I was even to allow this to be true, it would hardly excuse the state for not doing me Justice because Congress had done me more than Justice But the fact is otherwise the taking the Artillery &c was incidently mentioned in my Letter to Congress claiming my allowance for expences in seperate Departments, my Letter was refered to a Committee who reported twelve hundred Dollars for that & one hundred Dollars for my trouble and expence in taking the Cannon &ce; I immediately opposed it, & solicited Judge Livermore to assist me; I urged to Congress that as Forts had been dismantled in Rhode Island; & many other places; it would open a Door for new Demands; & assured them that I had not the most distant view of receiving a farthing. But the members said that as the allowance was so exceeding small they were determined to vote the whole in preference to sending out the Committee a second time- These facts Judge Livermore who I suppose is now on the spot can attest, so that all the allowance made me for a seperate Command in Canada, Chatham, princetown, Hanover, Rhode Island, and the Indian Country amounted to thirteen hundred Dollars which is a Little more than General Schuyler has Drawn every four months since the war commenced, for remaining at Home basking in the Sunshine of Ease, without an officer to dine with him, & very often without a Soldier to Command. - while we pay our proportion of expences to others, can it be called good policy to Look with Envy on the small pittance granted to those of our own state, & even endeaver to make it have an influence where it ought not. But if I was called upon I could easily prove that no man in New Hampshire spent the hundredth part so much as I did in Secur ing those stores, I paid every farthing of expense in the Evening at Tiltons, before the Company set off; & the whole while we were at great Insland, myself, three Clerks, a hired man & team; were several Days employd in cutting the Ice out of the River, getting up the Gundaloes & Depositing the stores; during all this time my House was like an open Tavern ; & Even after that, when the plan was laid to Entrap me, & send me in the Scarborough to Great Britain; I had great numbers of people coming & offers their services to defend me, & it can Scarcely be supposed that I sent them away hungering & Thirsting - any person who remembers the year 1775 must know that I was the object of British vengeance, that I was the first officer broke, & Even that the Convention of the state (sitting at Exeter) would not adopt the proceedure, or Justify the Act; I readily allow that other Gentlemen were at the Expense of taking a hundred Barrell of powder, & that when we arrived at Portsmouth with the Cannon &ce, the Gentlemen of that Town gave us a treat but I think the Gentleman who has been uniform in his opposition to my demand, never gave us any treat unless threatening us with a Halter may be called such; I grant that other persons spent time and money, but whoever supposes that any other person spent the hundredth part as much as I did, must know but little of the proceedings. I however never claimed a Compensation nor was it by Congress granted as such. I am sorry that its being mentioned in the Senate Laid me under a necessity of removing the Influence which such a hint might have upon the minds of your honors Surely no person ought to Envy me the gains I have received from the public: I am the only officer in America that has received no depreciation, am Totally Cut off from the Commutation & have rested easy with the nominal sum in paper Bills; although all the officers that served with me; my own Aid de Camp & even my servants have Long since drawn their Depreciation, & for several years have been receiving the Interest. I know that this ought to have no weight in settling my Account but it will at least prove that Congress have not been over generous to me-I must beg your honors to pass upon my affair at this session, Either for or against me; I have laid out of the whole more than three years as I have never yet taken a penny I think my Demand of two Dollars a day is reasonable & cannot but flatter myself that your honors will either grant it, or settle my Account in the other method proposed. I have the honor to be with the most perfect Consideration Your honors most obedt Servant Jn° Sullivan The Honble Senate of New Hampshire [7-59] [Petition of Treasurer Gilman for Increase of Salary.] Treasury Office New Hampshire Concord Feb 23d 1785 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, for the State of New Hampshire in General Court Convened. Gentlemen On the 12th day of June 1783. I was Honored with an Appointment as Treasurer of the State, which Accepted in Expectation that I should have such Allowance made me as would Compensate for my services and the great Responsibility of office Some time in Nov 1783, a