for his attendance at this Board until this day, inclusively, and his mileage. A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, inclosing copies of a correspond. between his Excellency James Bowdoin, Esquire, and H. Stanhope, Captain of His Britannic Majesty's frigate, the Mercury, and the report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs upon the said correspondence, &ca., &ca., were read and approved. A letter from Ephraim Douglass, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Fayette, inclosing a return of an election of Justices of the Peace for the district of township within the said. county, was read. In pursuance of an act intituled "An Act to vest the personal estate of the late corporation of the Mayor and Commonalty of the city of Philadelphia, in the Wardens of the said city. Resolved, That an order be drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the said Wardens, for the sum of one hundred and forty-five pounds, paid by William Whitebread, in discharge of a bond and mortgage given by him to the aforesaid Mayor and Commonalty of Philadelphia, and lodged in the State Treasury by the Secretary of this Board, agreeably to their order of the twenty-fifth of last February. Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board be authorized, in pursuance of the law aforesaid, to deliver the bills, bonds, obligations, and mortgages, the property of the late Mayor and Commonalty aforesaid, now in the custody of the President and Council, to the said Wardens, taking a specific receipt for each on the back of the original list. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Secretary, for the sum of thirty pounds specie, for purchasing firewood for the use of the Council, for which sum he is to account. Upon the petition of James Manly, convicted of assaulting Christian Stultz, with intent of robbing him, at the last January Court held for the city, and a recommendation from the Justices of the Peace, it was Ordered, That his fine be remitted, on condition that he depart the State in forty-eight hours, and the United States in twelve months, not to return. The Council met." PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, August 27th, 1785. PRESENT: His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. Upon a return of an election of a Justice of the Peace, held for the township of Wharton, and county of Fayette, Ordered, That William McClelland, Esquire, be appointed. The petition of John Beatty and Ellis Burgess, severally convicted of larceny, and recommended to the indulgence of Council, was read, and an order taken that their respective fines be remitted, upon condition that he immediately depart the State. The following draft of a message to the General Assembly was laid before the Board, and the same being read, was adopted: A message from the President and the Supreme Executive Council to the General Assembly. GENTLEMEN-You will herewith receive a letter from General Irvine, appointed by us Agent under the act directing the mode of distributing the donation lands, his report, and our instructions to the Surveyor General. Upon consideration of that act, and other circumstances, we are of opinion that the proceedings of the Deputy Surveyors should be at present suspended, and several amendments made in the law, in order most effectually to secure to the objects of it the benefits intended by the Legislature. Inclosed are several papers relating to applications of Anne Fatnal, Deborah Irvine, William Pollard, and Nathaniel Galt. We have carefully examined the merits of these cases, and finding that we cannot legally afford relief, we hope you will approve our earnestly recommending them to the attention of your Honorable House. JOHN DICKINSON. Council Chamber, Philad'a, August 27th, 1785. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, August 29th, 1785. PRESENT: His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. Charles Biddle, Stephen Balliet, John Boyd, John McDowell, Bernard Dougherty, and Esquires. A letter from the Secretary at War, and two from the Secretary of Congress, inclosing several ordinances of that body upon the subjects of revenue and representation. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, August 30th, 1785. PRESENT: His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. John McDowell, Charles Biddle, Stephen Balliet, Bernard Dougherty, and Esquires. A petition from the magistracy of the county of Northumberland, stating that under the outrages of the people known by the name of the Connecticut claimants, a number of the good citizens have been put into great fear and suffering, and praying that government may take such speedy, judicious, and effectual measures as may at once convince the deluded and lawless, of the power of the State, and give effectual and permanent security and protection to those who have always acknowledged its jurisdiction, and submitted to its laws, was read, and an order taken that it be referred to the House. A petition from the Commissioners for the county of Northumberland, inclosing an address to them from the inhabitants of the said county, relating to the taxes of the said county, were read and referred, with the former, to the General Assembly. A letter from the Surveyor General, advising Council that he had received upwards of one hundred and forty returns of survey of the land appropriated by act of Assembly dated the twelfth day of March, 1783, and that he daily expects more, was read; upon which it was Ordered, That the Surveyor General be directed to furnish Council with a map descriptive of the lots mentioned in his report aforesaid. The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of William Shearer, of the county of Washington, for a horse lost on the Sandusky expedition, was read & approved. A letter from Francis Johnston, Esquire, advising that he had purchased the Indian goods to be delivered at Tioga, agreeably to treaty, and requesting an order for the amount, (being one thousand dollars,) Resolved, That an order issue accordingly, he to be accountable. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, August 31st, 1785. PRESENT: His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. Charles Biddle, Stephen Balliet, John McDowell, and Esquires. The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of Frede rick Everhard, and others, for supplies and attendance given a number of men wounded on the Wioming expedition, was read and approved, and an order drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of their attorney, James Logan, for the amount, being twenty-one pounds nineteen shillings and one penny, The Comptroller General's report upon the accounts of Colonel Mitchell, and the Field and Staff of Cumberland county, for their services in the year 1780, was read and approved. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 1st, 1785. PRESENT: The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, inclosing an act of Congress of the thirtieth of April, 1784, and requesting Council to inform him what steps, if any, have been taken upon the said act. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer for the sum of twentyseven pounds two shillings and six pence specie, in full for his attendance in Council until the thirty-first day of August, 1785, included. An order was also drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of William Henry, Esquire, Lieutenant of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, for the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds specie, to be paid out of the militia fines of the said city and liberties, he to be accountable. Upon the petition of John Lesher, convicted of an assault and battery upon Peter Casper Frylinghausan, and sentenced to pay a fine to the use of the State, of twenty pounds specie, &ca., Ordered, That the execution of this sentence be suspended for six months from the date hereof. A petition from a number of citizens requesting the effectual collection of the public taxes, was handed by Mr. Ingersoll and Colonel Gurney, and read, upon which an order was taken that a conference The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 2nd, 1785. PRESENT: His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES IRVINE, Esquire, Vice President. John McDowell, Charles Biddle, Stephen Balliet, John Boyd, Jonathan Hoge, and Esquires. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of fifteen pounds ten shillings specie, in full for his wages as Doorkeeper from the first until the thirty-first day of August, 1785, inclusively. A letter from Brigadier General William Irvine, upon the sub-. ject of his agency, inclosing one to him from such part of the Pennsylvania line as now are at Fort McIntosh and its neighbourhood, was read, and referred to the House. A petition from Elizabeth Dodson was read, and referred to the General Assembly. Mr. Ingersoll and Colonel Gurney attending at the door, were introduced to Council, when a conference took place, agreeably to the order of yesterday. VOL. XIV.-34. |