both Country and Travellers; and that they the said Six Persons, or any four of them agreeing herein, do make Return thereof by Course and Distance with a Draught to this Board, on or before the first day of May next ensuing. At a Council held at Philadia., April 25th, 1738. PRESENT: The Honble JAMES LOGAN, Esqr., President. Samuel Preston, Clement Plumsted, Ralph Assheton, Esqrs. Thomas Lawrence, Whereas the Board have this day received Information that upon an application lately made to one of the Justices of His Majesty's Peace for the County of Philadelphia proper, Warrants were by him issued directed to several Constables for removing sundry Racks & other Obstructions erected and laid in the River Skuylkill to the Hindrance of the Navigation thereof, and contrary to an Act of General Assembly of this Province in that Case made and provided; That the said Constables having called a convenient Number of Persons to their assistance, were proceeding in the legal Execution of the Warrants aforesaid on the 20th day of this instant April, when they were violently sett upon & assaulted by a great Number of Men riotously and tumultuously assembled armed with Clubs, Staves, and other Weapons, who knocked down one of the said Constables and bruised & wounded several of their assistants, whereby the said Officers were obstructed in the lawful Discharge of their Duty. To the end, therefore, that those Rioters may be speedily brought to condign Punishment, the Board doth hereby recommend to the Justices of His Majesty's Peace within the Counties of Philadelphia & Chester respectively, that they issue their Warrants for apprehending all such Persons against whom Proof shall be made on Oath or Affirmation of their having been concerned in the said Riot and Outrage, in Order to be proceeded against acccording to Law; and that they, the said Justices, exert the Powers wherewith they are invested for the Preservation of His Majesty's Peace and the good Order of Govornment in those parts where the late Tumult arose, or others may be likely to arise. And the Sherifs of the said Counties of Philadelphia & Chester respectively are hereby enjoyned & required, with a sufficient Assistance if need be, to cause the said Warrants to be duly executed. At a Council held at Stenton, May 15th, 1738. PRESENT. The Honble JAMES LOGAN, Esqr., President. The Minute of the 14th of March and of the preceeding Council were read and approved. Whereas, by an Order of this Board the 22d of March last, Caleb Peirce, Samuel Levis, Aaron James, Moses Key, Thomas Gilpin, & Samuel Bunting were appointed to review that part, lying within the County of Chester, of a certain high Road, laid out from the Plantation of John Harris, on Sasquehannah, thro' the Counties of Lancaster & Chester, till the same falls in with the High Road in Whiteland township, at or near the Plantation of Edward Kennison, in the last named County, to make such alterations therein as might best Answer the Intention of accomodating both Country & Travellers, & that they or any four of them agreeing, should make Return thereof by Course & Distance with a Draught to this Board. Which Return, under the hands of the above-named six, persons, was this day presented and read in these Words: "In Pursuance of an Order of a Council held at Philadelphia, March 22d, in the year 1737-8, which said Order is hereto annexed, We whose names are hereto subscribed have reviewed that part of a certain high Road in the said Order mentioned, that lies within the County of Chester, passing thro' the Townships of Nantmel, Caln, Vwchland, and Whiteland, and for the better accommodating both Country & Travellers, We have made some small Alterations in some parts thereof from the manner in which the same was formerly laid out. The Courses and Distances as we have laid out the same are as follow: Beginning at a marked black Oak in or near the Line dividing the Counties of Lancaster & Chester, where the said Road was formerly laid out, and proceeding thence within the last-mentioned County, thro' the Townships aforesaid, by lines of marked trees first, South seventy-seven Degrees East forty-five perches to a black Oak, thence South sixty Degrees East one