ORDERED the Like to Mr James Mills or his order the No 1786 the sum of Twenty three Pounds and Six pence in full of his Account for Victualling sundry felons from the 8th of June 1765 to the 7th of September 1765; and for having Emptyed 107 necessary Tubs and Sweeping 21 Chimnies During the Time Aforesaid as per his said Account Audited By this Board and Allowed of. ORDERED The Like to Mr John Bingham or his order the No 1787 Sum of £47:06 in full of his Account for 492 days Scow hire and for monies by him Advanced and Paid for the use of this Corporation to Thomas Teer for Taking 99 Scow Load of Mud out of the Fly Market Slip, as p Receipt and Account &c thereof filed in the Town Clerks Office of the said City. THE PETITION of Cornelius Van Voorst of the County of Bergen in the province of New Jersey was preferred to this Board Setting forth that he had Been at a very Considerable Expence in Erecting a Ferry at a place Called Powlus Hook lying in the County of Bergen [287] aforesaid opposite to this City and that he is oblig'd in order to Render the same Convenient for that Purpose to maintain a Causeway of half a Mile in Length and a Lane of near a Mile Long he Therefore prayed that this Board would Agree to Establish and Regulate the said Ferry upon such Reasonable Terms as may Effectually tend to the publick Good and in Consideration of the Expence he hath Been att that this Board would Agree to his Receiving for some time the Benefitts of Both sides of the said Ferry &c and it is ORDERED By this Board, that the Consideration of the pray'r thereof Be Deferred to some future Common Council. John Harris Cruger, Anthony Rutgers, Nicholas Cruger, Merchants, Cornelius Roosevelt, John Earnest, Peter Low, Henry Will, Henry Whiteman and Johannes Zurreckar admitted and Sworn freemen of this Corporation and ORDER'D to be Registred. ORDERED that the Assize of Bread be till further order flour at 17/6 per Cent. A White Loaf of the Finest flour to weigh..... 1 12oz for 4 Coppers 131⁄2 for 2 do AND FURTHER ORDER'D that no Other Bread Be made for Sale within this City than According to the Above Assize (hard Bisquits only Excepted) and that all Bakers within the same take notice Thereof and Govern themselves Accordingly. ORDERED The Mayor Issue his warrant to the Treasurer No 1788 of this City to pay to Mr Peter Bivanck or order the sum of One hundred and Twenty Pounds Being what this Board agreed to Contribute towards Enlarging the drain near pecks Slip in Montgomerie [288] Ward of this City. ORDER'D By this Board that Alderman Bogert Alderman Roosevelt and Mess Lott, Rutgers and Gotier or the Major Part of them Be a Committee to Treat with John Zuricker and Elizabeth Lane upon their Petition Formerly Preferred to this Board for the Grant of a Water Lott in Hudsons River fronting their Several Lotts of Ground in the West Ward of this City and make their Report Thereof to this Board with all Convenient Speed. The Clerk of this Board Preferred the Engrossed Grants to Oliver De Lancey Richard Shuckburgh, the heirs of St Peter Warren and Augustus Van Cortlandt of Water Lotts Lying in Hudsons River which were Read & Corrected and ORDERD that the seal of this Corporation be Annexed thereto and Delivered to them Severally on their Executing Counterparts thereof The Clerk produced to this Board the Draft of a grant of a Water Lott to Cornelius P: Low Lying and being in the East River contiguous to his house and Ground fronting the present Coffee house which was Read and Approved of AND ORDERED that the same Be En grossed and the seal of this Corporation Affixed Thereto and delivered to the said Cornelius P: Low on his Executing a Counterpart Thereof Jacobus Brown Carpenter, Henry Sickels Carpenter, George Wilt Butcher, and David Ross Carpenter Admitted, also William Beekman and John Myer Citizens were Sworn freemen of this Corporation and ORDER'D to be Registred This Board taking into Serious Consideration the Intimation that his Honor the Lieutenant Governor was willing to Deliver the Stamp'd paper now in Fort George to Captain Kennedy or any other of the Commanders of the Kings Ships in the Harbour, and that Captain Kennedy, in answer to the Earnest Request Signified to him Last night, Informs that he Cannot & will not Receive the Stamp'd paper; IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that it appears to this Board absolutely Requisite to Remove the present Dissatisfaction and Save the City from the most Distressing Confusion, that a Committee immediately wait upon his Honor, and in the most Respectfull manner acquaint him of the present dangerous State of things, and Request that for the peace of the City and the preventing of an Effusion of blood he would be pleased to direct that the Stamp'd paper be Delivered into the Care of the Corporation, to be Deposited in the City Hall, and Guarded by the City Watch, AND this Board do further Resolve and 439 Engage to make Good all Such Sums of money as might be Raised by the distribution of such of the said Stamps, as Shall be Lost, Destroyed, or Carried out of the province, and the said Committee having waited on his said Honour with the abovesaid Resolve, Reported to this Board that his Honour accepted of the Same, and Returned for answer in the words following. FORT GEORGE November the 5th 1765 Mr Mayor and Gentlemen of the Corporation In Consequence of your Earnest Request and Engageing to make Good all Such Sums of money as might be Raised by the distribution of Such of the Stamps, Sent over for the use of this province as shall be Lost destroy'd or Carry'd out of the province, and in Consequence of the unanimous advice of his Majesty's Councill, and the Concurrence of the Commander in Chief of the Kings forces, and to prevent the Effusion of blood and the Calamities of a Civil Warr, which might ensue by my withholding them from you, I now deliver to you the packages of Stamp'd paper and [290] parchment, that were deposited in my hands, in this his Majesty's Fort, and I doubt not you will take the Charge and Care of them Conformable to your Engagement to me. I am with Great Regard Gentlemen your most Obedient humble Servant, At which time his honour Requested that the mayor would give him a Receipt in the words following (which the mayor Executed accordingly in behalf of this Corporation) Viz! RECEIVED of the Honourable Cadwallader Colden Esq' his Majesty's Lieutenant Governour and Commander in Chief of the province of New York Seven Packages Containing Stamp'd paper and parchment all marked No 1 J ME New York, which I promise in behalf of the Corporation of the City of New York to take Charge and Care of, and to be accountable in Case they shall be destroy'd or Carryed out of the province, as particularly Set forth in the Minutes of the Common Council of the said Corporation of this day Witness my hand in the City of New York this first [fifth] day of November 1765 Witness L: F: Cary Major to the 60th James Farquhar JOHN CRUGER Mayor [291] Mr Recorder produced to this Board an Address to his Excellency Thomas Gage Esquire Major-General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's forces in North America &c. &c. Congratulating him upon the Restoration of this City's Tranquility and freedom from the Impending Evils of a Civil War: which being Read and Consider'd was Unanimously agreed to, and ORDER'D it be presented Immediately to his said Excellency; which said address is in these words following Viz! To his Excellency the Honourable Thomas Gage Major General and Commander in Cheif of all his Majesty's Forces in North America &c. &c. THE Humble Address of the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York in Common Council Convened. It is with the Greatest Joy we Beg leave to Congratulate your Excellency upon the Restoration of the Tranquility of this City; And as its preservation (under God) was Eminently Owing to your prudence, We think ourselves Bound to tender your Excellency our most Gratefull Acknowledgements. As the Destruction of the City and the Effusion of Blood might at this unhappy Conjuncture have fed the Spirit of discontent so prevalent in all the Colonies, and involved the Whole Continent in Confusion and distress, that wisdom which Prevented Consequences Not to Be |