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CALENDAR 


OF 


S^IRGINIA  STATE  PAPERS 


AND 


OTHER  MANUSCRIPTS, 


FROM 


JANUARY  1,  1794.  TO  MAY  16,  1795, 

PRESEKVED  IN  THE  CAPITOL  AT  RICHMOND. 


ARRANGED  AND  EDITED 


BY 

SHERWIN  McRAE  and  RALEIGH  COLSTON, 

UNDER  THE  AUTHORITY  AND  DIRECTION 


OF 

Hon.   H.  ysr.  FLOURNOY, 

SECeEURY  OF  THE  COMMOIVEHLTH  OF  VIRGIIIH, 

AND 

STATE  LIBRARIAN. 


VOLUME  VII. 


RICHMOND: 

J.  H.  O'BANNON,  SUPERINTENDENT  PUBFJC  PRINTING. 

1888. 


®?tRS^ 


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JA.MK*  K.  ^;^X>hK.  Pkivtek. 


W.  E.  SIMON?J  A  BRO..  Bixders. 


PREFACE. 


This  volume  is  the  seventh  in  the  series  of  the  Calendar  of  Virginia  State  Papers. 
It  contains  in  chronological  order,  papers  pertaining  exclusively  to  Virginia,  and 
others  of  the  most  interesting  character  pertaining  to  Virginia  and  the  United  States. 
None  of  those  papers,  it  is  believed,  have  ever  heretofore  been  printed.  No  Virginia 
history  can  be  complete  without  embracing  these  papers,  and  no  history  of  the 
United  States  can  be  complete  without  containing  the  matter  of  such  of  these 
papers  as  pertain  to  the  United  States.  The  Virginia  papers  relating  to  the  whiskey 
insurrection  make  an  important  addition  to  the  history  of  that  event.  Also  the 
papers  relating  to  ships  of  belligerents  lying  in  proximity  in  the  waters  of  Chesa- 
peake-bay, are  important  factoids  in  the  history  of  the  United  States.  The  vigilance 
and  management  of  the  Governor  of  Virginia  saved  the  United  States  from  entan- 
glement in  the  war  then  prevailing  between  France  and  Great  Britain.  The  United 
States  were  wholly  impotent  to  prevent  collision  between  these  powers  in  the 
waters  of  Virginia.  They  did  not  possess  a  single  vessel  of  war  to  compel  the 
observance  of  peace,  nor  any  adequate  means  by  forts  or  otherwise  to  protect  Nor- 
folk and  the  contiguous  coast  from  hostile  invasion  and  violence.  In  these  and  all 
cases  in  which  the  government  of  the  United  States  was  unable,  from  want  of  an 
army  and  navy  to  protect  the  State  and  the  country  from  aggression  or  domestic 
violence,  Virginia  promptly  and  cheerfully  exerted  all  her  power,  civil  and  military, 
to  aid  the  United  States.  The  papers  contained  in  this  volume  of  the  Calendar 
show  conclusively  that  without  the  ready  and  efficient  aid  of  Virginia,  the  responsi- 
bilities of  the  United  States  under  the  war  power  of  the  Constitution  could  not 
have  been  met. 

It  may  be  safely  affirmed  that  this  volume  is  replete  with  matter  interesting 
not  only  to  Virginians  but  to  the  people  of  every  part  of  our  common  coantry. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PA  PEES. 


1794. 

P.  Goodwin  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

Solicits  the  appointment  of  agent  to  collect  certain  arrears  of  taxes    Jan'y  let 
and  duties  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Dinwiddle  is  a  part.  Dinwiddle 


Thos.  Lud.  Leb  and  W.  Alexander  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  Ist 

Hecoromend  Enock  Mason  to  be  appointed  agent  to  collect  certain     Stafiford 
arrears  of  taxes  and  duties  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Stafford  is 
a  part. 


John  W.  Semple  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  Ist 

Solicits  the  appointment  of  agent  to  collect  certain  arrears  of  taxes      King  & 
and  duties  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  King  and  Queen  is  a  part.       Queen 


Elisha  C.  Dick  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  let 

Writes  to  enable  the  Executive  to  judge  what  compensation  he  was  Alexandria 
entitled  to  as  superintendent  of  quarantine  at  Alexandria.    Informs  the 
Grovemor  that  he  acted  in  the  two  capacities  of  superintendent  and 
physician. 


Vincent  Gray,  surveyor,  certifies  that  Elisha  C.  Dick,  esquire,  super-    Jan'y  Ist 
intendent  of  quarantine  for  the  port  of  Alexandria,  entered  during  the  Port  District 
contagion  in  Philadelphia  and  prior  to  the  Governor's  last  proclamation,  ®^  Alexan- 
fifty-five  ships  or  vessels. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


ll'M^  A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor. 

JsBT  iMi         Fejini  that  the  failure  to  pay  the  troops  in  service  in  1793,  will  injure 
WiM:*      tbe  recruiting  busineHs.     Loe  county  liable  to  be  attacked  by  the  Chero- 
kee IndianK.     Recommends  Sam'l  Todd  to  be  appointed  agent  to  collect 
certain  arrears  of  taxes  and  duties  in  the  Brigade,  of  which  Stafford  is 
a  part. 


Jmn'yU  J.  K.  Read  to  James  Wood. 

fCichnKiod       Petitions  the  Executive  for  compensation  as  health  officer  while  the 
small'pox  prevailed  in  Richmond. 


imn'y  2d        J-  K.  Read  and  James  Russell  jointly  solicit  the  Executive  for  com- 
Richiuond   pensation  as  health  officers.     They  lost  their  general  practice  on  account 

of  this  service,  and  the  daily  report  to  the  Executive  took  much  of  their 

time. 


Jan'y  2d  Sam I7EL  Coleman  to  the  Libut.-Govsrnor. 

Council  Communicates  the  usual  quarterly  returns  from  the  Superintendent 

office       ^^  ^t^  Point  of  Fork. 


Jao'y  8d  James  Dtkes  to  the  GtOVERnor. 

Fredericks-       Solicits  the  appointment  as  agent  to  collect  certain  arrears  of  taxes 
burg        and  duties  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Fi'cdericksburg  is  a  part^ 


Jan'ySd  Edward  Carter  to  the  Gtovernor. 

Recommends  Mr.  Thomas  Chilton  as  agent  to  collect  certain  arrears 
of  taxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Prince  William  is  a  part. 


Jan'y  3d  Matthew  Page  to  Jno.  Steele. 

Recommends  Capt.  Gaines  as  agent  to  collect  certain  arrears  of  taxes 
in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which is  a  part. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


Daniel  Coleman,  of  Caroline  county,  recommended  to  the  Governor       1794. 
as  collector  of  arrearages  of  taxes.  Jan'y  3d 


Will:  Hines  of  Southampton  Co.  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  3d 

Solicits  appointment  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes  for  the  Eighth  Manchester 
Brigade. 


H.  Brooke  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  4th 

Recommends  Thomas  Chilton  as  agent  to  collect  certain  arrears  of     Fauquier 
taxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Fauquier  is  a  part. 


Wm.  Hat  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  4th 

Recommends  Captain  Charles  Yancey  as  agent  to  collect  arrears  of  Richmond 
taxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which is  a  part. 


Resolutions  of  North  Carolina,  relating  to  deoision  of  the  Fed-    Jan'y4th 
s&AL  Judiciary,  that  a  State  may  be  Sued  bt  an  Individual. 

NORTH  CAROLINA: 
In  Senate^  4tb  January,  1794. 

Whereas,  it  hath  been  determined  in  the  Supreme  Federal  Court  of  North  Care- 
the  United  States,  that  a  State  may  be  sued  by  an  Individual  or  Indi-         ^^^^ 
vidaals  in  said  Court, 

Resolved,  that  such  a  power,  however  it  might  have  been  contem- 
plated by  some,  was  not  generally  conceived  by  the  Representatives  of 
this  State  in  the  Convention  which  adopted  the  Federal  Constitution  as 
a  power  to  be  vested  in  the  Judiciary  of  the  General  Government,  and 
that  this  General  Assembly  view  the  same  as  derogatory  of  the  reserved 
rights  and  sovereignty  of  this  State. 

Resolved,  that  the  Senators  from  this  State  in  the  Senate  of  the 
United  States  be  and  they  are  hereby  instructed,  and  the  representa- 
tives requested,  to  take  the  most  speedy  and  effectual  measures  to 
obtain  such  amendments  in  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  aa 
will  remove  or  Explain  any  clause  or  article  of  the  said  Constitution 
which  can  be  construed  to  imply  or  Justify  a  decision,  that  a  State  is 
compellable  to  answer  in  any  suit  by  an  Individual  or  Individuals  in 
any  Coaii  of  the  United  States. 


CALENDAB  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  BttolTed,  that  notliiiig  io  the  foregoiDg  raolotions  oontained  shall 

Jao  J  4Mh  operate  to  prohibit  the  Senators  and  Bepresentatires  of  this  State  fW>m 
co-operating  with  the  members  of  other  States  in  proposing  sach  other 
amendments  to  the  Federal  Constitatlon  as  to  them  may  appear  calcu- 
lated to  secore  the  sovereignty  of  the  Several  States  and  to  promote  the 
tme  interests  of  the  people. 

fiesolved,  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor  is  hereby  reqoested  to 
commanicate  the  foregoing  resolves  to  the  Supreme  Ezecative  of  the 
Several  States,  and  to  the  Senators  and  representatives  from  this  State 
to  the  Con|i:ress  of  the  United  States. 

WM.  LEXOIR,  S.  S. 
By  order, 

S.  HAYWOOD,  C.  S. 

In  the  House  of  Commons,  11th  January,  1794,  read  and  concurred 
with. 

J.  LEIGH,   S.  H.  C. 
By  order, 

J.  HUNT,  C.  H.  C. 


Jan*y4kb  ^'   BaooKB  to  ths  GrOTKRsroE. 


Agreeably  to  your  directions,  I  attended  the  Escheator  in  the  county 
^""^  of  Frederick,  on  24th  tdu  when  the  title  to  that  part  of  the  manor  of 
Leeds  lying  within  that  County  was  submitted  to  the  determination  of 
an  inquest,  a  majority  of  whom  found  against  the  Commonwealth. 

On  reflecting  on  the  Inquisition  since  it  was  taken,  I  am  induced  to 
beleive  it  is  defective,  and  will  not  conclude  the  rights  of  the  State;  but 
of  this  I  suppose  the  Att*y>Geni  will  inform  you,  after  having  consid- 
ered it. 

I  also  attended  the  Escheator  in  the  County  of  Fauquier,  on  the  27th, 
but  as  the  time  given  me  to  reflect  on  the  subject,  as  well  as  the  infor- 
mation, had  been  very  limited,  and  1  could  not  after  the  argument  at 
Frederick  have  that  recourse  to  Books  that  I  wished,  I  took  the  liberty 
of  advising  the  Escheator  of  Fauquier  to  postpone  taking  his  inquest 
untill  the  19th  of  April,  when  I  hope  to  be  fully  prepared  to  assert  the 
rights  of  the  Commonwealth. 

Having  no  opportunity  of  seeing  the  Escheator  of  Shanandoah,  I 
could  make  no  possative  arrangement  for  his  County,  but  recommended 
him,  by  letter,  to  appoint  some  day  eariy  in  April  to  take  his  Inquest 
and  to  give  me  such  notice  as  will  enable  me  to  attend  him. 

As  a  further  reason  for  my  presuming  to  delay  this  business,  I  beg 
leave  to  observe  that  it  appeared  to  me  to  be  the  wish  of  all  the  Individ- 
uals  who  conceived  themselves  particularly  interested  in  the  determina- 
tion of  it.    To  them  it  appeared  strange  that  after  so  many  years  had 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


elapsed  without  proceeding  one  step  in  the  business,  it  should  now  be  1794. 
precipitated  at  an  inclement  season  oi  the  year,  and  without  such  notice  Jan'y  4th 
as  would  inable  those  who  might  think  it  necessary  to  procure  counsel 
ID  aid  of  the  Commonwealth  to  do  so.  These  and  many  other  observa- 
tions satisfied  me  that  the  only  means  of  preventing  that  dissatisfaction, 
which  would  have  discovered  itself  on  the  failure  of  the  Commonwealth 
on  a  second  instance,  was  to  postpone  the  prosecution  of  the  business 
for  a  short  time,  which  I  hope  will  experience  your  approbation,  and 
that  you  will  believe  me  to  be,  &c. 


MoNs's  P.  A.  Cherui,  Viob-Consul   French  Republic,  to  the  Gov-    Jan'y  4th 

ERNOR. 

Alexandria,  the  4th  January,  1794, 
the  3d  year  of  the  French  Republic. 

Citizen  Cherui,  Yice>Consul  of  the  French  Republic  in  Alexandria,  to  Alexandria 
Mr.  H.  Lee,  Governor  of  Virginia,  and  Commanding  Officer  of  the 
Military  Forces  of  the  State: 

Having  been  appointed  on  the  31st  of  the  last  month  Yice- 
Consul  of  the  French  Republic  in  Alexandria,  with  the  Exequatur  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  I  thought  a  duty  incumbent  on  me 
to  Mr.  Loyd  Lee's,  where  I  heard  with  regret  you  had  Jubt  set  off  to 
Richmond. 

I  have  since  exhibited  my  title  papers  to  the  Constituted  Authorities 
in  this  Town  that  I  might  find  in  their  powers  the  help  and  rights 
which  my  office  place  may  require  in  some  cases,  according  to  the  treat- 
ies and  rules  agreed  to  thereupon.  As  you  are  the  Chief  Magistrate  of 
this  State,  and  none  of  the  Authorities  can  act  without  you,  I  request 
you  to  send  them  the  necessary  orders,  if  there  is  any  occasion  for  it. 

If  niy  affairs  did  not  detain  me  in  Alexandria,  where  I  am  absolutely 
necessary  to  distribute  succours  to  a  great  number  of  Frenchmen  come 
from  St.  Domingo,  twelve  of  whom  are  in  the  greatest  distress,  and 
sollicit  the  beneficence  of  the  Inhabitants  of  this  State,  I  would  have 
been  happy  to  go  and  acquaint  you  personally  with  these  title  papers, 
and  to  assure  you  of  the  desire  I  have  of  deserving  the  esteem  of  the 
first  magistrate  of  the  province  where  I  live,  and  that  I  will  endeavour 
to  acquire  by  my  behavior  and  respect  for  the  sovereignty  of  a  free  peo- 
ple. 

Be  satisfied.  Sir,  that  I  will  employ  all  means  to  prove  to  the  inhabi- 
tants of  this  State,  as  well  as  to  the  bravo  Republican  who  commands 
over  them,  the  most  inviolable  attachment  which  ought  forever  unite 
oar  two  Republics,  k  the  greatest  respect  for  the  laws  &  Constituted 
Aathorities  of  a  Country  which  I  honor,  since  it  has  been  the  first 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       which  shook  off  the  yoke  of  Tyranny,  and  traced  to  U8  by  the  Courage 
Jan'y  4th    of  its  inhabitants  and  the  virtues  of  its  Chiefs  the  sacred  road  to  liberty. 
Accept,  Sir,  my  sincere  regard  and  respect. 

P.  S. — I  take  the  liberty  to  Enclose  in  the  present  letter  a  list^  of  the 
French  men  who  are  in  need  of  relief  and  whom  the  French  Republic 
has  relieved  since  their  arrival  six  weeks  ago. 


Balance  of  the  Books  belonging  to  the  President,  Directors  &  Company 
of  the  Bank  of  Alexandria,  taken  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1794: 

To  Bills  A  notes  Di8counted..277,435  98        By  Stock.. 150,000  00 

Tb  Cash.. 73,215  22        By  Post  Notes  issued 34,758  70 

To  Incidental  charges 6,986  54        By  Bank  Notes.. 133,760  00 

By  DepodtB 38,216  74 

By  Discounts 10,845  63 

By  Profit  &  Loss 55  67 

357,636  74  357,636  74 


Bank  of  Alexandria, 

January  6th,  1794. 


GURDEN  CHAPIN,  Cashier. 


Jan'y  6th  David  Ross  to  the  Governor. 

Cobbam         Recommending  Bcnj'n  Day  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes 
in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Fredericksburg  forms  part. 


Jan'y  6th  ^-  Burwell  to  the  Governor. 

King  Wil-        Soliciting  agency  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of 
liam  county  which  King  William  forms  a  part. 


Jan'y  6th  Thomas  Watkins  to  the  Governor. 

Halifax  Recommending  Peter  Barksdale  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes  in 

Brigade  district,  of  which  Halifax  is  part. 

*  List  lile<i  with  ori)dnal  papers. 


CALENDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


Chables  Wills  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

I  am  iDformed  since  my  return  from  Bichraond  that  Gapt'n  John  Jan'y  7th 
McCollock  from  this  county  made  an  Incursion  with  thirty  men  into  the  Ohio  county 
Indian  Country,  fell  in  with  two  Camps,  divided  his  men,  and  attacked 
them  at  daybreak;  Carried  the  one  where  he  commanded,  but  thro'  the 
misconduct  of  Lieut.  Biggs,  who  was  to  have  attacked  the  other,  he 
says,  was  obliged  to  abandon  them.  The  particulars  I  hope  Capt.  Mc- 
Collock has  before  this  Informed  your  Excellency  of.  The  Indians  have 
since  killed  three  men  of  Eight,  who  were  on  a  Scout  at  the  same  time. 
As  the  army  under  Gen'l  Wayne  has  made  little  progress  last  fall,  we 
are  likely  to  receive  early  visits  from  some  of  the  Indian  tribes  the  ensu- 
ing Spring. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Warner  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  8th 

Recommends  Peter  B.  Whiting  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  Gloucester 
taxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Gloucester  is  a  part. 


Phil.  B.  Thompson  to  Jno.  Steele.  Jan'ySth 

Recommending  David  Strother  for  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of    Cnlpeper 
taxes  in  Brigade  district  of  which  Culpeper  forms  part. 


Wm.  Fleming  Gaines  to  Jas.  Wood.  jan'y  8th 

Solicits  appointment  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brig-    King  Wil- 
ade  district,  of  which  King  William  forms  a  part.  ^^°^ 


John  Jameson  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  8th 

Recommending  Daniel  Strother  for  appointment  as  agent  for  collect-    Culpeper 
ing  arrears  of  taxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Fauquier  forms 
part. 


Benjamin  Temple  to  the  Gtoyernor.  Jan'yOth 

Solicits  the  appointment  of  agent  for  the  collection  of  the  arruan  of  ELing  Wil- 
tAxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  King  WUIiam  is  a  part.  ^^^  <»anty 


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'^W^nnion-  ^ilk»r  HTmiiii.   T:iuxi!!£r  IL^iirtbtir  Hm.    iiiu.   (mten^    TSsmnniBiii  Jsa. 


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Alex:  Stuart  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

Recommends  Wm.  Patton  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  in   Jan'y  10th 
Brigade  district,  of  which  Staunton  is  part. 


Petition  of  John  Poindexter,  Jr.,  and  others  for  the  pardon  of  negro   Jan'y  11th 
woman  Peg,  condemned  in  the  County  Court  of  Louisa  to  suffer  death 
for  an  attempt  to  administer  poison. 


Wm.  Da  vies  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  I2th 

Soliciting  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  for    Broadway 
Brigade  district,  in  which is  a  part. 


Samuel  Todd  to  the  Executive.  Jan'y  13th 

Soliciting  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Rixikbridge 
Brigade  district,  of  which  Botetourt  is  a  part.  county 


Wm.  Graham  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  18th 

Recommends  Sam'l    Todd  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes 
for  Brigade  district,  of  which  Botetourt  forms  part. 


Daniel  Carroll  Brent  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  I4th 

Recommends  Enoch  Mason  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes      Stafford 
in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Stafford  forms  part.  county 


Andrew  Reid  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  I5th 

Solicits  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Bri-  Rockbridge 
gade  district,  of  which  Rockbridge  forms  part.  ^'  ^^* 


John  Oliver  to  the  Governor.  jan*y  I5th 

SolicitiDg  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Bath  county 
Brigade  district,  of  which  Bath  forms  part. 


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1794. 


Alex:  Campbell,  Att't  Gen'l,  to  the  Governor. 


Jan'y  loth  I  have  roc'd  your  Excellency's  letter  of  this  day,  and  in  Conaequence 
Richmond  of  it,  have  written  to  the  British  and  French  Consuls  at  Norfolk  the 
letters  which  are  enclosed.  The  instructions  w'ch  I  have  received  from 
the  President  of  the  U.  S.  contemplate,  before  any  duty  is  imposed  on 
me,  or  any  authority  is  committed  to  me,  an  actual  seizure  of  the  ves- 
sel, sufi^gested  to  have  been  captured  within  the  limits  of  our  Jurisdic- 
tion, and  a  notification  of  that  seizure  from  the  Governor.  To  gratify, 
however,  as  much  as  I  can  the  complaining  party,  I  have  appointed  a 
day  in  Norfolk  for  the  purpose  of  taking  the  depositions  of  the  wit- 
nesses mentioned  by  the  British  Consul,  and  of  any  others  which  he  or 
the  opposite  party  may  bring  before  me. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Jan'y  16th 


Sam.  Hopkins,  Jr.,  to  the  Gtovernor. 


Logsdale         Recommends  Thomas  Vaughan  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 
taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Mecklenburg  forms  part. 


Jan'y  16th 


John  Key  to  James  Wood,  Lt.  Gov'r. 


Albemarle  Being  applied  to  lately  by  one  of  my  County  men  to  assist  in  making 
of  a  Court  to  take  depositions,  &c.,  to  enable  him  to  get  a  second  deed 
for  a  tract  of  Land  conveyed  to  him  before  our  records  ware  destroyed 
by  the  enemy.  Not  knowing  whether  I  was  named  in  the  Commis- 
sion, applyed  to  the  Clerk's  Office  to  see  whether  or  not,  but  none  could 
bo  found;  therefore  I  would  not  undertake  to  bo  one  of  the  members, 
and  suppose  others  refused  likewise.  He  again  requested  the  favor  of 
me  to  write  the  Governor  and  Council  on  the  occasion.  Having  the 
honer  to  have  some  acquaintance  with  you  is  the  reason  I  address  my- 
self to  you  in  behalf  of  the  poor  man,  who  assures  me  unless  the  hon- 
•  orable  Board  grants  him  some  relief,  it  is  to  bring  ruin  on  him.  I  hope 
the  law  is  not  repealed  giving  the  honorable  Board  the  power  in  send- 
ing new  commissions  on  applications  to  them  made  on  such  occasions, 
if  not,  hope  the  honorable  Board  will  take  it  under  consideration,  and 
give  the  necessary  relief  in  their  wisdom,  and  the  Laws  authorizes  your 
assistance  on  this  occasion,  will  Greatly  oblige  a  poor  man  and  your 
Honorable's 

Most  Obedient  &  Humble  Servant. 

P.  S. — In  case  the  law  requires  a  Special  Commission,  the  man  is 
James  Old  of  Albemarle  County, 


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Sam:   Huntingdon,  Governor  of  Connecticut,  to  the  Governor  of       1794. 

Virginia. 

I  am  honored  with  your  letter  of  the  15th  ulto.,  covering  a  Resolve  of  Jan'y  15th 
the  General  Asaemhly  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  of  the  28th  of    Norwich 
November,  to  which  it  refers. 

I  have  also  the  satisfaction  to  acquaint  your  Excellency  that  the 
Legislature  of  this  State,  in  October  last,  passed  a  Resolve  giving  direc- 
tions and  instructions  to  the  members  from  this  State  now  in  Congress 
similar  to  those  expressed  in  the  Resolves  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Commonwealth  over  which  you  have  the  honor  to  preside. 

I  am  not  possessed  of  a  copy  of  our  Resolve,  which  must  plead  my 
Excuse  for  not  transmitting  the  same  at  this  time. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Rioh'd  Eennon  to  the  GrOVERNOR.  Jan'y  16th 

Recommends  Thos.  Vaughan  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes  for  Bri-    Mecklen- 
gade  district,  of  which  Mecklenburg  is  part.  ^^^ 


Robert  Slaughter  appointed  Collector  of  Taxes  for  the  year  1793  in   Jan'y  16th 
the  county  of  Culpeper.  Richmond 


John  Guerrant  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  16th 

Recommends  Thomas  W.  Royster  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  Goochland 
taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Goochland  is  part.  county 


William  Clark  to  the  Governor.  jan'y  I6th 

Soliciting  appointment  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  dis-   Albemarle 
trict,  of  which  Albemarle  forms  part. 


Wm.  Hat  to  the  Governor.  Jan'yl7th 

Rengning  as  Director  of  Pubiio  Buildings. 


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1794. 

Jan*v  16th 

Council 
office 


Sam'l  Coleman  to  ths  Gotsbnor. 

The  Enclosed  papers  are  claims  of  William  Graham  for  160  Days'  ser- 
vice as  Scout  in  Greenbrier  County,  amounting  to  forty  pounds;  and  ot 
Matthew  Farley  for  153  days'  service  as  a  Scout  in  the  Same  County. 
The  proof  of  these  services  appears  by  the  oath  of  the  persons  employ- 
ing them,  and  their  Employment  wa8  authorized  by  Colonel  Steele. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Jan'y  17th 


Norfolk 


Robert  Tatlor,  Mayor  of  Norfolk,  to  the  Goyerhor. 

Col :  Newton,  about  the  18th  of  December,  delivered  me  two  thous- 
and dollars,  to  be  applied  to  the  relief  of  the  French  Emigrants  from 
Cape  Francois. 

Mess.  Donald  Campbell  and  Baylor  Hill,  who  were  appointed  by  the 
Court  Commissioner  for  the  purpose  of  distributing  the  benevolence  of 
the  country,  inform  me  that  this,  as  well  as  what  other  money  they  have 
had  in  their  hands,  is  exhausted;  they  therefore  desire  me  to  mention 
it  to  you,  Sir,  that  if  any  further  sum  can  be  obtained  for  this  purpose 
that  they  now  stand  in  need  of  it.  On  Tuesday,  the  14th  Inst.,  an 
information  was  lodged  with  Col:  Newton  by  the  French  Consul  that 
some  Frenchmen  had  meditated  a  Riot  or  an  Attack  upon  some  who 
were  lodged  in  the  Hospital  at  the  Ferry  Point  late  that  night.  Colo.  New- 
ton apply ed  to  me  on  the  Subject,  when  he  informed  me  that  he  had 
resigned  his  Commission,  and  that  the  next  officer  in  Command  of  the 
Militia  wished  not  to  order  a  guard  except  by  direction  of  the  Civil 
Magistrate.  Tho'  I  do  not  know  if  I  had  any  such  authority,  yet  as 
I  Considered  the  Peace  and  tranquility  of  the  Town  the  first  object,  I 
wrote  to  the  Commander  of  the  Militia  requesting  him  to  order  a  guard 
of  fifteen  men,  under  a  Captain,  to  parade  the  Streets,  and  to  retain 
and  confine  all  riotous,  disorderly  persons.  Mr.  Oster  had  also  applyed 
to  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  County,  who,  at  his  request,  had  sent 
a  Guard  to  the  Hospital,  between  whom  and  the  Guards  of  this  Town 
some  signal  had  been  agreed  upon,  which  being  wantonly  given  occa- 
sioned the  Drum  to  beat  to  arms  about  4  o^cPk  on  Wednesday  Morning, 
but  the  same  being  immediately  discovered,  and  the  Drum  silenced,  it 
occasioned  less  alarm  in  the  Town  than  could  be  expected,  especially  as 
the  alarm  of  fire  is  by  beat  of  Drum. 

In  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  I  waited  on  the  French  Consul  to 
enquire  into  the  Business.  From  him  I  rec'd  the  letter,  a  translation  of 
which  I  now  have  the  honor  to  Enclose  you,  with  an  information  that 
he  had  called  at  my  house  the  Evening  before,  but  not  finding  me  at 
home  had  lodged  it  with  Col.  Newton. 


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I  have  been  thus  particular  in  this  affair,  as  things  of  this  nature  are  1794. 
generally  misrepresented.  For  my  own  part,  I  think  the  Peace  officers  Jan'y  17th 
of  the  Borough  sufficient  in  General  to  preserve  the  tranquility  and 
order  of  the  town ;  and  that  although  the  French  Consul  has  been  led 
to  believe  serious  consequences  were  intended,  yet  from  every  enquiry 
I  can  make  I  am  apt  to  think  it  was  nothing  more  than  a  private  quar- 
rel, improperly  represented  to  him,  but  yet,  in  our  present  situation, 
having  a  British  Frigate  in  our  Harbor,  and  a  French  Ship  of  10  Guns, 
which  arrived  here  yesterday  with  dispatches  from  Brest,  perhaps  some 
other  precaution  may  be  necessary.  I  know.  Sir,  that  complaints  have 
been  made  that  the  Guards  lately  called  out  was  Burthensome  and 
oppressive  in  operation.  This,  I  imagine,  may  have  proceeded  from 
more  being  on  the  duty  than  was  necessary ;  but  if  six  men  were  called 
out  every  night  with  the  Town  Watch  I  should  hope  the  security  of 
the  Town  would  be  assured,  and  the  Inhabitants  not  oppressed  with 
the  rotine  of  duty  that  so  small  a  number  would  occasion,  and  if  it  is 
permittant  with  the  Militia  Law  to  be  put  under  the  Control  of  the 
Civil  Magistrate  by  the  return  of  the  night  being  to  him,  I  should 
hope  it  would  also  add  to  its  Peace  and  order. 

It  would  be  perhaps  right  if,  instead  of  six  men  from  the  Militia,  six 
were  added  to  the  Nightly  Watch,  but  the  Town  has  already  incurred 
so  many  Expences  during  the  last  year,  that  it  is  not  able  to  make 
this  addition  without  distressing  the  Inhabitants,  and  as  the  guard  is 
intended  to  keep  the  peace  in  which  the  whole  Country  is  interested,  it 
will  be  perhaps  thought  it  should  be  a  general  Expense. 

I  have  considered  it  my  duty  to  report  to  you  our  situation,  that  you 
may  direct  a  Guard  if  you  think  it  proper,  and  I  take  leave  to  assure 
your  Excellency  that  I  shall  endeavor  all  that  in  me  lies  to  preserve 
the  Peace  and  order  of  the  Town,  at  no  time  more  necessary  than  at 
present,  when  men's  minds  seem  to  be  afloat  and  wandering  to  objects 
that  may  not  be  either  Conducive  to  their  own  happiness,  or,  what  is 
still  of  more  consequence,  the  public  welfare. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Norfolk,  January  14th,  1794.  Jan'y  17th 

Third  year  of  the  French  Republic,  at  six  o'cl'k  in  the  Evening. 

Sir, 

I  am  informed  that  a  number  of  Frenchmen,  who  are  to  me  as  yet 
unknown,  but  reside  in  this  Town,  are  disposed  to  trouble  the  tranquil- 
ity of  a  Family,  and  some  particular  persons,  who  are  very  Respectable 
by  their  patriotism  to  the  French  Republic,  and  that  their  intention  is 
to  go  this  Evening  to  Attack  them  at  the  Hospital,  where  they  have 
lodged  since  the  Day  before  yesterday;  that  they  arrived  from  New 


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1794. 
Jaa*y  17ih 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS, 


Jan'y  17th 


York  furnished  with  recomxneiidatioDS  to  which  I  owe  the  greatest 
respect,  and  by  which  I  am  authorized  to  attend  to  their  Safety,  their 
wants,  and  their  passage  to  France  br  the  French  vess^  which  are 
momently  expected.  This  disposition  on  the  part  of  these  Distarbers  of 
the  pnblick  repose,  giving  me  the  most  poignant  apprehensions,  I 
impress  myself  with  confidence,  sir,  to  have  reeonrse  to  yonr  anthority 
in  order  to  hinder  any  Assembly  of  Frenchmen  in  the  Town,  and  to 
stop  by  this  means  their  Eyil  projects.  The  safety  <^  the  persons  who 
are  recommended  to  me  appearing  to  demand  Some  Days  a  Safe  Guard, 
I  intreat  yon  earnestly  to  have  the  goodness  to  grant  them.  Yonr  seal 
for  good  order,  and  yonr  Loye  of  hamanity,  being  known  to  me,  I  hope 
that  joa  will  condescend  to  my  request,  and  that  you  will  not  doubt 
more  of  the  sincere  thankfulness  that  shall  have  for  it.  than  of  the 
Sentiments  of  my  attachment  and  respect  for  jou. 


Signed, 


OSTER 


Greeting. 


To  Mr.  Robert  Taylor, 

Mayor  of  Norfolk, 


A&THirR  Campbell  to  the  GoyEENoa. 


Washington       Replies  to  accusations  of  Capt,  A.  Lewis  against  Lieutenant  Willough- 
^'^^'"^^      by.     Defends  the  court-martial  held  for  his  trial.     Charges  Capt,  Lewis 
with  falsehood  in  his  letter  written  to  the  Goyemor,  and  being  actuated 
by  malice  rather  than  a  loye  of  truth. 


Jan'y  17th 


John  Barrett,  Mayor  of  Richmond,  to  the  GoyERNOR. 


Richmond  In  order  to  giye  the  Executiye  the  information  they  required  respect- 
ing the  French  Emigrants  from  St.  Domingo,  I  was  obliged  to  apply  to 
Mr.  Dubois  for  his  assistance,  who  is  well  acquainted  with  the  circum- 
stances of  all  those  unfortunate  people  that  came  to  this  place,  and  he 
hath  furnished  me  with  the  information  Inclosed,  to  which  I  refer  you. 
It  appears  that  except  Mr.  Lanes,  his  family,  and  Mr.  Meifrein  (who  are 
supported  altogether  by  charity),  the  rest  are  all  tradesmen,  and  are 
able  to  support  themselves  Comfortably.  Mr.  Lanes  and  his  family  are 
to  be  found  at  Mr.  Truins  in  this  city. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 

M.  Meifrein  now  at  a  French  Lady's,  who  lives  close  by  Gab.  Wood. 

M.  Lanes,  his  wife  big  with  child,  and  a  boy  their  son,  wishes  to  be 
enabled  to  return  immediately  to  St.  Domingo.  The  husband  prefer  to 
expose  himself  to  the  inconveniences  of  war  rather  than  be  a  charge  to 


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this  country  in  a  moment  where  his  wife's  situation  would  require  too       1794. 
much  expence.  Jan'y  17th 

The  other  Gentlemen  from  St.  Domingo  living  now  in  this  town,  but 
who  can  support  themselves  are  the  following: 

Mr.  Marchand,  his  wife,  and  a  boy  their  son ; 

Mr.  Courty,  who  lives  at  Crouches; 

Mr.  Bronde,  at  Chelsea; 

Mde.  Rancourt,  at  Chelsea; 

Three  French  Taylors  on  the  other  side  of  the  creek. 

There  was  here,  some  time  ago,  a  French  Carpenter,  who  applied  to 
me;  I  found  Employment  for  him,  but  having  been  displeased,  he  went 
away,  and  I  don't  know  what  is  become  of  him. 


Thos.  Nbwton  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  Jan'y  ISth 

Agreeable  to  your  warrant,  Joseph  Lavelle  has  been  up,  and  was  last  Norfolk 
night  committed  to  Goal,  by  the  Mayor  of  this  place.  A  question  arose 
whether  he  was  bailable  or  not.  We  shall  be  much  obliged  for  your 
&  the  Attorney-General's  opinion  thereon,  as  he  has  offered  Bail,  &  from 
circumstances  and  depositions  the  man  appears  to  be  innocent.  Your 
warnt  directs  him  to  be  legally  Committed;  this  caused  a  doubt 
whether  he  could  be  admitted  or  not  to  bail ;  he  now  is  ready  to  be 
delivered  to  Gov'r  Mifflin  when  he  pleases  to  demand  him.  I  had  him 
taken  up  &  brought  before  me,  but  under  the  Act  of  Congress  allowing 
bail  in  certain  cases,  I  was  of  opinion  the  Mayor  cou'd  bail  him,  there- 
fore sent  him  for  that  purpose,  but  he  differed  in  opinion  &  committed 
him.  As  this  is  a  matter  of  consequence,  the  first  thing  of  the  kind 
which  has  happened  in  these  parts,  we  beg  the  fullest  information  for 
the  conduct  of  the  Justices  in  future.  Another  case  has  arose  here 
which  also  requires  y'r  advice  &  consent.  Several  of  the  seamen  from 
the  British  Ships  of  war  have  deserted ;  we  should  be  glad  to  know 
whether,  on  complaint,  they  are  to  be  taken  up  by  the  civil  officera; 
this  is  a  case  of  consequence  &  very  often  happening  &  I  am  at  a  loss 
bow  to  proceed,  as  the  Act  of  Congress  for  the  Government  of  Seamen 
in  the  merchant's  service  do  not  take  this  in.     I  am 

D'r  Sir, 

Y'rs  Respectfully. 


Thos.  Rotster  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y20th 

Solicits  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Bri-  Goochland 
gade  district,  of  which  Goochland  is  part. 


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1794. 


Wm.  Hay  to  the  Governor. 


Jan'y  20th       Recommends  Benjamin  Oliver,  Jr.,  and  Wm.  Hines  (the  former  of 
Richmond   Hanover  Town,  the  latter  of  Southampton,)  as  agents  for  the  collectioD 
of  arrears  of  taxes  in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Hanover  and  South- 
ampton form  parts  respectively. 


Jan'y  20th 


Thomas  Read  to  the  Governor. 


Charlotte        Recommends  Col.  Thos.  Spencer  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 
taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Charlotte  forms  part. 


Jan'y  2l8t 


Jno.  Tyler  to  the  Governor. 


Green  way       Recommends  Hamilton  Wilcox  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 
taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which is  part. 


Jan'y  22d 


Mungo  Harvey  to  the  Governor. 


Westmore-       Soliciting  appointment  for  regulating  the  militia  and  as  agent  for 
^*^^        collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Westmore- 
land forms  part. 


Jan'y  22d 


J.  Pendleton,  Auditor,  to  the  Governor. 


Richmond  Having  escaped  the  General  rage  on  a  late  occasion,  I  am  preparing 
to  leave  town  in  order  to  avoid  the  mild  alternative  of  innoculation. 
From  the  situation  of  the  place  and  the  season  of  the  year,  I  presume 
but  little  running  business  will  occur  for  some  time;  and  as  the  Gentle- 
man Clerks  are  well  acquainted  with  the  respective  branches  of  the 
publick  business,  I  flatter  myself  no  inconvenience  will  result  from  my 
absence.  I  shall  remove  only  six  miles  into  the  Country,  and  will 
endeavor  to  obviate  any  delay  or  difficulty  by  frequent  communications 
with  the  Gentlemen  in  the  office,  and  I  will  avail  myself  of  the  earliest 
safe  moment  to  return  to  the  duties  of  my  office.  Mr.  Shepard  will 
prepare  a  statement  of  the  arrearages  according  to  the  Act  under  which 
the  Executive  are  to  operate  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  next  nfonth. 

I  wish  all  patients  (Except  Doctors  &  Magistrates)  happily  through 
the  disorder  of  w*ch  I  am  myself  so  much  afraid.  I  shall  leave  Town 
about  Saturday.  I  bogg  leave  to  present  my  best  respects  to  your 
Bxc*y  and  the  members  of  the  Hon'ble  Board,  and  I  am,  with  respect, 
your  Ex'cy*8 

Most  ob't  serv't. 


CALENDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  17 


Ben  J.  Johnson  to  Hon.  James  Wood.  1794. 

RecommeDcls  Richard  Barboar  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of    Jan'y  22d 
taxes  for  Brigade  district,  of  which  Orange  forms  part.  Orange  Co. 


H.  Brooke  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y23d 

Solicits  the  appointment  of  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes     Fanquier 
for  Brigade  district,  of  which  Fauquier  forms  part. 


Edward  Carter  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y24th 

Recommends  E.  Brooke  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in       Prince 
Brigade  district,  of  which  Prince  William  forms  part.  '  **^ 


Thos.  Lee,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  24th 

Recommends  Henry  Dade  Hoe  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of    Park  Gate 
taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which is  part. 


Ro.  Beale  to  the  Governor.  Jan*y24th 

Solicits  appointment  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  dis-  Madison  Co. 
trict,  of  which  Madison  is  part. 


Samuel  Duval  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  2iHh 

Solicits  appointment  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brig-     Franklin 
ade  district,  of  which  Franklin  forms  part.  Courthouse 


Edmund  Winston  to  the  Governor.       •  Jan'y  25th 

Rooora mends  Alex.  Stuart  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  for    Camphell 
Brigade  district,  of  which  Campbell  forms  part.  county 


Samuel  Riohardson  to  the  Governor.  Jan'y  25th 

Solicits  an  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in    Fluvanna 

Brigade  district,  of  which  Fluvanna  is  part. 

o 


18  CALENDAR  OP   STATE   PAPEES. 


17M.  BOB^T  BbOOKB  to   THB  GoYEBlfOB. 

Jan.  2&th  Becommenda  Edmund  Brooke  aa  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 

Fredericka-  taxes  in  Brigside  district,  ot  which  Prince  William  forma  part, 
burg 


Jao.20ih  Lah&bvcs  Mush  to  thb  Gtovebnob. 

Tappahan-       Solicita  the  appointment  aa  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  in 
'^^  Brigade  diatrict,  of  which  Easex  forms  part. 


Jan.  27th    Jamss  Goyan,  Robikt  Pollasd,  Thomas  Nklsoit,  and  J.  Nklson, 

Ckktificath  as  to  Wm.  F.  Gaiwks. 

Recommend  Wm.  F.  Graines  aa  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes 
in  Brigade  district,  of  which forms  part. 


Jan.  27th  HaTUBS   MoBGAN  TO   THS   GOVBRNOR. 

Recommends  Peter  Barksdaie  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxeH 
in  Brigade  district,  of  which  HaliJ&x  forms  part. 


Jan.  27th        Joel  Watkins  and  others  recommend  Peter  Barksdaie  as  agent  for  col- 
lection of  taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Halifax  is  part. 


Jan.  27th  BbNJ.   BiGOS  TO  THE  GOVERNOR. 

West  Lib-  I  beg  leave  to  inform  yon  that  some  time  in  the  month  of  November 
^y  Capt.  John  McColloch  and  Lieut.  Joseph  Biggs,  with  part  of  their  Ran- 
gers, went  a  scout  west  of  the  Ohio  River ;  thoj  found  some  Indian 
Camps;  divided  the  party  in  order  to  attack  them  in  different  quarters — 
the  Captain  Commanding  one  party  and  the  Lieut:  the  other.  On 
their  return  there  arose  a  dispute  between  the  two  officers,  on  which 
the  Captain  arrested  the  Lieut.,  and  has  not  yet  called  on  any  Com- 
manding Officer  of  a  Regiment  for  a  trial.  On  my  return  from  Rich- 
mond, the  Lieut,  applyed  to  mo  to  call  a  Court.  I  summoned  a  suffi- 
cient number  of  Officers.  When  they  met,  the  Capt.  Refused  to  lay  in 
any  charge.  The  Lieut,  appears  to  be  anxious  for  the  trial  (Believing 
himself  innocent);  that  unless  he  can  have  a  trial  shortly,  it  may  be  an 
injury  to  him  in  Raising  his  quota  of  men  for  the  Ensuing  Summer. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  19 


The  Reason  the  Capt.  gave  for  not  giving  in  the  charge  was  he  did  not       1794. 
consider  himself  under  the  notice  of  the  Militia  Officers;  that  no  person    Jan.  27th 
had  the  authority  to  order  a  court  for  that  purpose  except  the  Governor 
or  Major  Lowder.     I  therefore  Beg  you  to  order  a  Court  Martial,  or 
direct  some  officer  in  the  Brigade  how  to  proceed  in  the  Business,  as  the 
Capt.  appears  to  he  very  particular  Respecting  the  matter. 

I  am,  Sir,  &c. 


H.  Knox,  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  Governor.  Jan.  27th 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  18th  War 
instant.  It  will  be  entirely  out  of  ray  power,  Sir,  to  direct  an  advance  I^P*^°^«^^ 
of  any  money  upon  an  unliquidated  account  for  the  services  of  the 
militia.  The  Treasury  will  decline  furnishing  the  money  for  suoh  a 
purpose.  '  The  shortest  mode,  therefore,  will  be  to  direct  the  accounts 
to  be  transmitted  to  the  accountant  of  this  Department,  at  whose  office 
the  accounts  must  be  adjusted.  I  shall  urge  the  business  with  all  my 
power,  and  the  sum  which  shall  be  found  due  shall  be  paid  without 
delay. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


Benjamin  Biggs  to  the  Governor.  Jan.  27th 

Agreeable  to  my  instructions  frori^  you,  I  have  ordered  out  the  num-  Ohio  county 
ber  of  Scouts  &  Rangers  on  the  winter  Bstablishment.  I  feel  myself 
concerned  respecting  the  defence  of  the  frontiers  the  ensuing  summer, 
tho'  I  believe  the  arrangements  made  by  council  to  be  sufficient  as  to 
the  number  of  men.  The  scarcity  of  ammunition  is  a  particular  object. 
We  have  not  in  our  county  more  than  twenty  wt.  of  the  publick  pow- 
der. Lead  we  have  none.  I  know  not  how  the  other  Counties  Belong- 
ing to  the  Brigade  may  be  circumstanced,  I  Believe  nearly  the  same 
situation  with  ourselves.  We  yet  depend  on  the  Executive  for  their 
friendship  towards  the  frontiers,  and  pray  them  to  send  a  supply  of 
ammunition  as  early  as  possible.  We  have  no  account  of  Gen'l  Wayne^s 
coming  to  an  action  this  winter,  therefore  may  reasonably  expect  the 
Indians  to  visit  us  early  in  the  spring.  There  has  been  Contentions 
about  the  appointing  of  the  Scouts  in  this  District  for  the  Ensuing 
Summer  establishments;  it  is  my  wish  that  the  Executive  be  particular 
and  authorize  some  person  for  that  purpose.    Sir,  I  am,  Ac. 


20  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Chapman  Austin  to  the  Governor. 

Jan.  28th         Solicits  appointment  as  agont  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Bri- 
Hanover     gade  district,  of  which  Hanover  is  part. 


Jan.  28th  ThOS.   LeB,  Jr.,  TO  THE   GOVERNOR. 

Park  Gate  Colo.  Simms,  of  Alexandria,  lately  shewed  me  a  memorial  addressed 
to  the  Executive  that  he  has  drawn  up  and  had  signed  by  several  of  the 
Tenants,  on  the  Land  oi  the  Commonwealth  which  I  have  been  ap- 
pointed to  sell.  I  was  summoned  by  one  of  the  Tenants  on  behalf  of 
himself  and  the  rest  to  attend  the  taking  of  Depositions  to  support  the 
claims  set  forth  in  the  memorial.  Not  conceiving  it  any  way  con- 
nected with  my  duty,  I  did  not  attend,  but  the  day  after  the  time  ap- 
pointed I  rode  over  to  see  some  of  the  Tenants  about  their  Replevy 
Bonds,  and  found  Colo.  Simms  still  engaged  in  taking  depositions. 
From  the  information  I  have  received,  admiting  any  of  the  memorial- 
ists to  be  possessed  of  a  right  to  the  claim  they  set  up,  I  am  sure  some 
of  the  signers  to  the  memorial  have  not  the  least  shadow  of  a  title.  From 
the  cursory  reading  of  the  memorial  and  Depositions  shown  me,  there 
are  facts  stated,  which  I  am  warranted  to  say  are  erroneous,  and  if  the 
Executive  think  of  acting  on  the  memorial.  I  hope  they  will  lett  me 
have  an  opportunity  of  seeing  both  memorial  and  depositions,  and  col- 
lecting such  information  as  will  put  the  business  in  a  fair  point  of  view. 
For  my  own  part,  I  cannot  but  think  if  the  Tenants  have  any  right  to 
leases,  that  a  Court  of  Law  is  a  proper  place  for  them  to  seek  redress. 
If  they  are  injured,  the  Commonwealth  by  selling  their  right  and  title 
to  the  land  cannot  in  any  degree  weaken  or  lessen  the  Tenants'  claim 
to  leases.  It  was  in  a  court  of  law  that  a  number  had  their  right  to 
leases  confirmed  to  them  when  the  Commonwealth  last  ordered  the 
Land  to  be  sold,  and  some  of  the  present  signers  to  the  memorial  then 
trj'cd  and  failed  in  proving  before  a  Jury  any  title  to  a  lease,  and  had 
their  claims  dismissed.  I  have  advertised  the  lands  to  be  sold  the  first 
Monday  in  May.  I  postponed  it  to  that  late  period  because  at  that 
time  the  land  in  this  part  of  the  Countr}'  has  its  best  appearance  and 
will  be  most  likely  to  Command  a  price  equal  to  what  I  conceive  its  real 
value.  The  tenants  have  not  yett  taken  their  tobacco  down.  They 
promised  to  make  payments  so  soon  as  they  do,  which,  with  what  little 
I  now  have  by  me,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Treasury.  I  hope  by 
March  Court  to  have  the  acc*ts  against  the  Estates  of  Messrs.  Bullitt, 
Carr,  &  Chapman  in  readiness  to  move  against  them. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Dear  Sir,  with  great  esteem, 

Your  very  obedient,  humble  servant. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


21 


Robert  Williamson  to  thb  Governor. 


1794. 


Solicits  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arreai*s  of  taxes  in     Jan.  28th 


Brigade  district,  of  which  Henry  forms  part. 


Henry 
CJounty 


F.  Watkins  to  the  Governor. 


Jan.  28th 


Recommends  Major  Bibb  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes      Prince 
in  the  Brigade  district,  of  which  Prince  Edwards  forms  part.  Edward 


C.  M.  Thurston  to  the  Governor. 


Jan.  29th 


I  yesterday  received  your  letter  of  ye  25th  instant,  with  the  instruc-  Richmond 
tions  of  the  Executive  and  the  resolution  of  tbe  Assembly  of  12th  Dec. 
last,  relative  to  Escheator.  In  answer  I  can  only  say,  and  with  all  the 
confidence  of  conscious  rectitude,  that  the  information  which  gave  rise 
to  the  Resolution,  so  far  as  it  bears  an  aspect  towards  my  conduct  or 
myself,  is  a  slander.  I  have  neither  been  inattentive  or  delinquent,  but 
have  performed  my  duty.  The  oflScer  who  should  have  attended  the  — 
has  either  mistaken  his,  or  the  law  is  defective.  As  Escheator,  I  made 
application  first  to  the  Attorney  for  the  State  &  district  wherein  I  reside, 
to  be  ready  to  attend  then  and  a  Jury  on  an  Escheat  process.  In  reply 
he  said  that  he  did  not  consider  the  business  within  his  province,  which 
he  conceived  to  be  confined  to  Criminal  cases  only.  My  recourse,  and 
the  only  one  left,  was  then  to  the  attorney  for  the  county  of  Frederick. 
He  denied  that  be  could  have  any  concern  with  it,  being  only  an  officer 
of,  and  under  the  court  of  the  county,  and  therefore  could  not  act  on 
any  occasion  when  the  property  of  the  State  was  in  litigation.  This  is 
a  naked  statement  of  facts.  How  far  as  Escheator  I  have  been  guilty  of 
inattention  or  delinquency,  or  whether  the  law  is  defective  or  the  Attor- 
ney has  mistaken  his  duty,  rests  with  the  Executive  to  determine.  But 
if  the  law  is  sufficiently  explicit  in  designating  the  proper  officer  to 
attend  the  Escheator  and  open  up  the  case  to  the  Jury,  then  is  it  solely 
in  the  power  of  the  Executive  to  obviate  the  difficulty. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Nat.  Anderson  to  Mr..  A.  Blair. 


Jan.  29th 


Soliciting  appointment  as  agent  for  collecting  arrears  of  taxes  in     Hanover 
Brigade  district,  of  which  Hanover  is  part.  CJounty 


22  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  W.  Cabell  to  the  Governor. 

Jan.  29th         Recomraends  N.  Stewart  as  agent  tor  colleetion  of  arrears  of  taxes  iu 
Amhent     Brigade  district,  of  which  Amherst  is  part. 


Jan.  29th  W.   CaBELL  TO  THE  GoYBRNOB. 

Amherst         RecommeDds  A.  Crawford  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes 
in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Amherst  forms  part. 


Jan.  30th    Th.  Johnson,  Dd.  Stuart,  Das'l  Carroll,  Federal  Commission- 
ers, TO  THE  Governor. 

Washington  Wo  are  sorry  to  perceive  by  the  intercourse  between  our  Treasurer 
and  Mr.  Hopkins  that  there  is  no  certainty  of  a  speedy  payment  of  the 
last  part  of  the  Virginia  Donation  to  this  City,  and  that  unless  a  particu- 
lar arrangement  is  made  by  the  Executive,  our  hopes  and  the  public 
expectation  will  be  disappointed.  Permit  me.  sir,  to  intreat  your  atten- 
tion to  this  object,  the  importance  of  which  might  be  so  strongly  with- 
in your  view,  and  that  the  Executive  will  take  the  necessary  measures 
to  ascertain  us  of  the  Receipt  ot  a  considerable  part  of  this  money 
soon,  for  we  assure  you  our  affairs  will  require  it. 

We  are.  Sir, 

Your  most  obed't  Servants. 


Jan.sist    Edmund  Randolph,  Attorney-General   United  States,  to  the 

Governor. 

Phila-  When  I  had  the  honor  of  seeing  your  Excellency  in  Richmond  in 

deiphia  j^jy  |^g^^  j  entrusted  to  the  Commissioner  of  Loans  the  Adjustment  of 
a  cause  upon  the  subject  of  your  letter  of  the  18th  instant.  It  so  hap- 
pened that  the  papers  did  not  reach  me  until  afler  the  Session  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  in  August  last.  Ah  soon  as  I  re- 
ceived them,  I  communicated  them  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
and  he  returned  them  to  me  about  the  latter  end  of  the  last  week.  The 
day  before  yesterday  Mr.  Bradford  qualified  as  the  Attorney-General  ot 
the  United  States,  and  they  are  now  in  his  hands,  as  the  groundwork  of 
a  proceeding,  which  I  have  requested  him  to  institute  at  the  Ensuing 
Session,  which  begins  on  the  third  day  of  next  month. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


CALBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  23 


P.  Hbnry  to  thb  Governor.  1794. 

Eecommonds  Francis  Jaraes  as  agont  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes     Jan.  Slst 
in  Brigade  district,  of  which forms  part.  Long  Island 


Elizabeth  Lovell  to  the  Governor.  January 

Asking  the  Governor  for  a  new  warrant  to  enable  her  to  get  a  pension    Northum- 

as  the  widow  of Lovoll,  for  service  in  the  Continental  Army,      ^^??*^ 

the  first  warrant  having  been  lost  through  the  inattention  of  G.  Stock- 
dile. 


Dennis  Ramsay,  Mayor  of  Alexandria,  to   the  Governor  en-    Feb.  ist. 

CLOSING   statements   OF   THE   FrENOH     EMIGRANTS    FROM   Sx.    Do- 
MINGO. 

I  have  the  pleasure  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  Alexandria 
22d  nlto.,  and  in  conformity  thereto  I  have  made  enquiry  respecting  the 
sitaation  of  the  French  Emigrants  from  Saint  Domingo  in  and  near 
this  Town,  which  you  will  find  by  the  enclosed  statements,  and  which 
I  believe  is  as  near  the  truth  as  possible. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 

List  of  the  unhappy  frenchmen  in  Alexandria  in  the  State  of  Vir- 
ginia, on  the  Ship  Harriot  of  Newburyport,  Capt.  Bradbury,  on  the 
25tb  of  November  last,  who  were  taken  as  a  prise  by  the  Sloop  Arm, 
Captain  Harvey,  from  Bermuda,  where  they  have  been  conducted,  and 
plundered  of  everything,  money,  Jewels,  plate,  and  of  a  part  of  their 
Cloths. 

The  s'd  frenchmen  have  received  no  succours  except  those  which 
have  been  granted  to  them  by  the  Republic  afler  the  order  of  the  min- 
iBter. 

The  widow  Ducrocy,  50  years  old. 

The  widow  Ghalette,  her  daughter  a  little  girl  3  years  old. 

The  Widow  Roderique,  60  years  old. 

The  widow  Dupin,  36  years  old;  Mr.  Clarifoud;  M.  Grimsveral,  60 
years  old;  his  wife  46  years  old;  A  negro  man  called  Azor,  a  free  man, 
whose  two  feet  were  cut  off  since  his  arrival  in  Alexandria.  The  ex- 
pences  for  bis  sickness  are  due  to  Dr.  James  Craig. 

Mr.  Duquenest,  50  years  old. 

M'de  Begnault  the  wife  of  Mr.  Hubert,  and  a  little  girl  eight  years 
old. 


24  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  A  child  twelve  years  old,  an  orphan  without  having  anybody  to  help  him. 

Feb.  1st         The  Widow  Garrat. 

We,  Vice-Consul  of  the  French  Republic  in  Alexandria,  Certify  to 
whom  it  may  belong,  that  the  aforesaid  people  have  declared  to  us  that 
they  stand  in  need  of  relief,  and  requested  us  to  sollicit  for  them  the 
beneficence  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Richmond  in  presenting  their  request 
to  the  Governor  of  the  State. 

12  Jan*y  1793,  3d  year  of  the  French  Republic. 

P.  A.  CHERUI. 

Mr.  Grimprel  was  a  Notary  Public;  is  about  60  years  of  age. 

Mrs.  Grimprel,  46  do.  They  have  some  money  which  will  serve 
them  about  two  months;  also  Bills  on  the  Republic  of  France,  but  can- 
not dispose  of  them.  If  thoy  are  so  fortunate  as  to  dispose  of  them, 
any  money  which  they  may  .receive  they  are  willing  to  refund. 

A  negro  man  formerly  belonging  to  Mr.  Grimpoole  has  lost  both  his 
Feet.  He  will  if  he  survives  want  necessary  cloathing  and  money  to 
pay  the  Doctor's  Bill. 

Mrs.  Roderigue,  a  widow  about  60  years  of  age,  is  both  in  want  of 
money  &  Cloathing,  &c. 

An  orphan  Boy  named  Lender,  12  years  of  Age,  has  no  money. 

Mr.  Duquesnay  is  about  50  years  of  Age;  is  in  want  of  money  and 
cloathing,  and  wishes  to  go  to  France. 

Mrs.  Hubert,  a  widow  29  years  of  Age,  is  in  want  of  money.  She 
has  bills  on  the  Republic  of  France ;  has  also  a  large  Estate  in  St.  Do- 
mingo, but  at  present  is  distressed.  If  she  can  dispose  of  her  Bills,  she 
is  willing  to  repay  the  money  she  may  receive. 

Mr.  Hubert  is  about  33  years  of  age.  He  is  an  officer  in  the  French 
service,  and  engaged  in  the  cause  of  freedom. 

Mrs.  Hubert,  his  wife,  is  about  37  years  of  Age.  They  have  a  daugh- 
ter about  8  years  old.  They  wish  to  go  to  France,  but  are  in  want  of 
money  to  provide  for  their  passage. 

Mrs.  Decroeq  is  a  widow  about  50  years  of  Age.  Is  sickly,  and  in 
want  of  money,  &c. 

Mrs.  Chatele  is  a  widow  about  33  years  of  Age;  has  a  child  three 
years  old.  She  is  the  Daughter  of  Mrs.  Deiroeq,  is  sickly,  in  want  of 
money,  and  wishes  to  go  to  France. 

Mr.  Clairford  is  about  46  years,  who  is  very  much  in  want  of  money. 

Mr.  Javain  and  sister,  two  orphans,  one  20  and  the  other  14  yoars  of 
Age.  They  have  one  thousand  dollars  at  interest  in  this  town,  but  the 
interest  not  sufficient  to  maintain  them.  Miss  Javain  wishes  to  go  to 
France. 

The  above  is  a  list  of  the  French  Emigrants  from  St.  Domingo,  in  and 
near  this  place,  &  as  I  am  informed,  I  believe  to  be  a  Just  statement 

Given  under  my  hand  at  Alexandria,  the  first  day  of  February  1794. 

DENNIS  RAMSAY,  Mayor. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  •PAPERS.  25 


P. TO  THE  Hon.  Hardin  Burnlby.  1794. 

ramends  Nelson  Crawford,  Alex.  Stuart,  and  Francis  James  as  Feb.  let 

for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  districts,  of  which  Lynchburg 
ell  and  Amherst  form  parts. 


Stephen  Cook  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  ist. 

iting  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  for  Cumberland 
B  district,  of  which  Cumberland  forms  part. 


Woodson  and  others  recommend  Stephen  Cooke  as  agent  for 
on  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Cumberland 
>art. 


Thomas  Vaughan  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  2d 

its  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of   arrears  of  taxes  in     Mecklen- 
B  district,  of  which  Mecklenburg  forms  part.  ^"^ 


Ro.  Brooke  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  3d 

m mends  Lawrence  Muse,  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 
yr  Brigade  district,  of  which  Essex  forms  part. 


Robert  Porterfield  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  4th 

its  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in   Charlottes- 
gade  district,  of  which  Augusta  forms  part.  ^^^® 


Richard  Bibb  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  4th 

its  appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  the 
e  district  ef  which  Prince  Edward  forms  part. 


26  CALENIUR  OF  STATE   PAPEES. 


1794.  Edmund  Ruffin  to  the  Governor. 

Feb.  4th         Rocom mends  Francis  EufEn  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes 

Prince  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Prince  George  forms  part. 
George 


Feb.  4th  ANDREW    RoNALD   TO   THE    GOVERNOR. 

Richmond  Permit  me  thus  to  address  your  Excellency  and  the  other  honorable 
members  of  the  Executive  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Andrew  Donald,  who  being 
at  a  distance  from  hence  himself,  has  confided  his  interests  on  the  pres- 
ent occasion  to  my  care.  This  young  gentlemen  who  came  into  this 
county  about  three  years  ago,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  from  Glasgow 
became  a  citizen  of  this  Commonwealth,  is  the  oldest  son  and  heir  at 
law  of  William  Donald,  deceased,  who  was  the  brother  and  heir  of 
James  Donald,  heretofore  a  resident  of  Bedford  county,  but  who  is  now 
also  dead.  Since  Mr.  Andrew  Donald's  arrival,  he  has  sold  to  Mr.  Rob- 
ert Craig,  merchant,  in  Manchester,  two  half  acre  lots  of  land  in  that 
Town,  to  which  he  supposed  himself  entitled  as  heir  to  his  late  Father 
and  Uncle,  upon  which  Mr.  Craig  has  since  erected  some  very  valuable 
buildings,  but  both  these  gentlemen  have  lately  been  much  astonished 
and  alarmed  at  an  advertisement  by  Jesse  Cogbill,  Esq.,  Escheator  for 
Chesterfield  County,  notifying  the  Public  that  those  two  identical  lots 
would  be  sold  on  the  10th  day  of  this  month,  in  virtue  of  an  escheat 
and  office  found  in  favor  of  the  Commonwealth;  whereas,  upon  an  ex- 
amination of  the  Inquest  taken  as  long  ago  as  the  year  1777,  upon  the 
Estate  of  Jaines  Donald  in  the  county  of  Chesterfield,  it  appears  that 
altho'  he  was  found  by  the  Jury  to  be  a  British  Subject,  and  to  be 
seized  of  two  lots  in  the  Town  of  Manchester,  yet  that  their  identity  is 
not  ascertained  in  any  measure  whatever,  and  consequently  that  as  fair 
purchaser  for  a  valuable  consideration,  not  even  Mr.  Donald  himself 
ought  to  be  effected  by  such  a  finding,  which  cannot  in  my  humble  opinion 
Justify  the  Escheator  in  soiling  the  property.  Bui  be  this  as  it  may,  the 
confidence  reposed  in  me,  making  it  my  duty  either  to  attend  the  sale,  or 
to  prevent  it  by  an  application  to  a  Court  of  Judicature,  if  in  my  power, 
and  the  present  circumstance  of  the  Communication  between  this  place 
and  Manchester  being  cut  off  by  means  too  well  known  to  need  a 
description,  it  is  not  permitted  me  to  attend  on  the  day  of  sale  or  to 
obtain  the  necessary  documents  from  Mr.  Craig  and  Mr.  Donald  to 
authorize  my  application  to  a  court  of  equity.  For  these  reasons  and 
for  others  which  might  with  truth  and  propriety  be  assigned,  I  presume 
to  sollicit  from  your  honorable  board  an  order  for  suspension  of  the  sale 
of  the  aforesaid  lots  until  some  more  distant  day. 


I  am  with  every  sentiment  of  respect,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  27 


Melchizedbck  Spraoins  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

Soliciting  appointmont  as  agent  for  collection  of  arreai'S  of  taxes  in     Feb.  6th 
Brigade  district  of  which  Chesterfield  forms  part.  Manchester 


Thos.  Yuille  to  the  Governor.  Halifax 

Recommends Spragins  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 

taxes  for  Brigade  district,  of  which  Halifax  forms  part. 


John  Cropper's  Commission.  Feb.  5th 

As  agent  for  collection  of   arreara  of   taxes   in  Brigade  district,  of  Richmond 
which  Accomack  forms  part. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  5th 

Only  fifly-six  of  my  company  are  yet  rausteredj  scouts  and  non-com-      Wythe 
missioned  officers  included.     The  recruiting  business  has  become  diffi-  ^"  ^ 

cult,  owing  I  believe  in  a  great  measure  to  the  troops  not  receiving  their 
money  for  the  last  year,  which  obstacle  I  hope  will  soon  be  removed, 
knowing  the  Executive  will  so  soon  as  in  their  power  forward  their  pay. 
An  Ensign  and  twenty  men  are  march'd  to  Powell's  Valley.  The  resi- 
due will  be  continued  at  or  in  the  neighborhood  of  Fort  Lee  during  the 
winter  defence.  Twelve  scouts  are  more  than  necessary  to  act  in  Capt. 
Crockett's  Bounds.  Powell's  Valley  requires  attention,  and  shall  direct 
two  out  of  that  number  to  bo  sent  there  untill  the  troops  destined  for 
the  Summer  Defence  are  in  Service. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


Joseph  Carrington  appointed  Collector.  Feb.  5th 

Appointment  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  the  Fourth 
Brigade  district. 


John  Hopkins  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  7th 

1  have  the  honor  of  transmitting  enclosed  a  letter  from  the  Commis:   Richmond 
sioner  of  the  Federal  City,  which  was  sent  to  me  by  the  treasurer  in 


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oi  xh^  m^zi^T%li»  in  m54:xijc  b:m  is  ib«-  Rxevut-it'r:  c<a  h:«  oS^e.  1  am 
pka.«kd  at  Li*  reqae^T-  e»  ihe  opir.s  mi  ^  iLe  Exe^c-QiiTe  wiSJ  be  conclu- 
KT«.  &Dd  prereni  eat  Aznber  dispaie?  viib  him  irj  ^nr  Ba^ines^  that 
m%y  Cj»«rur  on  iLe  •'aljeci  of  iLe  BntUh  Seftmeo  in  ihis  Port ;  and  as 
fnqoect  applications  are  made  to  the  Ma^«m:e«^  you  vi.i  oblige  them 
by  forwarding  yoor  opinion  a$  9«>n  as  convenienu  Aliow  me  a^in  to 
mention  the  di«tre>s«ed  Fntnch  to  yon.  The  commissioners  are  totally 
without  money,  and  e^^  tbe«e  poc^r  pe<»p3e  trom  habit  trusted  to  the 
w^iekly  allowance  for  rappr*rt.  and  had  taken  no  pivcaution  against  its 
not  being  paid,  when  stopped,  had  no  nosoarea  to  keep  them  finom  starv- 
ing. The  Commissioners  were  therefore  under  the  necessity  ot  apply- 
ing to  the  Common  Hall,  who  generously  lent  them  all  the  money  they 
bad  io  their  Chamber,  to  be  repaid  out  of  the  first  to  be  received  from 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  29 

the  Treasury,  but  as  this  sum  was  only  one  hundred  pounds,  and  their  1794. 
weekly  Rations  amounts  to  near  fifly,  I  fear  they  will  again  be  without  Feb.  10th 
any;  and  as  I  imagine  the  present  situation  of  Richmond  may  prevent 
the  Sheriifs  from  the  upper  Country  paying,  and  as  perhaps  those  of 
this  or  the  neighboring  counties  may  have  money  to  pay  to  the  Treas- 
ury if  it  was  permitted  the  Commissioners  to  receive  it,  and  to  draw  on 
the  Auditor,  it  would  be  a  means  of  relieving  those  unfortunate  people. 
The  ship  Normandi  led  this  Port  on  Sunday,  the  9th  instant,  it  is  said 
to  proceed  with  the  other  French  Ships  of  war  to  Annapolis.  The  Doe- 
dalus  appears  to  be  preparing  for  sea.  I  am  happy  to  have  it  in  my 
power  to  report  to  your  Excellency  that  the  behavior  of  both  the 
French  and  English  officers  and  the  crews  of  the  Ships  has  been  hither- 
to peaceable  and  proper,  and  that  they  have  in  no  instance  within  my 
knowledge  insulted  or  infringed  the  neutrality  of  this  Port. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c.. 

Sir,  y'r  ob't  Serv't. 

Norfolk,  February  9th,  1794. 

Sir: 

I  greatly  hope  that  no  dispute  will  ever  arise  between  you  as 
Consul  to  his  Brittanic  majesty,  and  the  magistrates  of  this  Borough 
respecting  the  British  seamen  in  this  Port,  for  while  I  am  happy  in 
observing  that  you  have  ever  appeared  anxious  to  avoid  it,  I  can,  I 
think,  with  justice  say  that  the  magistrates  are  equally  intent  to  pre- 
vent it,  and  that  I  am  sure  they  will  always  in  the  Execution  of  your 
office  assist  you  in  the  manner  they  conceive  it  be  legal  and  proper,  but 
as  doubts  have  arisen  respecting  the  limits  and  extent  of  your  authority, 
I  am  pleased  that  you  have  addressed  to  me  in  your  letter  of  yesterday 
Queries  on  this  question,  all  of  which  I  decline  to  answer,  as  they  may 
lead  to  this  subject,  and  on  which  I  am  not  competent  to  decide;  and 
as  it  puts  it  in  my  power  by  forwarding  your  letter  to  the  Executive  to 
obtain  the  Attorney-Generars  opinion,  who  will,  I'm  in  hopes,  in  answer 
to  your  Queries  draw  the  line  of  your  office  and  the  duty  of  the  magis- 
trates in  assisting  you  in  the  Execution  with  so  strong  a  hand  as  to 
pot  every  matter  that  might  occasion  discussion  with  you  out  of  dis- 
pute. I  imagine  that  it  will  not  be  in  my  power  to  write  the  Governor 
by  this  Post,  but  I  will  most  certainly  forward  a  copy  of  your  letter  to 
him  by  the  next,  and  so  soon  as  I  am  favoured  with  his  answer,  I  will 
take  the  earliest  opportunity  of  communicating  it  to  you. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c., 

ROBERT  TAYLOR,  Mayor. 

P.  S. — The  Constables  that  had  the  British  Seamen  in  custody  yester- 
day were,  I  fear,  intoxicated,  and  tho.  it  is  no  excuse  for  their  behavior. 


30  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       and  for  which  they  deBerre  panishment^  yet  it  wiU  aoooont  to  joo  for 
Feb.  10th    their  impertineDce  and  for  allowing  the  man  to  escape. 

JOHN  HAMILTON,  Eeq., 
Consol  of  his  Brittannick  Majesty^  Norfolk. 


Feb.  10th  Jack,  a  slave,  the  property  of  Ralph  C.  Anderson,  was  convicted  by 
Chesierfieid  the  Coanty  Court  ol  Chesterfield  of  adminisienng  poisonous  medicines 
to  Willi&m  Clebcime  and  Sarah  his  wife,  of  the  said  county,  with  an  in- 
tent to  murder  them.  But  the  Court  are  of  opinion,  unanimously,  thskt 
the  said  Jack  is  an  object  of  men^y,  and  do  recommend  him  accordingly, 
which  wfts  order&d  to  be  certified. 

Present — Thomas  Bc»lling.  George  Mark  ham.  Gnmville  Smith,  Edward 
Morlev.  and  Thomas  Bailev.  Genu.  Justices. 


Fcb.U2h  EL  Kjfox,  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  Governor. 

Wjr  I  Lave  had  the  honor  of  receiving  and  submitting  your  letter  of  the  1 

iittlAiit  to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  The  subject  of  fortifying 
the  Principal  Sea  Pons  of  the  United  States,  in  which  is  included  j^ot- 
Ufik,  is  DOW  under  the  Consideration  ol  a  Committee  of  the  House  of 
Riej^reiientatives.  who  it  is  expected  will  very  shortly  report  their  opin- 
yyn  tbere^on.  Frc^m  the  prevailing  sentiment  little  doubts  seems  to  be 
eutienaaned  thai  a  measure  with  which  the  peace,  safety,  and  dignity  ol 
tirt"  United  States  is  so  intimately  blended,  will  be  adopted.  The  sub- 
J4irt  of  a  long  cc»nti nuance  in  our  ports  of  vessels  of  war  belonging  to 
the  h^lligerent  fiariies  had  been  previously  considered,  the  result  of 
whieh  vou  will  find  in  Mr.  Joffeison's  letter  to  Mr,  Hammond,  the  Brit- 
isb  Minister,  dated  the  9th  September  last.  It  will  appear  that  the 
Ships  of  war  MoDging  to  the  belligerent  powers,  provided  those  at  war 
with  Franoe  do  not  bring  prires,  enjoy  an  equality  in  our  ports. 

1.  In  eases  ol  urgent  necessity:  2d.  In  cases  of  comfort  and  con- 
venience: and  3d.  In  the  time  thev  mav  chuse  to  continue.  The  case 
of  the  sbij»s  of  war  on  opposite  sides  being  at  Xorlolk,  creates  a  deli- 
cate and  dangerous  situation  for  that  town,  which  nothing  can  remedy 
sc»  efftictually  as  its  lacing  put  in  state  of  respectable  defence.  Indeed 
some  information  has  been  received  by  which  it  would  appear  that  the 
Iioedalus  had  nred  a  shot  in  a  very  unjnstidable  manner.  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  Unite*!  States  requests  your  Excellency  s  information  upon 
this  subject*  propi-rly  attested,  so  that  such  measurets  may  be  taken 
thereon  as  shall  appear  proper, 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  &c 


CALENDAE  OF  STATE  PAPEES.  31 


A.  J.  Dallas,  Secbbtary  of   Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,      1794. 

TO  THE  Governor. 

In  obedience  to  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania    Feb.  11th 
passed  on  the  22d  day  of  March  last,  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to       Pbila- 
you  for  the  use  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  in  which  you  preside,  a  ^IE}^^ 
copy  of  the  laws  of  this  Commonwealth  from  the  second  day  of  October,       office 
1781,  to  the  2d  day  of  October,  1790,  the  receipt  of  which  you  will  be 
pleased  to  acknowledge. 

I  am,  sir,  <&c. 


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Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  I2th 

I  shall  be  exceedingly  obliged  to  your  Excellency  if  you  will  fix  a  Norfolk 
uniform  for  the  Artillery,  and  also  the  number  each  officer  is  to  raise 
for  his  quota,  without  I  doubt  it  will  never  be  filled.  The  Capt.  is  sickly, 
and  does  not  give  much  attention  thereto.  The  time  for  raising  their 
quotas,  I  think,  should  be  short,  that  the  sooner  they  are  on  duty  the 
better.  I  beg  your  Exc'y  will  send  some  of  Baron  Steuben's  treatises,  the 
few  we  before  had  were  distributed  to  the  officers  then  in  commission,  most 
of  whom  are  gone  from  this,  and  the  books  are  lost;  &  instead  of  three 
companys  which  then  existed,  we  now  have  seven.  We  have  some 
military  stores  on  hand  which  have  not  been  paid  for,  &  which  I  am 
liable.  Would  it  be  Justifiable  to  pay  for  them  out  of  the  fines,  and 
also  to  build  a  shelter  for  keeping  the  Artillery  in,  which  could  be  done 
k  so  contrived  as  to  serve  for  a  Guard  House  ?  These  things  are  abso- 
lutely necessary,  and  should  be  provided,  as  they  will  be  of  great  sav- 
ing to  the  public,  and  the  men  would  more  cheerfully  turn  out  when 
they  had  a  place  of  shelter  to  retire  to  from  duty.  At  present  they  are 
exposed,  or  must  go  to  a  Tavern  where  they  get  drunk,  and  are  rend- 
ered useless.  Y'r  Exc'y  will  excuse  me  for  mentioning  these  matters, 
but  I  hope  some  mode  may  be  pointed  out  for  obtaining  them.  The 
militia  law  has  not  pi*ovided  for  such  purposes,  but  it  is  reasonable  that 
they  should  be  had  by  some  means,  and  I  beg  y'r  Exc*ys  opinion  there- 
on. I  enclose  a  recommendation  of  officers,  which  I  expected  was 
before  sent.  The  commissions  are  much  wanting.  I  will  thank  your 
Excellency  to  point  out  the  law  where  the  militia  are  to  be  called  on 
by  the  civil  magistrate.  We  have  ever  considered  it  a  duty  to  obey  the 
call,  bat  should  be  glad  to  see  the  law  Justifying  it,  which  I  am  igno- 
rant of  at  present.  The  Constitution  directs  in  all  cases  the  military 
shall  be  under  strict  subordination  to  the  Civil,  but  does  not  define  there- 
oti« 

I  am,  &c. 


32  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  A.  Lbwis  to  thb  Govbrnor. 

Feb.  17th  Enclosed  is  the  copy  of  a  letter  from  Col.  Charles  Cocke  to  me  on  the 
Fort  Lee  19th  this  instant.  I  march  from  this  place  with  what  troops  can  be 
spared,  am  in  hopes  to  be  able  to  go  from  the  lower  station  in  Lee 
county  with  between  forty  &  fifty  men,  and  indeavour  to  make  the 
Enemy  shifl  their  quarters,  for  as  certain  as  they  are  allowed  to  com- 
pleat  their  hunt  there,  when  ready  to  go  home  our  frontiers  must  suffer 
by  them  either  in  lives  or  property.  The  party  will  be  too  weak  to 
continue  any  time  in  the  Enemy's  country,  but  hope  to  have  the  advan- 
tage if  any  to  be  taken,  and  make  use  of  every  effort  in  my  power  to 
prevent  surprise  on  our  side.  If  the  Northwards  are  amusing  Gen'l 
Wane  with  the  prospects  of  a  Peace,  our  frontiers  will  be  in  great  dan- 
ger untill  a  peace  is  confirmed,  for  a  great  many  of  them  will  be  averse 
to  any  Treaty  that  may  be  proposed,  &  those  that  are  unfriendly  dis- 
posed will  so  soon  as  they  can  leave  their  own  country  with  safety,  fall 
on  our  frontiers,  with  an  expectation  that  the  Southern  Indians  will  be 
blamed  for  it.  My  Company  is  not  j'et  compleat,  and  find  it  difficult 
recruiting,  owing  to  what  I  mentioned  in  my  last,  but  as  well  as  I  recol- 
lect, I  made  a  mistake  in  my  information  to  you  of  the  number  mas- 
tered— inserted  the  number  56  instead  of  66.  If  I  did,  the  latter  is  the 
number  then  mustered,  including  non-commissioned  officers,  scouts,  & 
one  musician. 

I  am  with  respect,  &c, 

Lee  County,  February  9th,  1794. 

I  undertake  to  inform  you  that  the  first  Day  of  this  month  the 
Indians  came  within  about  15  miles  of  my  house  and  stole  50  head  of 
horses.  They  were  followed,  and  the  men  saw  so  much  sign  that  they 
came  back  &  were  reinforced,  &  is  not  yet  returned.  We  are  informed 
that  John  Watts  has  made  his  Boast  that  he  will  make  the  Blood  run 
in  Lee  county  as  the  Branches  does  with  water.  Ensign  Colville  arrived 
yesterday.  I  have,  according  to  his  orders  from  you,  directed  him  to 
the  Sinking  Spring,  which  is  the  best  place  in  that  quarter,  and  it  is 
within  five  or  six  hundred  yards  from  the  county  line.  If  you  do  in- 
tend to  make  a  change  as  you  informed  me,  I  have  made  it  known  in 
Lee  county,  and  have  got  the  promise  of  some  good  men  to  go.  The 
Indians  now  are  in  the  woods  between  Cumberland*  and  the  Tennessee. 
I  think  if  they  are  not  drove  from  that  place  we  shall  have  bad  times 
here  this  Spring.  I  hoar  that  the  Northwards  want  peace,  which 
makes  me  more  afraid,  for  all  the  Indians  that  mean  mischief  will  be 
on  the  Frontiers.  I  would  bo  glad  you  would  come  down.  I  wish  to 
go  one  Trip  with  you  on  our  Frontiers.    I  make  no  doubt  but  we  shall 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  33 


meet  with  game  enoagh  in  two  or  three  days.     They  say  they  are       1794. 
plenty  in  that  Bounds.  Feb.  17th 

I  am,  Sir,  your  most  humble  Serv't, 

CHARLES  COCKE. 
To  A.  Lewis,  Port  Lee. 


W.  H.  Cavendish  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  I7th 

As  I  had  determined  to  act  with  the  utmost  impartiality  in  dis-  Greenbrier 
charging  the  trust  reposed  in  me  in  letting  the  furnishing  of  rations  to 
the  troops  stationed  in  this  and  Kanawha  Counties  this  present  year,  I 
shortly  after  my  return  home  set  up  advertisements  in  those  counties 
of  my  intention  of  letting  the  same  to  the  lowest  bidder,  at  the  upper 
ford  of  Gauly  River,  on  the  10th  instant.  I  attended  accordingly,  and 
found  several  persons  of  Kanawha  County  assembled  for  that  purpose, 
who  made  proposal^  of  undertaking  the  Business  on  the  following 
terms,  vis:  John  Yanvibber,  at  12}  Cents  per  Ration;  John  Rennolds  & 
Allen  Prior,  @  10  cents;  and  Reuben  Slaughter,  at  9  cents  p.  Ration. 
As  I  had  expected  the  imminent  danger  to  which  they  are  exposed  in 
that  coanty  would  have  induced  them  to  undertake  on  the  lowest 
terms.  I  was  surprised  to  bear  the  increased  price  from  what  it  was 
furnished  last  year,  and  thereupon  informed  them  I  could  not  close  with 
any  of  their  proposals,  as  I  was  certain  Government  would  expect  to 
be  furnished  as  cheap,  if  not  cheaper  this  year  than  last,  it  having  con- 
tracted for  the  supply  of  the  troops  in  Ohio  county  at  7  cents  the  ration. 
Accordingly,  I  returned  home  without  affecting  any  part  of  the  intent 
of  my  Journey. 

Upon  inquiry,  I  find  many  causes  assigned  which  concur  to  account 
for  this  rise  in  the  demand.  The  contractor  for  last  year  has  exhausted 
all  the  live  stock  which  could  be  bad  in  that  county,  so  that  they  must 
be  supplied  with  that  article  from  Greenbrier.  Flour,  which  last  year 
could  be  had  at  3i  dollars,  now  sells  at  5  dollars  '^  Barrel;  and  every 
other  article  is  advanced  in  so  great  proportion,  add  to  which  the  atten- 
tion paid  by  the  Executive  to  measures,  in  which  persons  employed  by 
it  discharge  their  duty,  they  arc  convinced  government  will  expect  that 
the  person  punctually  comply  with  this  engagement.  That  the  troops 
be  well  and  regularly  supplied,  and  that  it  would  not  wink  at  the 
neglect  or  remissness  of  persons  employed  in  that  department.  And 
indeed  the  manner  in  which  the  soldiers  were  heretofore  supplied  with 
provisions  put  it  out  of  the  power  of  the  most  active  officer  to  have 
rendered  any  essential  service  had  it  been  wanted.  The  soldiers  were 
almost  all  quartered  with  the  Inhabitants,  who  furnished  them  as  their 
own  fkmily,  and  If  any  party  was  wanted  to  scout,  seldom  had  any  pro- 

on  band  to  furnish  the  necessary  supplies  for  that  occasion.    As 

6 


^  \  A?.y  VI-iA  OJ   -Tin:   ?A?EBS. 

>«•- 3vai     ifw  Jutcr^itj  -tn^^tr  :iv.  *j.j  toxkriniftau  "w.iairaa  ±?f«  i£3->rmifig  roar 

rwi*tti  :■!  laitai*!?' •-tra.*  Ti-t  i: J^trvai!*  .3  li**  is*:az*  cif  fcrc i«bing even 
ihi  liH:  JC'V'CC!:  yr^.cr-sL  "•"—  -ii  i^hr-i  ^oa:  'c  :j»£  ak  j-ta::*!  l-es?:;  £!*»>.  which 
kiitii^iL  *>:  r^^s*.".  1:  iXT-  £".XTa  TT  Tx**  ▼— Ji«  <r:i^«  *L*»^-s*ii.tiE^  von  there- 
'.dittfTk  IitnA^vf  I  SLxi"  ::i*:i-'  la-i  :»ia«5Lr^  ic  -w-jj-McIt  iis^r^iin^  the 
Put*i>t  Trtan":::?*-  ^T'SkiT  -.:•:  sea...     Ij**  .T!:::<ir*  ▼^-.•ii  t-:-c  i£tnis:e*i  10 

£Tt  -3' SCAT'S-  f.r  i":*  ir>*:-.'r.  I  :^i_tt-  -.i'i  j.-Kri^ic-aa-  i^z-ci^isitri  i herein 
hMTi.  bc««  «j4Lpc>eii  -m-'^z  I  I'^at  ««:i:<z':^  ver^  iLsxMhAietj'  &ner  the 
rwiwy;  «esi  vbi,     PersAr*^  ":  st&j  I'.c  xx'r:  nttfd«e*r  joo.  IiL2':*riiiation  I 

rwftxred  vbec  &*.  *i*:::^-tT  &r<r  f-'Toi  «4:aK  Dt*««:«,-*  isjaedimic-iv  trom 

■  -  ■ 

Pwci  Pkaaas;.     Tb-cj  rzzirrzrri  3^  "lOAi  •'reibfri^  W^v^*  h^  ty  »  rapid 

fonJrrin^  Li*  •.-ajap.  I  b-:*!>^  ZKT-y^'UT  wjm  nfm  *ww»ir  *a«!*s*.  oiher- 
"■"if*  I  azD  straii  ■::  ««qz  K-rnwr  -ii^e*  r^'TiTc  ts^c  Govern  mem  was 
oicifc»i  u>  fiiTc  i^iiriisA.^  wLa:  :i'cy  p^^n^ei  :o  &sc  ror  iheir  service, 
axtd  tbe  Commaci^y  l<cipieti*e«I  t::^  ea*:>rTa.x£«  ^Axee  :o  di^obArge  the 
de^  As  tbe  «ar^«cet  zziat^vr  •.-<  ;:ii^  Icuer  rv:^pl^:tII^c  Baxioa«  appeared 
of  too  moch  impC'M&iKxr  :o  ^avc  i*y^*:i.'ii^i  w::coa;  ^rK  izuormiDg  von 
<]€  \he  roe  in  the  *  *  •  !?o  1  dope  i\  wL.  J\i<i[ty  cay  ^eQ^iiDg  the 
bearer  »>krly  with  ib;«  Iei;er.  ani  tha;  be  wLL  be  paii  the  asaal  allow- 
ai>ee  ^ven  to  persii^c*  on  like  '.vcaaiiot*. 

I  aEL.  Sir.  Yoar  Ex^-eLIeDoy  * 

Mv-  -> !.:  H  c-!e  Servant. 


F«A  I7ih  I'Avii.  Fatteb^'-x  tv  the  Goversor. 

Maju.-UeiUMr  It  iB  represented  to  me  this  dav  that  the  pea^^e  and  go->i  onJor  of  the 
InbabitADtff  of  the  Town  ot*  Manchester  &  <»urty  of  Chesterfield  will 
be  interrupted  from  the  appearance  of  arme«i  men.  and  other  in  forma- 
lioD  to  strengthen  their  suspicions.  I*  it  your  opinion  from  this  repre- 
«entation  that  I  frhall  onier  out  anv  part  oi  the  militia  of  the  e«>nnty? 
I  eball  etrictlv  pursue  your  instructions. 

Y*r  mo.  olit  St^rv'i. 


Feb.  iJJth  Phil.  W.  Fendall  to  the  Governor. 

Alexandria  The  Directors  of  the  Bank  of  Alexandria  from  a  desire  to  aeconimo- 
date  the  Commonwealth,  have  agreed  to  receive  the  £1200  int.  mone3% 
and  £300  German  Gold,  mentioned  in  your  letter  of  the  11th  instant; 


CALENDAE   OF   STATE  PAPERS.  35 


the  former  at  one  hundred  and  six  cents  p.  pound,  and  the  latter  at       1794. 
seventy-five  cents  p.  pennyweight,  and  upon  receipt  of  the  money  in  the    Feb.  18th 
Bank,  I  am  directed  to  issue  post  notes  to  the  amount  at  sixty  days' 
date.     If   these  terms  are  agreeable,  you  will  please  to  forward  the 
money  as  soon  as  convenient. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  EepectfuUy, 

Y'r  ob't  serv't. 

The  bearer  will  be  so  good  as  to  state  to  me  the  loss  which  the  C'th 
would  sustain  by  the  acceptance  of  the  above  terms. 

H.  LiEE. 


James  Brbgkenridge  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  I8th 

Bonds  of  Captain  Bowyer  and  John  Taylor  as  agents  for  collection  of    Fincasile 
arrears  of  taxes  in  Brigade  district,  of  which  Botetourt  forms  part. 


Regulations  observed  by  the  inhabitants  of  Manchester  pre-    Feb.  I9th 

vious  TO  the  17th  instant. 

A  Guard  consisting  of  six  men,  whose  duty  was  to  patrol  from  the 
foot  of  Mayors  bridge  to  Bocketts,  or  any  other  place  where  they  might 
apprehend  a  communication  from  Bichmond. 

Regulations  observed  the  17th  &  18th  Inst. — A  Guard  of  12  and  15 
men,  the  officer  included,  stationed  at  the  foot  of  Mayo's  Bridge,  to  pre- 
vent all  communication  with  the  Inhabitants  of  Richmond.  Persons  on 
either  side  permitted  to  meet  with  the  Guards  to  transact  Business; 
Travellers  allowed  to  pass  the  Guard  whose  intention  was  not  to  stop 
in  Manchester,  and  promising  to  pass  the  back  street  of  the  Town. 

Persons  recommended  to  the  Governor — 

William  Smith,  Richard  Baugh,  &  Jos.  Brown. 

DAVID  PATTESON,  L.  C.  C. 


Manchester  Regulations  concerning  small-pox.  Feb.  I9th 

HiNRT  Lee,  Esq.: 

We  the  subscribers,  Inhabitants  of  the  County  of  Manchester 
Chesterfield,   request  that  the  Executive  would   proceed  to  appoint 


36  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       proper  officers  (under  the  Act  of  Assembly  of  1793)  to  superintend  the 
Feb.  19th    performance  of  quarantine  in  said  county — 

Magistrates,  Bernard  Markham, 

David  Patteson, 
Reuben  Austin, 
Benj.  Hatcher, 
James  Brander, 
George  McCreedie, 
James  Patteson, 
Henry  Elliott, 
Joseph  C.  Brown, 
Rich'd  Baugh, 
James  Frazer. 


Feb.  19th  R.    QUARLES  TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Barracks  I  wrote  to  you  some  short  time  past  &  suggested  the  propriety  of 
procuring  brass  mountings  for  our  muskets  instead  of  Iron.  At  the 
same  time  I  dropped  a  line  to  Mr.  Taylor,  the  Brass  Founder  in  Rich- 
mond, in  order  to  ascertain  the  price  of  that  article.  He  has  conse- 
quently made  his  calculations,  and  has  taken  the  trouble  to  ride  to  this 
place  in  order  to  engage  the  Business.  I  confess  the  man  appears  to 
use  much  candour,  and  from  his  calculation  as  well  as  my  own,  I  think 
offers  to  do  them  for  less  than  wo  can  possibly  have  them  made  in  that 
metal  in  this  part  of  the  world,  &  for  about  one-half  the  price  they  will 
cost  us  made  here  of  Iron.  He  says  he  will  furnish  the  various  articles 
of  the  mounting  at  the  price  of  four  shillings  per  sett,  and  will  engage 
to  furnish  them  at  the  rate  of  three  hundred  setts  per  month.  If  you 
think  proper  that  I  should  close  with  him,  you  will  do  me  the  honor  to 
mention  it. 

I  am,  sir,  with  respect. 


Feb.  20th  WiLLIAM   RUFFIN   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Fredericks-  ^  have  the  honor,  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Brooke,  to  acknowledge  the  re- 
burg  ceipt  of  your  favour  of  the  19th  Instant  by  Express,  &  beg  leave  to 
assure  you  that  he  would  have  answered  your  letter  of  the  7th  instant 
earlier  than  he  did,  had  he  not  have  been  so  much  engaged  in  his  other 
avocations,  added  to  which  he  has  himself  been  very  much  indisposed; 
indeed  he  was  so  much  so,  that  he  was  apprehensive  he  would  not  be 
able  to  perform  the  Journey  untill  the  day  or  two  before  he  left  home, 
He  set  off  for  Frederick  county  yesterday  morning,  &  will,  if  possible, 
comply  with  all  your  requests,  by  attending  the  three  inquests  of  which 
I  presume  he  has  informed  you. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


CALBNDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  37 


MosBS  Mann  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

I  have  roasoD  to  supose  that  my  iDBtructions  may  have  been  misoar-     Feb.  2l8t 
ried  or  otherways  Destroyed  In  consequence  of  their  not  coming  to      V^arm 
hand.    Also  a  report  have  been  serculated  in  the  Kanawa  country  By      "P"°g8 
Moris  &  Clendenin  that  I  am  not  to  have  a  command  there.    I  at  this 
time  have  my  men  nearly  in  Eedyness.    Agreeable  to  my  verbell  instruc- 
tions I  find  myself  under  pressing  obligations  to  pray  for  my  instruc- 
tions to  be  forwarded  by  the  Bearer,  which  will  be  of  Imaculate  service 
to  me,  &  remove  the  doubts  of  those  of  my  soldiers  who  are  now  living 
in  state  of  suspense.    I  find  myself  under  obligations  to  inform  your 
Excellency  that  I  soly  detest  Receiving  instructions  from  Colo.  Clen- 
denin, but  prays  that  I  may  be  commanded  by  Col.  Thomas  Lewis 
whilst  your  Excellency  pleases  to  continue  mo  in  service. 

Your  Excellency  will  please  to  point  out  the  place  of  Rendezvous,  & 
by  whom  to  be  mustered.  My  men  are  chiefly  Inhabitants  of  Bath 
county,  under  which  sercumstances  I  should  be  extremely  happy  to 
Rendesvousing  at  the  warm  springs. 

The  paymaster  has  not  come  to  hand,  which  occations  numbers  of  my 
men  to  murmer.  Their  sercumstances  in  General  are  very  low,  &  their 
demands  very  pressing  for  money  to  support  or  prepare  them  for  the 
next  campaign. 

I  shall  refer  you  to  the  Bearer,  who  can  give  you  a  better  information 
of  Clendenin*s  &  Morris's  conduct  in  scrculating  Reports  that  I  conceive 
to  be  injuris,  and  at  the  same  time  void  of  truth. 

I  am  sir,  with  due  Respect, 

Your  very  h*ble  serv^t. 


John  Minor,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  2iBt 

I  have  honour  of  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  yours  of  the  7th  Fredericks- 
instant,  and  the  pleasure  of  informing  you  that  Mr.  Brooke  has  paid  burg 
due  attention  to  the  communication  of  the  Executive.  He  left  this 
place  in  the  beginning  of  the  present  week  for  Frederick  county  to 
attend  the  Coroner's  inquest  in  that  county,  and  will  no  doubt  be  pres- 
ent at  those  in  the  counties  of  Fauquier  and  Shenandoah.  I  feel  my- 
self well  pleased  that  the  charge  has  devolved  on  him,  as  his  known 
abilities  will  enable  him  to  do  more  Justice  to  the  appointment  than  I 
could  have  done.  I  beg  leave,  sir,  to  thank  the  Executive  for  their  con- 
fidence in  me,  and  to  assure  them  of  my  ready  complyance,  had  it  been 

i  am,  dear  sir,  with  Esteem  and  respect, 

Y'r  most  ob*t  serv't. 


38  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Edmund  Harrison  to  the  Governor. 

Feb.  22d         Asking  to  be  excused  from  attendance  at  Board  meetings  on  account 
qC  figmily  affliction. 


Feb.  23d  Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Gtovernoe. 

Norfolk  I  rec'd  your  Exc'j's  letter  of  the  20th,  and  shall  now  endeavour  to 

recapitulate  what  my  last  letter  contained,  as  from  my  indisposition,  & 
the  past  going  of,  I  did  not  keep  a  copy.  I  requested  a  particular  time 
should  be  fixed  for  the  officers  of  the  Artillery  to  raise  their  quota  of 
men.  If  this  is  not  done  I  fear  it  will  not  be  effected,  as  some  of  those 
appointed  are  not  approved  of  by  the  people.  This  I  beg  may  be 
attended  to  as  soon  as  convenient  by  the  Executive.  I  inclosed  a 
recommendation  also  of  officers,  of  which  a  copy  was  before  sent,  and  I 
have  at  hand.  Their  commissions  are  much  wanted.  I  also  requested 
to  know  in  what  manner  the  militia  were  to  act  if  called  on  by  the 
civil  powers.  I  am  glad  to  hear  there  is  some  probability  of  soon  get- 
ting a  defence  here.  It  will  be  an  effectual  means  of  keeping  good 
order.  About  this  day  three  weeks,  Capt.  Knowles  had  some  company 
on  board  the  Doedalus,  &  in  firing  a  salute  some  small  shot  were  left  in 
one  of  the  guns,  &  were  thrown  on  the  shore,  but  did  no  damage.  An 
enquiry  was  made  into  the  case  here  by  the  Mayor  (who  was  on  board) 
and  every  circumstance  that  1  have  beard,  there  was  no  reason  to  be- 
lieve the  shot  were  intentionally  left.  As  the  Capt.  had  given  orders  to 
draw  the  Guns,  the  Post  is  Just  setting  off,  and  your  letter  arriving  so 
late  that  I  have  time  to  send  other  proofs  of  this  affair,  but  will  collect 
them  to-morrow  and  send  by  next  post.  Be  assured  that  I  shall  give 
your  Exc*y  every  inftirmation  ot  interest  or  information  that  may  hap- 
pen here,  considering  it  ray  duty  so  to  do.  I  have  the  Business  of  defence 
so  much  at  heart  that  I  will  with  pleasure  undertake  to  do  anything 
toward  forwarding  it,  and  I  think  I  could  pi*ocure  all  materials  at  a 
moment's  warning  towards  effecting  so  desirable  an  end.  I  have  heard 
that  the  people  of  South  Carolina  have  it  in  contemplation  to  subscribe 
for  a  frigate  to  give  Congress.  I  think  if  a  subscription  was  handed 
through  this  state  we  should  raise  sufficient  for  one  also,  &  we  could 
soon  build  here  at  this  place.  Some  of  our  townsmen  are  carried  into 
Algiers,  which  we  feel  much — Capt.  Wallace  and  Crew.  The  Captain 
has  a  wife  here,  &  I  believe  only  one  child  by  a  former  wife.  I  have 
not  yet  learnt  who  his  mate  was  and  the  others  of  the  crew.  I  thank 
God  I  have  got  about  again,  &  hope  soon  to  get  over  my  late  illness.  I 
thank  your  Exc'y  for  your  good  wishes,  ami  am 

Your  Excellency's  ob't  serv'L 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  39 

I  requested  some  of  Baron  Steuben's  Books  and  the  Militia  laws  to       1794. 
distribute  to  the  officers.     We  have  now  seven  companies,  and  bad  but     Feb.  23d 
three  before. 


Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  24th 

The  enclosures  will  inform  your  Excellency  the  case  respecting  the  Norfolk 
shot  or  shots  fired  from  the  British  Frigate  Doodalus.  That  it  happened 
accidental  I  have  not  a  doubt,  or  by  means  of  some  person  putting 
them  into  the  Gun  with  a  malicious  intention,  unknown  to  any  officer 
on  board  the  frigate.  Tho*  Capt.  Knowles  and  officers  think  there  was 
no  shot,  yet  I  have  reason  to  believe  there  was,  as  two  men  declare 
they  saw  them  strike  the  bank  at  the  time  they  were  saluting.  I  did 
not  take  their  depositions  as  I  considered  it  of  no  consequence,  every- 
thing appearing  that  there  was  no  intention  of  insult  or  injury  from  the 
Reports  of  the  Gentlemen  who  were  on  board  at  the  time.  In  justice 
to  Sir  Chas.  W.  Knowles,  I  must  say  I  have  ever  found  him  disposed  to 
observe  the  strictest  neutrality.     His  letter  to  me  is  inclosed  for  your 

farther  information.     Last  night  Captains  James  & arrived  from 

Italia  &  Monserat.  They  declared  to  mo  that  they  had  rec'd  a  procla- 
mation of  the  King  of  Great  Brittain,  setting  forth  that  all  vessels  com- 
ing from  the  French  Island  with  French  produce  on  board  except  mo- 
lasses and  Taffia,  agreeable  to  an  edict  of  the  late  King  of  France,  were 
legal  prize  as  illicit  traders.  One  of  these  Captains  deposed  to  this 
effect,  and  the  deposition  is  gone  on  to  Col.  Parker,  as  it  concerns  one 
of  Mr.  Cowper*s  vessels.  I  have  had  the  misfortune  of  a  box  of  plate 
being  taken  by  a  French  Privateer  (&  carried  into  Gaudaloupe),  out  of 
the  Sloop  Diligent,  Capt.  John  Cunningham,  from  Barbadoos,  the  same 
being  devised  to  Mr.  Norton  and  wife,  Eliza  Tucker,  alias  Eliza  Faulk- 
ner, and  to  Mr.  Newton  and  myself,  by  John  Tucker,  Esq.,  our  relation, 
&  sent  by  the  above  vessel.  There  was  also  seven  barrels  of  sugar 
taken  out  of  the  said  vessel,  and  landed  in  Gaudaloupe,  belonging  to 
my  daughter  Martha  G.  Newton.  How  to  got  redress  I  know  not,  and 
shall  be  obliged  to  your  Excellency  lor  your  opinion  thereon.  Mr.  Nor- 
ton was  fortunate  enough  to  get  his  share  in  safe.  Captain  Cunning- 
ham's letter  to  his  owner  will  show  your  Excellency  that  it  was  taken 
oat  and  lodged  for  proof.  I  shall  be  much  obliged  for  your  direction  of 
the  kind  of  cockade  the  officers,  &c.  are  to  wear,  as  almost  every  one  at 
present  differ,  being  according  to  their  fancy,  which  I  think  is  not  right, 
and  requires  as  much  uniformity  as  the  cloathing.  I  know  not  what 
aopplys  the  State  may  have  of  powder.  Our  magazine  is  much  exposed 
and  not  above  2,500  lbs.  in  qr.  therein.  I  have  enclosed  another  recom- 
mendation of  officers,  least  your  Excellency  should  not  find  the  one  be- 
fore sent.    A  fine  ship  now  lies  in  our  harbour  peirced  for  22  Guns, 


40  cxle5T*ab  of  state  PAPSBS. 


v«  ^2  aviaey  u>  9irr  ibr  poMIe  vbb.     I  W&evY  w«  kave 
^o:?  vKiid    :oiitnbitce  iarTsi j  towr4»  pcKiai^  tbdr 

KHbe  i&x  nr  n  1J.AI  i^  saj  '?<  ione  ^fxp^s^iidouiSLj.  Mr.  Tarior  deeiRd 
ibfr  u-  ixirrxL  j^rv  ihac  tiif  -v^if  enable  ^}  wrrxz  mm.  a  siz^«  43t  Rbea- 
^"'-'f^g—  asii  r?iii«i!C(^i  n*?  "^a  'niritXMs  ^e  letter  >}  him  10  jnor  Kxeefleocj. 
CcnuiPitt  r^:e^  -vaj?  tiia£  ^e  Br.ctish  are  !myni^  Sanre  ^vaalxtice  ol 
Fsrk  4  fdrsfiA^  :;  >?  zhair  LnAnth?.  I  a*>pe  in  jour  a^xt  to  hear  ol 
§eout  ^rc^araiiofi  5:r  oar  ied£a«:t*.  T^o  *it  zhitme  Iar*xe  pcieiea  that  wen 
as  Oanftienaafi  Wf3al»i  in  whiI  as  Oiti  P'sinc  ComoTrt. 


A  lafia.  pcrfcaptf  nEUbrra&ate  'nci*tiwc  haTin^  ttappmasd  witk  nespeci 
e»  aa  aiaugii  parsj  rile^ailT  as««eflibi«^  a»  ic  r»  <niiaoiafv«i  at  iJbe  looi  ol 
Bciii^  00  UM  MaoecHwter  ^de.  aoti  mjrsvit.  (mc  wmw  powvta  ia  ao 
«a  mj  part  w«n»  scnicinizeii  ioco  or  broiE^t  &»  tW  tc«4  aatM 
iajarj  cofaoucsiiii  oa  nj  perwo  anti  propvwtj  naj  possilrfj  kowvrer 
iaive  ^cvtn  rae  v  aussreprttitfaca£:oai»  !»  jijor  MLroeiiaac^.  whow  ^ood 
ofmbam  ms-  w«ii  aa  «t«q  the  ai«]«c  trilline  iibiiTidaal  of  ciM  eoauamailj 
woaiii  be  ^xtremitj.  I  have  taken  ciie  libisrtT  <H*  scufai^  mo  oaore  Ikaa 
tJbfr  lliflovtajf  abi$oiat«  c^rcik  aD«i  if  in  chi2»  iecul  I  aaj  Ve  tb<Mi|rkt 
GraaMaKmw.  I  huTpe  ib«*  pecolianCT  •>(  the  ^ficiiaczQa  wiiiek  I  am  ia,  will 
ia  fiba  ««|ii»i  ^  iooie  api^^ou^y.  I  will  Lh«n  iM^n  with  aaafita^  to  joar 
EzeaQancj.  aow>*ver  tunei^  it  maj  b«  thou^t  tt>  cha  sabjaec  that  sil- 
aated  9S'  I  wa«  iKfiw^:«a  ih*s  twt>  cowius;  I  coositiwred  it  aa  Boat  pradcal 
and  mkOs  zo  •nxnciiie  w^th  che  ni«*aiNire»  ti  SschouMid  rfitarrig  to  the 
aouii-pox.  Aceoriin^ J  I  noTed  mj  tamilT  «yv«r  on  Sataniaj'.  the  9th 
ait^  'tt  'Triar  »  arail  oij^lt  of  ihac  b«*nedc.  in  Um  'iotnc  chT  which  how- 
ev^er  :c  ww>  certainij  mj  dacj.  mj  ^.*are.  and  mj  wiah»  iMCh  hetota  Bf 
mifTvai  and  artwr.  10  prw>;QC  «:iM  !$ataii«!at  oifWnca  bataic  giTes  to  the 
piaea  ±oai  whence  I  irame.  wiiich  was^  ovmptied  with,  and  if  I  aaibrta- 
aaseij  ^fiilizred  in  wacinenc  with  <K>me.  I  can  aT^nr  that  neither  aiTaelf 
oar  laamilj  aitho'  it  wad>  treii^aenu j  the  oi^e  with  others)  ever  attempted 
CO  enter  the  Town  £r*}ni  the  oommencemeat  of  the  ifoonier.  Mr  tap- 
piiea  dor  the  ^nw  or  the  tamilv  tho.  were  aeowisahlT  broaicht  over  froa 
m^Y  ^'^'^  plantation  in  a  Oant.v  .'ut  ^A  the  JurhAiicciQO  aa  it  ia  soppoeed 
of  the  ^t  created  ;£uar<i  piaced  '^here.  notwithc^tandia^  that  Ckaoe  had 
been  taken  awar  ^>ai  the  lantirnzj:  piace  and  tbood  aaiier  theejeaf 
she  Maaoheeter  truard.      Thiz^  conduct*,  however 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  41 


over,  bat  not  content  as  it  appeared  with  such  behavior,  a  couple  of  1794. 
negro  men  from  the  plantation,  desirous  of  seeing  their  fellow-servants,  Feb.  24th 
but  who  had  had  the  sraall-pox  several  years  ago,  came  over,  and  on 
their  return  were  taken  by  a  Guard,  placed  upon  the  Falls  plantation, 
who  lay  in  ambush  for  them,  and  arbitrarily  carried  to  that  at  the  foot 
of  the  Bridge  in  Manchester.  They  were  there  cruelly  treated,  one  in 
particular,  by  Thomas  Goode,  who  after  having  beaten  him  in  the  most 
violent  and  inhuman  manner,  turned  him  over  to  Richmond.  With  ap- 
parent difficulty  from  the  severity  of  the  treatment  he  received,  he 
reached  there — the  previous  loss  of  blood,  and  what  was  streaming  out 
of  his  ears,  nose  and  mouth,  which  can  be  proved,  rendered  it  without 
exaggeration  somewhat  astonishing.  A  conduct  like  this  in  a  civilized 
Country  was  so  strange  and  unjustifiable  as  induced  his  master  upon 
complaint  being  made  to  him,  immediately  to  inquire  into  the  particu- 
lars, and  if  possible  to  find  out  the  perpetrator  that  he  might  be  brought 
to  such  punishment  as  the  laws  of  the  land  would  decide.  He  accord- 
ingly applied  to  Mr.  Younghusband  and  four  others  to  attend  him  as 
witness  to  what  might  happen  upon  this  investigation,  and  altho'  its 
true  they  were  armed,  yet  it  was  agreed  upon  by  the  party  previous  to 
leaving  Richmond  not  to  offer  the  smallest  violence,  to  act  only  on  the 
defensive,  for  from  what  had  happened  to  the  poor  negro,  we  did  not 
know  if  we  did  not  go  armed  what  injury  we  might  not  sustain  our- 
selves. In  order  if  possible  however  to  convince  that  no  hostility  on 
oar  parts  were  intended,  I  approached  unarmed  and  singly  at  some 
distance  from  the  rest  of  the  party,  and  called  out  for  the  Captain  of  the 
Guard.  Mr.  Goode  at  length  appeared,  upon  which  I  complained  of  his 
treatment  to  the  negro.  He  avowed  the  doing  it,  and  further  said  he 
woald  act  in  the  same  manner  were  it  to  do  again.  I  then  informed 
him  that  I  should  prosecute  him  for  it.  His  reply  was  too  vulgar,  and 
is  perhaps  unnecessary  to  insert  here.  Having  obtained  this  proof, 
which  was  my  sole  object,  it  was  our  intention  to  return,  but  before 
it  could  be  effected,  Mr.  Goode  called  out  vehemently  for  the  Guard  to 
turn  oat  and  put  every  man  to  death.  A  scuffle  then  ensued ;  the  re- 
salt  was  that  three  of  us  were  taken,  and  after  a  good  deal  of  severity, 
repeated  insults,  threats  and  even  orders  from  Goode  in  this  particu- 
lar situation  to  be  put  to  death,  we  were  detained  all  night  upon  the 
Beach.  We  then  underwent  a  trial  before  the  magistrates  of  Chester- 
field, out  of  whose  Jurisdiction  we  conceived  and  believe  we  had  been 
taken.  The  Guard,  it  may  not  perhaps  be  amiss  to  mention,  were  al- 
lowed to  be  both  prosecutors  as  well  as  witnesses.  At  length  we  were 
eompelled  to  give  our  bonds  in  £50  penalty  each,  to  appear  at  next  Ches- 
teHIeld  court.  In  hopes  that  so  extraordinary  a  conduct  above  recited, 
iiiftead  of  being  the  cause  of  pursuing  Tyrannical  and  unjust  measures 
any  farther,  would  upon  deliberation  have  at  length  produced  reason  & 
poMibly  a  sight  of  Justice,  in  company  with  three  of  ipy  acquaint- 

6 


4S  CAI^ENBAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


17M.  aaces  I  undertook  to  go  to  the  plmntacioii  oa  the  Wridm^  fiiilowiii^;  my- 
Feb.  2Mk  self  a^o  bnameaft.  the  others  to  amaae  thenmeiTes  wkh  their  Gmia, 
which  I  conceived  I  had  a  right  to  allow.  So  inaoit  waft  ofered.  nor 
oppoeition  made  to  oar  landing.  On  arriving  at  the  fiLonse  iiAi&ediatel j 
thro'  the  plantation.  Jfr.  Da^'d  Pattesoo.  imagining  he  hdtd  powen, 
eame  ap  to  the  Garden  where  I  waa  hn^^  and  h>rbtd  myBelf  or  anj  of 
mj  acqaaintaneee  trom  carrying  a  Gun  in  tntore,  at  Lsast  for  the  pres- 
ent, obeerring  at  the  itame  time  that  perhape  I  might  be  allowed  the 
use  of  one,  bat  it  most  be  immediateij  trom  the  Hoose.  It  was  not  in 
my  power,  he  obaerred  at  the  same  time,  to  grant  that  indolence  to 
any  other,  aithoagh  on  my  own  Innd  ot  coarae  those  with  me  were 
forbid.  ThL»  it  most  be  conieflsed  created  a  good  deal  of  surprise  on 
oar  part«7  being  in  a  country  as  we  thoaght  of  freedom,  hot  not  know- 
ing the  law  or  the  extent  ot  his  powers,  we  sabmitted.  so  far  as  to  make 
the  beat  of  oar  way  back  in  a  peaeeabie  manner.  When  in  the  pursuit 
of  that  amusement  upon  which  some  ot  the  party  came,  one  of  them 
having  separated  from  the  rest,  was  taken  prisoner  by  a  Guard  placed 
upon  the  plantation,  on  his  way  home,  and  actually  carried  to  that  at 
the  foot  of  the  Bridge.  Misstng  him  sometime,  and  expecting  that  he 
might  meet  with  a  similar,  or  perhaps  worse  &te.  wishing  at  the  same 
time  to  prevent  any  further  disturbance.  I  thought  it  most  advisable  to 
make  my  escape  in  a  canoe.  A  Guard  it  can  be  asserted  with  truth 
were  absolutely  dispatched  after  asy  tho'  for  what  reasoo,  I  am  still 
ignorant.  I  most  now  before  I  conclude  this  lengthy,  tiresome^  tho'  true 
account  of  what  has  lately  happened,  ask  the  favour  of  your  Excel- 
lency for  redress  in  the  peculiar  situation  in  which  I  am  fixed,  to  define 
the  extent  of  the  powers  ot  these  Gentlemen  to  know  whether  I  have 
not  a  right  to  pass  to  and  from  my  own  land,  and  to  take  whom  I 
please,  without  being  liable  to  insult,  or  to  be  dragged  like  a  criminal 
before  a  lawless  party.  I  ask  these  £[kvours  with  the  more  freedom,  sir, 
from  a  conviction  that  your  Excellency  will  know  upon  investigation ^ 
should  it  be  necessary,  I  have  in  no  instance  of  my  life  ever  deviated 
from  the  laws  of  the  land,  or  ever  been  considered  as  a  disturber  of  the 
peace  of  the  community. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be^  kc^ 


Feb.  24th  MBKTiifo  of  Justices  of  Chxstxrfixld  Cojivty. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Justices  of  Chesterfield  County  at  Nicholas  Giles 
Tavern  in  the  Town  of  Manchester,  on  Monday,  the  24th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1794,  Summoned  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  small  pox  be- 
ing brought  into  and  Spreading  in  the  said  county: 

Present:  Bernard  Markbam,  £dward  Mosely,  Granville  Smith, 
Thomas  BaUy,  hnd  John  Hill. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  43 


It  appearing  that  the  small  pox  is  at  this  time  prevailing  in  the  City  1794. 
of  Richmond,  and  there  are  sufficient  reasons  to  fear  that  the  infection  Feb.  24th 
may  be  communicated  to  the  Inhabitants  of  said  County,  the  mem- 
bers present  are  of  opinion  that  the  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
be  requested  to  order  forth  so  many  of  the  militia  of  the  said  county  as 
may  be  sufficient  to  post  Guards  at  the  foot  of  Mayo*s  Bridge,  Coutts' 
ferry,  opposite  Rocketts,  and  such  other  places  as  may  be  thought  neces- 
sary to  prevent  all  intercourse  between  the  City  of  Richmond,  and  the 
said  county,  as  far  as  the  security  of  the  Inhabitants  aforesaid,  and  the 
peace  and  good  order  of  society  may  require,  and  that  the  same  be  con- 
tinued as  long  as  real  danger  is  apprehended. 

BERNARD  MARKHAM, 
EDWARD  MOSELEY, 
G.  SMITH, 
THOS.  BAILEY, 
JNO.  HILL. 


H.  Capeeton  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  25th 

Tear  Excellency  no  doubt  ere  this  time  is  in  possession  of  the  sentence   Greenbrier 
of  the  Court  martial  of  the  12th  December  last.     If  any  doubt  remains 
in  your  mind  Respecting  any  of  the  acqusations  against  me,  you  will 
please  to  order  a  Court  martial  and  let  me  have  the  matter  .fairly  inves- 
tigated, at  the  last,  many  of  my  most  valuable  witnesses  ware  absent. 
Then  if  any  fraud  is  discovered  in  me,  or  the  Commonwealth  or  any 
individual  of  my  Company,  I  shall  expect  the  law  to  be  Executed,  but 
on  the  contrary  do  trust  your  Excellency  will  protect  me  from  all  my 
Designing  and  prejudiced  enemy's  so  far  as  in  your  power. 

In  my  letter  to  you  of  the  18th  January  last,  I  informed  your  Excel- 
lency that  Colo.  Clendenin  from  his  artful  Deceptions  to  me,  was  the 
cause  of  things  being  done  in  the  manner  you  find  them,  and  can  fully 
demonstrate  the  same  if  indulged  with  the  opportunity,  I,  together  with 
ft  great  many  of  my  fellow  citizens,  Do  trust  your  Excellency  will  not 
let  him  pass  with  impunity.     I  should  have  been  in  Richmond  before 
this  only  on  account  of  the  small  pox. 

I  am  your  Excellency's 

ob't  Servant. 


Wm.  Davies  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  25th 

^e  publication  of  the  Report  of  the  General  Board  of  Commissioners   Broadway, 
(i  copy  of  which  is   herewith  enclosed   No.   1),  having  at  length  pro-   Now  York 


44  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  molged  the  altimate  result  of  my  negociations  on  the  part  of  the  State, 
Feb.  25th  it  becomes  proper  as  well  as  important  for  me  to  ascertain  the  Extent 
of  the  compcDsation  I  am  to  receive  for  my  services,  I  wish  to  be  neither 
tedious  nor  troublesome.  I  will  avoid  as  much  as  possible  touching  upon 
the  peculiar  difficulties  &  Embarrassments  of  the  Business,  which  in 
itself  was  of  vast  extent  &  complicated  variety  involving  in  it  the  Exe- 
cution of  laws  &  regulations  as  unstable  as  the  occurrences  of  the  war, 
and  fluctuating  with  every  change  in  the  Legislative  &  Executive  De- 
partments— And  which  embraced  the  transactions  of  numerous  Agents 
uninformed,  irregular,  and  ofjten  uncontrolled,  very  many  of  whom  were 
never  brought  to  a  settlement,  nor  even  an  office  created  for  the  purpose, 
and  which,  moreover,  was  obscured  and  mutilated  by  the  devastations 
of  the  Enemy,  rendering  the  attainment  of  evidence,  for  support  or  Ex- 
planation, a  work  of  constant  solicitude  and  painful  research,  a  business 
enveloped  in  additional  perplexities  by  the  variety  of  persons  who 
had  undertaken  and  abandoned  the  task  of  preparing  it.  All  of 
them  acting  under  different  regulations  or  possessing  different  views 
as  to  the  mode  of  conducting  it,  &  which  had  passed  thro*  all 
the  periods  of  time  allowed  by  law  for  its  preparation  &  the  accounts 
&  Documents  already  in  the  hands  of  the  District  Commissioner  before 
I  was  engaged  in  it,  and  which,  notwithstanding  was  in  so  unfin- 
ished a  condition,  that  1  found  a  large  proportion  of  papers  still  re- 
maining to  be  stated,  so  that  it  became  thro*  necessity,  one  of  the  first 
objects  of  my  agency,  to  avail  myself  if  possible  of  some  plausable  pre- 
text for  objecting  to  the  District  Commissioners  conduct,  so  as  to  Justify 
the  State  as  well  in  detaining  them  as  in  claiming  further  time  for  their 
Exhibition.  How  fully  this  object  was  accomplished  may  appear  by  a 
referrence  to  the  protest,  which  I  presented  to  the  Commissioner  on  hw 
departure  with  the  accounts  &  claims  of  the  State,  and  the  Report  I 
made  to  the  Executive  on  the  occasion.  With  these  Representations  I 
Repaired  to  New  York,  and  obtained  a  prolongation  of  time,  having 
however,  previously  abstracted  all  the  laws  &  regulations  from  the  com- 
mencement of  the  controveray  with  Great  Britain,  that  in  any  manner 
related  to  the  subject  of  my  appointment,  and  put  into  operation  under 
the  authority  of  Government  proper  measures  for  collecting  from  all 
quarters  of  the  Commonwealth  the  best  evidence  to  be  had,  with  respect 
to  their  Execution.  A  mass  of  hetrogeneous  matter  as  may  well  be 
supposed  was  thus  brot.  forward;  which  together  with  those  papers 
which  I  had  found  unstated  in  the  office,  I  was  sedulously  engaged  in 
selecting  and  preparinjic  when  I  received  notice  from  the  Auditor  of  the 
Treasury  that  from  the  extreme  imperfection  in  which  that  branch  of 
the  Virginia  claims  appeared  which  were  delivered  to  him  by  the  Dis- 
trict Commissioners,  and  by  law  were  assigned  to  his  cognizance,  he 
could  not  with  Justice  proceed  to  act  upon  them.  Shortly  afterwards  a 
large  proportion  of  those  alloted  for  the  Commissioner  of  army  accounts 
were  thrown  upon  my  hands  as  being  either  not  stated  or  not  properly 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  46 


cognizable  by  him;  And  scarcely  had  we  commenced  business,  after  1794. 
removing  to  Philadelphia,  when  the  General  Board  found  that  from  the  Feb.  25th 
mistaken  principle  which  prevailed  thro,  the  accounts  taken  up  by  the 
District  Commissioner,  the  whole  that  had  been  done  with  him  must  of 
necessity  be  laid  aside.  Thus,  to  my  very  great  chagrin,  I  found  my- 
self, time  after  time,  plunged  into  new,  unexpected  &  increasing  diffi- 
culty, till  at  length  the  immense  burthen  devolved  upon  me  of  prepar- 
ing and  exhibiting  almost  the  whole  of  the  account,  which,  in  the  end, 
was  accomplished,  to  an  amount  oi  more  than  twenty  Eight  millions  of  dol- 
lar? (see  No.  2).  Tour  Excellency  may  form,  perhaps,  some  idea  of  the 
anxiety  of  my  mind  under  these  perplexing  circumstances,  embittered 
with  the  reflections  of  my  own  responsibilty,  and  of  the  little  time  that 
remained  within  which  the  business  was  to  be  completed.  In  the  most 
critical  stage  of  my  Agency,  with  my  feelings  all  alive  to  my  situation, 
I  received  notice  from  the  Executive  that  my  salary  should  be  reduced. 
Having  thus  briefly  mentioned  the  extent  of  duty  which  I  did  actually 
perform,  it  will  now  be  proper  to  enquire.  What,  by  my  contract  with 
the  Government,  I  was  bound  to  perform?  By  Referring  to  the 
Enclosed  Extracts  (No.  3,  4,)  it  will  appear,  as  it  must  also  be  within 
the  recollection  of  several  members  of  the  Executive,  that  my  engage- 
ment was  solely  to  act  as  counsel,  and  my  duty  to  explain  and  sup- 
port an  account  already  stated,  or  nearly  so — a  duty  of  itself  of  high 
importance,  as  all  the  papers  of  the  Committee  of  safety,  the  Council, 
the  Board  of  war.  Board  of  Trade,  State  Agents,  Navy  Board,  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Navy,  Auditor  of  Accounts,  as  well  as  all  the  reports  and 
retams  from  the  various  County  Lieutenants,  Commissioners  of  the 
provision  law,  Commissioners  of  the  Specific  Tax,  and  a  great  variety 
of  sabordinate  Agents,  prior  to  the  fourth  of  January,  1781,  were 
destroyed  by  Arnold,  and  of  course  the  evidence  to  justify  the  charges 
must  of  necessity  be  indirect,  Collateral,  and  to  be  gathered  only  by 
laborioas  research  among  detached  remnants  of  the  records  of  the  several 
departments,  and  by  attentively  perusing  and  abstracting  the  laws,  the 
JoamaLs  of  Assembly  and  of  Congress,  as  well  as  the  communications 
of  the  Executive,  the  Commander-in-Chief  and  Commanding  Officers 
within  the  State  to  the  President  of  Congress  and  Continental  Board, 
and  by  a  reference  from  one  to  another,  so  to  combine  the  evidences  as 
to  supply  the  want  of  direct  testimony.  This,  and  to  attend  the  exam- 
ination of  the  account  in  its  progress  thro'  the  offices  of  the  United 
States,  were  the  proper  duties  of  my  appointment;  and  these  I  faith- 
fully fulfllled,  as  far  as  the  unforeseen  embarrassments  with  which  I  was 
flurroanded  would  admit.  Early  after  I  came  into  office  I  found  reason 
lor  objection  to  the  mode  which  was  adopted  in  the  exhibition  of  the 
claims,  bat  so  far  was  it  from  being  understood,  that  I  was  bound  to 
state  them,  that  it  became  a  matter  of  special  reference  to  the  Execu- 
tive (No.  4),  Whether  I  had  any  power  of  control  at  all  over  the  man- 


4ft.  C-LLETDAJI  of  state  FAFFTBa 


I7?IC       oer  nt  <toiiiir  ic     For.  in  tratlu  aaxmos  to  termnwfes  «i»  ¥inmsea» 

Fnh.  '2&tL    vok^sBfin^y  dsr  mj  ctoiintrv  a»  well  a»  htMOfinJbij  co  oH^BelC.  I  was  aoi 

'liftpfiiieiL  aniier  'Ui^er  of  laj  <!natrs<!t.  ta^  deeiine  say  finfiiigtB^   ffceie  I 

<innifi  be  lumthi,   E  ^fec  ao  ocher  boamis  to  mj  ftxercuMK  tkaak  fthoeeaf  l^ 

tar  bejnnti  che  ohligalfoiii^  of  mj  engaceiiiefitiw  aad  wli^  I  w:ft»  thus 
jBftioiiely  laboriiUj^  d>  ^^omuMuit  (^Aealtie»  to  whiek  I  oo^c  not  to  hajt 
been  ^tahject^eii  I  receiired  nocice  frooi  the  ExBCixtzvv^  that  siy  SAiaij 
ithouiii  be  reduced.  Bat  these  were  aot  ail  the  rfrrnimTtBnrrn  which 
narked  thm  vfsivyisrdoa  of  CoaneiL  It  poened  At  a  tiin*  whea  I  had  joat 
been  expoeeii  tA  the  anexpeeted  experience  at  reiBOTrin^  wttk  bjt  fiuulj 
fimoL  ^Tew  Tork — lui  expenee  which  motft.  cf  net  iIL  of  th#  pablic  oil- 
(vsn  ot  fTnited  States  were  retmborsed  i>r:  rt  poaaed  wh«n  the  pciee  ol 
every  aeceMiary  of  Iffie  fa  Philafielphi;^  hai  greatly  risen  and  waft  sdll 
rimm^  and  when  both  Congress  and  the  AsseoLblj  of  Peaag^rt¥aaia  were 
makiTitg  additions  to  the  salaries  of  their  pahise  offic^^  What  other 
States  allowed  their  Agents  I  nerer  understood,  except  ^at  X<Nrth 
Carolina  whreh^  tor  a  time,  empiojed  two:^  Z^^^  jtl^39^.  and  Peans}fiTa 
aia  £^M  per  annnm.  of  their  respectrre  enrrenetesL  tho:  the  difioihiM 
of  their  otfEees  were  triTcal  eompared  with  those  of  ouae;  iadeed,  the 
Agent  of  PenoHji^^oia  ha<i  not  ocension  for  a  siagie  elerk.  the  whole 
bcEsiness  being  prepared  bj  the  Comptroller.  Soeh  was  mj  personai  k 
reiatrre  <Htaation  when  I  recetTed  notice  Irron  the  Execatire  that  mj 
iHbiarj  .%hoaid  be  reduced.  I  leare  yoor  Excel lencj  to  Jadge  how  <tis- 
honored  I  ^It  mj^elf  br  this  eoaiaanieatioo.  Whether  it  was  the 
eAict  of  misrepresentation,  in  the  eonsei^xisaess  of  mj  own  deserts^  I 
have  di'^dained  to  enqoire.  bat  I  eoaki  iscarce  riew  ii  In  any  other  point 
fA  Light  than  as  nn  expression  of  the  <iesire  of  the  Exeeatire  that  I 
should  re{in#|aish  the  bosinessw  and  had  I  been  goremed  by  mj  own 
feelings.  I  should  have  done  so,  bat  when  I  rejected  apoD  the  pecaliarlj 
embarrassing  siiaation  in  which  it  then  stood,  that  if  I  then  abandoned 
rt,  tt  eoold  nerer  be  accomplished^  nor  indeed  within  the  time  limited  by 
law^  eren  understood,  I  foresaw  nothing  bat  immense  kxss  to  the  State 
on  the  one  hand,  nnd  the  consequent,  tho:  undeserred,  iadignation  of 
the  pobiie  against  me  on  the  other.  I  theretore  determined  to  continue, 
should  the  executive  so  far  relax  from  their  hard  resolution,  as  to  enaUe 
me  to  do  so  without  positive  lossw  persuaded  that  when  my  engagements 
were  eompared  with  my  exertions  and  their  ultimate  result  known,  a 
regard  to  Justice  and  a  conviction  of  the  iaithful  discharge  of  my  duty, 
would  finally  induce  them  to  rescind  their  determination  altogether. 

But.  sir,  I  do  not  rely  only  upon  the  merit  of  extra  service  only  for 
my  daim  to  the  whole  of  my  original  allowance,  but  1  ground  it  i^>on 
footing  ol  n  positive  contract,  binding  upon  the  Executive.  It  wms  not 
an  employment  for  which  I  solicited.  I  did  not  know  that  such  a  busi- 
ness was  in  ngitation  till  I  was  honoured  with  a  request  to  undertake  it, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  47 


with  the  promise  of  a  compensation  satisfactory  and  honourable  (No.  5).  1794. 
After  examining  into  the  nature  of  it,  I  agreed  to  attempt  it,  provided  Feb.  25th 
a  proper  compensation  was  previously  assured  to  me  (No.  6).  Col. 
Heth,  on  the  part  of  the  Executive,  then  conferred  with  me  on  the 
terms  on  which  I  would  engage,  and  the  subsequent  resolution  of  Coun- 
cil of  Oct.  2,  1788  (No.  3),  was  drawn  up  conformably  to  our  agree- 
ment. These  facts  must  be  recollected  by  several  members  of  the  Hon- 
orable Board.  In  consequence  of  this  engagement  I  entered  upon  the 
duties  of  my  office,  bound  on  the  one  hand  tor  perform  them  with  fidel- 
ity, and  entitled  on  the  other  to  demand  the  punctual  and  full  payment 
of  my  stipulated  allowance.  The  executive  Lad  the  power  at  their  pleas- 
ure to  displace  me,  and  it  rested  wholly  upon  their  estimation  of  my  ser- 
vices Whether  I  should  receive  an  additional  Reward ;  but  in  other 
respects  the  obligation  was  reciprocal,  and  while  I  was  their  servant,  I 
was  entitled  to  my  wages.  No  argument  can  be  drawn  to  the  contrary 
from  the  unequal  condition  of  the  parties.  In  this  enlightened  land, 
neither  station,  dignities,  nor  power  constitute  right,  nor  can  any  infer- 
ence unfriendly  to  my  claim  be  derived  from  the  long  continuance  of  the 
Business.  No  limitation  of  time  was  either  expressed  or  implied  in  my 
agreement  with  Government;  a  period  sufficient  for  its  completion  and 
DO  more  was  in  our  mutual  contemplation,  and  if  that  period  was  erro- 
neoasly  estimated  by  either,  or  by  both,  it  slill  could  not  vitiate  the 
agreement  betwixt  us,  much  less  solve  the  one  and  yet  hold  fast  the 
other.  Especially,  too,  when  its  unexpected  duration  was  more  than 
counterbalanced  by  unexpected  difficulties,  furnishing  full  as  strong  a 
plea  for  an  increase  of  salary  as  for  its  reduction.  But  the  continuance 
of  this  Business  was  not  dependent  upon  my  choice,  nor  the  result  of 
my  misconduct.  Upon  what  principle  then  should  it  be  converted  to 
my  disadvantage?  It  is  true,  indeed,  I  might  have  availed  myself  of 
the  impatience  which  I  knew  existed  for  its  conclusion,  and  by  a  partial 
exhibition  of  the  exertions  of  the  State  saved  myself  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  and  fatigue,  and  have  been  at  least  secured  against  the  possible 
suspicion  of  an  unnecessary  protraction ;  but  I  should  have  done  it  with 
the  sacrifice  of  some  millions  of  dollars,  and,  after  all,  the  objects  of  the 
sacrifice  would  not  have  been  obtained,  for  this  prolongation  was  not 
pecaliar  to  Virginia.  The  accounts  of  Maryland  &  North  Carolina, 
tho:  comparatively  simple,  were  completed  but  about  the  same  period 
as  oars,  and  those  of  Pennsylvania  not  long  before.  Indeed,  so  little 
bad  the  States  South  of  New  Jersey  the  lead  of  us,  that  the  Agents  of 
all  of  them,  except  the  one  from  Delaware,  whose  proximity  of  resi- 
dence enabled  him  to  attend  as  occasion  required,  remained  in  Philadel- 
phia till  the  termination  of  the  Business.  Of  all  these  persons  in  this 
particular  similarly  circumstanced  with  myself,  I  am  probably  the  only 
one,  allow  me  to  remark,  who  met  with  the  mortifying  distinction  of  a 
rediieti<m  of  his  salary.    With  these  impressions  upon  my  mind,  I  con- 


48  CALEXI>AR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  eeire  tkji  I  mm  boC  eHisg  otfieBee  to  tke  Chiti  Magamte  of  m  firee  peo- 
Fctt  25S(b  pie,  wben  I  eofkte»i  tor  nij  ri^tSw  Tho:  an  kmoiUe  indiTidoal,  thej 
are  lui  wmrtd  in  the  eye  of  Jostiee  i#  those  of  Goreraacttt.  Underthe 
supaljaMMi*  of  mj  cootrMt.  I  ocight  hoc  to  hare  been  brMiglii  down  to 
a  fH^ecarioQJi  dependasee  apoB  the  bocuttj  ol  the  Exetutife,  who  by  the 
firil  set  €i4^  redoetion  might  hare  draw  a  precedeot  for  a  seeond,  and 
perhaps  a  third,  the  nearer  the  bvssinefla  approached  to  an  end.  No 
eharge  of  miflcondnct  has  been  alled^ed  against  bcl  If  there  is  anj,  I 
afli  able  to  relate  it ;  if  there  is  none,  let  it  not  be  deemed  disrespeethd 
that  I  insist  for  the  whole  arrearages  of  mj  salarr.  coalbnnabljr  to  the 
terms  and  spirit  of  my  original  engagement. 

I  have  enclosed  mj  aceoant  ''No.  9^  and  feeling  as  I  do  the  oonscioas- 
neas  of  an  oncea«ng  derotion  to  the  interests  of  mj  conntiy  throogb- 
oot  the  whole  of  my  ardaoos  employments  i  cannot  persuade  myself 
It  will  be  rejected.  How  fkr  I  may  be  entitled  to  additional  compen* 
sation,  agreeably  to  repeated  aasarances.  both  written  (No.  3,  5,  7^  8,) 
and  Terbal,  most  depend  apon  the  sense  the  EzecntiTe  entertain  of  the 
merit  of  my  eerrices.  I  have  already  expressed  that  moch  more  wss 
'  foond  necessary  to  be  done  than  was  expected^  bat  in  fiurt  it  is  impossi- 
ble In  any  representation  to  convey  a  tolerable  idea  of  the  many  diffi- 
culties I  bad  to  eocoonter  in  so  extensive  a  work,  where  everything  was 
to  seek^  to  arrange,  to  amend,  or  to  compleaU  A  view  of  the  general 
account  current  (No.  2)  as  presented  by  me  to  the  Board  ot  Ck>mmis- 
sioners  will  perhaps  afford  the  best  exhibition  of  the  various  nature  of 
the  claims,  the  diversity  of  the  materials  from  whence  the  charges 
were  abstracted,  and  the  number  of  books  and  separate  subordinate 
accounts  in  which  they  were  comprised.  A  little  attention  will  shew 
that  a  very  large  amount  particularly  of  the  3rd  and  5tb  General  divis- 
ions into  which  I  classed  the  accounts,  weie  chiefly,  if  not  entirely,  ab- 
stracted from  documents  not  to  be  found,  or  which  had  not  been  acted 
upon  in  the  public  offices  of  the  state,  but  which  I  was  induced  to  seek 
for,  from  my  perBonal  practical  acquaintance  with  the  arrangements  & 
transactions  which  took  place  during  the  war,  and  which  I  could  only 
have  obtained  by  laborious  researches  among  the  files  and  records  of 
this  and  the  United  States,  or  by  the  Collections  A  Enquiries  which  were 
made  thro'  the  country  under  my  direction.  Thus  the  greater  part  of 
the  specific  tax  for  the  year  1780  could  only  be  ascertained  by  the  evi- 
dence of  some  loose  notes  gleaned  from  a  bundle  of  miscellaneous  memo- 
randums of  Mr.  Jefferson's  during  his  administration,  which  his  indul- 
gence allowed  roe  to  inspect.  But  it  would  be  irksome  to  descend  to  par- 
ticulars. I  shall  therefore  specify  but  one  example  more,  and  that  be- 
cause it  does  not  appear  in  the  general  account,  for  alt  ho'  it  occurred  to 
my  recollection  that  the  colony  under  the  Crown  held  a  considerable 
number  of  arms,  and  altho'  I  had  made  it  the  subject  of  special  corres- 
pondence with  those  from  whom  I  had  reason  to  expect  information, 


CALENDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  49 

jet  I  could  obtain  no  snfiGicient  evidoDce  to  substantiate  a  definite  charge  1794. 
for  them,  till  I  had  recourse  to  the  files  of  the  old  Congress,  where  I  Feb.  26th 
found  an  official  report  of  at  least  ten  thousand  stand  of  British  arms 
furnished  at  the  earliest  commencement  of  the  war  irom  the  magazines 
at  Williamsburg  and  elsewhere  within  the  state.  Having  already  pre- 
sented the  general  account,  I  could  only  inform  the  Board  of  the  cir- 
cumstance with  a  copy  of  the  authority  for  the  claims,  and  urge  that  as 
the  want  of  a  document  in  the  power  of  the  state,  whereon  to  ground 
the  charge  arose  from  the  devastation  of  the  common  enemy,  and  that 
as  the  United  States  had  long  been  in  possession  of  the  testimony,  I 
conceived  them  bound  in  equity  to  admit  the  claim  for  the  full  value, 
with  interest  to  the  amount,  if  I  rightly  recollect,  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  dollars,  however  late  it  be,  as  to  the  time  it  was  presented. 
As  this  happened  after  the  door  was  shut  against  the  Exhibition  of 
claims,  I  could  obtain  no  written  consent  from  the  Board  for  its  admis- 
sion, but  in  private  and  separate  conversations  they  gave  me  assurances 
that  this  equitable  charge  should  have  its  full  weight  in  counter-bal- 
ancing any  objectionable  parts  in  other  Branches  of  the  accounts  of  the 
state.  A  view  of  the  General  account  will  also  shew  that  I  have  en- 
deavoured, tho'  with  very  considerable  trouble,  to  keep  the  great  sub- 
jects of  expenditure  distinct,  authorizing  thereby  a  much  earlier  com- 
mencement of  interest,  and  with  respect  to  the  specifics,  the  charge  of 
much  higher  prices  than  the  Commonwealth  allowed,  and  enabling  me 
to  apply  general  and  collateral  testimony  with  far  greater  advantage 
than  I  could  have  done  had  the  charges  been  exhibited  according  to  the 
order  of  settlements  at  the  Auditor's  office,  without  regard  to  their 
ori^nai  connections.  But  a  reference  to  the  report  of  the  General 
Board  and  a  comparison  with  other  states  will  shew  more  fully  the 
fiivorable  result  of  my  negociations.  For  this  purpose  I  wish  I  could 
have  obtained  an  abstract  from  the  Book  '*  A,''  referred  to  by  the  com- 
misBioners  in  their  report.  The  hope  of  procuring  it  has  induced  me 
till  this  late  date  to  delay  the  representation  which  I  now  have  the 
honor  to  make.  That  abstract  would  have  shewn  the  precise  balances 
admitted  to  the  credit  of  Virginia  and  the  United  States.  Upon  th^ 
adjustment  of  their  separate  or  proper  accounts.  These  balances  the 
Act  of  Congress  directs  shall  be  added  together,  and  form  what  is  called 
the  aggregate  debt  of  the  United  States  to  the  Individual  state.  Of 
this  aggregate  each  state  was  chargeable  with  a  certain  proportion,  and 
if  that  proportion  exceeded  the  balance  due  her  on  her  proper  or  sepa- 
rate account,  such  state  became  a  debtor  to  the  amount  of  that  Excess. 
By  the  same  rule  the  Creditor  States  were  ascertained.  Of  course  there 
were  two  important  points  upon  which  the  issue  with  respect  to  any 
state  depended.  First,  the  amount  due  her  upon  proper  account ;  and 
secondly,  the  proportion  of  the  aggregate  with  which  she  was  charge- 
Able.    This  seoond  point,  it  was  supposed,  would   have  been  regulated 


60  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  generally  according  to  the  estimated  ability  of  the  respective  states 
Feb.  25th  daring  the  period  when  the  apportioned  services  and  sapplies  were  to 
have  been  rendered,  but  Congress  thought  proper  by  an  early  law  after 
the  adoption  of  the  new  Constitution,  to  fix  it  upon  the  same  principle  as 
that  of  the  representation  under  the  first  enumeration  which  should 
thereafter  be  taken.  This  consequently  placed  the  ratio  of  appoint- 
ment wholly  without  the  controul  or  influential  contemplation  either  of 
the  General  Board  of  Commissioners  or  of  the  Agents  from  the  several 
states.  The  first  point  therefore,  vis:  the  amount  that  should  be  found 
due  upon  the  private  or  separate  account  of  Virginia,  was  of  coarse  the 
only  object  to  which  my  responnibility  extended;  and  if  under  my  man- 
agement that  amount  has  been  swelled  to  a  sum  of  very  considerable 
magnitude  more  than  equal  to  the  abilities  at  which  she  was  estimated 
during  the  war,  and  fully  commensurate  with  the  exertions  of  the  other 
states,  I  trust  it  will  be  acknowledged.  I  have  meritoriously  discharged 
my  duty,  and  exhibited  the  state  in  ian  honourable  point  of  view,  what- 
ever may  have  been  the  subsequent  unfavorable  effect  of  the  appor- 
tionment prescribed  by  Congress.  Bearing  in  mind  this  Just  distinc- 
tion, permit  me  to  appeal  to  the  candour  of  the  Honorable  Board,  and 
particularly  of  those  members  who  were  in  office  at  the  time  of  my 
appointment,  whether  if  I  could  then  have  assured  them  under  the  evi- 
dent difficulties  of  the  Business  and  the  very  unfavorable  aspect  which 
it  then  bore,  that  upon  closing  our  proper  or  separate  account  we  should 
appear  to  have  contributed  more  largely  than  either  Pennsylvania  or 
Massachusetts  (the  two  states  nearest  to  us  in  size  and  importance),  and 
that  according  to  our  quota  during  the  war  a  considerable  balance 
should  be  found  in  our  favour.  Would  they  not  without  hesitation, 
may  I  ask,  have  assured  to  me  in  return,  not  the  stipulated  compensa- 
tion which  I  am  now  reduced  to  the  unpleasant  necessity  of  asking  for, 
but  a  liberal  and  honorable  additional  reward?  All  this,  sir,  has  been 
accomplished  even  under  difficulties  much  greater  than  were  contem- 
plated. Have  I  not  a  right  then  respectfully  to  hope  for  a  favorable 
attention  to  ray  present  application?  On  a  former  occasion  I  had  the 
honor  to  observe  that  had  the  aggregate  debt  of  the  Union  been  appor- 
tioned either  according  to  the  ratio  of  contribution  during  the  war,  or 
of  representation  in  the  first  federal  house  of  representatives,  Vir- 
ginia, as  I  was  informed  by  some  of  the  Commissioners,  would  have 
been  a  creditor  state  by  an  amount  of  at  least  two  millions  of  dollars. 
A  reference  to  Book  '^  A,"  would,  no  doubt,  set  this  point  in  a  clear  light, 
but  as  1  have  hitherto  been  unable  to  obtain  any  abstract  of  it,  I  must 
rely  upon  the  data  furnished  in  the  report  itself.  And  upon  these  I 
trust  I  shall  be  able  to  shew  that  altho*  Pennsylvania  appears  as  the 
smallest  debtor  state  in  the  list,  yet,  in  fact,  even  under  the  unfavorable 
operation  of  the  apportionment  prescribed  by  Congress,  Virginia  is  pro- 
portionably  a  less  debtor  than  Pennsylvania;  and  further  that  the  bal* 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  51 

&Dce  due  Virginia  on  her  private  or  proper  accoont  is  considerably       1794. 
greater,  not  only  than  that  of  Pennsylvania,  but  even  of  Massachusetts,    Feb.  25th 
dtho'  the  latter  appears  by  the  report  as  the  greatest  Creditor  State  in 
the  Union. 

During  the  War  Virginia  was  rated  at  one-sixth,  but  under  the  Acts 
of  Congress,  the  proportion  of  Kentucky  being  chargeable  to  her,  and 
Vermont  being  wholly  excluded  from  the  computation,  she  became  liable 
for  between  a  fourth  and  fifth  part  of  the  whole  aggregate,  her  share, 
agreeably  to  the  report  of  the  commissioners,  amounting  to  100,879  dol- 
lars— more  than  the  balance  due  her  on  her  proper  or  separate  account. 
The  ultimate  balance  against  Pennsylvania  was  76,709  dollars;  whereas, 
if  we  assign  a  sum  for  her  debt  having  the  same  relation  to  her  repre- 
»entation,  13,  which  the  debt  of  Virginia  bears  to  hers,  21,  Kentucky  in 
&11  cases  included,  the  debt  of  Pennsylvania  would  be  only  62,468  20-100 
dollars.  Thus  it  appears,  demonstrably,  that  Pennsylvania  is  debtor  for 
14,260  10-100  dollars  more  in  proportion  than  Virginia,  and  Virginia 
for  23,035  53-100  dollars  less  in  proportion  than  Pennsylvania.  Of 
course  the  balance  due  to  Virginia  upon  her  account  proper,  exceeds 
that  due  Pennsylvania  in  exactly  the  same  proportion.  If  we  recur  to 
the  quotas  during  the  war,  when  Virginia  was  rated  at  a  sixth  and 
Pennsylvania  at  an  eighth,  we  shall  find  the  latter  to  be  still  deficient, 
altho'  not  so  much  so  as  in  the  present  case,  her  proportion  with  respect 
to  the  former  being  as  15}  to  21,  or  as  3  to  4.  But  not  only  is  Virginia 
the  smallest  proportionate  debtor  in  the  Union,  and  her  proper  balance 
relatively  as  well  as  really  greater  than  that  of  Pennsylvania,  but  it 
will  also  be  found  considerably  to  exceed  even  that  of  Massachusetts. 
Daring  the  war,  Virginia  and  Massachusetts  were  equally  rated,  and 
each  required  to  contribute  a  sixth  of  the  whole  expense.  If,  therefore, 
we  estimate  the  aggregate  of  this  expence  at  any  given  sum — say 
$60,000,000 — the  proportion  for  each  of  those  states  will  be  by  that 
rale  $10,000,000;  and  if  for  argument  sake  we  suppose  that  each  had 
fumisbed  her  full  quota  of  contribution,  the  balance  due  each  upon  her 
proper  account  would  be  $10,000,000,  which  being  the  exact  proportion 
of  the  aggregate  chargeable  to  each,  of  course  neither  state  would  be 
either  debtor  or  creditor.  But  if  we  apply  the  new  rule  prescribed  by 
Congress,  the  quotient  instead  of  6,  will  be  4}H  for  Virginia,  and  only 
7Hi  for  Massachusetts,  which  is  in  the  exact  ratio  of  3  to  2,  adding  just 
as  mucb  (vis:  one-fifth)  to  the  one  as  it  takes  from  the  other  swelling 
the  proportion  of  Virginia  to  $12,000,000,  and  reducing  that  of  Massa- 
chusetts to  $8,000,000,  and  of  course  making  the  former  a  debtor  to  the 
amoant  of  $2,000,000,  and  the  latter  a  creditor  for  the  same  sum. 

But  in  the  present  case,  Virginia  is  much  loss  a  debtor  than  Massa- 
chusetts is  a  Creditor,  and  consequently  the  proper  balance  of  Virginia 
mast  be  proportionably  greater  than  that  of  Massachusetts ;  for  if  we 
dedact  $100,879,  the  present  debit  of  Virginia,  from  $12,000,000,  her 


52  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  quota,  her  proper  balance  would  be  $11,899,121;  whereas  if  we  add 
Feb.  2^h  $1,248,801,  the  present  credit  of  Massachusetts,  to  $8,000,000,  her  quota, 
her  proper  balance  would  bo  only  $9,248,801,  so  that  the  balance  of  the 
proper  account  of  Virginia  would  exceed  that  of  Massachusetts  $2,650,320, 
and  yet  under  the  unfortunate  operation  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  Massa- 
chusetts is  ultimately  creditor  for  $1,349,680  more  than  Virginia.  These 
appear  to  me  to  be  obvious  deductions,  establishing  the  points  I  have 
advanced,  and  whatever  may  be  the  real  aggregate  debt  of  the  Union, 
the  same  principles  will  apply  and  similar  consequences  must  follow. 
I  might  proceed  in  my  comparison  with  other  states,  but  I  will  not 
longer  detain  your  Excellency  than  to  add  one  more  remark,  and  that  is, 
that  when  it  is  considered  how  strong  the  prejudices  against  Virginia 
ran  upon  the  subject  of  her  accounts,  and  in  what  a  ludicrous  point  of 
view  they  were  represented  by  the  General  Board  themselves  in  their 
report  to  Congress  at  New  York,  it  will  certainly  be  acknowledged  that 
a  very  great  change  was  effected  in  the  opinions  and  dispositions  of  that 
Board,  and  that  notwithstanding  the  boasted  regularity  of  several  of 
the  States  and  the  advantage  which  most  of  them  enjoyed  in  the  pres- 
ervation of  their  public  records,  and  in  other  circumstances  it  must  be 
admitted  that  the  business  with  which  I  was  entrusted,  as  far  as  the 
result  depended  upon  me,  has  terminated  as  favorably  as  the  most  san- 
guine person  of  information  could  possibly  have  expected.  How  far 
this  is  to  be  ascribed  to  any  merit  of  my  own,  and  whether  my  services 
have  been  such  as  may  meet  the  favour  of  a  reward  agreeably  to  the 
additional  assurances  frequently  repeated  to  me,  are  points  which  must 
ultimately  depend  upon  the  decision  of  the  Executive,  to  whose  Justice, 
candor,  and  liberality  this  representation  is  most  repectfully  submitted. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &o. 

No.  1. 

The  commissioners  appointed  to  Execute  the  several  Acts  of  Congress 
to  provide  more  effectually  for  the  Settlement  of  the  Accounts  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Individual  States,  Report  That  they  have 
maturely  considered  the  claims  of  the  Several  States  against  the  United 
States,  and  the  charges  of  the  United  States  against  the  Individual 
States.  That  they  have  gone  through  the  process  prescribed  in  the  5th 
Section  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  passed  the  5th  day  of  August,  1790, 
(the  particulars  whereof  will  be  found  in  Book  "A,"  lodged  with  the 
papers  of  this  office  in  the  treasury  department),  and  find  that  there  is 
due,  including  interest  to  the  31st  day  of  December,  1789,  to  the  State  of 
New  Hampshire,  Seventy-five  thousand  and  fifty-five  dollars. 
Massachusetts,  One  million  two  hundred  forty-Eight  thousand  Eight 

hundred  and  one  dollars. 
Bhode  Island,  Two  hundred   ninety-nine  thousand  Six  hundred  and 

Eleven  dollars. 


CALBNDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  63 


onnecticQt,  Six  hundred  and  nineteen  thousand  one  hundred  &  twenty-       1794. 

one  dollars.  Feb.  25th 

few  Jersey,  Forty-nine  thousand  and  thirty  dollars. 
oath  Carolina,  One  million  two  hundred  and  five  thousand  Nine  hun- 
dred and  seventy-Eight  dollars, 
eorgia,  Nineteen  thousand  Nine  hundred  and  Eighty-Eight  dollars. 
.nd  that  there  is  due,  including  Interest  to  the  Slst  day  of  December, 
1789,  from  the  State  of 
few  York,  Two  million   Seventy-four  thousand   Eight   hundred   and 

forty-six  dollars, 
'ennsylvania.  Seventy-six  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  nine  dollars. 
Delaware,  Six  hundred  and  twelve  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty- 
Eight  dollars, 
[aryland,  One  hundred  and  fifty-one  thousand  Six  hundred  and  forty 

dollars. 
Tirginia,  One  hundred  thousand  Eight  hundred  and  seventy-nine  dollars, 
^orth  Carolina,  Five  hundred  and  one  thousand  and  Eighty-two  dollars. 
9f  bich  several  sums  they,  by  virtue  of  the  authority  to  them  delegated, 
leclare  to  be  final  and  conclusive  balances  due  to  and  from  the  Several 
States. 

Office  of  the  Commissioner  of  Accounts,     ) 
Philadelphia,  June  29th,  1793.  j 

Signed : 

WM.  IRVINE, 
JOHN  KEAN, 
WOODBURY  LANGDON. 

I  certify  the  above  to  be  a  true  copy  from  the  original. 

B.  DANDRIDGE, 
Secretary  to  the  President  of  the  United  States. 

No.  2. 

The  United  States, 

To  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,        Dr. 

(for  supplies  and  services  on  account  of  the  late  war.) 

To  amount  of  Payments  &  advances  made  at  the  Treasury  of  the 
Bute,  arranged  into  different  accounts,  viz : 

Acc't  of  sundry  payments  from  April,  1,  to  September 
lOth,  1775, 6,685  29 

For  volunteer  service,  in  1775,  (in  a  paper  book,)  -  -        41,425  58 

Abstniets  of  Treasury  receipts  from  Sept.  1775,  to  Dec  31, 
1780,  (in  2  bound  books,),  .  .  .  ,    8,708,298  72 

Payment  to  Commissioners  of  loans  to  exchange  for  new 


rftiffia>xj:  a-  ?TA!rt  z^^szas. 


iH?i  JSitL        rriHt  Kilt  Ht:  TT^"  -  '  -  ^  -  -       ^SZJSU  57 


!!f  mnninc  a:  ifeniiieai^  or  ^^ursBnm  jrnnnfic.  i«r  xbi-  jsnfoon  or 
'I^diimiuitiirniiST)'  iir  uiiciuuic  ciamr-tnrr  mximBauc  jnrqmnx-,  tim.. 

Viiraam-   HRiurL  imnr  it-  TTrC    nn:    m^uiiuiL  n.  litt  Jii^ 
Pinrnif  "mmiffi:  irrm   "Uw   ^TOBaajr^  imai&    'n   l  i«niiiic 

▼iraai*  ir  i;tirLi&?uu»  ifr.  niiiniL  «r^i?a    »>  ir-  hbt  rnlii- 

iMiffL  iiimifnr-rL  d  X:n:Hnuf*L  n.  i.  iminiL  tM%fic  -     1^4^^6 

irn-  ^  nmrn^t^  rr  ^nxriiiuL^  rniiiiitsnxa  iiiii  rhioi  iiuBb. 

l:IUQi*L    11    ^IH   Jlirt2£r4»lUi;      11    r  MtUllL  Milil£3>  ,  -  >      IwiLI37  28 

X:in*aii<«a>  a  utnuiidiiir  iitt  "iiiitu.  ^(rftoen   itirrancn-  «iiisi 

"iiH  :«fi&-tiin.   jt  L  jttn«fr  irim  .     ~  -  -  -         ^.S39  25 


L  Zjutpwc    in-  imtitrr    iiftr^r^    ilt  T>riidi(!?«-     n  &  mqiar 

FriLZ'iiL    Hi  janmnc    re  ^miiirn'   nmnw  diwiMC!^L  3«^|t  )nr  ^\ Mnits 
ic  -Lit*  !r'?Mai*<i:T"fl:  -k  laiL  "nijr;.:*-  t  r  A  do  err  >  v^hrrkia^  ifrntin;:S»a«^  not 

jiinLrittt'lui  itvTt.  .  ^  .  «  .        10.174  9S 


CALBNDAE  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  66 


Fifth,  To  amount  of  sundry  accounts  not  founded  on  the  Auditor's  or       1794. 
Treasurer's  books,  &  not  included  in  any  other  account,  viz:  Feb.  25th 

1.  Lead  from  mines,  (in  a  paper  book),       -  -  -       150,598  77 

2.  Waggons,  teams,  &c.,  from  the  counties,  and  clothing 

from  the  districts  under  the  Act  of  October,  1780,  (in 

2  paper  books),  -  -  -  -  -       139,795  80 

3.  Bounties  by  County  and  classes  under  certain  recruiting 

Acts,  (in  2  paper  books),  ....     1,090,221  15 

4.  Hemp  received  in  taxes  &  applied  to  procure  military 

stores,  (in  a  paper  book),         ....  8,896  06 

5.  Land  to  army  &  navy  for  their  services  as  per  account,       287,989  20 
Add  Illinois'  claim  liquidated  by  special   commissioners 

with  interest,         ......       740,000  00 

$28,281,145  18 

N.  B.  After  the  above  account  was  presented  to  the  General  Board 
an  additional  claim  was  exhibited,  the  precise  amount  of  which  is  not 
exactly  recollected,  but  it  was  not  less  than  150,000  dollars. 

No.  3. 

Extract  from  the  Journal  of  Council,  October,  1788: 

Col.  Wm.  Davies  having  undertaken  to  act  as  Counsel  in  the  Settle- 
ment of  the  Accounts  of  this  Commonwealth  againr»t  the  United  States, 
it  16  advised — that  for  travelling  to,  attending  at  and  returning  from 
New  York  or  such  other  place  out  of  the  State  as  shall  be  appointed  by 
Congress  for  the  auditing  of  the  Commissioner  of  Army  accounts,  or  the 
BoArd  of  three  on  the  said  accounts,  he  be  allowed  six  dollars  per  day  ; 
and  that  farther  compensation  shall  be  made  him,  if  upon  the  comple- 
tion of  the  Business  his  services  shall  appear  to  deserve  it,  the  Gover- 
nor orders  accordingly. 

No.  4. 

Extract  fVom  the  Journal  of  Council  of  Dec.  31,  1788: 

The  Governor  laid  before  the  Board  a  resolution  of  the  General  As- 
aenibly  empowering  the  Executive  to  take  effectual  measures  for  settling 
the  accounts  of  this  State  against  the  United  States,  and  it  being  sug- 
gested that  it  is  not  decided  whether  Col.  Davies  or  Mr.  Dunscomb  had 
aatboritj  to  control  all  proceedings  in  the  settlement  of  the  said 
aoeoootSy  the  Board  advise  that  Mr.  Dunscomb  be  directed  to  give 
CoL  Davies  every  information  in  his  power  respecting  the  demands  of 
this  State  against  the  United  States,  and  take  his  advice  and  direction 
in  preparing  and  stating  the  same,  and  that  he  suffer  him  at  all  times 
to  haTe  access  to  any  books,  papers,  or  vouchers  in  his  possession. 

A.  BLAIE,  C'lk. 


66  CALENDAB  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  No.  5. 

Feb.  25th        Extract  of  a  letter  from  Gov.  Edm'd  Bandolph  to  W.  D.,  dated  Rich- 
mond,  Aag.  19,  1788: 

*'  We  wish  to  obtain  yoar  aid  in  the  settlemeQt  of  oar  accoants  against 
the  United  States.  The  {>articulars  cannot  be  well  stated  to  joa  on 
[>aper,  bat  if  yon  can  make  it  convenient  to  ride  over  to  this  place,  and 
inform  yourself  of  tbeir  general  nature,  so  as  to  determine  whether  joa 
can  go  fiirther  or  not,  we  will  make  your  compensation  satisfactory  I 
hope,  and  honorable. 

The  sooner  you  visit  us,  if  at  all,  the  more  suitable  it  will  be  to  the 
public  necessity. 

No.  6. 

Extract  of  a  letter  from  CoL  W.  D.  to  Grov.  Ed.  Randolph,  dated  Rich- 
mond, Oct.  1,  1788 : 

*'  I  have  perused  the  papers  entrusted  to  me  by  your  Excellency,  and 
from  the  nature  of  the  business,  as  well  as  the  late  day  when  my  agency 
in  it  will  commence,  1  cannot  undertake  it  without  diffidence  and  much 
apprehension  that  my  endeavors  may  not  give  that  satisfaction  I  shall 
be  very  anxious  to  afford.  The  period  for  the  admission  of  claims  is 
past,  and  the  accounts  &  vouchers  imperfect  as  they  must  be,  and 
already  in  the  hands  of  the  district  commissioner,  they  are  therefore 
not  within  my  power  of  inspection,  much  less  of  a  pointed  preparation 
either  to  support  the  items  or  to  controvert  particular  objections,  those 
only  excepted  which  have  been  noted  by  Mr.  Winder.  The  refusal  of 
Gentlemen  by  far  more  competent  than  myself  to  undertake  this  busi- 
ness at  a  period  much  earlier,  and  therefore  of  more  leisure  and  advan- 
tage, cannot  fail  to  impress  a  conviction  of  the  labor  and  difficulty  1 
must  encounter  in  the  prosecution.  Indeed,  under  any  circumstances, 
I  should  scarcely  feel  myself  at  liberty  to  abandon  my  professional  pur- 
suits and  to  suspend  a  very  necessary  attention  to  my  private  affairs, 
had  I  not  a  hope  that  from  my  former  office  in  the  state,  and  agency 
with  the  army,  during  a  great  part  of  the  time  in  which  I  presume  a 
considerable  proportion  of  the  claims  had  their  origin,  I  might  be  able 
to  afford  such  useful  information  as  in  some  measure  might  counter- 
balance my  incompetency  in  other  respects.  I  have  therefore  concluded 
to  enter  upon  the  business,  and  shall  hope  for  such  information  repect- 
ing  the  compensation  I  may  expect  as  will  assure  to  me  that  while  I  am 
devoting  my  time  to  the  service  of  the  public,  I  am  not  inattentive  lo 
the  interests  of  those  for  whom  I  am  more  peculiarly  bound  to  provide. 


CALENDAR  OF   STATE   PAPERS.  57 


No.  7.  1794. 

Resolution  of  Council  dated  December  7,  1790: 

The  Board  took  into  consideration  the  State  of  the  office  of  the  Cora-  Feb.  25th 
missioner  for  the  Continental  Accounts.  Whereupon  the  Board  are  of 
opinion  that  as  the  Business  of  the  Comraissioner  is  likely  to  be  of 
longer  continuance  than  was  expected  at  the  time  of  his  appointment, 
it  IB  proper  that  his  salary  should  be  reduced  to  a  standing  annual  sum. 
It  IS  therefore  advised  that  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  January 
next,  he  be  allowed  at  the  rate  of  four  hundred  pounds  p.  annum,  and 
that  when  the  business  shall  bo  completed,  the  Executive  will  make  him 
such  further  compensation  as  his  services,  in  their  opinion,  shall  entitle 
him  to.     The  Governor  orders  accordingly. 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C. 

No.  8. 

Extract  of  a  letter  from  Gov.  B.  Randolph  to  W.  D.,  dated  Dec.  10th, 
1790: 

Incloeed  is  an  Act  of  the  Executive,  fixing  your  salary  at  a  certain 
annual  sum  in  future.  The  advice  states  the  reason  which  has  induced 
this  measure.  The  sum  it  is  hoped  will  be  competent  to  your  support. 
The  compensation  for  your  services  is  left  open  for  future  determina- 
tion, upon  principles  which  give  you  assurance  that  it  will  be  fully 
equivalent  to  them. 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C. 


David  Pattkson,  L.  C.  C,  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  26th 

In  pursuance  of  your  letter  of  17th,  I  without  loss  of  time  called  out  Manchester 
a  small  part  of  the  militia  of  Chesterfield  County  as  a  Guard  to  prevent 
an  infraction  of  the  Peace  which  at  that  time  seemed  to  threaten  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Manchester.  Agreeable  to  yours  of  the 
19th,  the  Guard  has  been  continued  until  the  24th,  being  then  of  opinion 
that  the  danger  which  was  at  first  apprehended,  ceased  to  exist,  I  dis- 
charged the  militia  which  had  been  so  called  out.  A  state  of  the  ser- 
vice &  expenditure  I  will  lay  before  you  so  soon  as  I  can  collect  the 
Bolls  from  the  officers  commanding. 

The  24th  Inst.,  the  Justices  of  our  County  met  at  this  place  to  take 
under  consideration  yours  of  the  19th.  Their  determination  you  have 
enclosed,  by  which  you*ll  observe  they  consider  a  Guard  necessary. 
Consequently  I  have  again  ordered  out  a  small  part  of  the  militia  for 
the  purposes  by  them  required.  I  am  satisfied  that  a  strict  comply- 
ance  with  their  views  may  cause  complaints,  and  perhaps  heart  burn- 

8 


58  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  ings,  but  if  on  the  contrary  a  Retaliation  by  me  should  prove  the  cause 
Feb.  28th  by  which  the  infectious  disorder  now  prevailing  in  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond should  make  its  way  to  this  County,  to  you.  sir,  I  can  appeal  how 
I  am  to  answer  to  those  who  have  placed  confidence  in  me;  therefore  to 
do  my  duty  with  promptitude  seems  to  be  the  safest  method  to  pursue. 
Strictness  to  the  few  may  prove  the  salvation  of  the  many. 

The  21st  Inst.  I  was  sent  for  by  the  officer  commanding  the  Guard  at 
the  foot  of  Mayo's  bridge,  &  informed  that  Mr.  James  Hays  with  a  party 
of  armed  men  had  crossed  the  River  opposite  Rocketts  &  gone  towards 
his  dwelling  house.  Knowing  well  that  caution  was  necessary  to  be 
preserved  to  prevent  fresh  disorder,  I  determined  to  ride  down  and 
enquire  into  their  Intentions.  I  found  Mr.  Hayes  in  his  Garden,  & 
observed  to  him  that  the  minds  of  the  Inhabitants  wore  again  in  a  way 
to  be  disturbed  from  the  representation  of  the  Centinel  posted  opposite 
Rocketts.  He  said  much  about  liberty  &  preventing  his  going  to  his 
own  home,  &c, ;  to  all  of  which  I  gave  for  an  answer  that  he  would  not 
be  disturbed  by  me  or  my  order,  but  that  armed  men  at  that  time  were 
exceedingly  improper,  afler  what  had  happened  on  the  night  of  the 
16th,  adding  that  my  visit  was  as  a  County  man  to  make  enquiry,  t 
that  it  would  give  me  pain  should  any  thing  happen  to  make  it  neces- 
sary to  speak  the  language  of  the  officer  of  the  County.  During  our 
conversation  on  this  subject  Mr.  Hayes  would  not  inform  me  the  names 
of  the  persons  who  had  gone  over  with  him.  However,  b«ing  satisfied 
that  their  Intentions  was  to  shoot  Birds,  I  cared  little  for  their  names, 
&  returned  to  the  Guard.  In  the  Even'g  I  directed  the  officer  to  mount 
a  discreet  young  Gentleman  on  my  own  horse  to  ride  opposite  Rocketts 
&  see  or  direct  that  Mr.  Hayes  &  those  with  him  were  allowed  to  pass 
without  interruption;  provided  they  did  not  Commence  Hostilities. 
When  they  went  over  I  know  not,  never  having  made  further  enquiry, 
but  convinced  I  am  that  they  were  not  molested  in  the  smallest  degree. 
Mr.  Younghusband  being  with  Mr.  Hayes  on  the  16th  &  again  on  the 
21st  armed,  seemed  to  cause  suspicion.  Mr.  Hayes  ought  to  have  known 
my  meaning  was  friendly,  having  gone  without  arms  or  attendants. 
Much  more  passed  in  conversation,  which  would  be  too  tedious,  &  by  no 
means  necessary  to  relate.  From  the  moment  this  unfortunate  business 
was  communicated  to  me,  to  the  present,  I  have  zealously  endeavoured 
so  to  act  as  to  give  no  Just  cause  of  complaint,  &  to  you,  sir,  I  am 
at  all  times  accountable  for  my  conduct. 

I  have  the  Honour  to  be,  &c. 


Feb.  27th  MlL8.    M.    HODSON   TO   HER   SON. 

Has  heard  that  the  soldiers  and  people  of  Richmond  are  determined 
to  march  into  Manchester,  and  if  they  meet  with  the  least  opposition,  to 
use  cannon.    Hopes  that  he  will  go  to  the  country. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  59 


T.    MKRRtWETHER   TO   THE    GOVERNOR.  1794. 

Sending  Bond  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  the  Third  Brigade     Mar.  3d 
district.  Louisa 


Chas.  Wells  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  3d 

J^  this  opportunity  I  take  the  liberty  to  mention  some  things  rela-  Ohio  county 
tivQ  to  the  present  contract  for  furnishing  provision  to  the  rangers  on 
this  frontier.  When  the  contract  was  entered  into,  I  understood  and 
I  hope  your  Excellency  also  did,  that  the  provision  was  to  be  furnished 
at  the  places,  which  were  established  in  the  former  year  by  Messrs. 
Wooda,  since  which  time  I  find  that  the  troops  are  generally  on  the 
River,  find  require  the  provision  furnished  at  the  diflferent  posts,  which 
accumalates  an  expence  such  as  the  State  price  of  the  Rations  will  not 
admit  of,  besides  the  danger  of  the  River  in  sending  provisions  without 
escort.  I  hope  your  Excellency  will  consider  the  disadvantage  that  I 
labor  UQder  on  this  occasion,  also  the  difficulty  of  furnishing  provision 
at  this  time,  when  every  article  demands  cash  on  acc't  of  a  continual 
supply  which  Gen.  Wayne's  army  demands.  I  have  supplyed  the  sta- 
tion of  Little  Kenhawa  with  four  months  provision,  and  have  also  pro- 
vided for  the  other  Stations  now  established  on  the  River.  Could  it  be 
in  your  Bxcellency*s  power  to  forward  some  part  of  the  money  to  ena- 
ble me  to  continue  the  supplys,  it  would  be  very  acceptable,  as  I  find 
myself  in  need  at  this  time.  The  prevailing  opinion  at  this  time  with 
us  is  war.  The  people  are  strongly  attached  to  the  cause  of  France, 
and  some  eager  to  try  their  fortune  once  more  with  Britain.  These  will 
be  handed  you  by  Mr.  William  Boggs,  who  is  intrusted  with  the  differ- 
ent paper*  relative  to  this  county.  Should  anything  occur  which  might 
privilege  another  appointment  of  a  Lt.  on  this  frontier.  Mr.  Boggs  I 
am  persuaded  will  serve,  provided  your  Excellency  should  think  proper 
to  give  him  the  appointment.     I  think  he  will  discbarge  his  trust. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 

Endorsed  on  the  above  the  following: 

Received  from  the  Governor  an  order  on  the  Auditor  for  five  hundred 
dollars  for  Mr.  Charles  Well,  18th  Ap'l. 

WM.  BOGGS. 


W.  Tate  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  3d 

Contractor  Kent  asks  for  an  advance  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  to  Washington 
enable  him  to  furnish  Rations  for  volunteer  militia  on  frontier.  county 


eO  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


17^  J.  Petoe  to  the  Gotsesoe, 

Kar.  3d  I  arrived  safe  with  my  chMr^  jestefdaj  at  AiexaDdria,  having  pre- 

Geof^Btown  vailed  on  CoL  Hoomes  and  the  Poi»t  Master  to  ^oiTer  the  Stage  to  run  on 
Sunday  by  hiring  a  man  k  Horse  to  bring  on  the  mail  to-day  at  an 
expense  of  about  six  dollars. 

Incloeed  is  a  duplicate  ree't  by  v'e'h  yoa  will  obaerve  that  the  cut  sil- 
ver oTerran  by  aboat  a  dollar;  the  weight  of  the  Gold  was  exact  w'th 
that  it  bore  at  the  TreasiuT,  bat  different  in  calculation  28  dollars  34 
centfl — 1-6  the  dis'et  being  the  allowance  at  the  Bank  as  the  PreeideDt 
informed  me,  and  4-10  calculated  by  the  Treasurer;  however,  on  ibis 
head  you  will  bear  from  Mr.  FendalL  The  Copies  of  the  laws  I  iefl  as 
directed. 

Finding  the  Roads  almost  impassable^  (with  other  passengers)  I  em- 
braced an  opp*ty  to  this  plaee^  w'eh  offered  the  Instant  I  finished  my 
business,  at  the  Bank  by  water,  k  when  or  how  I  shall  get  forward  to 
Phil'a  the  event  can  only  determine,  I  count  on  ten  days  from  this  at 
least. 

I  am  with  much  respect,  Ac. 

Bank  of  Alexandria,  March  3rd,  17^.  Rec'd  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
State  of  Virginia,  of  Major  Pry  or,  Seventy-four  thousand  nine  hundred  & 
thirty-three  pennyweights.  Eighteen  Grs.  Cut  silver  &  five  Hundred 
nineteen  pennyweights  i  six  Grs.  German  Gold,  for  which  post  notes 
are  to  be  remitted  to  the  Treasurer  agreeably  to  the  contract  for  the 
President,  Directors  &  Company  of  the  Bank  of  Alex'a. 

GURDLN"  CHAPEL,  Cash'r. 


Mar.  4th  OfFICKES  FrKDB&ICKSBUEG   ARTILLERY   TO   THE  GoVRRNOB. 

Fredericks-  '^^^  undersigned  having  the  honor  to  be  commissioned  by  you  to  the 
^^^"^  command  of  the  Fredericksburg  Artillery  Company,  we  have  taken  the 
liberty  to  write  to  you  with  respect  to  the  prices  of  ordnance  for  the 
company.  We  could  wish  to  have  two  Light  Six  pounders,  as  in  our 
opinion  would  be  a  good  size  for  the  field,  and  as  it  is  our  wish  and  de^ 
termination  to  have  our  Company  equal  in  disipline  to  any  in  the  regular 
service,  we  could  also  wish  to  have  every  apparatus  necessary,  ready 
at  hand  that  should  we  be  called  upon  to  take  the  field  we  may  be  able 
to  march  at  two  hours  notice.  We  likewise  could  wish  to  have  tackling 
for  four  Horses,  fixed  ammunition  such  as  round  &  Grape  shot  with  car- 
tridges; also  a  small  Tumbril  for  carrying  ammunition,  &c.;  about  fifty 
stand  of  small  arms  or  Fusees  with  pouches  &  Bayonets.  It  will  also 
be  necessary  for  us  to  have  a  House  in  order  to  keep  these  things  safe. 


CALBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  61 


If  yoQ  will  be  so  good,  Sir,  as  to  acquaint  us  when  and  where  wo  shall       1794. 
get  Guns,  &c.,  Capt.  Callendar  will  repair  there  &  have  them  conveyed     Mar.  4th 
to  this  place  as  quick  as  possible. 

With  the  greatest  respect,  We  are  Sir, 

Your  most  h*ble  Serv't. 

JOHN  CALLENDAR,  Capt, 
JNO.  LEGG,  Lieut. 
JAS.  SMOCK,  2nd.  Lieut. 


J.  Pendleton  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  6th 

The  Co'wealth*s  Ex'ons,  w*ch  should  bo  doHverod  to  the  Agents  Auditor's 
appointed  by  the  Executive  under  the  9th  class  of  the  Acts  of  '93,  will  oflSce 
soon  be  ready  to  goe  out,  &  but  few  of  the  Bonds  to  be  given  by  the 
Agents  are  yet  come  to  hand.  I  wish  therefore  to  be  honoured  with 
the  commands  of  the  Board,  Whether  the  Ex'ons  for  the  Districts  where 
the  Agent  has  not  yet  transmitted  his  bond  must  wait  the  arrival  of  the 
bond,  or  whether  they  shall  goe  to  the  Sheriffs,  as  usual.  I  begg  to 
request  the  interposition  of  the  Hon'blo  Board  on  the  Business  of  the 
enclosed  letter — Jst,  Law  touching  the  subject  is  6th  chap,  of  the  Acts 
of  '91 ;  2nd,  20th  chap,  of  the  Acts  of  '92. 

If  the  Executive  should  be  of  opinion  that  they  can  authorize  a  sec- 
ond offer  of  the  lands,  I  presume  they  will  make  the  instructions  to  me 
a  General  one,  as  no  doubt  similar  instances  will  occur. 

I  am  yr.  Ex'y's 

Most  ob*t  Serv't. 


J.  WiMBisH  TO  Mr.  John  Pendleton,  Auditor.  Mar.  5th 

The  whole  of  the  Commonwealth's  Lands  agreeable  to  the  lists  trans- 
mitted the  Sheriffs  of  Halifax  has  been  offered  for  sale,  and  there  is  a 
^ge  proportion  of  them  remains  unsold  for  want  of  bidders;  and  as 
the  law  does  not  particularly  direct  the  Sheriffs  to  offer  them  more  than 
ooce,  am  at  a  loss  what  to  do.  It  appears  useless  to  return  the  lists  as 
tbej  were  Kec'd,  and  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  if  it  was  offered  again  a 
good  deal  of  it  would  sel.  People  are  getting  their  crops  down  now, 
Aod  it  IS  more  in  there  power  to  purchase  than  when  it  was  offered. 
Another  Reason  that  from  the  former  sales  of  land  in  that  County,  they 
vere  led  to  beleave  if  they  did  not  pui*chase  their  lands  when  last 
oStrtd,  that  they  would  in  future  have  it  in  there  power  to  get  it  on 
better  termSi  which  mistaken  Idea  is  now  removed  by  one  of  our  Delle- 


62  CALE:jrDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBBS. 


1794.       gittes,  therefore  have  thongbt  proper  to  advise  with  jrou,  and  if  joo 
Mar.  5th     think  the  law  will  Justify  another  sale  or  sales,  yoa'll  please  direct  me 
and  r  shall  act  accordingly. 

I  am,  sir,  Ac. 


Mar.  7th  LbVEN   PoWELL   TO   THE   GoYSRITOB. 

Middlebnrg  I  have  to  acknowledge  the  rec't  of  your  ^vor  of  6th  inst.  notifying: 
the  appointment  which  yoo  and  your  H'ble  Board  have  been  pleased  to 
confer  on  me.  This  I  consider  the  more  honourable  as  being  unsolicited, 
and  if  anything  could  make  me  more  assiduous  in  discharging  the  du- 
ties of  any  public  office  it  would  be  by  getting  into  them  in  this  man- 
ner. I  have  never  enjoyed  a  firm  state  of  health  since  I  left  the  Assem- 
bly in  1792,  but  as  I  conceive  there  cannot  be  a  great  deal  of  business 
to  do  in  this  District  I  hope  it  may  be  in  my  power  to  do  it,  &  I  think 
1  may  with  safety  assure  you  that  what  there  is  to  do  shall  be  well  done, 
&  the  mpney  as  fast  as  it  can  be  got  into  my  hands  remitted  to  the 
Treasury.  I  return  the  bond  executed.  You  are  acquainted  with  the 
circumstances  of  the  Gentlemen  who  have  signed  it  with  me.  It  would 
therefore  be  unnecessary  for  me  to  say  that  they  both  possess  growing 
estates,  each  of  at  least  five  times  the  amount  of  the  penalty  in  the 
Bond.  So  soon  as  you  shall  be  pleased  to  furnish  mo  with  the  necessary 
instructions  I  shall  enter  into  the  Execution  of  the  duties  of  the  office. 

I  am,  &c. 


Mar.  7th  Edmund  Pkndleton  to  the  Governor. 

Cftrotina  Mr.  Hoomes  has  just  informed  me  of  your  having  sent  me  the  choice  of 
county  g  places  for  holding  the  succeeding  Court  of  Appeals,  For  which  I  am 
under  groat  obligations.  There  seems  to  be  no  competition  but  between 
Hanover  Town  k  the  Bowling  Green,  &  I  feel  a  delicacy  in  preferring 
the  latter,  as  it  is  mopt  convenient  to  me,  &  less  so  to  my  worthy  asso- 
ciates than  the  other,  but  it  claims  the  preference  in  having  a  commo- 
dious room  for  holding  the  court,  and  the  daily  running  of  the  Stage 
will  afford  a  ready  means  of  procuring  any  papers  from  Richmond  w*eh 
may  be  found  necessary  in  the  course  of  the  term.  However,  I  can 
with  cheerfulness  attend  the  other  place,  if  Judged  more  Eligible. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be  with  great  Bsteem,  Ac 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  63 


Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

The  moment  I  rec*d  your  iDStructions  relative  to  Artillery  &  L*t  In-  Mar.  9th 
fantry  companies,  I  furnished  the  Capt's  with  a  copy  thereof,  &  I  hope  Norfolk 
it  will  have  the  desired  eflfect,  &  bring  them  into  order.  You  do  not  say 
whether  the  militia  generally  are  to  have  red  cockades.  This  distinction 
appears  to  me  only  for  the  artillery.  When  a  company  is  now  formed, 
the  oflScers  &  men  have  as  many  different  Kinds  of  cockades  as  there 
arft  faces,  which  makes  an  ai^kward  figure.  The  black  with  a  try  colored 
ribband  in  the  center  appears  most  desirable  by  the  numbers  who  wear 
them.  The  black  does  not  go  down  altogether  as  it  makes  no  distinc- 
tion from  the  Brittish. 

I  am,  &c. 

We  have  news  (certain  it  appears)  from  Guernsey  of  Tarlton  being 
taken  and  all  the  ships  in  the  harbour  burnt.  The  British  have  landed 
at  Martinique.     I  hope  they  will  return  without  effecting  any  thing. 


Edmund  Harrison  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  lOth 

Agreeable  to  your  request  I  have  seen  Col.  Davies  and  have  adjusted  Petersburg 
the  reeponsibility  of  his  Agency  much  to  my  own  satisfaction  &  I  trust 
with  the  acquiescence  of  the  Board.  I  have  a  deposit  of  seven  thou- 
sand and  fifly-nine  pounds,  4-6  which  will  be  lodged  with  the  Auditor. 
When  this  is  added  to  his  landed  estate  &  the  personal  &  real  estates  of 
his  securities,  I  can  venture  to  predict  the  public  will  be  no  losers  by 
his  agency.  As  to  the  discrimination  of  Mr.  Poythress,  had  I  have  been 
at  the  board  1  could  have  informed  them  that  the  signature  was  of  the 
elder  Mr.  Poythress,  As  the  younger  would  have  annexed  Jun'r  to  his 
name. 

1  am,  &c. 


Richard  Marshall  Scott  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  loth 

The  memorial  of  Richard  Bristow,  of  Great  Britain,  an  infant  under 
the  Age  of  Twenty-one  years,  by  Richard  Marshall  Scott,  of  Dumfries, 
in  the  county  of  Prince  William,  attorney  in  fkot  for  Mary  Bristow, 
John  Askill  Bockhall,  and  Reuben  Phillipson,  guardians  of  his  person 
and  estates,  most  respectfully  sheweth.  Thai  your  memorialist,  Robert 
Bristow,  waA  in  the  year  1779,  and  before  that  year,  seized  and  pos- 
sessed of  sundry  tracts  of  land  and  a  considerable  number  of  slaves 
within  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  concerning  which,  proceedings 


64  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  in  the  luitare  of  escheat  aod  forfeitare  were  commeooed  and  had,  wbere- 
Mar.  10th  by,  as  it  has  been  soppofied  by  some,  but  which  joar  memorialist  can- 
Dot  admit,  the  said  tracts  of  land  and  slaves  became  vested  in  the  Com- 
monwealth, one  of  the  said  tracts  of  land  situated  in  the  eountv  of 
Prince  William,  and  containing  between  seven  and  eight  thoasand  acres, 
and  of  good  quality,  was  not  sold  during  the  war,  but  hath  remained 
ever  since  the  year  1779  under  the  management  of  the  Commonwealth, 
who,  or  its  Agent,  hath  received  the  rents  and  profits  thereof,  and  a 
commiflHioner  authorized  and  appointed  in  pursuance  of  an  Act  of  the 
laist  General  Assembly  of  Virginia  for  sellidg  the  same  hath  advertised 
the  sale  thereof  to  be  on  the  first  Monday  in  May  next.  A  certain 
Charles  Ewell  and  others,  severally  claiming  rights  to  leases  for  a  long 
term  of  years,  have  obtained  an  injunction  restraining  the  sale  of  those 
parcels  of  the  said  tract  of  land,  to  which  their  claims  extend  till  the 
further  order  of  the  court,  a  copy  of  which  bill  and  of  the  order  of  the 
court  is  herewith  sent,  and  thereunto  your  memorialist  prays  leave  to 
refer.  Those  claims  apply  to  a  large  proportion  of  the  land,  and  the 
residue  cannot  be  now  sold  so  advantageously  as  they  would  be  sold  if 
the  whole  tract  was  sold  in  parcels  at  the  same  time.  In  consequence 
of  the  dispersed  situation  throughout  the  whole  tract,  in  which  the  lots 
are,  that  are  not  subject  to  the  aforesaid  injunction,  the  Justice  of  the 
aforesaid  claims,  your  memorialist  doth  not  admit,  and  therefore  expects 
will  be  satisfactorily  proved  to  the  court.  Further,  your  memorialist 
prays  leave  to  state  that  many  of  the  tenants  on  the  said  tract  of  land  who 
had  rights  to  leases  for  years  or  lives,  have  by  various  acts  of  waste 
and  destruction,  and  otherwise,  forfeited  their  rights  to  the  same. 
Under  the  circumstances,  it  is  not  reasonable  to  expect  that  the  said 
lands  will  be  sold  for  anything  equal  to  their  real  value  in  the  month  of 
May  next,  before  which  time  the  merits  of  the  said  injunction  cannot  be 
tried  and  decided,  nor  can  the  tenants  who  have  forfeited  their  rights  be 
dispossessed.  Your  memorialist  takes  this  opportunity  to  declare  that 
under  the  Treaty  of  peace  with  Great  Britain,  and  under  the  imperfect 
proceedings  of  escheat  touching  the  said  tract  of  land,  he  hath  a  right 
to  hold  and  enjoy  the  same  as  his  absolute  property,  and  whether  sold 
or  not,  he  shall  take  all  lawful  measures  for  recovering  the  same,  hav- 
ing been  advised  by  very  able  counsel,  a  copy  of  whose  advice  was  on 
a  former  occasion  shown  to  your  Excellency,  that  he  hath  a  sure  and 
good  title  to  the  said  tract  of  land,  or  that  at  all  events  ho  is  entitled  to 
the  monies  that  shall  be  produced  from  the  sale  of  the  same.  On  this 
account  he  bath  been  induced  to  make  the  present  application,  and  he 
prays  that  the  same  may  bo  considered  and  deeded,  and  that  the  pro* 
prosed  sale  in  May  next  may  be  suspended  till  the  merits  of  the  said 
injunction  bill  shall  be  tried  and  decided  in  Court,  and  till  the  tenants 
who  have  forfeited  their  rights  shall  be  dispossessed.  And  as  in  duty 
bound,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  65 


EWBLL  VS.  THE  COMMONWEALTH — A    BiLL.  1794. 

To  the  Honorable  George  Wythe,  Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery :     Mar.  10th 

Humbly  complaining  your  Orator,  Charles  Ewell,  Alexander  Compton, 
John  Jackson,  David  Renoe,  William  Flagus,  Bondveale  Brown,  Jere- 
miah Ballenger,  Alexander  Ross,  William  Milstead,  Dudley  Ballenger, 
Dudley  Petty,  Ezekiah  Dunnington,  Joseph  Ballenger,  Gustavus  Scott, 
John  Peyton  Horton,  Wm.  Clinkscales,  Margaret  Foster,  Catherine 
Davis,  &  Benjamin  Posey,  Tenants  on  the  Bristow's  track  of  land  in 
Prince  William  County,  Sheweth  unto  your  Honor,  that  Robert  Bristow, 
late  of  Great  Britain,  in  or  about  the  year  1745,  being  possessed  of  a 
tract  of  unleased  land  in  the  county  of  Prince  William  containing  about 
seven  thousand  acres,  was  desirous  to  settle  tenants  on  said  tract,  and 
accordingly  his  Agent,  Cole  Henry  Willis,  caused  advertisements  to  be 
distributed  and  set  up  in  different  parts  of  the  county  inviting  people  to 
settle  on  said  land  which  had  been  previously  laid  off  into  lots  contain- 
ing from  One  hundred  to  one  hundred  &  fifty  acres  each  according  to 
the  quality  of  the  land,  and  promising  all  those  who  should  settle  on 
bis  lands  Leases  for  three  lives  or  ninety-nine  years  for  the  lots  they 
should  respectfully  settle  on,  at  the  rent  of  Five  hundred  and  thirty 
pounds  of  transfer  Tobacco,  a  lot,  which  advertisement  were  continued 
to  be  distributed  and  set  up  by  Colo.  Richard  Blackburn,  who  succeeded 
the  aforesaid  Colo.  Henry  Willis  as  Agent  for  the  said  Robert  Bris- 
tow, and  was  never  contradicted  or  countermanded  by  any  of  the  sub- 
sequent Agents  of  the  said  Bristow,  but  was  on  the  contrary  acknowl- 
edged by  them  to  be  valid  and  binding  on  said  Bristow,  and  continued 
to  encourage  tenants  to  settle  on  said  land  on  the  terms  mentioned  in 
said  advertisements  untill  all  the  lots  were  settled  and  Improved.  That 
yoor  orators  have  separately  purchased  from  the  first  settlers  on  said 
lots  or  those  claiming  under  them  for  valuable  considerations,  the  lots 
on  said  tract  of  which  they  are  now  respectively  possessed,  and  were 
induced  and  encouraged  to  make  such  purchases  from  the  repeated 
declarations  and  assurances  of  the  Agents  of  Bristow  before  the  said 
land  was  confiscated,  and  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Commonwealth 
since  the  confiscation,  that  the  rights  of  those  from  whom  they  purchased 
were  good.  That  the  said  tract  of  land  was  confiscated  in  the  year  1779 
but  has  remained  unsold,  and  your  orators  have  continued  to  hold  and 
possess  their  respective  lots,  paying  to  the  Commonwealth  the  rent  of 
Five  hundred  and  thirty  pounds  of  transfer  Tobacco,  and  always  expected 
peaceably  and  quietly  to  hold  and  enjoy  their  respective  lots  according 
to  the  terms  set  forth  in  the  before  mentioned  advertisements  undisturbed 
by  the  Commonwealth,  more  especially  as  the  right  of  some  of  the  ten- 
ants who  put  in  their  claims  to  the  General  Court  on  the  return  of  the 
inquisition  against  the  said  Robert  Bristow  to  said  Court  were  confirmed 
by  said  Court  which  rights  were  in  all  respects  similar  to  the  rights 

Q 


66  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  claimed  by  your  Orators.  All  which  foregoing  facts  ate  fully  proved  by 
Mar.  lOtb  the  afSdavils  hereto  annexed.  But  now,  so  it  is,  may  it  please  year 
honor,  that  by  an  act  passed  at  the  last  session  of  the  Assembly,  the 
Governor  and  Council  were  directed  to  appoint  a  Commissioner  to  make 
sale  of  the  said  tract  of  land,  and  they  have  accordingly  appointed 
Thomas  Lee  of  Prince  William  County  a  Commissioner  for  that  pur- 
pose, who  has  advertised  a  sale  of  said  lands  to  be  made  on  the  first 
Monday  in  May  next,  and  unless  the  just  and  equitable  claims 
of  your  orators  to  leases  for  their  respective  lots  on  the  terms  &  for  the 
time  Specified  in  the  aforesaid  advertisements  are  established  previous 
to  the  sale,  they  will  necessarily  be  exposed  to  tedious  and  expensive 
law  suits  with  the  purchasers  of  said  lands.  In  tender  consideration 
whereof,  and  for  as  much  as  your  Orators  are  remedyless  by  the  strict 
rules  of  common  law,  and  are  only  releiveable  in  the  Honorable  Court 
which  has  power  to  hear  and  determine  the  equitable  claims  of  citizens 
to  confiscated  property,  May  it  please  your  honor  to  grant  an  injunction 
to  be  directed  to  the  attorney  for  the  Commonwealth  &  the  aforesaid 
Thomas  Lee  to  stay  the  sale  of  the  lots  of  which  your  Orators  are  re- 
spectively possessed  untill  their  claims  can  be  heard  and  determined, 
and  finally  to  make  such  decree  or  order  therein  as  to  your  Orator  shall 
seem  Just,  &c. 

(Marshall  for  the  Compts  ) 

Let  injunctions  issue  to  stay  the  sale,  the  plaintiffs  giving  security  in 
the  penalty  of  twenty  pounds.  Commissions  are  awarded  to  take  the 
examinations  of  witnesses  8th  of  Feb'y,  1794. 

Signed, 

G.  WYTHE. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

PETER  TINSLEY,  C.  H.  C.  C. 


Bdar.  14th  J.   BrOWN   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Richmond       Herewith  yon  will  receive  the  list  of  Inquisitions  of  escheat  required 
of  me  by  the  order  made  in  Council  on  the  17th  January  last,  and  my   ' 
acc*t  against  the  Commonwealth  for  the  service,  w'ch  has  been  per- 
formed as  early  as  possible,  after  the  suspension  of  business,  which  an-   j 
avoidably  took   plaoe   upon    the   breaking  out  of  the  small-pox,  was  j 
removed.  ! 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  67 


AuGUSTiNB  Davis  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

Informing  him  that  400  extra  copies  ot  the  Revised  Code  ordered  by    Mar.  15th 
last  Assembly  are  ready. 

Asking  the  No.  of  copies  of  Code  desired;  also  the  number  of  militia 
laws  and  the  number  of  the  Act  for  regulating  the  militia,  and  the  Act 
to  provide  for  the  National  defence. 

Asking  for  payment  for  arrears  to  enable  him  to  prosecute  the  public 
business. 


Sam.  Coleman  to  Hon.  Jambs  Wood,  Esq.  Mar.  I5th 

Council  OflSce,  January  11th,  1794. 

For  your  information  respecting  the  number  of  copies  of  the  Act  of 
Congress,  "more  effectually  to  provide  for  the  National  defence  by  estab- 
lishing a  uniform  militia  throughout  the  United  States/'  also  of  the  Act 
of  the  General  Assembly,  "for  regulating  the  militia  of  this  Common- 
wealth," required  by  the  Act  last  mentioned,  for  the  use  of  the  officers 
of  the  militia,  I  do  myself  the  honor  to  lay  before  you  the  following 
statement,  viz: 

For  the  Major-Generals,        ------  4 

For  the  Brigadier-Generals,                           -            -            -            -  17 

For  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  Commandants,  -  -91 

For  the  Majors,          -...---  182 

For  the  Brigade  Inspectors,              -                                     -            -  17 

For  Captains  of  Artillery.    ------  17 

For  Captains  of  Cavalry,      ------  17 

For  Captains  in  Battalions,              -            ...            -  1,092 


1,437 
I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


Wm.  J.  Vereker  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  I5th 

Sheweth  that  an  order  to  the  Auditor  to  have  prepared  copies  of  muster 
k  pay  rolls  &  Bation  abstracts  of  vol.  militia  &  scouts  for  frontiers  for 
transmission  to  the  Secretary's  Office  of  the  XT.  S.  with  expedition, 
required  much  extra  labor  &  loss  of  rest,  by  which  his  health  was  seriously 
impaired. 

On  this  account  he  asks  further  consideration  of  his  claim  for  addi- 
tional compensation. 


68 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 
Mar.  15th 


Mar.  18th 


Muster  Roll  of  a  detach  men  t  of  Capt.  Cornelius  Bogard's  Company  of 
rangei*8  or  voluntier  militia  Commanded  by  Lieutenant  William  Wells, 
ordered  into  service  by  the  Executive  of  Virginia,  for  the  defence  ol 
the  Senatorial  district  of  Monongalia,  commencement  of  service.  15th 
of  March,  1794: 

Name,  William  Wells;  Rank,  Lieut.;  Time  of  enlistment,  Mar.  15, 
1794.  Name,  Jos.  Ross;  Rank,  Serg't;  Time  of  enlistment,  Mar.  15, 
1794 ;  and  others. 


Chas.  Leb  to  the  Governor. 


Alexandria       Recommends  Alexander  Smith  for  appointment  as  Flour  Inspector 
for  Alexandria. 


Mar.  18th 

Richland 

Stafford 
county. 


Daniel  Carroll  Brent  to  the  Governor. 

Communicating  the  facts  of  a  murder  cbmmitted  in  Stafford  by  one 
Powell  on  one  Mountjoy.  Powell  escaped  to  Maryland.  Reasons  why 
attempts  to  capture  him  were  not  earlier  made.  Powell  seen  in  Balti- 
more; supposed  to  live  in  Calvert  Co.  Description  of  Powell.  Sug- 
gesting a  demand  on  the  Governor  of  Maryland  for  Powell's  surrender. 


Mar.  18th 


Deposition  op  Richard  Morton  before  Daniel  C.  Brent. 

Sets  forth  that  while  in  bed  he  overheard  a  quarrel  between  Mount- 
joy  &  Powell  &  Dillon,  terminating  in  a  tight  between  Powell  &  Mount- 
joy,  in  which  Powell  put  out  the  eyes  of  Mountjoy,  causing  his  death. 


Mar.  19th 
Norfolk 


Tho.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  Jno.  Hamilton,  Esq.,  British  Consul, 

I  received  3'ourd  of  this  date  relating  to  Mr.  Cooper's  ship;  that  she 
is  armed  I  have  no  doubt  of,  but  conceive  that  she  does  not  come  under  any 
instructions  I  have  received  from  the  Governor.  It  Is  a  well  known  fact 
that  that  ship  is  loaded  and  bound  to  Spain,  &  that  we  have  the  worst 
of  enemies  to  contend  with  in  that  country  (the  Algerines),  and 
although  we  are  neutrals  in  the  present  war  between  Great  Britain  and 
France,  yet  I  think  we  have  a  right  to  arm  against  those  who  are  at 
war  with  us  without  contravening  our  neutrality.  These  are  my  own 
ideas,  but  as  the  ship  is  out  of  my  jurisdiction,  I  can  do  nothing  further 
than  transmit  your  letter  to  the  Gov'r  for  his  advice  and  construction 
thereon. 

I  am  respectfully  your  obe.  serv't. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  69 

The  following  is  the  letter  above  referred  to  as  enclosed  to  the  Gov-       1794. 
emor  for  his  construction :  Mar.  19th 

Information  has  been  given  me  that  the  Chickamaugue,  otherwise  the     Norfolk. 
Isaac,  which  cleared  out  and  sailed  from  hence  without  having  any  guns  British  Con- 
on  board,  is  now  in  Hampton  Roads,  and  has  mounted  eight  Guns.     Con-   ^"  ^  ^    ^® 
ceiving  that  this  equipment  is  a  contravention  of  the  regulation  adopted 
by  the  President,  I  have  to  request  that  you  will  inquire  into  the  intel- 
ligence I  now  communicate,  and  should  the  circumstance  I  represent 
be  deemed  an  infraction  of  the  rules  I  refer  to,  that  you  will  take  the 
necessary  steps  to  prevent  the  sailing  of  the  above  mentioned  vessel. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 
Col.  Newton,  &c.,  &c. 


H.  Knox,  Secretary  op  War,  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  I9th 

Your  favors  of  the  3  and  6  instant  have  been  received.  As  the  bill  War 
for  the  fortification  of  the  po^ts  has  passed,  immediate  measures  will  be  I^^pa^tment 
taken  for  mounting  such  heavy  cannon  as  may  be  at  Norfolk,  and  which 
are  of  sufficient  goodness.  Some  person  as  an  engineer  will  also  be  sent 
for  the  purpose  of  deciding  upon  the  spots  where  the  batteries  ought  to 
be  erected.  The  interruptions  and  injuries  to  our  trade  in  the  West 
Indies  are  of  the  highest  nature  and  now  engage  the  most  serious  atten- 
tion of  Congress.  What  shape  the  business  will  assume  is  not  decided, 
but  all  classes  seem  to  think  that  every  preparation  for  war  ought  to  be 
made  in  order  to  speak  in  a  dignified  tone  to  the  offending  power,  suit- 
able to  the  occasion.  The  demands  relative  to  the  Armourers  was  un- 
known to  me  until  you  mentioned  them.  Every  just  arrangement  is 
made  for  furnishing  the  Master  Armourer  with,  money.  His  being  off 
the  post  road  has  occasioned  some  derangement  which  will  not  probably 
occur  again.  Contingent  claims,  such  as  was  incurred  at  Norfolk,  will 
sometimes  arise,  and  no  remedy  being  at  hand,  payments  may  be 
delayed,  but  this  is  not  the  case  to  my  knowledge  for  any  regular  au- 
thorized expences,  afler  such  are  adjusted  by  the  accounting  officers.  I 
have  given  instructions  to  the  accountant  to  adjust  with  all  possible  dis- 
patch the  accounts  brought  by  Major  Pryor.  As  soon  as  the  balance 
shall  be  ascertained  for  which  the  United  States  are  responsible,  applica- 
tion will  be  made  for  the  same  to  the  Treasury. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


William  Lowther  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  I9th 

Agreeably  to  your  orders,  the  rangers  are  enlisted  in  this  county,  and  Clarksburg 
have  been  mustered  by  Colo.  Jackson,  and  in  the  other  counties,  I  know 


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WOOD. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  71 


Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

I  now  inclose  you  the  proceedings  relative  to  the  Sloop  Diligent,  Capt.  Mar.  20th 
Cunningham,  taken  at  first  by  a  French  privateer  &  carried  into  Gauda-  Norfolk 
lupe,  where  they  took  out  a  box  of  silver  plate  belonging  to  Miss  Tucker 
&  me,  &  seven  barrels  of  sugar  belonging  to  my  Daughter  Martha.  The 
sugar  they  disposed  of  &  the  plate  they  detained  for  proof.  Mr.  Oster, 
the  Consul,  has  wrote  the  Gov'r  of  the  Island  &  sent  him  a  certificate  of 
its  being  American  citizens  property,  what  effect  it  may  have,  time 
will  discover,  but  I  have  every  reason  to  think  that  they  will  not 
deliver  as  I  have  heard  that  the  crew  of  the  privateer  insisted  on  a  con- 
demnation alt  ho.  the  vessel  &  effects  were  altogether  American  property, 
the  same  vessel  was  afler  taken  by  a  Brittish  privateer  &  condemned 
for  having  French  Sugar  on  board  which  she  took  in  at  Gaudalupe.  I 
f>hall  be  obliged  if  you'd  forward  the  inclosed  papers  to  the  President 
that  we  may  get  redress.  I  also  enclose  you  a  letter  I  have  rec'd  from 
Mr.  Hamilton,  as  a  Brittish  Consul,  with  my  answer  to  him.  We  think 
our  preparations  for  defence  move  slowly  on.  The  French  fleet  are  on 
the  Eve  of  departing  and  as  I  have  heard  will  not  let  the  Doedalus  go 
out.  I  mentioned  to  you  sometime  ago  that  some  of  the  large  guns 
were  spiked  during  the  war,  they  must  be  cleared,  &  wou*d  it  not  be 
right  to  have  it  done,  as  I  suppose  they  will  be  taken  into  the  Conti- 
nental service  &  paid  for.  It  would  be  forwarding  the  business  at  least  a 
fortnight. 