hundred & forty pches to a white Oak, South sixty-six Degrees East fifty-two pches to Edward Nicholas' fence, South eighty-three Degrees East forty-six pches to a spanish Oak, South sixty-five Degrees and a-half East one hundred forty-two pches to a small Chesnut treet, South forty-four Degrees East thirty-five pches to a Gum tree, South thirty-seven Degrees East eighty-eight pches to a Hickery, South fifty-one Degrees East eighty-eight pches to a small Hickery, South twenty-four Degrees East one hundred fifty-seven pches to a small black Oak, South forty-one Degrees & a-half East twenty-two pches to a Chesnut tree, South fifty-nine Degrees East two hundred & seven pches to a black Oak, South fifty-four Degrees East one hundred & ten pches to a Poplar tree, South seventyeight Degrees East seventy pches to a Gum tree, South eighty-six Degrees East seventy pches to a Hickery, East one hundred thirtyfour pches to a black Oak near a branch of Brandywine, South eighty degrees East sixty-six pches, South sixty-six Degrees East fifty-two pches to a small Hickory, South eighty-six Degrees East thirty pches to a small black Oak, South sixty-five Degrees East eighty pches to a black Oak, South eighty-six Degrees & a-half East seventy-two pches to a Hickory, South seventy-one Degrees and ahalf East three hundred seventy-two pches to a Chesnut tree, South forty-four Degrees East seventy-four pches to a Poplar tree, South fifty Degrees East ninety-two pches to a Chesnut tree, South fiftytwo Degrees East three hundred & fourteen pches to a Chesnut tree near the Presbyterians Meeting house, South seventy Degrees East seventy pches to a Chesnut tree, North eighty Degrees East two hundred forty-two pches to a black Oak, South eighty-five Degrees East ninety-two pches to a small Chesnut tree, South sixty-one Degrees East thirty-eight pches to a black Oak by Hans' Spring, North seventy-four Degrees East twenty-six pches to a Chesnut tree, North sixty-nine Degrees East one hundred & fifty pches to a Hickery tree, South eighty Degrees East one hundred & two pches to a Chesnut tree, South eighty-eight Degrees East one hundred thirtyfour pches to a small Hickery, South seventy-five Degrees East one hundred & thirty pches to a black Oak, South sixty-three Degrees East twenty-four pches to a black Oak, South seventy-five Degrees East fifty-two pches to a Hickery, South forty-three Degrees East thirty-one pches to a small Hickery, South three Degrees East forty-five pches to a Hickery, South fifty-three Degrees East thirtythree pches to a white Oak, North sixty two Degrees East fifty-six pches, crossing a branch of Brandywine, to a white Oak, East one hundred fifty-two pches to a Chesnut tree, South eighty-four Degrees East one hundred forty-two pches to a white Oak, South forty-two Degrees East sixty-eight pches, crossing a branch of Brandywine, to a black Oak, South seventy-eight Degrees East thirty-two pches to, a white Oak, North eighty-five Degrees East thirty pches to a Hickery, North seventy-seven Degrees East one hundred & six pches to a small Hickery, South eighty Degrees East two hundred & forty-two pches to a Hickery, South fifty-two Degrees East one hundred & one pches, South eighty-five Degrees East thirty-four pches, passing by Charles Gatcliff's house, to a Chesnut, South forty-six Degrees East twenty-eight pches, crossing a branch of Brandywine, to a W. Oak, South fifty-nine Degrees East eighty pches to a black Oak, South sixty-three Degrees East ninety-four pches to a small black Oak, South eighty-seven Degrees East thirtysix pches to a white Oak, North eighty-one Degrees East seventeen pches to a white Oak, by Sam' John's spring, South eighty-eight Degrees & a-half East one hundred eighty-four pches to a Peach tree, South eighty-seven Degrees East one hundred & eight pches, passing near Vwchland meeting house, to a black Oak in an old beaten Road, thence along the same North eighty-one Degrees East forty-two pches to a black Oak, and North seventy-eight Degrees East sixty pches, and North seventy-seven Degrees East fifty-two pches to a Chesnut tree, and South eighty-seven Degrees East ninety-six pches, thence leaving the said Road, & running South-East fifty-two pches