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We cheerfully comply with that request, and approved of his sending back the other Chiefs and Warriors.
And in order to make the residence of the Cornplanter, Half Town and Mr. Nicholson in Philadelphia, as convenient and agree- bly as possible, Council will instruct their Secretary to provide suitable lodgings for them in a private family.
Chiefs and Warriors who are to return to the Seneca Nation .--
We desire you to inform the Seneca Nation that the Government of Pennsylvania entertain sentiments of the most sincere friendship for them, and are anxious to prevent injuries being done by its citizens to their persons and property.
But as evil disposed men exist in every society, and as violence may sometimes be committed by such men upon the persons and property of the Indians, the Government will think it their duty upon complaint being made of such violence having been commited, to endeavour to have the offenders apprehended and brought to Justice.
In the instance of the Walkers and Doyle, this Council has done everything in their power to have them secured and brought to tryal, they have succeeded only with respect to Doyle, but will continue their exertions for the securing of the Walkers.
Doyle will be conveyed next week to Sunbury under a strong gaurd, to stand his trial ; should he be convicted, there is little doubt of his being capitally punished.
We wish you may arrive at your own homes in good health, and. find your families in the possession of the same blessings.
THOMAS MIFFLIN.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, November 1st, 1790. / PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Richard Willing, Nathaniel Breading, and )
James Martin, Amos Gregg, Esquires.
Lord Butler,
A return of the general election of Sheriffs and Coroners in the county of Cumberland, was received and read, by which it appears that following gentlemen were duly elected, vizt -- Thomas Buck- hanan and John Walkers, Sheriffs, and Henry Quigley and James Lamberton, Coroners ; whereupon, it was
Resolved, That Thomas Buckhanan be appointed and commis- sionated Sheriff, and Henry Quigley, Coroner, of the said county.
It being represented to Council that Thomas Buckhanan, Sheriff of the county of Cumberland, and Henry Quigley, Coroner of the said county, are prevented from attending in Philadelphia at this time, to enter into recognizance, and give bonds with sureties as the act of Assembly of the fifth day of March last directs; where- upon, it was
Resolved, That John Montgomery and Alexander McGuichen, Esquires, be appointed Commissioners to take from the said Sheriff and Coroners the recognizances and bonds which the act of Assem- bly aforesaid requires, and that the said Commissioners make a re- port to Council of their proceedings in the premises.
William McFarland and James McGlaughlin, of the county of Cumberland, were offered and accepted as sureties for the said Thomas Buckhanan's faithful performance of the office of Sheriff of the said county, according to law.
Mr. Breading was appointed a member of the Board of Property for the present month.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider for the sum of fifteen pounds ten shiilings, in full of his account for one month's wages as Door-keeper to Council, ending the thirty first of last month.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 2nd, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Richard Willing, Lord Butler,
James Martin, Nathaniel Breading, and Esquires, Amos Gregg, Samuel Miles,
A petition from William Alexander was read, with a certificate from the Receiver General of the Land Office, that the lots, num- ber 23 & 24 and fifty-seven, in the said William Alexander's dis- trict of depreciation lands, were, on the first day of March, 1786, sold to Jacob Berry and Alexander Grant, who bave not paid either purchase money or office ffees ; whereupon, it was
Resolved, That the said lots be considered as reverted to the Commonwealth, the purchasors not having complied with the terms. of the law.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 3rd, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, Lord Butler, and )
Richard Willing, James Martin, Esquires.
Nathaniel Breading,
A letter from the Cornplanter, (by Colonel Proctor,) in behalf of himself and the Indians who were with him, requesting a loan of one hundred and ninety dollars on account, to procure supplies for their families, was read; whereupon, it was agreed that the fol- lowing answer be given to the said request of the Cornplanter:
IN COUNCIL, Philadelphia, November 3rd, 1790.