I  am,  &c. 


Thos.  Madison  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  20th 

Recommends  Joseph  Kent  for  appointment  as  Pay  master  to  troops 
under  command  of  Capt.  Lewis. 


Wm.  Prbntis,  Mayor  op  Petersburg,  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  20th 

The  letter  which  I  had  the  honor  of  receiving  from  you  on  the  sub-  Petersburg 
jecl  of  the  restrictions  on  those  whose  business  may  call  them  to  Peters- 
bar^,  came  to  my  hands  on  Monday  last.  The  Common  Hall  of  Peters- 
toarg  Tery  early  took  the  business  into  consideration,  but  finding  that 
the  restrictions  in  their  resources  deprived  them  of  the  means  by  which 
tbej  coald  comply  with  the  wishes  of  the  inhabitants  in  paying  Jurors, 
&c^  they  were  under  the  necessity  ot  declining  the  adoption  of  those 
preemations  which  appeared  necessary  and  proper. 

In  consequence  of  which  the  people  of  Petersburg  being  under  feartul 
•l^refaenfiionfl,  from  their  exposed  situation,  of  experiencing  the  dread- 


72  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


17d4.  ful  disease  that  has  visited  their  fellow  cittzeDS  of  Richmond,  have  chear- 
Mar.  20th  fully  embraced  every  means  within  their  power  to  guard  against  its  be- 
ing introduced  here,  and  the  better  to  effect  this  desirable  object,  they 
appointed  a  few  of  their  fellow  citizens  a  Committee  to  attend  to  the 
Business,  which  Committee  have  been  authorized  by  the  Common  Hall 
to  use  all  legal  measures  in  fulfilling  the  object  of  their  appointment, 
and  sure  I  am  that  if  any  unreasonable  and  injurious  restrictions  have 
been  adopted  by  this  Committee  they  have  arisen  more  from  a  wish  of 
preserving  the  health  and  lives  of  their  neighbours  than  from  any  incli- 
nation of  abusing  that  confidence  which  is  reposed  in  them. 

Immediately  on  the  receipt  of  your  letter,  I  waited  on  the  Committee 
to  know  if  there  was  just  cause  for  the  complaints  which  have  been 
made  to  you,  I  was  informed  by  the  Committee  that  they  knew  of  none, 
unless  it  was  the  case  of  Mr.  Fenwick,  and  in  this  instance  the  acting 
members  of  the  Committee  for  that  Day  have  lodged  with  me  papers  In 
justification  ot  their  conduct.  But  as  you  have  not  informed  me  of  the 
persons  who  made  complaint  I  have  though  £  it  unnecessary  to  forward 
these  papers  to  you. 

The  enclosed  publication  of  the  Committee,  will,  I  flatter  myself,  con- 
vince you  that  the  restrictions  are  not  injurious  to  those  who  may  be 
dis|>osed  lo  accommodate  or  satisfy  a  community  that  are  so  much  in- 
terested in  the  event.  If,  however,  it  should  not  meet  your  approbation 
I  shall  be  happy  to  hear  again  from  you  on  the  subject. 

I  am  with  Respect, 

Your  ob't  Serv't. 

To  the  Public: 

The  Committees  for  the  Town  of  Petersburg  are  happy 
to  assure  the  public  that  the  precautions  heretofore  used  have  been  effectual 
to  prevent  the  introduction  of  the  Small-pox  into  the  Town,  and  they  pledge 
themselves  that  the  earliest  information  shall  be  given  should  it  unfor- 
tunately make  its  appearance  among  us.  They  regret  the  necessity  ot 
being  extremely  rigid  as  to  the  terms  on  which  those  gentlemen  may  be 
admitted,  who  are  now,  or  hereafter  may  be  at  infected  places,  but  when 
it  is  considered  that  the  happiness  and  existence  of  vast  numbers  of 
people  essentially  depend  on  the  town's  being  free  from  this  fatal  dis- 
ease, they  rest  assured  that  all  the  friends  to  humanity  will  chearfully 
acquiesce  in  any  measures  which  may  be  adopted  for  the  safety  of  the 
Inhabitants,  and  for  the  information  of  Gentlemen  who  may  now  be  ab- 
sent from  Town,  the^'  take  this  method  of  communicating  to  the  public 
that  no  person  suspected  of  having  come  immediately  from  any  place 
infected  with  the  Small-pox  will  be  admitted  without  previously  taking 
an  oath  either  that  he  hath  not  been  where  the  disease  prevails,  or  (if 
he  bath  been  at  such  place)  that  be  hath  taken  the  necessary  precaution 
of  changing  his  clothes  at  some  uninfected  place. 

Petei-sburg,  March  13,  1794. 


CALENDAR  OF   STATE   PAPERS. 


73 


Wm.  Clendinbn,  Capt.  V.  C,  to  John  Stuart  and  Thos.  Edgar, 

Esquires. 

Gentlemen : 

I  am  informed  that  you  have  on  hand  a  quantity  of  pow- 
der and  Lead,  And  as  there  is  no  provision  made  to  supply  the  Troops 
with  ammunition  that  are  allowed  for  the  defence  of  Greenbrier  and 
Kanawha,  I  have  got  George  Huggard  to  go  forward  to  make  applica- 
tion to  you,  or  either  of  you,  For  two  hundred  weight  of  good  Rifle 
Powder  and  four  hundred  weight  of  Lead.  The  price  Hitherto  allowed 
for  powder  by  the  public  is  three  shillings  and  for  Lead  one  shilling.  If 
yoa  will  agree  to  furnish  the  aforesaid  quantity  I  will  make  no  other 
application.  Your  writing:  to  me  by  the  bearer  will  confirm  the  contract, 
and  you  shall  on  the  Delivery  Receive  my  Receipt  for  the  ammunition 
and  an  order  on  the  public  for  the  money. 

The  bearer,  Mr.  Huggard,  will  let  you  Know  the  quantity  I  must  be 
furnished  with  Immediately. 

I  am.  Gentlemen,  with  Respect,  &c. 

M'rch  20,  1794. 

Rec'd  an  order  from  John  Stuart  for  fifty  pounds  of  the  within  pow- 
der on  ace.  Ludinton. 

GEORGE  HUGART. 
This  order  Ludinton  paid. 


1794. 


Mar.  2l8t 
Kanhawa 


Edmund  Harrison  to  the  Governor. 

Enclosing  Bond  of  Col.  Goodwin  as  agent  for  collection  of  arrears  of 
taxes  in  Brigade  District,  of  which  Dinwiddle  is  part. 


Mar.  2lBt 


Wm.  McCleery  to  the  Governor. 

I  have  been  honored  with  the  receipt  of  your  letter  pr.  Capt.  McCol- 
lock,  requesting  a  return  of  the  distribution  of  last  year's  ammunition 
and  the  quantity  on  hand,  and  can  for  the  present  only  inform  you  that 
agreeably  to  Major  Lowther's  orders,  it  hath  all  been  issued  except  1^ 
quarter  casks  of  powder;  &  about  250  flints,  &  4  quarter  casks  of  pow- 
der is  this  day  to  be  issued  to  two  detachments  of  the  Rangers  com- 
manded by  Lieutenant  Evans  and  Ensign  Jenkins,  who  are  about  to 
march  to  their  station  on  the  Ohio  River.  The  powder  left  in  my  hand 
is  of  no  value  to  send  to  the  Woods,  and  indeed  unless  proper  attention 

is  paid  to  the  choice  of  good  Rifle  powder  when  you  purchase^  money 

10 


Mar.22d 


Morgan 
Town 


J 4  CALKS bXR  OF  5TATE  PJLPEBS. 


IT^r       wftl  tm  0(%ytsfui%%  im4  tbe  wrriee  left  u>  mMet,    I  kare  not  a  pound  of 

M«f  Xt4     Ufft^'     f  frooM  fluUte  joa  out  s  recsni  is  IJarm.  but  am  now  engaged  in 

ib«f  ^ffiiiin#:«Mi  (A  fmr  Omru^  %tA  tWreiore  mmA  for  tbe  time  being  beg  to 

Th^  A'ttmpfointment  tbat  batb  bappeoed  eoneeming  tbe  money  for 
not  only  tb«  misn'n  paj,  but  abio  for  tbeir  prorisions  for  last  year,  may, 
U'n  p<iMible,  retard  oor  defentiTe  operations  for  tbe  present,  notwith- 
Nianding  tbe  Indians  batb  begon  Hostilities,  baring  taken  or  Killed  a 
man  IsAt  montb  witbin  30  to  40  miles  of  Clarksborg.  Be  so  oblidging 
an  to  write  to  mo  tbe  reason  of  tbe  detention  of  tbe  money  by  the  stage 
to  Alexandria,  addressed  to  tbe  care  of  Mr.  Josepb  Tidball,  Merch't,  in 
WInobester,  from  wbenee  I  sball  safely  get  it. 

I  bave,  &c. 


Msr.  aad  AuoiiHTiNB  Davis  to  Arch'd  Blair,  Esq. 

liiohinuiid       He  pleased  to  lay  the  enclosed  account  before  the  Honorable  Board  at 
their  next  meeting,  which  you  informed  me  would  be  to-morrow, 

and  oblidge,  sir,  y'r  ob't  serv't. 

The  Commonwealth  of  Virginia, 

To  Augustine  Davis,        Dr. 


To  printing  fbur  hundred  copies  of  the  Bevised  Code  of  laws  tbat 
were  not  printed  in   1792,  making  30  sheets,  @  20  dollars  per  sheet, 

jciaa 

ITM.  Wn>h  20tb. 


I^ar,  i»a  ^^^^-  P«  Mathbws  to  the  Govxksor. 

Xgflblk         'P^^  enclosed  letter  from  CoL  Hamilton,  Brittisb  Consul  at  this  place, 
t  reiviveU  yetjLterds^.     1  inlormed  Cot.  Hamilton  tbat  as  an  oflleer  of  the 

niihtia  t  bad  received  no  orders  respecting  the ^  bat  would  cem- 

municate  it  to  your  Excellency  for  instructions.  There  seems  co  ntt  to 
be  DO  intention  in  the  party  complained  ot  to  Tiolate  tbe  neotrafilj 
pointed  out  by  tbe  President.  Tbe  vessel  is  intended  for  Btlbos*  asd 
tbe  owners,  are  desirouii  of  arming  her  tor  protection  against  the  Algcr- 
ines.  '(bia  appears,  to  me  tVom  tbe  regulations  I  have  aeen  to  be  war- 
ranted  by  tbe  President's  insiruetioss^ 

1  am«<te. 


CiOiBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  76 


Sib: 

iDfonnation  has  been  given  me  that  the  Chickamaugus  which  1794. 
cleared  out  and  sailed  from  hence  without  having  any  guns  on  board,  is  Mar.  23d 
now  in  Hampton  Road,  and  has  mounted  Eight  Guns.  Conceiving  that 
this  equipment  is  a  contravention  of  the  regulation  adopted  by  the 
President,  1  have  to  request  that  you  will  inquire  into  the  intelligence  I 
now  communicate,  and  should  the  circumstance  I  represent  be  deemed 
an  infraction  of  the  rules  I  refer  to,  that  you  will  take  the  necessary 
steps  to  prevent  the  sailing  of  the  above  mentioned  vessel. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  most  obed.  humble  serv't, 

JOHN  HAMILTON. 
British  Consul's  office,  Norfolk,  Virginia,  18th  March,  1794. 
To  Gren'l  Thomas  Mathews,  &c. 


Robert  Taylor,  Mayor  of  Norfolk,  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  23d 

I  take  the  liberty  to  enclose  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Commander  of  the  Norfolk 
Britisb  ship  Doedalus,  and  my  reply,  and  to  enclose  a  memorandum  of 
&  conversation  with  the  Captains  of  the  French  ships  in  the  presence  of 
the  French  Consul,  respecting  that  ship,  and  which  occasioned  the  cor- 
r^poDdence  with  Sir  Charles  H.  Knowles.  It  is  also  my  duty  to  put 
under  cover  to  yon  a  letter  of  the  18th  March  from  the  British  Consul, 
r^pecting  the  ship  Chickamaugue. 

I  have,  &c. 

.Doedalus,  Norfolk  Harbour,  Virginia, 

March  19th,  1794. 

Sir: 

You  did  me  the  favour  to  mention  a  Requisition  of  the  French  Cap- 
t&io8  and  which  to  the  best  of  my  recollection  was  that  I  would  not  re- 
move my  ship  from  her  present  situation  as  they  could  not  be  responsi- 
ble for  the  condnct  of  their  crews.  I  have  not  the  smallest  doubt  of 
yonr  veracity,  Sir,  or  that  of  the  French  OflScers,  but  you  will  I  hope 
forgive  my  soliciting,  you  will  be  pleased  to  acquaint  mo  in  writing  of 
the  particulars,  because  oral  information  is  liable  to  be  misconstrued, 
sod  your  letter  will  exculpate  me  for  not  proceeding  to  sea  immediately. 

I  have,  &ۥ 
To  Robert  Taytor,  Esq. 


5^  »C-biLiEyDAJL  'O^-  4T!^]!3:  gJLffffHff,. 


flSMl       ftimRarr!   Ti^mfltt;.  ^bjsuo.    m   5^iaaanii..  lyi   ica.  CHUtaaLaB-  HjortT 

:iMhK  JS^t  C  itiix^i*  nhtt  liimnr   it  v.nir    Hnur    iif  -iiiH-  auirmnu;  bmsriotc  I  would 

inor  <Otfluf«*^  'itf  aher  H^c^ntiii  ^hinth  ITuri.  J<i2in.  HUr*;  joif  (Clicur&aiL  in  tlie 
[)itrt5iHnitit  \f  rdiii  Wmm\iL  <C'inmu.  Xir.  <Omkui  II  ?Htgiii!iG»t  tt&ii:i$e  gentle- 
mim  j^\  ^iium  ahiur  gcn^iinHdiaH-  «ia  jjn^tic.  iiiic  ^riuuk  ciiii^  t&wiiiiMd  to  do. 
HHit^r  ;i;cniwHfi  nhos  mii;^  ?>»iQiiiiijd[il  liiH  otmcisuiir^  m  tihis^  Coihiiefi  States. 
:uift  ^vmiiii:  <b.y  nnnhimr  ^^nran<£;  )r  niiuc  nitcim  ^Hb  ia;ggtwttt£  »  ^  a  riola- 
nii^a  mS  iiilH  rmiurnTOiHiij.  ^iis  n  znn  icf^wnn  -Hnnxusun  ^if  liut  Fffv«eh  fleet 
tintrt^  t«riiii»iL  t«.&iuii  iitgazni  ji  :l  ii*^  v^j^  ^mnY  itfimi  lujii  Umi  tilkie  I>oedm]iis 
[>itMi-  rJu«iL  :u  QjflL^fiiiiL  fi^itkt  lOiL  liut  iCiigcjiiiL  stf  ihft  T^ffv-  oteerved 
tUkui  Jtti  ''nmiDsiJiiiiiur  '^dLitur  ic  rui»i  FcwuiiL  ^mh  tsimsue:  ^h/t  absence  ol 
A<tiu:'cu.  ^AJUHullijtt:.  tilifikG  htt  ^ittlit 'fniimi&ur  3:  iiiif  &l1iJ  t:»  pirvireDt  it.  bot 
tihasR  H  t  'istr^  akt^'*  w&*ui  oIm  FirtHuia  Sbhi  ^rjii>  !i»3G  c«ii£i~  dnr  ma.  that  your 
itik£^'  riiin:eikm  iid(T<t:  pfliu«H£  wtii&f?iin!  untiain  •??-  obiikeiCiKSiisiiu  a»J  that  at  pre^ 
•tivti  s&irf  ibi^f«fj  jvQifi  v&qjii  B»fi<i  aoii&sisr  j^Hiar  i&Df •  luair  tikcusL  as  insoltB 
flfluui5lk.u  Ibit  ««K«wi  ly  tti*  •nnfwi.  -wrftitiil  cibfTr  -witji  iii?«  ibinwee  or  prevent 
Ja  »  t'ObfoMiKib^  tio*  ff««tj£l]eiet  «Nr«xrr  •>diMinnfc2i5MB  tL&ckS  miK>  HEMie  or  the  pre- 
<tii»^  w/j^n&f  nuMiii  im  a  4«ATi»»iai^o«  olf  iisiiM-  lnHEecu^  &«etiw<iHi  three  or  four 
^■^^rMAMu  b«(t  wlfiftii  I  haT*  iM'W  wntSiMt  a«w  I  am  ^c^fftaoiL.  im  «iil}«tance,  the 
wiUoiik-  tUktat  kSokS  pobs^  wrhk-h.  witih  tW  kiBn>*w&e«i[:0e'  aorii  conMot  <^  thoee 
^yeAitiietKeai  I  iBOM^Ea&rij  B^Miie  kiiO'Wii  tty  ji-xbl  aari  aEow  me  to  observe 
tliat  ift  thM-  attd  ercnir  other  tiaikSMtaKM  'oi  a  pahilQck  aatnre  I  have  been 
jpn^^trBi^d  br  BIT  ieik«e  of  nt^  beiibjc  aj  JnEty  to  obserre  ao  exact  neotral- 
ft  J,  tkxA  Ui  prenerve  the  peace  and  onier  •>f  the  town  and  the  ease  and 
traf^iuilitv  ^A  \l»  inhabitantiS^  Permit  me.  Scr.  to  pot  jroa  in  miod  of 
jfmr  pnoroBMr  that  too  woold  not  leare  thb  Port  till  alter  the  French 
V\*st\  ha#l  sailed,  and  that  it  is  oar  idea  ol  neatralitT  that  a  ship  should  not 
M\f^w  an  Enemy's  in  \ess^  than  twenty-toor  boors  after  she  has  left  a 
neatral  port. 

I  hare  the  honor  to  be.  &c. 

MSMORAXIkCM. 

On  Sunday  Evening  the  16th  inst.,  the  French  Consol,  Mr.  Oster^ 
accompanied  by  the  Captains  of  the  French  ships  Tigre  and  Jean  Bart, 
called  at  my  House,  when  the  Captain  of  the  Tigre  and  the  consul,  both 
of  whom  Hpeak  English,  informed  me  that  the  Frigate  Doedalus,  Sir 
Charles  Knowles,  appeared  to  be  ready  for  sea,  and  that  they  had  heard 
it  wa«  about  to  leave  this  port  for  that  purpose.  The  Captain  of  the 
Tigre  observed  that  he  wished  to  do  nothing  wrong,  but  to  pay  every 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  77 


attentron  to  the  neutrality  of  the  country,  but  as  Commander  of  the       1794. 
French  fleet  in  the  absence  of  Admiral  Yanstible,  he  would  not  be  Jus-     Mar.  23d 
tified  in  permitting  the  Doedalus  to  pass  him  in  Hampton  Roads,  and  that 
he  should  prevent  it,  and  which  he  wished  Sir  Charles  Knowles  to  know 
for  that  although  fourteen  days  ago  he  might  have  passed  and  went  to  sea 
without  molestation,  yet  at  present,  when  the  French  fleet  would  sail  in 
a  few  days,  he  thought  he  should  not  act  right  to  permit  it.     From 
these  Gentlemen  mentioning  it  to  me,  I  understood  it  to  be  their  inten- 
tion that  I  should  make  this  conversation  known,  which  I  promised 
them  to  do  that  evening  to  the  British  Consul,  and  that  as  I  expected 
them  at  Breakfast  in  the  morning,  I  would  inform  them  of  the  result. 
Col.  Hamilton,  the  Brittish  Consul  assured  me  that  Sir  Charles  Knowles 
had  no  intention  to  leave  the  country  at  present,  but  his  situation  here 
being  disagreeable,  he  meant  to  go  down  as  low  as  Craney  Island,  but  ' 
that  he  would  pawn  his  honor  that  Sir  Charles  Knowles  should  not 
leave  the  country  in  less  than  twenty  four  hours  after  the  French  fleet, 
or  that  if  he  was  allowed  to  depart  first  the  French  Commander  must 
also  promise  not  to  follow  him  in  less  than  twenty-four  hours;  that  the 
French  commanding  ofScer  might  take  his  choice  of  the  two  propo- 
sitions.   Late  that  night  I  received  a  letter  from  the  British  Consul, 
which  is  annexed,  requesting  me  to  put  the  conversation  between  the 
Captains  of  the  French  ships,  the  consul  and  myself  to  writing.    This 
I  declined  to  do,  as  I  had  written  to  the  French  Consul  requesting  he 
would  do  so,  who  with  the  Captains  of  the  Tigre,  Jean  Bart,  and  Char- 
ant  called  on  me  the  next  morning.    I  related  what  had  passed  between 
me  and  Col.  Hamilton,  as  the  Captain  of  the  Doedalus  was  not  on  shore, 
and  his  wish  for  them  to  reduce  our  conversation  to  writing,  which 
they  refused  to  do,  but  et  the  same  time  repeating  that  they  respected 
the  neutrality  of  the  Port,  and  would  do  nothing  against  it,  and  there- 
fore wished  the  Doedalus  would  not  attempt  to  pass  them  in  Hampton 
Roads,  as  it  was  their  duty  to  prevent  it,  or  anchor  near  them,  as  in  this 
last  case,  insults  might  happen  which  they  could  not  guard  against  nor 
prevent.     I  again  promised  to  make  this  known  to  Sir  Charles  Knowles 
or  the  Brittish  Consul,  and  which  I  did  immediately  to  the  former  Gen- 
tleman in  the  street,  and  who  requested  if  I  met  with  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  French  Ships  to  inform  him  that  he  had  no  intention 
ot  passing  them  in  Hampton  Roads,  at  the  same  time  observing  that  as 
liis  ship  gave  umbrage,  and  he  was  himself  subject  to  insult,  that  he 
might  perhaps  move  his  ship  from  before  the  town  to  Craney  Island. 

Uy  avocations  during  the  day  or  my  supposing  what  had  passed  in 
the  morning  sufficient  occasioned  me  to  neglect  to  inform  the  Captains 
<^  the  French  ships  of  the  conversation  between  Sir  Charles  Knowles 
Aod  myself.  I  was  called  on  in  the  evening  by  Mr.  Moses  Myers  the 
French  Agent  here,  and  told  that  the  Captains  still  in  town  were  uneasy 
M  they  heard  that  the  Doedalus  meant  to  pass  them.  To  Mr.  Myers  I 
related  what  bad  passed  on  the  subject  and  my  reliance  that  it  need  not 


78 


GAliEXl>JkK  OF  STATE 


1794 


be  ttpprabfaiflad.  bot  tbat  1  supfiMad  tbat  sbe  n— id  ifBthmfB  ^  n 
GnuM)v  iiibuid  w  be  ooi  ot  uh*  war  of  tbe  ^«^en.  JBe  «b«nrwi  tfait  bi 
i«iin9(i  mux  AtMsmpt  u»  mopt*  uk*  sbn*  would  be  ocwniiinwid  -with  «n  iniaB- 
tiun  l4>  irv  u»  g«i  u»  floa.  and  oopod  ii  wonid  oot  be  JEttoifited.  and  v»- 
qtaxUiad  iUat  I  wonid  it  fMnbH*  invFom  ii.as.  aboaki  jhit  oonioMon  oa- 


U^  the  town. 

ii8  ttmnqoiittv,  I 

tbat  tbeDoedalM 


te  oaUed  on  reap&aang 


iiue,  it  miftht  Ih*  auonfled  witti  vw\   mBnams< 
Ab  tnv  wiiok'  wifth  lu  ibis  bmiBaas  bas  be«i  to 
aicaiit  wailod  on  tktv  Briuiab  Ooaaa;.  -vrbo 
bad  u(>  ioientioii  now  of  renioriii!:  traan  ber 

1  Melt  Ui<MH'  ctrounuttaiioo^  t4>  paper  iaaai  ju 
tb«v  mav  bavv  oetaaiod  m\  aMBBorr  I  a 
ibom. 

it  iH  poiMiibk*  tbat  I  mar  bavt*  ommod  mil,  of  tbe  oonrronatioos.  mui 
tbat  i  bavv  not  expremod  crerv  obaerrmuou  in  tbe  fireeiae  words  oaod, 
but  1  ani  toolid«Dt  tbat  ibt*  jUKuve  m>  in  ^abatanoe  tbe  wboie  tbat 
paaatid  in  my  Seperau-  mtgrvieiptswitfa  tbe  OsptaiBsot  tiie  French  ahq», 
Mr.  0«U^.  Col.  Hamiiuffi  k  Bti-  Cbmx^  £.  iLBoarte,  wpectiog  tbe  de- 
tonlion  of  Qmv  iHtofk^kmti. 


Norfolk.  March  19tL.  1794 


BOBERT  TAYliOB. 


Mar.  Ski 


Kfoa^iwAv 


]  bav^'  received  «<omt'  time  since  your  Bzeeltoncyf^  lettor  enclosing 
my  c*oiiimiM«ioti  ah  A(reut  ui  tbk^  DiBtrict.  and  a  eopr  of  the  biws  wbi^ 
declare  my  dnliee.  I  have  waited  ibr  ^iomethiug  furtbeEr,  as  at  proMBl 
J  have  uv  knowledge  o!  the  delinquenu^  nor  ol  tbe  sums  doe.  T\m  bh 
ibroiatioii  probably  ib  afforded  thro*  the  medium  of  tbe  Anditar,  but  ai 
I  ttuppoBe  he  act^  in  thi€i  matter,  nndor  direotions  &om  the  BxcKumve^  I 
have  thought  it  neoeflBary  to  inform  Ton  that  I  have  as  yot  reoeiTed 
nothing  more  than  J  have  mentioned  above. 

I  have  the  honor  u»  he.  A".. 


Mar.  24tb 

<JOU£H'il 


Haul  Coleman  to  the  Hok,  Gkk\  Wo<:»p. 

Tbe  a«Qendatof7  nulitia  law  ba«  created  19  additionai  Begnmeni^  vIl. 
U^  oaeb  of  tbe  CaQntie»  of  Sb«iandoab,  97,  Faoqnier  S^  Accomack  97, 
Amhi>nil  ^,  Norfolk,  16.  Haii^LX  Sk,  Pittsylvania  Hil.  IMawtddie  S3, 
Mj^^U^lHir^  98,  Bedford  91,  Albemarle  8S.  Bronswic^  96,  Montgomery 
^,  Wytbe  lOM.  Friw»  William  k  Hanover  93. 

Tb«  (oUowiog  oonntiea,  wbieb  foraerij  ooi  J  oompoaed  a  Battalion, 
AOir  eo»ppaa  •  reciaioat  eaeb:  Kinir  WiUiaa  A  Kin^  k  Qooeo  87,  Nor- 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  79 

tfmmberimnd  &  Lancaster  92,  Eossell  &  Lee  94.    Be  pleased,  Sir,  to  sag-       1794. 
gaat  to  the  Board  the  propriety  of  ascertaiDing  which  of  these  counties    Mar.  24tb 
raspeciively  shall  retain  the  number  of  the  Regiment  which  they  for- 
merly both  composed.    They  will  then  be  enabled  by  lot  to  ascertain 
die  respective  numbers  of  the  19  additional  Regiments,  beginning  with 

83. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 

The  Battalion  having  the  greatest  No.  of  militia  is  to  return  the  No. 
of  the  Regiment.  Any  oflScers  reappointed  who  ban  been  heretofore 
eommissioned  in  the  old  Regiments  to  take  rank  from  the  date  of  the 
former  commissions,  the  19  add'n'l  Regiments  to  be  numbered  by  lott 
ficom  83  to  101  inclusive.  According  to  the  above  direction  the  coun- 
ties of  King  William,  Lancaster  &  Lee  must  be  included  in  the  Lottery 
tor  the  numbers  of  the  19  additional  Regiments,  as  the  counties  of 
King  A  Queen,  Northumberland  &  Russell  contain  the  greatest  number 
of  militia. 


Thos.  Lee,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  24th 

The  letter  you  wrote  me  on  the  18th  ult.  has  been  duly  received.    A   Piark  Gate 
day  or  two  before  a  writ  had  been  served  on  me  to  stay  the  sale  of  a 
eonaiderable  proportion  of  the  Bristoe  land.    This  induced  me  to  post- 
pone the  sale  of  the  whole  until  the  determination  of  the  suit,  thinking 
it  most  advantageous  for  the  Commonwealth.    I  have  attended  several 
days  since  to  the  taking  of  Depositions  by  the  Tenants'  Attorney.     I 
have  now  to  request  a  blank  Dediraus  and  Subpoenas  may  be  shortly 
sent  up  to  me  for  the  purpose  of  taking  some  depositions  on  behalf  of 
the  Commonwealth.    So  soon  as  these  are  taken  I  shall  do  myself  the 
lumor  of  transmitting  you  as  full  a  statement  of  the  business,  as  I  am 
capable  of,  for  the  information  of  the  Attorney-General,  and  should  it 
be  thought  necessary  for  me  to  attend  for  fbrther  information  to  him  on 
the  day  of  trial  I  will  do  it.    Several  of  the  tenants  informed  me  they 
have  money  to  discharge  their  replevy  bonds,  but  as  their  rents  are  in 
Tob*o,  I  have  not  thought  myself  authorised  to  receive  anything  else, 
it  would  facilitate  the  collection  much  if  I  was  authorized  to  receive 
cash  in  lieu  of  the  Tob'o  at  the  current  market  price. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


John  McCollock  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  24th 

This  comes  to  inform  you  as  near  as  I  can,  how  matters  is  going  on  ohio  county 
with  me.    I  have  only  got  a  part  of  my  company  as  yet,  and  find  it 
hard  to  raise  the  men,  for  want  of  the  last  year's  pay  coming  forwards; 


%0  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


I7?H.  ttnd  M  I  CAnnot  aasure  the  men  who  will  be  Lieatensni  this  year,  u  we 
War  :Mch  jihftll  not  no  till  I  hear  from  you,  and  the  PensilTanians  is  giTing  six  dot- 
iam  an#i  two-thirdH  of  a  dollar  a  month  to  men  for  the  same  serrioe  ind 
And  them  in  GiinH  or  pay  their  men  for  the  use  ot  their  guns  if  thtj 
finfl  themMolvoH,  all  make  against  our  Recruiting.  I  have  the  spies  out, 
hnt  ihf.y  have  nr>t  8Con  any  frenh  signs  of  Indians  this  Spring.  I  shall 
^>^  an  attentive  to  my  duty  as  I  can,  &  do  everything  in  my  power  i<3T 
th«s  n%ftiiy  oi  the  frontiers.  I  am  bad  off  for  want  of  ammanition  for  the 
ojift  of  my  r;oni|mny,  as  T  have  but  one  quarter  cask  of  powder,  and  bot 
^1  \fm.  of  load  at  present,  and  not  one  flint.  I  have  seen  Col.  McClang 
n\uf'.4'.  I  r:arno  from  Richmond,  and  ho  told  me  he  had  some  powder  hot 
rio  Uiutl.  Pleasf!  to  iiiHtruct  mc  how  I  am  to  get  ammunition  &  Gqd 
flintA  for  the  use  of  my  company,  &  I  hope  you  will  inform  me  when  w« 
may  irxpoct  our  pay  for  last  year  if  you  can,  as  we  have  much  need  of 
it,  f  ho[H)  that  your  Excellency  will  send  the  orden^  particularly 
r'imp4i4iiui^  my  duty,  but  hope  you  will  enable  me  to  do  something  in  the 
woods  if  in  my  power.  Our  Virginia  Spies  thinks  it  hard  that  they  an 
not  allowed  Rations  and  ammunition,  as  all  the  Spies  that  is  in  the  ser- 
vu'ji  here  beHidt^H  thorn  gets  a  Ration  and  half  per  day  and  a  pound  aod 
half  of  powder  and  throe  pounds  of  Lead  per  month,  and  they  desired 
me  Up  write  to  your  Kxcolloncy  about  it,  and  hope  that  the  ExecatiTe 
will  allow  them  as  much  as  any  men  that  is  in  the  same  service. 

Ah  I  have  not  received  a  Commission  for  this  year,  &  suppose  the  ooe 
I  ha^l  last  year  to  be  void,  as  it  was  for  the  year  1793  only,  I  have 
thought  proper  to  mention  it.  I  have  nothing  more  at  present,  bot 
have  the  honor  to  subscribe  myself,  &c. 


MarlMfh  H.   KnOX,   SECRETARY   OP   WaR,   TO   THE   60VBRNOR. 

War  I  am  instructed  to  transmit  to  your  Excellency  the  enclosed  copy  of  ft 

iMf«rtrffent  j^^  relatively  to  the  fortifications  of  the  ports  and  harbours  therein 
mentioned. 

And  as  a  judicious  choice  of  the  places  to  be  fortified  and  vigoroui 
prosecution  of  the  works  may  be  of  great  importance  to  the  State  of 
y'lrf^xtua,  the  President  of  the  United  States  requests  that  your  Excel- 
lency, as  the  commandant  in  chief  of  its  militia  would  please  to  take  upon 
you  the  general  direction  of  the  business.  An  Engineer  will  as  soon  ft» 
possible  be  appointed.  Ho  will  be  directed  to  prepare  and  submit  plan* 
of  the  works  to  your  consideration,  and  upon  your  approving  thereof 
to  have  them  put  into  a  train  of  immediate  execution;  some  suitable 
provision  will  also  be  soon  made  to  obtain  the  necessary  materials  an' 
workmen. 

The  number  of  men  and  cannon  designed  for  Norfolk  and  Alexandril 
and  also  the  amount  of  the  expenses  to  be  incurred  at  those  places  wil 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


kereafter  be  transmitted.  If  the  State  of  Virginia  is  in  possession  of 
soy  good  cannon  of  and  above  the  calibre  of  eighteen  pounds  and 
which  €0u1d  be  appropriated  for  the  fortifications  within  the  said  State, 
H  return  of  them  is  requested  together  with  the  condition  of  their  car- 
riages and  apparatus  in  order  that  necessary  repairs  be  provided  without 
dday. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


81 


1794. 
Mar.  24th 


H.  Knox,  Secretary  of  War  to  the  Governor. 


Mar.  24th 


Colonel  Parker  has  recommended  Mr.  Daniel  Bedinger  of  Norfolk  as        War 
a  proper  person  to  have  new  carriages  made  for  the  cannon  at  that  place.  Department 

If  you  should  be  of  opinion  that  Mr.  Bedinger  would  be  a  proper  per- 
•Ofi  I  pray  you  to  cause  the  enclosed  letter  to  bo  given  him  placing  his 
name  thereon ;  Tf  not,  that  you  would  appoint  some  other  more  suitable 
person  for  the  purpose.  If  you  should  not  readily  know  of  a  proper 
person,  it  is  probable  that  Colonel  Carrington  might  recommend  one  to 
lyou.  Whether  the  cannon  are  the  property  of  Virginia  or  of  the  United 
I  States,  it  is  probable  they  may  be  for  the  present  appropriated  to  the 
defence  of  Norfolk.  One  hundred  32  pounders  are  intended  to  be  cast, 
a  proportion  of  which  may,  if  those  at  Norfolk  are  not  of  sufficient  cali- 
bre, be  transported  to  that  place. 

Proper  arrangements  will  also  be  made  for  the  transportation  of  shot 
ftod  ammunition  for  the  cannon  at  Norfolk.  Captain  Hannah  will  be 
ordered  to  embark  at  Alexandria  with  his  recruits,  and  proceed  to  Nor- 
Jbik  aft  soon  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  make  arrangements 
^vith  some  person  at  that  place  to  furnish  the  necessary  supplies  of  pro- 
visions, kc,y  for  the  troops. 

The  case  of  Alexandria  is  not  considered  so  pressing  as  that  of  Nor- 
fclk,  But  cannon  which  are  now  at  the  Head  of  Elk  will  be  transported 
to  the  former  place  as  soon  as  the  carriages  shall  be  made  for  them. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


Andrew  Lewis  to  the  Governor. 

Last  Evening  I  returned  from  the  Frontiers.  On  the  Nineteenth  of 
S^di>niary  I  left  Fort  Lee  with  thirty-seven  men,  and  took  the  following 
^oot  down  Powell's  Valley:  passed  Cumberland  Gap,  went  some  dis- 
tance on  the  Kentucky  Trail;  then  down  Cumberland  River  two  days' 
^mreh,  and  struck  the  War  road  leading  from  the  Cherokee  Towns  to 
%he  Kentucky  trace.  I  followed  that  half  a  day,  then  came  to  where 
mother  road  left  that,  which  appeared   to  go  to  another  part  of  the 

CeotQcky  trace,  nearer  that  settlement    On  searching  those  roads  well, 

11 


Mar.  26th 


Vauses 


S2  CALENDAR  OF  STATB  PAPBBS. 

1794.  could  make  no  disco  very  of  Indians  lately  passing  on  it.  I  proceeded 
Mar.  25tb  on  the  same  road  towards  the  Nation  the  Ballance  of  the  Day.  In  the 
morning  I  left  it,  bore  a  west  way  down  the  clear  Pork  of  Cumbe^ 
land,  and  that  Evening  I  rafted  the  River  near  the  month,  and  marched 
four  days  and  a  half  a  west  course,  and  struck  the  war  path  above  men- 
tioned. Being  then  much  nearer  the  nation,  the  road  of  course  wag 
much  larger.  I  proceeded  on  that  the  distance  of  twelve  miles,  and  fell 
on  a  River  unknown  to  any  person  on  our  Frontiers;  Left  the  road  and 
went  up  that  to  the  head,  and  struck  Emery's  River,  which  led  us 
through  Cumberland  Mountain.  From  thence  I  marched  on  the  South 
side  of  s'd  mountain  to  the  lower  station  in  Lee  County,  &  arrived  there 
on  the  10th  of  this  inst.;  &  altho'  all  the  pains  and  fatigue  I  had  taken, 
on  the  12th  a  company  on  their  way  in  from  Kentucky,  about  thirty-four 
miles  from  where  I  came  to  the  settlement  was  fired  on,  and  four  men 
out  of  thirteen  were  killed,  and  one  wounded.  Had  I  have  heard  the 
news  before  I  marched  from  the  lower  station,  fatigued  as  we  were,  I 

should  undoubtedly  have  repaired  to  the  place  of  the ,  &  am  certain 

could  have  overtaken  the  Indians,  but  having  ranged  but  one  day  in  the 
settlement  of  PowelPs  Valley  to  get  provisions  to  carry  us  to  Fort  Lee, 
did  not  hear  it  untill  the  day  I  arrived  at  that  Post,  which  was  on  the 
15th.     In  this  town  I  made  no  discovery  of  any  very  late  sign  of  In- 
dians.    Saw  a  vast  number  of  very  large  camps,  but  believe  that  few  (^ 
them  were  visited  by  the  Enemy  since  the  latter  part  of  the  Fall,    I, 
however,  had  the  pleasure  of  di8(;overing  the  most  Beautiful!  countiy  I 
ever  saw  lying  between  Emory's  river  and  Poweirs;  not  only  the  finest 
soil  I  ever  saw,  but  you  may  travel  fifty  miles  without  finding  any  rise. 
As  to  water,  none  can  exceed  it  for  good  springs.     I  am  for  another  rea- 
son well  satisfied  with  making  the  tower,  having  made  myself  acquainted 
with  every  Gap  and  different  passes  that  the  enemy  can  pass  through! 
either  coming  to,  or  returning  from  our  frontiers.     I  am  well  convinced 
that  the  Indians  can  never  be  prevented  from  their  mode  of  going  to 
war  in  small  parties  against  us  until  we  are  allowed  horsemen  as  well  ai 
foot,  for  when   they  come  in  and  either  does  murder  or  steals  hoiM^  :3 
they  cross  Cumberland  mountain  at  or  near  the  gap,  through  which  thfti/ j 
Kentucky  road  goes,  and  pushes  Imediately  for  either  Emery's  or  thai- -1 
Hickory  Gap,  and  then  they  are  in  this  Level  country,  and  it  is  impo»— .  ] 
sible  for  foot  men  over  to  come  up  with  them;  but  if  a  few  horsemei* 
were  always  in  readiness,  &  in  case  of  mischief  to  send  the  foot  on  theifl^: 
trail,  and  the  horse  to  rush  on  to  the  above  Gap  and  wait  their  coming- 
a  party  could  never  escape,  and  a  finer  country  for  horse  to  act  in  neveiT! 
was  seen.     Knowing  it  to  be  to  the  advantage  of  our  exposed  fello 
citizens,  I  am  induced  to  make  the  following  proposal  to  your  Excels 
lency  to  allow  me  to  mount  twenty-five  or  thirty  men  out  of  my 
pany.     There  is  that  number  willing  to  furnish  themselves  with 
horses,  if  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  is  allowed  each  man  to  equip  thi 
selves  with  swords,  pistols,  and  forage.    They  should  also  have 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  83 


rifles,  and  always  prepared  to  act  either  on  horseback  or  on  foot  as  1794. 
might  be  judged  best.  If  the  swords  and  pistols  could  be  furnished  us  Mar.  25th 
out  of  the  public  magazines  to  be  returned  at  the  end  of  the  service, 
seven  or  eight  p'ds  per  man  would  be  sufficient.  I  do  not  propose  this 
plan  as  an  additional  expenee  to  the  provision  already  made  for  our 
Frontiers,  but  as  a  mode  not  only  to  lessen  the  Expenee,  as  well 
as  a  certainty  of  success,  knowing  that  Lee  County  would  be  better 
guarded  by  twenty-five  or  thirty  horsemen  and  fifleen  foot,  than 
with  a  full  company  of  foot,  and  as  none  but  ten  or  twelve  of 
Captain  Hawkinses  Company  is  recruited,  and  them  by  Lieutenant 
McGavock  who  is  marched  out.  As  to  Capt.  Hawkins,  I  cannot  hear  of 
bim,  nor  can  I  leai*n  of  his  making  ready  to  take  his  post.  I  saw  En- 
sign Campbell  the  other  day,  who  informed  me  that  he  had  taken  the 
Deputy  Surveyor's  place  in  Lee  county,  and  that  he  had  not  enlisted  a 
man,  nor  did  he  think  he  would  serve  the  present  year  in  the  defence  of 
the  Frontiers.  I  told  him  he  ought  I  mediately  to  come  to  a  determina- 
tion, and  if  he  did  not  soon  make  your  Excellency  acquainted  with  his 
resignation,  that  another  person  might  be  appointed  and  they  troops 
raised.  At  present  they  company  immediately  under  my  command  are 
scattered  at  the  distance  of  one  hundred  fifty  miles,  and  of  course  can 
act  only  on  the  defensive.  Now,  Sir,  was  Captain  Hawkins'  company 
to  consist  of  two  commissioned  officers  and  forty  privates,  and  part  of 
the  money  that  it  would  take  was  they  company  *  *  *  applied  as 
I  have  requested.  I  would  even  venture  to  be  put  to  the  torture  if  the 
Enemy  visited  our  county.  If  I  did  not  produce  to  the  Executive  both 
scalps  and  prisoners  before  the  season  is  out.  If  this  scheme  is  approved 
of  I  will  in  a  short  time  after  I  receive  your  answer,  have  them  re- 
viewed well  equipped.  An  order  would  be  necessary  for  they  arms.  I 
saw  Capt.  Crockett  on  Saturday  last.  His  company  was  mustered,  and 
wanted  but  twelve  men  to  be  compleat. 

I  am,  &c. 

P.  S.  Capt.  Hawkins  does  not  serve.  I  think  Lt.  BfcGavock  who  ever 
his  been  attentive  to  his  Duty,  is  entitled  to  the  command  of  the  Troops 
sllowed  to  that  Company,  &  if  a  vacancy  of  Ensign  for  that  company 
should  happen,  you  will  pardon  my  recommending  Mr.  James  Bryant, 
of  Hontgomery  county,  &  will  engage  his  quota  to  be  soon  complete. 

I  am,  &c. 

A.  LEWIS. 


Embargo  on  Ships  and  Vessels.  Mar.  26th 

In  Congress,  March  26th,  1794. 

JBesolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
Hates  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  an  Embargo  be  laid  on 


g4  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  all  ships  and  Tessels  in  the  Ports  of  the  United  States,  whether  already 
Mar.  26th  cleared  oat  or  not,  boand  to  any  Foreign  Port  or  place,  for  the  term  of 
thirty  days;  and  that  no  clearances  be  furnished  daring  that  time  to 
any  ship  or  vessel  boand  to  any  sach  foreign  port  or  place,  except  Ships 
or  Vessels  ander  the  immediate  directions  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States;  and  that  the  President  of  the  United  States  be  authorized 
to  giye  Boch  instructions  to  the  Revenue  officers  of  the  United  States 
as  shall  appear  best  adapted  lor  carrying  the  said  Resolution  into  full 
effect. 

FREDERICK  AUGUSTUS  MULENBURG, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

JOHN  ADAMS, 
Vice-President  of  the  United  States,  and  President  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  March  the  twenty-sixth^  1794. 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON, 

President  of  the  United  States. 

By  direction  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  all  armed  vessels 
possessing  public  commissions  from  any  foreign  power  (letters  of  Marqae 
excepted)  are  considered  as  not  liable  to  the  Embargo. 


Mar.  27th  BaRHELOT   AnDERSOK,  EsCHEATOR,  TO   THE   OOVBRNOR. 

Sir: 
Hanover  Agreeable  to  a  letter  I  have  lately  received  from  you,  directed  to 

the  Escheator  of  Hanover,  I  transmit  the  enclosed  papers,  & 

Am  very  Respectfully,  4;c. 

The  Commonwealth  of  Virginia, 

In  account  with  Barhelot  Anderson,  Escheator,  Dr. 

1780. 
Feb'y         9.  To  cash  paid  Messrs.  Dixon  &  Nicholson, 

printers,  for  advert'g  sale  of  Brittish 
property  in  Hanover,  54  Dollars,  16    4  0 

To  cash  paid  Messrs.   Clarkson   &  Davis, 
printers,  for  the  same  services,  70  Dolls.,  21 

March  13th.  To  cash  paid  John  Hundley,  for  going  for 

&  bringing  3  Negr's,  Sarah,  Barbary  & 
Milley,  to  the  place  of  sale  about  8  miles, 
bel'g  to  Donald.  Scott  &  Co.,  5 

To  cash  paid  John  Hundley,  for  one  day's 

crying  the  s'd  Estates,  50  Dollars,  15 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  85 


-ch  13th.  To  the  Escheator,  his  commissions,  3  pr.  ct., 
for  1  Thousand  on  each  Estate  sold,  &  li 
pr.  ct.  for  the  remainder,  agreeable  to 
Act  of  Assembly, 

To  John  Lawrence,  comm'ns  2  days'  at- 
tend'g  the  sales, 

To  Ambrose  Lipscomb,  1  Day, 

Balance, 


1794. 

Mar.  27th 

760  19  0 

40 

20 

£878    3  0 

46,702  17  0 

£47,581     0  0 

Cr. 

rch  10th.  By  Thomas  Smith,  for  the  sale  of  1  unim- 
proved Lott  in  Hanover  Town  belonging 
to  James  Esten,  a  Brittish  subject,  &  Es- 
cheated to  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  200    0  0 

By  James  Marsdon,  for  the  sale  of  the  i  part 
of  4  animproved  Lotts  in  Hanover  Town 
belonging  to  John  Johnson,  John  Smith 
&  George  Thamas,  the  s'd  Johnson  being 
a  Brittish  subject,  &  Escheated  to  the 
Commonwealth,  240 

By  George  Pottie,  for  the  sale  of  the  i  part 
of  1  Lott  &  Houses  in  Hanover  Town, 
belonging  to  Alex'r  McAuley,  himself,  & 
Geo.  Brackenridge,  the  latter  having  2 
parts,  the  s'd  McAuley  being  a  Brittish 
subject,  &  Escheated  to  the  Common- 
wealth, 710 

By  Mr.  De  Francais,  for  the  sale  of  2  Lotts 
&  Houses  in  Hanover  Town,  belonging 
to  Donald,  Scott  &  Co.,  Brittish  subjects, 
&  Escheated  to  the  Commonwealth  (Mr. 
John  Howard  a  partner),  10,000 

By Crutchfield,  for  the  sale  2  Dittoes, 

same  as  cash,  4,550 

By  Mordecai  Adams,  for  1  Black  walnut 
Desk,  belong'g  to  the  same  comp'y,  260 

By  Thomas  Smith,  1  negro  man  named 
Abram,  belonging  to  the  same  company,         6,011 

By  Thomas  Tinsley,  for  1  Negroe  man 
named  Simon  belong'g  to  the  same 
comp'y,  3,015 

By  John  Jones,  for  1  negroe  Girl  named 

Barbary  bel'g  to  the  same  comp'y,  3,455 


86  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       March  10th.  By  Jas.  Marsdon,  for  1  negroe  woman , 

Mar.  27th  &  girl,  Milley,  bePg  to  same  comp'y,  4,910 

By  Mr.  Defrancey,  for  1  Lott  of  Hoaaes  in 

Hanover  Town  bePg  to  Archibald  Govan, 

a  Brittish  subject,  &  Escheated  to  the 

Commonwealth,  2,000 

By  Thos.  Smith,  for  1  Negro  fellow  called 

Urban na  Dick,  bePg  to  Arc'd  Govan,  3,030 

By  Ditto,  for  Ditto,  named  Boston,  bePg  to 

Ditto,  4,505 

By  John  Cock,  for  1  Negroe  man  named 

Jamie,  bel'g  to  Do.,  2,000 

By  John  Ingram,  for  1  Negroe  man  called 

Damascus  Dick,  bel'g  to  Ditto,  2,310 

By  Wm.  Anderson,  for  1   Flatt,  bel'g  to 

Ditto,  325 

By  Wm.  Clopton,  for  1  old  Do.,  a  ground 

bel'g  to  Do,  60 


£47,581    0  0 
Hanover — S'c : 

We,  the  subscribers,  appointed  Commissioners  to  Super- 
intend the  sales  of  the  Brittish  property  in  Hanover  county,  do  hereby 
certifie  to  the  Auditor  of  public  accounts  according  to  act  of  Assembly 
that  this  account  is  Just  &  right. 

Given  under  our  hands  this  14th  day  of  March,  1780. 

JOHN  LAWREJSfJE, 
AMBROSE  LIPSCOMB. 

Auditor's  Office,. 25th  March,  1780. 

Received  of  Barhelot  Anderson,  Escheator  for  Hanover,  the  Treasa- 
rer's  Receipt  for  forty-six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  two  poundi, 
seventeen  shillings,  being  in  full  for  Brittish  property  sold  by  s'd  Bs- 
cheator,  &  from  which  he  is  hereby  discharged. 

THOS.  EVERARD, 
EDWARD  ARCHER. 

£46,702  17. 

The  Foregoing  account  &  receipt  is  a  true  copy  taken  froit^ 
the  originals  in  my  possession  this  27th  March,  1794. 

BARHELOT  ANDERSON, 
Escheator  Han'er  County. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEES.  87 


H.  Knox,  Secbetary  op  War,  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

The  Bearer,  Major  Bivardi,  is  the  Gentleman  whom  the  President  of    Mar.  28th 
the  United  States  has  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  fortifying  Balti-        War 
more,  Alexandria  and  Norfolk.     The  circumstances  of  the  latter  Port  ^^Pa^^ent 
being  considered  as  the  most  pressing,  the  Engineer  will  at  present 
make  but  a  short  stay  at  Baltimore  or  Alexandria.     He  is  directed  to 
faroisb  your  Excellency  with  a  copy  of  his  instructions. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


Wm.  Lindsby,  Collector,  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  29th 

Complaint  has  heen  lodged  with  me  hy  the  Brittish  Consul,  that  a      Norfolk 

Ship  called  the  Chickamauga,  built  in  the  United  States  and  recorded    Collector's 

in  this  office,  is  now  armed  &  ready  for  Sea.     There  is  also  a  Brig  called       office 

the  Sally,  belonging  to  George  Lynham  of  this  place  armed.     Both  of 

those  vessels  are  loaded  with  Flour,  &  have  cleared  for  Spain.    A  vessel 

is  now  building  in  Portsmouth  &  has  every  appearance  of  an  armed 

vessel. 

I  am.  Sir,  &c. 


R.  West  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  sist 

Will  you  Excuse  me  for  the  trouble  I  give  you  in  a  Business  with  W.  Grove 
which  you  have  no  interest?  I  am  investigating  Bennets  Right  to  hold 
property  in  this  county.  It  will  require  abilities  transcendant  to  any  I 
poflsess  to  do  the  Commonwealth  justice.  I  therefor  beg  if  it  is  com- 
patible with  your  station  and  the  propriety  of  the  case  that  you  would 
•ttign  me  council  for  the  purpose  of  doing  the  business  effectually. 
Monday  next  is  the  day  of  trial  &  the  Friday  following  in  Loudoun. 

I  wrote  you  some  time  ago  upon  the  subject  but  rec'd  no  ans'r. 

Yours,  alwas,  &c. 


Wm.  Da  vies  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  sist 

I  have  this  day  received  by  Express  sundry  executions  directed  Broadway 
t^nst  Delinquent  Sheriffis.  Two  of  the  Executions  are  directed  to 
lir.  Holliman,  late  Sheriff  of  Southampton,  who  is  now  deceased;  some 
difficalty  will  probably  arise  on  that  score.  I  will  make  enquiry  for 
0ome  person  in  the  county  of  Isle  of  Wight  to  act  as  Collector.  At  pre- 
leDt  I  am  not  sufficiently  informed. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  ftc. 


88  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.  R.  QuABLBs  TO  Jambs  Wood,  Libutbnant-Govbbnob. 

Mar.  3]8t        Inclos'd  you  will  find  the  customary  Quarterly  Returns  with  the  pay 

Rolls  for  the  different  under  my  direction  in  the  service  of  the 

State.  Tou  will  observe  I  have  taken  the  liberty  to  augment  the 
salary's  of  several  of  my  workmen.  In  doing  which  I  was  actuated  by 
the  two  following  reasons:  to  reward  their  merit,  ft  to  keep  them  in  my 
service.  The  wages  given  at  New  London  by  the  Continental  Superin- 
tendant  being  nearly  three  times  as  high  as  my  workmen  receive,  made 
it  necessary  to  make  some  small  addition  to  their  wages  &  to  use  some 
address  to  retain  them  in  the  State  services.  This  I  have  done  &  trast 
it  will  meet  with  the  approbation  of  the  board.  The  contract  entered 
into  with  Mr.  Taylor  respecting  the  musket  mountings  as  directed  by 
the  Board,  obliges  him  to  deduct  in  my  settlement  with  him  the  Debt 
due  from  him  to  the  Commonwealth,  but  as  he  wishes  at  this  time  to 
receive  a  part  of  the  money  due  for  this  quarter  in  order  to  forward  his 
business,  be  proposes  paying  only  half  the  debt  at  present,  ft  solicits  in- 
dulgence for  the  Balance  until  the  end  of  that  Quarter. 

I  have  proceeded  to  take  the  advice  of  a  mill  Wright  respecting  the 
erection  of  a  Bayonett  mill  at  the  Post  his  opinion  is  that  the  Stream  d 
water  is  insufficient  for  the  purpose.  In  consequence  of  this  I  have  con- 
ferred with  Mr.  Ross  &  am  induced  to  believe  I  can  establish  a  machine 
for  the  above  purpose  at  his  mill  (which  will  answer  the  Temporary 
purpose  of  Grinding  the  Bayonets  now  on  hand),  on  better  terms  than 
at  the  Barracks.  The  Board  will  favor  me  with  their  instructions  on 
the  subject,  &  particularly  oblige  their  ob*t  serv't. 


April  i8t  cfAMEs  McCraw  appointed  Escheator. 

Halifax  ^^  ^  Court  held  for  Halifax  County  19th  day  of  August,  1779: 

^^^  ^  Jas.  McCraw  commissioned  as  Escheator  in   Halifax  with  Walter 

Coles,  Isaac  Coles,  and  Paul  Carrington  as  securities. 
Same  continued  as  same  April  1,  1794. 


April  let  SaMUEL    CoLEMAN   TO   THE    LlEUTBNANT-GoVERNOR. 

As  usual  I  have  examined  the  quarterly  return  from  the  Point  oi 
Fork  up  to  the  Slst  of  March,  1794,  and  find  the  balance  of  the  Pay 
Roll  for  the  Superintendent,  Artificers,  and  Guards  to  be  one  hundred 
and  seventy-seven  pounds,  five  shillings,  and  ten  pence  half  penny. 

The  Superintendent  exhibits  a  half  yearly  statement  of  the  expense 
of  Cloathing  to  the  Guard,  amounting  to  £39.  0.  0. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


89 


A  statement  of  Expense  incurred  for  making  1,000  Cartridge  Boxes, 
Forty-eight  musket  stocks,  and  300  set  of  Brass  mounting,  makes  the 
same  amount  to  £376. 

The  account  of  the  contractor  for  furnishing  the  Post  with  Provisions 
for  the  last  quarter,  amounts  to  £79.  8.  6,  of  which  the  Superintendent 
has  advanced  £25.  6.  5},  leaving  a  hailance  of  £54.  2.  0}.  due  to  the  con- 
tractor. 

The  account  current  between  the  Commonwealth  and  the  Superin- 
tendent makes  a  balance  due  him  of  £30.  5.  6i.  Such  items  of  this 
account  as  are  supported  by  vouchers  are  marked,  and  the  same  to- 
gether with  the  vouchers,  the  contractor's  account,  return  of  Cloathing, 
quarterly  return  of  arms,  and  pay  rolls,  are  herewith  submitted. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  &c. 


1794. 

April  1st 


R.  QuARLBs  TO  Captain   Samuel   Coleman,  Clerk    of   Council.     April  2d 


The  bearer,  Capt.  John  Tinsley,  is  one  of  the  unfortunate  number  who 
has  experienced  inconvenience  from  the  non-payment  of  the  last  Quarter's 
Wages  due  to  the  people  in  my  employ.     He  has  just  returned  from 
Philadelphia,  and  has  there  made  a  contract  with  an  officer  of  the  Fed- 
eral Government  similar  to  that  made  with  me  in  the  line  of  Cartridge 
Boxes.     His  business  I  believe  to  Richmond  is  to  obtain  materials  for 
the  fulfillment  of  his  contract,  which  he  cannot  do  without  the  assist- 
ance of  the  Treasurer.     The  warrant  I  received   when  at  tlichmond  is 
still  in  my  possession,  nor  shall  I  attempt  or  expect  to  receive  any 
money  on  it  until  I  again  visit  Richmond. 

It  will  therefore  be  nothing  more  than  justice  to  pay  Capt.  Tinsley 
something  for  his  services.  The  amount  of  his  ape.  is  one  Thousand 
dollars.  He  tells  me  that  2  or  300  would  now  answer  his  purposes, 
which  if  paid  him  I  will  credit  on  the  warrant  in  my  hands. 

You  will  favor  me  by  letting  the  Executive  know  the  contents  of  this 
letter,  and  you  will  oblige  me  by  making  particular  enquiry  of  the 
SzecQtive  when  I  may  attend  for  the  adjustment  and  discharge  of  the 
ape.  due  the  Garrison.  By  attending  particularly  to  the  injunctions  of 
theibove,  you  will  oblige  yours,  &c. 

Sir: 

Agreeably  to  orders  received  from  Brigadier  Benjamin  Biggs,  I 
sammoned  a  Court-martial  to  meet  at  the  town  of  West  Liberty  on  the 
20th  day  of  last  month,  for  the  tryal  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  Biggs.  The 
Ofunioo  of  the  court,  together  with  the  several  depositions  of  the  res- 
peetive  witnesses,  I  have  herewith  inclosed.  The  nature  of  the  busi- 
oeai  made  it  absolutely  necessary  for  me  to  send  the  proceedings  by 

Expreaa,  as  the  men  inlisted  by  Lieutenant  Biggs  for  the  defence  of  our 

12 


Point  of 
Fork 


April  2d 

West 
Liberty 


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n  »  tj^  3*  «;^.miic.     TW  tan*  lytmi  a  doiac  tbe  busiicM 

MOS^  CHAPLLNE. 


X.  B  — At  t^  re^Miic  c<  LKf^i^a^aLi  JaMpk  Kggiu  I  hare  enclosed  t 


KG. 

Dr.  Sir: 

Br  the  Bearer.  Mr.  Wm.  Bogg&>  mj  resigiiatioii  ms  Justice  of  the 
Peaee  is  sent  torva^  vkieh  piefc§  to  accept  in  order  that  I  may  Get 
from  among  a  coiiection  <^  the  off  xovrin^  of  tlie  Earth,  of  which 
fMUt  of  Ohio  CooDtT  Coon  CoiHut.  My  reasons  tor  resigning  was  thtt 
I  woold  not  §€1  with  roughs:  the  Conn  then  sitting  accepted  of  it,  &€. 
When  joa  are  sending  forward  Stea ban's  Exercise  to  the  Officers  of 
tbiJi  Countj.  which  I  expect  will  be  by  the  Bearer,  if  there  is  any  put 
in  print  for  the  Training  of  the  CaTalry.  please  send  forward  one  for  the 
uht  of  our  half  Troop,  or  if  none  is  convenient  the  necessary  Terms  or 
words  of  command  used  in  Exercising  horse,  as  we  are  at  a  Great  loss 
for  want  of  Instruction,  &c. 

I  have  the  Honor  to  be  with  Deference, 

Your  Excellency's  very  Humble  Sarv't, 

WM.  McKINLY, 
2  Lieut,  in  Troop  of  Cavalry. 


April  'M  H.  Capbrton  to  the  Govbrnoil 

Sir: 

In  several  of  my  last  letters  to  you  I  informed  you  that  if  ray  pre- 
sence was  necessary  before  the  Counsell  I  would  attend;  this  I  shoold 
have  Done  had  not  the  Small  pox  have  been  in  Biehmond — if  a  doubt 
Itemains  with  your  Excellency,  it  is  my  sincere  wish  that  every  thing 
respecting  my  conduct  while  an  Officer  may  be  fairly  inquired  into. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  91 


I  am  not  affiraid  when  the  matter  shall  be  set  lorth  in  its  proper  col-       1794. 
onrs,  but  that  I  shall  appear  to  be  innocent  of  those  Black  and  malig>     April  2d 
nant  charges  which  have  been  levelled  against  me  By  Colo.  George 
Ciendenin. 

I  hope  you  will  take  notice  of  bis  conduct  if  it  comes  officially  before 
you  and  let  him  not  pass  with  impunity;  on  the  contrary  please  inform 
me. 

James  Breckenridge,  Esq.,  who  has  been  polite  enough  to  promise  to 
Deliver  this  to  your  Excellency,  is  in  possession  of  things  Relative  to 
this  affair,  to  whom,  if  application  is  made,  will  be  good  enough  to  relate. 
I  am  about  to  commence  prosecution  against  Colo.  Clendinen  for  the 
fiUse  testimony  he  gave  against  me  before  the  Court  Martial,  and  I  have 
not  a  doubt  but  I  will  be  able  to  produce  abundant  prooi  to  convict  him. 

I  would  therefore  submit  it  to  your  Excellency  whether  it  will  not  be 
most  proper  to  grant  me  a  Rehearing  before  another  Court  Martial,  or 
to  postpone  your  Definitive  sentence  upon  my  conduct  until  the  issue  of 
this  prosecution  are  known,  altho.  I  am  extremely  solicitous  to  be 
relieved  from  my  present  state  of  suspence.  Notwithstanding,  if  your 
Excellency  should  think  fit  to  adopt  the  latter  measure  I  shall  cheerfully 
submit. 

I  am  with  respect  and  esteem. 

Your  Excellency's  ob't  Serv*t. 


John  Ford  Tried  for  Murder.  April  2d 

At  a  Superior  Court  held  at  Prince  Edward  courthouse,  John  Ford 
WftB  presented  for  the  murder  of  Joseph  Rowton. 

For  this  crime  the  said  John  Ford  was  convicted  by  said  court.  Ow- 
ing to  misconduct  of  a  juror,  a  second  trial  was  granted,  at  which  he  was 
ftg&in  convicted  and  condemned  on  the  10th  day  of  April,  1793. 


Petition  for  Pardon  of  John  Ford.  April  2d 

A  petition  of  the  jury  who  tried  John  Ford  at  the  September  term  of 
District  Court  of  Prince  Edward  on  the  charge  of  murder  for  the  par- 
don of  said  Ford  on  account  of  his  youth  and  previous  good  character, 
united  in  by  many  citizens. 


J.  J.  Ulrica  Rivardi  to  the  Governor.  April  3d 

I  have  the  honour  to  communicate  to  your  Excellency  a  copy  of  my   Baltimore, 
iogtmctioDS  and  a  letter  which  will  inform  you  of  my  appointment.    I      ^rke's 


92  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  embrace  the  first  opportunity  to  announce  you  my  arrival  in  Baltimore, 
April  3d  in  which  place  I  shall  be  no  longer  than  will  be  strictly  necessary  for  hav- 
ing the  necessary  plans  drawn  submittea  to  the  inspection  of  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Maryland,  &  taken  the  necessary  measures  to  have  them 
brought  into  execution,  which  done,  I  shall  repair  with  all  possible  dili- 
gence to  Norfolk. 

Your  Excellency  will  see  by  the  very  little  sums  allowed  for  the 
works  I  am  to  construct,  that  I  shall  labour  under  no  small  difficulties 
if  it  is  necessary  to  make  the  points  of  defence  any  way  extensive  and 
strong.  However,  with  the  directions  of  a  man  of  your  military  abili- 
ties, I  hope  to  give  full  satisfaction  to  the  Government,  as  no  pains  or 
application  shall  be  neglected  on  my  part.  I  hope  you  will  excuse  the 
liberty  I  take  by  soliciting  you  to  favour  me  with  some  instructions  cod- 
cerning  the  persons  I  must  apply  to  in  Norfolk  on  my  arrival,  either  for 
the  procuring  of  workmen,  or  to  give  me  the  necessary  particulars  in 
order  to  enable  me  to  form  the  necessary  estimates  required  by  the 
Secretary  of  War.  I  will  then  be  able  to  proceed  without  any  loss  of 
time. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be  &c. 


April  3d    Instructions  to  John  Jacob  Ulrich   Rivardi,  Acting   as  Tem- 
porary Engineer  in  the  Service  of  .the  United  States. 

In  pursuance  of  the  directions  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
you  are  hereby  appointed  an  Engineer  for  the  purpose  of  fortifying  the 
ports  and  harbors  hereinafter  mentioned,  viz:  Baltimore,  in  the  State  of 
Maryland;  Alexandria  and  Norfolk,  in  the  State  of  Virginia.  You  are, 
therefore,  immediately  to  repair  to  the  ports  to  be  fortified  in  the  said 
States  respectively,  and  in  case  the  Governors  should  be  near  any  of  the 
said  Ports  you  are  to  wait  upon  them  and  exhibit  these  instructions  and 
inform  them  that  you  have  repaired  to  the  ports  aforesaid  in  order  to 
make  the  necessary  surveys  and  investigations  relatively  to  your  mission, 
which  you  will  submit  to  their  consideration  and  take  their  orders 
thereon. 

As  soon  as  you  shall  receive  their  approbation  of  your  plans  you  are 
to  construct  the  works  and  to  execute  them  with  all  possible  dispatch. 

The  following  is  an  extract  of  the  estimation  which  the  appropriatioos 
for  the  fortifications  have  been  founded.  The  proportions  of  expense, 
therefore,  herein  stated  for  the  said  ports  must  not  be  exceeded,  viz: 

Baltimore  28  pieces. 

Dtb.  Cis. 
Parapets,  embrasures  and  platforms  for  batteries  for  28 

pieces,  -----  2,016  44 

A  Redoubt  with  four  embrasures,  •  -  -  810 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  93 


Two  Magazines,       .....  400  1794. 

Block.house  with  Barracks,    ....  500  April  3d 

ContingeDcieSy  -----  500 


4,225  44 


Sub.     Srg.    Corps.    Mus.    Privs. 
Grarrison  to  consist  of      1        2         2         2         24 


Norfolk  24  pieces. 

Batteries,  embrasures  and  platforms,    -  -  1,727  52 

Redoubt  with  embrasures,      -  -  .  .  810 

A  Magazine,  .  .  -  .  -  200 

Block-house  or  Barracks,        .  -  -  .  500 

Contingencies,  -----  500 


Sub.     Srg.    Corps.    Mus.    Privs. 
Garrison  to  consist  of        1        2  2  2        24 


3,737  52 


Alexandria  was  inserted  by  the  Legislature  and  not  contained  in  the 
Original  estimate.  It  is  therefore  at  present  to  be  fortified  with  works 
for  twelve  pieces. 

It  will  readily  be  perceived  by  the  lowness  of  the  estimates  that  the 
parapets  of  the  works  intended  to  be  erected  are  to  be  of  earth,  or 
where  that  can  not  easily  be  obtained  of  an  adhesive  quality,  the  para- 
pets may  be  faced  with  strong  timber  and  filled  in  with  such  earth  as 
can  be  had. 

It  is,  however,  conceived  that  in  most  cases  earth  may  be  procured 
and  that  a  parapet  made  thereof  will  not  only  form  a  solid  defence,  but 
even  be  durable,  if  the  earth  be  tenacious  and  properly  sloped  and 
sodded  inside  and  out  and  the  seed  of  Knot  grass  sown  so  as  to  bind  the 
sods  and  earth  together. 

It  is,  however,  apprehended  that  the  embrasures  made  in  this  manner 
would  suffer  from  the  explosion  of  the  powder  from  the  cannon,  and 
that  therefore  where  the  batteries  are  not  en  barbette  that  the  embra. 
sures  ought  to  be  framed  with  joist  and  faced  with  planks  of  two 
inches  thick . 

Where  the  batteries  are  to  be  erected  on  points  of  land,  Islands  or 
other  places  at  a  distance  from  the  towns  intended  to  be  defended,  they 
ought  to  be  covered  or  secured  by  a  redoubt  or  other  enclosed  work  in 
which  the  Garrison  should  reside  constantly  either  in  a  Barrack  or  a 
Strong  Block-house,  as  shall  be  judged  most  expedient.  But,  in  general, 
as  the  Garrisons  will  be  weak  in  numbers,  a  Block.house  mounting  one 
or  two  small  pieces  of  cannon  in  its  upper  story,  will  be  more  secure, 
and  therefore  to  be  preferred. 

These,  however,  ought  not  to  be  much,  if  any,  exposed  to  the  fire  of 
heavy  cannon.  A  Block-house  will  not  contain  more  than  fifty  men.  If 
the  Garrison  therefore  should  be  enlarged  tents  must  be  used. 


04  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBBS. 


1794.  The  redoubts  in  general  ought  to  be  of  a  size  to  eontain  five  hundred 

April  dd     men,  so  as  to  resist  a  sudden  enterprise  of  an  enemy,  and  perhaps  the 

idea  ought  to  bo  embraced  in  the  first  instance  that  they  ah oald  be  of 

such  extent  as  to  admit  timber  casemates  to  be  erected  hereafter,  seas 

to  enable  the  Garrison  to  resist  in  some  tolerable  degree  a  bombardment 

But  it  is  not  proposed  at  present  to  erect  such  casemates,  excepUiq^ 
for  a  magazine,  which  must  bo  formed  of  massy  timber,  and  be  six  feet 
thick  on  the  roof,  exclusive  of  the  earth,  and  jointed  and  caulked  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  be  perfectly  tight.  Care  must  be  taken  to  hxn 
these  magazines  properly  ventilated  and  free  from  dampness.  They  are 
to  be  of  a  size  sufficient  to  hold  one  hundred  and  fifty  rounds  of  powder 
for  each  piece  of  cannon  intended  to  be  served  from  it.  The  spot  at 
which  a  magazine  of  this  nature  shall  be  fixed,  will  require  great  judg^ 
ment  so  as  to  combine  security  against  an  enemy  either  open  or  subtle, 
or  any  danger  from  common  accidents. 

Tour  judgment  will  also  direct   what  parts  of  your  works  shall  be 
protected  by  freezers  and  what  by  palisades,  or  whether  your  redoabto 
shall  have  embrasures  or  fire  en  barbette  with  small  cannon.    As  the] 
redoubts  are  to  cover  the  batteries  they  would  certainly  secure  and  re» 
sist  better  without  embrasures.     The  batteries  are  to  annoy. 

The  choice  of  ground  on  which  the  batteries  and  works  are  to  be 
erected,  with  all  the  combinations  and  effects  depending  thereoD,  wiH 
rest  upon  3'our  judgment,  under  the  directions  of  the  Grovernor,  It  hn 
not  been  intended  by  anything  herein  specified,  to  point  outthe{Mtf- 
ticular  manner  in  which  the  works  should  be  executed.  Outlines  oiijf 
have  been  given  to  serve  in  regulating  the  expense,  which  is  limited  i^i 
the  sums  before  mentioned. 

Some  person  in  whose  ingenuity  and  industry  confidence  can 
placed  will  be  appointed  at  each  of  the  said  ports  to  superintend 
actual  execution  of  the  works  according  to  your  directions.  Ai 
ments  will  also  be  made  by  him  or  some  other  person  to  obtain  the  m 
sary  workmen,  implements,  and  materials  which  will  be  required  in 
business.  But  everything  must  be  previously  estimated  and  calouh 
by  you. 

Although  the  Business  herein  entrusted  to  your  charge  is  in  itself' 
an  highly  honourable  nature  and  strongly  evincive  of  the  confidenoei 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  which  would  probably  enhi 
your  reputation,  yet  it  is  explicitly  to  be  understood   by  you  that 
emplojment  is  only  temporary  and  not  conferring  any  military 
whatever. 

For  a  compensation  for  your  services  and  personal  expenses,  yoa 
be  allowed  and  paid  at  the  rate  of  four  dollars  per  day  while  yoa  tl 
be  employed.     For  all  reasonable  extra  expenses,  such   as  m 
boat-hire  and  persons  to  assist  in  your  surveys,  you  will  be  allowed, 
for  those  you  must  keep  regular  accounts  and  take  receipts. 

Tou  are  to  deliver  to  the  Governors  copies  of  all  your  plana, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  95 


soandingB,  Ac,  and  also  tranHinit  copies  of  the  same  to  this  office.     Tou       1794. 
are  also  to  make  a  weekly  report  to  this  office  of  your  proceedings.  April  3d 

I  have  issued  my  warrant  in  your  favor  for  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  as  an  advance  of  your  compensation  and  personal  expenses. 

As  it  is  conceived  the  case  of  Norfolk  is  the  most  pressing,  you  will 
stay  no  longer  in  Baltimore  than  is  necessary  to  inform  the  Governor. 
Mark  out  the  work,  and  leave  the  execution  for  the  present  to  Captain 
Strieker,  or  some  other  person  whom  the  Governor  may  appoint  for  that 
purpose. 

You  will  please  also  to  give  every  necessary  direction  or  advice  rela- 
tively to  the  mounting  of  the  cannon  at  those  places. 

I  have  written  to  Captain  Strieker  at  Baltimore,  and  the  Governor 
will  appoint  some  person  for  Norfolk.  Col.  Fitzgerald  of  Alexandria 
may  have  the  superintendence  of  mounting  the  cannon  at  that  place. 
A  reverbatory  furnace  for  hot  balls  must  be  erected  for  each  battery. 

Given  at  the  War  office  of  the  United  States  this  28th  day  of  March, 
1794. 

Signed        H.  KNOX, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Benjamin  Biggs  to  thb  Governor.  April  3d 

Before  my  departure  from  Bichmond  I  understood  that  the  rangers 
for  the  defence  of  the  Western  frontier  was  to  be  all  stationed  on  the 
river  Ohio,  but  received  no  written  instructions  from  the  Executive 
respecting  the  same  ;  however,  aM  far  as  I  thought  myself  justifiable  in 
the  business  I  have  gone;  that  is,  I  wrote  Major  Louther  informing  him 
of  the  design  of  the  Executive,  and  likewise  mentioned  who  was  con- 
tractor, Informing  him  at  the  same  time  that  it  would  be  necessary  for 
hiro  to  come  down  in  order  to  make  the  arrangements  for  supplying  of 
the  different  posts  on  the  river,  and  also  to  Asartain  the  posts  necessary 
to  be  Occupied  by  the  troops.  My  letter  to  him  was  about  the  fourth 
of  March  last,  since  which  time  have  received  no  answer  and  have  there- 
fore concluded  that  no  Instructions  have  been  forwarded  to  him  by  the 
Executive  as  to  the  posting  the  men  on  the  river.  These  things  I  have 
thought  proper  to  sugest  to  your  Excellency  in  order  that  auy  further 
Instructions  necessary  might  be  forwarded  by  the  earliest  opportunity; 
as  the  contractor  has  understood  that  the  provisions  was  to  be  furnished 
on  the  river,  he  is  at  a  loss  as  to  any  other  arrangement  necessary.  The 
last  year's  pay  not  coming  forward  retards  the  progress  of  the  present 
arrangement  of  defence.  No  depredations  have  as  yet  been  committed 
on  our  frontier;  only  one  man  taken  prisoner  on  the  frontier  of  Harri- 
son county,  and  a  trail  of  Indians  discovered  on  Middle  Island  creek 
wbo  have  not  struck  on  any  place  as  yet.    No  ammunition  as  yet  come 


96  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 

1794.       forward  to  supply  the  posts,  only  three  or  four  kegs  which  is  forwarded 

April  3d     from  Morgan  town  by  Col.  McCleery — there  is  yet  a  quantity  of  Lead  in 

the  possession  of  Colo.  Ebinezer  Zane,  the  property  of  the  United  States 

who  is  not  willing  to  issue  the  same  to  the  rangers  without  authority 

sufficient  to  keep  him  indemnified. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  &c. 


April  3d  John  Dunbar  to  the  Governor. 

Aquia  Asking  Executive  aid  in  having  his  bill  for  repairs  done  on  the  Aquia 

Warehouse,  done  by  order  of  Court  of  Stafford. 

A  warrant  obtained  from  the  Auditor  for  $430.  Treasurer  offered 
Dutch  Gold  or  cut  silver  which  was  declined.  Warrant  passed  to  a  friend 
but  payment  refused  because  Auditor  said  it  was  issued  by  mistake,  for 
the  reason  that  the  warehouse  had  reverted  to  the  original  owner  before 
the  repairs  were  made. 


April  4th  A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor. 

Vaoses  Since  I  wrote  you  on  the  25th  of  March,  I  saw  a  Gentleman  who 

traveled  in  with  Capt.  Wm.  Preston,  who  is  on  his  way  with  dispatchoi 
from  General  Wayne  to  Congress.     Capt.  Preston  informs  that  soiM 
time  before  be  left  headquarters  that  some  of  the  northern  tribes  bid' 
come  in  with  a  Flag,  and  that  he  believes  that  their  inclination  wai 
there  for  peace.     Since  that  the  Indians  have  had  a  general  meeting 
attended  by  the  British  Agent,  who  offered  to  supply  with  every  mi- 
terial  necessary  to  carry  on  the  war  against  America.    Since  that  period 
they  are  resolutely  determined  to  prosecute  the  war.     The  Gentlemsa; 
that  had  this  from  Captain  Preston  is  a  person  of  character,  and  informiij 
me  that  Capt.  Preston  told  him  that  his  information  was  such  that  il 
could  not  be  doubted.     No  doubt  but  the  same  encouragement  will 
held  out  to  the  Southern  tribes.     In  that  case  how  stands  the  siti 
of   our  Frontiers.     I  need  not  describe  to  your  Excellency  the  w( 
situation  they  are  in  at  present.     My  company  extended  from  the  moatlij 
of  Dump's  Creek,  Eussell  county,  to  the  lower  end  of  Lee  County, 
least  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles.     The  troops  ordered  to  be  raised 
Capt.  Hawkin's  not  coming  into  service  is  the  cause.     I  hope  my 
letter  will  be  considered,  and  if  not  thought  to  the  advantage  of 
public  to  comply  with  my  request  therein,  that  Capt.  Hawkins  or 
other  officer  will  immediately^  be  directed  to  raise  troops.     The  po^ 
on  hand  will  be  not  sufficient  for  the  year,  and  if  not  objected  to, 
purchase  what  may  be  wanted  on  the  best  terms  I  can.     Ensign 
ville  is  now  in  pursuit  of  a  party  of  Indians,  eleven  in  number, 


CALEKDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  97 


stole  nine  head  of  horses  from  near  the  Lower  settlement  in  Lee  county.       1794. 
I  flatter  myself  he  will  overtake  them  unless  prevented  by  the  Country     April  4th 
thro'  which  they  pass  being  very  level,  and  nothing  to  obstruct  the  passage 
of  Horse,  and  the  Enemy  are  chiefly  mounted.     I  shall  not  return  to 
the  Frontier  until  I  receive  an  answer. 

I  am,  &c. 

P.  S.  I  have  waited  a  considerable  time  for  an  accidental  conveyance, 
although  I  think  that  I  would  have  been  justifiable  in  sending  Express; 
have  agreed  to  give  Mr.  Craig  six  Dollars  for  the  delivery  of  the  Letters 
to  you  and  receive  an  answer. 

A.  L. 


Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  Libutbnant-Govbrnor  Wood.  ApriUth 

1  received  your  letter  of  31st  March  last  about  2  o'clock  this  day  en-  Norfolk 
closing  a  resolve  for  laying  an  embargo.  Had  it  come  on  two  days 
sooner,  many  vessels  would  have  been  stopped.  The  private  acc*s  of 
the  embargo  being  laid  reached  this  place  on  Monday  morning  last,  & 
several  vessels  loaded  and  cleared  before  the  official  orders  came.  The 
French  fleet  (which  we  understand  is  expected)  &  many  Americans  lie 
in  Hampton  roads  without  our  power.  Every  step  shall  be  taken  by 
me  to  carry  the  resolve  into  execution,  but  suppose  Gen'l  Mathews  will 
issue  the  necessary  orders. 

I  am  your,  Ac. 


David  Patteson  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood.  April  5th 

I  have  to  acknowledge  your  favor  of  the  31st  of  March,  and  permit 
me  to  assure  you  that  every  necessary  exertion  on  my  part  shall  be 
made  towards  carrying  into  compleat  effect  the  resolve  of  Congress  of 
the  26th  for  that  purpose. 

I  have  ordered  one  company  of  militia  to  be  in  readiness  to  aid  the 
collector  at  Bermuda  Hundred  if  required.  On  a  late  occasion  I  have 
experienced  the  very  great  want  of  arms,  &c.  in  the  hands  of  our  mil- 
itia. I  am  informed  that  some  time  past  an  offer  was  made  to  the  then 
commandant  of  some  muskets,  &c.  for  our  County,  which  it  seems  was 
not  accepted.  I  will  now  gladly  receive  so  many  stand  as  will  be  suffi- 
cient to  arm  the  Companies  of  Infantry  and  Gronadeers,  under  such 
regulations  as  may  be  prescribed,  as  I  have  much  at  heart  the  training 
and  respect  of  the  militia  of  our  county. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 
13 


98 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 


E.  Langham  to  the  Governor. 


April  5th 
Columbia 


I  send  by  the  bearer,  Mr.  Hughes,  my  account  for  provisions  fur- 
nished the  public  post.  I  have  sent  it  several  times,  and  owing  to  their 
being  no  money  in  our  Treasury,  I  have  not  received  the  money.  Please 
observe  that  I  engaged  to  furnish  provision  merely  to  prevent  an  impo- 
sition on  the  public  which  had  been  practiced.  I  was  obliged  to  ad- 
vance my  own  money  and  credit  to  serve  the  public.  I  have  still  to 
supply  the  post,  and  without  being  paid,  m}'  credit  will  be  exhausted. 
My  money  is  low,  and  of  course  it  will  be  hard  to  get  supplied.  If 
there  is  ho  money  in  the  treasury,  be  so  obliging  to  say  on  the  account 
that  it  will  be  paid  off  as  soon  as  money  comes  into  the  treasury,  then 
perhaps  I  may  get  money  for  the  account  from  some  neighboring  sher- 
iflf. 

I  find  by  the  account  in  the  papers,  (which  I  have  long  thought  in 
my  own  mind)  that  a  war  is  almost  certain,  and  that  Independent  corps 
are  Justifiable.  If  I  must  serve  my  country  in  the  disagreeable  state  of 
warfare,  that  is  the  line  most  pleasing  to  me.  Should  you  think  proper 
to  authorize  any  such  corps,  so  far  as  you  may  think  my  abilities  extend, 
command  me,  and  if  it  tits  my  pride  I  shall  except  and  exert  myself, 
and  am  flattered  with  an  idea  that  I  could  not  onlj'  lead  a  fighting 
party,  but  could  raise  one  as  soon  as  almost  any  one,  either  cavalry  or 
infantry;  my  desire  would  be  a  few  of  both. 

My  apprenticeship  in  war  has  been  in  the  artillery,  but  I  think  I 
should  be  better  pleased  to  be  in  more  active  employment;  yet  should  I 
be  honored  with  a  suitable  command  in  that  line,  I  should  not  be  back- 
ward in  serving  my  country  at  any  time  that  I  thought  it  imposed  on. 

On  Thursday  last  I  had  the  honor  to  be  elected  to  serve  my  county 
in  the  Gen*l  Assembly,  &  unfortunately  was  whiped  to  the  poles,  and  by 
the  strongest  party  interest  in  the  county. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


April  6th 


Norfolk 


Thomas  MatheSws  to  the  Governor. 

Your  letter  of  the  31st  ulto.  covering  the  resolution  of  Congress,  impos- 
ing an  Embargo  on  all  vessels  bound  to  Foreign  Ports,  reached  mo  the4tb 
instant.  Private  dispatches  from  Philadelphia  had  been  received  by  the 
merchants  of  this  place  of  the  embargo  being  laid  some  time  before  my 
official  account  had  reached  us.  The  merchants  actuated  by  interest 
exerted  themselves  to  load  and  clear  out  every  vessel  possible  and  for- 
warded them  to  Hampton  Roads.  To  secure  those  that  are  in  port  from 
sailing,  I  have  ordered  a  subaltern,  one  sergeant,  and  fifteen  men  to  take 
charge  of  an  eighteen  pounder,  and  to  permit  no  vessel  that  their  force 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  99 


can  prevent,  to  pass,  without  a  permit  from  the  collector  of  the  Customs.  1794. 
That  such  vessel  is  not  comprehended  in  the  Resolution  of  Congress,  April  6th 
1  have  likewise  directed  a  small  detachment  under  Lieut.  Col.  Wilson 
to  use  every  legal  effort  to  prevent  such  vessels  as  have  departed  from 
port  since  the  Embargo  has  been  officially  notified  to  us,  from  leaving 
the  State.  Enforcing  due  obedience  to  the  Resolution  of  Congress  is 
attended  with  much  difficulty  in  pur  present  situation. 

The  Port  unprovided  with  artillery,  (the  piece  before  mentioned  ex- 
cepted) and  ammunition  of  all  kinds.  No  fund  established  by  which  on 
an  emergency  any  exertion  would  be  made  with  a  prospect  of  success. 
This  situation  places  the  officers  in  this  quarter  in  a  very  disagreeable 
predicament.  They  may  give  orders,  but  not  having  power  to  enforce 
them  they  become  contemptable. 

I  have  purchased  one  hundred  pounds  of  powder,  for  which  I  have 
drawn  an  order  on  the  Executive,  an  order  for  payment.  I  hope  the 
measures  I  have  taken  will  meet  your  approbation. 

I  am,  &c. 


Wm.  Richardson  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.         April  7th 

The  Richmond  Light  Infantry  beg  leave  to  inform  you  that  finding  Richmond 
they  could  not  compleat  the  company  so  long  as  they  continued  their 
Red  uniform,  determined  a  few  daj's  since  to  change  their  coats  to  Blue 
with  white  lacings,  agreeable  to  an  order  of  Council.  Since  which, 
they  have  nearly  compleated  the  companj',  and  can  give  assurances  of 
the  full  completion  in  six  weeks.  As  they  have  been  at  very  consider- 
able expense  in  their  uniform,  which  would  be  entirely  lost  could  they 
not  obtain  arms,  they  now  solicit  a  sufficient  number  of  the  public 
arms  to  be  put  into  their  hands,  for  which  their  officers  shall  be  account- 
able, &  will  see  them  forthcoming  whenever  called  on  for  them,  and  as 
they  have  engaged  with  an  armourer  by  the  year  for  cleaning  and  keep- 
ing the  arms  of  the  company  in  good  order,  it  may  be  some  small  sav- 
ing to  the  State. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  April  8th 

Tbe  determined  resolution  of  the  Indians  to  prosecute  the  war  against  Vauses 
us  and  the  frequent  disappointments  I  have  met  with  in  getting  a  convey- 
ance of  Intelligence  to  your  Excellency,  convinces  me  of  the  necessity 
of  sending  by  Express,  for  which  purpose  I  have  engaged  with  Colonel 
James  Bamett,  and  for  his  services  he  is  to  receive  the  sum  of  Twenty- 
Seven  Dollars  if  not  detained.  The  distance  from  this  to  Richmond  and 
bsick  is  four  hundred  miles.     My  letters  of  the  25th  of  March  and  of  this 


100  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Inst.,  will,  with  this,  be  handed  you  by  biro.  I  had  engaged  with  a  Mr. 
April  8th  Craig  for  the  delivery  of  them,  but  as  he  drives  a  waggon,  I  think  it 
would  not  be  doing  the  Frontiers  justice  to  wait  his  return  for  an  an- 
swer. The  expectation  of  Capt.  Hawkins'  company  coming  into  ser- 
vice induces  the  Inhabitants  that  live  exposed,  and  that  cannot  be  cov- 
ered by  the  few  Troops  now  in  service,  to  continue  in  their  exposed  sit- 
uation with  daily  expectation  of  relief.  Were  they  to  be  cut  off  by  the 
Enemy  without  my  giving  you  notice,  should  think  myself  much  to 
blame,  but  would  beg  leave  still  to  recommend  the  plan  mentioned  in 
my  letter  of  the  25th  of  March,  as  well  for  the  good  of  the  Frontiers 
as  to  tend  to  make  the  Troops  ingaged  in  your  service  respectable.  It  does 
not  appear  that  the  war  we  are  engaged  in  with  the  Indians  to  be  the 
only  matter  in  Question.  From  the  news  we  have  in  this  Quarter,  a 
British  war  is  to  be  expected,  &  I  do  not  consider  myself  nor  Troops 
under  my  command  to  be  confined  peculiarly  to  the  service  we  are  now 
engaged  in,  but  in  any  you  may  direct.  If  the  horsemen  are  allowed, 
swords  and  pistols  sent  us,  an  order  given  to  Col.  Barnett,  he  will 
I  receive  them  &  have  them  forwarded. 

The  money  for  the  services  of  1793  is  much  wanted ;  would  be  glad 
to  know  by  Col.  Barnett  when  the  soldiers  may  expect  it. 

I  am,  &c. 


April  8th    A  Return  of  Capt.  Richard  Bowler's  Company  of  the  first  Battalion  of 

the  Nineteenth  Regiment  of  the  Militia  of  the  City  of  Richmond,  to- 
gether with  a  return  of  the  arms,  &c.,  belonging  to  the  said  Company: 

1  Captain;  1  Lieutenant;  1  Ensign;  2  Sergeants;  91  Effective;  20 
Removed;  12  Exempted;  3  Died;  3  Added.     Muskets,  64  good;  1  bad. 

Remarks. — Furnished  Thomas  Nicholson  25  Stand  of  arms,  having 
drawn  that  number  as  over  proportion  to  my  company,  the  Law  allow- 
in(r  only  65  men  to  a  company. 


April  8th  J-   PeNDLETON   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Auditor's  I  ^^gg  leave  to  acquaint  the  Executive  that  Messrs.  Cunningham  & 
office  Qq  have  obtained  a  Judgment  against  the  Co*wealih  during  the  present 
sitting  of  the  District  Court  held  at  this  place  for  a  very  heavy  sum  for 
the  value  of  a  Vessel  and  Cargo  destroyed  by  the  Enemy  during  late 
war,  and  as  an  acquiessanpe  under  this  decision,  will  perhaps  bring  for- 
ward a  host  of  Similar  Claimants,  and  the  precedent  in  this  instance,  if 
fixed,  may  operate  in  their  favor,  I  take  the  liberty  of  requesting  the 
commands  of  you  hon'ble  Board  whether  I  shall  take  an  appeal  or  sub> 
mit  to  the  decision  of  the  District  Court.     I  feel  great  diffidence  in  ask* 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  101 


iDg  for  an  Appeal,  when  I  turn  my  eye  to  the  eminent  Gentleman  of  the       1794. 
Bar  and  the  very  respectable  Judge  who  coincide  in  favor  of  the  appli-     April  8th 
cants,  bat  I  am  compelled  by  my  regard  for  the  public  interest  to  solicit 
the  direction  of  the  hon'ble  Board  on  this  occasion. 

I  am,  &c. 

Virginia,  to- wit: 

At  a  Court  of  Appeals  held  at  the  Capitol,  in  the  City  of  Richmond, 
Nov.  12,  1793 : 

The  Commonwealth 

against 
Samuel  Barron  Cunningham,  for  himself,  and  Company,  appellees. 

Upon  an  appeal  from  a  judgment  Recovered  by  the  appellees  in  the  Dis- 
trict Court  held  in  Richmond  the  twelth  day  of  September,  1792, 
whereby  it  was  considered  that  the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  should 
issue  to  the  appellees  warrants  for  the  sums  of  two  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  fifly-nine  pounds,  eight  shillings  and  three  pence  half- 
penny, and  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty-eight  pounds,  seven- 
teen shillings  and  nine  pence  one  farthing: 

On  consideration  of  the  transcript  of  the  record  and  the  arguments  of 
the  Counsel,  the  Court  is  of  opinion  that  under  the  resolution  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  March  the  twelfth,  1781,  the  impressment  of  the 
vessel  and  cargo  of  the  appellees  in  the  proceedings  mentioned,  by  order 
of  the  Executive,  was  either  authorized  or  approved,  and  the  Public  was 
bouDd  to  pay  them  for  their  loss  consequent  thereon.  But  that  the  cer- 
tificate ot  the  County  Court  of  Nansemond,  of  June  the  fourteenth, 
1784,  when  there  was  no  Law  in  force  which  authorized  County  Courts 
to  adjust  and  certify  such  claims,  ought  not  to  have  been  admitted  to 
fix  the  amount  thereof  which  should  be  ascertained  by  the  original 
appraisement,  if  to  be  had,  and  liable  to  no  objection  as  to  its  fairness 
or  justice;  but  if  that  is  not  to  be  had,  or  should  be  found  exceptionable 
on  either  of  those  grounds,  then  by  other  satisfactory  proof,  and  that 
the  judgment  aforesaid  is  erroneous.  Therefore  it  is  considered  that 
the  same  be  reversed  and  annulled,  and  that  the  appellees  pay  the  cost 
of  the  prosecution  of  the  appeal  aforesaid  here.  And  the  cause  is 
remanded  to  the  said  District  Court  for  that  Court  to  proceed  to  ascer- 
tain the  loss  of  the  appellees  in  manner  before  directed.  Which  is 
ordered  to  be  certified  to  the  said  District  Court. 

A  Copy — teste: 

J.  BROWN,  C.  C.  A. 

I  release  two  shillings  per  hundred  on  the  tobacco  for  which  Samuel 
Btron  Caoningham  has  obtained  a  judgment  against  the  Common- 


ilf^i         v^Affiih   '\f  rtA  <i|>|>^»i    \-**\  pfr,^*w»nri%fl   r.h»%»»«vin    hit;  if  nhe  appeal    be  prt»- 

JOES  ICABSHAIX. 
Au  J  ror  ri.  B.  CCXyrS'GHAM. 

ThA  jiKlfirfr»/^r»f.  ^hf;*ir»M  hy  .•^ama*^!  Baron  Cannin^ham  against  the 
fUffftffifffiWf^fillh  i«  ofily  Pzr.f-^tUOhMf:  in  that  part  ot'  it  which  ftllows 
<*»lfhf Af»r»  <tK)n'»r»i^.<i  j|»^r  ^r^intom  frir  thft  Tobar,f:o  lost :  in  every  other 
ttxnpt^f'l  \i  f^pfffM^fM  Ut  hii  fftuu(\*A  hu  the  Decree  of  Court  of  the  Appeals. 

J  AS.  INNES, 

pro  republica. 


^|,f))fli),  Wm.  I>avikh  to  the  (Governor. 

MH«rtfli^rtV  MfMtio  ilouiitA  hnvn  iii'Ififtn  with  nmpoct  to  the  exocutioDs  lately  delivered 
tfi  MtM4  I  Uvu  lonvn  to  Hiihtnit  to  your  Kxoollency  for  further  instructions 
TwM  ot  thn  lipiniitiunt^A  tiKHitml  iiof(on«,  late  Sheriit'of  Southampton,  are 
(Ili'tMHtMl  to  Mlnt^liih   llollltnnn,  lato  Shoritf  of  the  same  county,  who  is 

A  «|MP^ii(Mi  wnwon  t«»  whom  lho?*o  writn  can  now  be  delivered  and  who 
hwn  ti»o  lUUluM'lty  tt»  oxoruto  thorn,  Soot,  19&  28  of  the  16th  chapter  of 
tho  Aolt.  pftMiit^d  Ih  iho  SomIou  ot  17S>-.  soom  to  confine  the  transaction  of 
\\\^  lm«(ho««  to  tlu»  lllifh  ShcrifT  nauuHl  in  tho  r\}n(iitioni :  if  so,  nothing 
Otth  >»o  \|*Mu^  uh^Joi^  tho  |uvj*ont  pn»ot»jw,  and  as  there  seems  to  have  been 
H^^h^o  os*i\no\ion«*  In  tho  doliiujuonoios  in  that  o«>unty,  |H>rhaps  it  will  be 
v^U)4th>o  H*  «HH»M  H'*  |Hv*Mih|^^  xw  r\>movo  ihis  dittioulty.  With  a  view  to 
vxy^^v^l^o  \\w  v^»llootU*»»  ot  iho  tinv»rH4^v>t,  1  had  fixed  upon  early  days  of 
*hUv  H*  ^\>  Uu>  ^0^  !*vv<»vM^  vvf  tho  aol  umK^r  which  I  am  appointed  I  ap- 
^svH^\^  ^v*  hnvs*  Ks^M  o*u|H>wvi\\i  It  K  hv>weYt*r  ^u^jr^v^te^l  that  on  all 
\AV^'V^^U'^»^  Usmiv\*  s^  I  ho  Uim^  attd  pJacv  v»l  saU*  t!tu>t  b<^  previously  pub- 
U^k^s^^  i!^^  ^^v^  v^^vuMihv'^xv  *.twr  v»w  a  wwtt  day.  ^vd  at  seme  pubHo  place 
^sV!^H  V^»c  vU^t^^v*^*^  rsW^lv^w  a^  tci*^i  ticti  sfavs  Krtorv  ch^  sai^.  It  such  a 
^Mkt\^  VNS^v,^»^ktiV  »^  ^*W«i3i«A{|%^*'^^  Ji»  ^tt.v?  ccfrsirtc  to  wii'':t)  Txiy  autiJiomv  exten*!*. 
It,  \v»!r  ^,lv);\v  ^i>v  ti:Nk*K  IvJb^x^'*"  ^^^^  i  vxMiM  wH<b      It'  tibfr*  shouM  b^  'i-^emed 

i^h.%^'-^  »«»* V  jJt\j/v«*»<  ■:.>N»t*     'f  -t*jv»      »citip<?it  •j'v   ti    i*r .    ■ii'^i'4.'**. 'lie  ■i^i^ftSJ^ia- 
:V«**  '^    '.'**i  "vViW  VU*v    4k*.vv    'K/iJ    -^i    •;it*jtii    !:>^w   ^4\;A:UU«llll«'  -111110  atca^ntfC 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  103 

suggest  the  expediency  of  iDstructing  me  early  on  the  subject  of  the       1794. 
writs  directed  to  HoUiman,  especially  as  Simmons  also  has  one  against     April  8th 
Rogers,  and  it  would  be  much  better  that  executions  against  the  same 
delinquent  should  all  have  the  same  day  of  sale  appointed. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 

The  Fi.  fas.  having  been  levied  by  Holliroan,  the  venditionas  were  of 
course  directed  to  him,  because  the  property  was  supposed  to  have  been 
in  his  hands  by  virtue  of  the  first  Executions.  The  property  is  Lands 
&  Tenements.  If  the  delinquent  will  deliver  the  property,  I  suppose 
the  agent  may  act  (but  of  this  perhaps  it  would  be  best  advise  with  an 
Expositor),  otherwise  a  Distringas  must  issue  ag'st  the  Estate  of  Holli- 
man  in  the  hands  of  his  Ex'or  or  Adm'or,  on  the  return  of  the  Vend*s, 
and  a  CerTe  must  be  obtained  from  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court  to 
ascertain  the  name  of  the  Ex'or  or  Admin'or. 