Grant was made of 180 Expressed to be "for my service as Treasurer for the Term of One Year" this was such a sum as I thought very Inadequate & have never taken the Order for, although I supposed that Vote was for my service & the Responsibility of Office, and that I should be allowed such sum In Addition thereto for Clerks, Office Hire, Firewood &c as should be thought Reasonable — I have now before me a Vote of the Honorable Court allowing the sum of 240£ for my service use of office pay of Clerk and all other Charges whatsoever for the Current Year-This sum is not Equal to what I supposed was Intended for the last Year, for after I have paid for such Assistance as I have been Obliged to have in Order the have the Business well done, and have paid for Firewood &c I shall have a very small sum left for my Own services & the Responsibility of Office- as to the manner in which the Business is done I shall not say anything but leave it to those who are Conversant in the Office- I have a gratefull sense of the high Trust Reposed in me and am willing to Continue in the office provided I could have an allowance Adequate to my time and attention thereto & for Necessary Assistance and the great Risque which I have in Receiving and paying such large sums & for which I am Accountable- I am very sensible that I must depend on the allowance which the Honorable Court have or may see Cause to make me for my past services, but I cannot think of doing the business any longer for the sum proposed, and now Request that some other person may be Appointed to succeed me in office and that such directions may be given to a Final settlement of my Accounts as the Honorable Court may think proper with due Respect I have the Honor to be J. T. Gilman Treas [7-60] [Credentials from President Weare to the Swedish consul to America, Charles Hillstedt, March 19, 1785.- ED.] [7-61] [Taverns and Retailers Licensed in Strafford County.] Peter Cushing Wentworth Twombly Rochester Nichs Hanson - Dover Ephraim Chamberlain - Gore June Term 1785- Eliphalet Mace Moultonborough Stephen Wentworth Rochester [7-62] John Hubbard Sandborntown Thos Tash New Durham Howard Henderson Rochester Beard Plummer Rochester Sam1 Bragg Benj Peirce Dover John Kimball Meridith [Report of Committee on Accounts, 1785.] The Committee to examine, how far the accounts with the Commissioner for the United States are proceeded toward a Settlement Having convers'd with one of the present Committee appointed to the settlement of said accounts, and find they are in forwardness to a close the reason of there not being compleated has arrisen on principles of large advances by this State to the United States which cou'd not be admitted by the Commissioner without further Instructions, and many other Obstacles, which render'd an adjustment im practacable, but very lately the Commissioner has receiv'd other Instructions which may obviate the Difficulty's Therefore your Committee beg leave to report as their opinion, that the Committee already impowered, be continued, with Liberty to hire one or more Clerks to assist in the completion of a settlement with the Commissioner. And that the same Committee be impower'd to settle all such accounts that may be necessary for the settlement of accounts with the United States, and certify the same to the President & Councill for their concurrence, and on their approbation, the President give order for pay. or receiving ballances which may be found due-And there being many articles charged by this State to the United States, to which no value is affixed, that the said Committee be empowered to set a price on each & every such article, equitably between this State and the United States And that the said Committee be fully impowered on the part and in behalf of this State to settle & close the accounts between this & the United States, and where doubts shall arise in cases not particularly provided for by Votes, Resolves or Acts of this State, that they apply to the President & Councill, and that they be impowered to direct thereinJosh Wentworth for the Committee N State of pr} New Hamp In the House of Representatives June 24th 1785The foregoing Report having been read & considered - Voted that it be received and Accepted – Sent up for Concurrence. Christo Toppan Speaker P. T In Senate the same day read & concurred J Pearson D Sec [7-63] [Letter from Treasury Board at New York, 1785.] An Extract from a Letter (of July 21st 1785) Receiv'd from the Honorable Board of Treasury at New York. "Without immediate Exertions on the part of the several States, "the Union cannot subsist for the want of means to defray the ordi"nary expence of the Civil Establishment." 66 66 This, Sir, you may be assured is a lamentable Truth; the consequences are too obvious and dreadful to enlarge on." "It would be so disgraceful in the several States not to raise Taxes |