BROTHERS :- Council have considered the requests made by Corn- planter, that one hundred and ninety dollars should be advanced to him and to the Chiefs and warriors who have accompanied him to Philadelphia, to procure supplies of cloathing and other necessaries for their families.
However desirous Council may be of complying with every rea- sonable desire of the Cornplanter, we conceive that it is not in our power, for reasons stated to him in our answer to his speech of the thirteenth day of October last, to comply with his present request.
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At the same time, we declare it our determination to allow to him and to his companions every thing which can be considered as essential to their comfortable residence in the city, and to their safe and happy return to their families.
But whatever relates to any demand of the Cornplanter against the State, or to an advance of money on account, must be deferred untill the meeting of the Legislature in December next.
THOMAS MIFFLIN.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, November 4th, 1790. PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, Lord Butler, and J
Richard Willing, James Martin,
Nathaniel Breading,
Esquires.
Upon application of Joseph Nicholson, Interpreter to the Corn- planter and his companions, now in this city, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the sum of fifteen pounds to- wards defraying the expences which has been incurred in conduct- ing the Indians to this city; for which sum he is to account.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 5th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, Lord Butler,
Samuel Miles, James Martin, and
Richard Willing, Zebulun Potts,
Esquires. Nathaniel Breading,
Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports of the fourth and fifth instant, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Francis Hopkinson, Esq'r, for seven pounds eight shillings and nine pence, being the amount of principal and interest due to him for money lent to the State for recruiting the Pennsyl- vania line of the late Continental army in the year 1780.
In favor of William Banks, for the sum of forty five pounds nine shillings and one penny, being the amount of his account for
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one quarter's salary due to him this day as Clerk in the Register General's office.
A certificate from Doctor Jones that he had visited the Indian Chief, Great Tree, who received a wound in his leg, and that it is not proper that he should at this time be suffered to proceed on his journey to the Seneca Nation, was read.
A petition from Jesse Wilson, who was convicted in September, 1787, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer held in the county of Phil- adelphia, of uttering a false forged certificate knowing the same to be such, and who made his escape from prison in the year 1788, stating that he is now returned to the custody of the Sheriff of the said county, and praying that Council would be pleased to grant him a pardon, was read, with a certificate from the Commissioners of the county of his being paid to them the costs of prosecution, and a recommendation from them and the late Inspectors of the jail of the petitioner as a proper object of mercy ; it was there- upon resolved to pardon the petitioner, and a pardon under the great seal was accordingly issued.
Upon further consideration of the petition of John Cain, who was convicted of larceny, and is recommended to Council by the Inspectors of the jail for a pardon, it was
Resolved, That the said John Cain be and he is hereby par- doned.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, November 6th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles,
Lord Butler,
Amos Gregg, James Martin, and Esquires.
Richard Willing, Zebulun Potts,
In conformity with the act of Assembly passed the fifth day of March last, entituled An Act relating to the securities to be given by Sheriffs and Coroners, Caleb Bennett, who was on the twenty- first of October last appointed Coroner of the county of Delaware, appeared before Council and entered into recognizance in the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds, for the faithfull performance of his said office of Coroner according to law. A bond filled up with the names of William Graham and Elisha Price, who were on the twenty-six of October last accepted as his sureties, was then de- livered to him to be executed.
On application of Timothy Matlack, Esquire, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the sum of ten pounds, payable out of the six hundred pounds which was appropriated by a reso-
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lution of the General Assembly passed the thirty-first of March, 1790, for exploring the head waters of the Susquehanna, Delaware, Lehigh and Schuylkill, and the western waters within this State, and to be charged to the fund provided by an act of the General Assembly passed the twenty-eight of September, 1789, for claims and improvements ; the said sum being advanced to the said Timothy Matlack in part of his pay as one of the Commission- ers for exploring the said western waters, for which sum he is to account.
