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Ordered, That passes be granted to Hannah Labboyteau and Elizabeth Lee, to go to Elizabeth-town, in the State of New Jersey, and to return again.

The Council resumed the consideration of the petition of divers persons interested in goods lately seized by the Naval Officer, landed from Mr. Levi Hollingsworth's shallop, commanded by Captain Wade; and having spent some time upon it, referred it for further consideration.

A letter from the Honorable Robert Morris, Esquire, Superintendant of Finance, dated the ninth instant, was received, inclosing a statement of the old Continental money, and the same was read.

Ordered, That the following passes be granted to Elizabethtown, vizt:

To Rachel Sikes and Hannah Wright.

Adjourned.

The Council met.

Wednesday, May 15, 1782.

A letter from Lewis Grownow, Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Chester, inclosing returns of the following officers elected, vizt:Alexander Boggs, Captain; William Johnston, Lieutenant; and James Stewart, Ensign of the third company, of the fourth Battalion of the Chester county militia, on the 22d April, 1782.

David Wilson, Captain of the sixth company, of the fourth Battalion of the said county, on the 15th of April, 1782; and thereupon,

Ordered, That commissions be issued accordingly, bearing date on the day of their respective elections.

On petition, the following passes were granted, vizt:

To Susanna Morgan, to go to Elizabethtown.

To Sybilla Hoff,

To Barbara Delabar,

To Mrs. Hamble,

to the same place.

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A letter from the Minister for foreign affairs, dated the fourteenth day of May instant, informing of the birth of a Dauphin of France, which had been announced to the United States in Congress Assembled, by his Excellency the Minister Plen'y of his most Christian Majesty, on the 13th instant; whereupon,

Mr. Bayard and Doct'r Gardner are appointed a committee to prepare an address of congratulation on that event, and to form a plan of an entertainment suitable to the occasion, and report to this Board.

The Council resumed the consideration of the petitions respecting the sugar seized by the Naval Officer on the 1st instant, and depositions now appearing respecting the property of individuals therein; on consideration,

Ordered, That the one moiety of said sugar forfeited to the State by neglect to enter them according to law before landing, be remitted, and returned to the late owners thereof, vizt:

To Thomas Forrest or his order, the one moiety of nine hogsheads of sugar marked Forrist.

To Michael Kimmel and Michael Gunkell or their order, the one moiety of ten hogsheads and seven barrels of sugar marked M. G.

To John Brown and Sons, and William Matthews, or their order, six hogsheads of sugar marked J. Brown and Sons.

The Council being of opinion that no fraud was intended, and that the neglect arose from an accidental omission, and that the Naval Officer be directed to deliver the one moiety of the said sugars to the respective late owners, the said respective late owners paying accordingly the duty and all the charges that have accrued.

The Honorable Superintendant of Finance having represented to this Board thro' the President, his intention of sending a vessel to the West Indies on business of great importance to this State and to the United States, and the ship General Washington being now ready for sea,

It is the opinion of this Board, that the commissioners for the defence of the river Delaware, do hire to the Superintendant of Finance the said ship for that purpose, ou such reasonable terms as may be agreed on between him and them.

Adjourned.

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The following pass to Elizabethtown was granted, vizt:-To Margaret Cairl.

Commissions issued to Capt. Joshua Barnery, of the State ship General Washington, (Cap. 5f 81, 25 years old; Luke Matthewman, Mate, 28 years, 5 feet, 9 inches high, both dark complection,) eighteen guns, one hundred and twenty men, and two hundred and fifty tons burthen.

In Council.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, May 17, 1782.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the President.

The Honorable Mr. Bayard,

Mr. Cunningham,

A pass was granted to Samuel Correy.

Dr. Gardner, and
Mr. Levan.

A letter from Mr. Espy containing a return of a Justice of the Peace for the county of Bedford, was received and read, but there being no return of the resignation of the gentleman in whose stead the person so returned has been chosen, the same cannot be accepted.

