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The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 23rd, 1790.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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Samuel Edie,

Zebulun Potts,

The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the account of Samuel Caldwell, for tonnage on ships or vessels collected by him, from the nineteenth of March, 1788, untill the fifteenth of August, 1789, and for fines received for vessels violating the regulations of the Port, amounting to four thousand three hundred and fifty-five pounds thirteen shillings and eight pence, was read and approved.

A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, dated the fourteenth instant, informing Council that he has appointed Charles Dilworth, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor of the counties of Chester and Delaware, and submitting the said appointment for approbation the of Council, according to act of Assembly dated the eighth day of April, 1785, was received and read; and thereupon, Resolved, That Council approve of the said appointment.

Upon further consideration of the petition of Captain Isaac Thompson and others, late of the militia of Bedford county, but now of Huntingdon county, who have been fined by the late Lieutenant of Bedford county, for not attending militia duty on muster days appointed by him, it was

Resolved, To remit the several fines imposed upon Captain Isaac Thompson, Lieutenant Samuel Coyle, John Walker, George Hudson, Patrick Fitzsimmons, Matthew Taylor, Thomas Wakefield, Thomas Kennedy, John Kelly, James Fotze, John Hudson, David Walker, John Egleton, James Marshall, Nicholas Welsh, James Gallagher, William Hudson, William Steel, John M'Mullen, James Allen, Alexander M'Cormick, Archibald Patterson, James Fleming, David Fleming, David Cree, Jeremiah Robinson, Hugh Davidson, James Jamison, George M'Masters, George Cunningham, John Boyle and James Marshall.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 24th, 1790.

PRESENT:

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

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A letter from George Campbell, Esquire, who was on the fourth instant, re-appointed by Council to the office of Register for the Probate of Wills, and granting letters of Administration, in and for the city of Philadelphia, offering Jonathan Dickinson Serjeant and John Donaldson, Esquires, as his sureties for his faithfull discharge of that office, was read, and whereupon, it was agreed to accept the said gentlemen as sureties for the said Regis

ter.

A letter from Richard Peters, Esquire, relative to his claims to certain city lots, in right of an original purchase, and requesting a trial at law, was received and read, and an order taken that Tuesday next be assigned for the consideration of the said claim, and also the several claims of Charles Cecil, Nicholas Young and Peter Thompson, and that the Attorney General and Land Officers be requested to attend.

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

Of Charles Campbell, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Westmoreland, for his services as Lieutenant at sundry times, from August, 1787, untill the first day of June, 1790.

Of George Clingan, Treasurer of the county of Franklin, for monies received by him for taxes of the year 1788, in the said county, amounting to two hundred and eighty-one pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, of which he hath paid into the Treasury the sum of two hundred and eighty pounds fifteen shillings and seven pence, and their remains due from him to the Commonwealth upon the said account, the sum of seventeen shillings and nine pence.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of Timothy Matlack, Esquire, for the sum of ten pounds, payable out of the six hundred pounds which was appropriated by a resolution 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-eighth of September, 1790, for claims and improvements; the said sum being advanced to the said Timothy Matlack, in part of his pay as one of the Commissioners for exploring the said western waters; for which sum he is to be accountable.

In favor of the Honorable Amos Gregg, Esquire, for the sum of sixty-nine pounds, being in full of his account for attendance in Council from the sixteenth of June untill the sixteenth of September, 1790, the last day included.

Upon the petition of Catherine Brandel, praying remission of the fine payable to the use of the Commonwealth, upon her being convicted at the last Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held in the county of Philadelphia, of adultery, it was

Resolved, To remit the State's share of the fine of fifty pounds to which she was sentenced by the same Court for the said offence. Upon the report of the Committee to whom was referred the ap-. plication of Abel Morgan, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Montgomery, for a new order of Council to rectify an error in an order which he received from Council on the twenty-third of September, 1789, for the ballance of his account as Lieutenant of said county, which order stated that the account was settled by the Comptroller and Register Generals to the fourth of June, 1789, instead of the first of January, 1788,

Resolved, That the said order be cancelled, and that a new order issue in lieu thereof in favor of the said Lieutenant for the same sum, and payable in the same manner.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 25th, 1790.

PRESENT:

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

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Charles Dilworth, Esquire, who was on the twenty-third instant appointed a Deputy Surveyor of the counties of Chester and Dela

ware, attended and offered Colonel William Gibson and Andrew Boyd, Esquire, of the county of Chester, as his sureties for the faithfull execution of the said office; whereupon, it was

Resolved, To accept the said gentlemen as his sureties.

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

Of Samuel Brady, for eleven days' services in the militia called out for the defence of the frontiers of Bedford county in July, 1782, under the command of Lieutenant Robert Gardner, amounting to one pound eighteen and six pence.

Of Henry Kemmerer, for eleven reams and a half of writing paper furnished by him for the use of Council from the twelfth of March to the sixteenth of September, 1790, amounting to sixteen pounds one shilling and six pence, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the said Henry Kammerer.

A return of several officers of the militia of the county of Luzerne, lately elected to supply vacancies in the first and second battalion, was received from Colonel Zebulun Butler, Lieutenant of that county; and the same being read, commissions were directed to issue agreeably thereto.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 27th, 1790.

PRESENT:

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

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William Findley,

A letter from Colonel William Wilson, dated Northumberland Town, the twenty-third instant, informing Council that Samuel Doyle, one of the persons charged with killing two freindly Indians on Pine creek, has been apprehended by persons employed by him in consequence of the instructions of Council, and sent to Lancaster jail.

And a letter from James Ross, Esquire, High Sheriff of the county of Lancaster, informing Council that Doyle was lodged in the jail of that county, being read, and the Attorney General attending, the letters were referred to him to take the necessary steps for the trial of Doyle.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 28th, 1790.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable William Findley, Esquire, for the sum of seventy-eight pounds, in full of his account for attendance in Council from the twelfth of August until the twenty-eighth of September, 1790, inclusive, and for mileage coming to Philadelphia in November, 1789, and in April and August, 1790, and for going home in March, May, and at this time.

In favor of the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, for the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary as Chief Justice of the State, ending the twenty-fifth of this month.

In favor of the Honorable William Augustus Atlee, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, ending on the same day.

In favor of the Honorable George Bryan, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary as one of the Judges of the said Court, ending on the same day.

Upon the second reading of the report of the committee to whom were referred the several accounts of the expences attending the reception of the President of the United States and on the anniversary of independence, it was agreed that the Secretary pay to John Grace eighteen pounds six shillings and three pence, to Robert Morrell seventeen pounds ten shillings, to John Conelly two pounds one shilling and eight pence, and to Anthony Wright fifteen pounds four shillings and six pence, being in full for their several accounts of expences as aforesaid.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favour of Charles Biddle, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five pounds, for which he is to be accountable.

The committee to whom was referred the application of Catherine Thompson, widow of General William Thompson, deceased, made the following report, viz: That, in their opinion, the said

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