In favor of said Bernard Dougherty, for three hundred pounds specie, in three months from the date hereof, in part of the said contract, for which he is to account.

A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the fifteenth of of September, 1782, informing the Board that he has lately received official advices from Mr. Adams, of the resolutions of their high mightinesses, the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, to receive and acknowledge the said Mr. Adams in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, and requesting the Council to cause the same to be made public, was read; whereupon,

The following proclamation was agreed to for the purpose aforesaid:

By his Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, President, and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, It hath pleased the Great Ruler of the Universe to remove the United States of America from a state of dependance, and establish them one among the nations of the earth, and in the course of His Providence to raise up to us allies and friends among the most powerful Princes and Commonwealths of Europe, from whom we have received the most important and essential services, of which the magnanimous conduct of His Most Christian Majesty, known and acknowledged by every good citizen, affords an example equally glorious to him and beneficial to us. And official information is now before us that their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands have received and acknowledged in due form the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, appointed to reside in that nation, an event which widens the basis of our independance and leads to an immediate connection with a powerful nation, whose alliance a variety of circumstances in their origin and government render extremely desirable:

We have thought fit, and do hereby, in solemn manner, make known and proclaim the same, to the end and intent that the good people of this Commonwealth may know the amity subsisting between the two nations, and in return for the kindness and affection shewn to us by their High Mightinesses, may on all occasions shew to the citizens and subjects of the States General every mark of solid esteem and respect:

And we do hereby strictly charge, enjoin and require all officers, civil and military, of this Commonwealth, to aid and assist the citi

zens and subjects of the said States General, according to the law and usage of nations in amity.

Given in Council, under the hand of his Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire, President, and the seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two.

WILLIAM MOORE, President.

Attest-TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.

The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of Colonel Stephen Balliott, for one hundred pounds, in one month from the date hereof, in part of his accounts for supplying the Rangers and militia stationed in Northampton county with provisions, for which he is to account.

In favor of the said Stephen Balliott, for one hundred pounds specie in two months from this day, in part of the said account.

In favor of the said Stephen Balliott, for the sum of five hundred and twelve pounds three shillings and three pence specie, in three months from the date hereof, balance of the said account, as settled the twenty-ninth day of August last.

The Honorable Mr. Levan presented to the account for his attendance in Council, vizt:

Dr. The State of Pennsylvania,

Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Van Campen.
Council the following

To Sebastian Levan, Esquire.

For attendance in Council from the 6th of July till the 30th of September, 1782, inclusive, 87 days, a 178 6,

Mileage 120 miles, at 86

£76 2 6

3

£79 26

And thereupon,

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Sebastian Levan, Esquire, for the said sum of seventy-nine pounds two shillings and six pence.

On consideration,

Ordered, That William Henry, Esquire, Lieutenant of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, be directed to call out one subaltern, one serjeant, one corporal, and fifteen rank and file, from the militia of the said city and liberties, in addition to those already ordered into service, for the purpose of guarding British prisoners now in this city.

The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of Colonel Stephen Balliott, for eighteen pounds specie, for forty pair of shoes furnished to Captain Shrawder's company of Rangers in Northampton county.

In favor of the Honorable John Van Campen, for the sum of seven pounds ten shillings, for transporting cloathing to the said company of Rangers.

In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for five hundred pounds, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for paying one-third of depreciation certificates to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, for which he is to account.

A letter from his Excellency General Washington, dated the twenty-third instant, expressing his opinion that it is best to decline the expeditions into the Indian country, was received and read; and thereupon,

Ordered, That the expeditions into the Indian country be declined, and that orders be accordingly issued to the Commissioners for purchasing of provisions and hiring of horses.

Ordered, That the same be communicated to Major General Potter.

Ordered, That the march of Captain Shrawder's company of Rangers from Northampton county, be countermanded, and that the march of Lieutenant Johnston's company from Bedford county be also countermanded, the expeditions into the Indian country being laid aside.

Ordered, That the order of this day to Colonel William Henry, for calling into service one subaltern, one serjeant, one corporal, and fifteen privates, be countermanded.

Ordered, That the militia of the counties of Lancaster, York, and Berks, called into service on the ninth instant, for guarding the British prisoners in the said counties, be discharged as soon as the Continental troops shall return to that duty.

Ordered, That the Lieutenants of the counties of Northampton, Berks, Cumberland, York, Northumberland, Bedford, Westmoreland and Washington, be directed to call out no more militia after

the expiration of the time of those now in service, his Excellency General Washington having received intelligence that the British have called in all the savages, and that no more parties are to be permitted to be sent out against the frontiers.

Passes to Boston were granted to George Ritter, Abraham Rex, and George Rocher, and to return again.

Passes to Dobbs' Ferry, with permission to return again, were granted to Ann Gallagher and Elizabeth Hynes; also

Passes to Andreas Read to go to head-quarters; to John Mitchins to go to Woodbridge; and to Priscilla Gwin to go to New Jersey, and to return again.

The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the Honorable Francis Hopkinson, for fifty pounds specie, in part of his salary as Judge of the Court of Admiralty of this State, for which he is to account.

In favor of Frederick Sneider, for seventeen pounds eight shillings and nine pence specie, amount of his account for his wages and sundry small expences, in full to the 30th instant :

A pass was granted to William Simonson, to go to Oblong, in the State of New York, with leather breeches and writing paper, and to return.

The Attorney-General of the State attended in Council and requested the Board to appoint one more counsel to assist him on the trial of sundry persons for burglary in the county of Bucks, and also represented that a number of the ablest counsel in the State were employed against him.

Whereupon,

Resolved, That Joseph Reed, Esquire, be appointed counsel for the State to assist the Attorney-General on the trial of the said robbers, and that an order be drawn on the Treasurer in his favor, for the sum of seventy-five pounds specie.