Union, was read, and an order taken that the same be transmitted to the General Assembly, together with the following letter:

In Council, Philadelphia, Septem'r 15th, 1786.

SIR-Inclosed is a letter from the Board of Treasury, with an act of Congress of the 5th instant. You will see the request of the Board, and the necessity of appointing some person to adjust this account, if such appointment has not already taken place. CHARLES BIDDLE.

To the Speaker of the General Assembly.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Michael Bright, for twenty-one pounds seventeen shillings, amount of his account for ship bread furnished to the natives of China and India, under a resolution of the General Assembly of the fifth day of November, 1785, according to the Comptroller General's report.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 16th, 1786

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The fine imposed upon Thomas Collins, on conviction of fornication and bastardy, in the county of Chester, was remitted.

The Council met

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 18th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Upon the petition of James Packer, and Peter Hartman, in behalf of themselves and others, inhabitants of Pykeland township, in Chester county,

Ordered, That the sale of a lot of ground in the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth on the north side of Market or High street, one hundred and thirty-two feet, and in length on the east side of Fourth street from the river Schuylkill, three hundred and six feet, be postponed until the further order of Council, being the same lot which is divided into eight lots, numbered in the general plan as follows, vizt: No. 1932 to 1939, inclusive.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Isaac Snowden, Esquire, for four hundred and thirty-three pounds five shillings and five pence, being the balance due to him upon his acc't, as late Treasurer for the city and county of Philadelphia, according to the Comptroller General's report.

Upon the petitions of Captains Alexander Craig, John McClelland, Hugh Martin, James Clark, William Guthrie, James Moore, Peter Rugh, Michael Frichman, of the first Battallion of Westmoreland County militia, it was

Ordered, That the Lieutenant of the county of Westmoreland be directed to suspend the collection of the fines incurred by the petitioners for neglect of their duty as Officers of the militia for the county aforesaid, until the further order of Council.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 19th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer vizt:

In favor of the Honorable William Brown, Esquire, for twentyfour pounds fifteen shillings, in full for his attendance in Council until this day, inclusively.

In favor of Messieurs John Hoge and William Montgomery, for eighty-two pounds one shilling and two pence, in full for their services and expences in measuring and laying off a certain part of the West Branch of Susquehannah, and for losses sustained in performing the said services, according to the Comptroller General's report. In favor of Robert Galbraith, Esquire, for forty pounds twelve. shillings, in full for his services and expences in running and marking the line between the old and late purchase from the waters of Susquehanna to those of the Allegany, and laying of the districts of the Deputy Surveyors thereon.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 20th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of Messieurs Dunlap and Claypoole, for eighteen pounds. two shillings and six pence, for printing for the Comptroller's office, according to the Comptroller General's report of this day.

In favor of the Honorable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for fifty pounds, in part of his salary as Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and in the Admiralty Sessions for this State, according to a resolution of Assembly of the 13th of March, 1782.

In favor of John Holmes, for twenty-one pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence, in full of his account for blankets furnished for the Corps of Invalids, according to the Comptroller General's report.

In favor of John Parker, for fifteen shillings, in full for bricklayer's work, mending the chimneys in the Council and Committee Chambers, according to the Comptroller General's report.

In favor of Colonel Abraham Smith, for one hundred and fortyfive pounds five shillings, being the ballance due to him in specie, upon his acc't as late Lieutenant of Cumberland county, according to the Comptroller General's report, to be paid out of the militia fines of said Cumberland county.

A letter from Tench Coxe, Esquire, one of the Commissioners to the Commercial Convention, inclosing sundry papers respecting the adjournment of the said Convention, was read.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 21st, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Henry Hill,

Samuel Dean,

Stephen Balliet,

John Whitehill,

James McLene,

John Boyd,

William Brown,

Isaac Meason, and Esquires.
John Neville,

Colonel Francis Johnson was directed to advertise a further sale of city lots numbered from one thousand nine hundred and ninetyfour, to two thousand one hundred and forty-four, inclusively, adjoining and near the Center Square, to be held on Saturday the seventh day of October next, at the old Coffee House.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Peter Muhlenberg, Esquire, for sixteen pounds ten shillings, in full for twenty-two days attendance in Council, between the 25th of August and 21st of September, 1786, the last day included.

A letter from John Wilkins, Esquire, praying leave to resign his office of Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, was read, and his resignation accepted.

Monday next was assigned for going into the appointment of a Lieutenant of the said county of Cumberland, in the room of Mr. Wilkins.

A letter from John Pierce, Esquire, of the seventh instant, inclosing sundry receipts signed by the Agents of the Pennsylvania line, for one million three hundred and two thousand five hundred and sixty four dollars and fifty-four ninetieths of a dollar, in certificates for the arrears due the Pennsylvania line, was read.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 22nd, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 23rd, 1786.

PRESENT:

ARLES

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of James Pearson, for one hundred pounds, in part for repairing the State House, for which sum he is to account.

A certificate of the division of the township of Pitt, in the county of Westmoreland, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at Hanna's Town, for the county aforesaid, on the second Tuesday in January last, was read, and an order taken that the division be confirmed, agreeably to the decree of the said Court.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 25th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the Honorable Samuel Dean, for fifteen pounds, and the Honorable Jonathan Hoge for twenty-nine pounds ten shillings, in full for their attendance in Council respectively, until this day included, and the mileage of the latter.

The petition of the Earl of Shelburne, by his Attorney Timothy Hurst, stating his claim to sundry city lots and lands in this State, in right of the original purchase of Sir William Petty from William Penn, the first Proprietor of Pennsylvania, was read, and referred to the Surveyor General to examine the records of his office, and report thereon.