The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 18th, 1790.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

A letter from William Lewis, Esquire, Attorney of the United States for the district of Pennsylnania, inclosing an extract of a letter from the Honorable Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, Secretary of the United States, and requesting information relative to the acts or proceedings of this Council which may be supposed to contravene the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, was received and read, and an order taken that Tuesday next be assigned for the consideration thereof.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the Honorable Jonas Hartzell, Esquire, for the sum of eighteen pounds, in full for his attendance in Council from the thirtieth of August untill the twentieth of September, 1790, the last day included for two milages coming to Philadelphia and returning home.

In favor of the Honorable James Martin, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-four pounds five shillings and six pence, in full for his attendance in Council from the thirteenth of August until the eighteenth of September, 1790, for two days attendance the twentythird and twenty-fourth of July, and for mileage coming to Philadelphia.

The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the following accounts were read and approved, vizt:

Of John Mitchell, Esquire, late Deputy Quarter Master Gen-. eral of the United States, for sundry expenses paid on account of this State for hoisting the flag at Billingsport in May and June, 1779, and for sundry military stores and camp equipage purchased by him for the State in August and September, 1780, by which a ballance of fifty-seven pounds seven shillings and six pence specie, appears to be due by the State to the said John Mitchell.

Of William Chancellor, for a quantity of goods and merchandize purchased by Colonel William Wilson, by order of this Board, in pursuance of a resolution of the General Assembly, dated the sec

ond day of September instant, to be delivered to the Chiefs of the Seneca Nations of Indians.

Upon further cousideration of the petition of Frederick Deimling, who was convicted at the last Mayor's Court held in June last of forgery, and sentenced to pay a fine of ten pounds to the use of the Commonwealth, and to be imprisoned at hard labour for twelve months, praying Council would be pleased to grant him a pardon; it was

Resolved, To pardon the petitioner.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 20th, 1790.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the following accounts were read and approved, vizt:

Of David Kennedy, Esquire, Secretary of the Land Office, for fees received in the said office from the eighth of June until the eighth of September, 1790, amounting to four hundred and seventy-one pounds three shilling and ten pence.

Of Jacob Clider, for a rifle gun which he lent to his brother Abraham Clider, who was killed in actual service in the militia of Northampton county, against the Indians in the year 1780, and the said rifle was lost, valued at six pounds.

Of Samuel Elie for his own pay as Colonel, and for the pay of the Staff Officers of his battalion of Berks county militia while on a tour of duty to Newtown, in the county of Bucks, from the first until the eighteenth of October, 1781, under General Lacy, amounting to thirty pounds thirteen shillings and six pence.

A letter from the Honorable Henry Knox, Esquire, Secretary of War, of the fifteenth instant, requesting information respecting the payments which have been made by this State of pensions to invalids, was received and read, and the same referred to the Register and Comptroller General to report thereon.

A letter Peter Thompson, relative to his claim to a city lot of about eight acres in right of Thomas Andrews, an original pur

chase of land from William Penn, and to one-ninth part of one other city lot in right of the original purchase of John Pierce, of two hundred and fifty acres, both which lots he alledges have been sold by the Commonwealth, was read, and it was agreed to refer the same to the Secretary of the Land Office to report to Council thereon.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 21st, 1790.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

A letter from Peter Zachary Lloyd, Esquire, Clerk to the late General Assembly, requesting the sanction of Council to the entering on the Journals of the last session, an Address to the citizens of Pennsylvania, signed by fifty-six members, on the subject of their sudden dissolution, being read,

Resolved, That the Secretary inform Mr. Lloyd that Council do not consider themselves authorized to give him any instructions relative to the Journals of the General Assembly. They are, however, of opinion, that no inconvenience can arise from subjoining to the minutes the Address signed by fifty-six members of the Assembly. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer:

In favor of the Honorable Jacob Rush, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter salary as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, due to him, and ending on the eighteenth instant, according to the Register and Comptroller General's reports.

In favor of the Honorable Henry Taylor, Esquire, for the sum of forty pounds, being the amount of his account for attendance in Council from the twenty-first of August until the twenty-first of September, 1790, inclusively, and for mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.