Cornplanter and Half Town, with their interpreter Joseph Nich- olson, attended, and requested (in writing) that, on account of the wound received by the Great Tree, the Chiefs and Warriors who were to have returned to the Indian country, may be permitted to stay in this city until the arrival of the President of the United States; whereupon, it was agreed to comply with the said request.
Upon application of Colonel Franks, it was
Ordered, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to the said Colonel Franks, for the use of the French emigrants who are going to Sciota four tents, the property of the State, he the said Colonel Franks engaging to have the like number of tents made and placed in the State store in a few days.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, November 8th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, Nathaniel Breading,
Richard Willing, Lord Butler,
Zebulun Potts, and
Samuel Miles,
Esquires. James Martin, -
Cornplanter and Half Town, Seneca Chiefs, attended, and some difficulties occurring to the placing of them and their companions in private houses, it was agreed that they remain at William Has- sel's untill the arrival of the President of the United States in this city.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 9th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, James Martin,
Zebulun Potts,
Lord Butler, and
Richard Willing,
Nathaniel Breading,
Esquires.
Samuel Miles,
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the ac- count of John Thome, Esquire, Treasurer of the county of Dau- phine, containing a statement of the public taxes collected in the said county from January, 1786, until September, 1789, with the outstanding taxes, and the sums paid into the Treasury during that time, was read and approved.
Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of William Alexander for the sum of ten pounds ten shillings, payable according to an act of Assembly passed the third day of March last, out of the fund appropriated for claims and improvements by an act entituled An Act to appropriate divers funds accruing and growing due to this Commonwealth towards the expences of government, and to provide a fund for other purposes, so as not to interfere with the appropriation of part of the said fund made and directed by an act entituled " An Act to appropriate the sum of five thousand pounds annually for the purpose therein mentioned, &ca.," being the amount of his account for surveying the lots numbered 23, 24 and 57, in his district of depreciation lands No. 3.
Upon the second reading of the return of the general election of Sheriffs and Coroners for the county of Washington, it was
Resolved, That William Wallace, Esquire, be appointed and commissionated Sheriff of the county of Washington, and Samuel Clarke Coroner of the said county.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 10th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. Samuel Miles, Nathaniel Breading, - Richard Willing, Zebulun Potts, and Esquires. Lord Butler, Amos Gregg, James Martin,
Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
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In favor of William Gossline, for the sum of thirteen pounds fourteen shillings and ten pence, being the amount of his account for repairs done to the Register General's office in the east wing of the State House, and for materials furnished by him for such re- pairs.
In favor of James Muir, for the sum of four pounds nineteen shillings and four, being the amount of his account for binding, lettering and ruling several books for the . use of Council, between the ninth of January, 1788, and the twenty-third of January, 1790.
In favor of John Campbell, for the sum of cight pounds five shil- lings and four pence, being the amount of principal and interest due to him for money lent to the State on the seventeenth of Janu- ary, 1781, to recruit the Pennsylvania line of the late Continental army.
In favor of Colonel Lewis Farmer, for the sum of twelve pounds eight shillings, being the amount of his account for principal and interest due to him for money lent to the State on the fifteenth of September, 1780, to recruit the said Pennsylvania line.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the follow- ing accounts, were read and approved, vizt :
Of James Scott and David Eddy, for two rifle guns, shot-pouch- es, &ca., which were lost in actual service in the Militia called out for the defence of Bedford county against the Indians, in Au- gust, 1782, amounting to eight pounds five shillings.
Of Jacob Gentz, for thirty eight days service in the Militia of Northampton county, in August and September, 1782, while em- ployed in the defence of the frontiers of the said county, amounting to six pounds thirteen shillings.
