory having been burnt by design, and accompanied by a threatning letter, directed to an agent of the company, was laid before Council, and the same being read, it was'
Resolved unanimously, That a Proclamation be forthwith issu- ed, offering a reward of three hundred dollars for apprehending and prosecuting to conviction the incendiary or incendiarys, their aiders and abettors, and a reward of one hundred dollars for appre- hending and securing the author of the said letter, with a full and free pardon to all accomplices who shall make a discovery and prose- cute to conviction, as aforesaid.
A draft of a Proclamation was accordingly laid before Council, and being read, was agreed to, as follows, vizt :
Pennsylvania, ss :
By the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, By the affidavit of John Anderson, taken according to law, it appears that a threatning letter was on the night of the eleventh instant, put under the door of Francis Bailey, directed to
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John Taylor, one of the persons who had contracted with the sub- scribers to the Manufacturing fund in Philadelphia, to carry on the business of the factory :
And whereas, There is great reason to believe that the fire by which the buildings occupied as the factory, as aforesaid, were con- sumed, on the night of the twenty-fourth ultimo, was occasioned by some villain or villains :
And whereas, As it is of the utmost importance that the perpetrators of such atrocious crimes should be brought to condign punishment : We have, therefore, thought proper to offer, and do hereby offer, a reward of One Hundred Dollars for discovering the author or authors of the said letter, and also a reward of Three Hundred Dollars for dis- covering the person or persons who wilfully and maliciously set fire to the said factory, to be paid on conviction for the same ; and over and above the said reward, we do hereby promise a free and full pardon to any one of the persons concerned in the said letter or setting fire to the factory, their aiders, abettors and comforters, who shall discover, apprehend and secure any other or others of the said offenders, so that he or they shall be convicted as aforesaid : And we do hereby charge and require all Judges, Justices, Sheriffs and Constables, to make diligent search and enquiry after, and to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend and secure the said offend- ers, their aiders, abettors and comforters, and every of them, so that they may be dealt with according to law.
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