J.  PENDLETON. 

A.  Office,  12  April,  '94. 

In  addition  to  the  observations  of  the  Auditor  on  the  enquiries  con- 
tained in  Mr.  Davies'  letter,  which  are  very  apt  and  proper,  I  have  only 
to  observe  that  as  ye  Estates  of  the  delinquent  Sheriffs  in  Southamp- 
ton appear  to  consist  altogether  of  Lands  &  Tenements,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary, according  to  the  3rd  section  of  the  Act  of  Assembly  for  the  more 
speedy  recovery  of  Debts  due  to  this  Commonwealth,  to  make  notifica- 
tion of  the  intended  sale  of  the  said  Lands  &  tenements  in  manner  &. 
form  as  by  the  said  act  is  directed.     By  the  9th  Section  it  is  also  pre- 
sented that  in  any  case  similar  to  those  alluded  to  in  the  Agent's  Let- 
ters, all  writs  which  ought  to  be  directed  to  a  Sheriff  shall  be  executed 
by  the  High  Sheriff. 

I  have  the  Honour  to  be,  &c. 


Thomas  Mathews  to  the  Governor.  April  8th 

I  hold  it  my  duty  to  give  you  every  information  respecting  the  steps  Norfolk 
I  have  taken  to  enforce  the  Act  of  Congress  imposing  an  Embargo.  Last 
evening  I  received  information  that  a  fast  sailing  Boat,  which  had  been 
the  property  of  the  British  Consul,  and  which  was  said  to  be  by  Him 
8oid  to  Mr.  MacCauley,  was  about  to  depart  the  State.  I  immediately 
directed  an  officer  to  take  charge  of  the  Boat  &  unbind  the  sails.  This 
was  done  without  violence  or  injury  to  the  property. 

On  enquiry  I  find  the  Boat  to  be  the  property  of  the  British  Consul, 
and  have  in  person  offered  to  restore  Her  to  him  on  condition  that  His 
word  should  be  given  that  the  Boat  should  not  depart  the  State.  Con- 
trary to  my  expectation,  the  Consul  refused  to  receive  fler,  alledging 


104  CALEXDAB  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.  tbftt  the  Boat  being  bis  property  and  taken  from  bis  care  without  his 
April  Ml  permissioD^  he  would  represent  the  esse  to  his  Govern ment.  I  told  him 
be  was  at  liberty  to  make  any  representation,  bat  that  I  knew  of  no  ex- 
emption in  the  Act  of  Congress  for  his  Boat  or  any  other.  I  bare  been 
tbos  particular  in  this  case  that  information,  if  necessary,  may  be  for- 
warded to  the  General  CrOTemmect.  I  bare  directed  the  Boat  to  be 
secured,  and  given  orde»  for  Her  safe-keeping.  I  shall  be  happy  in 
receiving  any  instructions  that  the  Executive  may  communicate. 

I  am  respectfully.  Ac. 


April  9th  J0H5   STEELE  TO  THE  GOTERSOR. 


The  mouth  of  Greenbrier,  Walkers  Meadow,  A  Strowd's  Country  are 
points  perhaps  not  effectually  secured  against  incursions  of  the  Savages, 
and  last  year  were  allowed  six  scouts. 

I  am  of  opinion  the  business  would  be  well  placed  in  Colo.  Stuart's 
hands,  and  propose  that  he  be  requested  in  case  of  apparent  danger,  to 
adopt  such  temporary  measures  as  he  may  think  most  likely  to  secure 
the  Inhabitants  against  such  incursions. 

It  will  be  necessary  for  him  to  know  the  Positions  taken  by  the  offi- 
cers already  in  service,  and  the  manner  in  which  they  do  duty. 

With,  Ac. 


April  lOCh  DaHIEL  BbDINGER  TO  THE  GOVERNOR. 

Norfblk  The  cannon  in  the  Borough  of  Xorfolk  A  its  vicinity 

At  Norfolk  : 

2  Brass  field  pieces  (with  carriages),  of  2  inches  calibre. 

1  Iron  piece,  "  4}  " 

On  the  Point  at  the  entrance  of  the  harbour: 

13  large  Iron  guns  (without  carriages),  6  " 

4  "        '*  of  equal  length,  5} 

4  smaller  guns,  4}  '^ 

13  short  (ship  guns),  4  *^ 

At  Portsmouth: 
6  Iron  pieces,  3}  '' 

The  above  the  property  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia. 

2  Iron  pieces  (with  carriages),  4  inches  calibre. 
2          "                      "                                                            3}  '- 

6         '*  (without  carriages),  3i  *' 

17  '*  of  different  lengths,  and  from  3  to  4  ** 

Private  property. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE   PAPIjLRS.  106 

Agreeable  to  your  request  I  have  taken  moasurec^  tor  drilling  9uch  17^ 

gUDS  (poblic  propeitjr)  as  may  be  spiked^  and  A|>nl  lOtb 

Sir>  <!^c« 


At  a  coart  held  for  the  county  of  Rockbridge  the  thini  day  of  August,    Ai>ril  lOth 
1779: 

John  Bowyer,  Gent.,  produced  a  Commission  in  Court  ftrom  his  Excel- 
lency  the  Governor,  appointing  him  Encheator  for  this  county,  who 
took  the  oath,  and  with  Samuel  McDowell  and  Samuel  Lyle,  his  securi- 
ties, entered  into  and  acknowledged  Bond  in  the  penalty  ot  two  thou* 
sand  pounds  constituted  as  the  law  requires. 

Teste: 

ANDREW   KEID.  (Tk. 

A  circular  letter  dated  Richmond,  January  25th,  1794,  tVom  his  Ex* 
cellency  Henry  Lee  to  the  Justices  of  Rockbridge,  with  one  enclosed  to 
the  Escheator  of  said  county,  was  received,  which  is  hereby  acknowl- 
edged. 

By  the  instructions  of  said  county  court. 

ANDREW  REID,  C.  R.  Court. 


W.  Fenwick  to  the  Qovbrnor.  April  lOth 

Complains  of  treatment  by  the  committee  of  Petersburg  appointed    Kichmond 
to  guard  the  town  against  small-pox. 


Willis  Wilson  to  the  Governor.  April  lOth 

After  receiving  orders  from  Lt.-Gov*r  Wood  I  had  information  that  a  Portsmouth 
Brigantine  belonging  to  Mr.  Fitzsimons  of  Congress,  and  commanded 
by  Mr.  Maury,  had  dropped  down  from  this  Port  to  Uampton  Roads  in 
order  to  proceed  on  a  voyage  to  Jamaica,  in  open  violation  of  the  em- 
bargo and  defiance  to  repeated  orders  given  him  by  the  officers  of  the 
custom  House.  It  was  suggested  that  be  intended  to  use  force  in  oppo- 
sition to  his  being  brought  back,  which  induced  mo  to  embody  30  of  the 
militia  of  this  Town,  got  a  small  schooner  and  proceeded  immediately 
after  him.  I  found  him  mixed  with  the  fleet  in  the  Roads,  took  posses- 
sion, and  have  moored  the  Brig'ne  in  this  port. 

I  gave  the  fleet  a  thorough  search,  but  found  no  other  vessel  that  I 
ooooeived  to  come  under  the  purview  of  the  Resolution.  Have  dis- 
charged the  party  of  militia,  and  shall  try  to  make  this  violater  oi  our 

Law  pay  the  expence. 

14 


106 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  We  received  information  from  Baltimore  that  Mr.  Hamilton  had  pur- 

April  10th  chased  there  a  fast  sailing  pilot  Boat  (supposed)  for  the  purpose  of  send- 
ing intelligence  abroad,  and  entering  her  on  Dunmore's  list  of  pirates. 
Gen'l  Mathews  has  put  a  guard  on  board,  which  has  put  the  Scotchman 
in  a  terrible  pet.  I  still  have  chief  of  the  arms  I  received  from  your 
Excellency.  They  want  a  little  work  from  an  armourer.  Should  be 
proud  to  receive  orders  thereto.  Mr.  Bedinger  has  rec*d  orders,  and  is 
about  mounting  one  Cannon.  The  Doedalus  still  retains  her  station. 
She,  with  a  letter  of  Marque  Ship  since  the  embargo,  ride  with  springs  on 
their  cables  in  a  very  menacing  position.  The  fleet  broke  ground  yes- 
terday, but  the  wind  prevented  them  getting  to  sea. 

I  have,  &c. 


April  nth 


Samuel  Coleman  to  Superintendent  op  Point  op  Fort. 


Richmond  By  advice  of  Council  of  the  8th  instant,  I  am  directed  to  request  that 
you  will  forward  without  delay  five  hundred  stand  of  the  repaired  arms 
to  this  place.  Be  pleased  to  fit  the  Bayonets,  and  let  the  Cartridge 
Boxes  be  in  good  order  for  immediate  use. 

1  am,  sir,  &c. 


April  nth 


Accomac 


Jno.  Cropper  to  the  Governor. 

Appointment  accepted  bv  Jno.  Cropper  of  agency  for  collection  of 
Arrears  of  Taxes  in  Brigade  District  of  which  Accomack  forms  part 


April  13th 


Norfolk 


Thomas  Mathews  to  the  Governor. 

On  Wednesday  last  I  received  the  enclosed  letter  and  papers  from 
White,  Whittle  &  Co.,  Merchants,  of  this  place.  I  immediately  directed 
an  oflScer  to  wait  on  Admiral  Vanstable.  A  copy  of  the  orders  to  the 
officer  attending  Admiral  Vanstable  you  have  likewise  enclosed.  The 
Admiral  returned  for  answer  that  the  vessel  should  be  immediately 
restored,  and  that  it  was  his  wish  to  conform  to  the  Laws  of  the  United 
States.  In  consequence  of  which  I  wrote  to  White,  Whittle  &  Co.,  in- 
forming them  of  the  Admiral's  wish  to  restore  the  vessel.  A  copy  of 
the  letter  you  have  likewise  enclosed,  to  which  I  have  received  no  an- 
swer. 

The  British  Frigate  Doedalus  has  for  some  days  past  been  laying  with 
a  spring  on  Her  cable,  and  attended  with  a  British  letter  of  Marque  in 
the  same  position. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  107 


This  aitoation  is  rather  menacing;  but  as  they  have  committed  nothing       17M. 
like  hostility,  I  have  refrained  making  any  representation  respecting   April  ISth 
the  case.    Her  force  is  too  insignificant  to  meditate  anything  serious. 

I  hope  the  Executive  will  establish  some  Fund  to  enable  us  to  execute 
such  plans  as  will  tend  to  enforce  the  embargo.  At  present  I  can  only 
remonstrate. 

I  am,  sir,  &c. 

In  consequence  of  the  within  orders  from  General  Yanstable,  Mr. 
John  C.  Cooper  last  evening  took  possession  of  one  Snow  Venus.  Alex- 
ander MeConnell,  Master,  Slipt  the  Cable,  and  at  about  8  o'clock  at 
night  got  under  way,  he  informed,  for  Hampton  Roads.  We  deem  it 
our  Duty  to  give  you  this  Information  that  you  may  take  such  steps  as 
you  deem  necessary,  as  we  are  Determined  to  seek  redress  from  another. 

Respectfully  we  are,  Gentlemen,  &c., 

WHITE,  WHITTLE  &  CO. 
Col.  Thos.  Mathews, 

Norfolk,  9th  April,  1794. 

On  board  the  Tiger, 
Monday,  being  the  7th  April,  1794. 

Mr.  Cooper: 

I  have  repeatedly  sent  to  the  Capt.  and  owners  of  the  Snow 
Yenus,  now  lying  in  Norfolk,  to  proceed  in  Hampton  Roads,  being 
Chartered  by  F.  W.  Le  Compte  &  Richard  Gernon,  agents  for  the 
French  Republick,  who  have  shipped  on  Her  Nineteen  Hundred  Bar- 
rels of  Flour  for  account  of  the  Republick,  as  appears  by  Capt.  McCon- 
neirs  receipts. 

But  to  this  moment  I  have  not  seen  said  Snow,  and  am  informed  that 
she  does  not  intend  to  join  my  Convoy. 

1  then  request  you.  Sir, to  order  her  &  see  her  under  way;  and  should 
she  not  obey  your  orders,  I  request  you  to  force  her  to  proceed,  being 
my  duty  to  take  all  French  property  under  my  Convoy. 

Your  friend, 

YANSTABLE. 
John  Cooper,  Esq., 

Comm'r  of  Ship  Yanstable,  at  Norfolk. 

The  above  is  a  true  copy  of  General  Yanstable's  order  to  me,  and  in 
consequence  of  which  I  take  possession  of  the  Snow  Yenus,  in  order  to 
deliver  her  to  General  Yanstable,  now  on  board  the  Tiger,  in  Hampton 
Roads. 

JOHN  COOPER. 

Attest:  James  Patterson. 


108  CALENDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  I,  John  Cooper,  Commander  of  the  Ship  Vanstable,  lying  in  the  port 

April  13th  of  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth,  Do  hereby  certify  that  I  have  taken  pos- 
session of  the  Snow  Venus,  commanded  by  Alexander  McConnell, 
Laden  with  nineteen  hundred  Barrels  of  Flour,  on  Freight  for  the 
French  Eepublick,  agreeable  to  General  Vanstable's  orders,  to  proceed 
to  join  his  Convoy  &  to  proceed  to  France.  A  receipt  of  the  General's 
orders  being  previously  shown  to  Capt.  McConnell. 

JOHN  COOPER. 
April  8,  1794. 

Messrs.  White,  Whittle  &  Co.: 
Gentlemen : 

On  rec*t  of  your  letter  notifying  that  the  Snow  Venus  had 
been  wrested  from  your  possession  and  carried  down  to  Hampton  Road 
with  intent  to  be  forwarded  to  some  foreign  port,  contrary  to  the  Act 
of  Congress  imposing  an  Embargo,  I  immediately  Dispatched  an  Officer 
to  Admiral  Vanstable  with  a  copy  of  the  papers  you  put  into  my  hands, 
with  a  request  to  the  Admiral  that  the  Snow  should  be  restored. 

I  now  inform  you,  that  Admiral  Vanstable  directed  my  officer  to 
acquaint  me  that  the  Vessel:  should  be  delivered  on  Demand.  You  are 
therefore  at  liberty  to  take  such  measures  as  may  best  tend  to  the  secu- 
rity of  your  property,  and  if  necessary,  I  will  give  any  person  you  may 
appoint  to  take  charge  of  the  Snow,  instructions  for  that  purpose. 

I  am,  &c., 

THOMAS  MATHEWS. 
Thursday  Evening. 


April  14th  MEMORIAL   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

The  memorial  and  petition  of  the  Subscribers,  Inhabitants  in  the  West- 
tern  part  of  Washington  County,  and  the  eastern  settlement  of  Lee, 
near  Mockison  Gap — 

Humbly  sheweth.  That  altho.  we  have  been  considered  as  an  interior 
settlement,  yet  from  various  unfortunate  occurances  it  must  appear  that 
we  are  equally  exposed  with  the  most  distant  Frontier  settlements. 

That  by  attending  to  the  Geography  of  the  Southwestern  Frontier,  it 
will  appear  that  from  the  Western  settlement  of  Russell  county,  on 
Clinch  River,  and  the  eastern  of  Lee,  in  Powells'  valley,  there  is  an  un- 
inhabited space  of  more  than  twenty  miles  nearly  north  of  your  petition- 
ers' Dwellings,  which  makes  us  for  that  extent  a  frontier  to  the  State. 

That  the  predatory  parties  of  the  Indians,  always  industrious  in  dia- 
covering  the  weakness  of  our  settlement,  has  for  years  past  made  their 
inroads  through  this  vacant  or  uninhabited  space,  and  have  committed 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  109 


several  crael  murders  in  the  neighborhood  of  your  petitioners,  as  will       1794. 
appear  by  the  following  detail:  April  14th 

August  26,  1791,  a  party  of  Indians  headed  by  a  Captain  Bench  of 
the  Cherokee  Tribe,  attacked  the  house  of  EHsha  Ferris  two  miles  from 
Mockison  Gap — murdered  Mr.  Ferris  at  his  house  and  made  prisoner 
Mrs  Ferris  and  her  daughter  Mrs.  Levingstone,  and  a  young  child  to- 
gether with  Nancy  Ferris.  All  but  the  latter  were  cruelly  murdered 
the  first  day  of  their  captivity. 

April  1792,  the  same  chief  with  a  party  of  Indians  attacked  and  mur- 
dered the  family  of  Harper  Ratcliff — six  in  number,  about  eight  miles 
west  of  the  above-mentioned  Gap. 

March  31st,  1793,  the  Enemy  attacked  on  Powell's  mountain  Moses 
Cockrell  and  two  others  who  had  horses  loaded  with  merchandize;  killed 
two  men — took  all  the  Goods  and  pursued  Mr.  Cockrell  near  two  miles. 

July,  1793,  Bench,  with  two  other  warriors  traversed  the  Settlement 
on  the  North  Fork  of  Holstein  for  upwards  of  twenty  miles,  probably 
with  the  intention  of  making  discoveries  where  were  negro  property. 
In  this  rout  they  find  at  one  Williams,  and  took  prisoner  a  negro  woman, 
the  property  of  Peter  Levingstone,  who,  after  two  days  captivity,  made 
her  escape. 

And  lately,  April  6th,  1794,  the  melancholy  disaster  which  befell  Mr. 
Leving8tone*s  family  and  property,  which  has  urged  this  application  for 
assistance  to  prevent  the  depopulation  of  a  considerable  settlement. 

From  the  above  facts,  your  Excellency  and  the  Council  will  be  a  judge 
of  the  justice  of  our  claim,  that  such  protection  be  afforded  us  as  the 
State  may  be  able  to  afford  and  our  necessities  require. 

All  which  we  submit  with  deference,  and  your  petitioners  will  ever 

pray. 

A.  BLEDSOE, 

GEORGE  WILCOX, 

ABRAHAM   FULKERSON, 

JOHN  V.  COOK,  with 

JAMES  FULKERSON. 
April  14th,  1794. 


Norfolk,  9th  of  April,  1794. 
Sir: 

On  receipt  of  this  you  will  immediately  proceed  to  General  Van-  April  14th 
stable,  commanding  the  fleet  of  the  Republic  of  France,  and  inform 
him  that  the  Snow  Venus,  the  property  of  White,  Whittle  &  Co.,  was 
forcibly  taken  from  this  port  and  from  the  possession  of  the  owners,  as 
appears  by  the  papers  I  have  entrusted  to  your  care.  That  I  consider 
the  act  as  contravening  the  Act  of  Congress  imposing  an  Embargo,  and 
therefore  request  a  restoration  of  her.    I  shall  expect  your  report. 

I  am,  &c., 

TH©MAS  MATHEWS. 
To  Capt.  S.  S.  Calvert, 


110 


CALENDAR  OF   STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 

April  14th 
Culpeper 


James  Williams  to  the  Governor. 

Anxious  that  the  Brigade  under  my  directions  should  be  so  organized 
as  to  be  able  to  turn  out  if  necessity  should  require  it,  on  the  shortest 
notice,  I  have  to  request  that  the  Captain  commanding  the  Artillery 
company  in  Fredericksburg,  if  practicable,  may  be  furnished  with  two 
brass  field  pieces,  six  pounders,  fifty  stand  of  small  arms  with  the  neces- 
sary accoutrements  complete;  Ammunition  for  the  field  pieces,  say 
Grape  and  round  shott,  cartridges,  and  a  small  tembriil  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  the  ammunition,  small  arms,  &c.  belonging  to  the  company. 
If  those  things  or  any  part  of  them  can  bo  obtained,  I  should  be  glad 
to  have  the  order  of  the  Executive  sent  me  by  the  return  of  Mr.  Clay- 
ton, who  will  hand  you  this. 

I  am,  &c. 


April  15th 


Richard  Cary  to  the  Governor. 

If  the  arms  which  directed  to  be  sent  down  for  the  use  of  the  county 
of  Warwick  are  now  in  Richmond,  Mr.  Wm.  Gray,  the  Bearer  hereof 
will  take  charge  of  them,  and  bring  them  safe  to  my  hands. 

I  have,  &c. 

Received  of  Samuel  Coleman  three  boxes  said  to  contain  seventy-two 
stand  of  arms  and  accoutrements  belonging  to  the  public,  which  I  prom- 
ise to  deliver  to  Capt.  Richard  Cary  of  Warwick,  the  danger  of  acci- 
dents in  transportation  by  water  excepted. 


Teste 


WM.  GRAY. 


Jno.  Lester. 

Rocketts,  April  26th,  1794. 


April  15th 


J.   J.    V.    RiVARDI   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 


Baltimore  I  received  this  moment  the  honor  of  your  letter  of  the  10th  instant 
with  the  enclosures.  I  beg  your  Excellency  to  be  persuaded  that  I  feel 
the  urgent  necessity  of  my  arrival  at  Norfolk,  and  that  if  anything 
could  be  able  to  increase  my  impatience,  it  would  be  the  fear  of  your 
thinking  me  slow  in  my  operations.  I  have  already  sent  my  plans,  and 
am  ever  anticipating  their  acceptation,  for  1  had  part  of  the  lines 
drawn  without  waiting  for  answers.  General  Enox  requested  me  in 
his  last  to  have  the  guns  mounted  here,  and  to  go  likewise  to  Alexan- 
dria, in  order  to  put  also  the  Artillery  there  in  order.     However,  I  took 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  HI 


the  liberty  to  mentioD  to  him  that  I  thought  I  would  defer  that  busi-       1794. 
nesB  until  Norfolk  its  in  a  state  of  defence,  and  that  I  intended  to  set  off  April  15th 
for  the  above  mentioned  place  the  instant  it  could  be  done.     The  hope 
of  having  the  honor  to  meet  your  Excellency  there  is  highly  flattering 
for  me,  and  is  a  sure  omen  that  I  shall  experience  none  of  the  delays 
which  I  met  with  here. 

I  have,  &c. 


An  account  of  the  captivity  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Levingstone,  of  Washing-   April  15th 
ton  County,  Virginia,  put  down  in  writing  in  her  presence,  and  nearly 
in  her  own  words: 

April  6,  1794.   About  10  o'clock  in  the  morning,  as  I  was  sitting  in 
my  House,  the  fierceness  of  the  dog's  barking  alarmed  me.     I  looked 
out  &  saw  seven  Indians  approaching  the  House,  armed  and  painted  in  a 
frightful  manner.     No  person  was  then  within,  but  a  child  of  ten  years 
old,  another  of  two  years,  and  my  sucking  infant.     My  husband  and  his 
brother  Harry  had  just  before  walked  out  to  a  Barn  at  some  distance 
in  the  Field.    My  sister-in-law  Susanna  was  with  the  remaining  chil- 
dren in  an  out-house.     Old  Mrs.  Levingstone  was  in  the  garden.    I 
immediately  shut  and  fastened  the  door;  they  (Indians)  came  furiously 
up  &  tryed  to  burst  it  open,  demanding  several  times  of  me  to  open  the 
door,  which  I  refused.    They  then  fired  two  guns;  one  ball  pierced 
through  the  door,  but  did  me  no  damage.     1  then  thought  of  my  hus- 
band's Kifle,  took  it  down,  but  it  being  double-trickered,  I  was  at  a  loss; 
at  length  I  fired  thro'  the  door,  but  it  not  being  well  aimed,  I  did   no 
execution ;  however,  the  Indians  retired  from  that  place,  and  soon  after 
I  found  that  an  adjoining  house  was  on  fire,  &  1  and  my  children  suffer- 
ing much  from  the  smoke.     I  opened  the  door,  &  an  Indian  immediately 
advanced  &  took  me  prisoner,  together  with  the  two  children.     I  then 
discovered  they  had  ray  remaining  children  in  their  possession.     My 
Sister  Sukey,  a  negro  wench  &  her  young  child,  a  negro  man  of  Edward 
Callihan's  and  a  negro  boy  of  our  own  about  eight  years  old.     They 
were  fearful  of  going  into  the  house  I  left  to  plunder,  supposing  that  it 
had  been  a  man  that  had  shot  at  them  and  was  yet  within.    So  our 
whole  cloathing  &  household  furniture   were  consumed  in  the  flames, 
which  I  was  then  pleased  to  see,  rather  than  it  should  be  of  use  to  the 
Savages. 

We  were  all  hurry ed  a  short  distance,  where  the  Indians  were  very 
busy  dividing  &  putting  up  in  packs  for  each  to  carry  his  part  of  the 
booty  taken.    I  observed  them  careless  about  the  children,  &  most  of 
the  Indians  being  some  distance  ofl  in  front,  I  called  with  a  low  voice 
to  my  eldest  daughter,  give  her  my  youngest  child,  &  told  them  all  to- 
mo  towards  neighbor  John  Russell's.     They  with  reluctance  left  me, 


112  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 

1794.       sometimes  haltiog,  sometimes  looking  back.    1  beckooed  to  them  to  go 
April  16th    on,  altho*  I  inwardly  felt  pangs  not  to  be  expressed  on  account  of  our 
doleful  separation.     They  two  Indians  in  the  rear  either  did  not  notice 
this  scene,  or  they  were  willing  the  children  might  run  back. 

That  evening  the  Indians  crossed  Clinch  Mountain,  &  wont  as  far  as 
Copper  Creek,  distant  about  8  miles. 

April  7.  Set  out  early  in  the  morning,  crossed  Clinch  river  at 
McClean's  Fish-dam  about  12  o'clock,  then  steered  northwardly  towards 
the  head  of  Stonoy  Creek.  Then  they  Indians  camped  carelessly — had 
no  back  spy  nor  kept  sentries  out.  This  day^s  journey  was  about 
twenty  miles. 

April  8.  Continued  in  camp  until  the  sun  was  more  than  an  hour 
high;  then  set  out  slowly  and  travelled  five  or  six  miles  and  camped 
near  the  foot  of  Powel's  Mountain.  This  day,  Bench,  the  Indian  chief, 
became  more  pleasant,  &  spoke  freely  to  the  prisoners.  He  told  them 
he  was  about  to  carry  them  to  the  Cherokee  Towns.  That  in  his  rout 
in  the  wilderness  was  his  brother  with  two  other  Indians  hunting,  so 
that  he  might  have  provision  when  he  returned.  That  at  his  camp 
were  several  white  prisoners  taken  from  Kentucky,  with  horses  and 
saddles  to  carry  them  to  the  Towns.  He  made  enquiry  for  several  per- 
sons on  Holstein,  particularly  Old  General  Shelby,  and  said  he  would 
pay  him  a  visit  the  ensuing  summer  and  take  all  his  negroes.  He  fre- 
quently enquired  who  had  negroes,  and  threatened  he  would  have  them 
all  off  the  North  Holstein.  He  said  all  the  Chickamogga  Towns  were 
for  war,  and  would  soon  be  very  troublesome  to  the  White  Folks. 

This  day  two  of  the  party  was  sent  by  Bench  ahead  to  hunt. 

April  9.  After  traveling  about  five  miles,  which  was  over  PowelPs 
mountain  and  near  the  foot  of  the  Stone  mountain,  a  party  of  13  men, 
under  command  of  Lieutenant  Vincent  Hobbs,  of  the  militia  of  Lee 
county,  met  the  enemy  in  front,  attaked  &  killed  Bench  the  first  fire. 
I  being  at  that  time  some  distance  off  in  the  rear.  The  Indian  who 
was  my  guard  at  first  halted  on  hearing  the  firing.  He  then  ordered 
me  to  run,  which  I  performed  slowly.  He  then  attempted  to  strike  me 
in  the  head  with  the  Tomhake,  which  I  defended  as  well  as  I  could 
with  my  arm.  By  this  time  two  of  our  people  came  in  view,  which 
encouraged  me  to  struggle  all  I  could.  The  Indian  making  an  effort, 
at  this  instant  pushed  me  backward,  and  I  fell  over  a  log,  at  the  same 
time  aiming  a  violent  blow  at  my  head,  which  in  part  spent  its  force  on 
me  &  laid  me  for  dead.  The  first  thing  I  afterward  remembered,  was 
my  good  friends  around  me  giving  me  all  the  assistance  in  their  power 
for  my  relief.     They  told  me  I  was  senseless  lor  about  an  hour. 

Certified  this  15th  day  of  April,  1794. 

A.  CAMPBELL. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  113 


William  Giles  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

I  once  more  take  the  Liberty  to  apply  for  arms  sufficient  for  my  Com-  April  16th 
pany.  The  Muskets  that  we  have  made  use  of  was  Borrowed  from  Captains  Richmond 
Quarrier  and  Wilson;  and  now  they  have  called  them  in.  It  places  me 
in  a  very  Disagreeable  Situation,  Because  a  Number  of  my  Company  is 
now  in  Uniform  and  more  preparing  to  Be  so.  Should  We  Be  disarmed 
at  present,  and  no  probability  of  getting  others,  I  am  Afraid  the  men 
will  Dispose  of  thmr  Clothing.  Our  Company  At  all  times  has  Done 
more  duty  than  any  other  in  town,  Which  can  be  proved  by  the  Differ- 
ent Lien  tenant-Col's  Commandants  of  this  City. 

I  hope,  Sir,  you  will  take  the  above  Bequest  into  Consideration,  And 
your  Compliance  will  very  much  oblige  yours,  &c. 


H.  Knox,  Secretary  op  War,  to  the  Governor.  April  I7th 

I  have  bad  the  honor  to  receive  your  favors  of  the  7th  &  8th  instants.        War 
and  to  submit  them  to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  ^^  ™®^ 

The  spoliation  complained  of  at  Guadaloupe  as  having  been  commit- 
ted by  the  French  privateer  Preus — to-wit,  on  the  Conyngham — is  filed 
among  the  papers  of  the  like  nature,  and  is,  with  the  rest,  in  the  course 
of  being  pressed  upon  the  French  Minister. 

The  application  of  Mr.  Hamilton  relatively  to  the  British  prisoners  on 
parole,  has  been  verbally  adjusted  between  the  British  Minister  and  the 
Secretary  of  State,  the  particulars  of  which,  however,  I  am  uninformed. 

I  have,  &c. 


A  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  April  I7th 

I  am  sorry  to  inform  you  that  by  report  on  the  6th  inst  a  party  of  Montgomery 
Indians  fell  on  the  Family  of  a  Mr.  Livingston,  murdered  and  took  the 
whole.     They  must  have  been  conducted  by  a  white  person,  the  murder 
being  done  within  fifteen  miles  of  Abingdon  and  a  considerable  distance 
within  the  Settlement. 

I  am  certain  if  here  my  men  will  overtake  them  if  the  number  is 

large  enough  to  be  pursued  by  their  Trails,  but  am  heartily  sorry  for 

the  Loss  of  the  people.     Apprehending  mischief    of  this  Kind  was  my 

reason  for  employing  Express,  having  a  Frontier  of  150  miles  to  guard 

with  Sixty-Six   privates  &  Eight  non-com  missioned  Officrs,  would  of 

course  leave  space  sufficient  for  the  Enemy  to  come  in  undiscovered. 

In  all  probability  this  unhappy  affair  would  not  have  taken  place  had 

Capt.  ELawkins'  Company  come  into  service  as  directed. 

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Ur  r'lt/iCKrrr  to  thi  Govbr5or. 


l/lhhHi*<UtH^¥  "^  *''"  r'»f»/»rf  h^  iruHf  Curid  f  am  afraid  it  i»;,  I  am  nnhappy  to  inform 
fmn  ti(ffif*\\9*uiiy  of  iUn  munl^r  of  ibe  unfortunate  Mrs.  Levingston  and 
nii^nih\  of  |»ur  ^tilldrnf)  by  a  prudatory  party  of  seven  Indians  not  more 
lliNO  MfiMitfi  rntlMM  from  AMngdon.  It  in  generally  believed  tbe  Indians 
W^f'ii  ^ohd(M(li>d  Ml  tlii>  plAOo  by  a  wbite  man — it  being  a  considerable 
«lllit^HM<((<  WiMtlli  tliM  fioitlomiint  where  the  mischief  was  committed;  they 
HIM  ruphll)^  piirAlUMt  atid  I  am  In  hopes  will  severely  pay  for  their  cruelty. 
Il  U  htA(hl,V  prnhnhio  ihU  unfortunate  event  has  happened  by  Capt. 
MHWkhi'ii  (^(MM|iiiiiy  not  buln^  In  service,  as  it  is  impossible  for  two  com- 
|iHliU>«  I'M  iHifHiiir  HMtpl^^  prott^oilon  to  a  dangerous  Frontier  of  two  bun- 

\  mu  ihviHiUirv  \\\  hop***  (ho  oxtout  of  tbe  Frontier  will  prevent  any 

VMHvH*Viou  \»M  ihi«  vl^jilmuH*  of  lh«»  ottwrn, 

I  am»  Sir,  &c. 

N    \y  \  m\  \s^YY^  lo  lufti^rm  your  Kxe^eney  tbat  I  have  compleated 


CALEKIkA^  OfF  STaTT   PaMSS.  ^^ 


TO  imE   t:»'>Vnt!C<Hu 


-the  miaehief  iamt  mi  tte  Bww  oe  Mr  lierim^^ux:  vit^ii:  ilfW»<4t  mik^  H»»ipfH»»^- 
of  Abin^doA. 

They  ladMiup  mmueied  otte  w^ii^  wcmmh  mnc  cme  M^vft^  c^iki^  f%T«oiK 
ere  two  wbivt  wobmh.  ewe  bcstt^  «mi  and  wchmoi  ;  iliey  w«rr  »bo  hi 
poBflCBwop  of  &  nimber  of  eiiiidmi — tttudr  ^«eiiii|:  UH^  Bo«i9(«!^  oit  F)v^  ih^y 
set  ibe  Chiidran  mi  Libert  v.  Tber  wene  iBi«ie4imii^(y  |%iiT^;^)ed  oi)  Ux^ 
Timil ;  two  otber  farue^  poghad  on  to  imke  fKiHt^^^oD  oi^  ceiTtmin  t«mp» 
tkmi  in  mil  probmbiiitr  they  woaUi  pmmij  One  of  thow^  puriiw^  lasm  iim4i- 
doned  feSl  in  witb  them.  &ned  on  them,  killed  the  white  umid  Umt  con- 
ducted the  TndimiiP  in,  mud  one  Indimn.  Ai  the  iime  the  ^re  w«»  iniide 
both  the  ofther  pmrtiefr  of  whitee^  were  in  hemrinf:  ot  the  giiii$<  B\*  their 
pmfwtng  through  the  StiHie  Gmp  in  Poweir$  mountmin,  expect  th^y  were 
the  Soothem  TndimnR  i  onh*  wmit  tout  IBxceltocv^  mnswer  h\*  0<4<k 
Burnett.. 

I  mm,  i^*. 

P.  S.  The  prisonerB  were  retmken  mil  but  the  ne^ro  man  whc  run  off 
with  the  Indians.    Please  excuse  haste,  the  Bearer  is  impatient. 

A.  li. 


R,  QrA&LSS  TO  THE  GovEKXOR.  .Kprll  mh 

I  received  jonrs  of  the  11th  InsU  containing  a  request  tor  arma,  A<^.     lUrvnoIci 
I  have  8601  you  500  Muskets  and  Bayonets  with  500  cartHiige  Boxen 
and  1,000  Flints,  the  whole  of  which  are  well  {>ackoii  in  Su\>ng  l^^xen 
and  in  good  order,  except  the  cartridge  Boxo^  and  thoy  are  am  gt^xl  an 
may  be  expected  from  the  length  of  sorvico  they  have  Rx|>enenc<Hl. 

It  will  be  well  to  make  it  the  business  of  some  oiflcerA  to  attend  to 
the  arms  &c.,  when  they  are  landed  at  Richmond,  and  when  the}'  ai'e 
distributed  care  ought  to  be  taken  in  unlocking  the  Boxoa  to  prevent 
the  Bayonets  being  misplaced  from  their  proper  muHkets. 

The  Boxes  in  which  the  Arras,  &c.,  are  packet!  art>  valuable,  and 
if  they  are  emptied  at  Richmond  they  might  with  eano  be  nHurned  to 
this  place.  It  was  entirely  casual  my  meeting  with  mo  speixiy  an  oppor- 
tunity to  forward  the  present  arms  and  accoutroments,  ami  I  could  wlnh 
in  case  of  my  particular  call  for  Military  Stores  hereafter,  that  you  will, 
if  you  think  proper,  vest  me  with  authority  to  command  the  Morvice  of 
any  Boat.  William  Stalen,  who  takes  charge  of  the  prufieiit  Load  In 
(when  he  delivers  it  at  the  canal)  entitled  to  five  Pounds.  The  want  of 
money  put  it  out  of  my  power  to  settle   with  bltn,  tboroforo  he  will 


116  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.  expect  to  receive  it  in  Richmond.  My  not  being  able  to  have  my  ac- 
April  18th  counts  adjuBted  when  I  was  last  in  Richmond,  added  to  the  poverty  of 
the  Treasury  at  that  time,  has  subjected  the  whole  of  the  people  in  my 
employ  to  most  painful  disappointments.  The  Board  thought  proper  to 
give  an  order  for  1,(K)0  Dol.  (being  about  one-half  of  my  demand;  for  which 
I  received  a  warrant,  and  on  its  presentation  to  the  Treasurer  found  it 
to  be  worth  less  than  as  much  blank  Paper  as  1  could  not  get  a  farthing 
on  it.  Thus  circumstanced,  I  must  beg  your  interposition  to  sketch  out 
some  source  from  whence  the  money  may  be  drawn.  I  have  already 
pledged  my  own  credit  so  far  on  account  of  the  State  in  Employing 
different  characters  in  its  service  that  I  feel  considerable  embarrassment 
on  my  own  account,  and  their  distresses  are  peculiarly  .interesting  to  mo, 
both  in  an  Individual  and  Public  character. 

I  have  received  particular  accounts  both  from  Philadelphia  and  N. 
York  respecting  the  Musket  Locks  mentioned  in  your  letter.  They 
might  have  been  obtained  at  either  place  a  few  months  past,  but  at  pre- 
sent they  are  all  engaged  on  public  accouht.  I  have  sent  one  of  my 
soldiers  with  the  arms,  and  have  directed  him  to  call  on  you  for  jour 
commands.  I  will  thank  —  to  let  me  know  on  his  return  the  state  of 
—  Treasury  and  the  probable  chance  of  my  getting  money  from  thence. 

I  have,  &c. 


April  18th  R.  QuARLBs  TO  Captain  Samuel  Coleman. 

Barracks  ^  herewith  send  the  arms,  &c.  mentioned  in  ye  letter  of  the  11th  ult. 
They  are  well  packed  in  strong  boxes.  You  will  find  on  each  Box  a 
paper  tacked  to  it,  the  number  of  muskets  it  contains.  The  inclosed  I 
wish  to  receive  an  answer  to. .  The  scarcity  of  money  with  me  makes 
it  necessary  that  you  should  pay  the  Bearer  of  this  (Mr.  Stalen)  five 
pounds  for  transporting  the  arms,  &c.  from  this  place.  I  send  one  of 
my  soldiers  with  the  Boat,  and  on  his  return  will  thank  3'ou  to  know 
the  chance  of  having  my  accounts  settled  and  paid.  Enquire  of  Mr. 
Pendleton  it  you  please,  and  let  me  know  if  he  is  prepared  to  adjust 
my  accounts. 

I  am,  &c. 


April  19th  Tho8.  Chilton  to  the  Governor. 

Fauquier        Transmits  receipts  for  executions  and  venditioni  exponas  directed  to 
Courthouse  j,^^  g^ell,  late  sheriff  of  Prince  William,  against  Richard  Grayham, 


CULLEKDAB  OF  STATE  PJLPSKS.  117 


I  limTe  ikis  momest  reoMTed  voor  lettei^  by  OoL  Bam^t.  and  aw  Mom^nhkvt 

sorry  too  cioiiipbiii  of  the  expense  ot  £xpi>K$Sk  whkh  now  rou  will  j^ee 

the  neeeBsiT  of  bj  bit  letters  dated  iwo  days  (>a$u  in  which  yoa  are 

informed  d  the  late  mkcrhiet    The  inhabitants  in  pursuit  of  the  Indians 

retook  xhe  jfnsoners  and  killed  two  of  them.     The  neist  run  ott    O^pt^ 

Dorton.  one  of  mj  scootSL,  who  was  out  with  a  party  endeaTounn^t^  to 

head  them,  fell  in  with  those  that  run  off,  being  thre«  in  number,  two 

oi  which  he  killed  on  the  Ground ;  the  other  run  off  mortallv  wounded. 

One  only  escaped  without  a  wound,  which  he  did  in  the  fii^t  attacks  and 

had  not  fell  in  with  the  rest. 

1  nm,  ^^c. 


PSTKR   TiNSLEY    TO   THE   GOVERNOR.  April  l^h 

In  porsnance  of  an  order  of  your  Honorable  Board  I  have  sent  en- 
closed to  your  Clerk  a  statement  of  the  cases,  now  and  lately  depending, 
on  the  High  Court  of  Chancery,  upon  injunctions  to  stay  the  sales  of 
property  escheated  to  the  Commonwealth.  I  should  therewith  to  hare 
sent  a  bill  of  the  costs  thereof;  but  I  could  not  discover  fVom  the  table 
of  fees  an  allowance  for  such  services,  and  to  have  charged  and  received 
what  is  allowed  by  law  for  transcribing  only,  would  by  no  moans  have 
compensated  for  my  trouble.  In  order  that  an  allowance  proportionate 
to  the  service  may  be  made,  it  is  necessary  to  make  known  the  mode 
that  I  was  compelled  to  adopt  in  order  to  accomplish  it:  Not  knowing 
the  names  of  the  individuals  who  had  filed  bills  (their  cases  being  en- 
tered as  other  causes  and  no  ways  distinguished  therefrom),  I  was 
obliged  to  look  leaf  by  leaf  over  the  order  books  and  some  of  the  dock, 
etts  in  order  to  that  discovery.  After  taking  a  list  of  the  cases  I  had 
then  to  collect  the  papers  and  peruse  the  bills  in  every  one  of  them  so 
as  to  be  enabled  to  state  the  object  of  the  suits,  which  otherwise  did  not 
appear,  from  which  it  necessarily  follows  that  it  must  have  taken  some 
time  exclusive  of  the  writing.  Upon  the  whole  it  will  be  readily  dis* 
covered  that  an  allowance,  as  for  transcribing  only,  would  not  be  rea- 
sonable compensation. 

I  am,  &c. 


Arthur  Campbell,  Commanding  Western  Militia,  to  the  Governor.    April  21it 

The  papers  inclosed  will  inform  your  Excellency  of  the  mischief  done  Washington 
by  the  Indians  in  this  county  on  the  6th  instant,  and  the  fortunate 
relief  of  the  prisoners  three  days  afterwards. 


118  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


17M.  Aliho'  this  success  lessens  the  apprehensions  of  the  Inhabitants  on 

ApfO  21flt  account  of  so  troablesome  an  enemy  as  Bench  being  killed^  yet  from  the 
declared  intention  of  the  Chickamogga  party  of  the  Cherokees  to  go  to 
war,  and  their  actually  having  lately  200  warriors  out  in  small  parties, 
the  western  settlement  of  this  county  and  the  adjoining  settlement  in 
Lee  talk  of  moving  off  if  there  is  not  some  protection  by  government 
afforded  them. 

A  party  ot  twenty  men  may  be  sufficient,  as  none  but  small  parties 
advance  to  those  parts,  and  these  need  not  be  in  service  longer  than 
four  months.  If  the  ezpence  should  be  thought  too  great  to  have  this 
additional  corps,  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  six  men  employed  as 
scouts  to  range  the  adjoining  craggy  mountain,  would  lessen  the  appre- 
hensions of  the  people  and  tend  to  their  safety,  provided  a  proportion 
of  the  militia  of  the  adjacent  companys  are  in  readiness  to  march  on  the 
shortest  notice  in  case  of  an  enemy  being  discovered.  The  scalp  of 
Capt.  Bench  I  have  been  requested  to  forward  to  your  Excellency,  as  a 
proof  that  he  is  no  more  and  of  the  activity  and  good  conduct  of  Lieu- 
tenant Hobbs  in  killing  him  &  relieving  the  prisoners.  Could  it  be 
spared  from  onr  Treasury,  I  would  beg  leave  to  hint  that  a  present  of  a 
neat  rifle  to  Mr.  Hobbs  would  be  accepted  as  a  reward  for  his  late  ser- 
vice, and  the  Executive  may  rest  assured  it  will  serve  as  a  stimulus  to 
future  exertions  against  the  enemy. 

It  is  with  reluctance  that  I  now  send  forward  these  by  Express,  guess- 
ing that  money  is  not  plenty  in  the  Treasury.  But  the  opinion  of  the 
Brigadier  of  the  District,  with  several  other  officers,  urges  me  to  the 
measure,  and  nothing  less  will  satisfy  the  Inhabitants.  The  volunteer 
companies  are  not  yet  complete,  nor  are  they  considered  this  year  as 
composed  of  men  suitable  to  the  service  required — as  a  dislike  to  the 
service  has  taken  place,  so  that  good  riflemen  and  good  woodsmen  gen- 
erally refuse  to  engage  as  soldiers. 

The  situation  of  the  Inhabitants  might  be  bettered  were  the  care  of 
defending  the  frontier  entrusted  with  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
District.  He  could  act  according  to  orders  as  well  as  Capt.  Lewis; 
would  be  near  in  case  of  an  attack,  and  his  services  could  be  obtained 
without  the  charge  of  a  Single  dollar. 

I  am,  &c. 


April  2l8t       ^'  P®'^<ll©ton,  auditor,  prays  for  remission  of  a  fine  imposed  erro- 
neously on  Sam'l  Clayton,  sheriff  of  Culpeper. 


April  21.  Rec'd  by  John  Putoff 's  wagon  two  Boxes  containing  87  moi« 
kets — put  in  Capitol. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  119 


April  22.  Of  Sam'l  Swan's  Dray,  73  muskets  in  two  Boxes,  Do.  1794. 

Of  Putoff 's  waggon  two  Boxes,  83  muskets — A  large  Box  sup- 
posed full  of  Cartridge  Boxes. 

Two  Boxes  muskets — quantity,  75;  Two  Boxes  Cartridge 
Boxes,  By  Putoff;  and  a  small  Box  of  flints. 

Two  Boxes  muskets — quantity  72;  By  Sam'l  Swan's  Dray. 
Driver's  name  Isaac. 

Two  Boxes — qu'y  70  muskets;  By  Mr.  Burgess  Dray. 

1  Box  muskets — q'y  40,  and  two  Boxes  of  Cartridge  Boxes ; 
Putoff 's  wagon. 

WYATT  COLEMAN,  Sen'r. 


Benjamin  Du  Val  to  the  Governor.  April  23d 

Having  the  command  of  a  company  of  Militia  in  this  city  conferred  Richmond 
on  me,  anxious  to  discharge  the  duties  of  my  office  with  all  possible 
diligence,  and  sensible  of  the  necessity  of  arms  to  teach  men  the  use  of 
them,  lead  me  to  make  application  to  your  Excellency  to  be  furnished 
with  Fifty  muskets,  Bayonets  and  Cartridge  Boxes  as  the  circumstances 
of  my  men  does  not  allow  of  their  furnishing  themselves. 

I  have,  &c. 


Wm.  Patton  to  the  Governor.  April  24th 

Yoar  favour  of  the  13th  of  March  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  Pendleton 
the  receipt  of  a  few  days  ago.  But  am  not  able  at  present  to  recom-  county 
mend  to  the  Executive  any  proper  persons  to  fill  the  office  of  Collector 
in  the  several  counties  you  have  mentioned,  the  distance  to  some  of 
them  being  considerable.  However,  I  will  use  every  means  in  my 
power  to  have  it  done  as  soon  as  possible.  I  have  been  informed  that 
my  Bond  with  some  other  papers  to  the  Executive  have  been  delayed  a 
long  time  on  the  way  to  Bichmond,  which,  together  with  the  lateness 
of  our  first  Court  after  my  appointment,  has  prevented  my  entering  on 
the  Execution  of  my  office  a  much  longer  time  than  I  could  have  wished, 
tor  which  I  hope  the  Executive  will  make  a  proper  allowance. 

I  have,  &c. 

At  a  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  appointed  and  held  for  King  and 
Qaeen  County  at  the  Courthouse,  on  Thursday,  the  24th  of  April,  1794, 
for  the  trial  of  Essex,  a  negro  man  slave,  the  proper  slave  of  Thomas 
Spencer,  of  the  County  aforesaid,  on  suspicion  of  Felony: 


120  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.  PreseDt:  Larinn  Smith,   William  Fleet,   Richard   Brooke,   William 

Ai^l  24th    Coartney,  k  William  Roane,  Gent'n  Justices. 

Benjamin  Dabney,  deputy  attorney  for  the  Commonwealth  of  Vir- 
ginia, comes  into  Court  and  filed  an  Information  that  Essex,  a  negro 
man  slave,  the  proper  slave  of  Thomas  Spencer,  of  the  county  aforesaid, 
did,  on  the  eleventh  day  of  April,  in  the  year  1794,  in  the  county  of 
King  and  Queen,  feloniously  and  with  ill  intent  prepare  and  exhibit 
certain  medicine  to  be  given  k  administered  to  George  Turner,  of  the 
county  of  Caroline. 

Whereupon,  the  said  Essex,  the  prisoner,  being  thereof  arraigned, 
pleaded  not  guilty,  and  thereupon  Frederick  Noel  and  Thomas  Butler 
being  sworn,  and  Isaac  and  Nan.  negro  slaves  belonging  to  Richard  H. 
Corbin,  being  sworn,  and  on  hearing  as  well  the  evidence  of  the  said 
Frederick  Noel  and  Thomas  Butler,  and  Isaac  k  Nan.  as  the  said  Ben- 
jamin Babney,  deputy  attorney,  and  James  Webb,  attorney  for  the  said 
Essex,  the  prisoner,  and  the  evidence  and  arguments  of  the  attomies 
being  maturely  considered,  it  was  the  opinion  of  the  court  that  the 
said  Essex  is  guilty,  as  in  the  information  is  charged.  Therefore  it  is 
considered  by  the  court  that  the  said  Essex,  the  prisoner,  be  hanged  on 
the  lOtb  day  of  June  next. 

The  court  do  value  the  said  negro  man  Essex  to  forty-one  pounds,  ten 
shillings,  which  is  ordered  to  be  certified  to  the  Auditor  of  public  ac- 
counts. 

LARKIN  SMITH. 

RO.  POLLARD,  C.  C. 


April  25th  HeKRT  BaXKS   TO    LlEirTBXA:iT-6oVERNOR    WoOD. 

itM4>i«ypMi        Begs  to  exchange  thirty  muskets  unfit  tor  service  for  good  ones  for 
company  of  Grenadiers. 


April  25ch  J.  Marshall  to  Jambs  Wood,  Liectexakt-Ooverxor. 

RicluDQiid  I  RiR  requested  by  several  of  the  militia  officers  of  this  city  to  aid 
them  in  an  application  to  the  Executive  for  arms  for  their  several  com- 
paniesL 

In  support  of  this  application.  I  beg  leave  to  observe  that  the  posses- 
sion of  arms  conduces  exceedingly  to  the  improvement  of  troops  in  the 
usual  evolutions,  and  that  it  is  hoped  and  believed  that  the  public  could 
sustain  neither  inconvenience  or  loss  from  placing  muskets  in  the  bands 
of  the  militia  ot  this  place^  as  they  can  with  great  ease  be  re-collected 
should  the  occasion  reqnii«  it.  and  as  then  is  every  reason  to  betisva 
that  they  would  be  kept  safe  and  in  good  order. 

1  kave.  4e. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


121 


It  18  advised  that  no  arms  be  furQished  to  any  company  of  Militia  in       1794. 
Towns  unless  they  be  in  uniform.  *  April  25th 

That  Captain  Richardson  of  this  city  be  furnished  out  of  the  arms   In  Council 
lately  brought  from  the  Point  of  Fork,  with  72  stand  on  his  returning 
the  arms  he  now  has  in  good  order. 

That  144  stand  be  furnished  to  the  commanding  officer  of  Chester- 
field for  the  use  of  his  militia. 

That  72  stand  be  furnished  to  Capt.  Giles  of  this  city. 

That  72  stand  be  furnished  to  Captain  Thornton's  Light  Infantry 
Company  in  Fredericksburg. 

That  72  stand  be  furnished  to  Capt.  Whitegar  L.  I  company  of  P. 
Greorge  Militia. 

That  Capt.  Bowler  of  this  city  be  called  upon  to  return  in  good  order 
the  surplus  arms  in  his  hands;  and 

That  Capt.  Coleman  be  directed  to  take  receipts  of  the  officers  re- 
ceiving such  arms,  making  themselves  answerable  for  their  safe  return 
in  good  order  when  called  for  by  the  Executive,  and  to  keep  an  account 
of  the  arms  so  delivered,  and  file  the  receipts  given  for  the  same  in 
his  office. 

Extract  from  minutes. 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C. 


A  Return  of  all  the  ordnance  in  Richmond  and  vicinity. 

5  18  lbs.  Double  fortified  in  Richmond,  3  piked  with  Iron. 
1  18  Do.  2  miles  out  of  town  at  Curries. 


(( 


18         Unfit  for  service. 

4  Short  Brass  Manchester  Carriages,  unfit  for  service. 

5  Brass  Carriages,  unfit  for  service. 
B  }  inch  Morter. 
B  i  inch  Shells. 

400  lbs.  of  Musket  Balls. 
3  Bars  of  Lead. 
2,000  different  sizvd  cannon  Balls. 
5  4-double  fortified  Ship  Guns. 


3 
2 
2 

1 
50 


April  26th 
Richmond 


Wm.  Davibs  to  the  GoVbrnor. 

The  opinions  of  the  Attorney-General  &  of  the  Auditor  were  not  so 

clear  as  to  be  readily  understood  either  by  myself  or  those  with  whom 

I  have  consulted.    If  I  am  right,  however,  in  my  apprehension,  three 

months  at  least  most  intervene  between  the  levying  of  an  execution 

upon  lands,  agreeably  to  the  Attorney's  opinion,  and  the  day  of  sale. 

16 


April  26th 
Broadway 


122  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  It  is  therefore  impossible  to  execate  the  venditionas  before  the  return 
April  26th  day,  even  if  they  had  been  delivered  to  the  Sheriffs  the  day  I  received 
them.  I  have,  however,  fixed  upon  the  latter  weeks  of  May  and  the 
first  of  June  for  the  times  of  sale,  principally  with  a  view  by  fixing 
such  late  days  of  obtaining  such  information  by  that  time  from  your 
Excellency  as  may  justify  my  proceeding,  as  otherwise  I  shall  not  ven- 
ture to  do  contrary  to  the  advice  of  the  Attorney  as  I  have  understood 
him. 

Will  it  not  be  best  to  recall  the  venditiones  and  to  issue  others  return- 
able to  a  later  court  than  that  of  June  if  it  be  not  so  done  ?  I  fear  the 
present  process  will  be  nugatory. 

With  respect  to  HoUiman,  I  am  at  a  loss  to  determine  whether  it  is  the 
opinion  of  the  Attorney,  that  the  present  High  Sheriff  should  execute 
the  process,  or  that  it  is  an  unprovided  case,  and  cannot  be  executed  at 
all.  I  shall  therefore  return  the  process,  and  as  soon  as  some  person 
qualifies  as  his  ex'or  or  adm'or  I  shall  inform  the  Auditor.  No  person 
as  yet  will  undertake  to  collect  in  Isle  of  Wight.  The  present  sheriff 
informs  me  if  the  collection  is  postponed  till  the  fall,  he  believes  it  may 
be  made,  but  not  otherwise.  Of  this  some  assurance  seems  to  be  re- 
quested, notifying  at  the  same  time  that  no  indulgence  will  then  be 
given. 

I  beg  your  Excellency's  attention  to  the  proceeding,  and  hope  for 
such  directions  as  will  enable  me  to  accomplish  the  object  of  my  ap- 
pointment in  the  speediest  manner. 

I  have,  &c. 

Received  of  Samuel  Coleman  seventy-two  stand  of  public  arms  for 
the  militia  of  the  county  of  Prince  George,  which  I  promise  to  return 
on  the  requisition  of  the  Executive  in  good  order,  or  bind  myself,  my 
heirs,  executors,  or  administrators  to  pay  to  the  Governor,  Henry  Lee, 
Esq.,  or  his  successor,  for  such  of  said  arms  as  may  not  be  so  returned. 
Given  under  my  hand  at  Richmond,  this  26th  day  of  April,  1794. 

JACOB  CALL, 

Lt.  of  L.  M.  T.  Comply  P.  G. 
Teste: 

WYATT  COLEMAN,  Sr. 


April  26th       Receipt  of  Wm.  Giles  for  arms  and  accoutrements  for  his  company  of 
militia,  and  obligation  to  return  the  same  when  called  tor. 


April  26th   Memorandum  of  distances  travelled,  Express,  by  Richard  Young,  con- 
veying notices  of  the  Embargo  to  various  county  officers: 

From  Richmond  to  New  Castle,  20  miles;  King  William,  to  Frasier'e 
Perry,  20;  King  &  Queen,  to  Col.  Young's,  12;  King  &  Queen,  to  Kingft 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  123 


Queen  Ct.  Honse,  14;  King  k  Queen,  to  Wood's  Tavern,  26;  Gloster,  to  17W. 
Col.  Baytop's,  7;  Mathews,  to  Dudley  Carey's,  12;  Middlesex,  to  Wm.  April  26th 
Smith's,  32;  Lancaster,  to  Col.  Towles',  13;  Northumberland,  to  Col. 
Edwards',  45;  Richmond,  to  Richmond  Ct.  House,  30;  Richmond,  to 
meet  Mr.  Mason,  5;  Westmoreland,  to  Westmoreland  Ct.  House,  16; 
Westmoreland,  to  Capt.  Hungerford's,  15;  King  George,  to  Col.  Talia- 
ferro's, 30;  Stafford,  to  Stafford  Ct.  House,  18;  Stafford,  to  Col.  Brent's, 
5;  Fredericksburg,  to  Fredericksburg,  17;  to  Minor's,  12;  Caroline,  to 
Caroline  Ct.  House,  15;  Essex,  to  Col.  Warren's,  37;  to  Richmond,  62. 
ToUl,  463  miles. 

Receipts  of  county  officers  given  Richard  Mason  for  notices  sent  by 
Lieut.-Governor  Wood  (by  Express)  of  the  resolution  of  Congress 
laying  an  Embargo  for  thirty  days  on  vessels  bound  to  foreign  ports: 

King  George,  John  Tayloe,  of  Mt.  Airy;  King  George,  John  Talia- 
ferro;   Northumberland,  Griffin  Edwards;  Lancaster,  Henry  Towles; 

,   Ph.   Johnston;    Mathews,   Dudley   Carey;    King  &   Queen,   H. 

Young;  Middlesex,  Maurice  Smith;  Spotsylvania,  Thomas  Minor; 
Westmoreland,  H.  Hungerfbrd;  Essex,  William  Waring;  Gloster,  James 
Bay  top;  Stafford,  William  Brent. 


H.  Knox,  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  Governor.  April  28th 

1  have  the  honor  to  receive  your  favor  of  the  14th  instant.  War 

In  order  to  save  time  in  the  arranging  the  accounts  of  Virginia,  a    ®^  ^^^ 
rule  was  adopted  with  respect  to  them,  and  the  accountant  ordered  to 
proceed  to  an  adjustment. 

This  was  considered  as  preferable  to  the  sending  to  the  Auditor  of 
Virginia  for  explanations  upon  points  and  objects  of  no  great  impor- 
tance even  if  obtained,  although  the  accountant,  governed  by  rules  and 
forms,  might  have  been  unwilling  to  have  departed  therefrom. 

He  assures  me  that  the  balance  will  be  ascertained  in  a  few  days. 
The  manner  in  which  the  accounts  have  been  forwarded,  without  pay- 
rolls or  abstracts,  have  occasioned  him  no  small  embarrassment. 

I  have,  &c. 


Arthur  Campbell  to  the  Governor.  April  29th 

Last  week,  by  Mr.  Spiers  from  Kentucky,  I  forwarded  to  your  Excel-  Washington 
lency  by  way  of  Staunton,  an  account  of  the  murder  and  robbery  done 
by  the  Indians  in  this  county  on  the  6th  instant  at  Mr.  Levingstone's, 
together  with  the  success  of  our  people  who  pursued  the  enemy. 


124  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  By  the  return  of  the  bearer,  who  goes  by  Express  from  Governor  Blount, 

April  29th  the  Executive  will  have  an  opportunity  to  forward  such  answer  as  may 
be  thought  proper,  which  we  will  be  anxious  for,  as  the  still  more  recent 
murders  of  the  Indians  in  the  S.  Western  Territory,  and  near  Cumber- 
land Gap  on  the  Kentucky  road,  show  the  perseverance  of  the  lower 
Cherokees  in  continuing  hostilities. 

But  what  adds  to  our  danger  is  the  accounts  from  General  Wayne's 
Army,  that  the  whole  of  the  Northern  Tribes,  aided  by  the  British,  are 
disposed  for  war. 

I  now  send  the  scalp  of  Captain  Bench,  that  noted  murderer,  as  re- 
quested by  Lieut.  Hobbs,  to  your  Excellency,  as  a  proof  that  he  is  no 
more. 

I  am  Sir,  &c. 


April  29th  JOSBPH  JoNES  TO  THE   GOVBRNOB. 

Dinwiddle  A  number  of  respectable  citizens  of  Petersburg  have  formed  them- 
selves into  a  voluntary  Troop  of  horse,  which  they  wish  shoujd  be  known 
and  distinguished  by  the  name  of  the  '<  Petersburg  Yolunteer  Troop  of 
Horse." 

They  are  determined  to  be  conformable  to  the  Laws  and  orders  of  the 
commander  of  the  Brigade.  They  will  equip  themselves  at  their  own 
expense  and  will  be  immediately  ready  for  service  should  they  meet 
with  your  approbation  and  of  the  Council. 

They  have  chosen  their  officers  which  are  unexceptionable  and  very 
good  men,  and  I  am  convinced  should  we  be  involved  in  a  war  that  the 
officers  and  men  of  this  Troop  will  distinguish  themselves  as  good  sol- 
diers and  friends  to  the  country. 

I  should  be  exceedingly  pleased  if  they  could  be  commissioned  and 
annexed  to  my  Brigade. 

The  officers  are  as  follows:  John  Jeffries,  Captain;  John  Brown,  first 
Lieutenant;  Richard  Bate,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  Hugh  Hunter,  Cornet. 

This  will  be  handed  you  by  Mr.  John  Jeffries. 

I  am,  &c. 


April  29th  John  Fitzgerald  to  the  Governor. 

Alexandria  ^  a^  honored  by  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  19th  Inst.,  respect- 
ing the  works  contemplated  for  the  defence  of  this  place,  which  shall  be 
strictly  complied  with,  and  due  information  of  the  Progress  shall  be 
regularly  transmitted  to  yo^,  The  Engineer  has  not  as  yet  made  hia 
appearance,  however* 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  125 


Colo.  Darke,  to  whom  the  Poto.  Company  is  largely  indebted  as  Com-       1794. 
missary,  goes  down  with  an  order  from  the  Treasurer  for  the  last  call  due   April  29th 
by  this  State  in  this  business.    1  must  entreat  your  kind  assistance  to 
him,  and  earnestly  request  that  he  may  not  be  disappointed,  as  it  would 
be  extremely  injurious  to  the  works,  &  he  goes  down  on  this  special 
occasion. 

The  Legislature  of  Maryland  refusing  to  pass  a  Law  similar  to  the 
one  passed  in  this  State,  by  which  we  might  be  enabled  to  sell  the 
Shares  of  Delinquents,  distresses  the  Directors  exceedingly.  I  there- 
fore flatter  myself  that  you  will,  on  this  occasion,  exert  yourself  for  our 
relief. 

I  have,  &c. 


John  Cropper,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  May  2d 

I  received  the  commands  of  the  Lieut.- Govern  or,  dated  31st  of  March, 
enclosing  the  Embargo  resolution  of  the  26th  of  the  same  month,  direct- 
ing me  to  eniorce  the  prompt  execution  of  the  said  resolve  by  the  aid  of 
the  militia  in  all  cases  where  the  same  might  be  necessary;  but  there 
was  no  attempt  within  reach  of  my  authority  to  violate  the  embargo 
then  existing,  and  of  course  the  interposition  of  the  Militia  was  unne- 
cessary. 

On  the  28th  of  April  I  again  received  a  letter  frem  the  Lieut-Gover- 
nor, dated  the  21st  of  the  same  month,  enclosing  the  resolutions  for  con- 
tinuation of  the  Embargo  until  the  25th  of  May,  desiring  me  to  give 
the  aid  of  the  Militia  if  it  should  be  wanted. 

On  the  day  of  the  receipt  of  my  last  orders,  I  received  information 
from  the  Collector  of  this  District,  that  he  had  cleared  two  vessels  be- 
tween the  expiration  of  the  first  Embargo  and  his  information  of  the 
second — the  Franklin,  a  schooner  of  50  tons,  built  and  owned  in  this 
county,  and  the  Neutrality,  a  Brigantine,  also  built  and  owned  here,  of  166 
tons.  In  the  morning  of  the  29th  of  April  I  sent  John  Blackstone  with 
six  armed  men  in  a  boat  to  Metompkin  Inlet,  where  he  took  possession 
of  the  Franklin  as  she  was  towing  to  pass  the  bar  to  sea,  and  in  the 
evening  he,  in  obedience  to  his  orders,  brought  me  her  papers,  which 
would  prevent  her  proceeding  on  her  voyage.  Next  morning,  the  30th 
of  April,  I  ordered  Captain  John  Moore  to  take  twelve  armed  men  and 
a  boat,  and  go  to  Assawaman  Inlet,  15  miles  north  of  Metompkin,  and 
there  take  possession  of  the  Neutrality,  where  I  was  informed  she  lay 
with  only  one-third  of  her  cargo  aboard. 

Captain  Moore,  after  being  gone  from  me  two  or  three  hours,  returned 
to  the  Courthouse  (it  being  court  day)  and  assured  me  that  the  Brigan- 
tine was  at  sea,  standing  for  Metompkin  Inlet,  where  she  was  to  receive 
the  remainder  of  her  cargo.    Soon  after  the  return  of  Moore,  John 


126  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Wharton,  owner  of  the  Brigantine,  arrived  at  the  Courthouse,  and  I 
May  2d  spoke  to  him  upon  the  subject  of  his  vessel.  He  told  me  that  he  con- 
ceived that  I  had  no  right  to  meddle  with  her  as  she  was  at  sea,  and 
that  he  intended  she  should  remain  without  the  bar  of  Metorapkin  and 
take  in  the  balance  of  her  load.  I  informed  Mr.  Wharton  that  I  thought 
myself  authorized  to  go  to  sea  with  the  Militia  after  bis  vessel  and  in 
duty  bound  to  do  so,  but  upon  his  complaining  of  my  opinion  as  a  sen- 
timent of  oppression,  I  called  upon  Evans  &  Wise,  delegates  of  Acco- 
mac  and  of  legal  profession,  for  their  opinion,  which  coincided  with  my 
own;  whereupon  1  begged  Mr.  Wharton  to  deliver  me  his  vessePs  pa- 
pers (which  were  in  his  possession)  and  save  the  militia  the  fatigue,  ex- 
pence,  and  loss  of  time  which  must  attend  our  taking  her  by  force,  but 
he  refused  and  said  she  had  orders  to  defend  herself  and  that  we  could 
not  take  her. 

As  soon  as  I  received  this  reply,  I  called  out  three  officers  and  28  men, 
had  them  expeditiously  equipped  and  provided  with  boats,  put  myself 
at  the  head  of  them,  and  embarked  at  eleven  o'clock  the  same  night, 
proceeded  to  Metompkin  Inlet,  and  at  the  dawn  of  day  put  to  sea  with 
my  4  boats,  and  took  the  Brigantine  by  surprise  some  time  before  sun- 
rise ;  then  we  placed  our  boats  ahead  and  towed  her  into  the  harbour.  At 
nine  o'clock  I  discharged  the  militia,  except  one  man,  Beverley  Copes, 
whom  I  ordered  to  remain  in  charge  of  the  vessel  until  her  papers  should 
be  delivered,  which  was  done  last  evening. 

While  I  was  collecting  the  men  for  this  expedition  at  the  Courthouse, 
a  young  man  of  this  county,  of  the  name  of  Samuel  Peck,  addressed 
himself  to  the  men  who  were  summoned  to  go,  and  attempted  to  dis- 
suade them  from  their  duty.  As  soon  as  I  discovered  it,  I  ordered  him 
out,  but  he  refused  publicly  to  obey  me,  and  1  considered  it  impolitic  to 
carry  him  in  confinement. 

I  shall  be  very  glad  to  have  the  directions  of  the  Executive  concern- 
ing this  man.  He  is  a  young  man  of  general  good  character,  and  not 
of  course  without  influence,  and  the  people  consider  the  determination 
of  his  case  as  the  rule  by  which  they  are  to  be  guided  in  doing  militia 
duty. 

Some  little  expence  was  incurred  upon  those  expeditions.  I  don't 
know  how  it  will  be  paid.     I  will  thank  you,  sir,  to  inform  me. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  2d  J-  Pendleton  TO  Jas.  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Auditor's        ^  have  examined  the  Law  respecting  the  doubt  stated    by  Agent 

oflSce       Clarke  in  his  letter  to  the  Governor,  and  confess  I  am  not  able  to 

expound  the  meaning  of  the  last  member  in  the  6th  Section  of  the  Act; 

the  first  section  seems  to  contain  all  the  essential  regulations  relative  to. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  127 


the  time  and  manner  of  making  sale  of  property  purohased  by  the       1794. 
Agent.    Possibly  the  Legislature  might  intend  that  where  slaves  and      May  2d 
live  stock  were  purchased,  the  Executive  should  have  power  to  direct 
them  to  be  sold  within  a  shorter  period  than  two  months  to  save  expence 
and  avoid  risque,  but  the  first  section  would  appear  to  convey  that  dis- 
cretion to  the  agent. 

The  language  of  the  laws  so  frequently  puzzle  and  passes  my  com- 
prehension that  I  hazard  a  construction  of  them  with  the  most  timid 
caution. 

I  am,  &c. 

Enclosed  in  the  above  is  the  following  letter: 

Campbell,  April  13,  '94. 
To  the  Governor: 

By  Mr.  Richardson,  I  have  rec*d  sundry  Papers,  &  on 
examining  of  them  I  think  there  is  an  omission.  I  hope  you  will  par- 
don me  in  pointing  it  out;  it  is  this:  In  the  sixth  sexion  of  the  act 
appointing  of  the  agents,  it  is  there  said  that  the  Executive  are  to 
direct  in  what  manner  the  agent  is  to  sell,  &  this  is  not  Dun  on  the 
papers  that  I  have  Red.  If  I  proseed,  will  it  be  Legal?  By  the  post 
To  Lynchburg  or  New  London,  If  you  think  proper,  I  may  here  from 
you.     Knot,  I  shall  proseed. 

I  am,  &c., 

JOHN  CLARK. 


Wm.  C.  Williams,  agent  for  Sevbnth  Brigade,  to  the  Gover-     May  2d 

NOR. 

Having  been  appointed  by  the  Executive  the  agent  for  the  seventh 
Brigade,  I  consider  it  my  duty  to  lay  before  tbe  board  a  business  which 
I  must  submit  to  them,  whether  it  comes  within  the  duties  of  my  office. 
In  the  years  eighty-five  and  six,  during  the  period  when  the  taxable 
property  was  taken  by  the  magistrates  in  the  county  of  Augusta,  there 
were  many  who  failed  to  give  in  their  lists,  and  the  deputy  sheriffs  of 
that  county  collected  the  money  for  the  taxes  according  on  their  prop- 
erty, which  they  ought  to  have  returned  to  the  county  court,  and  ac 
counted  with  the  public,  for  which  they  have  failed  to  do.  They  have 
also  returned  (as  I  have  been  informed)  persons  as  delinquent  whose 
names  were  not  on  the  books  of  those  years,  whereby  the  Common- 
wealth bath  been  deprived  of  a  very  considerable  sum.  The  fraud  as 
to  tbe  former,  I  presume,  can  only  be  detected  by  appointing  some  per- 
son to  collect  the  receipts  from  the  holders  of  them,  and  there  is  a  Mr. 
Bell  of  that  county,  who  hath  offered  to  do  this  business  for  ten  per 
centum  on  what  may  be  collected  (as  I  have  been  informed)  which  is 


128  CALE>n>AR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 

1794.       the  eommimion.     If  it  ia  properly  my  doty  to  attend  to  this  business. 
May  2d      the  law  allows  me.     This  sum  I  will  cheerfblly  relinqaish  to  him. 

Bat  as  I  suppose  a  snit  must  be  instituted  for  the  recovery  of  this 
money,  Cooncil  mast  be  employed.  I  must  therefore  beg  leave  to  sab- 
mit  it  to  the  board,  whether  they  will  not  employ  one  or  furnish  me 
with  money  for  the  purpose  (the  former  perhaps  would  be  tbe  most  eli- 
gible), and  authorize  my  employing  Mr.  Bell  to  procure  the  vouchers. 
My  exertions  in  this  business  shall  be  for  tbe  recovery  of  the  money. 

I  am.  &c. 


May  2d  Memorial  of  Book-bhtdbrs. 

Thomas  Brend  and  Archibald  Carrie,  Bookbinders  of  the  City  of  Rich- 
mond, Respectfully  sheweth — 

That  your  Memorialists  having  been  applied  to  by  Mr.  Augustine 
Davis,  Printer,  to  bind  the  volumes  of  the  Laws  which  he  is  at  present 
printing  for  the  Commonwealth,  they  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following 
terms,  accompanied  with  specimens,  to  your  Excellency's  consideration, 
the  said  terms  being  estimated  at  such  a  low  rate  as  to  admit  of  a  very 
moderate  profit  to  your  Memorialist. 

That  the  specimen  No.  1  is  bound  in  Calf-skin  in  the  manner  of  the 
last  Code  of  Laws  printed  by  Messrs.  Purdie  &  Dixon,  who  had  ten 
shillings  pr.  Volume  for  binding  them,  and  although  every  material  is  at 
least  35  or  40  pr.  cent  dearer  at  present  than  at  that  time,  your  memo- 
rialists would  engage  to  bind  the  present  volume  at  the  same  price. 

That  the  specimen  No.  2  is  bound  in  strong  sheep  skin,  and  would  be 
eight  shillings  pr.  volume.  No.  3  is  in  half  binding,  the  price  of  which 
would  be  six  shillings  and  six  pence. 

That  with  respect  to  capability  and  fidelity  in  the  execution  of  the 
jiaid  business,  your  Memorialists  will,  if  requisite,  produce  ample  testi- 
mony of  tbe  former,  and  security  for  the  latter. 

Tour  memorialists  respectfully  beg  leave  further  to  add,  that  if  the 
business  could  be  speedily  concluded  on,  it  would  relieve  Mr.  Davis  from 
a  groat  inconvionce  in  having  a  considerable  number  of  printed  sheets 
on  hand,  which,  if  delivered  to  the  binders  as  soon  as  printed,  might  be 
put  into  a  state  of  preparation  before  tbe  printing  of  the  last  sheet  by 
which  moans  the  business  would  also  be  in  a  great  state  of  forwardness. 


May  2d         ^^  ^  Court  held  for  King  and  Queen  County  at  the  Courthouse  on 
Monday,  the  14th  of  April,  1794 : 

Ordered,  That  it  bo  certified  to  his  Excellency  Henry  Lee,  Esq.,  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  that  Christopher  Stedman,  Jr., 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  129 


who  W2B  at  a  Court  held  for  this  County  the  10th  day  of  September,       1794. 
1792,  recommended  as  a  proper  person  to  be  commissioned  inspector  of     May  3d 
Tobacco  at  Shepherd's  Warehouse  has  removed  from  this  County. 

Teste  : 

RO.  POLLARD,  C.  C. 

At  a  Court  held  for  King  and  Queen  County  Monday,  the  10th  day 
of  September,  1792: 

The  Court  do  recommend  to  his  Excellency  Henry  Lee,  Esq.,  Gover- 
nor of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  John  Kidd,  Edward  Spencer, 
Christopher  Stedman,  Jr.,  and  John  Webley  as  proper  persons  to  be 
commissioned  inspectors  of  Tobacco  at  Shepherd*s  warehouse. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

RO.  POLLARD,  C.  C. 

At  a  Court  held  for  King  &  Queen  County  at  the  Courthouse  on  Mon- 
day, the  14th  of  April,  1794 : 

Present. — Anderson  Scott,  William  Fleet,  Anthony  Oardner,  William 
Courtney,  John  W.  Semple,  Thomas  C.  Martin,  William  Roane,  Philip 
Pendleton,  John   Wedderbum,  and  John  Hoskins,  Gentlemen  Justices. 

The  court  do  recommend  to  his  Excellency  Henry  Lee,  Esq.,  Gover- 
nor of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  Henry  Young,  Humphrey  Wal- 
ker, Samuel  G.  Fauntleroy,  Robert  Hoskins,  William  Shackelford,  and 
Beverley  Roy,  Gentlemen,  as  proper  persons  to  be  added  to  the  commis- 
sion of  the  peace  for  this  county. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

RO.  POLLARD,  C.  C. 

State  of  Commission  of  the  peace  for  King  &  Queen  County  14th 
April,  1794 : 

Declined  Acting. — William  Lyne,  Thomas  Coleman,  Thomas  Roane, 
Philip  Taliaferro,  James  Pendleton,  Lyne,  Shackelford,  Jr. 

Dead. — Thos.  Row,  William  Richards,  Henry  Todd,  Henry  Gaines, 
Richard  Anderson,  Christopher  Harwood,  William  Harwood,  James  T. 
Corbin. 

Not  qualified. — Thos.  Hill,  John  Garlick,  Rob.  Price,  Thos.  Fauntle- 
roy, Rhoderick  Starling,  William  Lyne,  Jr.,  Chaney  Gatewood,  Charles, 
Hutchason,  Phil.  Bird. 

Acting. — Anderson  Scott,  Larkin  Smith,  William  Fleet,  Anthony 
Gardner,  Richard  Brooke,  William  Courtney,  J.  W.  Semple,  Thomas  C. 
Martin,  Wm.  Roane,  Philip  Pendleton,  John  Wedderburn,  John  Hos- 
kins. 

Bdward  Hill  from  his  ill  state  of  health  wishes  to  decline  business. 

WiUiam  Dudley  is  sheriff.    John  Kidd  not  in  Commission. 

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130  CAJLESDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


17M.  M06BS  Mass  to  the  Gove&sok. 

Mar  4ih  In  coDseqoeoee  of  two  stations  being  lately  formed  on  the  Ohio  and 
^Point  Kenawba.  about  nine  miles  ^m  this  place.  I  have  thought  it  highly 
necessary,  and  bai.  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  Colo.  Lewis,  sent  six 
men  for  the  protection  of  each  post,  which  gives  great  satisfaction  and 
secority  to  the  Inhabitants  at  the  Point,  and  hopes  it  will  meet  with 
yoar  Excellency's  approbation. 

With  respect  to  my  Instmctions  ^m  the  Hon^ble  John  Steel  for 
nin€|^y>three,  in  keeping  eighteen  men  constantly  in  the  woods,  it  is 
totally  oat  of  power  to  comply  with,  as  I  have  not  a  sufficient  number 
of  men  at  this  place. 

Lieut.  Van  bibber  I  have  thought  neoessaiy  to  send  to  Belville  with  a 
detachment  of  sixteen  men,  and  the  twelve  men  I  have  sent  to  these 
adjacent  poets  on  the  Ohio  and  Kanawha,  leaves  but  twenty  men  at  the 
Point.  For  any  information  respecting  the  depredations  committed  by 
the  Indians  I  refer  you  to  Colo.  Lewis's  letter. 

It  is  my  opinion,  together  with  Colo.  Lewis',  that  an  augmentatioD 
of  troops  at  these  posts  would  be  highly  neeessary. 

I  have,  Ac 


Ifiay^h  BoBBRT  Brooke  to  ths  GovBRNoa. 

In  pursuance  of  the  Instructions  you  have  honored  me  with,  I 
directed  the  Escbeator  of  Shenandoah  to  have  a  jury  convened  on  the 
12th  of  April  last,  to  enquire  into  the  Title  of  the  Commonwealth  to 
that  part  of  tbo  Manor  of  Leeds  which  lies  in  bis  county,  and  set  out  io 
order  to  attend  him  on  that  day,  but  after  having  progressed  consider- 
ably on  my  journey,  I  was  so  long  detained  on  the  Road  by  the  heavy 
Rains,  and  a  sudden  Indisposition  in  consequence  of  getting  extremely 
wet,  that  I  could  not  arrive  in  Time  to  effect  the  business  on  the  day 
appointed,  which  was  then  postponed  on  account  of  my  absence. 

On  my  return  home,  I  immediately  wrote  the  Escbeator  that  I  would 
attend  him  on  the  twentieth  of  June,  and  requested  that  he  would  be 
prepared  on  that  day  to  proceed  on  the  Business,  but  I  have  since  been 
informed  that  in  consequence  of  the  miscarriage  of  my  Letter,  he  has 
taken  bis  inquest,  and  as  the  Jury  have  found  for  the  Commonwealth, 
I  hope  no  inconvenience  will  accrue  from  my  absence,  as  I  expect  the 
inquisition  is  regularly  drawn. 

On  the  19th  of  last  month,  I  attended  the  Escbeator  of  Fauquier, 

when  a  Jury  was  impannelled  to  inquire  into  the  right  of  the  Common* 

wealth  to  the  Part  of  the  Manor  of  Leeds  lying  in  that  county,  but 

^  they  found  no  Inquest,  being  divided-^IoTen  for  the  Commonwealth 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


131 


%nd  ^re  againat  her.  In  consequence  of  this,  I  requested  the  Bsoheator 
to  convene  another  Jury  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  June  to  take  the  Buni- 
uess  again  under  consideration,  and  when  I  shall  again  attend. 

The  Inquisition  taken  in  Frederick  on  the  19th  of  February  last  has 
been  superceeded  and  quashed  by  the  District  Court  at  Winchester, 
and  as  I  suppose  it  to.  be  the  wish  of  the  Executive  to  have  the  whole 
of  this  Business  terminated  as  soon  as  possible,  I  have  written  to  the 
Executor*  in  that  county  to  convene  a  Jury  for  that  purpose  on  the 
first  or  second  of  July  next,  where  I  shall  again  attend,  and  shall  from 
time  to  time  take  the  Liberty  of  communicating  to  you  the  result  of 
my  efforts  in  executing  that  part  of  the  Business  which  is  intrusted  to 
me,  and  Am,  &c. 


1794. 
May  4th 


Thomas  Lewis  to  thb  Governor. 

I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  your  Excellency  a  Return  of  the  men 
for  the  Winter  establishment  at  Belville,  and  also  a  certificate  for  the 
Spiea  at  this  place. 

There  is  two  new  Settlements  lately  formed,  each  about  nine  miles 
from  this  place,  one  on  the  Ohio,  the  other  on  the  Kanawha.  Captain 
Mann  thought  it  necessary  to  allow  to  each  of  these  stations  six  men, 
and  hopes  it  will  meet  with  your  Excellency's  approbation.  It  has  re- 
duced the  number  considerably,  he  was  ordered  for  the  protection  of 
the  point,  but  it  appears  to  be  a  great  safe  guard  to  us  to  have  men  at 
such  advantageous  posts,  also  in  settling  the  country. 

There  is  but  twenty  men  now  at  this  place,  which  renders  it  impossi- 
ble for  Captain  Mann  to  perform  the  duty  required  of  them  by  Oovern- 
ment. 

On  the  23d  of  last  month,  the  Indians,  supposed  to  be  about  thirty  in 
number,  attacked  a  Plase  about  fourteen  miles  above  Belville — killed 
foor  and  took  three  prisoners.  About  three  weeks  ago,  they  fired  on  a 
boat  somewhere  about  the  mouth  of  Scioto  and  killed  one  man.  I  am 
also  informed  by  people  passing  up  the  Ohio,  that  about  eight  or  ten 
days  ago,  there  has  been  at  least  fifty  Indians  crossed  the  Kiver  to  this 
side  between  the  two  Sundays.  I  look  on  it  absolutely  necessary  that 
thoee  two  posts  should  be  augmented,  which  can't  be  done  without  the 
Executive  gives  Lieut.  Mann  orders  to  enlist  more  men. 

I  am,  Ac. 


May  4th 

Point 
Pleasant 


Benjamik  Temple  to  the  Govebhor.  May  5th 

This  will  be  handed  you  by  Mr.  Elliott  the  Gen't  I  have  appointed  to        King 
me  in  the  collection  of  the  taxes.  William 


*EBcheator  probably  meant. 


132 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  He  will  inform  yoa  the  situation  of  the  business  which  has  come  to 

May  5th  my  hands,  and  receive  any  instructions  which  may  be  thought  proper 
to  be  given  respecting  it.  Mr.  Elliott  having  been  Sheriff  for  some 
years  past  in  this  county,  can  give  you  information  respecting  the  mort- 
gages which  cover  Colo.  Richerson's  Estate,  abstracts  of  which  I  left 
with  Colo.  Goode  when  I  was  last  at  Richmond,  and  requested  him  to 
lay  them  before  the  Executive,  that  they  might  have  no  dificulty  in  de- 
termining what  steps  should  be  taken  respecting  them. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  5th 


Norfolk 


OSTBR  TO   THB   GOVERNOR. 

1  have  the  honor  to  receive  your  letter  dated  this  day. 

The  Captain  of  the  Concorde  has  not  found  the  prizes  in  question, 
nor  does  he  more  than  myself  know  that  they  are  gone  to  Baltimore. 

The  English  Brig  which  your  Excellency  has  been  told  was  is  not 
taken. 

Accept  my  respects. 

Translation. 


May  6th 


Norfolk 


Robert  Borland  to  Dr.  James  Taylor. 

I  hope  you  will  not  forget  speaking  to  the  Governor  about  the  Hos- 
pital and  the  distresses  it  has  brought  upon  me. 

My  Creditors  are  now  getting  so  exasperated  at  me  that  they  will 
wait  no  longer,  but  lay  hold  of  everything  I  have  in  the  world,  without 
I  show  them  some  way  that  they  may  be  paid  soon.  Should  they  pro- 
ceed with  these  steps,  I  shall  be  entirely  ruined  and  put  on  charity  with 
my  family.  When  the  Governor  knows  this  to  be  my  real  situation,  he 
will  certainly  feel  for  me,  and  I  trust  will  do  everything  in  his  power 
for  my  Interest  and  relief.  I  waited  on  the  French  Consul  respecting 
the  Plank  that  they  have  been  cutting  up,  but  he  would  give  me  no  sat- 
isfaction about  it;  indeed  he  seemed  to  be  offended  at  my  troubling  him 
on  such  business. 

I  am,  &c. 


May  6th 


I 


Petition  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia  and  the  Honorable  thb 

Members  of  the  Privy  Council. 

The  petition  of  William  Tate,  of  the  county  of  Washington,  for  the 
remission  of  a  fine  for  non-attendance  as  a  juror  on  District  Court  of 
Washington  County,  October,  1791. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


133 


Thb  Petition  op  thb  Inhabitants  of  King  and  Qubbn  County      1794. 
TO  thb  Honorablb  Qovbrnor  and  Council,  Maymh 

Against  allowiDg  Pittmao  Wiatt  to  become  a  pensioner. 


J.  Holcombb  to  the  Governor. 

Petition  for  the  pardon  of  Thomas  Murry,  condemned  to  be  hung  by 
the  District  Court  at  Prince  Edward  for  horse  stealing. 


May  7th 


John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 

I  now  enclose  you  the  deposition  of  Andrew  Machie  and  Thomas 
Mayo,  the  one  Master,  and  the  other  seaman  ot  the  Brigantine  Ann  of 
Kingston,  sworn  to  before  Thomas  Griffin,  Esqr.,  Mayor  of  York,  rela- 
tive to  an  insult  and  outrage  committed  by  certain  citizens  of  the  United 
States  at  Torktown  in  this  State,  on  the  British  Flag,  and  in  violation 
of  Neutrality,  Decency  and  respect. 

I  think  it  my  duty  to  state  this  to  your  Excellency  as  Governor  of 
this  State,  in  order  that  the  perpetrations  of  such  an  outrage  may  be 
prosecuted  according  to  Law.  I  must  also  state  to  your  Excellency, 
that  the  Armed  Ship  Chickamague,  America  built  and  equiped  in  this 
State,  is  about  to  proceed  to  sea,  contrary  to  the  regulations  of  the 
President.  I  know  it  is  only  necessary  for  you  to  be  informed  of  this 
Circumstance,  when  proper  steps  will  be  pursued  by  your  Excellency 
to  prevent  her  departure  or  any  other  vessel  within  your  Government 
under  a  similar  situation. 

With  Sentiments  of  the  highest  Esteem  and  Eespect, 

I  have,  &c. 


May  7th 

British 

Consurs 

office 


Arthur  Campbell  to  the  Governor. 


May  8th 


In  the  days  of  republicanism,  it  seems  to  be  an  extraordinary  situa-  Washington 
Uon  for  a  citizen  to  be  accused,  and  not  to  have  it  in  his  power  to  con- 
front the  accusor,  nor  the  Witnesses,  if  any.  That  is,  in  order  to  mani- 
fest bis  innocence  to  the  World,  be  must  prove  a  negative.  However, 
it  is  a  consolation  that  truth  and  innocence,  is  of  such  a  nature  that  the 
more  they  are  scrutinized  and  examined  they  will  appear  to  advantage. 

Captain  Lewis  has  wrote,  that  he  believes  I  could  not  have  received 
less  than  between  200  and  300  dollars  for  excusing  militia  Drafts.  A 
base  transaction,  truly,  if  the  fact  had  ever  existed.     He  ought  to  have 


134  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  said  at  what  time,  or  in  what  place,  and  of  whom.  He  has  bad  the  best 
May  8th  opportunity  of  any  man  to  know,  having  commanded  on  the  frontiers 
for  more  than  two  years,  where  it  is  well  known  pecuniary  mistakes  of 
any  kind  are  always  loudly  published.  I  could  oppose  my  assertion  to 
his  with  confidence  &  truth,  That  his  charges  is  malicious  and  ground- 
less, and  that  I  believe  he  knew  them  to  be  so  at  the  time  he  pened 
them.  However,  I  will  endeavour,  for  the  satisfaction  of  the  Executive, 
to  add  such  further  proofs  and  arguments  as  may  occur,  and  the  cir- 
cumstances of  the  case  admit. 

1.  Had  I  received  any  money  from  the  Militia  men  to  excuse  them 
from  a  draft,  is  there  not  a  strong  presumption  that  some  one  of  them 
would  have  divulged  the  matter  to  the  Court  martial?  Of  course  public 
mention  would  have  been  made  of  it  and  the  crime  become  notorious. 

2.  Captain  Lewis  ought  to  have  fabricated  the  calumny  with  more 
probability  in  order  to  be  believed  in  this  part  of  the  State.  For  the 
uniform  mode  for  several  years  past  in  such  cases  are  for  the  Captains 
to  return  the  list  of  Delinquents  to  the  Court,  and  they  explain  the 
cause  of  delinquency,  and  on  their  evidence,  with  what  the  delinquent 
has  to  offer,  he  is  either  fined  or  excused. 

This  Captain  Bo  wen  did  in  the  cases  of  John  Irons  and  David  Young, 
as  already  evidenced  in  a  document  sent  to  the  Executive.  Toung  was 
excused  on  account  of  inability  to  serve  from  a  hurt  received  in  his  eye. 
Irons,  because  he  procured  a  substitute,  which  appeared  to  have  faith- 
fully served  in  his  stead  by  a  return  of  Lieut.  Willougbby  then  pro- 
duced. Both  cases  was  inquired  into  strictly,  and  Young  would  have 
been  fined  bad  not  his  Captain  on  oath  declared  he  thought  he  was  in- 
capable of  service  at  the  time.  Now  it  is  obvious  that  there  ought  to 
have  been  a  combination  between  the  county  Lieutenant  and  the 
>  Captains,  in  order  to  succeed  in  receiving  Two  or  Three  hundred  doUarB, 

or  any  other  sum  of  money  as  bribes,  a  thing  not  supposible. 

3.  If  Captain  Lewis  had  believed  such  a  vile  transaction  had  taken 
place,  ought  he  not  as  a  watchful  guardian  of  his  country's  interest,  set 
on  foot  a  scrutiny  on  a  certain  and  obvious  plan.  First,  have  made  ap- 
plication to  the  Clerk  of  the  Court  Martial  for  his  deposition,  and  the 
copys  of  necessary  vouchers,  and  formed  thereon  a  regular  charge  in 
writing,  and  transmitted  the  same  to  the  Executive,  pledging  himsell 
that  he  would  openly  prosecute  the  same  with  effect  before  any  consti- 
tutional tribunal.  But,  instead  of  this  laudible  and  honorable  mode,  we 
hear  of  him  making  enquiry  at  every  insignificant  characters,  nohow 
famed  for  their  truth  and  honor  or  love  for  their  country  in  a  trying 
time ;  writing  letters  to  the  Governor  from  their  suggestions,  or  to  gratify 
his  own  malevolence,  sometimes  saying  one  thing,  at  another  contradict- 
ing himself — a  conduct  much  beneath  what  might  be  expected  from  the 
son  of  a  patriot. 

The  conduct  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Washington  Militia  was 
simply  this:  He  received  his  orders  from  the  Governor  in  RosseU  conii- 


CALBNDAK  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  135 


ty,  shortly  afterwards  give  conformable  orders  to  the  Captains  to  fur-  1794. 
nish  Drafls  to  compleat  Lieut.  Willoughby's  command.  Some  days  May  8th 
afterwards  received  a  few  lines  from  the  Governor,  dated  in  Wythe 
county,  mentioning  that,  if  practicable,  to  engage  men  voluntarily  for 
the  whole  time,  as  monthly  Drafts  was  most  expensive.  This  was  com- 
municated to  Lieut.  Willoughby ;  A  Court  Martial  was  ordered  on  the 
delinquent  Militia  men,  which  sat,  proceeded  on  business  with  delibera- 
tion, and  rather  with  unusual  strictness,  as  all  seemed  impressed  with 
the  necessity  of  the  service. 

For  my  own  part  I  can  solemnly  affirm  that  neither  in  the  late  nor 
no  other  occasion  for  twenty  years  past  that  I  have  commanded  the 
militia  on  Holstein,  that  I  received  a  single  dollar  in  the  way  Captain 
Lewis  has  alleged.  The  idea  was  new  to  me  when  I  received  a  copy  of 
his  letter.  And  now  believe  if  he  abhorred  that  kind  of  profit  as  much 
as  I  do,  there  would  not  have  been  such  a  profusion  of  expence,  and  so 
little  personal  service  on  the  South  Western  frontier  for  more  than  two 

years  past. 

I  am,  &c. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Oovbrnor. 

Enclosed  you  have  the  number  of  troops  that  are  under  my  com- 
mand and  in  actual  service  at  this  time.  The  reason  oi  my  company  Fort  Lee 
not  being  compleat  is  two  having  deserted,  which  I  have  not  entered  in 
the  return ;  also  one  or  two  were  received  by  the  muster  master  that  I 
afterwards  found  were  unfit  for  the  service.  I  considered  it  wrong  to 
continue  them  under  pay,  and  discharged  them.  Since  that  time,  the 
officers  have  been  so  engaged  on  the  Fiontiers  that  they  could  not  be 
spared  to  compleat  the  company.  They  shall  shortly  be  made  up.  On 
the  7th  this  instant  I  received  information  that  the  sign  of  about  thirty 
Indians  were  seen  on  the  Black  mountain  making  towards  this  settle- 
ment. On  yesterday  I  sent  out  my  scouts  to  know  the  certainty.  The 
last  company  that  came  in  being  handled  so  roughly,  I  expect  will  make 
them  cautious  of  coming  into  the  settlement  in  small  parties,  two  only 
out  of  seven  getting  clear. 

What  was  more  alarming  to  them  was  being  fired  on  four  different 
Times  and  on  four  different  days.  Twice  by  the  Inhabitants  who  killed 
two  of  them,  and  twice  by  my  company,  who  killed  two  and  wounded 
one.  One  of  the  scalps  we  loss  by  his  getting  into  Kentucky  fiiver. 
He  attempted  to  make  battle  untill  he  received  not  less  than  12  or  15 
Balls  in  him.  The  scalps  of  the  other  two  I  have  got  the  Favor  of  the 
General  to  present  to  your  Excellency. 

I  still  consider  myself  at  a  loss  to  know  why  the  Executive  deemed 
the  last  Express  sent  by  me  unnecessary.  I  have  ever  been  cautious  of 
running  the  public  to  unnecessary  expence,  and  cannot  say  but  I  feel 


136  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


I 


1794.       myself  somewhat  wounded  by  the  sentiments  of  the  Executive  on  that 

May  9th     subject,  and  earnestly  request  that  I  shall  be  charged  with  the  am*t,  which 

I  will  cheerfully  pay  out  of  my  wages;  and  for  the  future,  every  man 

under  my  command  shall  die  before  they  call  for  assistance  by  Express, 

unless  I  can  do  it  without  censure. 

I  have  heard  that  some  persons  not  friendly  disposed  towards  myself, 
have  endeavoured  to  rouse  up  the  people  on  the  Frontiers  to  complain 
to  your  Excellency  of  the  non-performance  of  Duty  by  my  Scouts,  and 
also  against  myself  Whether  they  may  be  prevailed  on  to  make  a  false 
accusation,  God  only  knows.  As  to  my  Scouts,  I  can  aver  that  there  is 
not  men  on  the  continent  that  more  fully  execute  the  Duties  of  their 
office  than  they  do.  Take  them  in  any  part  of  character,  perhaps 
stand  fairer  than  any  person  who  may  become  their  accusers.  On  the 
day  that  the  Indians  came  through  the  Fool  Warriour's  Gap,  two  of  my 
Scouts  passed  through  the  same,  perhaps  not  two  hours  before  the  Ene- 
my, and  before  they  could  go  to  the  farthest  part  of  their  Bounds  and 
return  to  that  Gap,  the  mischief  was  done. 

As  to  accusations  against  myself,  they  are  hard  to  steer  clear  of. 
The  Frontiers  being  so  extensive,  that  unless  every  man  exposed  has 
men  to  guard  him  he  is  dissatisfied,  and  without  an  officer  can  be  at 
every  place  in  time  of  danger,  he  has  done  wrong.  No  foundation 
whatever  can  justify  a  comp't  unless  my  being  absent,  which  has  not 
been  much  for  the  present  year,  and  as  to  the  Duty  in  my  absence,  I 
am  willing  that  my  Order  Book  shall  be  examined,  which  orders  I 
believe  were  duly  executed;  for  I  have  never  had  either  Officer  or  Sol- 
dier yet  in  my  company  that  attempted  to  disobey  orders  I  gave  him. 
They  people  on  the  Frontiers,  or  immediately  exposed,  are  well  satisfied 
with  both  Officers  and  Soldiers,  but  if  any  Speak  fully,  its  those  that 
are  not  in  danger  nor  never  knew  what  it  was  to  be  exposed.  The 
Executive  and  every  other  person  acquainted  with  my  situation,  must 
be  convinced  that  it  cannot  be  Interest  that  prompts  me  to  serve.  I 
am  well  assured  that  where  I  make  one  pound  by  serving  I  lose  two 
other  ways.  I  feel  a  desire,  and  ever  has,  to  serve  my  country,  but 
should  the  Executive  think  another  person  that  they  might  appoint 
would  execute  their  Instructions  more  fully  and  give  a  further  assistance 
to  the  Frontier,  I  shall  with  pleasure  retire. 

I  question  if  there  is  an  Officer,  or  any  person  in  Office  in  the  States, 
that  has  a  Family,  but  thinks  it  his  duty  to  pay  some  attention  to  them, 
and  frequently  gets  leave  of  absence  from  Duty.  My  situation  in  that 
is  singular,  for  I  do  not  consider  myself  under  the  direction  of  any  Offi- 
cer but  the  Executive  only,  nor  would  I  wish  to  be.  The  distance  is  so 
great,  that  if  my  Business  at  home  at  any  time  required  my  attention, 
I  cannot  call  on  those  who  are  authorized  to  permit  me,  and  am  left  to 
judge  myself  if  I  can  take  this  Liberty  consistent  with  my  duty  to  my 

country  and  to  your  Excellency. 

I  am,  &c. 


CALENDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  137 


A.  Lewis  to  thb  Governor.  1794. 

It  will  be  out  of  my  power  to  leave  the  Frontier  at  this  time  to  take     May  9th 
the  necessary  Depositions  concerning  Col.  A.  Campbell's  conduct.     I  ex-     Fort  Lee 
pected  a  court  of  enquiry  would  have  been  ordered,  at  which  every 
proof  for  and  against  him  could  have  been  brought  forward. 

I  hope  your  Excellency  will  give  the  Paymaster  such  instructions  that 
may  authorize  him  to  settle  all  claims  by  the  officers  or  the  soldiers;  if 
not,  1  shall  perhaps  be  considerable  looser,  for,  to  prevent  them  from 
Trifling  their  wages  away,  and  for  the  good  of  the  service,  I  was  obliged 
to  pay  money  and  assume  the  payment  for  both  arms  and  clothing  to  a 
considerable  amount. 

I  am,  &c. 


H.  Kn.ox,  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  Governor.  May 9th 

Your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  14th  ultimo  has  been  received  and        War  » 

submitted  to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  Department 

Any  indulgencies  which  the  St.  Domingo  fleet,  mentioned  by  you, 
may  have  received  contrary  to  the  Spirit  of  the  resolve  laying  the  em- 
bargo, are  unknown  to,  and  were  unauthorized  by  the  Executive  of  the 
United  States.  Any  information,  therefore,  which  you  may  possess 
upon  this  subject,  and  which  you  can  with  propriety  transmit  in  order 
to  be  submitted  to  the  President  of  the  United  States  will  be  thankfully 
received. 