Andrew Swearinger and Gabriel Blakely were offered & accept- ed as sureties for Thomas Stockley, Esquire, who was on the fourth day of September last, re-appointed Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, and Recorder of Deeds, in and for the county of Washington.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, November 11th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Richard Willing,
Lord Butler, Zebulun Potts,
James Martin,
Amos Gregg, Esquires. Nathaniel Breading,
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the follow- ing accounts were read and approved, vizt :
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Of Robert Martin, Esquire, late Treasurer of the county of Northumberland, for monies received by him for taxes, in Conti- nental money, from the thirteenth of February until the twentieth of October, 1778, amounting to one thousand four hundred and sixty-six pounds nine shillings and four pence.
Of Messieurs Dunlap and Claypoole, for six copies of the Penn- sylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, furnished by them to the General Assembly, from October the first, 1789, until the first of October, 1790, and for publishing in the said Packet the bill enti- tuled " An act relating to the sales of lands therein mentioned," amounting to twenty-one pounds four shillings and three pence, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 12th, 1790.
.PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Richard Willing,
Lord Butler, Zebulon Potts,
James Martin, Amos Gregg, Esquires.
Nathaniel Breading,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Lord Butler, Esquire, for the sum of eighteen pounds fifteen shillings, in full of his account for attendance in Council from the twenty-third of October until the twelfth of November, 1790, in- clusively, and for mileage coming to Philadelphia in October last.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the account of John Donaldson, Esquire, for his expences in going to and re- turning from Easton by permission of Council, amounting to nine pounds and seven pence, and for cash paid by him to David Evans and Joseph Skerritt, for repairs in the Register General's office, amounting to three pounds fourteen shillings and three pence, were read and approved, and orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the said sums.
Abraham Smith and James Maxfield, Esquires, were offered and accepted and sureties for George Clarke, who was on the twenty- second of October last, appointed Coroner of the county of Frank- lin ; and a commission to Abraham Smith and Edward Crawford, Junior, Esquires, was issued authorizing them to take from the said Coroner the recognizance and bond required of him by the Act of General Assembly passed the fifth of March last, entituled " An Act relating to the securities to be given by Sheriffs and Coroners."
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On motion,
Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to write to the Trea- surer of the State, the Surveyor General, Receiver General and Secretary of the Land Office, the Register and Comptroller Gene- ral of the accounts of this State, the Recorder of Deeds, Prothon- otary of the Supreme Court, Prothonotary of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the county of Philadelphia, the Sheriff of the said county, the Health Officer, Auctioneers, Inspectors of Flour, of lumber, and of beef and pork, the Measures of Wheat, &ca., and salt, to know the present State of their several departments, and to inform Council if any obstructions or inconveniences occur, and whether any improvements may be made therein; and that the Comptroller General be directed to inform the Board of the pro- gress he has made in preparing for settlement the accounts of this State with the United States.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, November 15th, 1790. P
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't.
Amos Gregg, Nathaniel Breading,
Richard Willing, Lord Butler,
Zebulun Potts, and
Henry Taylor,
Esquires.
James Martin,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able James Martin, Esquire, for forty-eight pounds ten shillings and six pence, being the amount of his account for attendance in Council from the nineteenth of September, to the fifteenth of No- vember, 1790, inclusively, and his mileage going home in July last.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 16th, 1790. PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, Nathaniel Breading,
Richard Willing,
Lord Butler, and
James Martin,
Zebulun Potts,
Esquires.
Henry Taylor,
L. A letter from David Espy, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Bedford, informing Council that James Patterson, who was on VOL. XVI .- 34,
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the twenty fifth of October last, approved and accepted as one of the sureties of Thomas McGaughey, Sheriff of the said county, is since deceased, and that the name of Jacob Studdybaker, as man of considerable property in Bedford county, has been inserted in the Sheriff's bond in the room of James Patterson, was received and read, and Colonel Martin having also informed the Board that Mr. Studdybaker is sufficient; it was
Resolved, To accept the said Jacob Studdybaker as one of the sureties for the said Thomas McGaughey.
