speedy & effectual means to remove the Public Moneys belong'g to the General Loan Office, to such place as the Council may think necessary & secure, being read, thereupon Ordered, That Mr. Lowden & Mr. Hoge be appointed to have the Money & Papers belonging to the Public Loan Office removed to Easton, in the County of Northampton, and John Snyder, Hen'y Bartholomew, was employed with a Waggon to convey it to the said place. Ordered, That Colo. Nicola furnish a guard of Two Men to go with the said Waggoners. These Papers, &ca. are contained in a case, a Barrel, & an Iron Chest. Mr. Tilghman and Mr. Reed, by order of Gen'l Washington, request that the Bridge may be immediately removed; thereupon Ordered, That Major Casdorp do immediately & effectually remove the Bridge at the Middle Ferry on Schuylkill, & bring it away into Delaware, & bring over all the Boats of every kind from the West of Delaware; Two boats are to be removed from the upper Ferry into the cove below Mr. Morris's, & placed under a guard, the other Boats to be placed so as to be entirely out of the reach of the enemy; but the Orders of the general officers are to be obeyed on these heads, whether they are to be exactly ordered as above, or a new arrangement made. Ordered, That Matt'w Irwin be appointed Quarter Master of the Militia of this State, & that he Rank as Lieutenant Colonel. The Treasury nearly exhausted, Ordered, That application be made to Congress for the Sum of Two hundred Thousand Dollars, to Pay the Militia & other necessary expences. An order of Congress on John Gibson, Esq'r, Auditor General, for the Sum of Two hundred Thousand Dollars, to be paid to the Supreme Executive Council, "advanced for the Public use, the said Council to be accountable." Ordered, That the Sum of Two hundred Thousand Dollars be paid into the hands of Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State. Dav'd Harris, Esq'r, appeared & took the Oath required by the Constitution, & the Oath required to Qualify him to enter upon the duty of Prothonotary of the County of Northumberland, & also the Oath required to Qualify him to enter upon the duty of a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esquire, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Tho's Dorsey, Esq'r, Paymaster of the Militia for the County of Philadelphia, for the Sum of Four thousand Pounds, for which he is to account. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Robert Towers, for the Sum of Sixty-One VOL. XI.-20. Pounds & Seven Shillings, to be charged to account of Jacob S. Howell. NOTE-After Three Waggons are provided for the Council, two are to be furnished to Mr. Cannon & Mr. Lisle. Ordered, That all the Boats that are now in Sehuylkill be immediately hauled upon the land. Ordered, That Colo. Flower employ Jas Worrell, Francis Allison & Mr. Evans, Carpenters, or such other workmen as he may think proper to employ, to take down the Bells of all the public Buildings in this City, & convey them to a place of safety. Ordered, That Mr. Lowden & Mr. Hoge be appointed to have the Money & Papers belonging to the Public Loan Office removed to Easton, in the County of Northampton, and John Snyder & Henry Bartholomew was employed with a Waggon to convey it to the said place. Ordered, That Colo. Nicola furnish a Guard of Two Men to go with the said Waggoners. These papers, &ca. are contained in a Case, a Barrel & an Iron Chest. The Council met. PHILAD'A, Monday Septem. 15, 1777. PRESENT: His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs. John Haley, Esq'r, lately appointed Clerk of the Orphans' Court, represented to Council that he had applied to Jas Humphreys, Esq'r, for the Records & papers belonging to the said Court, Resolved Ordered, That John Haley, Esq'r, who has been appointed Clerk of the Orphan's Court of the City & County of Philadelphia, do demand of Jas Humphreys, Esq'r, late Clerk of the late Orphans' Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, the immediate delivery of all the Records, Papers & Seals to the said late Office of Clerk to the Orphans' Court, belonging, or which have been used in the said Office, and that the said John Haley be empowered to remove the said Records & Papers to a place of safety, & in case Mr. Humphreys make any difficulty in the Premises, Mr. Haley is to report the same to Council without delay, that further order may be had in the Premises. An order was drawn on John M. Nesbitt, Esq'r, for the Sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, in favor of Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer, for which Mr. Rittenhouse is to be accountable. The following orders were drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r. Treasurer of the State, in favor of Fred'k Snyder, for the Sum of Thirty Pounds Sixteen Shillings & three Pence, for Forty days attendance as doorkeeper, & for Wafers, Nails, & a Map. In favor of Edw’d Stroud for the Sum of Ten Pounds Four Shillings, for riding Express. In favor of Mich'l Bowyer for the Sum of Twenty-four Pounds Twelve Shillings, for Riding Express. Mr. Lowdan & Mr. Hoge, appointed to remove the Public Monies & Papers of the Loan Office of this State to some place of security, Report, That they had applied to Sam'l Preston Moore, Esq'r, one of the Trustees of the said Loan Office, for the said Monies & Books & Papers thereto belonging, and that they had received of the said Mr Moore a large Iron Chest containing Forty-two bundles of Paper money, said to be the balance of Principal & Interest remaining in the hands of the Trustees of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania, as settled by a Committee of Assembly in August last, Amounting to Thirteen Thousand One Hundred & ThirtyEight Pounds Eighteen Shillings & Two Pence, & the Mortgages taken by the said Trustees for Money lent out, together