Letters  of  Marque  being  comprehended  by  the  embargo,  cannot  be 
permitted  to  depart  because  some  unauthorized  irregularities  have  taken 
place  with  respect  to  other  vessels,  the  conduct  of  the  Officers  who  have 
permitted  such  irregularities,  will  be  enquired  into  and  made  responsible 
for  any  breach  of  the  embargo  which  they  may  have  committed. 

An  informal  and  unauthenticated  information  has  been  received,  that 
Sir  John  Jarvis's  fleet,  from  the  West  Indies,  said  to  consist  of  seven 
sail  of  the  line  and  four  frigates,  may  be  shortly  expected  in  the  Chesa- 
peake, and  perhaps  at  Norfolk.  Altho'  this  report  may  be  without 
foundation,  yet  it  is  thought  proper  that  it  should  be  transmitted  to 
your  Excellency  in  confidence,  in  order  that  you  may  take  such  prudent 
precautions  for  the  prevention  of  misunderstanding,  as  the  delicate  state 
of  public  affairs  strongly  require.  And  if  your  convenience  would  per- 
mit you  to  reside  principally  at  Norfolk  during  the  continuance  of  the 
fleet  at  that  place  (provided  it  should  arrive),  it  would  be  highly  satis- 
factory to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  As  hopes  are  entertained 
that  an  amicable  accommodation  may  be  effected  with  Great  Britain  by 
the  mission  of  Mr.  Jay,  and  satisfaction  obtained  for  the  damages  on 
our  commerce,  it  would  be  extremely  unfortunate  if  they  should  be  frus- 

18 


138  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       trated  by  any  untoward  event  which  might  arise  from  individual  irri- 
May  9th     tions  of  temp«r  on  either  side. 

By  a  vessel  which  will  sail  in  a  few  days  from  this  place,  ammunition 
will  be  forwarded  for  the  cannon  which  are  at  Norfolk,  and  also  a  num- 
ber of  carriages  and  implements  for  nine  eigh teen-pounders,  which  are 
at  the  head  of  Elk,  and  which  will  also  be  forwarded.  Major  Rivardi 
will  see  that  these  pieces  are  put  in  perfect  order,  and  prepare  a  rever- 
bratory  furnace  or  two  for  hot  shot;  and  as  Norfolk,  from  its  situation, 
appears  to  be  pre-eminently  important,  compared  with  the  other  places 
in  the  Chesapeake,  it  may  be  proper  for  Mr.  Rivardi  to  continue  there 
as  long  as  possible  consistently  with  the  other  objects.  A  Mr.  Yermo- 
net  may  therefor  be  employed  at  Alexandria  and  Annapolis,  which  is 
probablj''  to  be  fortified. 

Some  appointments  in  the  artillery  will  be  shortly  made,  and  Recruits 
endeavoured  to  be  obtained,  some  of  which  will  repair  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble to  Norfolk.  In  the  mean  time  Captain  Hannah  will  be  ordered  to 
Norfolk  with  twenty  Recruits,  which  he  has  at  Alexandria. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  10th  Wm.    WaLKER   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

James  City       Yours  of  the  29th  of  April  to  the  commandant  of  our  Militia  came  to 
my  hands  the  8th  of  the  present  month. 

I  went  ii^stantly  to  York  Town  with  your  instructions,  and  imparted  to 
Mr.  Macaulay  the  substance  of  your  letter.  He  appears  quite  innocent, 
in  my  opinion,  respecting  the  boat  alluded  to,  but  that  the  ship  Brandon 
sailed  after  ye  Embargo,  I  have  no  doubt  of  The  Collector's  and  Mr. 
Macaulay's  Certificate,  which  is  here  enclosed,  will  give  you  every  par- 
ticular which  I  can  procure. 

I  am,  &c. 

Collector's  Office,  District  of  York  Town, 

May  8th,  1794. 

Be  it  known  to  all  persons,  that  on  the  10th  day  of  March,  in  the 
present  year,  the  Ship  Brandon,  commanded  by  Patrick  Woodcone,  was 
cleared  at  this  office  for  St.  Thomas  with  her  cargo,  consisting  of  thirty 
thousand  feet  of  scantling,  thirty  thousand  staves,  thirty  thousand  feet 
of  plank,  eighty-four  thousand  shingles,  three  hundred  bushels  of  peas, 
and  one  hundred  pieces  of  timber;  and  that  on  the  28th  of  April,  in  the 
year  aforesaid,  the  schooner  Swift  Packet,  commanded  by  Thomas 
Bragg,  was  cleared  at  this  office  for  Philadelphia,  with  her  cargo,  con- 
sisting of  passengers  and  their  baggage — this  clearance  being  granted 
after  the  embargo  had  taken  place.     Bond  with  sufficient  security  was 


:.kZJS3Di}t3  }^  >rt^H  7v:r»^iu?.  tjjjji. 


Br:ui*i»:a«  C^tsiiir  P^^ixn-rifk  W.j«/«u:tint}.  '.nmu!^  ^ao  :SA  uhitf-  P^/rti  tJL>r  ^^iw:^A 

ALKXAXPKK  XACVl  lAY 


Prrm-^y  t»>  thi  G<»v5jl>x>r  jlm>  t«c  i\h  xcit  v>r  ^t  vrit. 

We.  vour  petit ionere.  iQ£LibU;iat;<^  Aa«i  tn?eki\4\lers  s>i  ih^  t\Htttiy  v^ 
Princt?  Riwainl  N*^  leave  to  repnft»nt.  Tb*t  ;i(  a  vtiJi^tftvl  cv^uHv  h^M  M 
PriDce  Edw:ird  Courthoase,  on  the  4tb  day  vvf  ApriL  lT^4v  w^  wvr^ 
elected  and  sworn  a*  a  Tenire  upon  the  Trial  of  Th^Huas  Murrax'  vu^  a^ 
iDdietment  tor  Horsestealing;  and  do  pray  tv^r  a  parvton  ot  th«>  ^id 
Thomas  Murray,  on  account  of  his  youth  and  prt^vious  ^hhI  eharav'l^rx 


M^  Wibi 


The  affidavit  of  David  Toung,  in  the  dispute  now  de|>emHiv^  t^^r^     \l^  1^^ 
the  Executive  of  this  Common %vealth,  between  Oolo>   OampK«^U   and 
Capt.  Lewis,  deposeth  &  sayeth: 

That  some  time  in  the  summer  of  1792,  your  deponent  wa.H  drafttni  to 
serve  tour  of  duty  in  PowelPs  valley,  under  the  eommaut  o(  hx^wl. 
Wiiloby,  but  Irom  a  bad  hurt  in  his  right  eye,  did  not  serve  the  tour  of 
dnty  to  which  he  had  been  ordered,  and  was  aflerwanis  aiH|uitiHi  by  a 
eoart-martial  summoned  for  the  trial  of  delinquents  in  said  draft, 


140  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Your  deponent  further  says  that  he  never  gave  money  or  anything  in 

May  12th    lieu  thereof  to  Colo.  Campbell,  or  any  other  perso  n,  to  clear  him  from 
the  said  tour,  or  to  hire  a  substitute. 

DAVID  YOUNG. 


May  12th    The  affidavit  ot  John  Iron,  in  the  dispute  now  depending  before  the 

Executive  of  this  State,  between  Colo.  Campbell  &  Capt.  A.  Lewis : 

That  some  time  in  August,  1792,  as  well  as  your  deponent  remem- 
bers, he  was  notified  by  a  Sergeant  of  Capt.  Bo  wan 's  to  attend  a  ren- 
dezvoise  appointed  to  be  held  at  Capt.  Logan's,  in  order  to  serve  a  tour 
of  duty  in  Powell's  valley,  under  the  command  of  Lieut.  Willoby.  On 
the  day  appointed  your  deponent  set  out,  but  from  the  helpless  situa- 
tion of  his  family  and  the  charge  of  a  Crop,  he  found  it  impossible  to  go 
on,  and  endeavoured  to  hire  Will  or  Thos.  Jones  to  serve  the  tour  in 
his  room,  &  offered  either  of  them  ten  dollars,  a  blanket,  &  a  pair  of 
shoes,  but  they  refused.  Your  deponent  then  turned  home  and  intended 
to  pay  his  fine,  and  meeting  with  Colo.  Campbell  the  next  day  he  made 
his  case  known  to  him,  who  informed  your  deponent  that  he  had  offered 
too  much,  &  he  thought  a  substitute  might  be  got  for  five  dollars. 
Accordingly  your  deponent  gave  Colo.  Campbell  five  Dollars,  with 
which  William  Dorherty  was  engaged,  as  your  Deponent  was  informed. 

JOHN    IRONS. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me,  this  12th  day  of  May,  1794. 

W.  TATE. 


^ 


May  12th  JaMES   A.    BrADBY   TO   THE    GOVERNOR. 

Surry  county  Having  for  some  time  intended  to  go  to  Richmond  to  see  you  respect- 
ing the  Militia  Law,  but  finding  it  inconvenient  for  mo  to  do  so  shortly, 
have  assumed  the  freedom  to  write  you,  as  it  is  in  my  opinion  high 
Time  that  every  part  of  the  Militia  Law  should  be  in  operation.  To 
this  letter  I  will  thank  your  Answer  by  Captain  Crafford,  who  will 
hand  it  to  you. 

When  I  had  the  pleasure  last  to  see  you,  which  was  in  Richmond, 
you  Observed  to  me  that  it  would  be  Proper  to  have  a  Company  of 
Cavalry  to  my  Brigade,  and  that  I  should  have  the  appointing  oflScera 
necessary  for  the  Company,  at  which  time  I  thought  I  should  not 
hesitate  to  execute  it  immediately,  but  on  reflection  I  found  so  many 
inconveniencies  attending  it  I  thought  proper  to  decline  doing  so,  untill 
I  should  have  the  pleasure  to  se^  pr  hear  from  you. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  141 


The  fourteenth  section  of  the  Militia  Law,  passed  in  the  Session  of       1794. 
1792,  says  that  the  Governor,  with  the  advice  of  the  Council,  shall  Issue    May  12th 
Commissions  at  their  own  discression  for  the  Officers  necessary  to  the 
Artillery  and  Cavalry,  and  concludes  by  observing  that  the  number  of 
companies  of  Artillery  and  Cavalry  shall  not  exceed  one  tor  each  Bri- 

« 

gade.  The  inconvenience  which  suggests  itself  to  me  is  this :  that  as 
A,  B,  C,  D,  E,  &  F  constitute  a  Brigade,  in  the  County  A  the  Captain 
may  be  appointed,  the  Lieutenant  in  the  County  F,  &c.  That  in  no 
one  county  there  will  be  two  Officers;  they  will,  of  course,  be  so  dis- 
persed thro*  the  Brigade,  that  very  rairely,  if  at  all,  they  will  ever  be 
convened  at  one  place  for  the  purpose  of  being  Trained.  That  is,  as  1 
conceive,  as  necessary  as  for  them  to  be  enlisted.  What  appears  to  me 
that  would  be  most  Proper,  particularly  in  my  Brigade,  &  as  the  Coun- 
try would  incur  no  inconvenience  from  it,  that  a  company  of  Cavalry 
might  be  raised  in  each  county  where  it  could  be  done. 

In  my  Brigade  I  have  no  Scruples  but  what  a  company  might  be 
raised  in  all  the  Countys  except  Two,  and  those  two  countys  might 
raise  one.  I  know  of  no  law  at  present  that  authorizes  this.  But  have 
thought  proper  to  suggest  it  to  you,  not  knowing  but  you,  with  the 
advice  of  the  Council,  might  allow  this  Indulgence,  &  would  Issue  Com- 
missions to  as  many  Companys  as  might  be  made  up. 

Should  it  be  improper  to  do  so,  &  you  think  it  would  be  right  it  should 
be  so,  I  am  in  hopes  you  will  use  your  Interest  at  the  next  Assembly 
to  cause  it  to  take  place.  In  the  meantime,  be  so  good  as  to  write  me 
what  must  be  done  (in  the)  Interim,  and  it  most  indubitably  shall  be. 
In  consequence  of  a  letter  I  received  some  time  past  from  General 
Wood,  I  wrote  to  the  several  Commandants  in  my  Brigade  desiring 
them,  as  speedily  as  possible,  to  ascertain  and  communicate  to  me 
immediately  the  number  of  Baron  Stuban's  Books  of  discipline  that 
might  be  in  their  respective  countys.  To  which  letters  I  have  only  an 
answer  from  one  of  the  Commandants,  &  he  gives  me  an  Account  of 
only  three  of  the  Books  in  his  county. 

I  esteem  it,  sir,  indispensably  necessary  that  the  XXII  Section  of  the 
Militia  law  of  1792  be  immediately  complied  with,  as  also  the  XXIII 
Section  of  the  Militia  law  of  1793.  I  am  therefore  hopeful  you  will,  as 
early  as  possible,  cause  the  copies  in  both  cases  to  be  immediately  for- 
warded to  me,  and  I  will  cause  them  to  be  duly  distributed. 

1  am  solicited  by  several  of  the  Officers  in  my  Brigade  to  endeavour 
to  have  a  part,  if  not  all,  the  Militia  of  it  furnished  with  arms. 

The  utility  of  its  being  done  must  be  apparent  to  you,  as  we  are  as 
much  or  more  subject  to  an  invasion  or  insurrection  than  any  part  of 
the  State.  In  case  of  the  former,  we  should  no  doubt  be  among  the 
first  of  the  Brigades  that  would  be  ordered  out,  and  in  our  present  sit- 
uation fifty  men  well  armed  and  accoutred  would  nearly  take  a  county. 
I  am  therefore  hopeful,  if  it's  practicable,  you  will  order  as  many  arms, 


i 


14^  ^JtLZS:^^^  OF   STATE  FAFM^ 


-v/v**/  ft>^  Vv>if,.v*r  yL'iViU%  C'^yfibfttXiiStft  *>&  'wr  Jr>SiTr*T»-  wL:ch  I  make  do 
'l/yi'jfM  !»«%  ^/^:>^i  n*aA^  kvfjwn  w  roa  l^<ynr  ib»  tiai4r.  li  the  Tjkcancles 
ftfv;  /f^A  7<n  ^Mj^Vi^.  G;T4r  flb^  3«aT4;  U>  rMrj«:imei>4  Vj  rour  Excelleccj 
my  v/Tif,  Wilffam  Tark^.  im  m  per¥>b  4a3T  qiim3ifi«<i  to  fill  ooe  of  these 
f^ljik'^^,     I  do  n^/i  U7t\  my»!^li  si  Lvl^ertr  to  «ftj  aorthm^  more  in  bis 

ti^rf/tn.  ^/ot  Atfbinit  tb«  nutiter  Uj  toq. 

I* 

I  bare.  Ac 


Mffv  f/^i         felHion  for  remiwiion  of  fine  for  lailiog  to  retuni  execution  against 
John  Jonen,  iben^Aore  nhetiff  fA  Dinmiddie  coantv. 


Muf  tmu  'h  Madisoh  to  the  Govebkor. 

WMIinr/iA'        f  am  re#|aeMted  by  tbe  Court  of  Oirectora  of  tbe  Hospital  for  Lnna- 
^^^^V        ti/;ii  Ui  transmit  Ut  your  Excellency  tbe  enclosed  order. 

Tb<?  diHappr/intment  wbicb  tbe  Treasurer  to  the  Hospital  has  met 
with  in  proi^uring  the  necessary  sums  for  the  support  of  the  institution 
inducer  the  Court  to  hope  that  tbe  Executive  will  direct  the  payment 
of  tbe  or^ler. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir, 

Tour  most  obedient  servant. 

Order  from  the  Treasurer  of  Hospital  at  Williamsburg,  in  favor  of 
Jacob  Allen  for  eleven  pounds  in  part,  for  bringing  John  Spencer,  Luna- 
tic, from  Ifampshire. 


Mny  imh  I'ktitfon  of  Wilmam  Qlassell  for  Remission  of  Fine. 

To  Ills  Bxciollencr  Henry  Lee,  Ei»q.,  Governor  of  Virginia,  and  the 
Honorable  tbe  Supreme  Executive  Council: 

The  Potltion  of  William  GlaHsoil  Humbly  shewoth.  That  some  time 

(luring  the  last  year  a  certain Crane  having  opposed  the  sergeant 

of  Frodorioksburg  in  the  execution  of  some  civil  process,  which  had 


UilfeKl^a?   n^  <r^..  Ti    V4>«!^  .<^ 


431  nwi.      -lhaL'  n  t-JV»«N[m!An«9  >%    tt»5^  ttv  >i}|\icfll'  %i%si-  |vi^^^  'v^S  HHHV 
^S^uc  sttt^  mL\L  riAMfiu   3itfT«w  HYmivM^    V  '"•A*?^  ,|vvfUxA*v*-  1^  Svy^^s  VX 

Tawraxic  lint  jtf- ji  ftsrsinftte  wmuott  jVmtoK  ^r  ^><^.  wt:  M*tn*it^ts>v  *^t^. 
^rsauL  'V'iniiiuii  -stuc  ^umta.  ^^ivii  tnt^iu  htkxv  |i^(^»»5n^  i^^.^V^^N  i\^,  rh 
«ri«r  lif.  iiii7<<'  iim.  irnit.  ^ax  ^/cr*n?*  a:  4^  DWtm    i^i,4-K>»a*W^  *a^n^.  i^*<^  >^\S^ 

llie  tane  w^d^  iiiit9i<«<«£  >K4)Winr.  ^^-r^  4iJ»iA  ^*f^  ^5,W;  v^"  ^>.^^  ifV»M^N¥?%  •1^'^ 

the  £iu£  biaw  i^  Ctmml    vV  :^i^  ^W  «^  IN^^^-^  ^i^  .W^H-  ^SVVy»MV^S  ^^ 

or  from  <Hker  Mi>ureSs  wIk>  *bK^  ^MvvnM<^)  l^^i^m  ll^i^^  t^v^  ^^VS^W.^'^^v*  V^^v^ 
prevailed  agaunst  kirn  in  OiH^^^ik'Ihv  hM'  ll^\l5(i  ^v^v^n^^^  ^Is^^  ^Sv^  \\nn\^M  V^v^V 
probably  bare  a  fiur  tTial.  and  ihi^rvl^xri^  ll^v^^x  i^v>vi#is>  \\m  Sss  \^V"*\kNvy 
which  he  accordingly  did.  and  did  n^n  a)^|>^v  ls^  ^<^>^%\  ^s^  \\mA,  \\\sv\\\\\ 
the  recognisance  your  (H>Uiion<vr  had  ^J^nl^^^N^I  hM\s  >^vv>v^^s>^  lUv-IS^^h^v^ 
Your  petitioner  further  ^hcwi^h,  that  oh  \\\%^  IHhI  \M  \\\\s  \\\\\\\\  \\\^S' 
sons  engaged  in  the  alH>vo  rtH»il<Hi  Imhunolioiu  U  Wj^j*^»v»>  \sss\\\  Kv  \\\^ 
testimony,  the  opinion  of  tho  i\uirt»  aiui  \\\^  Y^^S'yiM  oMI^t  J^V\  Uu^^ 
the  parties  concerned  had  inourrt^tl  ho  tfMllt»  whhu*  \\\\^  \\\\\\\Ws\\y  \^«i 
clearly  provin ;  nor  was  thon»  any  to^llhiohy  |ifHi«lM»»M»l  Mh  ll»Hl  1Sl»^l 
that  distinguished  him,  tho  Halt!  Parko,  iVom  ih»i  Vmm|:  nf  (Iim  |ihHV  mmh 
corned.  That  howovor  a  ioiro  tiin\\t\*  haN  hrimi  nM»it  miH  H|{hIm«I  VMHf 
Petitioner  on  bohalf  of  the  Commohwimkh,  mm  hJM  »'MMMjj[»iij^HMi»M  HhifH 
said,  to  show  cause  why  oxocutlon  Nhoulil  not  Immmm  MgHlMMl  hHM<  H(mI  Hi 
the  last  court  hold  for  thin  DUtrInt,  a  Jiid|^»MMn|.  mmImfmiI  Hi^MlM*!  >»'♦*♦• 
petitioner  for  the  sum  of  two  hundrmi  pnuwUt  t^^  H'ill  M|^|»NHf  hv  ^  ^^^'|'^ 
of  the  judgment  hereto  anni)X<»^l,  whiffh  flffM  ^^h<^  |^mIM|/'Mh^  l^f^^M^ 
prays  your  honorable  \Hmr4  Up  rmiU,  hM%u^  ti  )«  mtjiiM  itmi  HH  H*-^ 
which  was  in  itaeif  m^riuMoun  wHU  rm^d  Ui  httit^HHfit^hl,  nhiHhi 
ever  io  iu  coMeqaewjm  \nAmi*i  \9i$t$UUmMUi  fftm  ^ht^^pfHhMh^  fiih  h^^ 
io  the  preseoi  ea«e  waa  io  t'Jtt^m/^i$0cf$4m  $4  n**  tA4^U*PH^  Ut  it^  /##«,  Hif^t 
aa  offeer  of  JcMftie«;  ai»4  lb//  ib^r  ^/^fn^^t^^tf^^s   wm  ^f^hHHh^^  ^/^ 


144  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  of  the  original  delinquent,  but  there  are  over  and  above  these  reasons 
May  16th  to  be  drawn  from  the  particular  situation  of  your  Petitioner,  which  he 
humbly  hopes  will  be  thought  sufficient  by  your  honorable  board  to 
induce  a  remission  of  his  fine;  such  as  the  reports  above  mentioned, 
with  the  fear  of  the  consequent  prejudice  that  might  arise,  operating  on 
the  mind  of  the  said  Parke  to  induce  an  abscontion,  which  otherwise 
would  not  have  happened,  and  which  were  circumstances  arising  after 
your  petitioner  had  become  bound  for  the  said  Parke,  and  of  course 
unknown  to  him  at  that  time. 

WILLIAM  GLASSELL. 

We,  the  subscribers,  inhabitants  of  Fredericksburg  and  its  vicinity, 
believe  the  above  statements  to  be  strictly  True,  and  therefore  do  join 
with  the  petitioner  in  praying  your  Honorable  Board  that  the  Fine  may 
be  remitted. 

ROBERT  MERCER, 
Attorney  for  the  Commonwealth  for  the  District  of  Fredericksburg. 

CHAS.  MORTIMER, 
JOHN  LEGGS, 
DAYID  OLIVER, 
ROBERT  PATTON, 
JOHN  TALIAFERRO, 
W.  S.  STONE, 
•  And  many  others. 

Writ  of  Scire  Facias. 

Fredericksburg  District  Court,  April,  1794. 


The  Commonwealth 

vs.  [  Upon  a  Writ  of  Scire  Facias. 


William  Glassell,  Def't.  j 


This  day  came  as  well  the  Attorney  for  the  Commonwealth  as  the 
Deft  by  his  Attorney,  and  the  said  Deft  relinquishing  his  former  plea, 
saith  that  he  cannot  gainsay  the  Commonwealth's  having  Execution 
against  him.  Therefore  it  is  considered  by  the  Court,  that  the  Com- 
monwealth may  have  Execution  against  the  said  Defendant  for  the  Two 
hundred  pounds  in  the  writ  aforesaid  mentioned,  and  pay  the  costs  of 
this  prosecution,  and  may  be  taken,  &c. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

JOHN  CHEW,  C.  P.  D.  C. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  145 


Petition  op  Joseph  Jones.  1794. 

To  the  Governor  and  the  Honorable  Council  of  the  State:  May  16th 

The  petition  of  Joseph  Jones,  late  Sheriff  of  Dinwiddie  county,  for 
remission  of  fines  for  failing  to  return  Executions  according  to  Law. 


In  the  House  of  Delegates,  Wednesday,  Nov.  14th,  1792.        May  16th 

Petition  of  Joseph  Jones,  late  Sheriff  of  Dinwiddie,  for  remission  of 
fines  for  not  returning  Execution  vs.  John  Jones,  be  remitted,  granted 
on  conditions. 


David  Patterson's  Receipt  for  arms  and  accoutrements  for  use  of  mi-    May  16th 
litia  of  Chesterfield. 


H.  Knox,  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  Governor.  Mayi9th 

I  am  instructed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  transmit  to        War 
your  Excellency  the  Act  herein  enclosed,  entitled  "An  act  directing  a  ^^P*^^"^®°* 
detachment  from  the  Militia  of  the  United  States." 

In  pursuance  of  this  law,  the  President  desires  that  you  will  take 
effectual  measures,  as  soon  as  may  be,  to  organize,  arm  and  equip  accord- 
ing to  law,  and  hold  in  readiness  to  march  at  a  moment's  warning  eleven 
thousand  three  hundre<l  and  seventy-seven  of  the  militia  of  the  State  of 
Virginia,  oflScers  included. 

The  said  officers  to  be  either  the  present  militia  officers  or  others  at 
the  option  of  the  Constitutional  authority  of  your  State.  But  it  will  be 
necessary  that  the  organization  of  the  said  Corps  be  conformable  to  the 
act  passed  the  8th  of  May,  1792,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  more  effect- 
oally  for  the  national  defence,  by  establishing  an  uniform  militia  through- 
out the  United  States." 

The  President  deems  it  expedient  to  authorize  your  Excellency  to  ac- 
cept any  independent  corps  of  cavalry,  artillery  or  infantry,  as  part  of 
the  aforesaid  detachment  of  eleven  thousand  three  hundred  and  seventy- 
seven;  provided  they  shall  voluntarily  engage  as  corps  in  the  service. 

The  term  of  service  and  allowances  to  the  detachment  are  mentioned 

generally  by  the  fourth  section  of  the  said  act.     But  it  is  conceived 

proper  that  the  pay,  rations  and  forage  bo  more  precisely  specified,  as 

follows,  to-wit : 

19 


146 


CALENDAE  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 

May  19th 

RANK. 

Monthly  pay. 
Dollars. 

Rations 
per  day. 

Forage 

per  month 

DoUars. 

Major  General, 

One  hundred  sixty-six. 

Fifteen. 

Twenty. 

Brigadier-General, 

One  hundred  and  four. 

Twelve. 

Sixteen. 

Lieut.-Col.  Commandant, 

Seventy-five. 

Six. 

Twelve. 

Major, 

Fifty. 

Four. 

Ten. 

Captain, 

Forty. 

Three. 

Ten.* 

Lieutenant, 

Twenty-six. 

Two. 

Six.* 

Cornet, 

Twenty. 

Two. 

Six.* 

Ensign, 

Twenty. 

Two. 

Surgeon, 

Forty-five. 

Three. 

Ten. 

Surgeon's  Mate, 

Thirty. 

Two. 

Six. 

Sergeant  Major, 

Seven. 

One. 

Quarter-Master  Sergeant, 

Seven. 

One. 

Sergeant. 

Six. 

One. 

Corporal, 

Five. 

One. 

Senior  Musician, 

Six. 

One. 

Musicians, 

Four. 

One. 

Privates, 

Three. 

One. 

The  rations  of  provisions  to  consist  of  one  pound  of  beef,  or  three- 
quarters  pound  of  pork,  one  pound  of  bread  or  flour,  half  a  gill  of  rum, 
brandy,  or  whiskey,  or  the  value  thereof  at  the  contract  price,  when  the 
same  shall  become  due,  and  at  the  rate  of  one  quart  of  salt,  two  quarts 
of  vinegar,  two  pounds  of  soap,  and  one  pound  of  candles  to  every  hun- 
dred rations. 

It  is  the  earnest  desire  of  the  President  that  your  Excellency  would 
immediately  take  the  most  effectual  means  that  the  whole  militia  of 
Virginia,  not  comprised  within  the  foregoing  requisition,  be  armed  and 
equipped  according  to  law. 

The  people  of  the  United  States,  increasing  rapidly  in  wealth,  popu- 
lation, and  importance  among  the  nations,  ought  not  to  indulge  the 
expectation  of  being  exempt  from  those  agitations  and  dangers  which 
seem  inseparable  from  the  human  character.  But  it  is  our  highest 
duty,  that  we  should  be  in  a  perfect  condition  to  preserve  and  defend 
ourselves  against  every  injury  to  which  we  may  be  liable  as  a  nation. 

The  President  therefore  hopes  for  a  prompt  and  universal  compliance 
with  the  law,  as  a  measure  upon  which,  under  the  protection  of  Heaven, 
our  freedom  and  security  may  depend. 

It  is  requested  that  you  would  be  pleased  to  transmit,  as  early  as 
may  be,  the  information  ot  the  measures  which  may  be  adopted  in  the 
State  of  Virginia  in  consequence  of  this  letter. 

I  have,  &c. 


Cavalry. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  147 


John  Clare  to  the  Governor.  1794^ 

As  the  agents  is  amenable  to  the  Executive  for  their  conduct,  it  may  May  I9th 
be  proper  to  state  you  from  time  to  time  what  steps  I  have  taken  in  the  Campbell 
Execution  of  my  office. 

Likewise  what  doubts  may  arise  in  the  same. 

Quary:  whether  or  not  is  the  act  of  1787,  Intitled  ''an  act  for  the 
more  speedy  recovery  of  the  debts  due  the  Commonwealth,"  appointing 
the  mode  for  the  Sheri^  selling  of  lands,  m  force  and  to  be  attended  to, 
as  well  as  the  one  appointing  the  agents. 

About  the  7th  of  April  I  received  by  Mr.  Richardson  the  following 
papers,  to-wit:  A  sup'a  vs.  the  Clerk  of  Campbell,  for  a  Default  in  his 
officer;  Two  Ex'ons  vs.  Wm.  Ward,  Bx'or  of  Ro.  Adams,  L.  Sh'ff  Camp- 
bell, for  the  Revenue  of  1786  &  87;  Two  ditto  vs.  William  Calloway,  L. 
Sh'ff  Bedford,  for  the  one  pr.  Ct.  &  the  Revenue  of  1784 ;  Two  ditto  vs. 
James  Lyon,  L.  Sh'ff  of  Henry,  for  the  Certificate  Tax  of  85  &  86;  A 
yen's  to  Mitchel,  L.  Sh'ff  of  Patrick,  vs.  the  said  Lyon,  for  the  Revenue 
1787 ;  One  Ex'on  vs.  Wm.  Tunstall,  L.  Sheriff  of  Henry,  for  the  Reve- 
nue 1789;  &  Cap's  vs.  the  Securitys  of  Ro.  Harstono,  L.  Sh'ff  of  Henry. 

I  have  delivered  to  the  several  Sh'ffs  the  papers  aforesaid,  and  sent 
their  receipts  to  the  Auditor.  Sales  appointed,  which  will  commence  in 
a  few  days.  Should  I  become  a  purchaser  of  any  part  of  the  property 
taken  in  Ex'on,  Transmit  a  state  of  my  proceedings  in  that  Instance 
before  I  proceed  to  sell,  as  there  was  no  Indossment  on  the  several 
Ex'ons  sent  me  how  I  was  to  conduct  myself  I  have  reason  to  believe 
that  Tunstall,  L.  Sh'ff  of  Henry,  is  Insolvent;  the  Security,  If  persued, 
are  able.  Also,  it  might  be  proper  to  persuo  the  Securitys  in  Gen'l  as 
well  as  the  principal ;  it  appears  that  the  Securitys  in  several  Instances 
hath  purches  up  the  H.  Sh'ffs'  property,  by  which  means  the  Publick 
debts  within  this  district  will  be  secured,  as  well  those  come  to  hand  as 
those  have  not. 

This  will  be  handed  you  by  Capt.  Clark,  who  will  wait  on  you  for  my 
instructions  or  papers  that  you  may  please  to  send  me. 

I  am,  &c. 


David  Mullens  to  the  Governor  and  Honorable  Council.        May20th 

Complaint  against  the  court  of  Goochland  for  not  giving  him  the  Goochland 
appointment  of  major  for  said  county. 


E.  Lanoham  to  the  Governor.  May  20th 

Asking  for  payment  of  account  for  furnishing  provisions  at  Point  of    Fluvanna 
Fork  to  enable  him  to  fulfil  bis  contract. 


J^.  '^:^>M/.ii:    Uf    «/LTt   PAPiEife 


''>'  ^'    mLdJu^^:^^^  i«   i«ii  ^r^jBB^oaL- 


^/^vcioey^i  v^jy.'  «M^  iiiif^i  ANTtu  ^«^«i»'  4;?«^fr%«i»M:<f^  afiC  «iiei^  w)K  ifte  per- 
c^i«,y<y^.  y.  »^M^.  ^  /««4^l.  iyj^m^:  iH  iff  i^m^  tis^  imsatOt  ^tvnitf:  wnieit  migiit 

/./^  Ki^  y^/Lu^c  i#j^  OMM'  t«j&^  ^M    h^  Vut  pmsuat  •unKr  dkamsMfst:  out  of 
/^  M  iAV^A<»^  W  >M/f^4Mr  ti^  pM9^;«*  t«A^|$i«l  4^  tAMdulij  iuencrBd  tiie  more 


W^>  iS'^^/        W'«"'''  ''^  ^"^'^  ^r)//r  /*i4/<  #«<eMiitas#  u>  fumkb  proritioiis  for  volunteer 


Il^y  '4\f^\  floM'    I'l^MMTIIt   iHfO  i/OMKPU   JOVKH  TO  THE  GOVBBHOB. 

MiMMtflMw  HmjumummI-  Mml*  ^Moi'gu  Hrowii,  oonvloted  of  Horse  stealing  by  Dia- 
MlMl*  MMMr^  ♦*!♦  VvUm^  WIIIUin,  U  prolmbly  of  unsound  mind,  and  there- 
Imih  h  MMli|MNl«  till*  MvmomUvii  oltiiniiiuiy. 


I^lm  au^l  '  tluHN    (^HUl'l*MH   TO  THK   UoVKRNOR, 


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\\H»v»j>U^g  m^jmUUiUi^uV  M  ligvut  ft>r  ooUooUou  ot  arrears  of  tax  in  the 


*^^^^*^      uimU\  Uvitf^vlsv,  ^Mvl  rt^rwaisUug  boiul  tor  i^amtv 


\^\Uvv«^^  "^vuw  liV^V'  ^wiv^ua  W  tb^s>  ac4  v.'4  iVa^rv^  ^ym^  an  tnubargo  oo  tk« 
'^^V^^^ii  wU^iu  vb^v^  \^\mVvU  ^^Vv<^  ib^  ^i^  ^^rauijk^  Akx^aObi^r  Wood> 
\V\\vs  VXouumv^vMn  l<^ui^^\Hl  iu  ^b<l^  ttam<^  ^^  Al^x»iKi^r  Xaciaalar. 
\lvxj^\bj4iiv,  \vi  \v>4'K>  )i^<i  vlvajbVvi  ^>u^  by  bim  tor  Taat^xi  bay,  in  Eai$t 
v(\vix  wabiu  ^bs^  liiuiu  v,4  vbiH  vvuu^w  vhi  t>»c^vtu^  th^  ace  of  Con^roGQ 
vvtiih  UKUiuvVKUisx  ti\^u  ttb^^  bbwv*uuvv.  I  w^mc  ^Mi  boanl  :«9U\i  Ship  aad 
^Kovvwl  v'h^Wu  Nliv.\\tiv^Miv  wbv  ;Mi  %ilb  tuy  !Us4rucUoo«k     Unsaid  b« 

l^^q^blv  Km*  b4U4  k%^  j;y^  W^  ?<iM»  ;ihe<  b«^  tiwi  t»o^  smm«iibk  oa  boani  UwiS  wosifi 


CAMBSrT>AR  or  f5TATK   PAPT^^S  ^^ 

Itouk.  wiwre  iie  xni|rbt^t  his  -wia  i^t-oT^t?  %Tt<\  ho  in  T^^^inff^  to  pr<^^A^d     ^fx^  ^%^ 
an  ixk  ^fTcm^*  wb«n  the  ©mhitTyo  ^hrwld  Ko  t^kon  r»fi      1  tr^'C'o  birti  t<^r  ^n 
f?w«r,  tb&l   I  nboald   iuive  no  objw^tif^Ti   t-o   hts  <lA?nt  ^<^  ii    I   «^'^^^1n  W 
jMsnred  ii^  would  noi  ^  to  i*^a.     Ho  then  piro  mo  bK  rr^rd  th?ii  bo 
wcmUi  BOt,  and  tbmkiap  Mr.  1liio««}ay   ^<y»onntBMo  t>»r  bis  o<^nf^n«M    1 
caoaesBtAd  to  iiss  iaaTii^r  Ka^t  RivAr  *T^d  ^troinir  tr>  Hnmpt^Mi   >^r»?^(1*.  bui 
hsve  ho«D  intonmid  within  «  frw  4«rs  tlint  ho  ^oni  lYnmod>?*toh  ^^  i^on 
I  bsve  tbraght  it  my  duty  to  hiy  tho  «hovo  re]r>ort  ^oto^^  tbo  KVtvn 
tive,  tluct  «ooh  slops  mny  be  t»)r^n  us  they  mH>  ihini  n<*<v^i^^nrv 

1  hmvo,  A-o. 


Thos;.  Rkamc  Rootk^  to  thk  Oovki^voi^.  Nt^x  t^%y 


fiuitry  in  this  comity. 


t  M>^^\tV 


Wm.  Whttlook  to  twk  Mov«i\Ki>n.  Mrty?!lr| 

Application  for  Bmall  arms  anti  accent i*«*»ti«*hiii  l^>v  Mfii^rtf  avtillt^vy  t^nm     hlrluMMM'! 
pany  in  Petersburg. 


PWTttfnN.  MHfm\ 

The  Petition  of  Chnsiophor  Htudfuaii^fif  iJiw  t^imii^y  nl  Klhie  *  ^/«M»H, 
to  his  Excellency  the  Govfirnor  ah'l  llotiri^stih  JM^mlmM  nf*  ♦l*^  MHft 
Coancil,  praying  for  remission  of  a  Arm  for  hof^sU^H/lsN^^  M«(  s  ttf-Hfui 
juror. 


xo  seTTit  f/u  tp%$i4  jftry,  mit4^  M>/f<«»  Johtt  i'nyUrt  fUftf/fn,  J.  P 


'Ml  .^(micH  T/^tHp,  TiHvmiKt  AiMn.  f^<^ry  ^MiniiAnt^r  ^m^ 
iL  f^  ^0mff%    CHr^«««^^>h«flf  .^Mttififi    AmKr*^^  iHfr<<«!<i.  /vf 


r 


150 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 


Edward  Archer  to  Robert  Goodb,  Esq. 


May  24th        Praying  for  further  indulgence  of  time  on  his  bond  to  June,  1795. 
Norfolk      Bond  for  £48  12. 


May  26th 


Norfolk 

British 

Ck)nsur8 

Office 


John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 

I  have  just  been  honored  with  your  Excellency's  letter  representing 
to  me  that,  by  recent  information  received  from  Martinique,  it  appears 
that  in  the  Cap't  of  the  Brig  David  and  George  that  the  British  Admi- 
ral on  that  Station  subjects  the  American  Citizens  to  personal  distresses 
not  warrantable  by  modern  usage  of  nations,  even  in  a  state  of  war. 

Fully  convinced  that  none  of  His  Majesty's  Officers  could  be  found 
capable  of  bringing  a  reproach  on  his  country  by  vindictive  cruelty  to 
the  individuals  of  any  nation,  and  well  aware  of  the  great  humanity 
which  distinguishes  the  character  of  Sir  John  Jervis,  I  do  not  hesitate 
a  moment  to  declare  that  it  is  my  decided  opinion  that  the  Statement 
your  Excellency  has  received,  which  does  not  less  impeach  that  Gentle- 
man's conduct  as  a  British  Officer  than  as  a  man,  is  erroneous,  and  that 
upon  mature  investigation,  it  will  be  found  to  be  inaccurate  and  unsup- 
ported by  facts. 

I  am,  indeed,  informed  that  the  account  received  by  the  owner  of  the 
vessel  in  question  conveys  no  imputation  of  inhumanity  on  the  part  of 
any  of  His  Majesty's  Officers. 

However  satisfied  I  may  therefore  be  in  my  own  mind  of  the  improba- 
bility that  an  officer  of  any  nation  could  have  permitted  himself  to  act 
in  a  manner  so  derogatory  to  his  character,  yet  it  is  a  justice  due  to  your 
Excellency's  representation,  and  to  my  own  feelings  in  this  matter,  that 
it  should  be  properly  enquired  into. 

I  shall,  therefore,  without  loss  of  time,  acquaint  Sir  John  Jervis  with 
the  outrage  alledged  to  have  been  committed  by  him,  and  require  from 
him  a  true  state  of  the  Circumstances  which  attended  the  Capture  of 
the  Bng  David  and  George,  and  of  the  subsequent  treatment  expe- 
rienced by  her  Crew. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  28th 

Harrison 
County 


H 


T.  Wm.  Lowther  to  the  Governor. 

Not  having  any  account  of  the  money  due  to  the  scouts  and  Rangers 
for  their  past  services,  and  not  being  informed  by  what  way  it  is  to 
come,  the  men  being  neer  naked  for  the  want  of  it,  I  have  taken  the 
Liberty  of  Sining  Mr.  William  Martin  to  your  Excellency,  with  the 
Publiok  Papers  Recommended  by  the  District  as  a  fit  Person  to  Receive 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEHS.  151 


and  Pay  out  the  money,  and  if  Consistent,  in  hopes  he  may  meet  with       1794. 
the  appointment  of  paymaster,  or  at  least  he  entrusted  to  Beceive  the    May  28th 
Money  Due  to  this  District.     If  the  above  proposition  is  not  Consistent, 
Plese  to  inform  me  by  Mr.  Martin  our  Dependence  in   Giting  of  it. 
Your  knowledge  of  our  Situation  Benders  it  unnecessary  for  me  to  Say 
anything  more  on  this  subject. 

There  is  frequent  discoverys  made  by  our  Scouts  of  the  Savage 
Enemy  on  or  near  Banks  of  the  Ohio,  opposite  the  mouth  of  midle 
Hand.  They  have  killed  one  man  a  few  days  agoe,  in  sight  of  Musking- 
gum  Garrison,  so  that  we  are  waiting  to  feel  the  stroke  of  their  cruelty. 

I  am,  &c. 


William  Price  to  thb  Governor.  May  28th 

Solicits  the  command  of  a  Battalion  of  Militia  in  the  quota  ordered   Richmond 
to  be  raised  by  act  of  Congress. 


Henrico  County,  Set.: 

I  do  hereby  Certify  that  Carter  Braxton,  Esq.,  personally  appeared    May  28th 
before  me,  the  subscriber,  a  Justice  of  the  peace  for  the  said  county, 
and  took  the  oath  to  support  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and 
also  the  oath  prescribed  by  Law  to  be  taken  by  members  of  the  privy 
Council  or  Council  of  State. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  28th  day  of  May,  1794. 

JOHN  HARVIE. 


J.  Pendleton  to  Jas.  Wood,  Lieutenant  Governor.  May  28th 

On  enquiring  into  the  business  which  is  the  subject  of  the  enclosed  Auditor's 
letter,  I  find  that  the  Judgment  against  David  Ward,  as  Sheriff  of  Bus-  ^®^ 
sell  County,  for  the  taxes  of  '87,  was  obtained  on  a  bond  which  makes 
him  accountable  for  only  the  taxes  of  '86.  The  Bond  given  for  the  col- 
lection of  the  taxes  for  the  year  '87  has  been  very  lately  transmitted  to 
me,  on  which  we  must  now  proceed,  and  the  Ex'ons  issued.  Ward  is 
not  to  take  effect.  In  the  other  case,  Judgment  against  Craig  for  Wash- 
ington, was  obtained  on  a  Bond  given  for  the  taxes  of  *88.  The  bond 
under  which  he  collected  for  '87,  has  not  yet  come  to  hand,  and  it  is 
owing  to  this  irregularity  in  forwarding  the  bonds  given  for  the  collec- 
tion of  the  public  taxes,  that  we  fall  into  the  error  of  proceeding  against 

those  who  are  not  liable. 

I  am,  &c. 


162  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Montgomery  County,  May  13th,  1794. 

May  28th     Sir; 

I  acknowledge  myself  under  singular  obligations  to  you  for  the  dif- 
ferent favors  Received  from  you  and  the  Executive. 

I  received  an  Execution  against  the  Estate  of  David  Ward,  late  Sher- 
iff of  Russell.  I  attended  at  Mr.  Ward's  in  order  to  superintend  the 
sale,  But  on  the  day  I  appointed,  the  Sheriff  or  some  of  Mr.  Ward's 
friends  found  that  there  was  an  error  in  the  Execution,  viz:  That  Ward 
was  Sheriff  for  the  year  1786,  and  the  Execution  was  for  1787.  I  was 
at  a  loss  how  to  proceed.  But,  for  the  reasons  mentioned,  the  Sheriff 
did  not  sell  the  Property.  I  am  of  opinion  that  there  will  also  be  an- 
other mistake  made  in  the  Judgments  obtained  or  to  be  obtained  against 
Robert  Craig,  late  Sheriff  of  Washington.  I  expect  the  Judgments  will 
be  superseded  this  session  of  the  General  Court. 

I  have  not  as  yet  had  it  in  my  power  to  recommend  persons  qualified 
for  collectors  of  the  arrears  in  the  17th  Brigade.  Was  the  notices  sent  for- 
ward at  once  against  the  delinquent  Sheriffs,  I  think  I  would  in  this 
Brigade  have  either  their  money  or  their  property  so  as  it  might  answer 
the  Purpose  contemplated  by  the  General  Assembly. 

I  have  recommended  my  son,  William  Taylor,  to  his  Excellency  as  a 
proper  person  to  serve  as  Ensign  in  the  Volunteer  Militia,  there  being 
two  wanting,  which,  if  not  commissioned,  will  be  much  obliged  to  you 
for  your  Interest  on  that  occasion. 

I  am,  &c., 

JOHN  TAYLOR. 

May  13th,  1794. 

Sir: 

Immediately  on  the  reception  of  my  commission  as  agent  of  the 
Seventeenth  Brigade,  I  proceeded  to  execute  the  duties  of  that  office  on 
such  documents  as  accompanied  it.  But  am  sorry  to  say  I  have  been 
unsuccessful  in  producing  anything  to  supply  the  public  Treasury.  This 
arose  from  a  mistake  which  appeared  in  the  Execution  sent  against  the 
Sheriff  of  Russell.  It  appeared  he  was  not  a  collector  for  the  year  men- 
tioned in  the  Execution,  in  consequence  he  refused  to  have  his  property 
exposed,  and  the  Sheriff  produced  none. 

I  was  then,  and  continued  to  be  at  a  loss  how  to  act  under  these  cir- 
cumstances, and  must  desire  your  direction  herein. 

I  have  some  reason  to  suppose  a  similar  mistake  will  arise  in  the  pro- 
ceeding against  Robert  Craig  and  Securities,  Sheriff  of  Washington, 
which  I  hope  will  be  particularly  attended  to  by  the  Auditor. 

My  anxiety  to  compleat  my  business  as  agent^  and  to  deposit  the 
monies  due  to  the  public  in  the  treasury,  has  induced  me  to  hint  as  above. 
I  trust  my  fbture  exertions  will  be  more  productive.  I  have  made  appli- 
cation to  some  Crentlemeo  to  undertake  the  collection  of  the  arrears  due 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


&om  the  different  counties  within  my  brigade,  whom  I  could  with  pro- 
priety have  recommended  to  the  Executive,  but  have  hitherto  been  re- 
fused; yet  I  have  a  distant  expectation  that  I  shall  in  time  be  able  to 
procure  some  who  will  engage  in  the  business. 


I  have,  &c.. 


J  NO.  TAYLOR. 


163 

1794. 
May  28th 


Francis  Corbin  to  the  Governor. 

Solicits  the  appointment  of  Colonel  in  the  Militia  of  the  State  ordered 
by  act  of  Congress. 


May  29th 


John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 

In  consequence  of  your  Excellency's  Request,  that  I  should  acquaint 
you  with  the  names  of  the  witnesses  of  the  capture  of  the  Schooner 
Delight  and  Ship  Charles,  I  annex  them :  the  names  of  two  of  the  sailors 
Captain  Craig  does  not  recollect,  and  the  articles  are  in  bis  chest,  which 
is  not  yet  come  up.  I  will  take  care,  however,  that  your  Excellency 
shall  be  informed  of  them.  The  captured  vessels  are  supposed  to  be 
lying  within  the  Capes  of  Virginia,  or  carried  up  to  Baltimore,  and  the 
Ship  of  war  to  be  gone  in  pcrsuit  of  more  prizes. 

It  is  necessary  to  observe,  that  the  French  Ship  of  war  followed  the 

vessels  she  captured  out  of  the  Capes. 

I  have,  &c. 

Names  of  Witnesses.  Where  to  be  seen. 

James  Craig,  Super  Cargo,  Norfolk. 

John  Latham,  Master,  Do. 

William  Cable  and  two  names  unknown.  Of  the  Schooner  Delight. 

Citizens  of  the  United  States.  ^ 

Lewis  Guion  (who  knows  the  names  of  most  of  the  other  evidences), 
Princess  Anne. 

Thomas  Butler  (Pilot,  who  knows  the  name  of  the  Friendship),  Nor- 
folk. 

J.  H. 


May  29th 


Norfolk 

British 

Consurs 

office 


Allen  Prtor  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  May  29th 

Inclosed  I  submit  to  the  Board  the  contract  entered  into  by  me  with    Richmond 

Mr.  Cavendish,  to  supply  the  Troops  raised  for  the  defence  of  Kanawha 

with  provisions. 

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^//rr  rVr  f^*//fr  f/v  0-1^^  *  ^4i*^^,  ifcvv  cRa,  ionw  -jrfiii-.a  lae  ♦roa3i»!£I  h^Te  said 
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'^r^ff  f'rfrfi     tWA^f,  kff4  «V/^H  rt  h«^  iii«ifdBe{«fl.tL  anj  reoeipc  he  gives 

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1^,,^  .^^llj  J/^««    llAMri/ro/tl    TO   TIIK   (loVERNOR. 

f^Klf^illf  I  hh»'lMNM  hf  yH|(r  MnonllMMny  fi  imniiivo  of  the  Capture  of  the  British 

lll||)Mli  i'Mfi   M('lMOMU«f'  hMll^ld,  (Slplfilfl  <'mltf,  which,  to^dthcr  with  the  British  Ship 
iIiIh  hIIIi'I'    PliHHhM,  PH|tlHitt  ImMtthinl,  WUK  tiiUon  by  n  French  Ship  of  war  within 
Mui  MHMhHl  IllMltA 

I  (hlHit  11  mv  »lHi,y  in  »»i»M»MUinh^ttto  thin  to  your  Excellency,  as  first 
M»^ttl**ni^h*  hI  S\\\%  ^\\\\\\  \\\  uislor  llmt  nuoh  violation  of  neutrality  may 


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CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS,  155 


Capfjdn  Lacgford  of  the  British  Ship  Ch&ries  at  sarae  time,  and  we  1794. 
agreed  to  haul  io  for  the  land,  to  be  within  limits  of  neutrality — which  May  29th 
we  did.  About  one  P.  M.  observed  the  French  Ship  (as  we  afterwards 
discovered  her  to  be)  ^ve  chase  to  the  ChaHes ;  the  Charles  then  being 
at  anchor  within  one  mile  of  the  land.  I  saw  her,  the  said  French  Ship, 
onder  French  Colours,  fire  one  Gon,  and  about  five  minutes  afler  fire 
two  more  Guns ;  and  in  a  short  time  after  I  saw  the  Ship  Charles'  Boat 
go  on  board  the  French  Ship  with  five  men,  and  return  immediately  on 
board  the  Charles  with  ten  or  eleven  men.  I  then  concluded  she  was 
taken,  and  used  my  best  endeavors  to  get  into  the  Capes  again,  but  the 
wind  being  Xortheriy  and  an  ebb-tide  I  could  gain  no  ground.  I  then 
determined  to  run  in  close  to  the  land,  and  came  to  an  anchor  within 
half  a  mile  of  it,  which  I  did  at  two  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  let  go  both  my 
anchors;  got  my  boat  out  and  abandoned  the  Schooner  Delight,  and 
went  on  shore  with  my  crew  and  remained  on  the  Beach  until  half  past 
four  P.  M.,  when  the  said  French  Ship  came  up  close  to  her,  hoisted  out 
her  Boat,  boarded  her  with  eleven  men,  weighed  the  starboard  an- 
chor, and  cut  the  larboard  cable,  and  made  sail  with  the  said  Schooner 
Delight,  and  carried  her  off,  together  with  the  Ship  Charles,  Captain 
Langford,  in  presence  of  myself  and  crew  and  a  number  of  spectators 
on  the  shore. 

JAMES  CRAIG. 

I  confirm  the  foregoing  narative. 

JOHN  LATHAM, 
Master  of  Schooner  Delight. 

State  of  Virginia, 

British  Consul's  Office: 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  May,  One  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  ninety-four. 

JNO.  HAMILTON,  Consul. 


i 

Hbnry  Banks  to  the  Governor.  May.'KHh 

Solicits  an  appointment  in  the  Select  Corps  of  Militia  of  Virginia    Richmond 
ordered  to  be  raised  by  act  of  Congress. 


Thomas  Nelson  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  MaydOth 

Having  been  honored  by  the  Bxecutive  with  the  command  of  a  com-   Richmond 
pany  of  Light  Infantry  in  one  of  the  battallions  of  the  68th  Regiment, 
which  company  will  be  very  soon  full,  but  is  entirely  without  arms,  by 


156  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  which  it  is  prevented  in  great  measure  from  performing  its  duties,  to 
May  30th  do  which  that  part  which  is  already  formed  is  very  solicitous,  I  take 
the  liberty  to  make  this  representation  to  the  Hon'ble  Board,  and  re- 
quest that  I  may  be  allowed  to  procure  for  the  Company,  from  some  of 
the  public  Arsenals,  such  number  of  Arms  and  accoutrements  as  the 
Board  may  think  fit  to  allow.  This  request  will  perhaps  seem  the  more 
reasonable,  and  I  shall  appear  the  more  excusable  for  the  liberty  I  take 
in  making  it,  when  it  is  considered  that  the  Company  is  established  in 
a  part  of  the  State  which  is  very  near  the  sea  coast,  and  open  and  ex- 
posed to  all  foreign  invasion  and  practical  inroad,  to  which,  from  present 
appearances,  we  have  reason  to  believe  we  shall  be  very  subject  not  long 
hence. 

I  have  to  inform  the  Board  that  the  Company  is  not  all  as  yet  in 
uniform,  but  the  men  are  preparing  and  furnishing  themselves  with  it; 
so  that  before  the  arms  could  be  sent  to  them  from  the  Arsenal  it  will 
be  completely  uniformed.  If  the  Board  should  think  fit  to  allow  arms, 
&c.,  I  could  wish  that  a  box  of  light  arms  could  be  directed  to  be  fur- 
nished from  the  Upper  Arsenal,  as  I  am  informed  that  there  are 
scarcely  any  at  all,  and  none  in  order  in  Richmond. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  80th  BbVBRLY  ThORNTON  TO  THE  GOVERNOR. 

Soliciting  an  appointment  as   Major  in  the  Militia  expected  to  be 
called  into  service  of  United  States. 


May  30th  Mingo,  a  slave,  the  property  of  Richard  H.  Corbin,  of  Middlesex 
county,  convicted  in  the  County  Court  of  said  county,  on  the  28th  day 
of  April,  1794,  of  preparing  and  exhibiting  medicine,  to  be  administered 
to  George  Turner,  of  Caroline  county,  was  found  guilty  of  said  offence 
and  condemned  to  be  hanged.  ^ 


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May  3l8t  SaMUBL  WaDDY  TO  THE  ExECUTIVB. 

The  petition  of  Samuel  Waddy,  of  the  county  of  Louisa,  for  the  re- 
mission of  a  fine  imposed  on  him  for  retailing  liquor  contrary  to  law, 
and  giving  explanation  of  his  conduct  in  vindication  thereof. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBES. 


167 


Monthly  Statement  of  Expenditures  of  Monies  on  account  of  Gun  Car-       1794. 
riages,  iftiplements,  &c.,  and  the  Fortification  of  Norfolk  Harbor  by    May  31st 
Daniel  Bedinger,  Agent  : 


1794. 
May  10. 
21. 
24. 


On  account  of  Gun  Carriages,  &c.,  paid  sundries,  viz 

Jesse  Hodges,  for  Gin  Iron  Blocks  &  fall, 

complete,  -  -  -  -     122  98 

John  Poster,  for  nine  24  lb.  gun  Carriages, 

with  Iron  work,  complete,         -  -    322  50 

William  Graves,  for  powder  for  sealing 

the  guns,  -  -  -  -     164  04 


On  account  of  the  Fortifications,  paid  Sun- 
dries, viz: 
May    2.    William  Vaughan,  for  a  temporary  Bar- 
racks &  shed  for  tools,  &c., 
Tucker  &  Calvert,  for  Shovels, 
8.     George  Wilson,  for  wheelbarrows, 
10.    Edmund  Powell,  for  lime, 
14.    Thomas  Jones,  for  spades, 
17.    John  Jenkins,  for  lime, 

Johnston  &  Foster,  for  spades, 
22.    James  Rider,  for  lime, 
24.    William  Brock,  for  provisions, 
27.    Robert  Tart,  for  a  Boat,     - 

30.  Negro  Dick,  for  lime,         .  .  - 

31.  George  Wilson,  for  wheelbarrow, 
George  Billups,  for  scantling  and  plank,    - 

Advanced  to  Sundries  on  Acc't,  to- wit : 
Max  Herbert,  on  acc't  platforms,     100  00 
John  Foster,       "  do.  17  00 

William  Vaughan,  do.  100  00 

Wm.  Graves,  Labourer,  Labor,        120  00 


39  22 

40  00 
54  00 
1  364 

5  85 
25  20 
19  50 
17  70 
159  92 
22  00 

3  00 
36  00 
78  91 


337  00 


609  52 


Norfolk,  May  3l8t,  1794. 


851  94 

1,461  46 
DANIEL  BEDINGER,  Agent. 


im 


CALKSUAR  OF   STATE  PAPEBS. 


l>r.    Tiie  Ufiitod  BtAteis,  is  aoe.  wiUi  Daniel  Bedinger. 

Cr. 

J7i>4. 

1794. 

liny  3L — To  CuiMk  paiid  wiDdiiev  oo 

Maj  L— Bj  Cash   reed 

iji«ocoij|jt  of  iLti  FortifioitiojuK  of 

of   William    LdDdaaj, 

Noiioik  Jiiirbor,  riz; 

Ck>llector   of    District 

Wiliitifli  Vi4i|rbao,  lor  build' 

of  Norfolk   &  Porta- 

mouth. 

1,000  00 

Mfid  Hh^  t^^r  itupi«ai/eoi«y 

|>royi«ion«;  Ac,,    - 

^  22 

Tu<;ker  &  Calvert,  ior  Shov- 

di», 

40  00 

Uaorg^  VflinoUf  ior  wheel- 

barrows, 

54  00 

l^ifiiufid  Powell,  ior  lime, 

13  64 

1 

TbomuAt  Jones,  lor  8(>ade(i, 

5  S5 

Johti  JerikiiiN,  ior  lime, 

25  20  ^ 

Johrmton    &    Foster,    for 

1 

1 

1 

Hpades,    - 

19  50    1 

J  allies  Rider,  for  lime, 

17  70  i 

William  Krock,  for  provis- 

ions, 

159  92 

Robert  Tart,  for  a  Boat,    - 

22 

Nuj^ro  Uiek,  for  lime, 

3 

400  03 

June  ist  PiiiL.  Johnston  to  thb  Governor. 

The  (joininissions  for  the  Officers  of  Yirginia  Regiment  I  have  the 

honor  to  command,  oame  to  hand  some  time  past,  whieh  I  delivered  to 

my  Mt\|oni,  with  instructions  to  them  to  be  delivered  to  the  officers  of 

their  respective  Battalions  immediately,  who  informs  me  that  on  the 

olteiing  the  commissions  at  a  meeting  of  the  officers  for  that  particular 

purpose,  on  discovery  of  the  Light  Infantry  officers  having  the  Bank  of 

many  Oontlemen  who  wore  entitled  to  Bank,  refused  to  accept  their 

eommlssions,  unless  the  precedent  was  general  throughout  the  State,  of 

whieh  you  will  iniorm  me. 

1  have,  &c. 


Junelsl 


RoilKHT  BhOOKK  to  TUB   GOVERNOR. 


Wederk^kih       ^^^  innuplianeo  with  the  promise  contained  in  my  last.  I  Attended  at 

^>^^        the  Distriei  Oeurl  at  DumlViea  in  order  to  sustain  the  inqnisitions 

whieh  lia<)  been  found  tor  the  Commonwealth  in  the  county  of  Londono, 


COiEXBAS  OF  STATK  FAFKi^  |3$ 


mud  ma  aorrr  to  aAi  tk»L  ii  €<oati«49MK>^  of  it»  kATxi^  W<«i  inUi^yrviMU^       ^  <r^ 

qaiiy  into  tW  Meiite  ot  tW  title  to  tW  Land. 

I  also  toud  in  tke  nme  covrt  ma  iaqiusitio*  l^«d  ;^i:«i«$l  iW  :^W 
before  t^  fise^cmlor  lor  tlie  eoulr  d  Pairdou  and  wvEKvivim^  il  w^ 
dotT  to  mttMid  lo  tkk  mk«K  I  took  sacli  exo^iott^  U>  il  »»  indiHXsl  iK^i^ 
Court  to  qQuh  thai  likewiso,  so  that  tho  bftMWMts^  ia  th«  aK>x^  naai^l 
coonties  is  mgmin  to  be  eooiBiescedf  when  I  hope  il  hm^*  be  ^^  coDidiHH^ 
as  to  suffer  it  to  progress  lo  an  altimate  deeisioiu 

Under  my  original  inslmclion^  I  shall  attend  the  &eheator  of  Pan- 
qaier,  oo  the  25th  instant,  and  of  Piedenek  on  the  tst  ot  Jal^« 

I  haTi\  *e. 


Samtsl  a.  Otis  to  thk  Qovkrnor,  jun^  M 

In  obedience  to  the  order  of  Congress^  I  do  myself  the  honor  to  tran««       OiMw 
mil  to  your  Excellency  a  copy  of  the  Journals  of  Senate  ot  United  ^^|^^^^^ 
States,  at  the  first  session  of  the  third  Congress.  I'nUe^l 

1  shall  thank  you  for  a  line  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  the  CK>py.       *^*^^** 

I  have,  &o. 


John  Tinsley  to  Jambs  Wood,  Libutbnamt-Uovkrnor.  jun«i  Oil 

As  the  Court  of  the  County  of  Fluvanna,  which  is  the  place  of  my  Ulohmuml 
residence,  has  delayed  to  send  forward  their  rocommendationH  Ibr  the 
proper  officering  the  militia  of  said  county  agreeable  to  law,  and  an 
there  are  none  of  the  present  officers  of  the  militia  who  appear  to  bu 
disposed  to  solicit  the  command  of  the  Light  Infkntry  company  (re- 
quired by  law),  I  am  under  these  circumstances  induced  to  make  appli- 
cation to  your  honorable  board  for  the  said  appointment  of  Cupt.  of  tlio 
Light  Company,  and  do  recommend  as  my  subalterns,  Mr.  Matt  lladun 
and  Br.  John  Wills. 

If  the  Board  thinks  there  will  be  no  impropriety  in  issuing  the  com- 
missions on  this  application^  they  will  particularly  oblige  roe  by  as 
speedy  a  decision  as  may  be  convenient. 

I  have,  &o. 


Dudley  Woodworth  to  thb  Govbrmor.  4un«  M 

Solicits  an  appointment  as  Captain  or  First  Lieutenant  in  the  militia   likhimmA 
ordered  out  by  Congress. 


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l«r>  CALESIMR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


I7M.  Hamvkl  Marsh  to  the  Goverxor. 

4ti/M;  22^1         H//lf/;itfng  ftppoifiiment  m  Xotarj  Public  for  Norfolk. 


4nm  Zfl  A  t/tni  'An\  Company  of  the  finit  Battalion  of  the  54  Regiment  of  Militia 
that  went  to  work  on  Port  Nelaon  the  2l8t  daj  of  Jane,  1794,  com- 
mande<l  by  William  Vanghan  : 

Per^/fuf  names  who  went  to  the  Fort. 

William  Vaughan,  Henry  Williams, 

Hugh  McPherson,  William  Atkinson, 

John  Henderson,  William  Clark, 

Benjamin  Payne,  James  Christie, 

(Jhristr^pher  Pry,  John  Abbott, 

Daniel  McPherson,  Thomas  Ryan. 
Bamuel  Marsh, 

Those  who  sent  Substitutes, 

Herman  Redman,  John  Nivison, 

John  Taylor,  Soudamore  Nichols, 

John  Logan,  Richard  Burk, 

Charles  Smith,  Thomas  Gatewood. 
William  Pennock, 

Those  who  refused, 

John  Rlliott,  Warren  Ashley, 

John  Saunders,  Ensign,  Benjamin  Lindsay, 

Francis  Foster,  Sergeant,  Daniel  Dar, 

James  Barr3%  James  Dewsbury, 

Thomas  Miller,  Dempsey  Casey, 

Quinton  Clark,  Joseph  Dean, 

John  M.  Burt,  James  Hall, 

John  Raynolas,  Adam  Lindsay, 

Oeorgo  Kemp,  William  Lawson, 

Philo  Mills,  John  Southgate, 

William  Kemp,  Phinehas  Dana, 

George  Stewart,  William  Cooke, 

James  Heron,  John  Randall. 
Josiah  Btgsby, 

Cfuard  on  that  day, 

Francis  Thorogood,  Sergt.,  William  Clark  (Refused), 

John  Bigg,  Dunbar  Sloan, 

John  Nivison,  Scud*m  Nicols, 

1^                                          John  Klliott  cRefUsed),  Charles  Mortimore. 


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Samuel  Oolemak  to  the  LrRFTEKAKT-i^ovRRKOR.  1794. 

To  aid  in  ^nciiitating  the  hofiine^  ot  or^ni^ing  11,377  of  tho  Militin     Jwtm*  M 
of  Tii^inia,  in  puTBuanee  of  the  laws  of  Con^n"t^<5s.  I  Keg  leave  to  ^tHt<» 
for  the  information  of  the  Executive,  thai  the  Mihtia  of  Tirginin  com- 
pofie  101  Ikegimentfi.  aB  per  the  enclosed  f^tatemer.t.  in  which  is  noted 
the  particular  sitaation  ol  esLvh, 

Be  pleased  to  consider  the  said  statement  a$i  a  Report,  which  hereto- 
fore it  has  heen  mv  dutv  to  make  to  the  EKecutive. 

1  have.  kc. 

Statbitekt  of  THE  Mn.TTTA   OF  Vtei^txta.  .Ttine  M 

Na  of  Regiment,  1. — Amelia :  855  Free  whit<?  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards,  according  to  Congress.  Brigade  4.  Division  I.  Ot^nieed 
hy  Commissioning  Field  Officers  and  9  Companies,  Light  Infkntry  ndt 
specially  Commissioned. 

Beg't  2. — Accomack:  1,149  Free  white  males  of  16  year«  and  up- 
wards. Brigade  9.  Division  4,  Field  OfRcera  and  12  Companies  in- 
eluding  two  Light  Infantry  Commissioned.  The  number  of  iVee  white 
males  of  16  years  &  upwards  here  stated  is  but  half  ot  that  oontAined 
in  the  County,  as  hy  the  amendatory  Militia  law  pastel  at  the  last  8^- 
sion  of  Assembly  this  county  is  to  com(>ose  an  additional  Regiment. 

Reg t  3. — Orange:  1317  Free  white  males  ot  16  years  A  upwards. 
Brigade  1.     2  Division.     Organized  as  the  Second  Regiment. 

Reg't  4. — Ohio:  1,222  Free  white  males  ot  16  yearn  v%  upwarits.  Bri- 
gade 10.    3  Division.     OrganiKe<l  as  the  Second  Regiment. 

Reg't  5. — Culpeper:  1,124  Free  whites  of  16  years  &  up  ward  i(.  Bri- 
gade 1.  Division  2.  This  County  eompt)«ea  two  Regiments,  and  the 
remark  against  the  County  of  Accomack  an  it  renpects  the  nttmber  of 
Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards  in  applicable  here.  The 
commissions  to  the  field  &  Light  Infantry  Ot!icot*8  only  to  both  Regi- 
ments have  been  issued. 

Reg't  6. — Middlesex  &  Essex:  1,315  Free  white  males  of  IB  years  & 
upwards.  Brigade  14.  Division  4.  The  commissionB  have  Issued  to  a 
Major  and  four  Companies  for  Middlesex,  which  composes  the  flfsi  Bat* 
talion,  and  the  second  Battalion,  composed  of  the  Militia  of  ffissex,  has 
not  yet  been  commissioned.     No  recommendation. 

Reg't  7. — Norfolk:  884  Free  wl^ite  males  of  10  years  ft  upwards. 
Brigade  9.  Division  4.  This  Regiment  is  Offlcerefi ;  but  as  ibis  county 
composes  another  Regiment  not  yet  organized,  and  as  the  free  white 
males  of  16  and  upwards  in  the  Borough  of  Norfolk  which  composes 
another  Regiment  are  included  in  the  number  stated  in  the  Oefisus,  I 
have  only  annexed  ooe-third  of  the  said  free  white  males. 

Reg't  8 — Rockbridge:  1^517  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  tip- 

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162  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       wards.      13  Brigade.     3  Division.      Not   commissioned.     The  recom- 
Jane  2d     mendation  has  been  received   but  wants  some  explanation,   which  is 
requested. 

Reg't  9. — King  &  Queen  :  995  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards. Brigade  14.  Division  4.  Commissioned  Field  Officers  &  12 
Companies,  including  2  Companies  of  Light  Infantry. 

Reg't  10. — Bedford:  893  Free  white  males  of  16  yeara  &  upwards. 
Brigade  12.  Division  1.  Field  Officers.  12  Captains,  including  two 
for  Light  Infantry,  together  with  subalterns  for  Light  Infantry,  only 
Commissioned.  This  County  composes  two  Eegiments,  both  in  the 
same  predicament ;  half  of  the  free  white  males  upwards  of  16  years 
stated. 

Reg*t  11. — Harrison  &  Randolph :  708  Free  white  males  of  16  y^ears 
and  upwards.  Brigade  10.  Division  3.  This  Regiment  is  organized 
by  commissioning  a  Lt.-Col.  Commandant,  Major,  &c.  Companies,  in- 
cluding one  Company  of  Light  Infantry  in  Harrison  &  a  major  and  3 
companies  in  Randolph. 

Reg't  12. — Fluvanna:  589  Free  whites  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  3.  Division  2.  Organized  by  Commissioning  Field  Officers  & 
6  Companies. 

Reg't  13. — Shenandoah :  1,205  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards. Brigade  7.  Division  3.  Organized  by  Commissioning  Field 
Officers  and  12  Companies,  including  2  Companies  of  Riflemen,  contain- 
ing half  the  number  of  free  white  males  upwards  of  16  years  in  the 
county. 

Reg't  14. — Hardy  :  1,108  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  10.  Division  3.  Organized  by  Commissioning  Field  Officers  & 
10  Companies. 

Reg't  15. — Sussex:  1,215  Free  whites  of  16  years  &  upwards.  Bri- 
gade 8.    Division  4.     Field  Officers  &  10  Commissioned. 

Reg't  16. — Spotsylvania :  1,361  Free  whites  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  1.  Division  2.  Organized,  Field  Officers  &  12  Companies,  in- 
cluding 2  of  Light  Infantry  Commissioned. 

Reg't  17. — Powhatan  &  Cumberland:  1,508  Free  white  males.  Bri- 
gade 4.  Division  1.  A  Major  &  6  Companies  commissioned  in  Pow- 
hatan, and  the  other  Field  Officers  and  6  Companies  in  Cumberland. 

Reg't  18. — Patrick :  762  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  12.  Division  1.  Field  Officers  &  11  Companies,  including  2 
Rifle  Companies  Commissioned. 

Reg't  19. — City  of  Richmond:  912  free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards.  Brigade  2.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  10  companies 
including  2  Light  companies  commissioned. 

Reg't  20. — Princess  Anne:  1,169  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards.  Brigade  9.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  11  companies,  in- 
cluding 2  companies  of  Light  Infantry  commissioned. 

Reg't  21. — Gloucester:  799  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 


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Brigade  14.      Division  4.      Field  officers  and  eight  Captains  commis-       1794. 
sioned.     Wait  for  recommendations.  June  2d 

Beg't  22. — Mecklenburg :  929  Free  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  15.  Division  1.  Field  officers  and  12  companies,  including  2  of 
Light  Infantry  commissioned,  (half  the  free  white  males,  &c). 

Reg't  23. — Chesterfield:  1,652  free  white  males  of  16  yeara  and  up- 
wards.    Brigade  4.     Division  1.     Completely  organized.  • 

Reg't  24. — Buckingham:  1,274  free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards. Brigade  4.  Division  1.  Field  officers  and  fourteen  companies 
commissioned. 

Reg't  25. — King  George :  757  Free  white  male  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  5.    Division  2.     Field  officers  and  8  companies  commissioned. 

Reg*t  26. — Charlotte :  1,285  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards. Brigade  11.  Division  1.  Field  officers  and  12  companies,  in- 
eluding  2  of  Light  Infantry  commissioned. 

Reg't  27. — Northampton:  857  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards. Brigade  9.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  9  companies,  includ- 
ing 1  of  Light  Infantry  commissioned. 

Beg't  28. — Amherst:  1,028  Free  males  of  16  years  and  upwards 
Brigade  3.     Division  2.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  29.— Isle  of  Wight:  1,208  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards.     Brigade  8.     Division  4.    Completely  organized. 

Reg't  30. — Caroline:  1,799  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  1.     Division  2.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  31. — Frederick:  1,918  Free  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  16.  Division  3.  Field  officers  and  12  companies,  including  2 
companies  of  Light  infantry  commissioned,  (rank  not  ascertained.) 

Reg't  32. — Augusta:  2,048  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  7.  Division  3.  Field  officers  and  12  companies,  including  2  of 
Light  infantry  commissioned. 

Reg't  33. — Henrico:  912  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  2.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  11  companies,  including  one 
company  of  Light  Infantry  commissioned. 

Reg't  34. — Culpeper:  1,124  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  1.  Division  2.  See  5th  Reg't.  This  is  exactly  in  the  same 
situation. 

Reg't  35. — Wythe:  678  Free  males  of  16  years  &  upwards.  Brigade 
17.  Division  3.  This  county  composes  2  Regiments;  1  has  been 
organized. 

Reg't  36.— Prince  William:  822  Free  white  males  of  16  years  & 
upwards.  Brigade  5.  Division  2.  This  county  composes  2  Regiments; 
1  has  been  organized. 

Reg't  37. — Northumberland:  1,046  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards.  Brigade  14.  Division  4.  No  recommendation  has  ever  come 
to  hand. 


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17M.  Reet '% — Gooehlduiri :  Li)ffi  Free  irki^  oi^&Les  oc  I»  jeus  4  vpwsrds. 

■He  id     Briga^  3.     l>I^>ioii  i     Cocapietcij  •>r^^aiz£ti. 

Re^^t  3I>- — Ditkwidditt:  ^5^  Pr^e  wiine  iii^'is§  -3^  I«5  jears  &  apir&rds. 
Briga^  I^.  DiTkion  L  Tbf:i  e»a&tj  e»>aLpo««e(  2  Rejcimeiits.;  ooe  h&s 
teen  of^gauiixed. 

R^t  40. — Loaiaa:  d^T  Fn£«  irbiie  ba^  <>c  1^  ve&rs  k  apw^rds. 
Brijga/ie  3.     Ditmod  2.     Fiei^i  Ofiei^s  4  !•>  oo<np«nie§  coaunisaoaed. 

Reg't  4L — Biebfnofkd  4  Weataior«iAa«i :  L^ld  Fi^e  irkice  m^ies  oi  16 
3re*f»  jukd  opwardA.  Briga^ie  14.  I>iTisi'>ci4.  Wes^tmoreUnd  Battmlion 
ofkir  commtMiooed.     No  reeommettdjuion  6^111  Bichnioiid. 

Reg^t  42. — ^PitUjIranuk:  LiKM  Free  irhite  m^ks  of  16  jears  4  upwards. 
BrigaMle  IL  IHrision  1.  This  coanir  composes  two  Regiments.  Dis- 
poie«  respeeiiDg  Rank  bas  prevented  the  organ i  ration  of  either. 

Reg't  43. — Franklin :  1^266  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  12.     Division  1.     Completelj  organised. 

Reg't  44. — Faaqoier:  1^337  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  ap wards. 
Brigade  5.     Division  2.     In  the  same  situation  with  the  42  R^ment. 

Reg't45. — Stafford:  1^1  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  5.     Division  2.     JReld  officers  and  14  companies  commissioned. 

Reg^t  46. — Pendleton:  568  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  10.    Division  3.     Field  officers  4  8  companies  commissioned. 

Reg't  47. — ^Albemarie:  852  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  3.  Division  2.  Field  officers  4  10  companies,  including  2  of 
Light  Infiantry,  commissioned. 

Beg't48. — Botetourt:  1^018  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards.    Brigade  13.    Division  3.     Completely  organized. 

Reg"!  49. — Nottoway:  ^5  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  4.    Division  1.    Completely  organized. 

Rcg't  50. — Greensville:  669  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  15.     Division  L     Field  officers  4  8  companies  commissioned. 

Reg't  51. — Frederick:  1,918  Free  white  males  of  16  years  4  upwards. 
Brigade  16.  Division  3.  See  the  31st  Regiment.  This  is  in  the  same 
situation. 

Reg't52. — Charles  City  and  New  Kent:  1,137  Free  white  males  of 
16  years  and  upwards.  Brigade  2.  Division  4.  Completely  organized. 
'Reg't  53. — Campbell:  1,236  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards.    Brigade  12.     Division  1.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  54. — Norfolk  Borough:  884  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards.  Brigade  9.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  6  companies  com- 
missioned. 

Reg't55. — Berkeley:  2,126  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards.    Brigade  16.     Division  3.     Completely  organized. 

Rog*t  56. — Loudoun:  1,838  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards.    Brigade  6.     Division  2.     Field  officers  only  commissioned. 

Ileg't  57. — ^Loudoun :  1,838  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  6.    Division  2.    Field  officers  only  commissioned. 


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Seg't  58. — ^Bockingham:  1,816  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up-       1794. 
wards.     Brigade  7.     Division   3.      Field  officers   commissioned.      The     June  2d 
recommendation  of  Captain  and  subalterns  has  been  received,  but  wants 
explanation  which  is  requested. 

Reg't  59. — Nansemond:  1,215  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards.   Brigade  8.    Division  4.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  60. — Fairfax:  2,138  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  6.    Division  2.    Completely  organized. 

Reg't  61.--Mathews :  798  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  14.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  8  companies,  including  2 
companies  of  Light  Infantry  commissioned. 

Reg't  62. — Prince  George:  965  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards, Brigade  8.  Division  4.  Field  officers  and  11  companies,  in- 
cluding 1  of  Light  Infantry  commissioned. 

Reg't  63. — ^Prince  Edward:  1,044  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
lipwards.     Brigade  11.     Division  1.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  64. — Henry:  1,523  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  12.  Division  1.  Field  officers  and  7  companies,  including  2 
Rifle  companies  commissioned. 

Reg't.  65. — Southampton :  1,632  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and 
upwards.     Brigade  8.     Division  4.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  66. — Brunswick:  736  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  up- 
wards.   Brigade  15.     Division  1.     Field  officers  only  commissioned. 

Reg't  67. — Berkeley :  2,126  Free  white  males  of  16  j^ears  &  upwards. 
Brigade  16.    Division  3.    Completely  organized. 

Reg't  68.— Elizabeth  City,  James  City,  Warwick,  and  York:  1,491 
Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards.  Brigade  2.  Division  4. 
Field  officers  and  12  companies,  including  1  company  of  Light  Infantry 
commissioned. 

Reg.  69. — Halifax:  1,107  Free  white  males  of  16  years  and  upwards. 
Brigade  11.    Division  1.    Completely  organized. 

Reg.  70. — Washington:  1,287  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  17.    Division  3.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  71. — Surry  732 :  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards.  Bri- 
gade 8.     Division  4.     Field  Officers  and  8  Companies  Commissioned. 

Reg't  72. — Russell:   434  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  17.    Division  3.    A  Lt.-Colonel,  1  Major  and  6  Companies,  in-    - 
eluding  1  Company  of  Grenadiers  Commissioned. 

Reg't  73. — Lunenburg:  1,110  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  up- 
wards.   Brigade  15.    Division  1.    Completely  organized. 

Reg't  74- — Hanover:  819  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  2.    Division  4.    Completely  organized. 

Reg't  75. — Montgomery:  1,018  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  up-   • 
wards.     Brigade  17.    Division  3.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  76. — Monongalia:  1,089  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  up- 


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^7M,  wftrda.  Brif^aAe  10.  Division  3.  Field  Officers  coiiuni»ioaed  by  advice 
Jfnne  2d     (A  Conncil. 

Keu^t  77. — Hampshire:  1.^2  Free  \rhite  males  of  16  years  k  apwards. 
Brii(ade  10.     Divwion  3.     Completely  orjzaiiize«i. 

Re^t  78, — Grayjwn:  ^8  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Bri^i^ade  17.  Division  3.  Field  Officers  and  10  Companies,  including  2 
of  Riflemen  Commissioned. 

RejB^t  79. — Greenbrier:  732  Free  white  maies  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  13.     Division  3.     Organized. 

Reg't  8. — Kanawha:  731  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  13.     Division  3.     No  recommendation. 

Reg't  81^ — Bath:  551  Free  white  males  ot  16  years  k  upwards.  Bri- 
gade 13.  Divi.sion  3.  Field  Officers  k  10  Companies,  including  2  Com- 
panies of  Riflemen  Commissioned. 

Reg^t  82. — Madison:  1,124  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  1.     Division  2.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  83. — Dinwiddie:  895  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  15.  Division  1.  Recommendation  received  and  Commission 
issued  immediately. 

Reg't  84. — Halifax:  1,107  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  11.     Division  1.    Completely  organized. 

Reg't  85. — Fauquier:  1,337  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  5.     Division  2.     In  the  same  situation  with  the  44th. 

Reg't  86. — Montgomery :  1,018  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  up- 
wards.    Brigade  17.     Division  3.     No  recommendation. 

Reg't  87. — King  William:  723  Free  white  maies  of  16  years  k  up- 
wardpi.  Brigade  14.  Division  4.  This  Regiment  is  entirely  without 
officers,  the  Court  having  failed  to  recommend  according  to  law. 

Reg't  88. — Albemarle:  852  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  3.     Division  2.     Completely  organized. 

Rog't  89. — Prince  William:  822  Free  white  males  of  16  yeara  &  up- 
wards.    Brigade  5.     Division  2.     No  recommendation. 

Rog't  90. — Amherst:  1,028  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  3.     Division  2.    Completely  organized. 

Rog't  91. — Bedford:  893  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigado  12.     Division  1.     In  the  same  situation  with  the  10th  Regiment. 

Rog't  92.-*-Lan caster:  635  Free  white  males  of  16  yeara  &  upwards. 
Brigado  14.     Division  4.     A  m^jor  k  five  companies  commissioned. 

Rog't  93. — Hanover:  819  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigado  2.     Division  4.    Completely  organized. 

Rog't  04. — lioe:  300  Free  white  malos  of  16  years  k  upwards.  Bri- 
gado 17.  Division  3.  A  major  k  five  companies,  inoluding  1  of  Grena- 
dlorsi  commisslonod. 

Rog't  95. — Norfolk:  884  Free  white  males  of  16  years  k  upwards. 
Brigade  9.  Division  4.  Recommendation  wants  explanation,  which  is 
requested. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  167 

Reg't  96. — Brunswick :  736  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards.       17^. 
Brigade  15.     Division  1.     No  recommendation.  June  2d 

Reg't  97. — Shenandoah:  1,204  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  up- 
wards.    Brigade  7.     Division  3.     Completely  organized. 

Reg't  98. — Mecklenburg:  928  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  15.     Division  1.     No  recommendation. 

Reg't  99. — Accomack:  1,148  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  9.     Division  4.     No  recommendation. 

Reg't  100. — Wythe:  678  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  upwards. 
Brigade  17.     Division  3.    No  recommendation. 

Reg't  101. — Pittsylvania:  1,0(54  Free  white  males  of  16  years  &  up- 
wards. Brigade  11.  Division  1.  See  the  42  Regiment.  This  is  in  the 
same  predicament. 


Edw'd  Carrington  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.        June  2d 

The  enclosed  letter,  from  Mr.  Peyton,  is  enclosed  to  me  by  Mr.  Smith,  Richmond 
as  Inspector  of  Revenue,  as  amounting  to  a  draft  for  four  hundred  and 
eighty-six  dollars  &  53  cents,  which  have  been  advanced  to  Mr.  Peyton 
for  the  purposes  therein  stated.  I  will  thank  you  to  take  such  steps  as 
will  give  me  the  money  from  the  Treasury,  in  order  that  it  may  be 
placed  to  Mr.  Smith's  credit  in  my  Books. 

I  am,  &c., 


R.  QuARLBs  TO  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  j^ne  2d 

When  my  Contractor  for  the  Post,  under  my  direction,  engaged  to  Richmond 
furnish  Rations  at  6}  per  Ration,  it  was  under  an  Idea  that  he  was  not 
to  be  exposed  to  the  trouble  of  Issuing  said  Rations.  I  therefore  have 
taken  the  Liberty,  as  you  may  perceive,  to  make  an  Increase  of  5  shil- 
lings per  month  to  the  wages  of  my  Sergt.,  &  have  imposed  on  him  that 
office. 

If  the  Board  think  proper,  I  will  .proceed  to  have  a  wheel  made  and 
the  necessary  articles  prepared  at  the  Post  for  the  purpose  of  polishing 
our  mountings  &  Locks;  it  will  greatly  facilitate  that  business,  &  will 
not,  I  presume,  cost  more  than  four  or  five  pounds. 

I  have,  &c. 


Tho.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.         j^ne  3d 

The  enclosed  recommendations  for  Aldermen  1  have  forwarded,  that      Norfolk 
if  the  Council  think  proper  we  may  have  the  Commissions  down  that 


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fmfhf,  wymff  w\i^,  ^fiirino^  Km  Wtf:,  wm  ftTloweri  to  receire  a  Ration  from 
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ihfmiiitl  \ff(f\f^  U»  iu\^\im  irttk  the  Execattve  respecting  the  continoance 
</l  ^i^r  l(#lf^yr>.  Wbat^inref  the  Board  may  think  proper  to  determine 
hu  fHH\fMii\uti  tb»  r:/intinfjaRee  of  their  Boanty  to  Mrs.  Fowler  shall  on 
UffiMS(mi\ifU  Uf  m*t  ^Hi  duly  fexecated. 

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h«it((  H<l        WuddAM  Hammhh,  (}ifiORii8  Graham,  and  John  Williams  to 

TiiK  Governor. 

MumiMm  'I*'***  **(><^lf'**^^<l  '"  ^  '^^i*^  ^'^  ''^^^^  ^^^  h^ye  formed  themBelves  into  an 
llidM|HMMi«tnt<  VoliMiloMr  ('Om|mny  of  Infantry,  have  choseo  their  own 
(iniiMii'N,  Mild  wild  III  ('otit'onnity  with  the  third  section  of  the  Act  of 
OoiigriMi.  oiitlUud  nil  Aot  direotiiig  a  Dotaohment  from  the  Militia  of 
UiM  lUilVwl  HiaitMi,  do  kortsby  off\»r  thamselvos  to  you  as  part  of  the  said 


CALBNDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBE&  169 


Detachment.  We  should  wish  to  know  ai^  soon  as  poasiblo  whelhor  or  1794. 
not  we  shall  be  accepted  of  and  CommissioQed,  as  it  will  prevout  the  June  3d 
Company  from  going  to  considerable  expense.  We  also  wish  to  know 
how  far  we  may  be  subject  to  the  present  Militia  Law,  and  it  we  are  to 
attend  Battalion  &  B^mental  musters>  what  Rank  we  are  to  take  as  a 
Company,  and  i^  after  a  Draughty  there  are  any  of  the  men  Draughted 
who  are  willing  to  Uniform  themselves  they  may  not  be  permitted  to 
join  our  Company? 

We  find  great  difficulty  in  procuring  musketts  there  being  none  to  be 
bad  either  in  Alexandria  or  Baltimore. 

We  are,  &o. 

In  pursuance  of  a  law  of  Congress  of  the  9th  of  May,  1794,  entitled 
an  act  directing  a  detachment  from  the  militia  of  the  United  States, 
ind  in  conformity  to  the  third  section  of  the  said  aut,  which  authorises 
the  Executives  of  the  several  states  to  accept  of  Independent  volunteer 
oorps  as  part  of  the  said  detachment,  we  the  subscribers  do  form  our- 
selves  into  an  independent  volunteer  company  of  Intantry,  to  act  under 
the  aforesaid  law,  and  do  hereby  also  subject  ourselves  to  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  shall  be  adopted  by  a  minority  of  the  company  for 
the  Government  thereof. 

Wm.  Barnes,  Captain,  W.  II.  (lilbert, 

George  Graham,  Lieutenant,  Loltus  Noel, 

John  Williams,  Ensign,  Mungo  Hancock, 

Samuel  Davis,  Thos.  Oliver, 

John  McCrery,  James  Hayes, 

Geo.  Williams,  John  Hronaugh, 

John  Daniel,  Goo.  Brooke, 

Jesse  Williams,  James  Uuionett, 

Asa  Blansett,  John  O'Connor, 

William  Scott,  John  BCusohott, 

Jas.  Triplett,  Jaroos  Barnett, 

George  Johnston,  William  Gunyon, 

David  Boyle,  James  Johnston, 

Christopher  Russell,  John  Atwell, 

Jesse  Taylor,  Ezekiel  Donnell, 

Hugh  Atwell,  Geo.  Lane, 

Esme  Smock,  James  Deneal, 
Peter  F.  Manger, 
f^everal  others  have  promised  to  sign,  but  are  absent  at  present. 

Uniform  of  the  above  company,  viz : 

Cocked  Hats  with  a  black  feather  tipped  with  red,  and  the  Cockade 
of  the  United  States.  Black  Stock,  long  blue  court  facd  with  red  and 
lined  with  white  shalloon.  White  vest  and  breeches  with  black  knee 
baods,  white  stodcings.  and  black  spatter  dashes. 

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170  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Joseph  Jones  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood. 

June  3d         Praying  that  the  fine  imposed  on  him  as  sheriff  of  Dinwiddie  county 
bo  reduced  to  £50  or  £60,  if  not  remitted  altogether. 


June  3d  The  damages  on  the  Judgment  obtained  against  John  Jones  as  Sher- 
iff of  Dinwiddie  county  for  the  tax  duo  for  the  year  1788,  amounted 
to  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  pounds  8-5,  which  sum  was  remitted 
by  the  General  Assembly  on  the  return  ot  the  execution  satisfied,  ex- 
cept as  to  damages  by  Joseph  Jones,  his  successor. 

J.  PENDLETON. 
Auditor's  Office,  7th  June,  '94. 


June  4th  Thos.  Nbwton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 

Norfolk  Inclosed  your  Excellency  will  receive  an  order  passed  by  a  court  of 
Aldermen,  this  day,  which  I  hope  will  have  a  good  effect,  but  if  your 
Excellency  would  issue  a  proclamation  forbidding  such  proceedings, 
calling  on  the  good  people  to  aid  the  Justices  in  their  duty,  I  am  sensi- 
ble it  would  have  the  best  of  effects. 

I  will  do  myself  the  honor  of  waiting  on  you  in  the  course  of  the 
day,  and  am  with  the  greatest  respect, 

Your,  &c. 

Norfolk  Borough : 

At  a  Court  oi  Aldermen  summoned  and  held  the  4th  day  of  June, 
1794: 

Present. — Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  Esq.,  Mayor,  Richard  E.  Lee,  Esq.,  Re- 
corder, Paul  Loyall,  James  Taylor,  Donald  Campbell,  Baylor  Hill  Gent. 
Aldermen : 

The  court  taking  into  consideration  the  riot  raised  in  the  town  yes- 
terday, and  being  determined  to  suppress  any  thing  of  the  kind  in 
future,  came  to  the  following  resolutions  : 

That  the  Mayor  be  requested  to  publish  in  hand-bills,  for  the  informa- 
tion of  the  citizens  of  this  Corporation,  that  the  Mayor,  Recorder,  and 
Aldermen  are  determined  to  exert  themselves  in  preserving  the  peace 
of  the  Town,  and  to  bring  to  punishment  all  who  offend  against  the 
Law ;  and  that  a  copy  of  this  Resolution  be  transmitted  to  his  Excel- 
lency the  Governor. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

ALEXANDER  MOSBLEY,  C,  N.  C. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEES.  171 


W.  F.  Peake  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

•->  

As  I  am  now  a  residenter  of  the  State  of  Kentucky,  if  you  think  that  June  5th 
I  am  In  titled  to  any  Land  for  Services  in  the  late  War,  as  you  formerly  Richmond 
told  us  we  should  Receive,  I  should  Esteem  it  as  a  perticular  favor  in 
you  to  inform  me  how  I  am  to  Git  it.  And  as  for  my  acc^ts  you  was 
kind  Enough  to  receive  with  my  Petition  that  you  sent  to  your  Brother 
to  Congress,  I  have  heard  nothing  of.  Your  Brother  told  me  he  Rec'd 
no  papers  but  the  Petition.  I  hope  you  will  assist  me  as  far  as  is  just. 
I  likewise  should  be  much  Obliged  to  you  for  your  Interest  with  Gen- 
eral Pickering  to  get  me  in  the  Post  Line  in  Kentucky,  as  Riding  is  the 
only  Business  I  am  able  to  Perform,  Occationed  by  my  wounds  Rece*d 
when  commanded  by  you.  I  am  now  on  my  way  to  Philadelphia  on 
that  Business,  and  should  be  happy  to  receive  advise  from  you  by  the 
stage  sent  to  the  Post  Office  in  Philadelphia. 

Your  fav'r  shall  be  acknowledged  by  • 

Your,  &c., 

A  certificate  of  this  man's  services  is  necessary  to  obtain  his  bounty 
in  land. 


Thomas  Parker  to  the  Governor.  June  6th 

The  day  after  I  had  the  honor  to  write  j'ou  by  Mr.  Carter,  I  received  Frederick 
ray  appointment  as  agent  for  this  district,  and  since  that  time  a  dupli-  ^^i^^y 
cate  signed  by  the  Lientenani-Governor;  but  no  instructions  have  yet 
come  to  hand,  which  induces  me  to  believe  that  they  may  have  miscar- 
ried. I  will  therefore  thank  your  Excellency  to  order  them  on,  that  I 
may  proceed  on  the  business  which  I  am  auctions  to  com  pleat  as  soon 
as  possible.  I  beg  your  Excellency's  advice  with  respect  to  a  volunteer 
Troop  of  Horse  who  arc  forming  themselves  in  this  neighborhood,  & 
who  have  selected  me  to  take  the  command  of  them. 

They  are  nearly  equipped,  and  will  oblige  themselves  to  march  at  a 

moment's  warning.     They  still  continue  to  do  duty  in  the  respective 

companies  of  militia  to  which  they  belong.     Perhaps  they  might  be 

accepted  as  part  of  the  State's  Quota  that  are  ordered  to  be  in  readiness. 

If  this  can  be  done,  I  will  thank  you  for  information,  or  if  there  is  any 

impropriety  in  forming  such  a  corps,  I  will  thank  you  exceedingly  to 

advise  roe  oi  it. 

I  have,  &c. 


John  ,  Mayo  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  June  6th 

As  the  Bill  which  was  pending  before  Congress  for  the  establishment   Richmond 
of  a  Select  Militia  throughout  the  United  States  has  passed  into  a  law, 


172  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  and  as  it  has  ever  been  my  predominent  wish  to  answer  the  first  call  of 
June  6th  my  country  in  a  military  line,  I  hope  I  shall  not  be  thought  presumptuous 
in  offering  my  services  as  one  of  the  quota  allotted  to  this  State.  If 
officers  who  have  had  the  advantage  of  practical  knowledge  in  military 
affairs  are  to  be  had  to  fill  those  offices,  I  am  too  much  the  friend  of  my 
country  to  wish  to  advance  myself  to  the  exclusion  of  them,  or  the  pre- 
judice of  our  common  cause;  but  if  in  making  the  arrangements,  your 
honorable  board  should  find  it  necessary  to  travel  into  the  circle  of  those, 
who  like  myself,  know  these  things  only  in  theory.  1  trust  the  glory  of 
our  country  will  never  be  tarnished,  or  their  confidence  misplaced  by 
the  appointment  with  which  they  may  think  proper  to  honor  me. 

1  am,  &c. 


June  eth  James  A.  Bradley  to  the  Governor. 

I  am  informed  of  several  of  the  Brigades  being  furnished  with  Artil- 
lery^ and  in  having  reference  to  the  militia  Law  of  1792, 1  find  that  the 
Council  are  orthorized  to  commission  officers  necessary  to  a  Company  of 
Artillery  to  each  Brigade.  Conceiving  it  consistent  to  desire  you  to  fur- 
nish the  Eighth  Brigade  with  which  number  of  cannon  that  has  been 
furnished  other  Brigades,  or  you  may  think  proper  to  furnish  the  one 
above  alluded  to,  have  directed  this  Letter  to  the  care  of  Captain  Joseph 
Weiserger,  who  will  hand  it  to  you,  and  if  you  think  proper  to  have  any 
cannon  furnished,  will  take  charge  of  it — you  being  so  good  as  to  inform 
him  whether  they  are  forwarded  to  each  Brigade  by  the  Public  or  at 
the  expence  of  the  Brigade.  If  the  former,  I  must  solicit  you  to  have 
them  sent  immediately  to  Petersburg;  if  the  latter,  you  will  be  good 
enough  to  advise  Captain  Weisiger  of  it  and  he  will  have  it  done. 

Should  we  be  furnished  with  artillery,  which  is  my  opinion  we  ought 
to  be,  the  recommendations  of  the  officers  necessary  to  the  company 
shall  be  immediately  forwarded  to  you.  Hopeful  I  have  not  this,  or 
have  I  on  any  former  occasion,  solicited  or  asked  for  is  not  at  present, 
or  would  not  in  a  little  time  I  am  fearfull;  But  for  the  quiet  and  happi- 
ness of  our  Country  be  proper  should  take  place. 

If  I  have,  attribute  it  not  to  design,  but  from  a  zeal  to  sea  the  militia 
of  my  Brigade  will  —  tred.  It  shall  be  my  studdy  to  have  thom  dis- 
ciplined. 

I  am  a  friend  to  peace  and  prefer  it,  but  I  am  fearfull  we  have  pre- 
ferred the  latter  too  long.  I  am  no  longer  of  opinion  we  should  bruke 
the  Insults  of  those  Pendantick  wretches  the  (Britons),  and  show  them 
we  have  spirit  to  meet  them  again  in  the  field  of  Battle,  and  Bility  to 
drub  them ;  and  I  am  hopefull  unless  they  very  soon  alter  their  conduct 
it  will  take  place. 

With  very  great  respect,  4c, 


CALENDAR  OP  STATK  PAPKUa  iXa 


BOBBBT  GrOODB  TO  GrSBKAL   WoOD,  LlKVTKNANT-DoVKKNOK.  )7U4, 

* 

Mr.  Wm.  Haj  being  III,  and  the  difficulty  to  pi\HHii\>  a  m(^«^Ung  of  tho    Mww  Tlh 
Directors  of  the  Poblie  Buildings,  Induces  me  (bein^  one  of  that  binly)    HMuiumuI 
to  request  a  further  advance  of  Two  Hundred   Uollars  to  tho  Stono 
Masons,  they  being  much  in  want  of  that  sum  to  pay  the  Kn^ight  ot 
the  Stone  to  this  place. 

Am,  &i\ 


Henrico  County,  Sc.  : 

I  do  certifie  that  I  have  this  day  administered  to  Tho  HonMilo  Larkin 
Smith  the  oaths  required  by  the  Law  of  this  Statu  to  ho  taken  by  a 
member  of  the  privy  Council,  and  also  the  oath  required  by  an  Aot  uf 
Congress. 

Certified  this  7th  day  of  June,  1794. 

J.  PBNULKTON. 


Wm.  Lindsay  to  tub  Governor.  jmi^  7tl, 

I  am  jost  informed  by  Mr.  Hunter,  the  dop*y  Marshal,  that  he  has  rO'     N^irfolk 
leased  the  Ship  I^aac  by  an  order  from  the  Judge,  and  that  Mr.  (*oop«ir 
informed  him  the  Ship  was  about  to  sail.     I  formerly  ttdvinetfi  you  that 
this  vessel  was  armed  and  fitted  in  this  Port. 

I  am,  Sen. 


J.    W.    KlVARDI   TO  THE   dhVZUnOH,  Juum  M$ 

I  was  very  disagreeably  disappofnte^J  in  iK/t  iMring  aM«  Uf  do  fuyutAt 
the  honor  to  wait  apon  yoa  y««terday.  Tb«  wtsmiU^r  wmtt  m$  UuA  umA 
my  breast  so  very  painful  that  I  could  wA  pomUAy  UAUfW  my  imAi$m- 
tiona,  and  was  forced  to  imbfiiit  to  ws^ttfiimty, 

I  reeeiTed  yoor  letter,  and  lake  xh\»  oppxyrKiftitjr  Uf  Mmmm  y^u  ^Hff^^ 
that  DO  pains  shall  be  waat^  oo  my  pdirt  U0  a«MW«r  ym$f  tixfttifcUUi^m 
and  eooiply  witk  joar  isrtestioirt.  We  ^^14  $ifA  ^MUc^A.  imy  Uu4Ait  Uk 
dAj.  I  am  afinaad  it  viU  Hkewm  fcie  tln^  tctum  UMt^fftt^w.  W^c  mjmi  try 
and  make  vp  tbat  lav  ^  tiaae  mi  ^^fm  an  iAm;  h^A$4My^  mst^  <^er.  tU^fn^ 
I  eockwe  a  Plaa  d  F^/n  St^Mt.  ikIts^  tf^t^m  'mWi  fee  PAk^w^ed  ^  iiml  ^4 
the  diftiUerj.  aa^  ifc^ftir  id)«r  ior  tiie  M^'.nnmiry  4f%'mUttiii  d  ^'frntf 
Hand  k  ita  dtftfrf  w»  T<HBfO«Tvw  f  titaii  m«»4  |4a<M>  U/  MrUa4U4f4«»,  n^ 
I  expeel  W  kjire  t^«B  fmaai^td  V>4ar. 