to a fence of Cadwalader John's field, South thirtysix East one hundred & thirty pches, part thereof along the aforesaid old Road, to a white Oak, South sixty-three Degrees East ninety-two pches to a black Oak, South forty Degrees East thirty pches, South twenty-eight Degrees East sixty-five pches to a white Oak, South seventy-five Degrees East fifty-two pches to a small Hickery, South seventy-seven Degrees East one hundred & fifty pches to a small white Oak, South seventy-four Degrees East two hundred & six pches to a white Oak, South sixty-one Degrees East thirty pches to a high Road leading from the Town of Lancaster to Philadelphia, thence along the same the several Courses & Distances following, South eighty-three Degrees East thirty-one pches, South eighty-five Degrees East fifty-six pches, North eighty-eight Degrees East one hundred forty-eight pches, South eighty-eight Degrees East eighty-seven pches, South eighty-four Degrees East sixty-one pches, near to James Trego's house, North seventy-five Degrees East forty-three pches to a run of Water, North eighty-two Degrees East twenty-nine pches, South seventy-eight Degrees East fifty-four pches, South seventy Degrees East ninety-one pches, North eighty-four Degrees East thirty-five pches to a run of Water near the dwelling house late of Edward Kinnison, dec, in the township of Whiteland aforesaid (in all twenty-one Miles & one hundred ninety-five pches). In Testimony whereof we have herehereunto set our hands this twenty-ninth day of the second Month, in the year 1738. "Caleb Peirce, "Moses Key, The Board, on due Consideration had of the said Return, and of the Draught accompanying it, do approve, establish, & confirm the Road aforesaid as now laid out and reviewed, agreeable to which Return the Confirmation formerly made by an Order of Council of the twenty-fourth day of March, 1736-7, is directed to be amended, and the said Road is hereby declared to be the King's Highway or Publick Road, and It is Recommended to the Justices of the Peace for the County of Chester, that they, at their next ensuing Quarter Sessions, issue Directions to the Overseers of the Highways for causing the said Road to be opened & cleared, so that it may be rendred commodious for the Publick Service. At a Council held at Philadelphia, June 1st, 1738. PRESENT: The Honourable JAMES LOGAN, Esqr., President. The Honourable George Thomas, Esquire, arriving this morning with a Commission to be Lieutenant Governor of this Province and Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, two Members of the Board were sent to wait on Him, and to introduce Him, who, coming into Council, laid before them the Commission from the Honble The Propreitaries, constituting Him their Lieutenant within the said Province and Counties; His Majestie's Order in Council of the 15th of February last, declaring His Royal Approbation of the said Appointment, His Majestie's Order in Council of the same date to the Governor-in-Chief of His Majestie's Leeward Charibee Islands, or the Lieutenant Governor of any of the said Islands, to administer the Oaths required by Law to be taken by the said George Thomas, Esq'" upon this Occasion with the Oath of Office, and to take security for his Observance of the several Acts of Trade and Navigation, and obeying the Instructions relating thereto, And a Certificate under the hand of the Lieutenant Governor of Antigua that he had administer'd those Oaths and taken the Security requir'd; all which were now read at the Board. Whereupon the Keeper of the Great Seal was directed to Affix the same to the Commission aforesaid, in order to its publication pursuant to a Warrant for that Purpose under the Hands and Seals of the Proprietaries. The Commission being returned Sealed, was forthwith published at the Court House, & the same, together with the Other Papers Accompanying it, are ordered to be entered on Record. At a Council held the same Day. PRESENT: The Honourable THOMAS PENN, Esqr., Proprietary. The Honourable GEORGE THOMAS, Esqr., Lieutenant Gov ernor. James Logan, Anthony Palmer, Clement Plumsted, Thomas Laurence. Ralph Assheton, Samuel Hasell, Esquires. It is Ordered that a Proclamation in the usual manner for con |