A letter from several persons late citizens of this State, formerly resid't in Huntingdon county, who were captured on the Ohio river by the Savages, requesting a publication of the same, for the

information of their friends, was received and read, and it was agreed that the Secretary publish the said letter.

Upon the second reading of the letter from William Lewis, Esquire, Attorney of the United States for the district of Pennsyl vania, relative to the proceedings of the Executive of Pennsylva nia, which might be supposed by the people of Great Britain to have contravened the Treaty of Peace,

Resolved, That the Secretary be desired to inform the Attorney of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania, that the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth having never been inattentive to any National engagement, are not informed that any proclamation, order, minute, or proceeding of their body, has been, or can be, in an degree, supposed by the people of Great Britain, to be in violation of the Treaty between that Nation and the United States.

Resolved, nevertheless, That the Secretary furnish William Lewis, Esquire, with copies of all such proclamations or proceedings of Council, which may be conceived by him to have been in violation of the Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and the United States of America.

Upon consideration of the petition of Moses Moore, who hath been convicted of keeping a tipling house in the county of Chester, and sentenced by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the said county, to pay to the use of the Commonwealth a fine of ten pounds, and also a recommendation from the Attorney General of the State in his favor, for remission of the said fine, it was Resolved, To remit the said fine.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 22nd, 1790.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

The reports of the Treasurer and the Comptroller and Register Generals upon the following accounts, were read and approved, vizt:

Of William Perry, Esquire, Treasurer of the county of Westmoreland, until the twentieth of March, 1788, by which a ballance

of one thousand five hundred and forty-eight pounds five shillings appears to be due by him to the Commonwealth, for taxes received.

Of Thomas Scott, Esquire, Clerk of the Peace of the county of Washington, for monies received by him for fees upon tavern licences, from December, 1788, until June, 1789, amounting to thirtynine pounds twelve shillings, which sum hath been paid into the treasury.

Of Joseph Dean, Esquire, Auctioneer for the city of Philadelphia, for the State duty upon the sales at auction from the fifteenth of April until the fifteenth of July, 1790, amounting to seventyseven pounds seventeen shillings and eleven pence.

Of Christopher Derring, Esquire, Collector of Excise in the county of Northumberland, for excise collected by him from the eighth of March, 1786, untill the thirty-first of May, 1789, amounting to three hundred and thirty-five pounds twelve shillings and one penny.

Of Daniel Beam, for his pay for sixty days service as a Ranger, on the frontiers of Washington county, in the Militia, in the months of April and June, 1788, and for provisions during the same time, amounting to five pounds ten shillings.

Of Jacob Leithiser, of Berks county, for a horse which he furnished for the use of the British prisoners stationed at Reading, valued at eleven pounds.

Of John Lamm, for two months service in Lieutenant Rehrer's company of Berks county militia, from the sixth of October to the sixth of December, 1781, amounting to nine pounds ten shillings.

Of Joseph M'Clean, Esquire, Treasurer of the county of Montgomery, for militia fines received by him, from December the fourteenth, 1785, until July the third, 1789, by which a ballance of fifty-three pounds four shillings and five pence, appears to be due by the said M'Clean to the Commonwealth.

Of Valentine Leephart, for a gun delivered to Captain John Ewing, in the year 1776, for public use, which was valued at two pounds five shillings.

Of Jonathan Hoge, for two hundred feet of Walnut plank furnished to Peter Dehaven for gun stocks, in the year 1778, amounting to two pounds.

Of Arthur St. Clair, Esquire, late Auctioneer for the city of Philadelphia, for the State duty upon sales at auction, from October, 1786, to April the eleventh, 1787, by which a ballance of two hundred and thirty-nine pounds two shillings and seven pence, appears to be due from him to the Commonwealth.

Of Joseph Cook, Esquire, Treasurer of the county of Westmoreland, for monies paid into the Treasury on account of taxes in the said county, amounting to three hundred and thirty-three pounds two shillings and three pence.