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MMf/r  Hty^r4i  ^AUUr^A^i  ii<*t  xnt-lrt  ti^ij*iT*iC  ^jTiMTf'  vonld  be  required 
iu  %4^Uxi^m  t/y  ti*K  ki^m  ikf/proi/gi^uA  t/>  Jiori^Ak.  Mi*d  be  wjis  informed 
ihMi  \m  Utiifhi  \tr*ii^AAA  ^ym  ti^e  ynuK\\^*^  of  tiukt  ^am  being  mdded. 
Y//^^r  %i,\MUii4rt$  Uf  ihU  UufM/rUiUX  ohj^i^n  it  »fskuow]td^td  by  ill  to  have 
f^ftmiiy  fiUiWiiAi^A  %$A  %0'j'M\Hf%uA  lie  pro^rrefi«. 

f  hiiy«^  %\^t  iUh  hot$//r  Uf  jn/rkrK/wl^yige  tbe  receipt  of  jours  of  the  31 
t/f  Mfiy  Mt4  \Uh  Z$»4  i rifftsnt;  auftXfmn^  nnndry  papers  relatively  to  the 
Ur\i\HU  Mtiip  ('hurim  and  the  British  schooner  delight,  alledged  to  have 
Uif^iU  i'MpUtrM  whMu  the  lirnitM  of  our  protection.  The  prompt  zeal 
wUU'U  your  KxititlUtuay  mnuiUinied  on  this  occasion,  id  highly  acceptable 
Uf  iUti  I'rimUlaui  ofiha  iUttUnl  .States. 

TiKf  Hrftiwh  UininUfr  has  rna^le  a  memorial  on  this  occasion,  to  which 
youv  i^*xml\tsiHiy*H  iU)UiUioX  will  afford  the  grounds  of  satisfactory  reply. 
TJMf  Hoviimur  of  Maryland  has  bocn  written  to  on  this  occasion. 

A  I'lirtlMir  MUiit  of  money  shall  ho  forwarded  for  the  mounting  of  the 

Vtivuwi  tm\  In  vouiUUmaQ^  to  roquost  your  information  as  to  the  prac- 
tliuililllly  of  liulldin|(  at  Norfolk  one  of  the  largest  frigates,  so  as  to  have 
\l  ootnploUwl  for  thci  H(<a  by  the  first  of  May  next;  the  price  at  which 
iloiirnnynioti  Hhlp  Oiirpnuturs  and  Blacksmiths  will  work  per  diem. 
I^hu  mumrily  of  thn  pliioo  in  oaso  of  a  war.  If  any  doubt  should  remain 
HM  ill  iIiIm  pdint  it  ou^lit  to  bo  removed,  for  from  a  general  view  of  the 
imvHl  ixtatldUM  witloh  will  bo  proper  on  our  Sea  Coast,  the  situation  and 
olhMnuHUhooM  of  tbo  ( niosiipouko,  that  place  must  be  one  of  the  most 
linport'nnt. 

I  Mimll  uIho  bo  pi^rtioularly  obliged  by  a  confidential  opinion  of  the 
lu«idU  of  Mr,  Ulvartii  as  an  Hnginoor,  and,  as  far  as  you  have  opportu- 
iil^Vi  of  bin  ulontM  an  an  artillorist. 

Mi\  Vovmonot  In  omployiH)  upon  the  fortifications  at  Alexandria, 
wbiob  will  bo  upon  t^  Miimll  sohIo«  upon  Jonos*  point,  below  the  Town. 
O^pinlu  lUnnab  had  marohiH)  his  nHTuiUn  tvotbre  he  received  my  orders. 
IImI  I  nhall  ^^Mv^r  I'uptain  Kiohard  SiH>tt  Klaokburn,  who  is  appointed  a 
Oiiplain  ^vf  AiiillorVi  U|h^^  youv  Ur\>thor's  nH^ommendation,  and  others 
l\^  i>Mn'\iil  tv«r  lUo  aililU>ry  <i^ud  !M>ud  his  rocruiu  to  Norfolk. 

I  havo.  ^. 


CAi^sT^Ai:  -o^F  <!rATF.  rxrKS^,  f>jii 


cjime  to  kaiMi  u  I  liaT«  apfKdDitfid  sax  j^oovi:^  <«n  iW  yVcvhi-i^sr  ^-vt  ilitii  <\v^^\>v 
OD  the  different  ^vjinen^  Jts  ycoi  dii^cvijud.  Tl>ey  mv^  :ji^^h  ^wk^^  ^  )  it^i^ 
will  give  satis&ctkA,  &&d  i>Mid<er  a  ir(^  jMWWDt  Af  t^r  >ar^r\ikyv. 

From  a  Ute  excnrakKD  I  hjiTe  nuuSe  iT)t<^  iIm"  wok>«1^  I  lilht  lli^  INnn^- 
tiers  of  this  eoanty  i&i2ch  more  oxpi^scHi  \xs  <i*;Txc:^T  xh^hXk  \  <^vy^r  kn^w  K^ 
fore.  It  has  been  geoendly  snx^^ft^i^fHi  tlw^  :>»cn}oWfMfit3f4  iw  Kay^>kKa  h^ 
saffieientlj  secured  iHir  Inhabiiantiv.  but  thi^  is  l>y  no  w^\\m^  |W 
case.  As  to  thosie  in  thi«  county,  <iett4«Hi  on  tlM"  K^n^^K  hiu  ll^^'^V  I^W 
in  every  degree  exposed  as  much  as  the  Inhahii4int«  of  Kanawha  <^^lniy^ 
I  foond  amongst  the  former  a  widow  woman.  wh\>^  ca^  1  mi)^\  )Miy^ 
Her  husband  is  reeently  dead,  and  she  livc«^  at  tho  vory  f>ntTan<H^  \\l'a  vrar 
trail  (formerly  much  used  by  the  enemy\  with  a  small  tanul^\ 

Tho*  we  have  had  no  attacks  this  soas^>n^  if  tho  war  oi>nUnu^  tho  ^iv 
suing  year,  I  hope  we  shall  be  allowed  a  (H>mmaiul  ot  mon  for  tho  milx^t^v 
of  that  quarter  so  much  exposed. 

I  am,  &i\, 


Francis  Corbin  to  the  Honokahlk  .Iamka  Wood.  Jmiiii  UHh 

Soliciting  a  commission  as  Colonel  in  tho  militia  oiniorod  to  lu>  mimHl 
by  act  of  Congress. 


Thomas  Nbwton,  Junior,  to  thk  (Jovkhnor.  ,I,ii,„  \m^\^ 

But  little  done  at  the  forts  yesterday,  and  to-day  tho  fiamo.     To'Miot«.      Norf^ilk 
row  I  expect  a  large  party  and  have  hopes  of  soon  c^oinplontln^   Kort 
Norfolk.     I  shall  be  down  with  thorn. 

A  vessel  arrived  from  Barbados  yostorday,  who  bririKu  afi  a^uj't  of  all 
the  American  vessels  at  Martinique  being  condemned,  heeaime  iht$y  (iUt^ 
owners)  were  bad  men  and  Enemies  U)  Great  Brittain.  ThU  U  what  t 
have  heard.  I  have  letters  but  no  news  in  tbern;  4,000  niorM  Troo|Hi 
had  arrived  there,  and  the  Cork  and  Lijndon  fli^eU,  f  think  th«^y  will 
be  moving  to  the  continent  in  the  hurricane  nionthN,  if  tlM^y  should  «(«|l^ 
ceed  at  St.  Domingo,  where  some  of  the  in^^m  were  dentiii^n^i, 

I  have  heard  nothing  ol  the  gun«  yet,  eitb«$r  from  KIk  or  th«>  CVIM|^# 
landing. 

I  am,  4«. 


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ftiu»  ,<yx        ^?.  4j  <>y>irt.  ^  ^rj*sr  k  Terminer   a*^*(   i^r  21. ae  ^liliam.  Coaaij  the 

'  ?"*^  S!:2:f '         ""'^^^  '^^"^  G^nti«i«.  Just  *. 

Oft  ^/r#i»/l^rf»ii//ft  //f  lb*  ^t4^!:ne^  ad'io^^  aj^offt  Lewis,  the  Court 
/I^^IHfM  him  ((niliy  />f  tb«  ^/ff^^tie^,  charged,  and  orden  that  he  be  hang 
//fi  ib^  l^b  day  /d  iriljT  n«irf, 

^/ri  /{//finid^ratk/fi  ^d  tb4^  eridenc^  adduced  against  Armistead,  the 
iUmri  f\M^%rtm  bim  gtjfliy^  and  ordem  that  he  be  hang  on  the  16th  day 
ttf  Juiy  fi*txU 

t'ifihUfU  for  ibi»  fiardon  of  Ia^ww  k  ArmisteafJ,  condemned  to  be  hung 
by  ibn  flU't  CViurt  for  King  William: 

« 

John  iCoanei  Jack  Mitchell, 

InaM!  Qfiarloii,  Thoman  Qaarlee, 

Ibifij'n  Tamploy  John  HouchiDgs, 

Itobori  i'oltani,  Carter  Braxton,  Jr., 

Wrn.  (Irijgory,  William  Ellett. 
KdwM  (^  Ohamborlaync, 


^ 


,liiii,il)il,  Aiioirn  Wood  to  Likutknant-Govkrnor  Wood. 

olilii  iMMiiily  I  i*t*(^'<l  y<**i^  KxoollotKiy'H  Two  LottorB  by  Capt.  McCullock,  and  by 
01100  mMulIng  to  WInohuNtor  aHor  Ihu  (/iipiain*8  return,  roc'd  the  amount 
ol*  Twi)  HIIIm  (Imwn  on  Mr  Smith.  Alexandria  B.  Bills  pass  here,  altho* 
thi»  InhiihltiuitM  do  not  rooolvo  thorn  tin  fVooly  as  hard  Cash ;  for  my  own 
imHi  havo  no  niannor  of  douht  in  roooiving  them. 

*rh«^  hnlli^nii  ban  not  givon  na  muoh  trouble  this  season  as  yet.  The 
InlmhUHnU  koi^p  an  oUmo  Ijunrtorn  us  possible,  or  as  their  situation  will 

It  MpptMiit*  t^Hnn  tho  Ut\uit  intbrnmtion  that  our  Indian  affairs  go  on 
t^rltty  \v\^U  to  tho  w<»«^twartl  Wo  ari^  tolerably  well  surrounded  now  by 
ti«^i'lHiHmi^.  *rU0  dUtduee  Udt  vaoant  by  CU^noral  Wayne,  which  he  did 
luM  )|l^rrt»mv  ih<e^  Hrtlii^  ha»  oiH'upied  before  him,  so  that  the  British 


3idka  TO  :&!>  Haihi  at  'WvmKntt^  «W(n*  '^^v**^  .v**i*i  >avHV  ^*Hii'»^  ^M>^^       '  -  *^ 


oblige  bj  oni^ms^  pdkjBMiftl  ti^  Ibi^  ^mukh^^I  ik^v^th^  Yv'^  >N^  yV^^^"^ 
Wood)  kind  eMMgb  to  ^mKl  im^  wv«a  b^v  )lr.  \kvtA^^I^^  ^^^^  SV  ^ 
would  send  my  ait^*KHuii  aI  lb«  ekniti^  i^  b^l  iMvMilb  ^1  ^v^^M  b^  |H^b^ 

The  monoTs  reo'd  1^  provWioiv^  a|^  U^  lb\^  Ul  \M  M^y  ^HMl^t^vst  ^^^  ^vk 
discharge  the  debts  1  had  eontraote^i  Kvr  thai  AHh'U\  vvI  ba\  (H^  HSvk^^V 
on  hand  puts  it  in  my  power  to  li^y  iu  ralUmi^  ^^^  UMU^b  bs^mv^^  I^^^HH^i-. 
If  you  or  the  Uon'ble  Boanl.  ae^  the  iHiiH>  ma^'  i\H)U(iv,  >f(\s\\\\\  y^Y  Mu^ 
present  month  in  advance  (whieh  will  be  alH»ul  Ib^  iMin\^  aimiMUl^  \^(^  \\\^ 
Acc't.  now  sent)  it  would  serve  me  exaotly^  btHHumo  I  «^K|ii^^4  I  \\\\\nk  MU  b^ 
yond  the  limits  of  my  county  tor  beef;  I  thou  ouiilil  veiihliH^  M«  MI^V  I 
should  not  again  be  troublesome  to  you  to  the  eml  «il  \\\y  iUHmiMii  I  SiM 
tract,  and  it  would  only  be  an  advanoo  by  the  |iiili|lo  loi*  Hbiiiili  IM  iln^yfii 

I  Imvd,  At<. 

P.  8. — I  expect  the  present  Am't  will  hn  nhni'KMil  )h  A  mm'!  Im  Uih 
Super't  at  Point  of  Fork.  Of  course,  if  nii  ii«IVfitMMi  Is  tftfubi  Im^  IIim 
present  month,  the  whole  will  be  char^ml  In  tliM  nnffin  MmfMMtf 

Sir: 

If  the  Hon*bl«  Boanl  d#!«m  it  h/IvMaMm  Ut  f^omfttf  wUU  Mh^h^ 
Langbam's  reqwmt  for  an  ufUM^fm  f/t  iU^  nH\9\ttm^\  ^fff*h  ot  iUt*  p^t^Mhht 
month's  isnue,  it  will  muH  with  my  h^tftAmUM$  Ui  tfH  (^i^fH^ti  WHh  IfU^ 
&ame  and  w  aceooftt  MfM^/r*t'$tttfiy, 

t  a#^,  ytfHh  fsmptf^i, 

Jum0t  I  Kb   17M,  H   fft'.kMfPs^ 


&»t  yi  f:\Mtt0t  Kigr^  M««f-r  ^  ^>vfHi<«;  <*>v*^  V  i^^  -vyyiM^'   ^.^^    ^4fM  ;  .*H 


^ 


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178 


CALENDAR  OF   STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 

Jane  11th 
Norfolk 


Thomas  Nbwton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 

I  wrote  you  yesterday  respecting  an  account  of  six  ships  being  on  our 
coast,  since  which  nothing  further  has  transpired,  and  we  are  at  a  loss 
to  know  what  to  believe,  as  some  say  they  are  men  of  war  and  supposed 
British,  others  believe  that  they  are  only  merch't  vessels,  and  some  think 
there  is  no  ships.  Should  anything  happen  that  1  can  with  certainty 
inform  you,  I  shall  do  it  immediately. 

The  concord  sails  this  day  and  several  other  vessels. 

I  am,  &c. 

June  12th.  The  report  of  the  ships  appears  to  be  entirely  false.  The 
wind  prevented  the  Concord  sailing  but  is  ready.  I  have  been  so  in- 
disposed as  to  be  unable  to  attend  at  the  fort,  but  yesterday  a  large  body 
of  men  worked  and  I  have  made  great  progress. 


June  12th 

West 
Liberty 


Joseph  Biggs  to  Moses  Chapline. 

I  have  enclosed  to  you  a  list  of  charges  against  Captain  John  McCol- 
lock  for  misconduct  on  a  Scout  which  he  commanded  from  Wheeling 
creek,  beyond  Muskingom  River,  in  the  Indian  Country,  in  November, 
1793,  which  said  charges  I  wish  you  to  report  as  soon  as  possible  to  the 
Executive  of  this  State  that  he  may  be  thereupon  arrested  and  brought 
to  trial. 


June  I2th 
Ohio  county 


m 


A  copy. 
Charles  Wells  to  the  Governor. 

I  am  duly  favored  with  an  enclosed  copy  of  your  letter  of  the  9th  of 
April,  (the  original  never  having  come  to  hand),  the  contents  of  which 
amount  to  a  complaint  being  made  to  your  Excellency  by  some  person 
concerning  the  supply  not  being  furnished  in  the  different  parts  of  the 
Monongahalia  district. 

As  well  as  the  general  expression  of  the  board,  it  was,  I  believe,  gen- 
erally understood  that  the  Volunteer  Militia  was  to  be  posted  on  the 
river,  except  a  few  at  one  station  on  the  frontier  of  Harrison. 

Agreeable  to  this  Idea,  I  made  such  arrangements  for  furnishing  as 
the  nature  of  the  case  required,  and  I  flatter  myself  have  done  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  officers  commanding  at  the  different  posts.  Admitting 
your  Excellency's  sense  of  the  contract  it  is  not  in  my  power  to  furnish 
posts  that  is  unknown.  Every  post  yet  known  is  supplied,  which  I  hope 
will  suffice  for  my  conduct  so  far. 

I  have,  &c. 


CAIiElTDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


17» 


J  QMS   McCOLLOCE    TO   THE   GOVERNOR, 


irm. 


Thk  comee  to  let  your  Ercellency  know  tbat  we  have  not  had  any  Jnne  12tii 
mischief  done  by  the  Indians  on  the  front«ars  of  onr  county  this  Spring,  Wheeling 
but  they  hare  killed  four  and  took  three  of  a  family  at  the  little  Oana- 
way  eariy  in  May,  and  killed  one  man  at  Marata  the  last  of  May.  They 
have  killed  four  and  wounded  three  men  on  Alleghany  river,  a  few 
miles  above  Pittsburg.  1  have  to  inform  you  that  I  only  arrived  home 
from  the  woods  on  Tuesday  last  from  of  a  scout  of  twenty  days.  In 
the  rought  we  sawe  a  good  deale  of  Indian  sign,  but  none  that  appeared 
to  be  fresher  than  about  three  weeks  before  us.  We  ware  as  we  sopcw»ed 
as  far  as  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  from  Wheeling.  From  your 
letter  by  Mr.  Boggs  I  expected  our  last  year's  pay  before  this  time. 
But  as  it  has  not  yet  came,  I  must  urge  the  necessity  of  its  being  sent 
as  its  badly  wanting.  And  ammonition  we  have  none,  as  all  I  rec^d  this 
Spring  was  three  Casks  of  powder,  and  forty-eight  pounds  of  lead, 
whitch  I  rece'd  from  Capt.  Lowther  with  orders  to  Divide  it  among  the 
Stations,  whitch  I  did  agreeabel  to  orders. 

And  should  the  Indians  Invade  us,  we  should  not  hardly  be  able  to 
follow  them  for  want  of  ammunition,  as  it  is  a  scarce  article  in  this 
Ck>untry.  I  have  expected  that  Capt.  Lowther  to  have  visited  the  sta- 
tions this  spring,  bat  have  not  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  him  this 
Spring. 

I  have  no  more  at  present,  but  have  the  honour  to  subscribe  myself, 

Your,  Ac. 


Benjamin  Wilson  to  the  Governor. 


June  ISth 


Recommends  William  Martin  as  Paymaster  to  the  troops  in  the  West-     HArrieon 
em  District.    Caution  against  the  dangers  of  the  road  to  any  Paymas-      county 
ter  appointed  having  money  in  charge. 


Harrison  County,  June  9th,  1794.        jmi^  |^li 

Inclosed  is  a  Justice  Commission  and  a  Becommendation  for  Malitia 
officers.  Please  to  have  Elijah  Inserted  in  the  Room  of  William  in  the 
Inclosed  Commission.  Elijah  was  the  name  entered  on  the  minutes  of 
the  Court,  and  the  proper  name  of  the  Gentleman  Desired  to  bo  com- 
missioned. 

About  the  first  of  March  last,  I  attempted  to  send  to  you  a  copy  of 
this  Inclosed  Recommendation  for  Sheriff.  If  it  reached  your  hand 
your  answer  thereto  has  not  yet  returned  to  me.  I  make  no  doubt  but 
Mr.  Benj'n  Robinson  can  find  good  security. 


180  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  A  copy  of  this  Recommendation  for  Malitia  officers  was  forwarded  to 

June  13th  you  last  fall.  You  sent  in  answer  that  several  of  the  back  counties  was 
simerlarly  circumstanced,  &  that  you  would  present  our  case  to  the 
Insuing  Assembly.  Some  of  our  Delegates  Informs  me  you  are  now 
enabled  by  Law  to  Issue  Commissions.  Should  it  be  the  case,  please  to 
send  by  Mr.  William  Martan  the  Justices',  Sheriffs',  &  Malitia  officers* 
Commissions;  also  send  by  the  Bearer  at  Least  one  copy  of  the  sus- 
pended acts  of  the  assembly  of  the  year  1792,  and  one  copy  of  the  year 

1793.     Your  compliance  will  oblige, 

Sir,  your,  &c. 


■I 


June  13th  BENJAMIN   BiGGS   TO   THE    GOVERNOR. 

Ohio  county  By  Mr.  John  Williamson,  I  with  pleasure  Imbrace  the  opportunity  of 
giving  your  Excellency  a  sketch  of  the  present  appearance  on  our  fron- 
tiers. About  the  first  Day  of  May  four  persons  were  killed  near  the 
mouth  of  Little  Kanawha,  since  which  time  one  man  at  Mnskingdom, 
and  two  men  between  Muskingdom  and  fishing  creek,  supposed  from  a 
Kentucky  Boat,  as  they  were  not  known  when  found  scalped.  Two 
Brothers  of  Capt.  Morris  was  killed  opposite  Bellville,  and  on  the  thirty- 
^     eth  of  s'd  month  one  man  killed  and  two  wounded. 

On  the  Alleganey,  the  same  evening,  a  Kentucky  Boat  Groing  Down 
the  Kiskaminates  was  attacked  about  seven  miles  from  the  mouth  and 
four  men  killed,  and  Report  say  that  two  men  are  killed  three  miles 
above  Pittsburg,  on  the  Mohongahale.  It  is  also  said  General  Wilkins 
had  his  horse  stolen  out  of  a  pasture  opposite  Pittsburg.  These  Contin- 
ued Depredations  Lay  us  under  apprehensions  of  more  visits  from  those 
savage  enimys. 

I  cannot  but  regret  the  scarcity  of  ammunition  which  Prevails  at  this 
time,  as  there  is  none  of  the  publick  amrfiunition  yet  come  forward  to 
this  county,  except  those  kegs  to  Capt.  McCollock  (and  that  of  the 
worse  kind),  Brought  down  from  Morgan  Town  by  Lt.  Evans. 

Many  applications  have  been  made  to  me  by  the  scouts  &  Rangers 
concerning  their  last  year's  pay.  1  am  sensible  numbers  (if  not  all)  of 
them  are  much  in  want  of,  and  could  it  be  in  your  power  to  forward 
the  money  by  Mr.  John  Williamson  to  some  person  that  your  Excel- 
lency may  think  proper,  it  would  quiet  the  murmer  of  the  last  year 
Scouts,  and  increase  the  confidence  of  the  present,  who  seem  to  be  in 
some  doubt  concerning  their  pay. 

From  your  Excellency's  to  Mr.  Chas.  Wells  of  the  10th  of  April,  it 
appears  that  Captain  Louther  has  complained  of  his  Detachment  not 
being  supplied  with  Rations,  in  consequence  of  which  I  will  mention  to 
your  excellency  my  knowledge  of  the  Business. 

After  my  return  from  Richmond,  I  wrote  to  Captain  Louther  and 
stated  as  my  opinion  that  it  would  be  necessary  for  him  to  attend  at 


CAI.EXIVAK  OF  STATE   PAPERSv  1^1 


West  Libnrr  m  «r  WioR  iW  I3«ii  oiif  Mai^  ^tW  vl^  iktt  tW  T«v<»f«^       ll^l^ 

finom  him.  jufed  I  mb  v^  ^^mviiwieii  ke  Iijbj^  wh  yv^IinI  miv  |><<«iK|  «mi  iW 
RiTer  as  v«t- 

N.  B. — Piesse  to  send  me  Mr.  SatheHansi  s  Noie.  ;]^  Ih^  v>Hib;»i^  lo  |Vj^ 
me  the  money  whkh  1  pAui  jou  on  his  mc^^ouQU 


And  i^blijs^.  :iir. 


R  a 


Charlbs  Wells  to  the  Uoverxor,  jiuim^  t^h 

1  am  honored  with  your  Loiter  of  the  ISlh  ot  ApHK  by  Mr«  Bo|^{«^  OhU  c\Hml^ 
wbereiD  yoar  Exceiieocy  coneeiT^  that  I  complain  of  Ii\jjury  lu  t\iml»h« 
ing  provisions  at  the  posts  on  the  River. 

Tour  Excellency  will  please  to  observe  that  1  did  not  mean  Ihe  oi>m- 
plaint  to  extend  to  poets  on  the  Kiver  only,  the  number  on  the  RiN^r 
being  Increased  since  the  time  of  Messrs.  Wood's  f\irnishing«  and  the 
Rations  demanded  at  each  posU  1  only  wished  the  privilege  ot  f\irniAh« 
in^  at  the  poets  mentioned  in  my  letter  of  the  7th  of  January, 

Captain  Lowther's  information  to  your  Excelloncy  respecting  my  eon- 
stmction  of  the  contract  must  be  very  singular,  as  I  have  neither  seen 
nor  beard  from  Captain  Lowther  since  I  undertook  thocontraeU  nor  do 
I  recollect  of  mentioning  my  opinion  to  any  Gentleman  on  the  subjoot 

In  March  last,  General  Biggs  mentioned  to  mo  that  ho  had  wrote  to 
Captain  Lowther  to  meet  him  at  West  Liberty  to  arrange  the  stations 
before  or  at  the  time  the  troops  were  to  bo  mustered  in  Ohio;  on  which 
account  I  attended  to  get  instructions  as  to  tho  supply,  but  was  disap 
pointed,  and  as  I  have  not  beard  from  Captain  Lowther,  or  where  his 
detachment  is  posted,  I  have  drawn  the  conclusion  that  ho  has  appointed 
a  contractor  to  supply  the  posts  under  bis  Immediate  inspection,  which 
perhaps  was  the  object  he  founded  his  complaint  on.  If  so,  I  wish  him 
to  continue  his  contractor,  as  the  furnishing  of  his  post  or  posts  is  not  an 
object  with  me,  and  I  shall  account  with  him  or  any  other  person  (or 
Quantity  of  rations  furnished  under  my  contract  as  soon  as  the  money 
comes  to  band. 

I  shall  use  every  exertion  to  furnish  the  Known  ports  that  no  incon- 
venience may  result  to  the  troops,  and  hope  to  be  able  to  account  at 
any  time  to  your  Excellency  for  my  conduct  in  tho  Business.  Tho  five 
hundred  dollars,  as  mentioned  in  your  Excellency's  Letter,  would  have 
been  a  sensible  relief  to  me,  as  the  salt  provision  is  exhausted,  but  was 
surprised  to  find  that  the  treasurer  had  authorised  me  to  collect  it  in  ^K^^ 

Arrearages  of  Taxes  of  any  Sheriff  that  thought  proper  to  pay  monies  m^^ 


i^v  <^Aij!r.yuAl    U^    ifiATJ     P-&HB1L: 


4»^'^ui«.<»'  iUi^UMf-  it  Ui-  Mur  6i-  lie:  trxM»ei.  I^&xt}  Jifiiuss  o:  tm 
;»iuu^^   lU*    i>i«iu|;u     toil'     aii|#*    tun:    yoo*    iLxeekooc^  -wi]    <nair'  ^titt 

j^i  c»>«r*<i.;  ^'  to^^Oiiilftii;'  ii  OiiK.  tu*  truopr  oem^  ^enecalty  oi.  tut 
i^vv  ^^u*  .'  i0*^fjL»  iutfiiUoiHsc  lit}  opimuj  i/^mxiB*^  o:  tUK  -sxecxitrvt  tiioi 
VvJUA^i.&   ^«^^  Hi^a*''    u<  i.  ^iviH»*    ^Mm»aL   utnii|:  ,^eiHmJn  !^*uaemjeL  rj 


>'yA4'iU'  Ji>^^«  J^Vi'   Hill   tiiii^  |iW^  ^.4ft>»i  Otmpfxr  Qj  ^iii- Sug*  IsRitf' ii»d 

l»iiMt  4v^  0  W  4>/4MMVUv  i*',ii%tuiA^  h  wMt  ^tnit:.    M;tr  iuikd  UkkiSL  idkcan  out, 

^M  ^v)iSMvU4>4  ^A^  i«i^<mb^  Mi^-U-  iMiC  liUr  <(rui»f  w^iiTf:  j^jKus  iaik«n  •<]«  board 
iMltiA-  i^h^'  t4M4^M^^m^y  ^^  h^-^mj^  tiiiff  i  iduiw^uad  CoikL  Xesxoci.  and 
U^K  ^U-yA^^m^'^MUd^f  w^  «A«fil  '^'/•'Ai  Vy  ^ttHAJS  ii«r.  Iwi  «Le  had  sailed  a 
^vy  ^,M/V(^4r  M^/^-^  ^/*>^.  'tmyPrtt  ^  4^wu. 


^^^^^.  (^^(^  'Vmiti,  S^wvtM^  Jii,^  TO  Capt.  Jko.  Coopbr. 

^|/lfMll•  '  ^*^^^  ^'*'*  mtmmi  rm't\  infortnation  from   Major  Lindsay  that  you 

Im^t  Ul^MM  IhM  (iMim  nil  tioiini  your  vomal  again  which  you  had  prom- 
JMMil  lliM  (iMVtO'iMir  Ml  fmiHi.  U  bo(!omeH  my  duty  to  inform  you  that 
yiiM  iIh  Mill  ilM|mi1  iiftlll  I hu  ilmtUion  of  thu  Pronidont  is  had,  unless  you 
MdlMjil.y  WHli  (liM  |iniiiiUu  you  havti  mado  to  Gov.  Lee. 

1  am,  &o. 


IkLSBirUuBr    «r  -^l^.^^K'    ^VA>,iSfe.  <s^: 


-"•^ciPcrvft^  *n»    yuf.   ivNc»itovrt<  «^* 


^tii   liSk 


>%m  '*Hfh  ^>^ 


bat  Tony  tumts^taA  ^km^  ^uy  fflvou^iM^  :l9v<M^  :^  tfoMw^v  y^v^t^^  w^  W^ii^SV^ 

Ci^t.  Hinimli  »  kcrr .  W  K^Mi^|  ^w^v  iftmwr  iww»^  ^X  Iw^  VJ^Mv^l  k  ^nvhvs 
k  I  think  will  recrKt  6tft.  H#  lui»  i^lWr  s^VMW^  >M^  A^  ^vk  i^v^^  ^^^ 
business. 

jwmv  \k}\\,  mi 

Major  Lindsay. 
Sir: 

Your  letter  of  thi^  day  I  nH»<iiivtHl,  and  am  ivad)  \\\  aid  ^ww  \\\\\\ 
the  militia  of  the  Borough  aa  far  an  In  my  |M»wt«r  liiMii  Hhtdl  \\\\  ^h^l,  (I 
convenient,  you'd  como  up  to  my  oltloo  A  ooimull  iho  maMMiM'  \\\\\\  m\\ 
be  of  service.  From  my  inAtnuaioim,  I  thiitk  Ottln,  WllmiM  nliMiild  llH\H 
information  thereof,  which  1  will  ihow  ynu. 

I  am,  All., 

TllOrt.   NWWTMN 

The  Cutter,  by  putting  4  throii  /;r  four  poiiiidoM  mi  hmhi,  ^Hh\4 
render  great  service  on  thean  tHU'^wtitmH,  k  mmi  ttimi4  ifnnt^itnmH^  tw 
supplied  from  the  militia  wb#ri  ui$iimmry,  aii^l  ho  ^i^^mmn  i^Umh4  M*  th 
her  present  sttnation^  Capi.  Tayl//f  ha«  H  f^/i  i$4  |#i#  |/'/w^^'  in  ft*h4>*f 
soek  serries  as  may  t»e  n»<|iiirsd  a^p^iiMi  a«^  st^m^I  yiv«s^. 


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1794. 

June  14th 
Mathews 


Thomas  Smith,  Jr.,  to  thb  Governor. 

Some  time  since,  Mr.  Thomas  Tabb,  the  then  high  Sheriff  of  this 
county,  announced  to  our  Court  his  Determination  not  to  give  bond  and 
security  for  the  collection  of  the  Revenue  Tax  due  for  the  year  1792. 
Of  course  that  tax  remains  to  be  collected.  Agreeable  to  the  Dictates 
of  the  Law  in  such  cases,  our  Court  did  order  his  refusal  to  be  certified 
to  your  Hon'ble  Board,  in  order  that  steps  might  be  taken  to  appoint  a 
Collector  of  that  Tax.  As  no  such  appointment  has  been  made,  and  it 
remains  yet  doubtful  who  can  with  propriety  undertake  the  business,  as 
no  Bond  has  been  given  to  secure  the  public  against  Imposition,  it  may 
not  be  improper  to  remind  the  Executive  of  the  circumstance,  as  well  as 
to  inform  them  that  it  might  facilitate  the  earliest  procurement  of  that 
Tax  should  they  be  disposed  to  appoint  the  pn'sent  Sheriff,  Mr.  Rich'd 
Billups,  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  it;  who,  after  complying  with  the 
prerequisites  of  the  Law,  may  proceed  to  collect  the  same  with  the  Tax 
due  for  the  last  year. 

I  am,  &G. 


June  15th 


Norfolk 


J.    J.    W.    RiVARDI   TO    THE    GOVERNOR. 

According  to  your  request  and  to  my  promise,  I  have  the  honor  to 
write  you  an  account  of  my  proceedings  in  the  business,  which  your 
Excellency  seems  to  have  so  much  at  heart.  Since  your  departure,  we 
hardly  had  any  assistance,  one  day  excepted,  and  then  indeed  we  had 
rather  an  over  affluence.  It  would  be  more  serviceable  if  a  general 
account  was  taken  of  the  men  disposed  to  give  us  their  labour,  and 
divide  their  number  in  such  manner  as  would  afford  us  a  constant  party 
of  Volunteers,  be  it  ever  so  small.  I  wrote  to  Colonel  Wilson  a  few 
days  ago,  requesting  a  fresh  supply  of  workmen.  His  answer  was  very 
polite.  He  promised  me  to  use  his  endeavors,  but  expressed  at  the 
same  time  some  fears  not  to  succeed,  for  the  people  of  Portsmouth  (as 
he  observes)  are  much  dissatisfied  that  the  whole  contribution  of  the 
two  towns  and  county,  with  the  appropriation  of  Congress,  were  not 
applied  to  the  completion  of  Fort  Nelson.  Moreover  there  are  several 
of  our  acquaintances,  who  by  very  ignorant  and  ill  natured  remarks, 
hurt  greatly  the  progress  of  our  works  by  stifling  the  good  intentions 
of  a  great  number  of  Citizens.  There  hobby-horse  is  the  difficulty  of 
manning  so  many  different  places.  In  fact,  I  stop  my  ears  and  proceed 
as  fast  as  circumstances  will  allow.  Most  of  the  ground  before  the  bat- 
teries A.  B.  C.  D.  is  removed,  the  fascines  are  going  on  briskly,  and  the 
day  after  to-morrow  I  shall  survey  Crany  Island,  and  shortly  after 
have  the  honor  to  submit  the  plan  of  its  defences  to  your  inspection. 

I  took  Mr.  Courty  with  me  to-day,  in  order  to  survey  aeveral  places 


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necessary  for  the  general  map  of  Elizabeth  river,  which  will  give  a  per-       1794. 
feet  idea  of  its  defences  both  by  sea  and  by  land.  June  15th 

The  brick  work  and  all  the  traverses  which  were  begun  are  compleat, 
and  the  whole  of  my  attention  will  be  next  week  directed  towards  the 
fitting  of  the  batteries.  I  hope  for  some  assistance  on  Monday.  Col. 
Newton  gives  himself  a  great  deal  of  trouble  about  it.  Wish  to  God 
there  were  ten  men  like  him  in  Norfolk.  The  plans  here  inclosed  were 
ready  several  days  ago,  as  your  Excellency  will  see  by  the  letter  ac- 
companying them.  Capt.  Lee  forgot  to  take  them.  Any  explanation 
would  be  fruitless,  as  you  undoubtedly  know  them  all  by  heart. 

I  received  no  letters  yet  of  the  Secretary  of  war  since  your  depart- 
ure, and  expect  some  by  this  post. 

I  hope  your  Excellency  will  favor  me  with  a  few  lines  whenever  you 
will  think  any  alteration  in  the  measures  hitherto  taken  necessary. 

Mrs.  Rivardi  presents  her  respectful  compliments  to  Mrs.  Lee,  and  I 
respectfully  and  with  great  esteem  remain, 

Your,  &c. 


John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor.  Junei5th 

It  gives  me  pain  to  inform  your  Excellency  of  the  Departure  of  the  Norfolk 
ship  Chickamaga  with  all  her  Guns  and  Men,  contrary  to  the  remon- 
strance which  I  sent  you  previous  to  her  sailing;  contrary  to  the  Rules 
of  neutrality,  and  contrary  to  the  rules  laid  down  by  the  President  re- 
specting the  equipment  of  armed  vessels  to  be  observed  here.  I  am  the 
more  distressed  at  this  circumstance,  as  it  may,  from  some  late  transac- 
tions on  the  continent,  give  room  to  doubt  the  sincerity  of  the  neutrality 
held  up  by  the  United  States,  which,  in  the  present  stage  of  affairs, 
should  be  avoided  as  much  as  possible  by  both  countries,  and  I  still  hope, 
from  the  great  abilities  and  Prudence  of  the  Executive  Bodys  at  the 
Head  of  the  Government  of  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States,  that 
Peace  and  Harmony  will  prevail  between  the  two  nations,  in  spite  of 
the  artifice  made  use  of  by  some  designing  men  in  each  country. 

The   Concorde,  with  her  convoy,  sailed  yesterday  from  Hampton 
Roads. 

With  the  most  perfect  Esteem  and  Respect,  I  have,  &c. 


John  Raymond  to  the  Governor.  Junel7th 

Recommends  William  Martin  as  Paymaster  for  the  Scouts  and  Ranges  Clarksburg 

of  the  Monongalia  District.     Informing  of  the  murder  and  capture  of 

Mrs.  Armstrong  on  the  Ohio  in  April  last. 

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CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 


Wm.  Lowther  to  Jas.  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 


June  17th  Mr.  William  Marian  will  apply  to  you  for  a  Muster  Roll  for  six  scouts 
Harrison     you  mustered  on  the  14th  May,  1793,  at  Clarksburg. 

Please  Lend  Mr.  Marian  every  assistance  in  your  power  to  effeci  the 
Business. 

Sir,  your  comply ance  will  greatly  oblige  yours,  &c. 


June  17th 

Harrison 
county 


Wm.  Lowther  to  Gen'l  Jas.  Wood. 

As  touching  the  Present  State  of  the  frontier,  my  Letter  to  the  Gov- 
ernor will  Inform. 

Your  Friendly  attention  to  my  Business  not  doubted.  Mr.  Marian, 
who  is  the  Bearer  of  these  lines,  is  empowered  to  act  for  me  before  the 
Council  in  the  settlement  of  Business  put  into  his  hands.  He  will  ac- 
quaint you  therewith. 

I  have  made  out  the  amount  of  my  demand  in  a  separate  list.  You 
will  please  to  correct  it  if  needed,  and  should  the  Executive  incline  to 
consider  my  service  to  exceed  what  is  allowed  to  a  Captain  commanding 
a  single  company,  from  what  passed  between  us,  I  am  sure  your  friendly 
aid  will  be  given. 

As  the  Bearer  is  waiting  and  very  Impatient,  Please  excuse  short 

writing, 

And  believe  me  to  be,  &c. 


June  17th 


John  Vermonnet  to  the  Governor. 


Alexandria  Having  had  the  Honour  of  being  appointed  by  the  Department  of 
War  to  fortify  Annapolis  and  Alexandria,  I  have  taken  the  liberty  of 
writing  to  your  Excellency  to  acquaint  you  that  the  fund  allowed  to 
fortify  Alexandria  being  small,  I  have  chosen  Jones'  Point  lor  the  seat 
of  a  good  battery,  which  will  protect  the  place  against  the  onemy  by 
water,  and  for  which  I  shall  do  myself  the  honor  Of  sending  you  a  draft 
on  my  return  from  Annapolis,  where  I  am  going ;  during  which  time  the 
materials  will  be  collecting  as  well  as  making  a  cross  way  through  a 
marsh  to  enable  the  land  carriage  for  earth,  &c.,  &c. 

I  have,  &c. 


Jnne  17th 


Wm.  James  Mayo  to  the  Governor. 


Patrick  Asking  justice  to  be  done  him  in  conferring  on  him  the  Commission 

county      of  Ensign,  to  which  he  thinks  himself  entitled,  though  denied  by  the 
Court. 


CAl^EKDAIt   OF  STATE   PAPEKL  1:S7 


AmbflTBt  ConribaiiM^  J&d^  ITib,  ITM.  ITM. 

We,  \he  af&oers  of  ibe  Tm  fiiitT>Ei£:bih  Be^mem  oi  Amhc^rsa  Militia^    June  ITtih 
Do  reeommeiid  Mr.  William  Wedderbnm  xo  the  Erocntive  of  t^i$  $t«t^ 
as  a  proper  person  u»  £11  thf  Office  of  Ci^aaiii  t^o  ihc  ArtiDerc  Oom> 
paoj  under  the  eommand  of  GeTiera] : 

John  Goerraxit,  Obarle^^  Jonesi. 

Wm.  Warvic^  Vm,  Teas. 

Joseph  Sbelum.  Jamef^  Andersion. 

Pleasant  Dawson,  Edward  Oaner, 

Will  Ixmng.  Alex'r  XeAlesander, 
TUman  Walton. 


Commission  cA  James  Cnreton  as  Captain  ol  Artillery  annexed  to  the    Juim'  ITih 
Eighth  Brigade. 


John  Etasts,  Se.,  to  the  Goverxor.  JniwiSih 

Recommends  Wm.  Martin  as  a  paymaster  for  scoats  and  rangera. 


M.  Armstroxo  to  John  Pendleton,  Esg.  June  I8ih 

In  consequence  of  a  jud^^ment  obtained  in  the  General  Court  by  the  CUrk«bui]g 
Commissioners  of  the  road  from  the  State  road  to  the  mouth  of  litUo 
Kanawha,  against  Warman,  late  Sheriff  of  Monongalia,  Fi.  Fa.  issued 
returnable  to  last  November  Term,  which  was  levied  by  a  Deputy  Sheriff 
upon  five  negroes,  and  although  the  Commissioners  officially  requested 
him  to  give  public  notice  of  the  day  of  sale  in  Marion,  whore  they  ro* 
side,  yet  he  only  advertised  in  the  neighborhood,  and  sold  them  for  £11 
odd  shillings,  as  will  appear  by  his  return.  A  second  execution  issued 
returnable  to  last  court.  In  the  interim  it  appears  that  Col.  William 
McCleery  and  Warman  went  to  the  house  of  Jenkins,  who  purchased 
said  Nugroes  only  to  receive  a  small  sum  for  which  he  was  bound  as 
security  for  Warman,  and  McCleery  paid  Jenkins  the  money  and  de- 
manded the  Negroes  as  his  property.  He  refused,  but  actually  delivered 
thom  to  Warman  as  his  property,  and  they  remained,  or  a  greater  part 
of  them,  with  Warman.  I  advised  the  Sheriff  to  seize  them  by  the  last 
execution  which  he  did.  McCleery  advises  a  Jury  to  be  summoned,  and 
notwithstanding,  Jenkins,  who  was  honest  in  the  matter,  swore  as  above 
stated;  the  jury  determined  in  favor  of  McCleery,  and  the  Sheriff  gave 
them  up  to  him.  and  only  two  on  whom  there  was  no  lien  were  sold,  and 


188  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794,  no  other  property.  I  am  specially  directed  by  the  commissioners  to  give 
June  19th  you  this  information  as  their  attorney,  as  you  appear  by  the  law  of  92 
to  be  the  proper  officer  to  notify  the  Executive  of  such  fraudulent  pro- 
ceedings. Although,  perhaps  the  last  law  appointing  agents  may  have 
made  a  material  alteration  which  we  have  not  yet  seen.  Mr.  Martin, 
the  Bearer,  will  pay  you  £89.  3.  8.  in  certificates,  the  nett  proceeds  of 
the  sales  under  both  executions. 

I  am,  Sir,  &c. 

Acts  of  '92,  Chap.  16,  Sect.  22,  directs  that  cases  like  this  shall  be  laid 
before  the  Executive. 

Mr.  Thomas  Yaughan,  a  deputy  Sherifif  of  Mecklenburg,  has  for  many 
years  collected  the  public  taxes  in  the  said  County;  in  that  business  his 
precission  and  punctuality  is  unparalled;  he  has  requested  me  to  men- 
tion him  to  the  Honorable  Board  on  a  Supposition  that  Mr.  Goodwyn, 
agent,  intends  to  resign. 

J.  PENDLETON/^ 

18th  June,  1794. 


June  19th  Phil.  R,  Fbndall  to  the  Governor. 

Alexandria  ^  have  before  me  your  favor  of  the  16th  of  June,  and  now  enclose 
you  a  post  note  for  78  84-100  dollars  at  ten  days,  being  the  amount  ot  the 
cut  silver  and  price  of  German  Gold  received  in  March.  As  we  neglected 
to  forward  it  at  an  earlier  day,  the  note  is  made  at  10  instead  of  60 
days'  date. 

I  have,  &c. 


June  19th  MosES  Mann  to  the  Governor. 

Point  Refuses  to  obey  the  orders  of  Capt.  Clendenin,  and  threatens  to  re> 

Pleasant     gjg^  jf  gy^jj  orders  are  consistent  with  the  orders  of  the  Executive. 


Kanawha,  June  3d,  1794. 
Sir: 

It  is  with  extreme  distress  of  mind  that  I  find  myself  compelled 
to  repeat  my  former  orders  to  you  in  ordering  you  to  the  post  by  me 
assigned  to  you  at  Belleville.  Whether  you  stay  at  the  mouth  of  Kan- 
awha, and  James  Yanbibber's  removal  to  Bellville  contrary  to  my  order, 
was  a  matter  of  accommodation  between  you  and  him,  I  aui  not  at 
^"^■^K  present  able  to  judge.    But  if  I  am  to  be  answerable  for  the  conse- 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  189 

qaejices  of  your  conduct,  I  feel  myself  disposed  to  find  that  you  con-  1794. 
duct  yourselves  in  conformity  to  ray  orders.  If  you,  sir,  had  any  in-  Jime  19th 
structions  giving  your  command  over  the  volunteer  militia  allowed  for 
Kanawha,  Greenbrier,  and  Bath,  it  would  have  been  a  ver}^  easy  mat- 
ter for  you  to  have  made  them  known  to  me,  when  I  so  very  particu- 
larly requested  you  to  do  it  as  you  went  on  with  your  men  to  that 
point.  Sorry  I  am  indeed  at  the  unhappy  fate  and  loss  of  your  two 
brothers,  not  without  reason  to  think  that  had  you  been  present,  this 
carnage  might  have  been  prevented.  I  indeed  sincerely  lament  the 
loss  of  those  useful  men.  True  it  is,  that  I  did  not  expect  nor  desire 
you  to  devote  the  whole  of  your  time  at  Bellville,  but  expected  as 
James  Vanbibber  was  by  me  particularly  ordered  to  do  his  duty  at  the 
point,  I  at  least  expected  that  the  greatest  part  of  your  time  would  be 
spent  at  Bellville,  as  it  would  be  very  unnecessary  for  you  both  to  be  at 
the  point. 

I  find,  Sir,  that  in  carrying  on  the  Ranging  Business  that  I  have  de- 
feated the  intentions  of  sundry  parties  of  Indians  that  have  visited  our 
Settlement — not  that  I  had  the  Fortune  to  fall  in  with  them,  but  the. 
Sign  or  Traces  by  my  Company  made  has  served  to  alarm  them.  There- 
fore, I  hope  that  this  part  of  duty  will  not  be  neglected,  either  on  the 
part  of  you  or  Mr.  Vanbibber. 

Sir,  it  is  not  possible  for  me  to  take  leave  of  you  until  I  express  my 
sorrow  in  thinking  that  there  is  not  that  harmony  amongst  us  that 
ought  to  exist.  Indeed,  I  find  very  little  Gratification  in  commanding 
when  I  find  a  Tardy  disposition  to  obey.  However,  having  been  in- 
formed that  you  have  said  that  you  have  separate  Orders  from  mine,  I 
shall  make  use  of  the  first  opportunity  to  enquire  of  the  Executive  why 
they  have  not  communicated  them  to  me.  In  the  meantime,  shall  con- 
tinue to  repeat  my  Instructions  to  you  until  I  am  otherwise  OfScially 
directed. 

I  wish  your  health  success,  and  am,  &c., 

Your  Ob't  Serv't, 

WM.  CLENDENIN,  C.  Volt. 

Kanawha,  April  9,  1794. 
Sir: 

In  consequence  of  the  two  new  settlements  that  are  about  to  take 

place,  to-wit:  Captain  Cooper's  and  Robinson,  I  presume  it  will  not  be 

possible  to  spare  more  than  a  Sergeant,  Corporal  and  twelve  privates 

for  to  Guard  Bellville.     You  will,  therefore,  with  all  imaginable  dispatch, 

have  them  forwarded  to  that  place.    These  will  be  Exclusive  of  the  two 

Booute,  which,  I  suppose  have,  previous  to  this,  been  appointed  by  Colonel 

Thomas  Lewis. 

I  am,  &c., 

WM.  CLENDENIN,  C.  V.  M. 

Li«9Qtesant  Moses  Mann. 


190  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Thos.  Lewis  to  thb  Governor. 

June  19th        As  Lieutenant  Mann  has  in  part  informed  your  Excellency  of  his  dis- 

Point       pute  with  Capticin  Clendenin.  Give  me  leave  to  add  that  rather  than 

Pleasant 

Lieutenant  Mann  shall  be  obliged  to  obey  any  of  his  orders,  he  will  quit 

the  service,  and  every  man  he  brought  on  will  immediately  return  home 
after  his  resignation. 

Lieutenant  Mann  as  an  officer  has  always  conducted  himself  Ex- 
tremely well,  and  has  strictly  adhered  to  the  instructions  given  him  by 
Colonel  Steel.  He  has  advised  and  consulted  with  me  on  all  occasions. 
I  was  always  willing  to  give  him  every  information  in  my  power,  until 
Captain  Clendenin  interfered  with  his  command,  who  says  he  is  ap- 
pointed to  the  command  of  the  Volunteer  Militia  in  Bath,  Greenbrier  and 
£[anawha.  On  the  ITth  of  Mav.  Lieutenant  Mann  had  two  Brothers 
killed  by  the  Indians  in  sight  of  Bellville  Station.  They  committed  no 
depredations  on  our  Frontier  since  that  time. 

I  have.  &C'. 


JunedOth  Wm.   FREDERICK,   AST.,    TO   THE   GOVERKOR. 

RkhmoDd        Endeavouring  to  enlist  the  interest  of  the  Governor  in  a  scheme  for 

Insurance. 


•^ 


JanedOtli  J-    IXXESs   AtTORXET-Ge>ERAU   TO   THE  GOVERXOR. 

RiduDODd  Ittdosed  I  send  the  mortgages  upon  Hoh  Richeeon's  Estate,  a  fonner 
Sbeiiff  of  the  county  of  King  William,  which  have  been  submitted  to 
me  tor  advioe  by  Mr.  Temple. 

The  verdicts  of  the  juries  form  no  impediment  to  an  Investigatioii  of 
the  vaKditv  of  these  Instruments  in  a  court  of  chancerv,  which  I  wouM 
nKommeiKl  to  be  resort«d  to  in  these  and  all  similar  instaDcc&.  If  the 
mortgages  shall  af^pear  to  have  been  made  from  cc^losave  motiTasv.  tbcv 
wiU  be  decreed  invalid,  and  the  Jodgments  of  the  Commonwealtli  wiO 
take  their  coorse  npon  any  profierty  thus  tendulently  covered :  and  if 
on  tihe  other  hand,  tbey  shall  be  foand  to  have  been  entered  into  on  bona 
Me  conditions,  t^en  the  eoart  will  decree  an  immediate  sale  of  the  mort- 
g^u^  effects,  the  fir«4  prwloct  tberM>f  to  be  applied  to  disekarve  i^ 
del<  of  the  &ir  nK>ngageie.  and  the  balance,  if  aBv.snbjkeied  to  tlie  poblic 
excmitioBs.  In  ico5>i  \>f  ibe  ea^^c^  of  tbis  Kind,  a^iiho^  the  mort^ra^^cs  may 
kave  been  ^Minded  on  ttir  e{«nfaderai5onSs  yet  I  believe  it  will  vexy  tre> 
qncatlrke^&ciEyrered  lihat  tbe  considerations  are  CTeaxhrdH|Moponkmai» 
DO  file  valne  of  the  propmy  pied^^ed.    This  haxriar  to  p«hlir  Ji 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  191 


woald  be  completely  removed  in  all  such  instances  by  empowering  the  1794. 
agents  to  purchase  the  property  for  the  Commonwealth,  sell  it  out  again,  June  20th 
pay  the  mortgagees  their  just  demands,  reserving  the  balance  to  satisfy 
the  public  claims.  li  under  such  circumstances,  the  agents  could  be  au- 
thorized to  give  a  short  credit,  taking  the  bonds  for  the  property  thus 
sold  in  the  name  of  the  Governor  for  the  time  being,  so  that  they  might 
be  amenable  to  the  motions  of  the  auditor,  I  am  satisfied  great  public 
benefit  would  result  from  the  adoption  of  such  a  measure.  I  await  the 
orders  of  the  Executive  as  to  the  official  part  they  may  direct  me  to  take 
in  the  present  cases  and  all  future  ones  of  a  similar  nature. 

With  great  respect,  I  have,  &c. 


Simon  Morgan  to  thb  Generals  of  Division.  June  20th 

Inclosed  herewith  you  will  receive  the  General  Orders  of  the  Com-    Richmond 
mander-in-chief  of  the  Militia,  which  will  govern  you  in  preparing  the 
proportion  due  from  Divisions  required  to  form  the  Detachment  ordered : 

Division  No.  1,  is  to  furnish  2,816  men,  including  officers. 

Division  No.  2,  is  to  furnish  2,478  men,  including  officers. 

Division  No.  3,  is  to  furnish  3,041  men,  including  officers. 

Division  No.  4,  is  to  furnish  3,042  men,  including  officers. 

Yon  will  be  pleased  to  make  Known  to  your  respective  Brigadiers  the 
quota  due  from  Brigades,  who  will  make  a  fair  apportionment  in  the 
Regiments  composing  their  Brigades. 

Returns  from  them  to  you  of  their  progress  in  completing  their  respec- 
tive quotas  must  be  monthly  demanded,  as  I  must  receive  from  you 
monthly  your  Division  Return,  counting  the  receipt  of  this  letter  as  the 
beginning  of  the  month. 

I  have,  Ac. 

N.  B. — Your  Returns  or  any  other  business  with  me  respecting  the 
Militia  will  be  directed  to  me  in  Fauquier  county,  or  Mr.  Samuel  Cole- 
man in  Richmond. 

o.  M. 

The  foreging  are  instructions  of  the  Adjutant-General  to  Division 
Crenerals  for  appointing  the  quota  due  from  the  Brigades  of  their  respec- 
tive Divisions. 


Petition  to  thb  Governor  in  Council.  Jane20th 

For  the  pardon  of  Paol,  one  of  the  parties  condemned  to  death  in  the 
Coart  of  Powhatan  for  participating  in  the  murder  of  Wm.  Bradley,  the 
overaeer  of  ColoDel  Wm.  Mayo,  on  the  ground  that  bis  conviction  was 


192  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  obtained  on  the  testimony  of  a  negro  boy  13  years  old,  of  seeing  Paul 
June  20th  ^ith  the  others  go  into  the  house,  and  from  a  confession  made  to  Mr. 
John  Toney  when  he  apprehended  Paul,  that  he  was  guilty,  this  confes- 
sion having  been  made  on  the  advice  of  some  one  that  he  would  thereby 
be  allowed  to  turn  state's  evidence  against  the  others,  and  thereby  save 
himself,  this  confession  subsequently  believed  to  be  false. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  names  of  parties  who  having  learned 
of  a  petition  for  pardon  of  negro  Paul,  condemned  for  participation  in 
the  murder  of  Wm.  Bradley,  of  Powhatan,  are  signed  to  a  remonstrance 
against  said  pardon  and  sent  to  the  Governor  : 

John  Nunnally,  John  Netherland,  Jr., 

John  Ligon,  Francis  Lewis, 

Chas.  Powell,  Frederick  Woodson, 

James  Taylor,  Bartlett  Sizer, 

Jos.  Mosby,  William  Moseby, 

Thos.  Gordon,  Seth  Ligon, 

William  Mayo,  John  Carter, 

Benj'n  Woodson,  Samuel  Steger, 

Hickman  Spiller,  Alex'r  Dugan. 


June  20th  Wm.  Mayo  TO  CoLo.  JoHN  Steel. 

Liberty  Remonstrance  against  the  pardon  of  Paul,  convicted  in  the  Court  of 

Hall  Powhatan  of  participating  in  the  murder  of  Wm.  Bradley,  and  en- 
closing a  certificate  of  Mrs.  Toyce  Railey  to  having  heard  Paul  confess 
that  he  was  present  at  the  murder. 


June  20th  At  a  Court  of  Oyer  &  Terminer,  held  in  Powhatan  County,  at  the 
courthouse  in  Scottsville,  on  Friday,  the  23rd  day  of  May,  1794,  for  the 
trial  of  Joe,  a  male  slave,  the  property  of  William  Mayo,  &  Moses,  a 
male  slave,  the  property  of  Robert  Mitchell : 

Present  in  Court:  L.  Mosby,  Vincent  Markham,  Rich*d  Crump,  Will 
Mosely,  L.  Mosby,  Jr.,  Edmund  Logwood,  Geo.  Williamson,  and  William 
Bentley,  Gentlemen  Justices. 

The  Court  being  given  to  understand  and  be  informed  that  the  above- 
named  slaves  did,  on  the  night  of  the  7th  of  May,  conspire  and  murder 
Wm.  Bradley,  of  Powhatan,  whereupon  they  were  arraigned  therefor. 

Joe  confessed  himself  guilty;  Moses  said  he  was  not  guilty.  Divers 
witnesses  being  examined,  and  Moses  heard  in  his  own  defence,  it  was 


CALENDAE  OF  STATE  PAPEES.  193 


the  opinion  of  the  court  that  Moses  was  not  guilty.     In  the  case  oi  Joe,       1794. 
it  was  the  opinion  of  the  court  that  he  was  guilty,  and  that  he  should    June  20th 
be  executed  on  the  24th  day  of  June  next. 
The  court  valued  him,  said  Joe,  at  £125. 


Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,    June  22d 

TO  THE  Governor. 

I  have  read  the  representations  of  the  British  consul  at  Norfolk  re-  Richmoud 
specting  the  violences  said  to  have  been  committed  by  some  citizens  of 
this  State  upon  the  Bnga.  Ann,  at  York  Town;  and  tho'  the  Consul 
appears  to  consider  them  to  be  of  such  enormity  and  extent  as  to 
involve  the  neutrality  of  our  Government,  yet  I  cannot  discern  in  them 
anything  more  than  the  features  of  a  common  Trespass,  committed  by 
a  riotous  assembly  of  men  upon  the  property  of  a  Foreigner.  The 
reversal  of  the  flag  belonging  to  the  vessel  was  unquestionably  a  breech 
of  good  manners;  but  an  indecorum  of  that  kind  can  no  more  be  con- 
sidered as  imputable  to  the  American  Government,  or  as  an  affront  to 
the  sovereignty  of  England,  than  any  ordinary  differences  which  might 
occur  between  the  citizens  of  this  country  and  the  subjects  of  that  in 
the  Territory  of  either.  The  vessel  is  the  property  of  an  Individual, 
and  if  any  injury  has  been  done  to  it,  the  owner  has  as  ample  remedy 
against  the  persons  who  did  the  injury  as  any  citizen  could  claim  in  a 
like  situation;  and  more  than  this,  I  presume,  he  cannot  fairly  ask. 
But  if  he  should  desire  further  satisfaction,  it  seems  to  me  that  the 
courts  of  the  State  are  alone  competent  to  afford  it.  The  Peace  of  the 
State,  and  of  the  State  only,  has  been  violated.  It  therefore  belongs  to 
the  State  to  punish  the  violation ;  and  I  know  of  nothing,  either  in  the 
Constitution  or  Laws  of  the  United  States,  which  requires  or  would 
justify  the  interposition  of  their  judicial  power  in  such  a  case.  But 
whether  there  be  or  not,  as  the  Tribunals  are  competent  to  the  full  pun- 
ishment of  all  infractions  of  the  public  peace  and  order  committed  within 
the  limits  of  their  jurisdiction,  I  consider  this  as  a  sufficient  reason  why, 
on  the  present  as  on  every  like  occasion,  I  ought  to  decline  any  inter- 
ference on  the  part  of  the  United  States. 

I  have,  &c. 


Richard  Gaines  to  the  Governor.  Juiie22d 

Complains  of  the  recommendation  of  John  Hackley  as  major  of  the 
regiment,  to  which  complainant's  company  belonged,  also  to  the  recom- 
mendation of  Samuel  Henning  i^  captain  ot  si^id  company, 

25 


194 


CALBNDAK  OF  STATE  PAPEES. 


1794. 

June  22d 
Charlotte 


Ro.  Bedford  to  thb  Governor. 

Enclosed  you  will  receive  a  warrant  of  Hugh  &  Cry  against  the  per- 
sons who  have  clandestinely  taken  from  Peggy  Howell  two  of  her  chil- 
dren. The  said  Woman  is  a  free  Mulatto  of  this  County,  and  is  in 
very  Indigent  circumstances. 

The  crime  is  of  that  nature  that  I  need  not  suggest  to  you  that  it  re- 
quires the  public  notice.  It  is  requested  that  you  will  publish,  by  way 
of  proclamation,  In  the  Virginia  Gazette,  a  true  state  of  the  case,  as 
also  in  the  different  States  within  the  Union,  particularly  the  Southern 
States;  or  take  whatever  other  measures  to  regain  the  children  which 
you  in  your  wisdom  may  judge  most  proper,  as  it  is  undoubtedly  a  cose 
wherein  the  whole  community  are  in  some  measure  interested. 

I  am,  &c. 


June  23d 


Halifax 


James  McCraw  to  the  Governor. 

Desiring  to  be  informed  whether  Jas.  Dejarnette,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
who  removed  to  Essex  and  was  absent  several  years,  could  on  return  to 
the  county  again  perform  the  duties  of  Justice  under  his  old  commission. 


June  23d 


Sam.  Coleman  to  the  Lieutenant-Qovbrnor. 

During  the  continuance  of  the  contagious  fever  with  which  Philadel- 
phia was  so  afflicted  in  the  course  of  the  last  fall,  the  County  Court  of 
Loudoun  was  directed  to  pursue  such  steps  as  prudence  might  dictate 
for  preventing  the  introduction  of  that  pestilential  disease  into  this 
Commonwealth. 

The  enclosed  papers  state  the  expence  ineurred  in  pursuance  of  the 
measures  adopted,  and  are  submitted  to  the  Executive  for  their  direc- 
tion thereon. 

I  have,  &c. 
[Papers  not  found.] 


June  23d 


Robert  Pacje  to  the  Governor. 


Frederick  Mr.  Thomas  Taylor  Page  will  deliver  you  a  Letter  fi*om  the  Bscheator 
of  this  county  authenticating  a  claim  which  I  have  against  your  Excel- 
lency acting  under  the  Eesolution  of  the  last  Assembly  respecting  Ee- 
cheutors,  J^c,  for  the  sum  of  fifty  Guineas,  which  yg^  wUl  bo  pleased  tQ 


jtr  ^i=r\n5F  i^vptstas-  i^. 


C  Bi^it 


it.  -mdl  '*im   III II HUM  I  rii«r  :iw  DcfMtttUuw^ > jt  ^tmiKl  tM4>f%HiRk suk 
tuihiaMSw  w^U  ^£n^  «Hsk  iii«etioiu^  jik  jnu  luur  .!»hi«s^v«i  !:>t^Hi$ilt^  :%iHi  ;^ 


Drier  4f  tt&tt  E^tnsikas  <ir  EBmpiiai  :ftC  Wiilttuiwlluc:^  \m  uchr  ^Kt^HH^    ^t4h«^i^ 
i&r  sixteen.  famxaA  Mad  sx  ^ibiliinrf^  :uiii  -^ixptim^r.  pii^:iJl>lu  cm^  i;wtj9^^  tf>l^        ^^^^^ 
son,  Siierif  *i£  S^ua^iHkiiyi,  mr  <£sp«HiiM  «n:  brmcto^  WrUitim  ^IS/c«$ik  2$^  tiir 


Jobn  Sflutk  pnr?  iior  EVAoflsoKL  t^  iiie  tii^r  ai%>asj^l^«»&Misv  ^ivi  ;i^  ^\K^¥«A    s!nAi#^  is^ 
Juror  mt  the  Katc^  lent  ^  tW  Ot^^rt  :U  R^jt^^  Ow^kc^kiwmiFMv  h^  ^^v^^j^k^ 
beittg  ilie  exfMKcil  eo»iitoe«  o<r  kft^  tMiilr  is  lib  mliM«w  1%^  iW  ^nr^^y^x 
of  ike  Indiftikiw  to  wkkh  ke  ttd(J«  oiuk :  »fiM»  I W  ^mKhUx  ii  h^  X^it^v'^sn^ 
Cooper  ms  to  the  dMm^er  to  Im  a|>pKkiMiik4  ml  iW  limi^  «M;^I^  iiH  Jis<^M 
Smith's  neigkborkood,  Ifron  IndimD  iacorsMi^k 


Thomas  Price  to  Johx  Dawj^ox.  nU^h^^M^^ 

Asking  opinion  as  to  the  right  of  agi^nts  to  ii  )H>r  tH>uU  oUim^n)  \\yi 
them,  which  the  auditor  declines  to  pay. 


D.  Hunt  to  the  Govrrxor. 


JlHU^^Mh 


Belates  the  action  of  the  Court  of  Pittsylvania  oounty  in  Uiit  iH^pum*  IMMnvivmiin 
mendation  of  officers  of  the  militia  at  the  February  County  Coiui,  Hhd      «^^mmV)' 


196  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 

1794.  the  dissatisfaction  created  thereby,  whereupon  the  court  was  re-con- 
June  26th  vened  in  June  to  reconsider  the  said  recommendations  when  the  fol- 
lowing were  recommended:  John  Wilson,  as  Col.  of  first  regiment,  Wm. 
Dix,  as  Major  in  the  first  Battalion,  Wm.  Harrison,  as  Major  in  second 
Battalion,  and  a  list  ot  Captains  and  subaltern  officers  recommended  by 
the  Court  furnished  to  the  Executive,  and  commissions  for  the  officers 
so  recommended  solicited. 


June  26th        At  a  Court  held  for  Pittsylvania  county  the  16th  day  of  June,  1794 : 

Present. — John  Wilson,  James  Johnson,  Gilbert  Hunt,  William  Clark, 
William  Wilkinson,  Stephen  Coleman,  William  Harnson,  William  Wit- 
chie,  Vincent  Shelton,  Joshua  Stone,  Samuel  Calland,  William  Dix, 
Chrispie  Shelton,  Gentlemen. 

Ordered,  That  the  following  Boundaries  divide  this  county  into  two 
districts,  to-wit:  Beginning  at  Halifax  county  line  where  it  crosses 
Banister  river,  thenoe  up  the  said  river  to  Hickeys  road,  thence  along 
the  said  road  to  Henry  County  line;  and  that  the  militia  in  the  South 
District  shall  compose  the  first  Regiment,  and  the  Militia  of  the  North 
District  shall  compose  the  second. 


A  Copy — Teste: 


JOS.  AKIN,  D.  C.  P.  C. 


June  26th    Joseph  Biggs  ^ 

V8.  -  Charges. 

Capt.  J  no.  McCullock,   ) 

Prefers  charges  against  Captain  John  McCullock  for  conduct  while  on 
a  scout  on  the  Muskingon  in  November,  1793,  whereupon  a  general 
court  martial  was  ordered  by  General  Biggs,  to  be  composed  of  officers 
of  the  Tenth  Brigade,  the  court  to  state  to  the  Governor  the  evidence 
and  facts,  together  with  their  sentence,  signed  by  the  president  of  court. 


June  26th    Thomas  Johnson,  David  Stuart,  Daniel  Carroll,  Commission- 
ers TO  THE  Governor. 

Washington  You  will  excuse,  Sir,  Our  importunity;  we  have  calculated  on  the 
City  Virginia  Donation  as  a  part  of  the  income  to  defray  the  current  ex- 
penses, and  we  feel  that  from  every  other  source  we  cannot  supply  the 
deficiency  so  as  to  carry  us  through  with  credit,  notwithstanding  we 
have  contracted  our  operations  narrower  than  we  should  otherwise  have 
done. 

We  beg  the  Executive  to  consider  what  a  disagreeable  situation  we 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  197 


are  placed  in,  and  how  mach  the  public  interest  is  injured  by  this  disap-       1794. 
pointment.    On  the  one  hand  the  eye  of  impatience  is  fixed  on  the  pro-    June  26th 
gress  of  the  Business  intrusted  to  our  direction;  on  the  other  we  can 
command  nothing  of  what  we  had  calculated  on  from  the  engagement 
of  a  State,  and  lassitude  and  doubt  benumn  individuals. 

We  entreat  you  that  measures  may  be  taken  to  furnish  us  with  at 
least  some  of  this  money  soon, 

And  are,  sir,  &c. 


J.  Pendleton  to  John  Dawson.  June  26th 

I  confess  I  have  questioned  the  propriety  of  the  claim  set  up  by  the 
Agents  to  an  allowance  of  10  per  cent,  on  all  arrearages  paid  into  the 
Treasury  subsequent  to  their  appointment,  on  a  cursory  supposition  that 
the  Law  would  not  give  a  reward  but  for  services  rendered;  in  other 
words,  that  where  the  Agency  was  not  nor  could  not  from  the  nature  of 
the  business  possibly  be  employed,  the  Agent  would  have  no  right  to 
the  10  per  cent,  on  payments  thus  circumstanced. 

If  the  terms  Sheriffs  or  collectors,  used  in  the  6th  section  of  the  Law, 
were  intended  (as  I  conceive  they  were)  to  describe  the  acting  officers, 
surely  the  claim  cannot  be  supported,  but  if  they  should  be  construed 
to  apply  to  the  debtors  (which  would  be  strange  as  the  word  delinquent 
is  not  used  to  show  that  the  Legislature  meant  them),  it  would  require 
more  technical  subtlety  than  you  are  master  of  to  weaken  their  claim. 
My  opinion  is  perhaps  a  singular  one,  but  I  must  own  you  are  very 
much  inclined  to  think  from  the  Law  that  where  the  payment  is  made 
by  the  delinquent  debtor  before  any  proceedings  are  commenced,  and 
the  Agency  in  nowise  employed,  the  Agent  is  not  entitled  to  the  10  per 
cent. 


E.  Mason  to  the  Governor.  June  27th 

As  arms  have  been  in  some  instances  granted  to  Infantry  Companys, 
and  there  are  but  few  whose  situation  more  require  them  than  ours 
(being  immediately  on  two  navigable  rivers  and  surrounded  by  Towns), 
I  hope,  if  respect  is  paid  to  locality,  that  you  may  believe  my  Company, 
which  belongs  to*the  lower  Battallion,  entitled  to  your  encouragement. 

Receiving  arms  will  create  a  Military  pride,  which  I  hope  will  induce 
young  men  to  offer  their  services,  to  prevent  the  stigma  of  their  fathers 
being  draughted. 

Your  answer  will  be  gratefully  received. 

I  am,  Sec. 


198  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  John  IIicks  to  the  Governor. 

June  27th  Having  been  informed  that  the  Executive  of  this  State  have,  or  are 
Richmond  about  adopting,  measures  to  organize  the  militia,  and  establish  the  quota 
to  be  furnished  by  Virginia,  on  such  principles  as  to  be  enabled  to  march 
at  a  moment's  warning,  agreeable  to  the  act  of  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  I  last  evening  called  a  meeting  of  the  Richmond  Troop  of  Horse, 
when  that  subject  was  laid  before  them,  and  have  the  pleasure,  by  their 
consent,  to  make  a  tender  of  their  services  as  a  part  of  the  first  detach- 
ment from  this  State,  taking  the  earliest  opportunity  of  making  this 
communication  to  you. 

I  have,  &c. 

Division  Orders. 

The  requisition  contained  in  General  Orders  of  the  I5th  for  one  troop 
of  Cavalry  from  the  4th  Division,  must  be  complied  with  by  the  14th 
Brigade ;  the  General  of  which  will  be  pleased  to  take  care  that  the 
troop  annexed  to  said  Brigade  be  accordingly  prepared  &  ready  to  move 
at  a  moment's  warning. 


H 


June  27th  H.   KnOX   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

War  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  Excellency's 

Department  favor  of  the  18th  and  19th  instant,  the  first  of  which  contained  informa- 
tion relative  to  the  equipment  of  the  Danstable  at  Norfolk,  owned  or 
commanded  by  John  Cooke,  &  the  last  relatively  to  a  British  Brig, 
which  you  understood  to  have  been  restored  upon  her  arrival  at  Nor- 
folk, she  being  evidently  taken  within  the  limits  of  the  pi*otection  of  the 
United  States. 

The  President  being  absent  upon  the  receipt  of  these  letters,  they 
have  been  laid  before  the  heads  of  the  departments. 

The  equipment  of  the  Danstable  at  Norfolk  is  considered  as  a  serious 
evil,  &  contravening  essentially  the  principles  of  our  neutrality.  It  is 
understood  at  present  that  she  is  in  the  River  Delaware,  towards  its 
entrance.  Application  is  therefore  made  to  the  minister  of  France  that 
he  would  instantly  cause  hor  to  be  divested  of  her  warlike  equipments, 
under  the  inspection  of  an  officer  of  the  United  States.  Little  doubt  is 
entertained  of  his  compliance,  provided  she  should  still  be  within  the 
reach  of  his  orders.  If,  however,  he  should  decline  his  interference,  it 
is  probable  that  some  effectual  measures  may  be  used  to  compel  Mr. 
Cooper  to  conform  his  vessel  to  the  principles  which  have  been  pre- 
scribed upon  this  subject. 

The  original  arming  of  any  vessels  belonging  to  the  belligerent  pow- 


CALENDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  199 


era,  whether  designed  for  offence  or  defence,  war  or  commerce,  is  abso-       1794. 
lately  prohibited  within  the  United  States.  June  27th 

All  augmentation  of  force  to  any  vessels  of  the  above  description  is 
also  prohibited.  This  rule  will  prevent  new  Gun  Carriages  from  being 
made,  new  port  holes  from  being  cut  in  any  vessels,  additional  guns 
mounted,  or  the  size  or  calibre  of  any  gun  being  changed  or  altered  in 
any  manner  whatever.  This  rule  had  complete  operation  upon  the 
British  letter  of  Marque  ship  Jane,  which  came  into  the  port  of  Phila- 
delphia in  July,  1793.  New  Gun  Carriages  were  made  for  4  guns, 
which  the  said  vessel  had  brought  in  her  hold,  and  she  had  new  port 
holes  cut.  All  these  were  considered  as  unlawful,  and  accordingly  the 
additional  guns  were  dismounted,  the  new  gun  carriages  relanded,  and 
the  new  port  holes  dismounted,  and  effectually  closed  up. 

Any  further  explanations  of  any  of  the  rules  heretofore  transmitted 
to  your  Excellency  shall  be  promptly  given. 

I  have  the  honor  herein  to  transmit  enclosed  an  act  relatively  to  the 
preservation  of  our  neutrality,  entitled  an  act  in  addition  to  the  act  for 
the  punishment  of  certain  crimes  against  the  United  States,  and  also  a 
new  rule  as  to  the  sailing  of  vessels  of  war  of  the  belligerant  nations 
from  the  United  States. 

I  shall  have  the  honor  shortly  to  transmit  some  further  rules  rela- 
tively to  neutral  vessels,  or  vessels  belonging  to  citizens  of  the  United 
States  arming  or  equipping  for  war  within  our  ports. 

I  have,  &o. 


200 

1794. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE   PAPEES. 


June  27lh    Return  of  Laborers  employed  at  Fort  Nelson,  Commencing  the  16th  and 
ending  the  28th  of  June; 


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12 

10 
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6  : 


June  29tli,  1794. 


WM.  GRAVES. 


CAIiKyDAR  OF  STATE   PAPERS,  Jftl 


Retoni  of  Laborers  emplordd  *t  Fort  Xcafolk,  ComiDeiicinig  tb*  l^tii       17) 
and  ending  the  2Sth  of  June :  Jv&e  STlli 


IS 


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20, 

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June  29th, 

1794. 

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WM.    GRAVES. 


RoBBRT  Taylor  to  the  Governor.  June  29th 

When  I  had  the  honor  of  Beeing  you  here  I  suggested  that  I  imagined      Norfolk 
the  Common  Hall  of  this  Borough  would  have  occasion  for  the  money 
borrowed  of  it  for  the  use  of  the  Distressed  French  from  St.  Domingo, 
and  which  I  promised  should  be  repaid  from  the  first  money  received 
from  the  Treasury  for  them. 

A  few  days  since  I  was  called  on  by  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum 
two  hundred  pounds,  and  of  which  Colonel  Newton,  the  then  Mayor, 
promised  to  inform  you,  but  as  he  may  not  have  done  so,  and  as  I  fear  the 
Hall  has  great  use  for  the  money,  you  will  excuse  my  taking  the  liberty 
of  mentioning  it  again  to  you. 

I  have,  ^. 
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of  a  soldier,  readx  asd  desermiiMid  t^  vindicate  and  TMiiiitai^R  t  W  4H^)X>i 
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himself  from  his  knowledge  of  the  Gentlemen  whti>m  h<^  axM\(V«:^v^  «lt^ 
well  as  from  the  anxious  zeal  to  acquire  military  knt>w)<si|;t^  >9rh^h  \h<^^ 
vades  his  fellow  citixens,  that  their  endeavors  ean  not  W  ^ma>^iUlS|t 

If  then,  thos  principled,  and  thus  p^(^pa^Ml,  while  wi>  iidmi\h>  ^hi^  w(ih^ 
and  humane  policy  which  influenced  the  c^>uncils  of  Am^^HuMi^  (h  ih^U' 
efforts  to  preserve  to  us  the  incalculable  ble^ing^  ot  )>^th\  x^'i^  nhv^U  ^M\ 
counter  the  dangers  of  war  with  the  consoling  refli>etioi\  ih«^t  U«  x^\\\% 
are  not  imputable  to  our  nation. 

Division  Ordrrs. 

Each  Aid-de>Camp  will  please  to  provide  th«mii«»lviMii  with  n  hiuik  lov 
the  purpose  of  registering  General  and  division  ortlt^rs,  and  \k\\  dliMitMoHM 
from  the  Adj.-General  transmitted  by  himsolfi  tho  Mii|ois()tihi)t*Ml,  or,  In 
bis  absence,  by  the  Senior  Brigadier. 


204  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 

1794.  The  circulation  of  the  above  orders,  &  the  receipt  and  transmission  of 

Jane  30th    Brigade  Returns,  will  form  part  of  the  duty  of  the  aid-de-camp. 

Major-General  Lee  has  been  pleased  to  appoint  Thomas  Nelson,  ot 

Yorktown,  and  Taylor,  of  Petersburg,  his  aids-de-camp,  who  are 

to  be  obeyed  &  respected  accordingly. 

The  second  &  8th  Brigade,  particularly,  are  assigned  to  Major  Taylor. 
The &  14th  Brigades  are  assigned  to  Major  Nelson. 

July  4th. — Division  Orders. 

The  4th  division  are  required  to  furnish  one  Brigadier,  three  complete 
regiments,  and  nine  complete  companys. 

The  Brigadier  being  appointed  in  General  Orders,  it  is  only  necessary 

to  apportion  to  the  Brigades  their  respective  quotas,  which  is  done  by 

reference  to  the  laws  of  Congress  &  the  bill  organizing  the  militia,  and 

^  by  counting  each  regiment  to  be  complete,  there  being  as  yet  no  returns 

from  the  Brigades  of  their  respective  force. 

2d  brigade  consists  of  six  regiments;  and  will  furnish  one  Brigadier, 
a  Brigade  Inspector,  2  majors,  9  captains,  9  Lieutenants,  8  Ensigns,  35 
Sergeants,  35  corporals,  18  Drums  &  Fifes,  1  Paymaster,  1  Quartermas- 
ter, 1  adjutant,  1  Surgeon,  1  Surgeon's  mate,  1  Sergeant-major,  &  551 
privates. 

8th  Brigade  consists  of  six  rog'ts;  and  will  furnish  1  Lt.-Col.,  1  major, 

9  captains,  9  Lieutenants,  8  Ensigns,  1  paymaster,  1  adjutant,  1  Quar- 
tei  master,  1  surgeon,  1  surgeon's  mate,  1  Sergeant-major,  1  Drum-major, 
1  Fife-major,  35  Sergeants,  35  corporals,  18  Drums  &  Fifes,  &  551  pri- 
vates. 

9th  Brigade  consists  of  7  Reg'ts;  &  will  furnish  1  Lt.-Col.,  2  majors, 

10  Captains,  10  Lieutenants,  10  Ensigns,  1  Paymaster,  1  adjutant,  1 
Quartermaster,  1  Surgeon,  1  Surgeon's  mate,  1  Sergeant-major,  1  Drum- 
major,  1  Fife-major,  40  Sergeants,  40  Corporals,  20  Drums  &  Fifes,  &  646 
privates. 

14th  Brigade  consists  of  8  Reg'ts;  &  will  furnish  1  Lt.-Col.,  2  majors, 
10  Captains,  10  Lieutenants,  11  Ensigns,  1  paj-master,  1  adjutant,  1 
Quartermaster,  1  Surgeon,  1  Surgeon's  mate,  1  Sergeant-major,  2  Drum- 
majors,  2  Fife-majors,  41  Sergeants,  41  corporals,  20  Drums  &  Fifes,  & 
754  privates. 

The  Brigadiers  will  please  to  exert  themselves  to  carry  into  full 
effects  the  General  Orders  with  all  convenient  dispatch,  &  will  make 
report  of  their  proceedings  with  the  required  returns  to  the  Major- 
General,  to  whom  no  satisfaction  can  be  more  gratifying  than  that 
which  he  hopes  to  derive  from  the  exemplary  and  soldier-like  conduct 
of  the  division  which  he  has  the  honor  to  command. 

For  the  General  Officers,  the  dark  blue  coat,  skirts  lined  with  buff, 
capes,  lapels  and  cuffs  buff,  buttons  yellow. 

Epaulets  gold,  one  on  each  shoulder,  black  cocked  hat,  with  black 
cockade,  black  stock,  boots  and  side  arms. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  205 


That  tho  UDiform  tor  the  Infantry  be  a  dark  blue  surtourt,  with  half-       1794. 
lapels,  duffs  and  capes  white,  white  lining  and  buttons,  vests  and  over-    June  30th 
alls  white,  with  black  gaiters,  black  half-boots,  black  stocks,  hat  round 
and  cocked  in  the  lefl  side,  with  black  cockade. 

That  the  uniform  of  the  grenadiers  be  the  same  with  the  Infantry, 
with  the  distinction  of  longer  coats  and  cocked  hats. 

That  the  uniform  for  the  Cavalry  be  a  short  green  coat  with  buttons, 
lining,  half-lapels,  cuffs  and  capes  white,  white  vests  and  leather  breeches, 
with  Jack  boots,  spurs  and  black  stocks  and  black  leather  cap  dressed 
on  the  crown  with  bear  skin. 

That  the  Officers  of  the  Infantry,  Grenadiers,  Riflemen  and  Cavalry 
be  distinguished  by  epaulets  of  silver,  the  officers  of  Artillery  be  dis- 
tinguished by  epaulets  of  gold;  field  officers  to  wear  two  epaulets, 
the  captains  one  on  the  right,  the  subalterns  one  on  the  lefl;  all  officers 
to  wear  side  arms  and  boots. 

That  the  uniform  for  the  Rifle  company  be  linen  hunting  shirts  of 
purple  colour,  with  overalls  of  the  same,  leather  moccasins,  or  shoes.  In- 
fantry hats  with  black  stock. 


Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,     juiy  2d 

TO  THE  Governor. 

I  observe  by  the  letter  of   the  British  Consul  at  Norfolk  that  the    Richmond 
owners  of  the  vessels  alledged  to  have  been  captured  within  the  mar- 
ine limits  of  the  United  States,  have  libelled  them  in  the  District  Court 
of  Maryland  with  a  view,  I  presume,  to  litigate  there  the  legality  of 
their  capture. 

If  this  be  the  case,  the  question  is  sub  judice,  and  being  before  the 
court  of  another  district,  is  out  of  the  sphere  of  my  official  agency.  • 
The  only  case  of  this  sort  in  which  I  have  acted,  was  one  which  I  un- 
derstood to  be  depending  before  the  Executive  of  the  United  States, 
but  as  the  district  courts  have  now  exclusive  jurisdiction  upon  such 
subjects,  the  evidence  to  be  taken  must  be  obtained  by  the  parties  con- 
cerned, in  the  modes  prescribed  by  law. 

I  have,  &c. 


John  Trigg  to  the  Governor.  July  3d 

In  consequence  of  the  militia  of  Bedford  county  being  divided  into      Bedford 
two  regiments,  and  designated  by  the  10th  and  91st  regiments,  this  has       county 
occasioned  a  contrariety  of  opinions  amongst  the  militia  officers  res- 
pecting the  raising  companys  of  light  Infantry  by  voluntary  enlistment. 


206  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Some  of  the  officers  are  of  opinion  that  as  those  companys  are  to  be 

July  3d  raised  by  voluntary  enlistment,  that  consequently  they  have  a  right  to 
enlist  them  from  any  other  regiment  other  than  that  which  they  live 
in;  while  others  of  the  officers  think  that  the  enlistment  of  those  men 
are  confined  to  the  respective  regiments  of  which  the  officers  are  an- 
nexed to  make  a  part  of.  Would  your  Excellency  be  so  good  to  signify 
your  opinion  as  to  the  latitude  which  the  law  gives  respecting  the  enlist- 
ment of  men  of  the  above  description,  and  in  the  mean  time, 

I  am,  &c. 


July  6th  John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 

Norfolk  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  yours  of  the  2d  of 

July. 

Mr.  Moore,  the  clerk  of  the  court  of  Admiralty,  has  arrived,  and  has 
taken  the  interrogatories  of  the  witnesses  in  the  case  of  the  ship 
Charles  and  Schooner  Delight,  so  that  business  being  now  settled,  your 
Excellency  will  be  pleased  to  decline  any  further  trouble  on  the  occa- 
sion. 

I  am  authentically  informed  that  John  Sinclair  and  others  of  Smith- 
field,  as  now  fitting  out  a  large  ship  as  a  privateer  to  carry  twenty 

guns,  and  that  a  Capt.  Doharty  and  a  Mr. now  in  this  place  and 

Portsmouth,  are  enlisting  and  recruiting  men  for  the  said  ship. 

This  being  contrary  to  an  act  of  Congress  passed  last  session,  you  will 
no  doubt  take  such  steps  as  appears  to  you  proper  to  put  a  stop  to  the 
equipment  of  the  said  ship  contrary  to  the  laws  of  neutrality,  and  to 
the  above  act  of  Congress  made  for  such  purposes. 

I  inclose  you  an  Invoice  of  my  Plate  with  the  first  Cost  and  Charges, 
&  a  State  of  the  lowest  price  I  will  take.  The  payment,  either  Cash, 
Bills  of  Exchange,  Tobacco,  or  Flour,  at  the  market  price.  The  arti- 
cles have  never  been  used,  and  are  now  in  the  case. 

I  had  just  wrote  this  far,  when  I  was  favored  with  your  Excellency's 
letter  of  the  3d,  with  the  Attorney -Generars  inclosed,  and  thank  yoo 
for  your  attention  to  this  Business,  which  is  exactly  conducted  as  Mr. 
Campbell  has  stated. 

With,  &c. 


July  6th  Proclamation  of  Governor  Lbb. 

By  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia — A  Proclamation. 

Whereas,  I  have  received  information  that  some  wicked  and  evil-dis- 
posed person  or  persons,  whose  names  are  unknown,  did;  on  the  night 


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of  the  20th  of  Jane  last,  feloniously  steal  and  take  away  Two  Children  1794. 
of  Peggy  Howell,  a  free  Mulatto  living  in  the  county  of  Charlotte,  with  July  6th 
a  design,  as  is  supposed,  to  sell  them  in  some  of  the  neighboring  States 
as  Slaves,  the  name  &  description  of  which  children  are  contained  in 
the  Hue  and  Cry  subjoined.  And  whereas,  the  rights  of  humanity  arc 
deeply  interested  in  the  restoration  of  the  Children  to  their  parent, 
and  the  good  order  of  society  is  involved  in  the  punishment  of  the 
offenders,  I  do  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  Council  of  State  issue 
this  my  Proclamation  offering  a  Reward  of  Fifly  Dollars  for  the  recovery 
of  each  of  the  said  children,  and  the  further 'sum  of  one  hundred  dollars 
for  apprehending  and  securing  in  the  public  jail  of  Charlotte  county 
the  offender  or  offenders. 

Given  under  my  hand  as  Governor,  and  under  the  Seal  ot  the  Com- 
monwealth, in  Council  Chamber,  at  Richmond,  this  8th  day  of  July,  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four. 

HENRY  LEE. 

To  the  Sheriffs  and  Constables  within  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia 
to  whom  this  shall  come : 

Charlotte  County,  Set. : 

Whereas  Peggy  Howell,  of  this  county  (Mulatto  free  woman),  has 
this  day  made  oath  before  me,  Robert  Bedford,  one  of  the  Justices  of 
the  Peace  for  the  county  aforesaid,  that  on  the  night  of  the  20th  instant 
(June)  two  of  her  children  were  kidnapped  and  feloniously  taken  away 
by  persons  unknown,  who  are  since  fled  for  the  same,  and  are  not  yet 
apprehended. 

These  are  therefore  in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth,  to  charge  and 
command  you,  and  every  —  of  you,  in  your  several  precincts,  to  search 
diligently  for  the  said  persons,  and  to  make  hue  and  cry  after  them  from 
county  to  county,  and  if  you  shall  find  the  persons  by  whom  the  said 
robbery  was  committed,  or  whom  you  shall  have  just  cause  to  suspect 
thereof,  that  then  you  apprehend  and  bring  him,  her,  or  them,  before 
some  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  county  where  they  shall  be  taken,  to 
be  dealt  with  as  the  law  directs. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  22d  of  June,  1794. 

ROBERT  BEDFORD. 

P.  S.  The  children  were  both  boys,  between  four  and  five  years  old, 
stout  and  well  made.  One  named  Peter  Toney,  of  a  dark  complexion, 
is  blind  of  his  right  eye,  having  a  film  over  it,  and  in  his  lefl  eye  a  small 
white  speck  near  the  sight;  has  recently  lost  one  of  his  finger  nails  by 
a  wound ;  has  a  wound  in  his  forehead,  occasioned  by  a  burn,  which  is 
not  quite  well,  and  may  probably  leave  a  scar.  His  hair  (which  is  not 
inelined  to  be  very  long)  ht^  b^en  lately  trimed  pretty  close,  i^ll  tQ  ^ 


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1794.  little  on  the  back  part  of  his  neck,  between  his  ears.  Had  on  when  he 
July  6th  was  taken  away,  a  coat  and  overalls  of  blue  plains,  his  coat  (having  a 
row  of  small  metal  buttons  on  each  side  and  no  button  hole)  was  fastened 
by  strings.  The  other,  named  Edmund  Booker,  of  a  dark  complexion 
likewise,  his  hair  short  and  sun  burnt,  his  fore  teeth  decayed  and  turned 
black,  has  a  scar  on  his  right  knee,  occasioned  by  a  burn ;  had  on  when 
taken  away,  an  osnabrigs  shirt. 


July  6th  At  a  Court  of  Oyer  &  Terminer  held  at  the  Court-house  of  Spotsyl- 
vania County  on  Monday,  the  seventh  day  of  July,  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  ninety-four,  for  the  trial  of  Ned,  a  negro  man  slave,  the 
property  of  Peggy  Chew  Carter,  of  the  county  of  Caroline,  and  of 
Harry,  a  negro  man  slave,  the  property  of  Jerry  Morton  of- the  said 
County  of  Spotsylvania,  who  stand  charged  with  the  murder  of  James, 
a  negro  man  slave,  the  property  of  the  said  Jeremiah  Morton. 

After  hearing  the  testimony  of  divers  witnesses  and  of  them,  the 
prisoners,  the  court  found  them  both  guilty  of  the  crime  of  murder  as 
charged  and  sentenced  them  to  be  hung  on  Monday,  the  11th  day  of 
August  next. 


July  8th  A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor. 

Botetourt  Inclosed  you  will  have  a  letter  containing  Capt.  Crockett's  resigna- 
tion,  with  his  reasons,  which  I  have  taken  the  earliest  opportunity  by 
accidental  conveyance  to  make  you  acquainted  with,  and  am  heartily 
sorry  for  the  loss  of  so  good  an  officer.  I  hope  your  Excellency  will 
consider  the  disagreeable  situation  that  I  now  stand  in,  having  com- 
mand of  three  companys  and  almost  without  officers.  You  are  too  well 
acquainted  with  the  command  of  troops  to  expect  that  soldiers  will  do 
their  duty  fully  without  under  the  eye  of  those  they  are  obliged  to  obey. 
Were  the  troops  garrisoned  convenient  to  others,  it  might  be  done,  but 
where  in  so  many  different  stations  as  those  are,  and  at  so  considerable 
a  distance  from  others,  it  is  impossible,  and  hope  that  Capt.  Ci*ockett's 
place  will  be  immediately  filled  by  commissioning  a  proper  person,  and 
also  subalterns  for  the  vacancys  now  in  the  companys  occasioned  by  the 
resignations  of  Ensigns  Campbell  and  Adams. 

When  I  left  the  frontiers  the  other  day  all  was  well.  Some  time  ago 
we  were  amused  with  the  prospect  of  peace  with  the  Cherokees,  by  a 
talk  from  the  Hanging  Man  to  Governor  Blount.  At  that  time,  an 
Indian  among  those  Tribes,  known  by  the  title  of  Colonel  Watts,  with 
some  other  of  the  chiefs,  were  at  Pensacola,  since  which  they  have  re* 
turned,  and  report  says  that  Watts  has  sent  in  a  Talk  to  Governor 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  209 


Bloont  that  he  may  expect  nothing  but  war;  that  he  is  determined  to       1794. 
have  revenge  for  the  blood  spilt.     If  this  is  true,  we  shall  have  plenty  to  do.     July  8th 

Having  a  very  considerable  harvest  on  hand,  and  the  misfortune  to 
lose  some  hands,  occasions  me  to  bo  at  home  a  short  time.  So  soon  as 
possible  shall  return.  Should  instructions  come  forward  for  Captain 
Hawkins  to  take  his  post,  I  fear  it  will  be  hard  to  meet  with  him,  as  he 
is  at  present  out  of  the  State,  nor  do  I  know  when  he  will  return. 

I  am,  &c. 

Head  of  Clinch,  June  22d,  1794.         July  gth 
Dear  Sir: 

On  the  last  day  ot  this  month  you  as  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  Troops  defending  the  Southwestern  Frontier,  will  be  pleased  to 
accept  of  my  resignation  as  Captain  of  a  company  of  volunteer  militia, 
placed  under  your  instructions  by  order  of  the  Executive  of  Virginia. 

The  reasons  of  my  resignation  are,  that  I  may  acquire  the  knowledge 
necessary  for  a  clerk  of  the  county  court,  by  the  instruction  of  Major 
Smith,  who  intends  to  remove  from  the  Courthouse  next  spring,  and 
eleven  of  the  members  of  the  last  court  requested  me  to  do  the  business 
in  court  myself,  that  a  full  court  should  not  be  wanting  in  future. 

I  am  always  ready  to  be  advised  by  my  friends,  but  am  determined 
no  part  of  my  conduct  shall  ever  be  governed  by  my  enemies. 

I  should  indeed  be  happy,  was  it  in  my  power,  to  accompany  you  next 
fall  to  one  of  the  Indian  Towns,  but  it  will  be  out  of  my  power  so  to 
do.  However,  I  wish  you  the  same  success,  and  that  your  conduct  may 
always  continue  to  meet  the  appellation  of  "  well  done  good  and  faith- 
ful servant,"  as  well  as  pave  the  way  for  a  trust  of  greater  importance. 

Accept,  &c., 

R.  CROCKETT. 
Captain  A.  Lewis. 


R.  Crockett  to  the  Governor.  July  8th 

Having  obtained  the  clerkship  of  this  county,  and  finding  it  difficult  to      Wythe 
employ  a  Deputy  capable  of  doing  the  business  ot  that  office,  urged  me 
to  a  resignation  of  my  appointment  on  the  Southwestern  Frontier. 

On  the  first  day  of  this  month,  I  left  the  Head  of  Clinch  and  about 
the  20th  of  last,  wrote  to  Capt.  Lewis  as  Commandant  of  the  Troops 
defending  the  Southwestern  Frontier,  to  accept  of  my  resignation,  ex- 
pecting he  was  authorized  so  to  do.  I  expected  an  answer  from  Capt. 
Lewis  immediately  after  he  received  my  letter,  but  he  having  left  the 
Frontiers  a  few  days  before,  I  suppose  is  the  reason  I  have  not  got  one. 

The  other  day  I  saw  General  Tate,  who  is  of  opinion  that  no  person  is 

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210  CALBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPEES. 


1794.        authorized  to  accept  of  my  resignation  but  your  Excellency.     In  conse- 

July  8th     quence  of  which,  and  not  receiving  an  answer  from  Capt.  Lewis  I  shall 

without  loss  of  time  return  to  the  Frontiers,  and  there  remain  until  I 

have  the  approbation  of  your  Excellency  for  my  resignation,  as  I  would 

be  really  sorry  to  do  anything  as  an  officer  which  the  Executive  might 

think  improper. 

I  am,  &c. 


July  8th         At  a  court  held  for  the  county  of  Wythe  on  Tuesday,  the  8th  day  of 
July,  1794  : 

Present:  William  Davis,  John  Adams,  Leonard  Straw,  Robert  Sayers 
James  Finley,  Gentlemen  Justices. 

Ordered  that  John  Thompson  Sayers,  William  Thompson  and  Alex- 
ander Buchanon  be  recommended  to  His  Excellency  the  Governor  as 
Sheriflfe  for  the  county  of  Wythe. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

W.  DROPE,  D.  CPk. 


July  9th  Arthur  Campbell  to  the  Governor. 

Washington  By  intelligence  fVom  Knoxville,  the  uncle  of  Capt.  Bench  is  out  with 
thirty  warriors  to  take  revenge  in  Virginia.  The  necessity  of  having 
some  men  on  duty  near  Mockison  Gap,  the  former  place  of  his  haunts, 
and  now  we  suppose  of  his  avengers,  seems  urgent.  Were  Captain 
Lewis*  company  so  arranged  as  to  cover  that  settlement,  and  he  be  act- 
ive in  ranging  the  woods,  it  might  in  a  degree  appease  the  fears  of  the 
Inhabitants.  That  part  of  Lee  county  which  turned  out  so  cleverly 
under  Lieut.  Hobbs  in  pursuit  of  Bench,  is  altogether  exposed;  that  is 
they  have  no  part  oT  the  guard  on  duty  nearer  than  forty  miles.  My 
own  conjecture  is,  that  Hobbs  and  his  friends  may  be  the  sufferers. 
All  late  accounts  say  that  the  whole  of  the  lower  Cherokees  are  for  war. 

I  am,  &c. 

P.  S. — I  write  by  a  traveller. 

July  9th  Robert  Andrews  to  the  Governor. 

Williams-        Last  Monday  the  Hustings  Court  of  this  city  recommended   to  the 
""^        Executive,  officers  for  the  company  of  militia. 

The  appointment,  I  think,  is  judicious,  and  it  has  the  approbation  of 
the  people.  The  members  of  the  court  desire  me  to  solicit  .a  small  sup- 
ply of  public  arms  for  this  company,  which  I  suppose  will  consist  of 
about  one  hundred  good  men.    If  the  principles   which  govern  the 


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Executive  in  their  distribution  of  arms  will  permit  a  compliance  with        1794. 
the  wishes  of  the  magistrates  of  Williamsburg  on  this  occasion,  I  am     July  9th 
persuaded  the  public  property  will  be  safely  entrusted,  and  into  hands 
which  will  at  all  times  make  proper  use  of  it. 

I  am,  &c. 


Virginia — To-wit: 

James  Bfonroe,  Esq.,  who  was  duly  chosen  a  Senator  for  this  Com-  July  10th 
monwealth  in  pursuance  of  the  Constitution  for  the  United  States  of 
America,  having  resigned  during  the  recess  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
Commonwealth,  I,  Henry  Lee,  being  Governor  or  Chief  Magistrate  of 
the  Commonwealth,  have  therefore  thought  fit  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  privy  council,  or  council  of  State,  and  by  virtue  of 
the  said  Constitution,  to  appoint  Patrick  Henry,  Esquire,  to  be  and  act 
as  a  Senator  for  the  Commonwealth,  until  the  next  meeting  of  the 
Legislature  thereof. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Commonwealth  this  10th 
day  of  July,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four. 