with another bundle of Paper Money said to contain the Ballance of sundry Mortgages due to the old Loan office & Committed to the care of the said Mr. Moore, amounting to the Sum of Seven hundred & Seventy-four Pounds & nine Shillings, & that the said Mr. Moore also delivered to them the Keys of said Chest, but the said Monies had not been counted for want of time. Mr. Moore acquainted them that the Deeds of the borrowers lodged in the said Office, were in the posession of Humphrey Marshall of Chester County; another of the Trustees of said Office, & the Books of said Office, had already been delivered to the said Committee. Ordered, That the said Chest with its said contents, be immediately sent to East town & committed to the care of Rob't Levers, Esq'r, of said place. Some information by affidavit & verbally, being given to Council by George Stevenson, Esq'r, of Carlisle, of divers treasonable & dangerous intentions and designs of levying men & destroying the Public Stores at York, Lancaster & Carlisle & elsewhere, in which Will'm Willis, of Newberry, & James Rankin of Manchester, in York County, John Ferree of Lancaster County, Yoemen, & divers other persons, are said to be actually concerned; and it appearing that Daniel Shelly, of Shelly Island, in Lancaster County, Yeoman, hath been actively concerned in the Treasonable designs aforesaid, & that he is now in Custody on a charge on Oath, as one of the persons actively concerned in the Treasonable designs aforesaid, & that he is willing & offers to discover & give evidence in the Premises against the accomplices & all others concerned in the said Conspiracy & every of them, as he knoweth, so as to convict his said accomplices; The Council thereupon after due considera tion had, do Promise to the said Dan'l Shelly, that if he shall fairly reveal & make known the designs of said persons, & conduct himself in the Premises as a witness ought to do, he will thereby merit his Pardon, for any thing he may have acted or done of a treasonable nature, & may be assured of receiving it. The Petition of Jerman Davis, John Bailey, Isaac Johnson, James Chalfont, Tho's Agnew, Benja. Trego, Jos. Trego, Jas Chalfont, jun'r, & John Simkins, setting forth that they had been committed to Prison by Capt. Bailey without any just cause, declaring their innocence of any charge which may be alledged against them as disaffected persons, & praying a hearing, On Consideration, Ordered, That the said Prisoners be enlarged on, their signing a Promise or Parole that they will do nothing injurious to the American cause, and appear to answer any charge which may be made against them. The Council met. PHILAD'A, Tuesday Septem. 16, 1777. PRESENT: His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President Hon. GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Joseph Blewer, Esq'r, Chairman of the Navy Board, for the Sum of Three Thousand Pounds, for which the said Board is to Account. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favour of Will'm Crispin, Esq'r, for the sum of Four Thousand Pounds, for which he is to account. Ordered, That Maj. Will'm Scott be appointed Paymaster of the Militia of the County of York, in the room of Michael Hahn, Esq'r, who is a member of the House of Assembly, whose attendance is at this time highly necessary. Mr. Alexa. Nesbitt, one of the Gentlemen of the Light Horse appointed to escort the Prisoners to Winchester, in Virginia, reports that Isr'l Pemberton, & divers others of them, had obtained. writs of hebeas Corpus, ordering Lewis Nicola to bring the bodies of said Isr'l Pemberton & others before him on the 17th inst, at the place in the writ expressed; and the Hon'ble House of Gene ral Assembly having this day passed an Act entitled "An Act, &ca.," Ordered, That a Writ be issued authorizing and empowering Sam'l Caldwell & Alexa. Nesbitt to receive the bodies of Isr'l Pemberton, John Hunt, James Pemberton, John Pemberton, Tho's Wharton, Edw'd Pennington, Henry Drinker, Tho's Fisher, (son of Joshua) Sam'l Fisher, (son of Joshua) Myers Fisher, Sam'l Pleasants, Owen Jones, jun'r, Tho's Gilpin, Cha's Jervis, Tho's Afflick, Will'm Drewit Smith, Tho's Pike, Will'm Smith, Elijah Brown, & Charles Eddy, who have been, in consequence of the recommendation of Congress, Arrested & sent forward towards Winchester in Virginia, and them to deliver to Jacob Morgan or John Old, to be forwarded to the place of their destination. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of James Dundas, for the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, to be charged to Jac'b S. Howell, and applied to the paying Workmen, &ca, for which he is to account. This order was omitted on the 15th, being dated yesterday. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r. Treasurer of the State, in favour of his Excell'y the President, for the Sum of Seven Hundred & Fifty Pounds, being one half Year's Salary due to him. Ordered, That the Lieutenants or Sub-Lieutenants of County of Berks & Cumberland, do provide Guards from the Militia that are called into service, or may hereafter be called, to guard Ammunition, Stores or Prisoners, when necessary, unless a sufficient number can be hired on reasonable terms, to perform that duty. The Council met. PHILAD'A, Wednesday Septem. 17, 1777. PRESENT: His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs. Ordered, That the fifth Class of the Militia of the County of Chester be immediately sent into the field. Ordered, That the Books in the Library belonging to the State be sent immediately to Easton in Northampton County, & committed to the care of Robert Levers, Esq'r, of the said county, to whose care a case & a Barrel, containing the Books & Papers of the late Council of Safety & the Board of War, have already been sent with the Loan Office Money & Papers. |