A petition from Jacob Greenawalt, of the county of Berks, being read the second time, with a recommendation of him to Council from four Justices of the Peace of the said county for remission of the fine of five pounds to the Commonwealth and the punishment at hard labour for one year, to which he has been sentenced by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the said county, of larceny ; it was thereupon,
Resolved, That the said fine and punishment at hard labour be remitted.
Petitions from John Rock, John Brownlow Knox, and George Row, prisoners in the jail of the city and county of Philadelphia, who have been convicted of larceny, were read, and it being certi- fied to Council by the jailor that their times of servitude are ex- pired, that they have been of good behaviour during their confine- ment, and only remain in custody for the fines due to the Common- wealth; it was thereupon,
Resolved, That the several fines adjudged to be paid by the said Jobn Rock, John Brownlow Knox and George Row, to the use of the Commonwealth, be and the same are hereby remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 17th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Amos Gregg, Nathaniel Breading, 2 Esquires.
Lord Butler, Zebulun Potts,
James Martin, Samuel Miles, and
Henry Taylor, Mr. William Findley,
The returns of the General Election of Sheriffs and Coroners in the county of Fayette, being read the second time; it was
On motion of Mr. Breading,
Resolved, That Joseph Ilusten be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and Henry Beeson, Coroner of the said county of Fayette.
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In conformity with the act of General Assembly passed the fifth day of March last, entitled " An Act relating to the securities to be given by Sheriffs and Coroners," Joseph Huston appeared be- fore Council and entered in a recognizance in the sum of one thou- sand pounds for the faithfull performance of his office of Sheriff of the county of Fayette, according to law, and he offered as his sure- ties William Houston and William Moreland, who were accepted as such.
On motion,
Resolved, That to-morrow be assigned for the consideration of the case of Patrick Waugh now under sentence of death for the mur- dar of his wife.
Upon the second reading of a petition from David McCulloch of the city of Philadelphia, mariner, stating that he is about to em- bark for the State of Georgia, in order to obtain payment of a sum of money due to him by that State, and praying that Council would be pleased to direct the Collector of the customs to stay any prose- cution that may be against him for the recovery of a debt of one hundred and eight pounds fifteen shillings and five pence, which is due by him to this Commonwealth for duties upon merchandize untill his return, when he will be able to discharge the same, and Mr. Breading and Mr Potts a Committee of Council having report- ed that upon a Conferrence with Colonel Delany, they are of opin- ion it will be proper to allow the petitioner six months; it was
Resolved, That Sharp Delany, Esquire, Collector of the customs, be directed to stay any further proceedings against the petitioner for the recovery of the said debt of one hundred and eight pounds fifteen shillings and five pence, until the expiration of six months from this date.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, November 18th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Henry Taylor,
Lord Butler, Zebulun Potts, Esquires. James Martin, Amos Gregg, and
Nathaniel Breading, William Findley, j On motion,
A letter from the Reverend Ashbell Green recommendatory of Patrick Waugh, was received and read.
Resolved, That the consideration of the case of Patrick Waugh be postponed until to-morrow.
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The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the ac- count of Bernard Daugherty, Esquire, as late Treasurer of the county of Bedford, for taxes received by him in the years 1778. 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 and 1785, by which it appears that the ballances of two thousand eight hundred and eighty-three pounds sixteen shillings and four pence in Continental money, and thirty- one pounds nine shillings and nine pence specie, are due to the said David Daugherty, was read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 19th, 1790. PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles,
Henry Taylor,
Lord Butler, Zebulun Potts,
James Martin, Amos Gregg, and
Esquires.
Nathaniel Breading, William Finley,
Upon the petition of Adam Kennemaker, and a recommendation from Samuel Turbett, Esquire, Collector of Excise in the county of Lancaster, and from a number of respectable inhabitants of the said county for remission of that part of the forfeiture of one hun- dred and nine gallons of wine, forty five gallons of spirits, and one hundred and twenty five gallons of rum, which belongs to the Com- monwealth, lately seized by the said Collector for not entering the same according to law ; it was
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