HENRY  LEE. 


Wyatt  Coleman  to  the  Governor.  juiy  loth 

From  two  considerations  I  beg  leave  once  more  officially  to  represent      Capitol 
to  your  Excellency  the  defective  state  of  the  roof  of  the  Capitol,  which 
by  the  late  heavy  rains,  has  rendered  the   Council  Chamber  already 
unsafe  from  the  great  probability  of  the  plaster  falling. 

It  need  hardly  be  further  presented  that  in  a  very  short  time  the 
timbers  which  support  the  roof  must  decay  by  being  exposed  to  wet 
whenever  it  rains,  and  that  the  consequent  ruin  of  the  building  must 
follow. 

The  second  consideration  respects  myself,  who  have  in  consequence 
of  these  defects,  had  an  extraordinary  duty  imposed  upon  me,  which  I 
have  heretofore  understood  belonged  to  another,  to-wit:  the  keeping  in 
order  the  Council  chamber. 

The  duties  of  my  office  originally  were  more  than  I  could  execute, 
which  compelled  me  to  hire  a  servant,  an  expense  I  could  very  illy 
afford  to  incur  from  £30  per  annum.  I  shall  esteem  it  a  singular  favor 
if  your  Excellency  will  be  so  good  as  to  define  particulaily  my  duty, 
which  I  will  spare  no  pains  to  execute. 

I  have,  &c. 


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1794. 


Samuel  Coleman  to  the  Governor. 


July  nth 

Capitol 


At  the  request  ot  Mr.  Minor^  and  on  behalf  of  the  keeper  who  can- 
not get  to  the  top  of  the  Capital,  I  have  this  morning  been  upon  its 
roof,  and  beg  leave  for  the  information  of  your  Excellency  to  state  that 
in  covering  the  same  the  sheets  of  lead  have  been  placed  up  and  down, 
and  combined  by  folding  the  edges  together;  thus  for  near  half-way  to 
the  top  on  the  northwest  side,  forming  a  sheet  of  such  immense  weight 
that  the  nails  heretofore  intended  for  that  purpose  could  not  prevent  it 
from  sliding  down  and  leaving  a  chasm  between  this  and  the  sheet 
next  above,  which  is  laid  on  and  combined  in  the  same  manner,  and 
which  from  its  great  weight  also  slides  down,  leaving  a  chasm  between 
that  and  a  third  sheet  which  roaches  to  the  top.  That  the  southeast 
side  of  the  roof  is  nearly  in  the  same  situation.  That  it  appears  to  me 
impracticable  to  keep  the  roof  tight  with  the  lead  put  on  as  it  is  now, 
even  with  the  most  faithful  workmanship,  which  I  do  not  believe  from 
present  appearances  has  been  practiced  upon  it. 

I  was  forcibly  struck  with  the  propriety  of  an  observation  made  by 
Mr.  Minor  while  upon  the  roof,  tehich  was  that  the  most  eligible  mode 
of  putting  on  the  lead  would  be  to  lay  it  in  single  sheets  across  the 
rafters,  beginning  at  the  bottom  and  nailing  them  and  lapping  them 
sufficiently  to  keep  the  roof  secure  (explained  below).  That  the  alter- 
ation thus  contemplated  would  be  attended  with  considerable  expense. 
That  at  present  for  a  temporary  prevention  of  the  injury  occasioned  by 
the  leaks,  planks  have  been  introduced  into  the  chasm  before  mentioned, 
which  but  very  partially  answers  the  purpose.  That  the  introduc- 
tion of  sheets  of  Lead  (if  to  be  had)  instead  of  plank  could  not  be  ex- 
pected to  answer  any  better  for  any  length  of  time;  and  that  Mr.  Minor 
wishes  a  committee  of  the  Executive  to  examine  the  roof  in  order  to  a 


decision  what  ought  to  be  done. 


I  have,  &c. 


[N.  B. — Accompanying  this  letter  is  a  rude  diagram,  which  cannot  be 
easily  copied.] 


July  11th 


Norfolk 


J.   J.    W.    RiVARDI   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

I  have  the  honor  hereby  to  forward  to  your  Excellency  the  Map  I 
have  made  of  Elizabeth's  river;  all  the  distances  you  requested  me  to 
determine  are  accurately  measured,  and  any  other  you  should  like  to 
know  within  the  reach  of  the  guns  of  the  forts,  can  be  measured  by  the 
scale  which  is  annexed  to  the  Map.  I  drew  a  copy  of  it  for  the  War 
Office,  but,  unhappily,  it  is  too  large  to  enter  the  mail;  I  have  therefore 
been  forced  to  injure  it  much  by  folding  it.     When  I  have  a  little  time, 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  213 

I  intend  to  make  a  second  chart,  inclading  the  Gapes,  but  it  requires  a       1794. 
trip  of  a  few  days,  and  that  must  be  lefl  for  the  future.  July  11th 

Had  I  not  known  that  accuracy  and  clearness  are  the  first  objects  re- 
qoired  in  plans,  I  would  have  mine  and  made  a  drawing  of  it  but  I 
hope  this  answers  every  purpose. 

Mr.  Courty  has  just  finished  the  copy  of  Port  Nelson,  which  I  gave 
him  to  do  before  your  departure.  I  therefore  did  the  whole  of  these 
myself,  and  shall  request  him  now  to  do  some  other  business  concerning 
Craney  Island. 

Notwithstanding  the  bad  weather,  Port  Nelson  goes  on  tolerably  well. 
Most  of  the  platforms  are  placed,  the  new  lines  more  than  half  raised 
towards  the  land  side,  and  the  powder  magazine  so  advanced  that  if  the 
weather  is  more  favorable  it  will  be  completed  in  a  few  days. 

Tour  Excellency  will  see  by  the  enclosed  return  that  it  was  impossible 
to  keep  any  hands  working  at  Port  Norfolk — a  division  of  our  means 
would  reduce  them  to  a  trifle.  The  guns  arrived  from  Elk  are,  some  of 
them,  good,  some  very  indifferent,  and  only  proper  for  short  distances. 
I  therefore  shall  have  them  mounted  on  the  battery  which  commands 
the  entrance  of  the  harbour. 

Mrs.  Rivardi  presents  her  respectful  compliments  to  Mrs.  Lee,  and 

I  have,  Ac. 


Receipts  given  to  Alex'r  Lary  for  packets  and  letters  delivered  by  him 
to  sundry  parties  to  whom  sent  on  ofiicial  business. 


Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General   U.   S.,  to  the        juiy  nth 

Governor. 

It  having  been  represented  to  your  Excellency  by  the  British  Consul  Richmond 
at  Norfolk,  that  a  Mr.  Sinclair  and  some  other  persons  at  Smithfield,  are 
fitting  out  a  ship  to  act  as  a  privateer  in  the  present  war  of  Europe;  I 
shall  consider  it  as  my  duty  if  this  shall  appear  to  be  true,  to  prosecute 
on  the  part  of  the  United  States  for  the  forfeiture  and  penalties  which 
have  been  incurred  by  this  violation  of  their  laws.  But  before  such 
prosecution  can  be  instituted  by  me,  I  must  be  certified  that  there  is  at 
least  probable  ground  for  it,  and  though  Mr.  Hamilton's  information  on 
this  head  be  respectable,  yet  it  is  not  legally  sufficient.  It  only  fur- 
nishes cause  for  an  inquiry  into  the  fact,  which  it  is  within  the  proper 
province  of  the  Executive  to  make. 

If  upon  this  enquiry  the  Executive  or  the  officer  whom  they  shall  ap- 
point for  that  purpose,  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  representation  of  the 
British  Consul  is  well  founded,  I  must  request  that  your  Excellency  will 


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CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       in  that  case  direct  the  vessel  to  be  arrested  and  detained  until  means  can 
July  11th    be  taken  by  the  civil  power  to  enforce  the  laws  upon  this  subject. 

I  am,  &c. 


July  12th 


William  Lindsay  to  the  Governor. 


Collector's       Enclosed  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  I  have  received  from  Copeland  Parker, 


office 


Norfcak      ^"^'^  ^^  ^^^  P^^^  ^^  Smithfield. 


I  am,  &c., 


July  12th 


A  copy. 


Sir: 


Surveyor's  Office,  Smithfield, 

July  8th,  1794. 


In  conformity  to  your  request  I  have  examined  the  ship  Unicorn, 
now  at  this  place  under  a  state  of  repair. 

The  ship  appears  to  be  about  65  feet  keel,  24  Beam,  and  9  feet  hold, 
was  built  during  the  late  war  in  Maryland,  is  sharp  built,  and  must  sail 
fast  from  appearance;  her  upper  Deck  has  been  cut  down.  She  now 
appears  to  be  fitting  for  an  armed  vessel,  having  a  slight  waist  ran  up, 
with  eleven  port  holes  of  a  side.  She  is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  John 
Sinclair,  a  native  of  this  country,  who  has  expatriated  himself  by  law 
and  calls  himself  a  citizen  of  France.  ECe  has  many  men  Imployed  upon 
the  ship,  and  from  appearances  she  may  be  ready  to  sail  in  three  weeks. 
A  number  of  Guns  are  laying  by  her,  which  is  intended  for  her,  and 
from  every  appearance  she  is  designed  for  a  Cruizing  vessel.  What  may 
be  Mr.  Sinclair's  intentions  I  do  not  know,  but  it  is  generally  said  she 
is  to  go  to  sea  armed  and  well  manned  with  citizens  of  the  United  States. 
It  is  thought  by  some,  that  she  has  been  commissioned  by  Admiral 
Vanstable,  by  others  that  she  is  to  go  to  a  French  port,  and  there  ob- 
tain a  commission  to  act  against  the  Enemies  of  the  French  Republic. 

I  am,  &c, 

Signed  COPELAND  PARKER,  Surveyor. 

To  Wm.  Lindsay,  Esq*r, 

Collector  of  Norfolk. 


July  14th 


Robert  Andrews  to  Governor  Lee. 


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Williams-        ^^'  ^*^*  waits  on  you  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  money  for  the 
btug        use  of  the  Lunatic  hospital,  and  supposing  it  might  give  more  weight 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  216 


to  his  application,  he  has  requested  me  to  represent  to  you  the  neces-  1794. 
sities  of  that  institution.  I  am  sensible  that  this  is  not  necessary,  and  July  14th 
that  your  directions  respecting  the  draft  will  depend  on  the  state  of  the 
Public  treasury.  When  the  directors  of  the  hospital  last  met^  on  en- 
quiry into  the  claims  on  it,  they  found  them  to  amount  nearly  to  the 
sum  now  applied  for,  and  I  believe  Mr.  Gait  has  been  obliged  to  borrow 
money  of  his  friends  for  its  support. 

With,  &c. 


Samuel  Butler  to  the  Governor.  Julyi5th 

Your  letter  of  the  11th  instant  sent  by  express  to  Brigadier-General  Surry 
Bradley  was  left  at  his  seat  in  this  county  on  the  succeeding  day.  As 
the  General  was  then  in  Powhatan,  and  his  return  not  expected  for  a 
considerable  time,  and  as  I  thought  it  probable  that  the  contents  of 
your  letter  might  require  immediate  attention,  I  took  the  liberty  of 
opening  it. 

Yesterday  morning  I  went  down  to  Smithfield,  and  immediately  on 
my  arrival  there  I  waited  on  Mr.  James  Wells,  who  is  the  Colo.  Com- 
mandant of  Isle  of  Wight  county,  and  who  resides  in  Smithfield,  of 
whom  I  enquired  respecting  Mr.  Sinclair's  fitting  out  a  ship  at  that 
place  for  a  privateer.  Col.  Wells  told  me  there  had  been  such  a  report, 
and  in  consequence  thereof  he  had  endeavored  to  obtain  every  possible 
information  concerning  it,  but  that  he  had  not  been  able  to  establish  the 
fact,  nor  did  he  believe  that  it  was  the  intention  of  Mr.  Sinclair,  or  any 
one  concerned  in  the  Ship,  to  fit  her  out  for  the  above  purpose. 

After  making  the  fullest  inquiry  of  every  disinterested  person  from 
whom  I  could  expect  to  receive  the  smallest  information,  and  having 
strictly  examined  the  ship  (which  I  found  to  have  been  lately  cut  down, 
and  on  board  of  which  were  eighteen  wooden  guns),  I  waited  on  Mr. 
Sinclair,  and  interrogated  him  respecting  the  matter.  He  solemnly 
declared  to  me  that  the  ship  wes  not  intended  for  a  privateer.  That  he 
had  sold  one>half  of  her  to  a  Gent.,  at  whose  request  he  had  cut  her 
down,  and  that  they  meant  shortly  to  load  her  for  France,  where  they 
expected  to  make  sale  of  her.  Mr.  Sinclair  farther  assured. me  that  no 
commission  ever  had  been  obtained  for  the  ship,  and  that  neither  he  nor 
his  partner  had  it  in  idea  ever  to  make  application  for  one. 

Upon  the  whole,  sir,  I  did  not  conceive  that  the  grounds  of  suspicion 
were  sufiSciently  strong  to  justify  my  taking  possession  of  the  ship. 
Colonel  Wills,  however,  has  assured  me  that  should  he  have  good  reasons 
to  believe  that  an  attempt  will  be  made  to  violate  the  neutrality  of  the 
United  States  by  fitting  out  the  above  ship  for  a  privateer,  every  neces- 
sary and  legal  measure  within  his  power  shall  be  adopted  in  order  to 
prevent  it. 


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CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Hoping,  sir,  that  my  conduct  in   this  business  will  meet  with  your 

July  15th    approbation, 

I  have,  &c. 


July  16th 

Collector's 

office, 

Norfolk 


Wm.  Lindsay  to  the  Governor. 

Since  my  letter  to  you  of  the  12th  instant  respecting  the  ship  arming 
at  Smithfield,  I  have  received  information  from  Mr.  Parker,  Surveyor  for 
that  Port,  that  a  vessel  has  arrived  there  from  Baltimore  with  300  four- 
pound  balls,  and  a  considerable  quantity  of  powder  and  grape  shot  for 
the  further  equipment  of  said  ship. 

It  is  said  she  will  be  ready  for  sea  sooner  than  was  expected. 

I  am,  &c. 


July  16th 


Wyatt  Coleman,  Sr.,  to  the  Governor. 
Asking  instruction  as  to  his  duty  as  Keeper  of  the  Capitol. 


July  16th 


William  Lowther  to  the  Governor. 


Clarksburg  On  my  way  to  visit  the  posts  on  the  Ohio,  at  Morgan  Town  I  received 
yours  of  the  9th  of  April.  I  am  sorry  to  observe  by  a  letter  from  Gen'l 
Wood,  of  the  26th  of  June,  that  I  am  suspected  of  disobedience  of  orders, 
but  do  not  doubt  of  standing  excused  when  your  Excellency  is  assured 
I  did  not  receive  the  orders  prior  to  Mr.  Martin's  setting  out  for  your  city. 
I  am  at  present  but  a  few  days  returned  from  the  Towns,  and  am  making 
the  necessary  arrangements  for  a  prompt  compliance  with  your  request, 
and  the  Troops  shall  be  stationed  on  the  river  in  the  most  judicious 
manner  I  am  capable  of  directing. 

Although  the  orders  I  received  from  Gen'l  Wood  are  to  station  the 
men  between  HoUiday's  Cove  and  Little  Kanawha,  yet  I  have  ventured 
to  direct  Captain  Bogard  to  take  bis  stand  at  the  mouth  of  Great  Stock- 
hocking  about  16  miles  below  the  mouth  of  Little  Kanawha,  as  I  am 
fully  sensible  the  enemy  very  frequently  pass  and  repass  at  and  near 
that  place  when  they  commit  depredations  in  this  country.  But  should 
your  Excellency  <liBapprove  of  the  measure,  they  shall  be  immediately 
removed.  So  soon  as  I  take  my  station  on  the  river  I  will  endeavor  to 
make  returns  and  forward  all  material  occurrences. 

The  pay  abstracts  presented  by  Mr.  Martin  were  returned  as  informal. 
I  shall  send  others,  which  I  trust  will  be  satisfactory,  and  beg  leave  to 
request  to  be  notified  so  soon  as  the  money  is  ready,  as  many  are  uneasy 
at  its  long  delay. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  217 


I  just  receiTed  infomuition  that  I  believe  muj  be  relied  npon,  that  ft 
party  of  Indians  attacked  a  part  of  Captain  McCollock's  company  near       1794. 
the  month  of  Cross  creek  on  the  north  side  of  the  river,  and  killed  three,    Jaly  16th 
and  about  the  same  time  three  men  were  also  killed  on  the  river  near  to 
the  Pennsylvania  line. 

I  have,  &c. 


Petition  of  Phillip  Williams  and  R.  Paslky  to  the  Governor.    July  leth 

Praying  for  a  relaxation  of  discipline  in  Henrico  county  Goal. 


John  Stuart  to  Hon.  John  Steele.  Julyioth 

Since  I  wrote  you  yesterday  the  Kanawha  man  has  arrived.  He  Greenbrier 
brings  no  news — all  there  is  peace.  I  have  enclosed  two  receipts  for  the 
ammunition  I  furnished  them,  viz:  195  lbs  of  powder.  Lead,  I  could 
get  none.  At  the  Beginning  of  this  Season  our  people  on  the  Frontier 
of  this  county  were  very  apprehensive  of  danger  from  the  Indians,  and 
as  their  was  much  rumor  of  war  I  thought  it  best  to  provide  against  dan- 
ger, and  therefore  took  a  barrel  of  powder  of  Ace  Ludington  of  100  lbs 
weight,  which  I  promised  to  see  him  paid  for,  and  which  I  intended  to 
apply  to  the  use  of  Militia,  provided  occasion  should  lie.  The  powder 
has  since  been  in  my  possession,  where  I  shall  retain  it  for  said  purpose 
provide  the  Board  should  think  it  necessary.  If  so,  they  will  be  pleased 
to  grant  an  order  for  the  payment;  if  not,  I  shall  be  under  the  necessity 
of  paying  Ludington,  making  the  best  I  can  of  it  This  you  will  be 
pleased  to  mention,  and  also  have  Clendinen's  receipts  settled,  for  this  he 
has  received.  Ludington's  was  the  only  stock  of  powder  in  this  country, 
and  I  have  passed  my  word  for  payment  of  the  whole  to  him.  What 
may  be  obtained  please  deliver  to  Col.  Gamble. 

I  am,  &c. 


William  Patton  to  the  -Governor.  juiy  i7th 

Explaining  the  causes  of  delay  in  entering  upon  his  duties  as  Agent   Pendleton 
in  his  District  ^^^^y 


Governor  Leb  to  Captain  A.-  Lewis.  juiy  17th 

I  received  your  favor  oi  the  eighth  enclosing  Captain  Crockett's  resign   Richmond 
nation,  which  I  am  sorry  for,  as  he  was  a  valuable  officer. 

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218  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  As  you  express  a  doubt  whether  Captain  Hawkins  could  readily  be 

July  17th  met  with  was  he  called  upon  to  take  his  post,  being  at  present  out  of  the 
State,  the  council  have  advised  that  Captain  Niel  and  Ensign  Cockrell 
be  required  to  take  command  of  the  men  in  ye  room  of  Captain  Crock- 
ett and  one  of  the  Ensigns  whom  you  say  have  resigned,  and  I  request 
you  will  give  them  immediate  notice  to  repair  to  their  respective  stations. 

I  have,  &c. 


Rough  Orders. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  having  required  a  second  detach- 
ment of  Militia  from  this  Commonwealth,  amounting  to  three  tliousand 
infantry  and  three  hundred  cavalry,  inclusive  of  commissioned  officers, 
to  bo  prepared  for  immediate  service,  the  commander-in-chief  accord- 
ingly directs  the  same  to  be  forthwith  appointed. 

The  2d  Division  will  furnish  2,000  infantry,  composing,  with  officers, 
two  complete  regiments  of  infantry  and  seven  complete  companies,  with 
three  troops  of  C. 

The  3  Divisions  will  furnish  1,000  infrantry,  composing,  with  com- 
missioned officers,  one  complete  regiment,  with  four  complete  additional 
companies  and  two  troops  of  cavalry. 

The  Fourth  Division  will  furnish  one  troop  of  cavalry. 


July  19th  D.  M.  Randolph  to  the  Governor. 

Smithfield  To  describe  the  particulars  of  our  situation  at  this  moment  is  impos- 
sible. This  business  has  progressed  as  was  expected.  We  are  in  pos- 
session of  the  ship,  and  the  military  aid  is  so  inadequate  to  the  occasion 
that  the  completion  of  my  errand  is  out  ot  the  question.  Sinclair's 
words  are  these:  "he  could  raise  if  he  pleased  50  men  sooner  than  I 
could.  No  resistance  however  was  made  to  the  arrest  of  the  vessel, 
which  was  made  after  waiting  the  whole  day  in  vain  for  that  assistance 
from  the  Colo,  which  had  been  required  upon  our  first  arrival.  We 
have  now  only  about  eight  men  in  number,  and  after  my  personal  appli- 
cation to  individuals  we  can  muster  about  six  guns  that  may  possibly 
fire;  not  a  single  bayonet.  I  am  well  informed  of  Sinclair's  having  50 
stand  of  arras  in  his  sail  loft,  where  his  powder,  shot,  and  all  his  valua- 
ble implements  of  war  are  deposited.  My  authority  not  extending  to 
reach  his  houses,  I  demanded  of  a  magistrate  a  warrant  to  examine, 
which  has  not  been  granted.  Neither  will  my  demand  be  respected  till 
your  further  instruction.  I  have  received  a  formal  warning  from  Sinclair, 
I  to-wit,  that  if  500  men  attempt  to  search  his  house  &  his  life  shall  be  the 


CALBNDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  219 


forfeit,  he  will  put  the  first  man  to  death.  He  just  this  momeut  came  1794. 
to  the  side  of  the  Ship  for  this  purpose,  attended  by  a  Capt.  Malcomb,  July  19th 
who  was  armed  with  a  sword  and  pistol.  The  first  was  wrested  from 
him  whilbt  it  was  exhibited  over  the  vessel's  side,  and  wounded  in  a  very 
trifling  degree  one  of  the  men  (by  accident  I  believe).  The  pistol  he 
walked  oif  with,  swearing  that  whoever  should  take  that  from  him, 
should  receive  two  balls  through  the  head  first.  Since  which  affair,  two 
of  their  men  have  been  seen  on  the  hill  well  armed — and  the  Lieutenant 
of  our  Guard  returning  on  board,  heard  one  of  his  men  say  in  the  dark, 
that  if  Capt.  Sinclair  would  give  orders  they  would  soon  clear  the  decks. 
This  much  was  said  to  me  also  before  it  was  dark. 

I  have  written  to  Colo.  Lindsay,  per  Express  this  moment,  stating 
briefly  our  situation,  &  requesting  the  Cutter  with  an  armed  force  to 
come  to  our  assistance.  I  shall  say  no  more  of  searching  for  the  arms,  sails, 
&C.J  &e.,  &c.,  which  are  certainly  stored,  until  your  further  orders.  This 
part  of  the  business,  notwithstanding  he  peaceably  surrenders  the  ship 
for  to-night,  will  be  serious.  He  and  the  people  belonging,  swear  they 
will  come  on  board  &  go  to  work  on  Monday,  and  this  they  can  accom- 
plish when  they  please. 

From  present  appearances,  they  have  about  15  to  18  men  well  equipped 
&  impatient  for  his  orders.  Major  Taylor  &  myself  shall  continue  on 
guard  till  we  can  be  relieved.  There  are  many  particulars  relative  to 
this  business,  which  we  shall  endeavour  to  recollect  and  communicate  at 
another  time.  The  power  to  search  &  the  mode  will  be  expected  from 
you  by  Express. 

I  am  sorry  to  mention  the  abuse  offered  Mr.  Parker,  as  well  from 
Capt.  Sinclair,  as  others  of  his  attendants. 

Mr.  Parker's  conduct  seems  to  have  been  highly  meritorious,  and  *tis 
extremely  aggravating  that  he  has  great  cause  to  fear  assamii nation. 
He  has  been  warned  by  several  friends. 

I  am,  &c. 


G-  K.   TaTLOB  to  the  GoVERXOK.  Jnly  i9ih 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  in  compJyance  with  yoar  orders,    .^mhhfieid 
I  have  accompanied  the  Marshall  to  this  place,  and  finding  that  military  ^^  ^^^^  *^ 
force  would  be  necessary  to  keep  the  vessel,  which  was  to  be  seized,  I 
delivered  your  letter  to  CoL  James  Wells,  the  eommaodant  of  the  mili* 
tia  oi  Isle  of  Wight  County. 

The  dlreetioos  contained  in  that  letter  have  been  so  illy  obeyed,  that 
at  this  moment,  after  giving  the  commandaAt  at  least  twelve  bouni' 
notice,  we  have  only  7  or  3  armed  men  to  guard  the  vessel  wbieb  tJbe 
Marshall  tlua  eveoiniif  took  pofisessioa  of.  We  ourselves  are  guarded  by 
a  much  OKnre  eofMnderable  Dumber  devoted  to  Capiaia  Sindair,  and 


220  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       know  not  whether  the  vessel  will  not  be  rescued  from  us  before  morn- 
July  19th    ing.      His   men   are  all   properly  accoutred.      Our  few  have  nothing 
superior,  and  scarcely  anything  equal  to  common  fowling  pieces.     All 
ideas  of  further  aid  from  the  county  of  Isle  of  Wight  appear  to  be  idle, 
from  causes  which  I  shall  detail  in  a  subsequent  letter. 

In  this  emergency  Mr.  Randolph  has  written  to  Mr.  Lindsay,  col- 
lector at  Norfolk,  and  (although  I  had  no  orders  from  you  to  warrant 
it),  I  have  requested  Brigadier  General  Mathews  to  aid  Mr.  Lindsay  as 
far  as  may  be  necessary.  Mr.  Randolph's  request  to  Mr.  Lindsay  is, 
that  the  revenue  cutter  should  be  immediately  sent  up  to  this  place. 
Capt.  Sinclair  has  plainly  informed  us  that  he  will  resume  possession 
of  his  vessel,  and  from  present  prospects,  our  only  chance  of  preventing 
him  is  by  the  arrival  of  the  cutter.  I  have  further  to  add,  that  we  are 
informed  from  sources  too  respectable  to  afford  room  for  doubt,  that  in 
a  house  contiguous,  a  number  of  cannon,  muskets  and  balls,  and  a  con- 
siderable quantity  of  powder  are  deposited.  The  house,  Captain  Sin- 
clair has  informed  us,  he  will  lose  his  life  in  defending.  At  the  same 
time,  we  conceive  that  we  have  no  license  without  the  aid  of  the  civil 
authority,  to  attempt  force  in  obtaining  them,  and  therefore  I  have 
written  this  hasty  scrawl  to  inform  you  of  the  circumstances,  not  doubt- 
ing that  we  shall  immediately  receive  the  commands  of  the  Executive 
on  the  subject.  I  have  no  time  to  take  a  copy  of  this  letter,  and  there- 
fore hope  that  you  will  excuse  inaccuracies. 

I  have,  &c. 

Dear  Weisiger: 

As  citizens  and  friends  we  have  to  request  of  you  that  the  instant 
you  receive  this  letter  you  will  send  its  enclosures  to  Richmond.  Wait 
not  the  rising  of  the  morning  sun,  but  whenever  this  letter  reaches  you, 
whether  by  day  or  by  night,  send  on  an  express  with  the  letters  to  the 
Executive. 

We  are  perplexed,  and  must  wait  further  orders. 

We  are,  &c., 

D.  M.  RANDOLPH, 
G.  K.  TAYLOR. 

Saturday  night,  11  o'clock,  July  19lh,  179«i. 


July  19th  John  Littlbjohn  to  thb  Governor. 

The  amount  of  the  claims  sent  to  the  Executive  for  payment  from 
this  county  for  guards  upon  the  Potomack  to  prevent  the  fever  so  much 
dreaded  by  the  inhabitants  of  this  State,  amounted  to  21.  5.  9.  The 
board,  called  in  your  absence,  issued  a  certificate,  now  sent  for  payment, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  221 


to  the  ftmount  oi  17.  9.  only.  The  claimants  are  not  willing  to  sabmit  1794. 
to  the  loss,  and  threaten  the  contractors  with  suits  for  their  demands.  Jaly  19th 
The  contractors  are  willing  to  lose  the  charges  they  have  made  for  their 
services,  but  think  it  hard  to  be  out  of  pocket.  Losing  their  time  and 
money  does  not  feel  pleasing,  as  they  rested  assured  the  demands  of  the 
claimants  would  be  paid,  and  they  are  much  censured  by  the  guards, 
who  say  they  have  received  the  money  and  will  not  pay  it.  For  my 
own  part,  I  have  paid  mine  to  prevent  the  reflections  of  the  guards,  but 
as  all  the  claims  were  put  into  my  hands  to  collect  from  the  Executive^ 
I  am  now  the  only  person  censured.  Shall  bo  much  obliged  by  a  state- 
ment of  the  principles  upon  which  the  board  proceeded  to  dock  the  ac- 
count, as  it  may  be  satisfactory  to  those  concerned. 

I  am,  Ac. 


A.    QUARRIBR   TO   JoHN   MARSHALL,  B.    G.  July  19th 

I  had  the  honor  some  time  since  to  communicate  to  you  the  offer  of  Richmond 
my  service,  together  with  the  other  officers  of  the  artillery,  and  the  rest  of 
the  company  to  make  the  first  tour  of  duty  that  may  be  required  from 
the  President  of  the  United  States. 

The  company  of  artillery  consists  of  44  present,  and  I  have  no  doubt 
I  shall  be  able  in  a  few  days  to  complete  the  company.  I  hope  there 
will  be  no  difficulty  in  accepting  it,  as  it  is  at  present. 

I  am,  &c. 


J.   W.   RiVARDI   TO  THB   QoVBRNOR.  July  19th 

1  gratefully  acknowledge  having  had  the  honor  of  receiving  your  last  Norfolk 
letter.  Nothing  could  afford  me  more  pleasure  than  the  hopes  of  seeing 
your  Excellency  soon.  Your  presence  will  undoubtedly  arouse  the 
sleeping  patriotism  of  the  inhabitants  here,  and  put  a  stop  to  those  vile 
little  cabalings  so  detrimental  to  public  good.  They  disgust  me  too 
much  to  allow  me  to  enter  into  particulars,  and  shall  reserve  that  topic 
for  one  of  our  first  conversations.  In  the  meantime,  I  am  happy  to  in- 
form you  that  since  I  had  the  honor  of  writing  to  you  last.  Fort  Kelson 
has  gone  on  very  well,  considering  our  want  of  hands  and  money.  The 
latter  are  now  well  acquainted  with  their  business.  The  land  lines  are 
all  indelibly  marked.  The  platforms  all  placed.  The  Embrasures  partly 
completed.  It  will  now  take  a  couple  of  weeks  more  to  finish  all  but 
the  turfing  of  the  traverses:  that  business  can  be  lefl  then  to  a  small 
party,  and  our  main  force  be  transferred  to  Fort  Norfolk.  By  that 
time,  I  hope  we  shall  have  a  pittance  from  the  Country  and  everything 
will  then  go  on  better. 


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222  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 

1794.  I  have  the  honor  lo  submit  to  your  Excellency'B  iDspection  the  plan 

Jo);  19th  I  drew  for  Crsny  laland.  Should  Point  Comfort  be  fortified,  the  battery 
of  seven  guns  drawn  in  the  Margin  would  be  sufficient  even  without  the 
outworks  traced  in  yellow. 

One  hundred  men  would  then  be  enough  for  the  defence  of  that  very 
important  spot.  In  ctmo,  however,  Point  Comfort  wa«  left  without  de- 
fence, I  should  think  eleven  Guns  necessary  as  marked  in  the  plan. 

If  we  had  been  amply  provided  with  money,  I  should  have  proposed 
a  Crown  Work,  but  it  would  be  very  expensive  and  require  too  numer- 
ous a  Garrison.  Please  to  send  me  your  orders  on  that  subject,  that  I 
may  bring  thero  into  execution  as  soon  as  possible. 

Mrs.  Bivarde  returns  her  grateful  acknowledgement  to  your  lady  for 
her  kind  remembrance,  and  longs  much  to  have  it  in  her  power  to  enjoy 
tbe  honor  of  her  society. 

I  am  in  great  hurry,  having  the  inclosed  plan  to  finish.  I  therefore 
shall  only  beg  you  to  believe  mo,  &c. 

P.  S. — The  money  announced  by  the  Secretary  of  War  hae  not  yet 
been  transmitted,  which  faurte  us  mucb.  I  intended  toeond  yonr  Ex- 
cellency a  return  of  the  workmen  employed  last  week,  but  Mr.  Graves 
could  not'be  found  this  morning. 

Return  of  Laborers  employed  at  Fort  Nelson,  commencing  the  7th  and 
ending  13th  oi  July,  1794: 


CALEKDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  223 


Thomas  Mathbws,  B.  G.,  to  thb  Governor.  1794. 

I  this  day  received  by  express  from  Major  Taylor  a  letter,  of  which  July  20th 
number  one  of  the  inclosed  papers  is  a  copy.  The  other  enclosures  are  Norfolk 
orders  arising  from  that  letter.  The  tenor  of  Major  Taylor's  letter 
appears  to  me  of  too  much  importance  to  be  neglected.  I  therefore 
directed  the  detachment  mentioned  in  my  orders  to  Col.  Newton  to  his 
aid,  but  hope  the  good  disposition  of  the  citizens  of  the  Isle  of  Wight 
will  lead  them  to  assist  rather  than  oppose  the  legal  process  of  their 
country. 

I  hope  the  Executive  will  approve  the  measures  I  have  pursued. 

I  am,  &c. 

Norfolk,  July  19th,  1794,  10  o'clock  at  night. 
Sir: 

I  have  been  sent  down  by  Major  General  Lee  to  assist  the  Mar- 
shall  in  taking  possession  of  the  ship  Unicom,  which  is  said  to  be  arm- 
ing against  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  in  order  to  cruise  against 
some  of  the  European  belligerent  powers.  At  the  same  time  I  was  fur- 
nished with  a  letter  to  the  commandant  of  Isle  of  Wight  county,  direct- 
ing him  to  furnish  us  with  as  many  men  as  might  be  requisite.  This 
letter  has  been  so  badly  obeyed  that  we  have  at  this  moment  only  about 
seven  or  eight  armed  men  on  board,  and  there  is  no  probability  of  keep- 
ing the  vessel  without  further  aid. 

In  this  predicament  Mr.  Randolph,  the  marshall,  has  written  to  Mr. 
Lindsay,  the  collector  at  Norfolk,  requesting  his  assistance,  and  I  beg 
leave,  as  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major-General  Lee,  to  request  that  you  will 
assist  the  Collector  as  far  as  may  be  necessary.  No  further  aid  from 
present  prospects  is  to  be  expected  from  Isle  of  Wight  County. 

I  have,  &c. 

G.  K.  TAYLOR. 
Brigadier-General  Mathews. 

Norfolk  Borough,  20th  July,  1794. 
Sir: 

On  the  receipt  of  this,  you  will  be  pleased  to  order  one  Subaltern, 
two  Sergeants,  and  twenty-five  privates  of  your  Regiment,  properly 
equipped  for  immediate  service.  So,  soon  as  the  detachment  is  ready, 
you  will  direct  the  officer  to  call  on  me  for  orders. 

I  am,  &c. 

THOS.  MATHEWS,  B.  G.  9th  B. 

Lieut.-Col.  Thos.  Newton. 


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exceeding  Two  Thousand  Pounds,  as  a  ftirthor  supiM>rt  ft^r  tli\\w*  \¥C^\X'       tn^4» 
distressed  people.      I,  as  one    of  the  agi^nts  apivointint   by   Nortblk    .hily  2IM 
Borough  Court,  with  Mr.  Eobert  Taylor  and   Mr  t>i>naKi  rHmpMI  to 
distribute  whatever  might  be  sent  for  tboir  roliof» 

I,  as  the  acting  person  engaged  with  the  baker  and  butohor  to  tundnU 
them  with  provisions,  to  the  order  of  Mr.  Graves*  who  wai^aldo  appoiiUod 
by  the  said  Court  as  Commissary,  to  issue  provisions  from  day  to  tlay  hn 
it  might  be  wanted,  became  in  some  measure  rosponniblo  to  thorn. 

At  the  close  of  the  term  which  we  recommended  to  the  Assomblyi  an 
we  supposed  would  be  sufficient  (say  the  16th  of  April,)  there  was  a  clo- 
ficiency  of  funds  in  my  hands  to  pay  up  the  remaining  balance  to  thai 
time  of  Fourteen  Hundred  Dollars;  besides  Home  money  borrowed  from 
the  corporation  by  Mr.  Taylor,  which  I  believe  is  yet  unpaid. 

In  consequence,  the  baker  and  butcher  who  furniHhed  the  provisions, 
instead  of  the  custom  being  a  profitable  one,  laying  oiit  of  their  money 
so  long,  it  has  nearly  broke  them  up,  as  they  depend  on  their  labor  for 
support.  Indeed  there  is  scarcely  a  day  that  one  or  the  other  does  not 
apply  to  me  in  consequence  of  what  you  told  me  when  you  was  hem, 
that  you  would  attend  to  their  business  on  your  return  to  fliohmond, 
and  forward  the  needful  down.  I  heartily  wish  it  may  soon  arrive,  as 
I  can  assure  you  from  my  own  knowledge  of  the  merif  they  are  mtieh 
distressed  for  it. 

I  am,  Ac, 


Robert  Mit(;hkll  to  the  Governor,  ^nly  l^fsi 

In  compliance  with  your  instructions  to  me   f  have  impress^  the     Rock^tts^ 
Sloop  Moiley  at  this  place.    She  is  ahont  35  tons  burthen,  and  will  carry     ^'^^i^ 
^>4)  men  tor  this  short  and  intended   voyage.     She  is  the  property  of 
Cape  James  Roberts;  the  master's  name  is  Thomas  Graham.     I  have 
Got  pianke  from  Messrs.  Haque  k  I>ester  to  make  a  platform  in  the  hold 
ot  the  Vessel  tor  the  Soldiers  to  Lye  on  ;  likewise  have  procured  a  l>arge 
Iron  Caboose,  as  that  will  be  much  wanted  to  Cooke  in  when  there  will 
b^  -fuch  a  number  of  men. 

Ton  I  please,  therefore,  to  send  me  instructions  in  writing  confirming 
the  ah<jve.  The  vessel  will  he  out  of  the  Creek  by  10  o'clock  A.  if.  and 
ready  to  iet  saiL  Give  me  leave  to  recommend  the  troopes  Im barking 
at  R«}4:keta.  that  is.  if  the  wind  continues  as  it  now  blows,  as  the  vessel 
will  xet  down  to  the  hundred  in  the  night,  if  the  troopes  is  on  board. 
Shti  may  <;ontinue  down,  to  the  contrary  if  the  troops  marchingf  down 
hv  Land  to  the  hundred  to  Imbark  there  the  vessel  will  there  be  detained 
Lti  iay-iiji^t.  Another  reason  that  the  ground  is  very  wet  and  the 
<l>ieto»  and   water  courses   full,  which   will  retard  the  march  of  the 

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226  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  John  Jeffbrs  to  the  Governor. 

July  2l8t  I  am  this  moment  informed  that  the  Executive  have  thought  to  order 
out  ft  part  of  the  Militia  ot  this  State  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  due 
obedience  to  the  laws  thereof  at  or  near  Smithfield. 

I  conceive  it  my  duty  as  Commanding  the  Petersburg  Light  Horse 
to  offer  the  services  of  said  Troop  if  you  think  them  necessary  and  shall 
be  prepared  to  March  the  moment  this  express  returns. 

I  am,  &c. 


July  22d  R.  West  to  the  Governor. 

W.  Grove  I  take  the  liberty  to  enclose  a  copy  of  an  Inquisition  lately  taken  at 
the  Court  House  in  the  County  of  Fairfax  in  virtue  of  my  office  as 
Escheator. 

Upon  examination  you  v^ill  discover  I  apprehend  that  the  Jurors 
found  every  fact  v^hich  is  necessary  to  constitute  an  escheat,  and  yet 
they  ultimately  concluded  against  the  Commonwealth.  Under  these 
circumstances  of  this  case  I  have  supposed  it  will  avail  nothing  to  pro- 
ceed.farther  in  the  investigation  of  the  right  the  C.  W.  may  have  to  any 
property  in  this  County.  You  will  particularly  oblige  me  by  obtaining 
advice  of  Council  in  what  manner  I  ought  to  proceed. 

The  business  at  Matildanelk  will  be  commenced  again  immediately, 
with  redoubled  vigor.  I  can  not  inform  you  of  the  nature  of  the  im- 
provements. Mr.  Greenhof  &  Nicolson  have  been  up;  the  latter  per- 
fectly enraptured  with  the  place.  They  have  both  returned  to  PhiPa 
after  making  considerable  purchases.  Mr.  Nicolson  bought  of  R  Gra- 
ham Kentucky  Land  to  amount  of  25,000£.  Greenhof  bought  Craw- 
fords  Lands  at  G.  Falls  and  various  other  property  I  believe  to  amt.  of 
(in  compy  with  Nicolson)  to  about  79,000£.  Among  the  rest  my  Po- 
cossen  295  acres  at  10£  per  acre  Virginia  currency.  Will  you  be  so 
obliging  as  to  inform  Mr.  L.  Smith  that  he  may  rest  assured  of  being 
paid  26  Guineas  in  November  ensuing,  at  which  time  I  shall  be  in  Rich- 
mond. 

I  expect  to  receive  by  that  time  as  much  cash  as  will  pay  every  debt 
I  owe.  Having  the  means,  I  shall  be  promt  in  that  business,  and  that 
gentleman  has  been  extreamely  polite  and  proper  in  his  communications 
upon  that  subject,  which  makes  me  doubly  anxious  to  stand  fair  with 
him. 

You  will  never  hear,  my  dear  friend,  of  my  losing  much  money  in 
that  way  again.  Will  you  be  so  good  as  to  present  me,  in  a  proper  man- 
ner, to  your  Lady  and  children,  and  believe  me  to  be 

Your  &c. 


CAUSSI^JLS  or  STATE  fafek^.  iJ3 


voo  certftiniy  woaiki  kaT«  r«c\i  tkem  >re  il^  \«i!^iNr\ 

It  ^ooM  decaia  naaeeessarihr  ike  Getttl«tt;&a  wko  Kno^  yvHir  KmiiW^   |^s£i!iitl 
to  give  %  detail  of  t^  siiokUoii  ct  iW  aev*<ottals  wtUiia  T^Mftr  IH^vkH; 
lei  it  ikereiore  salBee  to  ae^ttw  joa  tiuLt  vkefterer  Jttd|»WM«l»  ar^  ^ 
tained  / which  will  be  attended  to  with  dt:$Mloh^  ibr  aar  v>l  the  arrMor^ 
due  in  joar  dbtriet.  Ex«CQtioiis  will  in  doe  time  be  R>r«axded  to  \\m. 


ROBEKT   AlCOCKE  TO   THE   GOVERNOE.  Jlul^  :i9m 

Claiming  his  right  to  the  Sheriffalty  of  Madison  next  to  Henry  HilK 
and  complaining  of  the  action  of  the  Court  in  omitting  to  i>H\uumend 
him. 


Appointment  of  Justices  for  Madison  by  LieutenanVGovernor  Wixnt^     July  :^l 
February  12th,  1793:    James  Barbour,  William  Walkor»  Henry  HIIK 
Robert  Alcocke,  William  Chapman,  Reuben  Fry  and  Merry  Walkor, 


Justices  of  Madison  qualified  on  tho  23d  day  of  May,  1793.  July  gad 


Henry  Hill  commissioned  sheriff  of  Madison,  gave  Bond  A  qualiflod     July^likl 
May  court,  1793. 


At  a  Court  held  for  the  County  of  Madison  at  tho  house  of  John  Yoa-     July  2Hd 
ger,  on  Thursday,  the  25th  day  of  July,  1793: 

Henry  Hill,  Robert  Alcocke,  Wm.  Chapman,  Recommended  by  the 
Court  as  fit  persons  to  execute  the  oflSce  of  Sheriff. 


At  a  Court  held  for  Madison  County  the  26th  day  of  June,  1794:  juiy  2Hd 

Henry  Hill,  Wm.  Chapman  &  Jas.  Barbour,  Recommended  as  fit  per- 
sons to  execute  the  office  of  Sheriff. 


228  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Madison  County,  to-wit : 

July  23d         Certificate  of  Jno.  Walker,  elk  of  service  of  Robert  Alcocke  for  ten 
days  as  a  Justice  of  the  peace,  July  11th,  1794. 


July  23d         Madison  County,  to-wit: 

Certificate  of  Jno.  Walker,  clerk,  as  to  service  of  Wm.  Chapman  as 
Justice  of  the  peace,  July  11th,  1794. 


July  23d         Madison  County,  to- wit  : 

Certificate  of  Jno.   Walker,  clerk,  of  qualification  of  Robert  Alcocke 
as  a  magistrate  at  first  court  holden  for  said  county,  July  19th,  1794. 


July  23d  J.  Marshall  to  the  Governor. 

Smithfield  The  troop  reached  this  place  yesterday  morning,  between  six  &  seven 
o'clock.  The  ship  Unicorn  (the  supposed  privateer),  was  in  possession 
of  a  company  of  the  Isle  of  Wight  Militia,  and  the  revenue  cutter  lay 
below  her  with  a  detachment  of  militia  from  Norfolk,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Woodside. 

Every  idea  of  resisting  with  violence  the  execution  of  the  laws,  seems 
to  have  been  abandoned.  Immediately  on  my  arrival,  the  Marshal  made 
a  peaceable  request  on  Capt.  Sinclair  to  allow  his  house  to  be  searched 
for  arms  supposed  to  be  contained  in  it,  which  he  did  not  hesitate  to 
permit. 

The  search  was  made,  and  thirteen  pieces  of  cannon,  with  some  ball, 
grape  shot,  and  powder  was  fouxid.  There  were  three  pieces  lying  on 
the  shore.  A  fatigue  party  is  now  employed  in  getting  them  on  board 
the  Unicorn,  after  which  the  cutter  will  conduct  her  to  Burmuda  hun- 
dred, or  to  Brodway.  I  despatched  a  boat  yesterday  morning,  to  stop 
the  vessel  which  was  proceeding  down  James  River  with  the  companies 
of  artillery  &  Infantry  from  Richmond,  and  directed  their  return.  I 
also  ordered  Capt.  Weisiger  to  return  with  the  infantry  of  Prince  George, 
but  as  the  marshal  entertains  some  apprehension  of  an  attempt  to  rescue 
the  vessel  in  the  river,  I  thought  it  advisable  to  countermand  the  orders 
I  had  given,  &  direct  Capt.  Wiesiger  to  continue  his  march  to  this  place, 
with  a  view  to  his  return  in  the  Unicorn. 

The  situation  both  of  Major  Taylor  &  of  the  Marshal  has  been  ardu- 
ous &  unpleasant.  The  Marshal  has  received  personal  insult,  and  seems 
not  to  have  been  free  from  personal  danger.  Major  Taylor  has  used 
great  and  proper  exertions  to  complete  the  business  he  was  upon.  He 
at  first,  experienced  great  difficulty  in  procuring  aid  of  any  kind,  but 
that  difficulty  is  now  removed.    Since  the  arrival  of  distant   militia. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  229 


those  of  the  county  are  as  prompt  as  could  be  wished  in  rendering  any       1794. 
service  required  from  them.    Indeed,  I  am  disposed  to  believe  that  the     July  23d 
original  difficulty  rested  not  with  the  men. 

The  privates  (except  those  residing  in  Smithfield)  have  manifested  no 
disaffection  to  the  Government,  or  reluctance  to  support  the  laws.  But 
of  this,  &  of  every  circumstance  which  has  occurred.  Major  Taylor  & 
the  Marshal  have  taken  memoranda,  &  an  ample  report  will  be  made  to 
you  so  soon  as  they  shall  return  to  Petersburg. 

Captain  Sinclair  declares  that  he  never  designed  to  violate  the  laws ; 
that  the  arms  found  in  the  house  were  not  intended  for  the  Unicorn,  but 
were  purchased  for  a  gentleman  to  the  Southward ;  that  the  ball  will 
not  fit  the  cannon;  and  that  though  she  was  originally  designed  for  a 
privateer,  the  intention  was  changed  so  soon  as  the  act  of  Congress  pro- 
hibiting vessels  to  be  armed  in  our  ports  was  known;  in  proof  of  which 
be  says  that  a  cargo  is  now  engaged  for  her.  These,  however,  are  sub- 
jects proper  to  be  discussed  in  court. 

I  am  sorry  to  say  that  the  Surveyor  of  the  Post,  who  is  considered 
here  as  the  informer,  seems  to  entertain  great  apprehensions  from  some 
of  those  who  considered  themselves  as  interested  in  this  business.  The 
vessel  will,  I  trust,  be  ready  to  sail  to-morrow,  and  I  shall  then  set  out 
with  the  troops  for  Richmond. 

With  very  much  respect,  I  am,  &c. 


Sam'l  Coleman  to  the  Governor.  July  24th 

The  death  of  the  servant  heretofore  hired  by  my  father  to  assist  him    Richmond 
in  keeping  the  Capitol  in  order  will  plead  my  excuse  in  seconding  his 
request,  that  you  will  be  so  good  as  to  define  particularly  his  duty. 

The  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  under  which  the  former 
keeper  was  appointed  is  in  the  following  words: 

'*  Resolved,  That  the  Governor  be  requested  to  take  under  his  care 
during  the  recess  of  the  Assembly  the  public  buildings;  that  he  employ 
some  person  to  take  chargo  of  them,  and  that  he  suffer  no  person  to 
live  in  them,  or  to  use  them  as  stores,  except  for  public  property." 

This  resolution  was  entered  into  the  first  of  January,  1785,  and  it  is 
for  your  Excellency  to  say  how  far  it  applies  to  the  Capitol  and  a  per- 
son necessarily  charged  with  its  care  by  your  appointment. 

I  beg  leave  to  remind  your  Excellency  of  Mr.  Minor's  request  respect- 
ing the  roof  of  the  Capitol,  communicated  in  a  former  letter, 

And  have,  &c. 


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M^  f'/M>M«i  IlivMMt.  <tiia»tot&  -^  ^"^tg^^  Bii'vr^fiL  s  dn*  Wrrftitiai.  of  the 

f^)M>Viiw.  AtUi^  ^  tM;  4wl  CwMij.  B^  v^«Mtt^  aasttij  isr  ike    cmose 

/Mt^M^  M  )>*  i'l^  *<v  iri*k  ^jrtjiiej  tferfer«ir^  Wlwreopos  tfivvn  witBanes  were 
^v^(»M^,  ^^^ffu  mA  ^i^ZiuuitiM  M  vill  00  k«4alf  <it  tiie  C<mummi wealth, 
M  fAmSA  ]^fhSff,  %tA  b#  WM  folij  iMard  bj  Clenest  Bead  Ge&Ueiiian, 
|g»Ni  tuiUtfft^  \h  ^i«  ^k<i^«««r.  Oo  coAdaderauott  whereof  it  is  tiM  optnioo 
/^ll^  (/^/Wfl  iMTfii^  lliiai  tlM{  «aid  piiiOBer  k  goiitj  of  tlie  enme  in  man* 


I3k£i3BK]UA    *¥  ^J.?K  ??Lt1'ia&.  411 


qr  -au^  Jftpwrn.  iwif    lar  iHia»rc^  ^  a«s:u^  iK.r<iM*ii^  -llu^L*/  .AJKio.fv'^. 

jmtL  lA,  "iBx  -m^tLT^mtmam*  ^na  »  tartxiiu   Iimimba^  ^i%»%{m*6    ^i*«yii-.  -ka*'    -^ 

!rtiiim»  Witt  -jmt  MtansaBt  js:  r«iBWk  aastaaa  uma  4i«)  hnife^  ^voikk^  ^^.^OkMik 
•Kuraui  ifr  :xr  -im  iuhmi  ioa  vitusi  mt  'U%t  ^uiiumo.     !%^   ^uofe^i^^  >Ma^ 

'tiiws9t  MOkL  sin:  X  una  ^s^aniiiii^:  d  rttta  nrnwi  v?ia   41^    ;tiuumu,  ^W  i«(b»u. 

ATI  Mnuflsmu^  :siiK  vai^  aid  jmiL  im  'Twn\}\tt  luUno^.  «tHii;t)  :>UHm^s  ^ii^ 
kin; .  laac  Ittimau^  iiii^i  iUtMRac^  4^  i%ttm  tt  Tm^ho:  «a»i;a  ilvr  <«%lMi  4^  9^il. 
cc  Siui^  joiL  -suK  jtf.  ^ait  iwiL  ITiiAiuwi.  luc  4fti>ii«aw  :iM^  4^  ;ii4ii«»  4f^  %<{r 
x»«fiR  lim  s  ^fcatt-  iv*  met  m  lumu.  nn;  :?niftt  ;ul)t  7«ii^i«K! .,  4>r  ^h^  4i\f<  4^$^ 

ihtm.  14'  lart-  iifiBRi    fi:  -rdaiBes  J.xiiktiTSUu^.  /ir  )J«i   A/Us^f^tr  ^\^ii$.    I^yiti^ 

were  wob^  vm*  <i  a*  -txutn  a  £W4ii>c!bc»rav. 

Moore.  JaiD«»  M^-«y>.  JLrc-iialift^  OwafiKoil  vI^"W\  Riisr^^M^  ^^^^^j^^ 

wealth  of  Vire^iaijL  i»  iht  «a«i  of  o»»<  iIkmhsm^  4«sJ4*r*  ^>i«iv4^,  hM  ni^v^^ 
repectire  goods  a^  ciuiiUsK  IjAd^  4i»d  k^iw^im^^v^i^  Un  W  k^XHsi,  ^^^  |>s 
the  Mud  Henry  Lee  a&d  h»  j^qcomimi^  ttMT  iW  W»o  %Vl'  iI^n  ^Ns^^^nhS^ 
wealth  rendered,  vet  apon  this  cxMidititMi  n^^T^rtli^J^MfA,  |)miI  if  |Ih%>  «4^^( 
Beaslej  Han.  Thomas  Moore^  Archihald  O^iupM),  Jaivi<Mk  ]il«H\r^  \i\i^ 
ard  Boolden,  Reuben  Trarniim,  and  WiUiam  8iK»^«^ri^  nk^W  m^^  i^^r 
personal  appearaoee  belore  the  Di«irict  i\Hiri  U>  1^  \\^\\\  ^%  fht^  i\mi^ 
boase  in  the  Coantj  of  Prince  Bdward,  in  Sis^pi^mbiH'  lit^l  t\n  \^^  Avwiil 


CALESIfJLS.  OW   ?lJkTZ  FAP2S& 


-Mf  ZifCti  m/vti^^dk  ib^^uiuK  TWmu*  xnrar^  •wmmrnaii  m  ^wpe^:«  o^  £frfl»o- 
>i«»i7  4(«aftm^  P«c«r  T-w^  i2bi  ^^nnmi  ^>ik^±r.  '*iLL>rrs&  «3C  P^^gj 
li/w«iw  s  £pw:  ■afattCflu  aa*i  !»:<€  -^swr;  iaj£ai*«  -vrnB^Tic:  jc&t^  o^  ih^  s&>i 


wiaJtk  m  ikt  f^aui^  OwrL  ^e  «ii2%esii^xK  v>  frasr?*  Jum^  Sergeant. 
KeteH  fSeriipuAt.  Lrrmi^  Tovwml  Btsjunfm  Li9«^.    «>T€r5ieier  for  Ste- 

i^pkifMC  tW  priMMKr. 

OHen4,  Tbat  tW  elerk  €«nifr  U>  Hj»  Eiceli^agT  ik«  «jOTenior.  that 

TkMUM  M^.rtn6,  Jr^  b  tbe  person   vIh>  apOTe&«»i<«i  and  ^^eaned  in  the 

JM  fd  tfm  eoostr.  TkofWMi  See  van.  wko  apfi^ear?  to  be  an  associate 

wHh  a  eertaiB  James  Stewart.  €€  ib^  State  of  North  CaroHnA.  in  $teal- 

fii|^  aod  taking  awaj  the  two  moiatto  ehikiren  of  P^ggy  Howell  ot  the 

Mad  Coantj. 

A  Copy — ^Teste: 

THOMAS  READ.  Glk. 


Jnly2Mt  WiLL  BoYCB  to  thb  Governor, 


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Hnnyefmniy  On  mj  arriiral  from  Baltimore  the  23rd  Inst^  I  rec'd  the  pleasing 
newn  cf(  an  armed  force  having,  by  jour  order,  arrested  a  ship  from  a 
man  whose  coodact  for  some  time  passed  we  have  too  mach  reason  to 
fear  has  been  repugnant  to  the  proclamation  issued  by  oar  dear  and 
worthy  President,  and  now  an  open  violation  to  the  laws  of  the  Union. 
I  am  also  informed  that  Capt.  Sinclair  denies  any  hostile  Intention  in 
mning  said  Ship.  I  think  it  my  duty  to  give  every  information  in  my 
power  to  bring  such  offenders  to  condign  Punishment.  About  the  8th 
or  9th  Inst.  I  was  in  Mr.  Jesse  HoUingworth's  warehouse  in  Baltimore, 
where  I  saw  Capt.  Wm.  Gurton  (who  commanded  a  schooner  belonging 
to  Capt.  Mallory  Todd  of  Smithfield)  receiving  a  quantity  of  round  shot! 
of  various  sizes.  I  observed  that  it  had  the  appearance  of  war ;  he  re- 
plied yes,  that  it  was  going  to  Capt.  Sinclair  for  a  Ship  he  was  fitting 
out  for  a  Privateer  at  Smithfield.  Should  Capt.  Gurton  be  called  on, 
it's  probable  he  will  throw  some  light  on  the  matter  that  may  be  of  use. 
It's  much  to  be  lamented  that  we  have  men  in  high  Offices  who  connive 
at  abuses  committed  before  their  eyes  against  the  Laws  of  the  Land; 
but  none  are  so  blind  as  those  who  will  not  see,  and  such,  I  fear,  study 
popularity  more  than  the  true  Interest  of  their  Country.  But  it's 
plosHing  to  see  that  we  have  characters  yet  in  the  State  of  Yirg'a  who 
have  not  forgotten  the  Duty  they  owe  to  their  Country  (which  they 
learned  in  their  late  struggles  for  American  Liberty)  and  which  they 
fail  not  to  manifest  in  cases  of  emergency. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  233 


From  my  very  low  State  of  Health  I  can  not  expect  to  survive  many       1794. 
years,  but  while  I  do  live  I  shall  glory  in   beholding  the  prosperity  of    July  25th 
the  American  Union,  &  her  laws  preserved  inviolate,  indulging  the 
pleasing  hope  that  when  I  am  gone  the  rising  Generation  will  enjoy  the 
blessing  of  Peace. 

With  sentiments  of  the  highest  esteem,  &c. 


Sam'l  Coleman  to  rnB  Governor.  July  26th 

Soliciting  of  the  Board  increased  compensation  for  the  Keeper  of  the      Capitol 
Capitol. 


Wyatt  Coleman  to  the  Governor.  July  27th 

Report  of  the  condition  of  the  Capitol  and  need  of  repairs. 


Governor  Lee  to  the  Secretary  op  War.  July  28th 

It  is  with  real  concern  I  communicate  a  daring  attempt  lately  made 
at  Smithfield  to  resist  the  execution  of  the  laws  among  a  people  always 
distinguished  for  the  most  respectful  obedience  to  legal  authority. 
Events  of  this  sort  excite  universal  attention,  and  I  trust  will  receive 
universal  detestation. 

Deeply  as  I  regret  this  wound  to  the  fair  fame  of  my  country,  I  de- 
rive great  satisfaction  from  my  conviction  that  most  of  the  men  engaged 
in  this  wicked  effort,  cannot  be  properly  considered  citizens  of  Virginia. 

For  the  President's  information,  I  have  thought  proper  to  enclose 
copies  of  my  letters  which  relate  to  the  transaction,  from  which  he  will 
readily  understand,  as  well  the  measures  adopted  as  the  motions  which 
led  to  their  adoption. 

The  expenses  which  have  accrued  will  be  brought  into  account 
against  the  General  Government  and  transmitted  to  you  for  payment, 
which  I  doubt  not  will  be  immediately  discharged. 

The  zeal,  love  of  order,  and  determination  to  support  the  civil  author- 
ity, which  animated  the  militia  in  every  quarter,  manifests  in  the 
strongest  colours  their  sense  of  the  indignity  oflPered  to  their  Govern- 
ment, and  affords  the  happiest  presage  of  lasting  internal  tranquility  to 
our  Commonwealth. 

The  Lieutenant-Colonel   commanding  of  Isle  of  Wight  and  a  few 

others  with  him,  from  every  information  I  have  as  yet  received,  must  be 

excepted  in  this  just  compliment  to  my  fellow-citizens.    Their  conduct 

will  undergo  a  particular  enquiry. 

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ve   i0f^isfxkq^  -itOK  Ipmii. 


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^.#^^AA  i.    Ht3tsmjtl^  7>   TSB  *inlf^ns3*Jm^ 


fitl&^^siHtc  ibT'jjux*^  Shooed,  ukl  *»  HfiVii  lae  Uiuenn.  jai  ia»   ka»  priK 

«:k7  v>  ^Uarmvtm^  K^umnn,  jprnrueri  :iy  *^mc.  W-ssai^eer  viu  Jus  eoaqMaj 

^Ft^^fO^^  ""4  nzarsung^  Cape  W-iiaiirtr  -?  'Minpan j  in  im  Uakrom  5§  ¥er\ 

A^#t  *iiiivir  fMir  «a&  iniem  zfi^irien  hw  xratsd  men.  Hjb  apprelitfmwan  of 
;j^  /«M^t7v>;  «i4MiJi  tTj  U7«  arifiea  in  aofne  measvire  fimn  reports  premiGng 
ilk  '^tmvUkiMd.  aiui  f«i»s^^  In  x  nwimr  iAaerrin^  some  credit,  iho'  ncKC 
4r>  an  t/>  r>e  UivC4fiu>n J,  bat  princxpftHj  from  ihe  coidnew  ^nd  <ipgi«on  of 
Capi.  Hiiu^UM'Vft  dianiSter  firooL  tiie  higk  degze«  of  irriatioo  Im  iimn> 
^Simi^;  and  from  the  ireil  known  tncnl  inml>ilitj  of  the  Cotter  ta  aHofrd 
•07  ^tUmttmi  md  in  naiie  of  anaeir  Captain  Sinclair  tieciaxes  his  peiteet 
mthmimUm  to  the  law<i,  and  aTen  that  he  had  never  meditatiBd  rBsstance 
Up  th^^tn,  T}w,ns  were,  however.  »troog  circamsstances  which  mi^t 
fffsuiiiy  lOdiK:^  an  optnion  that  vioUnee  waa  contemplated.  The  ni^t 
aliUcr  th^^  f/nicom  waii  maze»lf  penona  were  hearl  tor  a  comsiderahie 
Ume  loadinf(  dre  armii  in  the  boiMe  of  Captain  Sinelare.  The  drawing 
ftf  iron  ramrofifi,  and  ramming  down  the  charge  were  di:»tiBcdy  heard. 
Whiffy  the  nearch  wan  applied  for,  which  I  mentioned  in  my  former  letter, 
bn  fis^^^t  A  lint  of  the  armii  in  hiji  possession,  and  among  them  were  fi^een 
mtmktiUt,  Thene  were  fbond  all  cbarge«J.  The  ^^it nation  of  the  house  is 
mHih  an  crimpieteijr  to  command  the  Deck  of  the  vesacL  I  do  not  think 
.  that  ofMi  hundred  men  placed  in  the  vessel  could  have  protected  her  ten 
miniiten  frfftn  fifteen  placed  in  the  boose,  and  at  this  time,  notwithstand- 
\nf(  tbci  application  to  Colonel  Wells,  and  the  exertions  of  Major  Taylor 
and  the  Marnball  in  8mithfield,  only  a  guard  of  six  or  seven  badly  armed 
m^n  Um\  been  raised. 

Cafiiain  Htncjlair  says  that  the  only  resistence  he  ever  contemplated 
was  against  an  unauthorized  attempt,  which  he  understood  was  to  be 
miMln  to  soarck  bis  house.  This  may  be  the  fact,  but  it  would  scarcely 
soum  to  bo  sf>,  since  it  Was  not  auknown  to  bim  that  the  only  search 
ever  dusigned  was  under  the  warrant  of  a  magistrate,  which  was  applied 
foTi  but  not  obtained*    This  circurostance^  added  to  the  evidence  that 


ClOXfOtiT.  f»r  iTiTT  ?>?,*«& 


BBC  1  ms.  ivimMid^c  >i^  i^lM 


tlio«£:ki  h  % 
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rr  tf  fczmikr 


fvc^csmenrr  nf  ite  ttv-:  tM^  jiwq.  1»^^  i^  Imt^ 


alij  unponod  cm  Orrkhx.  dM»  xbem  muc^  botMo-. 

It  is  witb  cnsftt  T«cnQ  1  XDemkarAz  »M6a<«t  wbk^  WM  ^i^e^f  llie  ¥ViiK^ 
George  Ifl£wiy.  Tkt  UuMni  aIsori  taiK^bcii  ilie  Imi^  TW  ^i«Hi]%M^ 
from  Prince  Geos^  *«:»$  cm  boM^  %s»d  wm»  CH^dered  TM!«ib<c  to  $^  <^ 
above:,  or  to  pennt  ainr  persiMi  iixmm  tbe  sbore  to  c^MBue  <Nii  KmukI  Ib^ 
vea&eL  A  mSitim  mui  wi»o  hmd  fa^s^e^  osv  jateaipletd  to  r^Mnu  Mk4  <MI 
being  bailed  by  tbe  sientiiMsl  josA&pied  lo  ntsb  bv  bim  witbivit  nn  MH^ 
swer.  It  wms  so  ^nirmtir  djkrk,  tbia  ibe  pej^Mi  coaM  ikH  W  4i»l4«i- 
gaiahed,  and  tbe  seauiiel  at  tbe  aaae  tine  pasb«d  witb  bi$  Ki^vihm  anti 
attempted  to  fire.  Tbe  raio  wbk-b  bad  falleii  fvMtunalely  pr^x^nKsi  tbi^ 
discbarge  of  tbe  mnskeC  bat  a  dangeroos  w\>aiHi  wa»  re<*^Tt<l  (K>m  Ib^" 
Bayonet.  Dr.  Crawford  of  tbe  Riobmond  lroop«  witb  gT>ciat  biimanily 
dreaaed  bia  woands  and  attended  bim  tbroiu^  tbe  nigbi^  hut  coaK)  ihH 
procore  a  probe  to  ascertain  its  deptb. 

I  will  send  yoa  to-morrow  an  aoooont  of  tbe  monies  expend^  by  m# 
on  tbe  expedition. 


With  very  much  roapoct  A  oftloom,  Jhcu 


R.    QUARLRS  TO  THE   ExBCUTIVS, 

The  Garrison  at  thia  place  is  likely  to  be  considerably  harrMnod  by 
the  militia  officer  in  whoae  District  it  stands.  Under  a  proaiimptiofi 
that  neither  the  Gaard,  nor  artificers,  are  Exempt  by  Law  fVom  atlond^ 
ing  his  musters,  he  has  enrolled  them,  and  will  consequently  subjoot 
them  to  the  ineonyenienoe  of  attending  his  mostera  or  bo  oonaUlofOtI  an 


July  SHU^ 
IVurmoks 


236  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


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1794.       delinquent.     It  appears  to  me,  that  the  Laws  of  92  &  93  respecting  the 

July  28Ui    militia  expressly  consider  the  Guard  at  this  place  as  Militia  in  actual 

service,  and  consequently,  whilst  in  that  service  exempt  from  all  other 

military  duty.    The  artificers  I  consider  as  very  differently  situated,  & 

for  their  Exemptions  must  wait  your  interposition. 

Under  the  Idea  that  your  Honorable  Board  will  be  struck  with  the 
impropriety  of  the  Public  artists,  who  are  employed  on  yearly  wages, 
being  interrupted  in  their  Labors  by  the  necessary  calls  of  the  militia, 
I  shall  disregard  all  militia  summons  until  I  can  receive  your  instruc- 
tions respecting  both  descriptions  of  persons  at  this  place. 

My  Letter  respeoting  the  purchase  of  musket  Locks  have  been  sub> 
roitted  to  the  Board,  and  until  I  can  know  their  decision,  I  shall  feel 
myself  somewhat  at  a  loss  how  to  act. 

I  have,  &c. 


July  28th        Application  of  Rich'd  Morritt  and  other  artisans  at  Point  of  Fork  to 
be  allowed  Eations  for  their  wives. 


July  28th  Memorandum  for  the  Governor  by  R.  Quarlbs. 

Wants  instructions  as  to  Musket  Locks  and  whether  the  artizans 
shall  draw  rations  for  their  wives. 


July  29th  John  Bbckley  to  the  Governor. 

Clerk's  office      ^^  obedience  to  an  order  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  I  have  the 

of  House  of  honor  to  enclose  here  with  three  copies  of  the  journal  ot  their  proceed- 
Representa-  r  v  r 

tives  of     ings  during  the  late  session  of  Congress,  one  for  the  use  of  the  Supreme 

^tetfl^      Executive,  and  one  for  the  use  of  each  branch  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  over  which  you  preside. 

With  great  consideration,  I  am,  &c. 


July  29th  Thomas  Walker  to  the  Governor. 

Princess         I  have  the  honor  to  enclose  your  Excellency  recommendations  of  the 

Anne  county  QQm.|.  qI  Princess  Anne  of  officers  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  that  have 

taken  place  in  the  militia  since  their  last  recommendations.    I  also  take 

the  liberty  of  enclosing  you  a  return  ot  the  20th  Regiment  in  order  to 

show  you  how  deficient  that  regiment  is  in  arms  and  accoutrements. 

This  deficiency  added  to  the  obvious  necessity  of  our  being  well 


CALENBAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  237 


armed  (being  a  frontier  county  and  unprotected  on  our  extensive  sea-       1794. 
coast,  which  renders  us  too  subject  to  the  incursions  and  depredations    July  29th 
of  any  piratical  privateer  that  may  choose  to  invade  us),  induces  roe  to 
request  the  Executive  to  furnish  said  regiment  with  300  stand  of  good 
muskets  and  as  good  accoutrements  as  can  be  conveniently  spared  from 
the  public  magazines. 

Your  Excellency  will  also  permit  me  to  remind  you  of  our  perilous 
situation,  not  only  from  our  being  vastly  accessible  on  our  sea  and  bay 
shores,  but  if  Norfolk  should  be  invaded,  we  should  in  all  probability  be 
the  first  people  directed  to  its  protection  from  our  proximity  to  that 
place ;  and  unless  we  are  well  armed,  we  can  neither  defend  ourselves  at 
home  nor  lend  our  aid  to  our  neighbors  at  Norfolk.  These  considera- 
tions as  well  as  some  others,  such  as  insurrection,  &c.,  I  hope  will  in- 
duce the  Executive  to  grant  us  the  arms  and  accoutrements  necessary 
for  our  defence.  If  we  should  bo  indulged  with  them,  I  should  be  glad 
to  get  them  as  soon  as  convenient. 

I  have,  &c. 


H.  Knox,  Sbc'y  of  War,  to  the  Governor.  JalySOth 

I  have  received  your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  22nd  instant.    The        War 
sum  destined  for  the  fortifications  of  Norfolk,  exclusively  of  the  Artil-  I^^P^rtm®'^'^ 
lery  but  including  the  purchase  of  necessary  grounds,  amounts  to  Six 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty-seven  dollars  and  fifly-two  cents, 
which  would  appear  by  Mr.  Rivardi's  representations  to  be  sufficient, 
provided  the  grounds  shall  not  cost  much. 

The  money  will  be  furnished  by  the  Treasury  as  fast  as  it  shall  be  re- 
quired. I  have  requested  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  enter  into 
immediate  arrangements  for  purchasing  the  grounds,  which  shall  be  re- 
ported by  the  Engineers  as  indispensible;  and  I  have  also  written  to 
the  Engineers  to  make  the  report  immediately. 

I  hope  the  outrage  you  mention  will  have  been  repressed  by  your 
laudable  decision.  An  open  and  violent  resistance  to  the  laws  has  taken 
place  in  the  western  part  of  this  State,  which,  while  it  will  exercise  the 
Government,  it  is  to  be  hoped  may  bo  terminated  without  establishing 
any  pernicious  consequence. 

I  have  the  honor,  &c. 


Samuel  Coleman  to  ^^^g  jg^ 

Directed  by  the  Executive,  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  re-   Richmond 
ceipt  of  your  letter  of  the  19th  ultimo,  covering  returns  of  the  BattaUions 
composing  the  Regiment  of  Militia  under  your  command.    I  enclose  for 


238  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  ^^APBRS. 


1794.  the  information  of  the  Officers  of  your  Regitnei^t,  in  bdbttf  of  th^  Ad- 
Aug.  Ist.  jutant  Greneral,  blank  returns,  as  forms  which  ai^  her^fter  to  govern, 
and  the  course  of  these  returns,  according  to  MiKtary  usage,  will  be 
from  the  Captains  to  the  Majors,  from  the  Majors  to  the  Commandants 
of  Eegiments,  who  will  please  to  make  their  Regimental  returns  to  the 
Brigadier  Generals,  or  their  Brigade  Inspectors,  #ho  will  respectively 
make  their  Brigade  returns  to  the  Major  Generals  of  their  Divisions, 
who  will  direct  their  Division  returns  to  be  made  to  the  Adjutant  Gen'i 
or  his  Representative  at  the  seat  of  Government. 

At  present,  Mr.  Morgan,  the  Adjutant  General,  has  no  representative 
at  this  place,  but  the  business  which  of  right  belongs  to  his  office  neces- 
sarily done  here,  has  been  executed  by  me. 

Permit  me,  sir,  as  an  individual  to  use  this  opportunity  of  paying^  that 
tribute  of  thanks  which  are  so  justly  due  to  you,  for  your  patriotic  exer- 
tions in  the  late  fireneral  Legislature,  and  to  assure  •  you,  sir,  that  the 
perfect  establishment  of  your  health,  by  which  you  will  be  eaabled  with 
more  vigor  to  preserve  your  country's  best  interest,  will  afford  the 
highest  satisfaction  to,  sir. 

Your,  &c. 


1  - 


Aug.  2d     John  Hague,  Robert  Allyn  and  John  L:?9tpr  to  Jambs  Wqo^ 

Lieutenant-Governor, 

Richmond  ^H  complyance  with  your  request  that  we  :Bhoul4  ascei^t^i^  tj^e,  value 
of  the  service  rendered  by  sundry  vessels.  liptrau^pprting  th^  Militia 
from  this  place  to  Smithfield,  by  order  of.^h^.  JBSpc^CHtive,  are.  unani- 
mously of  the  opinion  that  the  value  pf  tfhf  Slo<>p>  .Molley :  BurtheUi 
29  63-95  Tons,  with  Master  and  three  hand^,  is  30s,  per  dfiy, 

The  Schooner  two  Sisters,  Master  and  one  han()/ bi|rthen,'jt6;l^ons^ 
16s.  2d.  per  day.  .     ;  ...     :    :.: 

The  Schooner  Active,  Burthen,  21  25-95  Toi>s,;Sk:ippQr  A<|9i[p  bapds, 
^Is.  3(i  per  day.  ., 

Proclamation  by  the  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  Commpn wealth  of 

irginia : 

Whereas,  I  have  received  information  that  a  pestilentious  or  conta- 
geous  disease  prevails  in  the  West  Indies,  and  it  is  probable  that  the 
same  may  be  brought  into  this  Commonwealth  by  vessels  arriving  from 
the  port  of  New  Orleans  on  the  Mississippi,  or  from  the  ports  situated 
on  the  Spanish  Main.  For  prevention  of  so  great  an  evil,  I  have 
thought  fit  by  and  with  the  advice  of  Council  to  call  upon  the  respective 
Superintendants  of  Quarantine  at  the  several  ports  of  entry  and  delivery 
in  this  State  to  be  pas'ticularly  vigilant  and  attentive  to  the  daties  of 
their  Office  in  this  time  of  danger;  taking  care  to  demand  of  all  Masters 


CALENDAK  OP  STATE  PAPEES.  239 


of  veeiels  coming  fVom  the  West  Indies,  or  any  of  the  aforementioned  1794. 
places,  before  they  enter  port  a  declaration,  according  to  law,  as  to  their  ^^-  -^ 
health,  &c.,  &c.,  and  if,  apon  examination,  it  shall  appear  that  any  vessel 
OQght  to  perform  Quarantine,  the  said  Superintendants  will  immediately 
order  such  vessel  to  make  her  Quarantine  at  the  anchorage  ground  off 
Crany  Island,  near  the  month  of  Elizabeth  river,  for  the  space  of  twenty 
days. 

And  I  do  hereby  strictly  enjoin  and  require,  that  until  such  vessel 
shall  be  discharged  from  such  quarantine,  all  persons  coming,  or  goods 
imported  in  such  vessel,  come  not  on  shore,  or  go  on  board  any  other 
vessel,  or  be  landed  or  put  into  any  other  ship,  vessel  or  boat,  in  any 
place  within  this  Commonwealth.  And  also,  that  no  person  go  on 
board  any  vessel  ordered  to  perform  quarantine,  without  license  first 
had  and  obtained  in  writing  under  the  hand  of  Thomas  Newton,  Jun'r, 
Eeq'r,  of  the  borough  of  Norfolk,  who  is  hereby  authorized  and  ap- 
pointed to  see  such  quarantine  performed.  And  all  pilots  are  hereby 
desired  to  give  notice  to  the  before  mentioned  superintendents  of  the  ar- 
rival of  all  vessels  from  the  West  Indies  or  any  of  the  aforesaid  places, 
in  order  that  they  may  be  duly  examined. 

Given  under  my  hand  as  Lieutenat-Governor,  in  the  absence  of  the 
Governor,  and  under  the  seal  of  the  Commonwealth,  at  Bichmond,  this 
2d  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  ninety-four. 

JAMBS  WOOD. 


At  a  court  hold  for  New  Kent  county  the  2nd  day  of  August,  1794,     Aug.  2d 
for  the  examination  of  Ben,  a  negro  man  slave,  said  to  be  the  property 
of  Mary  Wilsford,  on  suspicion  of  Felony  and  Burglary : 

The  said  Ben  was  brought  to  the  bar  in  custody  of  the  Sheriff,  and 
John  Dandridge,  prosecutor  for  the  Commonwealth,  exhibited  the  fol- 
lowing indictment  against  him: 

That  Ben,  a  negro  man  slave,  the  property  of  Mary  Wilsford,  on  the 
21st  day  of  June,  1794,  feloniously  and  burglariously  did  break  into  the 
mansion-house  of  Sarah  Staughter,  in  the  county  aforesaid,  and  did  then 
and  there  feloniously  take  and  carry  away  forty  pounds  weight  of  ba- 
con^ one  pound  of  butter,  one  pair  of  linen  trowsers  and  one  tin  measure, 
of  the  value  of  40s.  current  money. 

Whereupon  it  was  demanded  of  the  said  Ben  whether  he  was  thereof 
guilty.  He  said  he  was  in  nowise  thereof  guilty:  Thereupon  the  court 
proceeded  to  examine  the  witnesses,  and  the  prisoner  was  heard  in  his 
own  defence;  on  consideration  whereof^  it  is  the  opinion  of  the  court 
that  the  said  Ben  is  guilty  of  the  felony  and  burglary  in  the  indictment 
mentioned,  and  that  for  such,  his  offence,  he  be  executed  on  Friday,,  the 
5th  day  of  September  next. 


240  CALENDAK  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794,  The  naid  Ben  10  yalaed  by  the  eoart  at  the  price  of  one  hundred 

Ao^  2d      poandSy  and  the  said  Ben  is  by  the  unanimous  voice  of  the  Court  recom- 
mended to  his  ExcelleDCj,  the  Governor,  as  an  object  of  mercy. 

A  copy — Teste: 

WILLIAM  CLAYTON,  C.  N.  K.  C. 


Aug.  4th  H.  Knox  to  the  Governor. 

War  Tour  favor  of  the  28th  of  July  was  duly  received,  containing  an 

Department  account  of  the  wise  and  vigorous  measures  which  you  directed  to  sup- 
press the  illicit  Privateer  which  was  fitting  out  at  Smithfield.  The 
President  receives  with  great  satisfaction  this  information,  and  he  has 
directed  me  to  express  the  same  to  your  Excellency. 

I  am,  &c. 


Aug.  4th  Major  G.  K.  Taylor's  Report  to  the  Governor. 

Petersburg  Having  at  length  accomplished  the  object  of  my  mission  to  Smith- 
field,  1  do  myself  the  honor  of  detailing  to  you  the  circumstances  which 
occurred  to  the  Marshal  and  myself  during  our  stay  in  that  place. 

In  obedience  to  your  orders,  dated  the  seventeenth  day  of  last  month, 
I  set  out  for  Smithfield  with  the  marshal,  and  arrived  at  that  place  on 
the  nineteenth.  The  first  object  after  our  arrival,  was  to  ascertain  from 
some  person  in  whose  information  we  might  confide,  the  situation  of  the 
s^ip,  and  the  problibility  of  Captain  Sinclair's  resisting  the  Marshal  in 
the  execution  of  his  duty.  For  this  purpose  (as  it  was  deemed  prudent 
that  the  Mi^^hal  should  not  at  once  appear  in  public,  lest  it  might  excite 
an  alarm  and  put  Sinclair  on  his  guard),  I  waited  on  Mr.  Copeland 
Parker,  the  Surveyor  of  that  port,  who  alledged  that  the  ship  was  equip- 
ping fbr  the  purpose  of  privateering,  and  informed  me  that  firom  the 
bold  and  enterpriiing  disposition  of  Sinclair,  as  well  as  from  the  ex- 
penoe  ho  had  incurred,  a  passive  relinquishment  of  the  object  was 
scarcely  to  be  expected.  On  this  account,  it  was  deemed  expedient 
forthwith  to  deliver  your  letter  to  the  commandant  of  Isle  of  Wight 
County. 

I  waited  on  that  gentleman  with  the  letter  on  the  same  day  at  10 
o^lock  in  the  morning,  and  required  him  to  furnish  a  Captain's  guard 
by  six  oVlock  in  the  afternoon ;  at  which  time  it  had  been  concerted 
Ibat  the  Marshal  should  lake  possession  of  the  ship.  The  letter  he  re- 
c«iv«d  with  a  coolness  boitlering  on  indiflforenoe,  and,  after  some  short 


CALBNDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  241 


time,  said  that  he  would  give  the  necessary  orders  to  Major  Benn,  who  1794. 
resided  three  or  four  miles  from  Smithfield,  but  feared  it  would  be  im-  Aug.  4th 
possible  to  furnish  the  men  by  the  time  appointed;  and,  at  length,  de- 
clared that  as  his  boy  was  out  of  the  way,  he  did  not  know  how  to  con- 
trive his  order  to  the  Major.  Although  I  conceived  it  to  be  rather  his 
duty  than  mine  to  convey  his  commands  to  his  inferior  officer,  yet  that 
the  business  might  not  languish  from  a  cause  so  easy  to  be  removed,  I 
undertook  to  forward  his  letter,  and  accordingly  dispatched  a  messenger 
with  it  to  the  Major. 

In  this  situation  matters  remained  til  about  two  o'clock,  at  which 
time  no  Militia  man  had  appeared,  and  no  answer  had  been  obtained 
from  the  Major.  In  the  mean  time,  I  had  understood  that  this  Officer 
did  not  command  the  Battallion  of  which  Smithfield  and  its  neighbor- 
hood constituted  a  part,  and  reflecting  that  orders  transmitted  from  the 
Colonel  to  his  Major,  and  from  the  Major  reverberated  to  some  distant 
Captain,  would  not  be  complied  with  in  due  season,  and  expecting  that 
Sinclair  had  by  some  means  been  apprized  of  the  arrival  of  the  Marshal, 
he  might,  unless  the  ship  was  seized  that  evening,  carry  her  out  of  our 
reach  before  the  next  morning.  I  supposed  it  necessary  to  be  explicit 
with  the  Colonel,  and  therefore  wrote  him  a  letter  of  which  a  copy  ac- 
companied this  marked  (A).  This  letter  the  Marshal  was  so  obliging 
as  to  deliver  himself;  and  shortly  afterwards  the  Colonel  visited  me  in 
great  wrath,  and  delivered  me  in  person  the  laconic  answer,  marked 
(B),  at  the  same  time  informing  me  that  he  had,  in  consequence  of  my 
letter,  ordered  Lieutenant  Johnson  of  the  Militia  from  Smithfield  and 
its  immediate  neighborhood,  to  summon  his  company  to  our  aid.  Ac- 
cordingly, about  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  Lieutenant  Johnson  ap- 
peared, and  with  great  assiduity  applied  himself  to  summoning  the  in- 
habitants of  Smithfield,  and  I  wish  that  an  adherence  to  truth  would 
permit  me  declare  that  their  alacrity  in  performing  their  duty  was 
seconded  by  his  industry.  So  far,  however,  was  this  from  being  the 
case,  that  at  six  o'clock,  the  hour  appointed  by  the  Marshal  for  seizing 
the  ship,  he  mustered  only  two  men  armed  with  indifferent  fowling 
pieces,  &  eight  or  ten  others  perfectly  unarmed. 

At  the  head  of  this  band,  I  advanced  armed  with  a  pair  Df  pistols  and 
followed  by  the  Colonel  unarmed  to  the  relief  of  the  Marshal,  who  had 
according  to  agreement,  precisely  at  six  o'clock,  taken  possession  of  the 
Ship,  arrested  Captain  Sinclair,  and  ordered  him  and  the  workmen  from 
on  board  her.  Those,  on  my  nearer  approach  I  found  highly  exasperated, 
standing  on  the  wharf  to  which  the  Ship  was  bound,  and  notwithstand- 
ing the  appearance  of  our  detachment,  &  of  its  Colonel  who  followed  it, 
threatening  to  cast  the  Marshal  overboard  if  Captain  Sinclair  would 
only  give  the  word.  The  Captain  himself  entered  into  a  warm  alterca- 
tion with  the  Marshal,  and  declared  that  on  the  succeeding  Monday 
morning  his  workmen  should  resume  their  occupations  on  board  the 

Ship.    At  length,  he  retired  and  bis  men  followed  the  example,  after 

31 


242  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       having  indulged  themselves  with  attering  a  profusion  of  menaces  and 
Aug.  4th     abuse. 

Situated  as  we  were,  we  thought  it  advisable  to  endeavor  to  obtain 
arms  for  those  men  on  board  the  Ship  who  had  them  not,  and  for  this 
purpose,  the  Marshal  and  Lieutenant  Johnson  went  about  to  different 
stores  and  houses  in  the  town,  leaving  the  Ship  and  guard  in  my  charge. 
After  the  most  strenuous  exertions,  they  obtained  an  addition  of  five  or 
six  guns,  so  that  at  ten  o'clock  at  night  we  mustered  seven  or  eight 
men  in  arms. 

During  the  greater  part  of  this  night  we  plainly  perceived  sentinels 
armed,  stationed  on  the  bluff  which  commanded  the  Ship  and  observing 
all  our  motions  and  operations.  As  from  this  circumstance,  from  the 
gestures  and  menaces  of  the  workmen,  and  from  our  own  weakness,  we 
supposed  it  not  impossible  that  an  attempt  might  be  made  during  the 
night  to  resume  possession  of  the  Ship,  and  as  we  understood  that  the 
Colonel  was  in  habits  of  great  intimacy  with  Captain  Sinclair,  we  de- 
termined to  keep  him  on  board  all  night,  supposing  that  as  during  the 
darkness  which  there  prevailed  he  would  be  equally  exposed  with  any 
other  person  on  board,  to  the  mischiefs,  which  must  have  ensued  in 
case  of  attack.  Affection  for  him  might  prevent  them  from  doing  what 
we  feared  respect  for  the  laws  would  not  deter  them  from  attempting. 

As  Captain  Sinclair  had,  as  I  understood,  before  refused  to  permit  his 
lumber  houses  to  be  searched,  the  Marshal  had,  during  his  absence  in 
pursuit  of  arms,  applied  to  a  Magistrate  of  the  County  for  a  warrant  to 
search  those  houses  for  the  apparel,  ammunition  and  arms,  which  be  bad 
every  reason  to  suppose  to  be  there  stored.  This  the  gentleman  to 
whom  he  applied,  from  an  excess  of  caution  and  a  fear  of  transcending 
the  bounds  of  his  duty,  declined  to  give.  The  idea  of  a  search,  there- 
fore, was  for  the  present  abandoned.  But  Captain  Sinclair  having,  by 
means  which  we  can  only  suspect,  been  apprized  of  the  application, 
came  in  great  wrath  about  half-past  ten  o'clock  at  night  alongside  of 
the  Ship,  attended  by  a  certain  William  Malcolm,  informed  the  Mar- 
shal that  he  had  heard  of  his  having  applied  for  the  warrant,  and  said 
that  he  would  repel  any  attempt  to  search  his  houses  by  force,  and  that 
he  would  kill  the  first  man  who  should  approach  them ;  at  the  same 
time  declaring  that  he  could  raise  fifty  men  sooner  than  we  could. 
While  he  was  thus  haranguing,  his  companion,  who  was  armed  with  a 
sword,  and  as  we  afterwards  found  with  a  pistol,  exercised  the  former 
weapon  in  a  very  outrageous  manner,  and  contrived  by  accident,  wo 
presume,  to  prick  one  of  our  guards  with  it.  The  man,  irritated  at  the 
assault,  would  immediately  have  shot  him  dead,  if  he  had  not  been  pre- 
vented by  the  Marshal,  who  at  the  same  time  endeavoured  to  wrest 
Malcolm's  sword  from  his  hand.  This  he  effected  with  the  assistance 
of  the  Colonel,  who,  to  my  utter  astonishment,  immediately  after  de- 
clared tbat  the  Bword  was  his,    To  have  seen  the  Commandant  of  the 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  243 


County  during  all  the  former  part  of  the  night,  amidst  the  confusion       1794. 
and  uproar  of  the  scene,  tranquil  and  unarmed,  appeared  curious,  to     Aug.  4th 
have  afterwards  found  his  sword  in  the  hands  of  one  of  our  bitterest 
foes  roused  sensations,  and  suspicions  which  may  be  easily  imagined,  but 
which,  as  they  may  possibly  be  groundless,  I  shall  not  detail. 

Malcolm,  when  disarmed  of  the  sword,  retired  from  the  side  of  the 
Ship,  and  then  displaying  his  pistol  to  our  view,  declared,  with  much 
heroism,  that  he  would  discharge  two  balls  through  the  head  of  any 
person  who  should  attempt  to  obtain  possession  of  that  weapon.  We 
afterwards  understood  that  while  the  Marshal  was  attempting  to  take 
the  sword  from  him,  he  elevated  bis  pistol  either  against  him  or  the 
man  whom  he  had  previously  wounded ;  and  I  can  not  but  conceive  it 
to  have  been  a  fortunate  circumstance  that  this  manoeuvre  was  not  gen- 
erally seen,  as  I  certainly  should  have  thought  it  a  justifiable  deed,  in 
protection  and  defence  of  the  Marshal,  to  have  deprived  Malcolm  of  his 
existence.  Having  been  able,  after  so  long  a  warning,  to  obtain  seven 
or  eight  armed  men,  and  having  been  subjected  to  so  many  indignities, 
seeing  plainly  from  the  deck  of  the  ship  that  the  loft  of  one  of  Sin- 
clair's warehouses,  within  fifty  yards  of  us,  contained  a  number  of  armed 
men,  who  from  a  door  on  the  side  next  to  the  ship  observed  whatever 
we  transacted  on  board.  Knowing,  too,  that  the  force  furnished  us  by 
the  Colonel  was  inadequate  to  repel  invasion,  and  suspecting  that  his 
future  exertions  would  keep  pace  with  his  former,  we  abandoned  all 
idea  of  succour  from  Isle  of  Wight  County,  and  determined  to  seek  it 
elsewhere.  For  this  purpose,  the  Marshal  wrote  to  the  Collector  of 
Norfolk,  requesting  that  the  Revenue  Cutter  be  sent  up  to  him,  and  I 
conceived  myself  warranted  by  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  in  re- 
questing General  Mathews  for  a  detachment  of  men  from  that  place. 
These  letters  were  written  about  half-past  ten  o'clock  at  night,  and  an 
express  was  immediately  dispatched  with  them,  We  then  wrote  you 
an  account  of  what  we  had  done,  after  which  we  returned  to  the  ship 
and  remained  on  board  her  during  the  night  without  closing  our  eyes. 

The  next  morning  as  the  Marshal  remonstrated  against  the  sufficiency 
of  the  guard  I  determined  to  make  another  effort  on  the  Colonel,  and 
pressed  him  for  more  armed  men,  and  his  exertions  this  day  produced 
twenty-four  armed  men,  who  guarded  the  ship  the  ensuing  night. 

This  day  likewise,  to  my  great  surprise,  I  learned  that  the  day  be- 
fore, when  I  delivered  your  letter  to  the  Colonel  and  required  from 
him  the  guard  of  the  Ship,  a  Captain  Young's  Company  mustered  within 
three  miles  of  Smithfield ;  that  of  this  Company  eighty  men  were  pres- 
ent, thirty  of  whom  were  armed,  and  that  the  muster  was  matter  of 
notoriety,  as  a  barbecue  was  that  day  given  to  the  men. 

At  dinner  we  were  insulted  by  the  conversation  of  the  same  Mr.  Mal- 
comb,  who  had  behaved  so  indecently  the  preceding  evening. .  He  de- 
clared that  he  could  raise  fifteen  men  who  should  drive  all  the  militia 


244  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  that  could  be  raised  in  a  fortnight;  that  he  would  retake  the  ship,  if 
Aug.  4th  ordered,  and  that  he  would  kill  two  men  before  he  quitted  the  town — 
immediately  after  naming  Mr.  Copcland  Parker  as  one  of  them,  and 
plainly  intimating  that  the  Marshal  was  the  other.  As  our  business  in 
Smithfield  was  of  a  public  nature,  we  thought  ourselves  under  no  neces- 
sity of  resenting  the  expressions  of  an  individual,  nor  at  any  time  should 
we  have  dignified  with  resentment  such  a  character  as  Malcomb's.  But 
Lieutenant  Johnson,  who  was  at  dinner  with  us,  could  not  so  easily 
brook  this  behaviour.  A  quarrel  ensued  between  him  and  Malcomb. 
He  drew  a  pistol — Malcolm  a  case  knife;  and  these  weapons  were  flour- 
ished on  either  side  over  the  heads  of  the  Marshal  and  myself  who  sat 
between  them  at  dinner.  As  it  was  impossible  to  continue  that  meal 
during  such  a  scene,  we  arose  and  prevailed  on  Johnson  (who  bad  now 
put  away  his  pistol,  and  brandished  another  knife  in  order  to  fight  his 
antagonist  on  more  equal  terms,)  to  give  over  the  idea  of  a  personal 
contest.  Soon  after,  the  Marshal,  with  my  advice  and  concurrence, 
swore  the  peace  against  Malcomb  as  a  wretch  from  whom  he  was  in 
danger  of  assassination :  in  consequence  of  which,  he  was  that  night 
arrested ;  when  the  Colo,  and  another  person,  whose  name  I  do  not  now 
recollect,  became  securities  for  his  good  behaviour. 

As  in  the  course  of  this  day  an  attempt  had  been  made  by  two  of 
Sinclair's  men  to  take  away  a  batteau,  which  we  had  found  near  the 
ship  when  she  was  first  taken,  which  attempt  I  was  con  trained  to  repel 
by  force,  and  as  we  supposed  that  similar  attempts  might  be  renewed 
during  the  night,  and  that  Sinclair  might  the  next  morning  endeavor  to 
carry  into  effect  his  threat  of  the  preceding  evening,  that  his  workmen 
should  resume  their  operations  on  Monday  morning,  we  determined  to 
place  centinels  near  his  lumber-houses,  who  might  at  once  guard  the 
articles  on  the  Strand,  prevent  others  from  being  conveyed  from  the 
houses,  and  alarm  the  men  on  board  in  case  of  the  approach  of  an  armed 
party.  At  the  same  time,  we  gave  express  orders  to  the  officer  who 
commanded,  that  no  person  should  be  permitted  to  approach  the  ship 
on  the  strand  who  could  not  give  the  countersign.  The  first  man  sta- 
tioned near  one  of  the  houses  informed  us,  that  immediately  after  he 
was  placed  there,  he  distinctly  hoard  the  people  in  the  lofl  load  a  num- 
ber of  muskets.  Hence  it  would  appear  that  they  apprehended  an 
attack  during  the  night,  and  meditated  a  vigorous  opposition. 

On  Monday  morning  at  nine  o'clock,  our  express  from  Norfolk  re- 
turned, bringing  a  letter  from  the  Collector  to  the  Marshal,  and  another 
from  General  Mathews  to  myself.  These  letters  informed  us  that  the 
cutter  was  ordered  to  Smithfield,  and  that  the  General  had  j)ut  on  board 
her  a  Subaltern  and  twenty-five  men,  who  were  to  be  subject  to  my 
orders.  About  half-past  ten.  Lieutenant  Lurtie  of  the  cutter,  and  Lieu- 
tenant Woodside,  who  commanded  the  Norfolk  detachment,  arrived, 
having  landed  some  distance  below  the  town,  and  the  cutter  with  the 
[  rest  of  the  men  came  up  the  same  afternoon. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  245 


About  twelve  o'clock  we  went  on  board  tbe  ship,  where  we  found  the  1794. 
Colo,  commanding  in  person,  and  where  we  likewise  found  the  same  Mr.  Aug.  4th 
Maicomb,  who  had  before  treated  us  so  cavalierly.  This  incorrigable, 
audacious  man,  altho'  so  recently  bound  to  good  behaviour,  could  not 
refrain,  even  in  the  presence  of  his  security,  from  insulting  the  Marshal 
by  his  gestures  tho'  he  had  the  prudence  to  restrain  his  tongue.  At  the 
same  time,  one  of  those  carpenters  who  had  threatened  to  throw  us 
overboard  appeared  on  the  deck  of  the  ship,  and  in  an  insolent  manner 
demanded  his  tools.  Insulted  thus  in  the  very  place  where  a  guard  was 
stationed  to  protect  him,  the  Marshal  remonstrated  to  me  on  the  subject, 
and  Mr.  Maicomb  and  the  carpenter  were  ordered  to  depart. 

Instead  of  seconding  these  orders,  the  Col.  entered  into  a  justification 
of  Mr.  Malcomb's  conduct,  observing  that  he  had  given  security  to  be 
of  good  behavior,  and  therefore  had  as  much  right  on  board  the  ship  as 
any  other  person.  This  produced  an  altercation  between  the  Marshall 
and  the  Col.,  in  which  the  former  in  terms  by  no  means  equivocal,  ex- 
pressed to  the  latter  his  disapprobation  of  his  becoming  Malcomb's  se- 
curity, and  the  evident  conclusions  which  he  drew  from  their  great 
familiarity. 

The  Marshall's  remonstrance  was  afterwards,  at  my  request,  put  on 
paper,  and  will  be  found  in  the  papers  annexed  marked  C.  In  conse- 
quence of  the  remonstrance,  and  what  I  had  myself  observed,  orders 
were  given  that  no  person  except  the  Marshall,  the  Col.,  myself,  and  the 
guard  on  duty  should  come  on  board  without  a  passport  signed  by  the 
Marshall  and  myself. 

This  day,  in  a  letter  to  Col.  Wells,  I  suggested  to  him  that  on  my  first 
arrival  I  had  demanded  a  Captain's  guard,  and  requested  that  when  it 
should  be  complete  he  would  be  pleased  to  inform  me  of  the  circum- 
stance. To  this  letter  I  received  no  answer,  nor  did  the  Col.  during  my 
stay  in  Smithfield  inform  me  that  be  had  fully  complied  with  the  requi- 
sition. 

Between  four  and  five  this  afternoon,  an  ensign  and  four  mounted 
infantry  of  Captain  Weisiger's  company  arrived.  Their  arrival,  and 
the  idea  that  they  were  the  van  of  a  more  formidable  party,  evidently 
communicated  an  alarm  and  panic  to  Captain  Sinclair's  party.  One  of 
the  carpenters  in  particular,  whose  courage  had  been  excited,  and  his 
wrath  inflamed  when  the  ship  was  first  seized,  now  with  every  symptom 
of  consternation  and  affright,  solicited  and  obtained  the  indemnity  and 
protection  of  the  Marshall. 

As  I  supposed  that  the  feelings  of  the  militia  of  Isle  of  Wight  county 
were  galled  at  the  sight  of  soldiers  coming  from  a  distance  to  do  what 
they  were  competent  and  had  been  first  called  on  to  perform,  I  deter- 
mined by  no  means  to  increase  the  irritation.  In  my  orders  therefore 
to  Lieutenant  Woodside  of  the  Norfolk,  and  Ensign  Harrison  of  the 
Prince  G^eorge  militia,  I  directed  them  to  consider  themselves  as  under 
the  command  of  Col.  Wells,  to  whose  countymen  too,  now  become  jeal- 


246  CALENDAR.  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


•^ 


1794.  0U8  of  their  reputation,  I  continued  to  entrust  the  care  of  the  ship. 
Aug.  4th  The  Col.  lilsewise  beginning  to  discover  that  his  want  of  alacrity  in  the 
beginning  might  furnish  cause  for  censure  on  his  conduct,  became  now 
extremely  alert,  and  declared  that  this  night  he  would  command  the 
guard  in  person ;  a  disposition  which  I  by  no  means  endeavoured  to 
restrain  or  repress. 

