Ordered, That the same be referred to the Vice President, Colonel Smith, Mr. Dennisen, Colonel Miles and Mr. Cannon. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December 22nd, 1788. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable James R. Read, Esquire, for one hundred pounds, on account of his pay as a delegate from this State to Congress, for which sum he is to account. And in favor of the Honorable Jacob Rush, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as a Judge of the Supreme Court, ending the eighteenth instant. Upon application of several merchants of this city, that Council would be pleased to transmit under the authority of the State, to Mr. Carmichael, resident at the Court of Madrid, a memorial which they have addressed to his Most Catholic Majesty, relative to a quantity of flour which was shipp'd to the Havanna, Ordered, That a letter from the President to Mr. Carmichael, recommending the said memorial to his particular attention, be written. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 23d, 1788. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Richard Willing, Esquire, for fortyfive pounds, in full for his attendance in Council, from the seven teenth of October until the twenty-third of December, 1788, inclusively, deducting eight days absence, In favor of the Honorable John Cannon, Esquire, for forty-seven pounds fifteen shillings, in full of his account for his attendance in Council until the twenty-third of this month, inclusively, and for mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home in September last and coming in November and returning at this time. And in favor of the Honorable Nathan Dennison, Esquire, for twenty-four pounds, in full for his attendance in Council until the twenty-seventh of December, 1788, inclusively. Council being informed that Cptain James McLean, who commands the Invalids, is prevented from attending to the duties of that command, Resolved, That Colonel Lewis Nichola be and he is hereby appointed Commandant of the Corps of Invalids, in the place of Captain James McLean, who cannot attend to the duties of the appointment, and that he be supplied with the usual rations. On motion, Resolved, That the Secretary employ two proper persons to ride to the counties of Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette, Bedford, Huntington, Northumberland, Cumberland, Luzerne, Franklin and Dauphine, to bring to Council from those counties the returns of Electors for the choice of President and Vice President of the United States. and that he assign to the said expresses their proper counties, give them the necessary instructions, and direct the said expresses to set off on Monday next. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 24th. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, James Read, John Cannon, and Esquires. Abraham Smith,, An order of the Orphans' Court of Northumberland county in favor of Mary Nees, widow of Peter Nees, deceased, late private of the militia of that county, granting to her the sum of eighty-four pounds for the support of herself and children, was laid before Council, and the same being read, the further consideration thereof postponed until Saturday next. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, December 27th, 1788. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. } Esquires. Council resumed the consideration of the order of the Orphans' Court of Northumberland county in favor of Mary Nees; and thereupon An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in her favor for eightyfour pounds, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in Northumberland county, for the support of herself and children until the twenty-ninth day of November, 1788, under an act of Assembly dated the twentyeth day of March, 1780 James Dunwoodie was employed as one of the persons to ride to the counties of Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette, Bedford, Huntington, Cumberland, Franklin and Dauphine, agreeably to the minute of the twenty-third instant, and it was agreed to allow him two dollars and a half in specie per diem, while he is employed in the said business. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December 29th, 1788. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, James Read, John Cannon, Abraham Smith, Richard Willing, and Esquires. Upon the second reading of a letter from Anthony Butler, stating the several installments of the one hundred and thirty thousand pounds sterling, which are due to Messieurs John Penn, jun'r, and John Penn, Esquires, and requesting that warrants in their favor may issue; therefore Resolved That the said letter be referred to the Comptroller General to report thereon. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 30th, 1788. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, Richard Willing, John Cannon, Abraham Smith, and Esquires. Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Jeremiah Fisher, and other papers accompanying it, Resolved, unanimously, That Council do not think it expedient to issue any further order in favor of Jeremiah Fisher, Guardian of the children of Captain William Shippen. The account of Alexander McLean, Esquire, for surveying the two reserved tracts of land on the north side of the Ohio and Allegany rivers, and for running and marking the line dividing the depreciation and donation lands, selling off the districts thereon, running a meredian thirty-three miles, together with charges for chainbearers, markers, provisions, pack-horses, &ca., was read, together with the Comptroller's report thereupon. Resolved, That the same be referred to Mr. Vice, President, John Cannon and Zebulun Potts. Agreeably to the report of the Comptroller General, relative to two notes given by him to John Skinner, amounting to two hundred pounds specie, being the ballance due upon Skinner's second contract for opening and making good the public road between Sideling Hill and Rayshill, in Bedford county, An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the said Comptroller General, for the sum of two hundred and eighty-one pounds eighteen shillings, to reimburse him for the sum advanced as aforesaid. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 31st, 1788. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, for two hundred and fifty pounds, and in favor of the Honorable George Bryan, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary due to them as Judges of the Supreme Court, ending the twenty-fifth instant, according to the Comptroller General's report. Upon the second reading of the memorial of Jacob Peterman and others, Officers of Montgomery county militia, containing a complaint against the Lieutenant of the county of Philadelphia for detaining money which is due to them for sundry expences of the sixth battalion of Philadelphia county militia, in the year 1783 and 1784, Resolved, That the said memorial be referred to Colonel Willing, Colonel Smith and Mr. Potts. The return of members to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, having been received by Council from the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, except the county of Fayette, Resolved, That for the information of the public, the following state of the returns be published: |