the Surveyor General having certified that upon an accurate search in his office, he cannot find that the said warrant hath been satisfied:

Resolved, That the Surveyor General do proceed to locate a city lot agreeable to the terms of the warrant and the usual forms of office.

A petition from Henry Pauling, setting forth that the right to a tract of land situate on Wyaloosing creek, in the county of Northumberland, lately advertized by the Agents for Confiscated Estates in the said county, as the estate of John Pawling or Paulding, an attainted traitor, is vested in him, the petitioner, in fee simple, that he hath not conveyed the same to the said John Pawling, or to any other person whatever, and praying this Board to forbid the sale thereof, was read, together with a deposition of the said Henry Pawling, and sundry other papers produced in support of the said petition; thereupon,

Resolved, That the Agents for Confiscated Estates in the said county be directed not to proceed to a sale of the said estate, without the further order of this Board.

A petition from Margaret Maguire, praying a pass to go to Charlestown, within the lines of the enemy, was read; and there

upon,

Resolved, That a pass be granted, on condition that she give a security not to return again during the continuance of the present

Ordered, That William Will, Esquire, Sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia, or his deputy, be directed to deliver to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Mentges, or his order, the following persons now confined in the old gaol, vizt: James Green, Reuben Parker, Hacket, alias Creamer, alias Crowder, and Mary

Hall.

The Honorable James Cunningham, Esquire, presented to the Council the following account for his attendance in Council, vizt: Dr. The State of Pennsylvania to James Cunningham, For attendance in Council from the sixteenth day of June, to the seventeenth day of August, 1781, 63 days, at 25s per day,

To 81 miles coming to Philad'a and returning home, at 2s 1,

:

To cash paid Capt'n Abraham Scott, for forwarding ammunition and cloathing to Northumberland county,

Cr. By cash received of David Rittenhouse, Esq'r,

Ballance,

And therefore,

£78 15 0

84

15 9

£87 14 9

15 00 0

£72 14 9

An order was drawn in favor of the Honorable James Cunningham, Esquire, for the sum of seventy-two pounds fourteen shillings and nine pence, specie, ballance of the above account.

This being the day appointed to hear the claim of the Pykeland company to sundry lots in the city, in right of the original purchase of Richard Pyke, the parties attended, but not being prepared, requested the Board to postpone the hearing to a further day; thereupon,

Resolved, That the said hearing be postponed to the seventeenth day of September next.

A deed was examined and signed by His Excellency the President, to Christopher Stewart, of the city of Philadelphia, Esquire, conveying a certain lot or piece of land, with the messuage, snuff mill, warehouse, and other tenements thereon erected, situate on the Wissahiccon road, in the township of the Northern Liberties, bounded and being as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone on said VOL. XIII.-3.

road, being a corner of Jonathan Adams's and the late Christopher Sowers's land; thence up the said line to the orchard fence; thence along the said fence until a line parallel to the said division line shall strike a certain ash tree standing by the run in the meadow near the said mill; thence up the said run on the south side thereof through the arch of the bridge; thence by a straight line to the north-east corner of the said mill dam; thence along the fence to Potts's line; thence down the same and continued with the said Adams's to the place of beginning, containing about three acres, be the same more or less: Seized and sold agreeably to law, (as the estate of Jonathan Adams and Susanna, his wife, attainted of high treason,) to the said Christopher Stewart, for the sum of fifteen hundred and thirty pounds, lawful money of Pennsylvania, subject to a yearly ground rent of forty-five bushels and nine-tenths of a bushell of good merchantable wheat, payable to the Trustees of the University of this State, three-fourth parts of which sum he hath paid into the hands of the Agents of Confiscated Estates in the county of Philadelphia, the remaining one-fourth part being reserved for the purpose aforesaid. Deed dated this day.

A deed was examined and signed by His Excellency the President, to Major William Armstrong, conveying a certain lot or piece of land, situate on Province Island, in the county of Philadelphia, and marked in the general plan of the said Island No. 15, bounded and being as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stake near a large old stump standing on the edge of the cripple and a small distance south of the hospital wharf; thence by said cripple south forty degrees west twenty-one perches and six-tenths to a stake set in the bank in the line of lot No. 16, sold to Charles Miller; thence by the said lot north forty degrees thirty minutes west forty-five perches to a stake set in the middle of the road leading southwesterly from the hospital road through the marsh; thence by said road north forty-seven degrees forty-five minutes east thirty-two perches to a stake set for a corner in the middle of the hospital road; thence by said road and the line of the hospital lot south twenty-eight degrees thirty minutes east forty-five perches to the first mentioned stake and place of beginning, containing seven acres and ninety-nine perches, be the same more or less: Sold agreeably to law, to the said William Armstrong, for the sum of five hundred and seventy-nine pounds of the bills of credit of this State, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, 1780. Deed dated the sixteenth.

The following deeds were examined and signed by His Excellency the President, for the lots hereafter mentioned, marked in the general plan of the said lots as follows, and sold agreeably to law, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this State, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, 1780, vizt:

To William Milnor, for lot No. 8, on the north side of Spruce street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, from Delaware river. Consideration ninety-eight pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant. David C. Claypoole, for lot No. 84, on the north side of Lombard street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration thirtyone pounds. Deed dated the twentieth instant.

William Eckhart, for lot No. 112, on the south side of Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration fifty pounds. Deed dated the 20th inst.

Ditto, for lot No. 113, on the south side of Pine street and on the west side of Fifth street from Delaware. Consideration sixtyone pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.

The Honourable Francis Hopkinson, Esquire, for lots No. 215 and 216, on the north side of Mulberry street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, from Delaware river. Consideration money two hundred and twenty-five pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.

Peter Ozeas, for lot No. 85, on the north side of Lombard street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, from Delaware river. Consideration twenty-five pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.

Ditto for lot No. 86, on the north side of Lombard street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration twenty-three pounds. Deed dated the 20th instant.

Christleib Bartling, for lot No. 192,' on the north side of Sassafras street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration one hundred pounds. Deed dated the 20th ins't.

William Eckhart, for lot No. 111, on the south side of Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Consideration sixty pounds. Deed dated the 20th inst't.

William Milnor, for lot No. 7, on the north side of Spruce street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Consideration ninety pounds. Deed dated the 20th ins't.

Benjamin Harbeson, for lot No. 191, on the north side of Sassafras street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, from Delaware river. Consideration one hundred pounds. Deed dated the twentieth instant.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr. James Longhead, for the sum of two hundred and eighty-five pounds, specie, for the purpose of paying the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia now in service, for which sum he is to be accountable; the same to be charged to Col. William Henry, Lieutenant of the said city and liberties, and paid out of the monies arising from militia fines.

William Barton, Esquire, appointed on the second instant to be a Notary Publick in this State, attended in Council, and took the oaths necessary to qualify him for the execution of his said office.

In Council.

As yesterday.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 1781.

PRESENT:

An affidavit of Michael Shubart and Frederick Hailer, being laid before the Board, proving that they, in the year 1777, in behalf of the Lutheran Congregation of this city, offered to pay to Mr. Penn the sum of five hundred pounds, for two lots of ground in the said city, purchased for the use of the said congregation; that Mr. Penn declined receiving the said money at that time, and agreed to let them keep the money one year longer, without interest. On consideration,

Resolved, That the Receiver General of the Land Office be directed to receive from the said Frederick Hailer and Michael Shubart, on behalf of the said congregation, the purchase money for the said lots, abating one year interest thereon.