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The committee brought in a draft of an address of congratulation to the Honorable Chevalier Dela Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary of his most Christian Majesty, and the same being read and amended, was unanimously agreed to, as follows, vizt:

To the Honorable the Chevalier De La Luzerne, Minister Pleni-' potentiary of his most Christian Majesty:

The address of the President and Council of the State of Pennsylvania.

SIR-The Secretary of Foreign Affairs has communicated to us that you, sir, as " Minister Plenipotentiary of his most Christian Majesty, had announced to the United States in Congress assembled, at a public audience, the birth of a Dauphine of France." An event of so much importance to the French Nation, and so flattering to their hopes, becomes highly interesting to us; and when we consider it as advancing the personal felicity of that illustrious and magnanimous Prince, from whom the people of America have received such powerful aids and so many proofs of his royal regards and friendship, we feel the most lively and animating joy. And it is with the highest veneration and the warmest gratitude,

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that we present our warmest congratulations to his most Christian Majesty, and to his Royal Consort, for whom we feel a respect which we cannot express, and felicitate them on this auspicious occasion.

The attention which you, sir, have always shewn to the State of Pennsylvania, affords us full assurance that you will represent to your august Sovereign the sincerity with which we rejoice at every event that adds to his glory or happiness, and more especially in the present instance.

May the great Governor of the Universe take into his holy keeping the King, the Queen, and the Dauphin of France, and pour out his choicest blessings upon them.

WILLIAM MOORE, President. To which the Minister of France was pleased to give the following answer:

GENTLEMEN :—I cannot be charged with a duty more agreeable to fulfil than that of transmitting to his Majesty testimonies of the part you take in the favour which Heaven has done him, in granting a Dauphin to his wishes and to those of the French Nation.Since I have had the advantage of living among you, gentlemen, I have been frequently a witness of the sincere interest you have taken in every thing that may concern your ally. The more the two nations are acquainted, the more they love and esteem each other, and the more they are sensible of the necessity of an unalterable union. These circumstances will render still more agreeable to his Majesty the sentiments of the Council of Pennsylvania on the subject of the birth of an heir to his crown. The young Prince will one day be informed of the joy which the Pennsylva nians have shewn on this occasion. He will learn that they were his friends from his cradle, and it will please him to be theirs the whole time of his life.

Philadelphia, May 20, 1782.

The following passes were granted on petition, vizt:

To Margaret Oxley and Margaret Loofborough.

The petition of Mary Hall was read, praying pardon; and the same being considered,

Resolved, That she be pardoned, on condition that she leave the State and never return to it again.

WHEREAS, Many purchasers of the city lots have neglected to pay for the same in due time, agreeably to the terms of sale; therefore,

Ordered, That the State Treasurer do charge interest to all the delinquents until the respective sum in arrear is fully paid.

In Council.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 20, 1782.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the President.

The Honorable the Vice President, (now first returned from his

family.)

Mr. Bayard,

Mr. Gardner,

Mr. Cunningham, and
Mr. Levan.

Ordered, That a pass to Elizabethtown, in New Jersey, be granted to Elizabeth Cozens and Mary Baker, with permission to

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David Duncan, Esquire, late Commissioner of Purchases in the county of Westmoreland, having represented that there remains in his bands a quantity of flour, grain and forage, purchased agreeably to act of Assembly passed the twenty-third day of March, 1780, intitled An Act for procuring a supply of provisions and other necessaries for the use of the army, which articles are in danger of great waste. On consideration,

Ordered, That the said David Duncan, Esquire, be directed to make sale at public auction, of the aforesaid articles, or otherwise dispose of them, as he shall judge most for the interest of the State, as soon as may be, and make report of his proceedings therein to this Board.

WHEREAS, On the twenty-fifth day of May, 1778, at a time. when the British Parliament, Ministry, and King, were artfully attempting, by insidious means, to divide and destroy these United States, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, with a dignity becoming the Representatives of a virtuous and free people, entered unanimously into the following resolve, vizt:

1. "Resolved, unanimously, That the delegates or deputies of "the United States of America, in Congress assembled, are invested

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