At  about  ten  o'clock  this  night,  I  received  your  letter  by  express; 
informing  me  of  General  Marshall's  approach,  and  the  next  morning, 
(Tuesday)  the  General  arrived  at  the  head  of  the  Richmond  Cavalry. 
On  his  arrival,  every  trace  of  opposition  vanished,  and  some  of  the 
most  violent  and  turbulent  of  our  opponents  were  no  more  seen;  par- 
ticularly the  Mr.  Malcomb,  of  whom  mention  has  been  so  often  made, 
and  a  Captain  Blaney,  who  had  before  been  extremely  active  in  attempt- 
ing to  irritate  the  minds  of  the  people  against  the  Marshall.  From 
this  time,  by  the  politeness  of  the  General,  and  the  attention  of  a 
few  of  the  towns  people,  friends  of  order  and  of  government,  our  time 
glided  away  with  a  serenity  proportionate  to  the  turbulence  we  had 
before  experienced. 

The  Marshal  this  day  waited  on  Captain  Sinclair,  and  demanded  the 
keys  of  his  lumber-houses.  These  the  Captain  offered  immediately  to 
surrender,  observing  that  he  would  have  given  them  up  before,  if  the 
application  had  been  more  properly  and  more  civilly  made. 

The  keys  were  taken  and  search  was  made,  when  a  number  of  sails, 
and  a  quantity  of  other  materials  for  rigging  ships,  with  sixteen  pieces 
of  iron  cannon,  fourteen  or  fifteen  muskets,  and  a  number  of  four  pound 
and  grape  shot,  and  about  fifteen  hundred  pounds  of  powder  were  found. 
Of  the  muskets  several  were  loaded,  and  some  cocked  when  they  were 
taken. 

The  Militia  of  Isle  of  Wight  County  on  duty,  began  this  day  to  com- 
plain that  while  the  Militia  from  distant  parts  remained  idle,  the  labor- 
ious part  of  the  duty  was  conferred  on  them.  In  order  to  efface  these 
impressions,  General  Marshall  directed  that  the  Richmond  Cavalry 
should  the  next  morning  compose  a  fatigue  party,  for  the  purpose  of 
carrying  on  board  the  ship,  the  various  articles  prepared  for  her  equip- 
ment, a  duty  in  high  degree  laborious,  but  which  I  take  pleasure  in  de- 
claring, was  executed  with  the  utmost  alacrity  and  cheerfulness.  In- 
deed, the  whole  conduct  of  this  corps  while  at  Smithfield,  was  such  as 
to  inspire  all  who  saw  them  with  a  respect  for  their  discipline,  and  an 
admiration  of  their  subordination.  By  their  exertion,  all  the  articles 
were  put  on  board  except  the  gun  powder,  which  it  was  thought  unsafe 
to  ship  until  the  moment  before  our  departure. 

On  Wednesday  morning  about  10  o'clock,  Captain  Weisiger's  Com- 
pany of  light  infantry  arrived,  and  being  designed  by  the  General  to 
guard  the  Ship  up  the  river,  they  were  the  same  evening  sent  on  board 
her.  From  this  time,  they  exclusively  guarded  the  Ship,  and  Col. 
Wells  ceased  to  be  goaded  by  my  importunities  &  requisitions. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  247 


On  Thandmy,  the  gan-powder  was  embarked^  and  the  Ship  warped  17M. 
into  the  stream.  As  Sinclair  had  the  day  before  gone  down  in  a  boat  Aug.  4th 
to  Norfolk,  and  a  current  report  preiraiied  that  he  intended  to  raise  a 
body  sufficient  to  retake  his  Ship,  positive  orders  were  given  to  the  in- 
fantry to  saffer  no  person  during  the  night  to  come  on  board  who  could 
not  give  the  counter-sign ;  an  order  which  was  so  punctually  observed, 
a^  to  be  neariy  &tal  to  one  of  the  men !  For  he  having  either  never  re- 
oeived  the  word,  or  having  forgotten  it,  retired  from  the  Ship  at  a  time 
when  neither  of  the  centinels  on  duty  observed  him.  On  his  return, 
just  as  he  was  attempting  to  get  on  board,  he  was  observed,  stopped  and 
challenged.  Being  unable  to  give  the  word,  he  still  endeavored  to  rush 
on  board,  from  a  supposition  that  he  was  known  and  would  be  per- 
mitted to  pass ;  but  was  stopped  by  the  bayonet  of  the  centinel  which 
severely  wounded  him  in  the  lefl  breast  near  the  shoulder.  The  depth 
and  danger  of  the  wound  compelled  us  to  leave  the  man  in  Smithfield 
under  the  care  of  a  physician  whom  I  employed  to  attend  him. 

On  Friday  morning,  General  Marshall  with  the  Richmond  Cavalry, 
departed  from  Smithfield,  and  the  same  day  we  weighed  anchor  with 
the  design  of  getting  out  of  the  Pagan  Creek.  This  we  accomplished 
the  succeeding  Sunday,  afler  a  vast  deal  of  trouble  and  labor,  and  the 
same  day  began  our  voyage  up  the  river  to  Bermuda  Hundred,  where 
•we  arrived  on  the  succeeding  Friday  morning. 

I  should  be  wanting  in  justice  to  Captain  Weisiger^s  Company,  if  I 
did  not,  in  the  warmest  manner,  mention  to  you  the  patience  and  alac- 
rity with  which  they  encountered  the  daily  fatigues  which  they  experi- 
enced. It  is  paying  them  no  compliment  to  declare  that  without  their 
aid  the  Ship  could  scarcely  have  been  got  out  of  the  Creek,  as  by  their 
exertions  they  frequently  dragged  her  through  beds  of  mud,  in  which 
she  otherwise  would  have  stuck. 

Lieutenant  Johnson's  conduct  was  such  as  to  entitle  him  to  our  ap- 
probation. 

Thus,  Sir,  I  have  finished  a  detail,  which,  1  fear,  is  in  many  instances 
unnecessarily  prolix  and  minute.  1  have  been  the  more  circumstantial 
in  my  narrative,  because  it  is  obvious  to  everybody  that  a  want  of  en- 
ergy somewhere  existed;  and  because  I  wished  a  full  and  fair  relation 
of  facts  to  attach  the  blame  to  the  proper  object. 

I  have,  &c, 
P.  S.     In  justice  to  Colonel  Welh,  I  refer  you  to  a  certificate  which 
he  delivered  to  me  before  my  departure  from  Smithfield,  and  which  you 
will  find  enclosed  marked  (D). 

A. 
Sir, 

The  present  call  for  the  militia  is  so  urgent  and  the  directions  of 
the  Governor  so  explicit,  that  every  possible  exertion  ought  to  be  made 
to  furnish  the  required  number  of  men  this  evening.    At  the  same  time 


m^  e^tUtNd.tft  rj9  "tr^TK  P-.^8B& 


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V994.       n^  fisftH.  y«^  if|n«>raiiC  ^!MtlKtr  ska  Lmttrnecioii*  fos.  iupra^  iarafl^  q»  joor 

.4»H|i,  #h     JIlfi^Af  hfi^iN^  m«i(h«d  iuft  ruuuin:  joii  direfaec  I  onffeiaauid  ciwfi  t;kft  isi^ 

riii  <>^  thM  fAwn  avui  iOt  inwuniiacft  oeti^UMrtinfiit  jua  ooi;  oniiffiF  iii»  com- 

fttnucM  Chems^HV)  jn  macs«r»  acvi.  I  tuivii  gd  'iemm  chac  jna  will  uKae- 

(^m.  w^  kv  iifiM94%  ckem  rn^ft^f  chin  ^ff^^nim^  ca  caicft  ponaMoioa  o^  «id 
(^fMin^  tlw^  .^Hi^  CiiusfMm.^  Tlift  ra«»>a  ^  cki»  rafyuncuML  will  be  obvioos 
t^  ffM  ^iMM  /4ICI  r«4ieec  (iittt  i;t  will  iis  wn^iam  oar  cii*  W'iwhul  u>  aerre 

G-  K-  TAY1X)R. 

Mr.  lujVff, 

Hfmf  iffflffrmMiion  rtfsft^nf;  like  ouiitxa  of  %hm  town  hoc  under 
it^  (sfprnnrntitd  fA  J^wj/m  Benii^  fi4  2d  fWntaJlioo,  i*  a  lie.* 

JAS.  WILLS,  C.  C. 

*N.  B. — (>>lo.  Willii  AfterwAftli  expUuood  the  He  as  appljrlDg  to  the 
MM  wbo  ipii^o  Uie  foforfnatiofiy  and  not  to  mjrselt 

C. 
Ii^ar  Hlf  J 

Ufirm  refmirifig  mi  (loard  tbe  Bbip  Unicom,  at  or  about  one  o'clock 

\Au\%y^  %\X^xm\^\   by  yotimelf,  finding  appearances  unfavorable  to  mj 

pur|Km«,  I  instantly  mentioned  tbe  same.     Ton  will  be  pleased  tbere- 

lofn  Ui  rf^^ard  tbe  following  particulars  as  matters  of  complaint  sub- 

mlit(*d  Uy  your  oonsideration^  to-wit: 

A  funeral  dlMorder  on  board,  inasmucb  as  to  bave  received  insult  from 

WlllUm  Walciomb,  wbom  I  now  pointedly  forbid  to  be  present  on  board, 

so  long  as  thn  Pinld  Hhip  ihall  remain  subject  to  my  orders,  and  from  tbe 

adfllilonal  ulroumstanoos,  not  only  of  having  been  applied  to  whilst  on 

boardi  In  an  Innoloni  manner  by  a  man  (one  of  tbe  five  whom  I  found 

Oh  Imsrd  on  the  Instant  of  arrest,  and  whoso  name  is  yet  unknown  to 

m^^  for  his  IooIn,  hut  becauno  there  wore  many  other  men  on  board,  not 

belonging  to  the  guard,  whose  dispositiouH  I  am  entirely  ignorant  of,  and 

Anally  heeaune  IVom  the  apparent  good  understanding  of  Col.  Wells  and 

WllllAin  Maloomb.  t  am  diffident  what  may  ensue  from  a  continuance  of 

sut^h  oontlunt, 

I  am,  &o., 

n.  M.  RANDOLPH,  Marshal. 
»mtUiA«ad|  ttondtt^i  aUt  July»  %  oolock  P.  M.,  17M. 


CAXSafOiAT:    f>^  ^T^Tr    't^AlsVt^v  ^- 


1  -^^ 


ci.  a;  l*Mikmaaii'i^  Ferry.  Ai  tm  mcMiU.  a:  iHinyHi  <>wy<   ^vi  tt^o  Vaysnyi 
smhik,     li  1^  our  wwl  liu.:  ^rane  o:  out  Hr^HhTMHi  n.  W>irHt^M>  t\N>iY)t\ 

CountT.     Pimy  come  dcmx:  u>  tbe  iB^(4i«^:  miwi  hiSihj^^^Yno  t>tWr  Tt^lln 

1  11m,  x^\ 


JoHy  Tatwih  to  Tin:  i^vimv^i^.  \^^i,  ^Y^ 

Taxes  in  Brigmde  District  <rf  which  !>at  wk  w  |M^ii . 

CerdficAt*  «c<^mpAnying  %t<>hn  T\vW*n  <i^!!tn-. 

We  do  hereby  certify  that  w«  hlivt^  long  ht^W  ^t^WiiWWM  \\\\\s  \\\\^, 
and  do  recommend  him  as  a  man  w^U  qnnUrtiMl  lUv  ihili  iMInlnt^Hd. 

Charles  Foster,  CapU  Jim.  Mni*HH» 

Geo.  Penn,  CoI.-Comd*t,  ii)\\\\  Uivhl,  Pripf. 


*    ■■! 


Dabney  Minor  to  rnn  Iwiit/tH!i/i!it  MMt»ifN«*HH.  411^  i)(j 

I  have  recei red  a  leit Iff  ff cm  ih#  (Hfftk  fft  Ihh  HHhhhii  f'ht^hhi^iiHif  |    tMiiuniui 

would  adTine  tb«  mimi  pfffhuhUt  f^M  ^4  ptmfmii^Hft  ih^fittfrtUii  hhfH  ihHk 

82 


250  CALENDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  ing  and  the  expence  thereof.  The  principal  leaks  are  in  the  roof,  occas- 
Aug.  7th  sioned  by  the  lead  slipping  down,  so  as  to  leave  the  plank  bear  for  sev- 
eral inches.  These  leaks  may  be  prevented,  either  by  plank  or  Shingles, 
or  by  slips  of  lead  put  into  those  defects,  which  could  be  considered  as 
nothing  more  than  temporary  repairs. 

The  most  dangerous  leaks  are  in  the  Gutters,  owing  in  ray  opinion,  to 
their  not  having  fall  enough,  and  which  can  not  be  prevented,  but  by 
relaying  the  Gutters  and  giving  them  more  fall.  I  do  conceive  very 
Great  Danger  is  to  be  apprehended  from  the  leaks  in  the  Gutters,  as  very 
little  air  can  get  to  those  timbers  which  are  immediately  under  the 
Gutters,  &  which  support  the  whole  roof 

As  to  the  expence  attending  it,  I  can  form  no  opinion,  it  being  out  of 
my  line  of  business  altogether.  I  wish  some  of  the  Council  could  view 
thereof  with  me,  and  give  their  opinion  thereon  &  I  will  endeavor  to 
have  the  business  executed  on  the  most  frugal  plan. 

Having  had  the  misfortune  to  cut  my  thutnb,  am  deprived  ot  the  use 
of  it  at  present  and  am  obliged  to  write  with  my  fingers.  I  fear  it  is 
hardly  intelligible. 

I  am,  &o. 


Aug.  7th  Thos.  Newton  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Norfolk  I  received  your  favor  of  the  4th  with  the  proclamation,  and  am  ap- 

prehensive it  does  not  go  far  enough,  as  the  expressions  seem  confined 
to  the  Ports  of  New  Orleans,  or  those  situated  on  the  Spanish  Main. 
From  these  places  there  is  little  danger,  as  we  seldom  have  vessels  from 
them,  but  from  the  West  India  Islands  we  have  great  intercourse,  and 
from  accounts  brought  they  already  have  violent  diseases  raging.  It 
appears  a  great  doubt  whether  I  have  it  in  my  power  to  compel  any 
vessels  but  from  New  Orleans  and  the  ports  of  the  Spanish  Main  to  per- 
form a  quarantine.  I  shall  be  much  obliged  for  an  explanation,  or  prob- 
ably there  may  be  an  omission  in  the  proclamation  I  have  received.  I 
beg  leave  to  suggest  that  all  pilots  should  be  directed  to  bring  vessels 
too  below  Fort  Nelson,  and  report,  that  an  examination  by  a  health 
officer  may  take  place  before  they  are  allowed  to  come  up  to  the  towns 
of  Norfolk  or  Portsmouth.  This  mode  is  pursued  the  northward  and 
southward  of  us,  and  report  made  by  the  health  officer  of  the  state  of 
the  crews,  to  prevent  uneasiness  in  the  Inhabitants.  The  expence  at- 
tending this  would  be  small,  and  I  believe  give  general  satisfaction.  I 
have  directed  50  copies  of  the  proclamation  to  be  struck,  to  give  the 
pilots.  Yesterday  a  vessel  arrived  from  Barbados,  which  brings  an 
account  of  the  action  of  the  French  and  British  fleets.  The  latter 
claim  a  victory,  having  taken  five  and  sunk  three.  This,  I  hear,  is  Lt. 
k  Howe's  official  account,  but  I  still  hope  it  is  not  right  yet. 


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French  Privateers  arrived  this  morning  from  Charles  Town,  S.  C.  I  1794. 
have  heard  reports  that  some  French  men  of  war  are  off,  hut  believe  it  Aag.  7th 
is  without  foundation.  There  are  five  British  ships  of  war  in  our  bay ; 
one  50,  three  frigates,  and  a  sloop  of  war.  Their  intentions  I  know  not. 
Accounts  by  a  vessel  arrived  yesterday  are  that  the  French  stand  their 
ground  in  Gaudalupe,  and  that  the  British  fleets  were  sailing  from  the 
Island,  fearing  the  hurricane  season.  Admiral  Graves  it  is  said  was 
killed  in  the  action  in  the  channel,  and  the  ship  in  general  much  shat- 
tered. 

I  am,  &c. 


H.  H.  Brkckenridge  to  Tench  Cox.  Aug.sth 

I  have  received  no  papers  from  you.     Your  letter  by  the  Post  is  the     Pittsburg 
first  I  have  heard  from  you. 

I  take  the  opportunity  to  give  you  in  return  a  summary  of  the  pres- 
ent state  of  this  country,  without  respect  to  the  opposition  that  exists 
to  the  Excise  Law.  It  has  its  origin  not  in  any  anti-federal  Spirit,  I 
assure  you.  It  is  chiefly  the  principles  and  operation  of  the  Law  itself 
that  renders  it  obnoxious.     Be  that  as  it  may,  the  facts  are  these  : 

The  opposition  which  for  some  time  showed  itself  in  Resolves  of  Com- 
mittees, in  representations  to  Government,  in  masked  attacks  on  in- 
significant deputy  Excise  Officers,  for  only  such  would  accept  the  ap- 
pointment, did  at  length,  on  the  appearance  of  the  Marshal  in  this 
County  to  serve  processes,  break  out  in  an  open  and  direct  attack  on  the 
Inspector  of  the  Revenue  himself.  General  Nevill.  These  circumstances 
you  will  by  this  time  have  heard  from  the  General  himself,  and  from 
the  Marshal,  Major  Lenox. 

Subsequent  to  their  departure  from  the  Country,  notice  was  given  for 
a  meeting  on  the  Monongahela  river,  about  eighteen  miles  from  the 
Town  of  Pittsburg.  Six  Delegates,  of  whom  I  was  one,  were  sent  from 
this  Town.  Nothing  material  was  done  at  this  meeting,  but  the  measure 
agreed  upon  of  a  more  general  meeting  on  the  14th  of  August  near  the 
same  place,  to  take  into  view  the  present  state  of  affairs  of  the  Country. 

Subsequent  to  this  the  Mail  was  intercepted.  Characters  in  Pittsburg 
became  obnoxious  by  letters  found,  in  which  sentiments  construed  to 
evince  a  bias  in  favor  of  the  Excise  Law  were  discovered.  In  conse- 
quence of  this,  it  was  thought  necessary  to  demand  of  the  Town,  that 
those  persons  should  be  delivered  up,  or  expelled,  or  any  other  obnoxious 
character  that  might  reside  there.  Also,  that  the  Excise  Office  still 
kept  in  Pittsburg,  or  said  to  be  kept  there,  should  be  pulled  down ;  the 
house  of  Abraham  Kirkpatrick  burnt  or  pulled  down ;  other  houses  also, 
that  were  the  property  of  persons  unfavorable  to  the  cause.  For  this 
purpose,  circular  letters  were  sent  to  the  Battallions  of  the  Counties,  de- 


3^  ^^XiJATTJ.^^    iP  «LkTa  7:k2WSSL 


.^•Hfc '<*H     riff/vt«fi!Vi4  .tiPtf  VI  !:lw»  «!<vin«t  ti' :lse  iiontiL     lL  '▼n*  rnwMfwi.  'Bl die: ^sft 
4f  y.h**  "*i^r»i.  -.Hftt  rrrwn  *he  .^i^  if'  ^tie  lenprn  "  nvyiiwiup  riie  aiwn  in.  c&e 

th«!  {imrtiof^  2ivf4  Ui^mr*^  ivsMiiittinn*  ii  -^le  rnvr!!  ai  nmniiL  «»i£  ami  mssec 

tSnn  ^^  i^  ^i^<;  imtin^  t«Mm  u\  >}te  pinpert^r  if  JLhcaiitiiiL  £lzkpacriiek. 

/t  intii*^  iii  UiUiM?'  rtidrr»ii.  5;hm»i^  *  rimm  tmrTiijr  tuusr  re^niiaiiflixi  with 

If lw%  If^v^rt  '^  fltft^Hnrjr  '•iil  ^Jui  ][M%i*i«3aCi»  liv  nil*  imsiHiiii^r  '^  tite  14th 
vfvftfSAt.  Wii<k^  tUi«^  fwinit  mU  tw^  ff  icoivor  m^c.  I  ^Saaxar  mjweif  wxthing 
m^»f  A  tk>ii^  U¥  lAiwi  "UMH^iv-ifviuMUMPTi  ty>  '^^A:  P'nmiteuL  wink  ftA  awidr«»ft  pro- 

H   ^Vi'li  lU  ^t^Mt   ^rurfc^   f^&<i^  mMtitt^dr  ^   Cy^sna^     Tbif  viO  be   the 
tAfj^  i^mf^y  Midi  itl^iH^  vitb  aiE  thdU  faiiiy>r  tA*  &Ten  &  eiril  war. 

^M  ili^  f^*rt  <<^  tl^  ^^/r^rmiiM^fC  I  w^Maki  eauincatlT  praj  a  delaj  antil 

Tk9#  N  my  /irl)j«)(^  in  Wfiifon^  to  joo  tbu  letter,  which  I  desire  you  to 
rnmrnntfUmls  ^ih^  f/y  the  ^^azette  or  otherwise. 

f i  irill  t^f  tmiff^  iMn  ittimmfei^on  cao  be  eamlj  soppreased.  It  is  but 
iimi  hi  a  pAht  tfif  fimr  ^;rnintie#.  Be  assured  it  is  that  of  the  greater 
pHtit^  Hffd  t  Hfn  ififiue^f^t  to  Miere  the  three  Yirginia  counties  on  this 
9i\fi4*  ih^  rnminialn  will  fall  in.  The  first  raeasare  then  will  be  the 
ttruMtimiUrU  nf  a  n«5W  Gr/vemmont,  comprehending  the  three  Virginia 
MONiiil^fl  nrMl  ibofio  of  Ponnifylvania  to  the  westward,  to  what  extent  I 
bfM/W  fiot'.  *V\%\n  oroni)  which  1  contemplate  with  great  pain,  will  be 
Ui«  r^wMlt  of  iho  ncjcjC5W>lty  of  self  defence.  For  this  reason,  I  earnestly 
Atiit  Atmloiuily  wiMh  thai  dotay  on  the  part  of  Government  may  give 
ilmii  to  brlfif^  about,  IT  practicable,  good  order  and  subordination.  By 
IhK  \\u\p>  Ibf4  (^ort^reM  meotn,  there  may  be  a  favorable  issue  to  the  nego- 
tJnitoli  with  rngard  tr>  the  navigation  of  the  Mississippi,  the  Western 
piHdn,  Si\  A  HMftpnnHion  of  the  Rxcise  Law  during  the  Indian  War,  (a 
tttt^MfiMfci  1  propcmtifl  In  a  ptiblicntion  three  years  ago  in  Philadelphia) 
itmy  imHmpN  Mufllc^o.  Hoing  then  on  equal  footing  with  other  parts  of 
ihi^  (Inloti,  If  \\\^y  Mubinliiod  to  the  ijaw  this  country  might  also. 

t  nDth^lpntt^  nil  timi  oun  be  said  with  regard  to  example,  &c.  I  may 
bp  inlMnk^n,  but  I  wm  dorlmve  in  opinion  that  the  United  States  cannot 
i^rtVi^i  tb^  operation  of  tbo  Imw  in  this  country.  It  is  universally  odious 
hHhi»  tu^i|j:bboHng  pAHn  of  all  tho  neighboring  States,  and  the  militia 
\\\\\Wy  I  ho  lM\t  \\\  \\w  bAndw  of  the  President,  cannot  be  called  oat  to 
l^tiUH^  Hii  up|>t)iitUoUt    Th«  mldUnd  oounties,  I  am  persuaded,  will  not 


CALEXBAS  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 

tbixNigb  tbcm.  A^i^Mi 

Bot  tbe  £x;c»e  Law  is  a  btrmBfl^  ca  \he  fsoidizi^  ^x^tstti  ^«i^$i|M[  m»4 
abboa-TMl  hy  all  tl»e  PliDdscfibic  »«ai  ^a»d  xht  X^^tcmaoitx  o4  Am«rknk 
thode  wbo  bold  oenaScix«s  excc^iKid. 

Tb€re  is  m  growfiftg^  ku^Bg,  discKi«t«iit  ax  ikk  $rt«Mft  tWt  ts  rMi4>r 
to  borst  oat  ami  didcorer  itMiif  ercsr  wbem.  1  «M»did)T  Mid  d«;ftMUv 
teil  joo,  the  ckmiiot  of  GovemaieAt  bfts  bae«  driven  J<4«4ik«  «d^  U>  %b« 
finjmoes.  like  tbut  of  Pbeatoa  U  bji$  d<»9C>»ided  i\roii  ilie  mUMMe  pftlliH 
and  is  likely  to  bora  sp  tbe  AnencuD  Eairth. 

Sboald  an  mtteapt  be  made  to  soppreiss  ibo$e  people.  I  am  aftmid  tbe 
qaestion  will  ool  be  wbetber  yoa  will  auLrcb  to  Pittsbm^^  but  wbeiber 
they  will  march  to  PhiiadelphijL  aocnmnlatiiig  in  their  coursie  and  $welU 
iDg  over  tbe  Baoks  of  tbe  Sasqoebannab^  like  a  torrent  irresiMaMe  and 
deToaring  in  its  progress^  There  can  be  no  equality  of  contest  between 
the  rage  of  a  Forrest  and  the  abnndance.  indolence  and  opalence  of  a 
city. 

If  the  President  has  evinced  a  prudent  and  approved  deli^  in  tbe 
case  of  the  British  spoliations,  in  the  case  of  the  Indian  Tribes^  much 
more  faamaoe  and  politic  will  it  be  to  consult  the  internal  peace  of  the 
GrovemmeDt  by  avoiding  force  until  every  means  of  accommodation  are 
found  unavailing. 

I  deplore  my  personal  situation.  I  deplore  tbe  situation  of  this  coun« 
try  should  a  civil  war  ensue. 

An  application  to  the  British  is  spoken  of  which  may  God  avert 

But  what  will  not  despair  produce. 

Yours,  4c. 


Thomas  Xblson  to  the  Qovbrnor.  Aug.mh 

In  answer  to  the  letter  from  the  Executive  relative  to  tt)e  corps  ot  York  l\)wu 
Light  Infantry  under  my  command,  I  have  the  honor  to  inform  your 
Excellency  that  there  are  50  men  thereat  this  time  enlisted  and  enrolled, 
who  are  (two  only  excepted)  uniformed  according  to  the  directions 
issued  sometime  since  relative  to  Uniform,  &c, ;  and  so  great  is  the  desire 
which  pervades  all  the  young  part  of  tbe  Regiment  to  bocorao  morabers 
of  such  a  Corps,  that  I  have  great  reason  to  believe  that  the  Company  will 
become  a  very  full  one,  perhaps  equal  to  double  the  above  number,  or 
to  any  number  which  I  may  be  permitted  to  receive. 

The  young  men  of  the  Regiment  exert  themselves  very  muoh  to  pro- 
cure uniform,  and  as  they  accomplish  this  they  make  their  application 
to  me  and  are  enlisted. 

Your  Excellency  will  be  pleased  to  observe,  that  it  is  little  more  than 
two  months  since  the  company  was  established,  and  it  is  now  the  largest 


264  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       company  of  the  kind  (that  of  Richmond  excepted)  upon  the  establish- 

Aug.  9tb     ment.     I  have  had  them  in  exercise  and  training  for  six  weeks,  with  such 

old  arms  as  coald  be  borrowed.    The  company  as  it  now  stands,  I  pre- 

same  will  be  considered  as  full  enough  to  entitle  as  to  the  benefit  of  the 

order  of  the  Executive. 

I  inast  inform  your  Excellency  that  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  in 

less  than  a  month,  there  will  be  in  complete  uniform  from  sixty,  large 

odd  to  seventy,  and  request  the  necessary  accoutrements  and  arms  for 

light  troops. 

I  have,  &c. 


Aug.  10th  M.  Carrington  to  the  Governor. 

Cumberland  Mr.  George  Reveley,  who  will  band  you  this,  bas  been  to  the  Buck- 
ingham furnace,  and  will  explain  to  you  the  present  situation  of  that 
place.  About  the  year  '86  or  '87,  Mr.  John  Reveley  leased  the  land  to  a 
man  of  the  name  of  Scruggs  for  five  years,  who  let  to  under  tenants  who 
still  remain  on  it.  The  land  has  been  very  much  abused,  and  the  tim- 
ber very  wastefully  destroyed,  &  if  some  steps  are  not  taken  to  stop 
them  the  public  interest  in  the  land  will  be  still  more  injured.  Mr. 
Reveley  can  give  you  more  full  information  as  to  the  waste  has  been 

committed  than  I  can  at  present. 

I  am,  &c. 


Aug.  10th  Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  James  Wood,  Lt.-Govbrnor. 

Norfolk  I  have  this  moment  received  intelligence  of  the  Brig  Dolphin,  Capt. 

Dalton,  arrival  from  Jamaica.  The  owner  of  this  Brig  died  the  29th 
ult,  on  his  passage,  of  the  fever  ratcing  there. 

The  Captain  says  from  20  to  25  die  daily,  and  among  them  many 
Americans.  It  is  probable  that  this  vessel  may  go  up  the  river  (James) 
as  she  has  not  come  up  here.  I  consider  that  a  boat  ought  to  be  em- 
ployed to  stop  all  vessels  below  for  examination.  If  the  Executive  con- 
cur with  me  in  opinion,  please  advise  me  and  I  will  have  one  sent  out 
immediately. 

The  fever  rages  throughout  the  West  Indies,  &  I  think  no  vessel 
ought  to  be  permitted  to  enter  without  examination. 

The  Fort  has  now  several  Guns  mounted,  but  I  hear  of  no  commander 
or  men  properly  belonging  thereto.  If  there  was  one,  he  could  prevent 
any  vessel  coming  up  before  examination.  Captain  Hannah  is  in  the 
fort  with  a  few  troops,  but  as  I  understood  him,  had  no  charge  thereof. 
The  Engineer  is  there  also,  bat  I  know  not  whether  he  has  any  com- 
mand.    I  will  apply  to  him. 

Some  British  fVigates  still  in  the  Bay. 

I  am,  Ac. 


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255 


Robert  Page  to  Colonel  James  Innes. 


1794. 


The  Jury  having  found  for  the  Commonwealth,  upon  an  Inquisition 
had  some  time  ago  in  the  county  of  Shenandoah,  upon  a  large  tract  of 
Land  claimed  by  Denny  Fairfax,  a  British  subject,  and  Traverse  as  also 
a  Monstrans  de  Droit  having  been  filed  in  the  Office  of  our  District 
court,  It  is  presumable,  especially  as  the  counsel  for  the  Defence  don't 
appear  anxious  for  a  decision,  that  the  Trial  will  come  on  at  our  next 
term,  which  will  commence  on  the  first  day  of  next  month.  As  the 
decision  in  the  case  above  mentioned  will  have  an  Influence  in  the  de- 
termination of  the  Right  of  the  Commonwealth  to  other  large  Tracts  of 
Land  lying  in  several  other  counties  in  the  Northern  Neck,  amounting 
to  nearly  300,000  acres,  all  depending  upon  the  same  point,  I  feel  such  a 
degree  of  diffidence  in  having  the  management  of  a  cause  so  important 
to  the  Commonwealth,  as  to  wish  for  your  assistance,  if  you  can  possibly 
make  it  convenient  to  attend,  particularly  as  I  apprehend  that  great  ex- 
ertion will  be  made  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Fairfax. 

I  conceive  it  not  necessary  to  furnish  you  with  a  particular  state  of 
the  case,  as  I  have  no  doubt  you  have  been  informed  upon  this  subject 
long  ago.  However,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  mention  that  Lord  Fair- 
fax, the  former  Proprietor  of  the  Land  in  Question,  made  his  will  in 
November,  1778,  by  which  he  devised  those  Lands  to  Denny  Fairfax,  a 
subject  of  Great  Britain,  and  that  Lord  Fairfax  died  in  December,  1781, 
while  the  war  was  yet  depending.  Under  which  will,  we  contend  on 
the  part  of  the  Commonwealth,  that  Denny  Hiartin,  now  Fairfax,  being 
an  alien,  could  only  take  for  the  use  of  the  State.  And  on  the  other 
hand  it  is  contended  that  altho'  Denny  Fairfax  should  be  considered  an 
alien,  the  Treaty  of  Peace  secures  him  a  Eight  to  those  Lands,  &c, 

I  understand  there  are  several  precedents  of  proceedings  on  Inquests 
of  office  upon  Escheats  in  the  General  court,  including  the  Traverse  and 
Monstraus  de  Droit,  &c.,  and  have  to  request  that  you  will  procure  a 
copy  from  the  Clerk  of  that  Court  of  Record  in  one  of  these  cases, 
which  you  will  please  to  forward  to  me  by  post  or  otherwise  before  the 
meeting  of  the  next  court. 

You  will  present  my  most  respectful  compliments  to  Mrs.  Innes,  and 
believe  me,  &c. 

Should  you  come  up,  which  I  earnestly  hope  you  will,  I  shall  expect 
that  you  will  call  upon  me. 


Aug.  11th 

Frederick 
county 


Barronuier  to  the  Governor. 

Citizen  Oster,  Yice-Consul  for  the  French  Republick,  has  obtain  from 
bis  office  a  sentence,  by  virtue  of  which,  in  the  fault  of  complying  with 


Aug.  nth 
Norfolk 


256  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       the  above  sentence  (I  am  to  be  imprisoned  immediately),  the  purport  of 
Aug.  11th    said  sentence  is  to  deposit  a  certain  sam  in  the  chancery  office. 

My  intention  has  always  been,  and  continues  to  be,  to  comply  with 
said  sentence.  So,  said  Vice  Consul  will  deliver  me  a  regular  copy  of 
the  process  with  Bill  of  Charges  duly  certify'd,  and  so  as  to  enable  me 
to  stablish  my  account  of  sundry  disbursement  I  have  been  obliged  to 
make  relatively  to  this  Business,  and  of  which  I  must  have  every 
voucher  in  Rule  with  their  Respective  acquittances,  of  what  sum  I 
have  paid,  to  render  my  account  (to  the  heirs)  to  whom  of  wright. 

Mr.  Oster  has  Repetedly  Refused  my  Request  which  is  against  every 
Rule  and  order.  I  keep  a  house  here  and  have  my  family  with  me,  and 
I  can,  if  necessary.  Give  such  satisfaction  (as  no  one  but  him  would  re- 
fuse) if  necessary,  I  have  apply'd  to  Mr.  Jn.  Nevenson,  Notary  Publick, 
four  days  ago,  to  lend  him  my  request  by  a  summonse  to  that  effect. 
Mr.  Nevenson  is  out  of  town  and  I  do  not  know  the  result  of  this  Vice 
Consuls  answer  to  my  summonse.  I  must  humbly  Begg  you  when  said 
Vice  Consul  will  make  his  application  to  Gett  the  rigour  of  the  s'd  Sen- 
tence put  into  execution.  That  you  will  be  pleased  to  order  that  the 
Reasons  that  I  have  to  allege  should  be  heard  by  some  one  competent, 
that  I  may  justify  my  conduct  and  Expose  my  just  and  equitable 
grounds,  that  have  kept  me  from  complying  with  the  above  sentence. 
I  flatter  myself,  that  you  do  not  approve  of  such  sommery  sentence  (and 
that  you  are  a  ware  of  them)  and  that  your  kind  indulgence  to  a 
stranger,  will  induce  you  to  Grant  my  Prayers,  and  I  Joine  with  my 
whole  family,  will  be  ever  penetrated  with  the  Greatest  Sentiments  of 
true  Gratitude. 

I  have,  &c. 


Aug.  12th  Thomas  Mathews  to  the  Governor. 

Norfolk  Circumstances  frequently  arise  at  this  Port  which  frequently  embar- 

rass the  Officers  disposed  to  a  faithful  execution  of  the  Laws.  Two  late 
arnvals  are  of  this  kind:  one  from  Charlestown,  S.  Carolina,  loaded 
with  Flour,  Soap,  Candles,  &c.,  with  a  regular  Clearance  from  the  OflS- 
cers  of  the  Customs  of  that  Port,  and  destined  for  Saint  Peter,  Guada- 
loup,  and  put  in  here  in  distress. 

This  vessel  is  without  a  commission,  but  yet  she  is  equipped  with  13 
Guns  and  72  Men,  and  from  the  information  that  I  can  procure,  has  been 
equipped  in  Charlestown. 

The  other,  a  small  Boat  with  two  swivels.  The  Captain  of  this  Boat 
is  in  possession  of  a  Com.  from  the  Gov'r  of  Cape  Francois,  dated 
March,  '93.  He  likewise  produces  a  clearance  from  the  Custom  House, 
Baltimore,  dated  May,  '94,  without  mentioning  any  Guns,  or  that  the 
vessel  is  in  any  manner  equipped  for  war. 


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257 


This  Iftttmr  tombI  htm  tftkea  a  Batch  Snow,  The  Borgeen  said  to  have 
a  valuable  eargo  on  board,  and  which  prixe  they  ran  on  shore  near  O^pe 
Charles  a  few  days  since. 

Vessels  have  arrived  here  with  part  oi  the  Cargo  from  the  Snow.  I 
have  consulted  Major  Lindsaj  on  the  snbject,  and  examined  the  in* 
stmciions  relative  to  bnsinees  of  this  natare.  The  resnlt  has  been,  that 
the  goods  are  hdd  in  possession  of  the  Collector  until  the  further  order 
of  the  Executive.  I  shall  likewise  be  happj  in  receiving  the  instruc- 
tions of  the  Executive  relative  to  the  two  vessels^  agreeable  to  their  re- 
spective cases,  as  before  stated. 

I  am,  &c. 


1794. 
Ai^.lilh 


Wm.  Liki>sat  to  thb  Governor. 


Aug.  12th 


office 
Ncwiblk 


There  arrived  here  on  the  10th  inst.,  a  small  Schooner  under  French    Cblieclor^ 
colours  armed  with  two  swivels  &  a  few  muskets,  and  it  being  reported 
that  a  prize  to  the  said  Schooner  was  cast  on  shore  on  Cape  Charies, 
I  sent  for  the  master  of  the  Schooner  to  learn  information,  and  received 
the  following  particulars: 

That  he  is  a  French  Man,  his  name  is  Peter  Saintgassein,  that  he  has 
a  commission  (which  he  produced)  dated  Cape  Francois,  in  March,  1793, 
that  be  brought  a  cargo  of  Coffee  to  Baltimore,  that  he  cleared  fVom 
Baltimore  for  Cavenne  on  the  25th  of  May  last,  and  that  on  his  return 
25  Leagues  from  thence  he  captured  the  Snow  Bergeen,  Frederick  Mat- 
tias,  Master,  a  Dutch  vessel  from  Amsterdam,  bound  to  Surinam,  with  a 
valuable  cargo.  The  said  prize  with  her  cargo  must  be  nearly  lost  firom 
its  present  situation,  having  (by  what  I  learn  from  the  Pilot)  now 
9  feet  water  in  the  hold.  A  small  part  of  the  Cargo  being  brought  up 
in  a  pilot  Boat  much  damaged,  I  have  taken  possession  of  until  some 
decision  on  the  business  takes  place. 

I  have  also  to  inform  you  that  an  Armed  Ship  called  the  Nonpariel 
under  French  colours,  arrived  here  a  few  days  ago.  She  cleared  from 
Charleston  for  Gaudaloupe,  has  a  cargo  on  board,  mounts  13  Guns,  and 
has  from  70  to  80  men.  The  Captain  says  he  is  in  distress,  having 
Sprung  both  masts.  He  has  no  commission.  He  purchased  the  vessel 
and  armed  her  in  Charleston. 

I  am,  ftc. 


John  Cropper  to 


I  received  the  30th  of  June,  my  commission  as  agent  of  the  Ninth 
Brigade  district,  and  the  Act  of  Assembly  prescribing  my  duty.  By 
the  law,  the  Auditor  is  to  forward  to  the  Agents  executions  against  the 

83 


Aug.  1 2th 
Accomac 


258  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  delinquents  in  the  respective  Districts.  As  soon  as  I  shall  receive  those 
Aug.  12th  for  this,  I  will  proceed  to  execute  the  trust  reposed  in  me  to  the  hest  of 
my  judgment  and  authority.  I  shall  be  very  glad  to  receive  by  the 
bearer,  Mr.  6ayl> ,  those  executions,  and  any  advice  or  instructions  the 
Executive  may  please  to  give  mo.  I  wrote  you  the  second  of  May,  giv- 
ing an  account  ot  my  proceedings  as  Lieut.-CoL  Commandant  of  the 
Militia  of  this  County  under  the  Embargo,  in  detaining  the  Schooner 
Franklin  and  brigantine  Neutrality,  as  I  have  as  yet  received  no  an- 
swer to  that  letter,  shall  now  be  glad  to  be  favored  with  your  reply  and 
opinion  respecting  my  conduct  on  that  occasion. 

Being  much  indisposed  at  present,  I  conclude  by  subscribing  myselt, 

Yours,  Ac. 


Aug.  12th  At  a  court  of  oyer  and  terminer  held  for  the  county  of  Henrico  at 
the  Courthouse,  on  Wednesday,  the  sixteenth  of  Jul}'^,  1794,  for  the  trial 
of  Emanuel,  a  negro  man  slave,  the  property  of  Richard  Randolph,  Esq., 
(of  Curls)  charged  with  murder. 

Present. — Isaac  Younghusband,  Bowler  Cocke,  John  Harvie,  John 
Mayo,  and  Thomas  B.  Adams,  Gent.  Justices. 

The  said  negro  man  slave  Emanuel  was  set  the  Bar  in  custody,  and 
upon  his  trial  denied  the  charge  with  which  he  stands  accused.  Where- 
upon Sundry  witnesses  being  sworn,  charged  and  examined,  and  the 
prisoner  by  his  counsel  fully  heard,  it  is  the  opinion  of  the  court  that 
the  prisoner  is  guilty  of  the  charge  aforesaid,  and  for  the  same  that  he 
be  hanged  by  the  neck  until  he  be  dead.  And  it  is  commanded  the 
sheriff  that  he  cause  execution  of  this  order  to  be  done  on  Friday,  the 
twenty-second  day  of  the  next  month,  between  the  hours  of  ten  and 
twelve  in  the  forenoon,  at  the  usual  place  of  execution. 

The  Court  also  valued  the  said  slave  to  eighty  pounds. 

The  minutes  of  the  foregoing  proceedings  were  signed — 

ISAAC  YOUNGHUSBAND, 
JOHN  HARVIB, 
THOMAS  B.  ADAMS, 
BOWLER  COCKE, 
JOHN  MAYO. 


Aug.  13th  James  Innes  to  Archibald  Blair. 

You  will  inform  the  Governor  that  no  such  papers  as  those  described 
in  your  letter  were  ever  transmitted  to  me,  either  from  the  Executive, 
or  any  other  existing  body.  The  only  communication  I  ever  received 
respecting  the  commissioners  of  the  land  tax  since  the  opinion  of  the 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


General  Court  on  that  subject,  was  a  letter  from  Lieut.-Governor  Wood, 
enclosing  me  that  decision,  and  requiring  to  be  informed  in  what  man- 
ner Government  ought  to  proceed  to  recover  back  again  the  salaries 
which  had  been  illegally,  according  to  the  aforesaid  judgment  paid  to 
the  commissioners.  In  answer  to  which  letter,  I  now  advise  that  actions 
upon  the  case  be  instituted  against  the  said  commissioners  for  the 
amount  of  the  several  sums  they  may  have  respectively  received.  If 
the  Auditor  however,  shall  suppose  motions  against  them  sustainable  (ot 
which  with  great  humility  I  entertain  my  doubts),  let  notices  be  given, 
that  a  summary  mode  may  be  tried  at  the  next  court. 

I  am,  &c. 


259 

1794. 
Aug.  13th 


Jambs  Innes  to  the  Qovbrnor. 

I  return  you  my  thanks  for  the  letter  you  were  good  enough  to  write 
for  me  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  on  the  subject  of  his  last  night's  com- 
munication. It  was  strictly  communicative  of  my  situation,  sentiments, 
and  feelings.  Enclosed  you  have  my  application  to  the  Executive.  Please 
to  communicate  to  me  the  result  of  their  deliberations  without  delay. 

Your,  Ac. 


Aug.  14th 


Alexander  Campbell  to  the  Governor. 

Upon  the  subjects  of  your  communication  to  me  this  morning: 
I  am  of  opinion  that  the  French  Schooner  from  Baltimore,  which  has 
come  into  the  Port  of  Norfolk  with  a  Prize  captured  at  Sea,  is  not  sub- 
ject to  detention  under  any  Law  of  Congress,  or  of  Nations.  It  is  not 
even  suggested  that  she  was  equipped  for  war  within  the  territory  of 
the  United  States ;  and  tho'  it  is  stated  that  no  mention  is  made  of  her 
Guns  in  her  entry  at  the  Port  of  Baltimore,  yet  I  do  not  consider  this 
circumstance  to  be  a  sufficient  ground  to  justify  her  detention. 

It  is  a  respect  due  to  the  Government  of  another  State  to  presume 
that  a  vessel  which  has  regularly  cleared  out  from  her  Ports  would  not 
have  been  permitted  to  equip  therein,  or  have  obtained  permission  to 
leave  them  in  repugnance  to  a  well-known  and  very  important  Law  of 
the  United  States;  and  this  presumption  ought  to  govern  in  all  cases, 
where  there  is  not  a  direct  allegation  to  oppose  it.  Under  this  impression 
I  shall  not  direct  any  process  to  issue  against  this  vessel ;  but  with  re- 
spect to  that  from  Charleston,  I  am  equally  clear  that  she  is  liable  to 
seizure  and  forfeiture.  I  have  no  doubt  as  to  her  character.  The  num- 
ber of  her  Men  is  of  itself  sufficient  evidence,  in  my  mind^  that  she  is 
designed  for  war,  altho'  she  has  cleared  out  from  Charleston  under  the 


Aug.  15th 


Richmond 


atJO  CAL8NDAR  OP  STATH   PAPBBa 


175H.  ^hfird^^t^n*  /yf  a  )f<9mhiint  venial.  Ser  e^iaipment  ia  due  Port  betiij^ 
Anff.  i5th  th^r^foi^  illicit,  f  h»ve  tflerl  a  FJhel  agaiiuit  her  in  the  District  Cfmrt 
of  the  nnit4»4  ^Ufteti,  dii«i  have  to  rei|ueiit  of  the  Rxeeotrve  ti>  gire 
mtch  PnfftnK^tioiM  nn  will  enable  the  M^mhui  of  the  Carted  States  to 
prrt^nre  the  ^4  ol  the  Xilitia  in  ^san^  wad  decarrn^  her,  if  he  shall 
fcni  it  rteeeswary. 

The  Pffsse  U>  the  Baltimore  w^hooner  ie  not  to  he  reeognized  as  such 
till  there  flrhaU  he  a  eondemnation  oe  her  ae  a  Prize.  3^0  reqoeai  hath 
m  y6t  heei%  mikfe  Xa  m^U>  [>roeeed  a^^net  her  apoa  that  s^roond.  nor  is 
there  Any  eom|>ia9ivt  respeetins^  her  detention,  irhieh  will  authorize  any 
Kran<^h  of  ^^ey^erwTMeiit  to  nociee  the  drenmacanee  of  her  eapiare. 

I  hare^  kc. 


i 


hnn.  if^h  CoR^ItUCS   B0OARI>  TO  THE   GOVERNOR. 

hrtml/rlph  On  reC'^fVJng  y</tif  Offiem  1  raided  a  Company  of  Yolimteers  for  the 
t^tmtiiy  fi^f^ttte  tit  Mf/n/mgalift  h\nit\(ii.  On  the  17th  of  March  last  I  received 
(jttl()tn  ttotri  (Uf).  William  Lowther  to  fitation  the  troops  raised  in  this 
(Jtmtiiy  at  the  head  of  Ty^aris  Valley  and  Bachannon  River.  I  acted 
Agreeslde  Uf  hln  ^mirueHoun,  and  kept  the  troops  stationed  at  the  head 
of  TygttHs  Valley  iind  HtKdiannon  RIvor,  until  I  received  another  letter 
I'rnm  (jol.  liowther  with  orders  to  march  the  troops  under  ray  care  to 
the  mcMith  of  ^reai  Itaukhawklng^  or  a  little  settlement  about  four 
milfin  fthove  llaukhawklng.  I  received  said  orders  on  the  8tb  of  July. 
Ool.  tiowther  infurmod  mo  by  his  letter  that  be  thought  I  could  have 
my  tnett  Iti  readlnenH  to  march  in  about  2  or  3  wooks  from  the  time  he 
wrr)ie  to  me,  which  was  the  6th  of  July.  On  consideration  of  the  dis- 
laniie  I  had  to  march,  and  the  length  of  time  the  troops  were  likely  to  be 
cohtlntied  on  the  big  river,  t  thought  it  would  be  impracticable  to  march 
before  ih«  first  Monday  in  August,  against  which  time  my  Company 
wotilfl  have  boc^n  In  readiness  to  march  for  the  Ohio,  but  on  the  29th  of 
July  t  had  an  oxpress  A*om  Duchannon,  giving  the  intelligence  that  the 
tmlians  ha^l  taken  a  young  woman  Captive  fVom  the  West  fork,  and  had 
mado  other  Incursions  In  the  same  settlement,  I  immediately  marched 
pari  of  my  Ot^mpany  f\)r  the  place  where  the  mischief  was  done,  but  did 
not  overtake  the  enemy*  t  got  l>ack  to  the  Valley  the  10th  of  August, 
where  1  frtund  the  people  much  alarmed,  it  being  thought  that  the  In- 
ttihns  were  in  this  settlement,  and  I  am  doubtful,  fVom  the  present  ap- 
peattince  ot  things,  that  the  Indians  is  really  in  the  settlement  of  Ty- 
gavts  Valley.  1  think  it  my  dntj^  to  try  to  detect  the  enemy  if  they 
be  in  the  settlement  K^foi^e  1  march  to  the  Ohio.  I  would  farther  in- 
form yo^t  fi>ccelKvn<;)'  that  there  is  a  considerable  vacancy  on  the  big 


cuianrnAi^  ot  i^sTATF.  ^At^fjns  ^i 


TiY^rtetwPMD  BoNsHil  mmd  tiic  ^^roat  Kamiwliik  winch  1  tWttk  f^l^e       1T?*^. 
inlet  to  tbe  induBBH  ttet  I  Immr  f^f  lit  this  t^mf^.  Xli$r  tl^Y) 

*Bir  hiiits  1  «otaut  to  vfwr  Km^eHimrr't^  cotintHcnttimi  iwni  T<«!*t . 

•  * 

Tmir.  *r. 

K.  B.  MyTaatPD  for  vunnhhiir  to  ^Hrmno  flic  IiwfhttN  thut  hnA  dotte 
the  miflcfaief  on  tbc'  West.  #i«k.  wik^  tiiat  I  wits  nffhrmcKi  bv  tho  BtK«k. 
iuumoD  Itxfne»i>  tbtat  Jjomtker^  troops  wits  ^Min^.  nitd  th^^^!  WitB  tto 
to  ialiow  the  enaniT. 


15th  of  ^iit>(*h,  ITH.        Xtnt.  im>i 

Sir, 

I  have  juat  conidderMi  ocmMnmliig  th<^  mppomtWK^nl  of  th<*  iipl<*!^, 
and  find  that  I  cannot  in  Jnstioe  tMm  oiii  t.h^(^  0<^T>tk^nK^n  irho  hn\'<» 
Sensed  tfaroogh  the  «evority  of  th^  winter,  nnd  nokni  ^^ff<H^Kh^^  to  tho 
Instmctione  given  to  tbem.  I  «iy,  to  t4im  thom  out  wonW  ho  tnntt^l ; 
tbereicyre  I  hMve  oontinoed  those  ap{>oint4>d  tor  owr  oofinty.  find  hm  \r\ 
hopes  yon  will  see  with  me,  and  I>o  likowi»e>.  ^oiWithnttit»dffi|it.  tht> 
mutter  reste  with  yon,  and  I  rort  my»elf  awHir^ty  >*6n  will  d^  >^rh^t  f^ 
Kght. 

Yon  will  pleaee  to  Station  yoar  mon  at  th^  ny»f^  H\A  tsf  iht^  VftttAy 
and  Backhannon  as  before,  until  fenher  fiwM  m<v.  1t*hy^  S^ft^  y6x\  fh^y 
Direct  to  Range  So  a^  to  «eonre  the  moi^i  exposed  pAH  OV  Jt^WV  trrstiyiiy. 
Afl  for  Bationft,  Mr.  Wils  in  Ohio  oonnly  U  to  unpply.  Amt\i\\^1iirtW  \fk 
to  be  forwarded  by  the  Governour  to  MorgantrtWh*  wh\^\«*  \  i^^Jiert  ytiW 
may  be  supplied  by  applying.  I  am  in  ho|>^  that  )niu  Wi\\  i^MiiiniVrtV  trt 
send  the  Rangers  yourselves,  unless  you  can  s^o  hrtW  It  i*nM  l^i^  Hrthl^  hy 
some  Regelor  manner,  and  perhaps  all  togoih^r. 


I  am,  An., 


To  Colo.  Cornelieus  fioganl. 


1  WM.  liOWtHftM 


rfMly  mh,  <T»4. 


Sir, 

I  have  just  returned  from  tisHlff^  ib«  tiW^Mft  HiditfHii  tiH  Iti^ 
River  Ohio,  and  find  the  River  c^ympM«rt/  AMed  #Hh  tfiiitf^^  /(</#//  t/y  ih^ 
little  Kanawajr  ^  tlufn  ti»«rf«  upptmtn  Up  im  MH  tfpHi^Hff  «i  Iti^  HlHHiii  ^ 
Great  HoekboekfikK^  wl^irrs^  ii  Mpp^f§  itt  fc%  Mfy  ffiff^  (^  i^^  iH^iHUH, 
whieb  Do  tW  gnmUM  tHmtt^  Ut  ih^  ttpp^  pttti  t/t  hmiU  ymt  ()MMy 
mmd  Owa^  4  aa  I  bar«>f«i  re«ft«*tsdl  %tptmi  tft4&Hi  ttmt  Iti^  thcHjfHN^ 
to  pMt  aS  tW  .%siMi«t  Md)  Kav^fn  oiv  ^^<^  /K^^  //j^,  HAyhi^^i^,  y  /^ 
fM0t  7««  wm  aMMKit  ;<mf  6<VM^^My  WM^^^ffkrf^ly  <<vilfWrt  f>is6d,M^i&g 
Uttk^  ssfthiaac  ato«»  ^  aMteiy  al^y^d  tf<H^irnVg^  #M6lkhr^  Mkjt  fttHt  y<Vt)r 


262  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  best.  I  think  it  will  suit  you  best  to  go  by  water,  by  reason  you  can 
Aug.  16th  call  on  Col.  McClerry  at  Morgantown,  and  receive  your  ammunition ; 
also,  you  can  call  at  the  mouth  of  Buffalow,  and  acquaint  the  commis- 
sary concerning  your  Rations.  If  you  go  by  land,  you  will  be  under 
the  necessity  of  Imploying  a  pack-horse  or  two  to  Pack  out  your  ammu- 
nition. Likewise  to  inform  commissary  concerning  provisions,  and  as 
Sergeant  Fells  is  to  Join  your  Company,  Pies  to  let  him  know  when  he 
may  Depend  on  meeting  you  at  Morgantown.  I  have  thought  two  or 
three  weeks  will  be  as  Long  a  time  as  necessary  to  give  the  men  to  get 
themselves  ready  in. 

I  am,  &c., 

J.  WM.  LOWTHBR 


Aug.  16th  Petition  to  the  Governor. 

August  11th,  1794. 

Your  Humble  petitioners  Showeth,  that  the  frontiers  of  Randolph 
County  is  truly  in  a  pitiable  condition,  as  the  Indians  has  of  late  done 
considerable  Damage  on  the  frontiers  of  Harrison  County,  viz:  Killed 
one  and  taken  four  captive,  and  made  several  other  attacks,  and  their 
sign  has  been  Discovered  in  Several  places  on  our  frontier,  and  has  at- 
tacked one  house  the  evening  of  the  tenth  of  this  Instant,  and  our  Sol- 
diers about  to  start  to  the  Ohio,  and  every  circumstance  gives  us  to 
think  that  unless  there  is  a  further  protection  Granted,  that  a  number 
of  families  settled  out  on  our  frontiei*s  will  Certainly  be  obliged  to 
Brake,  which  nothing  but  the  Expectation  of  a  Guard  Induced  them  to 
venture  out.  Therefoie,  we  humbly  pray  you  to  take  our  present 
situation  into  consideration  and  continue  the  Guard  with  us.  Else  we 
conceive  that  some  part  of  our  frontier  will  Sustain  perhaps  consider- 
able Damage.  We  rest  in  some  measure  Contented  that  our  petition  will 
be  heard,  while  your  petitioners  is  in  Duty  Bound  to  pray. 

Ferdinand  Hamilton,  Barton  Stolnaker,  Archibald  Hamilton,  James 
M.  Colain,  Wm.  Shaw,  Rebeckah  Haddan  and  others. 


Aug.  16th  James  Innes  to  the  Governor. 

Henrico  I  have  conversed  with  Mr.  Reveley  on  the  situation  of  the  Bucking- 
ham Works,  Scruggs  and  all  his  under-tenants  are  Trespassers.  John 
Reveley  had  never  a  right  to  lease  out  the  lands.  Ballendine  &  Reveley 
entered  into  a  contract  with  the  State  many  years  since,  to  deliver  a 
a  certain  quantity  of  pig  iron  and  castings  at  £7  10  per  ton,  upon  the 
i  delivery  of  which,  they  were  to  have  had  the  works,  negroes,  &c.y  in  fee. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  263 


These  were,  however,  Mortaged  to  the  CommoDwealth.  Ballendine  &  1794. 
Reveley  long  since  fell  thro'  their  contract.  Reveley,  Ballendine  being  Aug.  16th 
dead,  delivered  the  negroes  and  implements  to  Mr.  Mayo  Garrington,  & 
wrote  to  me  offering  to  reconvey  the  Lands  to  the  State.  I  showed  his 
letter  to  Ballendine's  Heir,  who  agreed  to  join  in  the  conveyance. 
Reveley  shortly  after  lost  his  senses,  and  young  Ballendine  left  the 
State.  These  events  have  prevented  the  reconveyance  of  the  property 
to  the  State.  Mr.  George  Reveley  informs  me  his  brother  is  once  more 
compos  mentis,  unless  when  deranged  by  liquor,  and  that  young  Bal- 
lendine is  probably  on  the  Potomack,  where  he  has  some  Estate.  He 
also  offered  his  endeavor  to  get  his  Brother  &  Ballendine  to  make  the 
proper  conveyance  to  the  State.  By  looking  into  the  records  of  the 
Journal  and  the  Journals  of  the  Assembly  a  full  history  of  this  business 
may  be  seen,  &  a  deed  prepared,  which  will  differ  in  no  respect  from  or- 
dinary conveyances,  except  in  reciting  the  terms  on  which  the  lands 
were  conveyed  to  Ballendine  &  Reveley.  Their  failing  to  comply  with 
those  terms,  and  consequently  the  reversion  of  the  land  back  again  to  the 
State,  and  the  free  assent  of  Ballendine,  Jun.,  as  representative  of  his 
father,  and  of  John  Reveley,  that  it  should  so  revert.  Tour  Clerk,  Mr. 
Blair,  can  show  you  all  the  Documents  relative  to  this  business,  as  he 
once  furnished  me  with  them,  and  I  suppose  one  of  your  Clerks  may 
draft  the  deed.  For  as  conveyancing  is  no  part  of  my  profession,  I  do 
not  suppose  it  a  duty  incidental  to  my  office.  However,  if  I  was  well 
enough  (which  is  really  not  the  case)  I  would  make  no  difficulty  about 
the  matter.  It  is  of  consequence  to  have  the  deed  now  prepared,  as 
Mr.  George  Revely  would  take  it  down  with  him  to  Portsmouth,  and 
then  proceed  up  Rappahannock  to  get  it  executed. 

If  nothing  can  be  done  in  this  affair  until  I  get  well,  as  soon  as  that 
happy  event  arrives,  I  will  take  it  up  and  try  to  have  it  finished.  I 
can  hardly  see  what  I  write.  God  knows  whether  you  will  be  able  to 
read  it. 

I  am,  &c. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  Aug.isth 

Immediately  on  receipt  of  your  letter.  Dated  July  17th  Inst.,  agreea-  Fort  Lee 
blc  to  your  instructions  to  Capt.  Neil  &  Ensign  Cotteral,  Capt.  Neil  re- 
fused to  serve.  Cotteral  accepts  and  takes  his  post  under  Lieut.  McGa- 
vock.  The  Company  formerly  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Crockett 
has  not  a  commissioned  officer,  but  Lieut.  Taylor.  I  have  directed 
Lieut.  Robertson,  being  the  eldest  of  that  rank  on  the  Southwestern 
Frontiers,  to  take  command  of  that  company  as  Capt.,  and  as  my  com- 
mand obliges  me  frequently  to  be  at  other  posts  than  my  own,  or  at  the 
bead  of  my  own  company,  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  have  the  duty  done 


264 

1794. 
Aug.  18th 


CALENDAR  OP  STATB  PAPBRS. 


without  the  namber  of  officers  allowed  to  that  particular  company  and 
have  directed  Ensign  Colvill  to  take  rank  as  Lieut.,  and  James  Darby 
Serg't,  who  commanded  the  detachment  that  defeated  the  party  of  In- 
dians that  did  the  mischief  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Lovingston,  to  take 
rank  as  ensign  on  the  Executive's  approbation  or  disapprobation,  to  this 
regulation  should  be  glad  to  receive  Instructions.  I  shall  then  want  two 
commissioned  Officers,  a  Capt.  &  Ensign  to  complete  the  Companies 
under  my  command,  but  as  the  season  is  now  far  advanced,  and  not 
wishing  to  cause  further  expense  to  the  public,  will  endeavour  to  do 
without  them. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Aug.  18th 


Norfolk 


Thomas  Nbwton  to  the  Qovbrnor. 

Two  vessels  have  arrived  this  day  from  the  West  Indies.  The  Schooner 
Richmond,  from  Jamaica — all  well  and  healthy ;  and  the  schooner  Ade- 
line, from  St.  Thomas,  the  same:  both  out  twenty  days  and  upwards. 
Under  these  circumstances,  I  have  permitted  them  to  come  up  and  pro- 
ceed to  their  discharging — conceiving  it  the  intention  of  the  proclama- 
tion not  to  detain  vessels  after  the  crews  were  found  to  be  healthy.  If 
I  have  erred,  to  set  me  right  I  have  a  boat  cruizing  with  a  careful  man 
in  her  who  stops  all  vessels  below,  when  Doctor  Mortimer  proceeds  and 
examines  the  crews  as  to  their  health — a  certificate  of  which  is  given  to 
me;  and  if  the  least  appearance  of  sickness  appears,  they  shall  lie  until 
their  health  is  restored.  But  if  your  Excellency  should  think  all  vessels 
should  perform  Quarantine  that  arrive  from  the  points  proscribed,  they 
shall,  tho'  I  think  it  unnecessary  as  the  disorder  would  appear  on  the 
passage  if  they  were  infected.  Whatever  you  may  please  to  direct,  I 
will  endeavor  to  execute.    And  am — 

Your,  &c. 

The  boat  and  men  are  at  28s.  per  day.  The  vessels  pay  for  the  Doc- 
tor's visiting  them,  and  I  suppose  the  boat  will  be  at  the  public  expence, 
as  it  is  hard  to  make  people  pay  for  the  common  good,  when  they  suffer 
so  largely  in  detaining  their  vessels. 


Aug.  191^ 
Petersburg 


k 


Geo.  K.  Taylor  to  the  Qovernor. 

I  regret  extremely  that  my  professional  avocations  by  detaining  me 
from  Petersburg  all  the  last  week,  prevented  me  from  receiving  your 
letter  dated  the  9th  instant,  until  the  last  evening.  Immediately  after 
I  had  received,  I  began  to  make  out  an  account  of  the  expenditures  of 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  265 


myself  and  of  Captain   Wcisiger  8  party,  including  also   one  or  two       1794. 
charges  against  General  Marnball,  which  were  not  presented  to  him  for    Aug.  19th 
payment  during  his  stay  in  Smithfield,  which    I  now  do  mj'self  the 
honor  of  inclosing  to  you,  together  with  the  several  vouchers  necessary 
to  establish  it. 

The  horse  impressed  by  Captain  Weisigor  is  not  generally  supposed 
to  have  been  worth  more  than  thirty-five  pounds.  The  owner  of  him, 
however  exacts  payment  of  fifly  pounds,  and  threatens  suit  unless  the 
ultimate  penny  ot  that  sum  is  paid.  But  as  it  unjust  that  the  state  of 
Virginia  or  the  United  States  should  be  encumbered  with  the  payment 
of  more  than  his  real  value,  and  as  Captain  Weisiger's  friends  have 
determined  to  exonerate  him  by  voluntary  subscription  from  all  damage, 
I  have  stated  his  value  at  the  smaller  sum,  leaving  the  balance  to  be 
discharged  by  the  contributions  of  the  Captain's  acquaintances. 

The  charges  in  the  account  marked  with  asterisks  I  have  not  dis- 
charged, either  because  I  conceived  them  to  be  exorbitant,  or  because 
I  doubted  whether  I  ought  to  pay  them  until  they  were  sanctioned  by 
you.  They  are  tavern  keeper's  bills,  and  a  Doctor's  account.  This 
Doctor  was  employed  to  attend  one  of  the  Prince  George  Light  Infan- 
try who  was  grievously  wounded  with  a  bayonet  by  one  of  his  fellow 
soldiers,  and  was  incapable  for  some  time  of  removing.  The  charge,  I 
presume,  for  attendance  and  medicine  is  a  proper  one  against  the  state, 
as  is  also  the  tavern  keeper's  bill  for  his  maintenance  while  under  the 
surgeon's  hands.  I  have  not  however  presumed  to  pay  the  one  or  the 
other  before  receiving  your  opinion  as  to  the  propriety  of  the  charges. 
It  will  be  observed  that  what  swells  the  account  which  I  render  is  that 
I  laid  in  provisions  and  spirituous  liquours,  not  only  for  the  soldiers,  but 
also  for  the  men  on  board  the  cutter,  and  for  the  seamen  whom  the 
Marshall  employed  to  carry  the  ship  up  James  River.  The  reason  of 
this  was  that  we  were  both  sure  that  payment  of  the  whole  charge 
would  ultimately  be  made  by  the  United  States,  and  the  mode  adopted 
superceded  the  necessity  of  keeping  two  separate  and  distinct  accounts. 

I  have  waited  this  long  without  sending  you  my  report,  in  hopes  of 
previously  submitting  it  to  the  criticism  of  the  Marshall.  But  he,  I 
hear,  is  sick,  and  my  professional  business  during  this  whole  month, 
presses  me  so  closely  that  I  am  not  able  to  wait  upon  him  with  it.  I 
shall  therefore  forthwith  transmit  it  to  you  in  its  present  state. 

I  have,  &c. 


Proclamation  by  the  Governor  op  Virginia.  Aug.  19th 

Whereas  I  have  received  information  that  a  banditti  from  the  Western 

parts  of  Pennsylvania  have  in  defiance  of  law  and  order,  passed  into 

this  Commonwealth,  and  by  threats  and  other  evil  doings  compelled  an 

34 


266  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  officer  of  the  United  States  living  in  Morgan  Town,  in  the  County  of 
Aug.  19th  Monongalia,  to  abandon  his  home  and  seek  personal  safety  by  flight; 
And  whereas  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  said  banditti  are  a  part 
of  that  deluded  combination  of  men  described  in  the  President's  procla- 
mation of  the  7th  day  of  this  present  month,  who,  forgetful  of  all  obliga- 
tions human  and  divine,  seem  intent  only  on  rapine  and  anarchy,  and 
therefore  endeavour  by  their  emissaries  and  other  illegal  means  to  seduce 
the  good  people  of  this  Commonwealth  inhabiting  the  Country  border- 
ing on  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  to  unite  with  them  in  schemes  and 
measures  tending  to  destroy  the  tranquility  and  order  which  so  happily 
prevails,  and  thereby  to  convert  the  blessings  we  so  eminently  enjoy 
under  our  free  and  equal  government  into  the  most  afflicting  miseries 
which  can  possibly  befall  the  human  race. 

To  arrest  these  wicked  designs;  to  uphold  the  majesty  of  the  law;  to 
preserve  our  fellow  citizens  from  evil  and  our  country  from  disgrace,  I 
have  thought  proper,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  council  of  State,  to 
issue  this  my  proclamation  calling  on  all  officers,  civil  and  military,  to 
exercise  with  zeal,  dilligence  and  firmness,  every  legal  power  vested  in 
them  respectively  for  the  purpose  of  detecting  and  bringing  to  trial 
every  offender  or  offenders  in  the  premises. 

And  I  do  moreover  specially  require  and  enjoin  that  all  persons  com- 
ing into  this  Commonwealth  fi'om  that  part  of  our  sister  State,  at  pro- 
sent  so  unhappily  distracted,  be  particularly  watched,  and  if  they  shall 
be  found  disseminating  their  wicked  and  pernicious  doctrines,  or  in  any 
way  exciting  a  spirit  of  disobedience  to  government,  thereby  violating 
the  peace  and  dignity  of  this  Commonwealth,  that  they  be  immediately 
apprehended  and  dealt  with  according  to  law. 

Given  under  my  hand  as  Governor,  and  under  the  seal  of  the  Common- 
wealth, at  Richmond,  this  twentieth  day  of  Augusf,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four,  and  of  the  Commou- 
wealth  the  nineteenth. 

HENRY  LEE. 


Aug.  20th  J«  Dawson  to  James  Wood. 

Staunton  Wm.  Patton  was  appointed  one  of  the  agents  to  superintend  the  col- 
lection of  the  monies  due  to  the  Commonwealth. 

He  has  not  received  his  commission. 

A  recommendation  of  e  sheriff  was  some  time  since  made  by  the  Court 
of  Bath.  Dean  was  the  first  nomination,  and  appears  to  be  much 
worked  for  by  the  court  and  county. 

No  commission  has  come  to  hand.  I  must  request  your  earnest  atten- 
tion to  these  things.    And  am,  &c 


w^ 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  267 


Edward  Carrington  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

I  have  just  received  from  Mr.  Edward  Smith,  Inspector  of  the  5th    Aug.  20th 
Survey  in  this  District,  the  enclosed  letter  dated  the  17th  Instant.  Supervisor's 

I  beg  leave  to  call  jour  attention,  sir,  to  the  intelligence  which  it  con-  j^i^hiSond 
tains  of  practices  by  the  Insergents  in  Pennsylvania,  by  Emissaries  and 
open  parties,  for  suppressing  the  execution  of  the  Excise  Laws  in  the 
county  of  Monongalia,  and  uniting  in  the  Insurgency  the  people  of  that 
county;  and  of  the  symptoms  of  defection  which  have  discovered  them- 
selves in  some,  though  not  the  generality  of  those  people. 

Your  Excellency  will  also  observe  in  the  letter  of  Mr.  Smith,  a  para- 
graph mentioning  with  some  degree  of  uncertainty,  that  probably  Emis- 
saries from  the  Insurgents  have  been  in  Winchester,  for  the  purpose  of 
purchasing  ammunition,  which  you  may  be  of  opinion  merits  further 
enquiry. 

I  have,  &c. 

Winchester,  Aug.  17th,  1794. 
Sir, 

Tour  despatches  rec*d  at  this  place,  having  returned  a  few  days 
since  without  being  able  evon  to  proceed  to  Margan  Town  with  any  de- 
gree of  propiiety.  , 

According  to  my  intention  communicated  to  you  in  my  duplicate  let- 
ter to  the  Commissioners  of  Revenue,  I  sut  out  for  Morgan  Town,  and 
proceed  to  the  neighborhood  of  the  mountains,  where  I  rec'd  a  letter 
from  the  collector  from  that  county,  containing  the  following  para- 
graph: 

'*  I  am  threatened  from  all  quarters  in  my  own  county,  and  the  Penn- 
sylvanians  came  into  our  Town  and  ordered  me  to  give  up  my  papers, 
or  they  would  come  and  destroy  them  with  all  my  property;  in  the 
meantime  no  collection  can  go  on,  as  our  distillers  will  not  pay  'till  they 
see  the  event.'' 

Having  other  business  in  the  county  I  then  was,  and  hearing  contin- 
ually unfavorable  accounts,  I  waited  a  few  days  to  determine  on  future 
measures;  in  that  time,  I  was  informed  the  Collector  had  been  obliged 
to  fly  his  home,  which  proved  to  be  the  case;  in  consequence  whereof,  I 
thought  it  necessary  to  have  a  meeting  with  the  Collector,  who  had 
come  below  the  mountains.  He  informed  me  he  had  received  a  fictitious 
signature  to  a  letter  threatening  him,  that  if  he  did  not  resign  his  comm'n, 
they  would  be  at  his  house  on  a  certain  night  and  destroy  everything 
he  had.  In  consequence,  with  the  advice  of  his  friends,  he  fled  for  safety. 
They  fulfilled  their  promise  on  the  night  preceeding  the  one  appointed. 
A  considerable  party  came  in  pursuit  of  him,  but  did  not  destroy  his 
property.     Weaver  ipformed  me  that  they  bring  whiskey  from  Peni)- 


268  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  sylvania  in  the  most  open  manner,  bidding  defiance  to  a  seizure.  He 
Aug. 20th  further  informed  me  that  my  intended  visit  was  well  known,  and  that 
ho  is  confident  that  I  should  have  been  in  the  hands  of  the  Pennsylva- 
nians  in  a  very  short  time  after  my  arrival  at  Morgan  Town.  Under 
these  various  circumstances,  I  deemed  it  needless  to  proceed,  and  con- 
cluded that  the  most  prudent  measures  should  be  taken  to  prevent  any 
avowed  opposition  by  the  Virginians,  which  perhaps  my  presence  might 
occasion.  I  have  wrote  to  Mr.  Biggs  fully  on  the  subject  of  my  intended 
visit,  and  at  the  same  time  admitting  the  justification  of  the  suspension 
of  the  payment  of  the  duties  at  this  time,  to  communicate  fully  to  the 
People  the  object  of  my  letter,  and  to  caution  them  against  wantonly 
engaging  in  the  lawless  proceedings  of  their  neighbours. 

From  the  best  information  I  can  receive  from  the  counties  of  Har- 
rison and  Randolph,  I  believe  the  People  to  be  temperate  on  this  busi- 
ness, and  if  prudently  managed,  I  have  no  fear  of  their  defection,  indeed 
the  influented  part  of  Monongalia  I  am  convinced,  are  well  disposed, 
and  attribute  the  threats  rcc'd  to  some  of  the  rabble  who  have  nothing 
to  lose,  as  it  is  natural  to  expect  on  such  occasions  that  every  worthless 
fellow  will  wish  to  appear  of  consequence.  I  am,  therefore,  pretty  con- 
fident, that  if  proper  measures  are  persuod  against  the  Pennsylvanians, 
these  People  will  remain  quiet. 

I  am  entirely  uninformed  of  the  state  of  matters  in  Ohio;  my  conjec- 
tures are,  that  many  are  friends  to  the  opposition  and  perhaps  some 
have  been  so  imprudent  as  to  associate  themselves  in  it,  but  I  expect 
that  no  officer  appearing  amongst  them,  by  which  they  might  form  a 
pretext  for  opposition,  they  will  be  passive  until  the  event  of  Pennsyl- 
vania is  Known ;  but  if  this  evil  is  not  eventually  rooted  out,  the  flame 
will  spread  most  readily.  Some  of  the  Distillers  in  Hampshire  &  Hardy, 
which  join  the  boundaries  of  Monongalia  express  their  doubts  of  longer 
paying  the  duties,  and  would  embrace  the  earliest  opportunity  of  non- 
compliance if  they  could  calculate  on  protection  in  their  opposition. 

The  reports  we  receive  from  Pennsylvania  infer  a  continuance  of  their 
rebellious  proceedings,  and  wo  have  reason  to  believe  that  emissaries 
have  been  in  this  Town  who  have  purchased  a  considerable  quantity  of 
Amunition.  Commissions  arc  sent  by  the  President  to  negotiate,  but  I 
am  afraid  it  will  add  fuel  to  the  fiame,  as  reason  must  vanish  when  a 
mob  governs. 

You  will  please  inform  me  whether  I  shall  remit  you  the  Cash  in 
hand,  or  hold  it  for  its  first  purpose;  if  the  former,  I  shall  bo  glad  if 
you  can  accommodate  a  draft  on  me  for  3,000  dollars,  as  it  is  very  diffi- 
cult to  procure  Bank  notes  for  remittance. 

I  am,  Ac, 

EDWARD  SMITH. 

P.  S. — The  Express  delivered  your  dispatches  on  Saturday  noon  A 
have  dispatched  him  Sunday  8  o'clock. 

Col.  Edw'd  Carrington,  Supervisor  of  Revenue,  Richmond. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  269 


John  Wilson  to  tub  Governor.  1794. 

The  recommendation  from  the  Court  of  this  County  for  the  Militia  Aug.  20th 
Officers,  as  it  met  with  the  disapprobation  of  the  Executive,  (being  one  Pittsylvania 
of  that  Body)  I  shall  take  it  as  a  great  favor  to  know  by  what  Informa-  county 
tion  the}''  grounded  their  opinions,  as  do  set  of  men  ought  to  be  con- 
demned without  a  hearing.  (As  a  citizen  I  claim  itj  and  hope  by  Capt. 
Clark  a  Transcrip  you  will  send  me  of  the  Information  they  had  to 
ground  their  opinions.  Then  I  shall  be  able  to  answer  for  my  conduct 
in  the  Business,  and  perhaps  shew  how  much  the  recommendations  is 
mended,  as  I  am  confident  there  must  bo  some  rong  information  some 
way,  or  the  Executive  would  not  have  altered  the  recommendation  as 
they  did.  Therefore,  please  to  receive  my  Resignation  of  my  Commis- 
sion of  the  42nd  Regiment,  as  I  chose  to  resign;  please  to  appoint  some 
other  in  my  place,  as  I  have  got  old  and  had  a  long  Tour  in  the  busi- 
ness, but  shall  always  bo  ready  and  willing  to  give  my  aid  and  assist- 
ance, my  poor  abilities  will  admit  of  in  favour  of  my  Country.  Col. 
Wm.  Bix  lives  in  the  south  side  of  the  42nd  Regiment,  which  I  had  the 
honor  to  command,  and  will  have  near  twenty  miles  to  ride  before  he 
gets  in  nearest  Bounds  of  the  one  he  is  appointed  to. 

Therefore,  you  may  Judge  whether  it  will  not  be  proper  to  appoint 
him  to  the  Command  of  42nd  Regiment,  and  refer  you  to  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Court  oi  this  County  for  the  office  of  the  lOlst  Regi- 
ment, and 

Am,  &c. 


Charles  Alexander  to  the  Governor.  Aug.20th 

Declines  the  sheriffalty  of  Fairfax  and  recommends  Col.  Payne  for  the 
office. 

Sir: 

You  will  find  by  the  recommendation  of  the  Court  of  Fairfax,  Mr. 
Charles  Alexander  and  myself  are  the  next  persons  entitled  to  the 
Sheriff's  commission  for  said  county.  You  will  also  discover  by  Mr. 
Alexander's  Letter  his  wish  not  to  accept  the  same.  I  have  0T\\y  this  to 
observe,  and  which  I  think  it  is  right  you  should  be  informed  of,  that  I 
am  the  Surveyor  of  the  County  in  which  I  live.  Now,  Sir,  if  there  is 
no  impropriety  in  my  holding  both  offices,  as  I  should  farm  it  out  to 
good  men  qualified  to  do  the  Business,  (as  hath  generally  been  the  cus- 
tom here),  I  confess  1  shall  have  no  objection  in  accepting  the  office  of 
Sheriff,  otherwise,  I  shall  continue  in  the  office  I  hold  at  present.  This 
far  I  can  say  during  my  practice  in  Surveying,  I  have  considered  it  a 
singular  advantage  in  attending  a  survey  in  a  double  capacity  as  it  i^ 


^^  c^t4Btx^n  or  5fCkXH  h^abk 


Xime  CfmrtL  LVM. 
^mf^'rfM  tH#l^  J?KtM*r  \irinwi.  ChurtfMt  Wmsaandttr  and  WliliaiiL  Pbjme, 
p^f«iir>fi^  10  ft^Ti^^itH  the  z^HIre  'If  .%«rrtf  'if  tin*  County. 


3.  W^kQfySWSL  Csu  CWrk. 


1F;t&ft  CmniCf  r  -^OS-  ^l*^  ^^^^ 
^  4^  M^#^  ^.^iftf  iy  diM  /<Me]^  K«ftt.  EM|r^  <!mitnMStor  for  ike  soppl  j 

PfMtV^f  tA  ^'^$^^n^  tm  UU  year  I7M,  ban  <ftilj  farawfcH  ibe  Coibimidj 
/yf  ^«*f^  )Wi>f»^  fv#4<^  My  evMiUMMkl  fmi«  tbe  9th  dmj  of  March  oniil  the 

BOBERT  CROCKETT,  Cmpt 


\  (\h  h^^  mriity  thai  /oiepb  Keoi,  Btq^  eboiractor  for  the  Yolan- 

Uf^t  M)(Ht»  fftnpitfy^  in  defence  of  the  Soaibwestem  Frontier  of  Yir- 

^fitM  fffr  f'h^  y«lif  1794,  ban  duly  fbrninhed  the  seyeral  companies  fW>in 

ihti  iUiw  ift  ^rti^rirtg  tbo  service  until  tbiii  date,  with  their  rations  as 

t]\fm{'^ft  hy  (iiititrnniDnt 

A.  LBWIS,  Capt. 
Autf;80lh,  1704. 


y^tfll^lfll  TllOK.    riMWIM  TO   TIIR   GOVBRNOR. 

MlHm*i^Mb^        t  lmvi>  Ihi^  htmnr  lo  (>tirloiio  you  a  list  of  the  men's  names  enlisted  in 

H4HHiv      ihH  ftHtlli»fy  ctimpf^ny  und«r  my  command,  belonging  to  the  Uth  Brig- 

fttl^  «I|«i(Hm(.     \iWk\U  lit^wls  WAlii  on  you  to  request  the  favor  of  field 

}^\v>^^  \^w^\  \Mv^  a|ipUH0naniHm  and  whatever  else  may  be  necessary  for 

I^Hi^lt  \\s^  KHid  tH^m|mny  Into  a  state  of  equipment. 

I  bavey&o. 


CUXdENBiLB  OF  fTTATT:  1»^A^1WS,  :g7l 


A  liH  «f  SOB  hekwifiM^  to  ite  I4iii  Bripule  AniMerr  0€m|NitiT :  1?^ 

Jolm  Wyatt.  Jjunes  Kmr.  Ooiyden  OuTHmUir,  ^^i9«V(d  Oriilii.  W^lHn^  A^.  5ft>i 
Fl6Bihi|r,  iiobert  Bdob.  WilKsn  Jones.  Thmiuis  OharohiU,  Oun*  K^ifviYv. 
John  Btukaan,  Mmttiieir  Chmi.  WilHam  lirTM^Irhur,  ^iUiwieK  I^tc,  Roh^rt 
Mmemey,  Joim  Wifiimi£.  Wminn  TJrie.  J«ivi9r  1*H^.  Jiimi«  Th<»n>tmi, 
JamflB  Buiiil»&,  Bsmiiel  CoRby.  Firnnek;  Oocik,  Hfvnry  Fok.  JMivi  Ttnui^- 
ton,  John  Perrm.  lekm  Fox,  JcdiTi  NicdMi^Miii.  IhwiMfis  '9lNKf)^6l^^d. 
Honitto  Wiiitn^.  Mnifi  Bimrell.  Js&miB  WliUkq;,  WitliMi  Fo\,  3f^\\ 
Ihzon.  Gbcrter  B.  Foataoie.  Hugb  Honderscm.  Johvi  T»toR^  H^min*  Wlilt- 
ifig.  Au^^oBtin  OHrfer,  CMenum  BtaMiB,  TImmrhis  f^Wm^xt^rrs.  J<^ti  ^Sfmki* 
iiig,  JsBflP  Bbran,  Bvarael  BioMb.  TiiiMBwt  Tm^ie,  WillinW)  K-^mln^- 
lukm,  JmflMB  Ta^FiuBi.  Gmt^  Sbaeirattoni.  TImmikr  Whiting,  Willlttwi 
WUiiamB,  ^Eobsrt  finoMicrFB,  J«ooi>  BumAeim. 

THOMAS  UEWIS,  CVtpt- 


Woods  to  the  Oovshnoil  ah^.  ^m 

Tliere  wmB  a  prorision  wstuni  (for  the  fiwt  pnrt  of  tlw*  l»*t  y«ftr\  tof  Ohio 
Liieul.  WeDs'  detmc^ment  of  Sangers,  wfaicb  waf%  dmwn  agr9>^bk  t^ 
tbe  pmj-roll,  wbicfa  was  retunied  at  the  tame  timo.  Tliey  w^^it^  <mrrHyt 
by  Mr.  C^iarieB  WeHs,  and  when  ChpL  McOoIlock  waft  aftorward^  4<^wn 
at  Richmond,  be  saw  all  tbe  otber  paiK^TR  relative  to  tbe  busimwA  hni 
tbe  said  prorision  return,  wbicb  Mr.  Coloman  was  not  able  tbe^ti  %6  lay 
bis  band  on.  I  sbonld  be  ^lad  to  know  il  it  iit  fiino^  fbnnd.  Tf  not,  I  will 
tbank  yoar  £xcelloncy  for  fhrtbor  inHtmctiom^  in  tbe  b<i»inoffi^.  T^fv»- 
vision  returns  were  forwardod  by  Mr.  I>avios'  a^nt  frowi  tbe  cowntfo^ 
of  Harrison  and  Randolph,  wbicb  I  am  informed  wore  impr«^^>erly  <^ve 
cuted.  If  so,  I  will  see  tbat  proper  oties  are  forwarded  by  tbe  de)<^ates 
ibis  next  session.  I  would  be  glad  il  your  Rxcelleney  wrmM  order  me 
payment  for  the  amount  provisioa  return  before  mentioned.  IVt^iapi^ 
if  there  is  not  money  in  tbe  treasury,  an  order  on  Mr.  Smith  o!  WtW- 
chester,  given  to  Capt.  McOullock,  on  bis  return  be  wtHild  be  able  to 
procure  me  tbe  money,  which  would  much  oblige, 

Your,  Ae. 


Arthur  Campbrll  to  thb  Govrhhoh.  \\\^,  ^\n\ 

It  seems  from  what  will  be  the  operation  of  the  laU  MtUiia  taw,  ibal  VVuMhltigtoH 
it  is  defective  in  its  formation.    It  is  a  nooetsary  attribute  of  MilltRry 
Organization  that  its  operation  should  have  colerlty   ahd   efttt^tuHi^yi 
The  old  law,  had  not  the  acts  of  the  general  government  tntet*Vtfned«  neenis  ^ 


272  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.        best  calculatod  for  tho  iiiilitia  of  Virginia,   when  the  counties  bad  a 
Aug.  2Ist     direct  communication  with  tho  Executive. 

The  chief  of  tho  State  could  inspire  an  ardour  a  military  spirit  that 
none  of  his  subalterns  can  effect.  They  may  want  comprehension  and 
activity  of  mind,  or  they  may  be  too  far  removed  from  the  objects  of 
their  command. 

These  reflections  occur  from  observing  that  the  commander-in-chief 
has  done  his  part  of  the  duty  of  having  the  eleven  thousand  men,  this 
Slate's  quota,  in  a  train  of  preparation  for  actual  service;  but  not  a  line, 
not  an  order  has  reached  this  District  from  the  Major-Gcneral  of  the 
Division,  or  the  Adjutant  of  tho  State.  The  summer  season  will  soon 
terminate.  A  formidable  Insurrection  has  taken  place  in  adjoining 
state.  The  federal  army  has  made  movements  that  may  decide  the 
question  of  peace  or  war  with  the  British,  and  open  war  has  taken  place 
with  the  creek  Indians.  In  all  these  commotions,  our  state  can  not  be 
indifferent;  in  short,  the  militia  ought  to  bo  in  a  capacity  for  active 
preparation,  if  it  were  only  to  keep  up  that  character  of  respectability 
which  in  former  wai'S  the  Big  Knife  always  maintained. 

About  two  weeks  ago,  Governor  Blunt  by  a  runner  of  the  Cherokee 
Nations,  received  intelligence  that  some  thing  upwards  of  one  hundred 
Creek  Indians  were  on  their  march  to  attack  that  part  of  frontier  of  the 
Territory  that  lay  bordering  on  Clinch  River,  and  that  they  were  bend- 
ing their  course  to  cross  the  Tennessee  near  the  mouth  of  Hiwassee. 
On  receiving  these,  he  oi*dered  out  a  Captain  and  his  company,  all 
mounted,  to  reconnoitre.  On  their  Scout  the  Captain  took  one  course  to 
make  discoveries,  and  the  Lieutenant  with  36  men  another. 

On  Thursday,  the  14th  inst.,  at  about  12  or  15  miles  from  the  Fort 
called  South-west  point,  (mouth  of  Clinch)  Lieut.  McClelland  fell  in  with 
a  large  party  of  Indians.  A  furious  action  ensued,  and  so  close  at  times 
that  Tomhakes  were  thrown  by  the  Indians.  Our  men  stood  by  — other 
like  veterans,  but  was  at  last  constrained  by  superior  numbei's  to  re- 
treat, but  with  so  good  a  countenance  that  the  enemy  did  not  pursue. 
Seventeen  of  tho  Detachment  was  missing  the  last  accounts,  but  it  was 
hoped  several  would  yet  come  in  as  thej'  were  noticed  to  move  off  be- 
fore tho  action  was  over,  supposed  to  be  wounded.  Almost  all  those 
that  has  come  in,  had  bullets  through  their  cloathes.  The  Lieutenant 
had  nine  and  escaped  unhurt. 

A  Mr.  Cunningham,  late  a  citizen  of  this  State,  was  known  to  have 
killed  two  Indians,  and  at  the  instant  of  the  retreat  was  engaged  close 
quarters  with  a  third,  making  a  dexterous  use  of  a  large  knife.  This 
brave  man  is  missing.  The  Lieutenant  was  a  Virginian,  late  from 
Botetourt.  I  have  been  something  lengthy  in  this  account,  knowing 
that  you  understand  such  matters,  and  to  prove  that  not  only  in  fight- 
ing Europeans,  but  also  Indians,  to  fight  in  order,  to  advance  in  order, 
&  to  retreat  in  the  same  way,  always  contribute  to  victory  or  safety. 
A  few  days  before  oo  another  quarter,  a  small  party  of  Creeks  were 


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defeated  by  Sergeant  Tow nley  of  the  Federal  troops  who  had  friendly 
Cherokees  with  him  and  a  few  soldiers.  They  took  one  scalp.  It  will 
be  favorable  to  us  in  this  war,  that  the  whole  of  the  Chiekasaws  and 
about  half  of  the  Cherokees  will  take  an  active  part  against  the  Creeks. 
A  Kentucky  Traveller  reports,  that  the  advance  of  the  federal  army 
nnder  General  Scott,  near  the  Miomi  of  the  Lake  had  an  action  with  the 
Indians,  and  beat  them  off  the  ground,  making  considerable  slaughter. 
Our  loss  consisted  chiefly  in  federal  troops  on  foot.  The  mounted  In- 
fantry unexpectedly  attacked  the  enemy  in  flank  and  rear. 

I  am,  &c. 


273 

1794. 

Aug.  21st 


Miles  King  to  the  Qovernor. 


Aug,  2l8t 


When  I  was  last  at  Richmond  I  did  inform  you  the  Cash  allowed  for  Hampton 
the  French  Emigrants  had  been  out  for  some  time,  &  1  was  in  advance 
for  them.  I  have  reduced  the  number  to  ten.  These  want  much  to  re- 
turn to  the  West  Indies,  where  a  vessel  will  sail  in  ten  days.  The  Cap- 
tain is  willing  to  take  the  whole  with  him,  but  will  not  do  it  under  fifly 
pounds.  The  Emigrants  have  made  of  a  Friend  to  pay  Half.  One  * 
hundred  dollars  is  wanting  to  pay  their  passages  and  money  to  lay  in 
provisions.  Will  not  it  be  best  to  pay  tbe  Hundred  Dollars  and  lay  in 
provisions  and  be  clear  of  them,  as  I  fear  they  will  not  be  much  benefit 
to  this  county  as  they  are  on  the  wrong  side  with  us  in  politicks.  If 
cash  is  not  to  be  had,  I  will  pay  the  passage,  &c.,  if  it  will  meet  with 
tbe  appropriation  of  your  Board,  please  to  have  it  laid  before  the 
Board  as  soon  as  convenient  and  let  me  know.  If  they  miss  the  passage 
it  may  be  some  time  before  another  offers. 

In  the  destruction  of  the  Noi'folk  Distillery  the  last  war,  the  county 
paid  for  the  houses  and  fixtures  six  thousand  pounds.  Of  course  the 
stills  belong  to  the  Commonwealth,  one  of  which  is  now  in  this  county, 
and  claimed  by  Alexander  Love,  and  I  do  suppose  be  has  the  otber  one. 
I  think  he  cannot  have  the  least  claim  to  either  of  them.  The  agent 
for  this  District  ought  to  have  some  information  on  the  subject,  and  the 
still  in  this  county  will  be  put  in  his  possession  on  bis  making  applica- 
tion.    And  the  ***** 

With  very  great  respect,  your,  &c. 


Robert  Preston  to  the  Governor. 

Application  for  commission  as  Sheriff  of  Washington. 

86 


Aug.  22d 


Abingdon 


M 


274 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 

Aug.  22d 

Fauquier 
county 


Simon  Morgan  to  thb  Governor. 

T  am  Borry  that  I  am  prevented  by  my  indisposition  from  attending 
the  Board  agreeable  to  your  direction.  I  shall,  however,  attend  in  Rich- 
mond at  as  early  a  period  as  my  state  of  health  can  possibly  admit.  All 
the  information  that  is  in  my  power  to  give  the  General  Officers  com- 
posing the  Board  to  settle  the  rank  of  Field  officcra,  can  be  obtained 
from  Mr.  Coleman;  and  if  it  should  be  considered  necessary  in  my 
absence  to  have  a  Deputy,  I  wish  Mr.  John  Stewart  to  act  in  that  capac- 
ity, who  will  undertake  the  business.  It  would  give  mo  much  satisfac- 
tion to  attend  agreeable  to  your  orders,  and  should  be  much  obliged  to 
you  to  transmit  me  by  the  most  early  opportunity,  a  copy  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Board.  Inform  me  whether  I  am  to  attend  the  detach- 
ment ordered  out  in  my  official  character. 

I  have,  &c. 


The  Commonwealth  of  Virginia, 

To  Charles  Teberghin, 


Dr.: 


1794. 


To  my  services  as  Provost  Marshal  upon  the  trial  of 
Capt.  John  McCullock  by  a  Court-Martial  in  the 
Town  of  West  Liberty,  six  days  at  78.  6d.  per  day 
allowed  by  the  Court, 


£1.  17.  6. 


I  do  hereby  certify  that  the  above  allowance  to  the  clerk  and  Provost 
Marshal  was  approved  by  the  court-martial  held  for  the  trial  of  Capt. 
John  McCullock  the  11th  Instant.  Given  under  my  hand  this  23d  of 
August,  1794. 

MOSES  CIIAPLINE, 

Prest.  of  Court-Martial. 

The  Auditor,  Richmond. 


Aug.  23d 
Norfolk 


Thomas  Mathews  to  the  Governor. 

I  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  18th  in- 
stant with  its  enclosure. 

It  is  with  great  regret  that  I  inform  you,  that  the  process  issued 
against  the  Schooner  Non  Pariel  has  not  been  served.  The  Schooner 
had  for  some  day's  previous  to  the  receipt  of  the  process  been  removed 
to  the  neighborhood  of  Crany  Island,  and  beyond  the  reach  of  any  of 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


the  cannon  at  Fort  Nelson.  At  the  i*equeht  of  the  Deputy  Marshal,  I 
attended  him  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  the  process  executed,  but  on  our 
arrival  near  the  vessel  we  were  forbid  to  approach — the  officer  declar- 
ing that  the  orders  he  had  received  from  his  Captain  were,  to  admit  no 
Boat  whatever  to  board  the  Schooner.  Mr.  Hunter,  the  Marshal,  then 
enquired  if  the  Captain  was  on  board,  declaring  that  he  had  a  process  fi*om 
the  Judiciary  of  the  United  States  against  the  Vessel.  The  Officer  replied 
that  the  Captain  was  not  on  board,  and  again  repeated  his  prohibition  that 
we  should  not  be  permitted  to  approach  nearer.  At  this  time,  forty  or  fifty 
men  presented  themselves  on  the  Gun  whale  of  the  Vessel  with  their 
boarding  Pikes  in  hand.  I  informed  them  that  we  should  not,  as  we 
were  situated,  attempt  to  board  them  and  retired. 

I  felt  very  strongly  for  the  indignity  offered  to  the  Law,  &  was  de- 
termined, if  called  on  by  the  Coll.  or  Marshal,  to  take  the  most  effectual 
measures  to  enforce  obedience. 

The  Collector,  the  Marshal  and  myself  repaired  to  the  Fort  shortly 
after  for  the  purpose  of  sending  to  Crany  Island  and  Lambert  Point 
two  twenty-four  pounders  on  each  to  prevent  their  retreat,  but  we  were 
much  disappointed  when  we  heard  from  Capt.  Hannah  that  they  had 
neither  Cartridges,  Spungos,  Rammers,  Prickers  or  Horns.  The  Collec- 
tor then  declined,  calling  on  me  officially  for  the  aid  of  the  Military, 
supposing  it  better  to  decline  any  effort  unless  it  could  be  attended  with 
probable  success.  In  thi«  I  concurred  with  him.  I  have  been  particu- 
lar in  stating  this  business,  in  hopes  that  measures  will  be  taken  to  en- 
able the  Officers  of  Government  to  enforce  obedience  to  the  laws. 


275 

1794. 
Aug.  23d 


I  am,  &c. 


William  Lindsay  to  the  Governor. 

Previous  to  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  18th,  the  Schooner  Non- 
pareil had  removed  towards  Crany  Island.  I  delivered  the  Deput}' 
Marshal  the  process  against  her  on  the  afternoon  of  the  20th,  &  the  next 
day  he  attempted  to  serve  it,  but  was  prevented  from  going  on  board  by 
the  crew.  Immediately  on  his  return,  he  informed  me  of  the  circum- 
stances, when  I  consulted  with  General  Mathews  on  what  measures 
were  to  be  taken.  He  was  of  opinion  with  me,  that  any  attempt  that 
could  be  made  with  the  Militia  would  in  all  probability  be  rendered  in- 
effectual, and  that  to  hazard  an  unsuccessful  attempt  would  be  im« 
proper. 

The  schooner  went  off  that  evening. 


Aug.  23d 


Collector's 

Office, 

Norfolk 


I  am,  &c. 


276  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  William  Pbnnock  to  thb  Governor. 

Aug.  24th  Being  appointed  Naval  Agent,  I  have  been  looking  out  the  most 
Norfolk  proper  place  to  set  up  the  Frigate  proposed  to  be  built  in  Virginia,  and 
finding  none  so  fit  as  the  Public  property  at  Gosport.  Having  made 
some  contracts  for  Timber,  it  is  necessary  a  yard  should  be  immediately 
inclosed.  Tou  will  much  oblige  me  by  informing  me  as  soon  as  possible 
whether  I  may  take  possession  of  the  property  above  mentioned  that 
we  may  go  to  work  immediately. 

I  am,  &e. 


Aug.  25th  H.  Knox  to  the  Governor. 

War  Your  Excellency's  letter  of  the  2d  instant,  was  duly  received;  in 

Department  ^iiich  you  say,  "I  wrote  to  you  or  the  Secretary  of  State  from  Norfolk 
on  the  subject  of  the  vessel  belonging  to  the  British  Consul,  and  taken 
possession  of  by  Gen.  Matthews  for  reasons  assigned  by  that  officer  to 
mo  and  transmitted  to  you.  This  vessel  will  be  ruined  unless  owned  by 
some  one  soon." 

It^  does  not  appear  upon  the  most  thorough  examination  that  either 
the  Secretary  of  State  or  myself  have  received  the  letter  to  which  the 
above  extract  alludes.  I  pray,  therefore,  that  you  would  have  the  good- 
ness to  state  the  circumstances  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  as  I  shall  be 
absent  for  some  time,  and  he  will  attend  thereto.  The  British  Minister 
indeed  complained  to  the  Secretary  of  State  that  a  vessel  had  been  strip- 
ped of  her  sails  upon  some  idea  of  her  sailing  contrary  to  the  embargo 
which  then  existed. 

In  case  that  circumstances  unfortunately  should  more  strongly  than 
at  present  indicate,  the  idea  of  our  being  involved  in  a  war,  the  armed 
vessels  will  be  resorted  to  for  the  protection  of  our  bays.  But  at  present 
the  President  does  not  conceive  himself  warranted  in  going  to  any 
exponce  upon  that  subject. 

I  have,  &c. 


Aug. 25th  General  Orders. 

Richmond,  August  22nd,  1794. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Wells,  commandant  of  the  twenty-ninth  regiment, 
composed  of  the  militia  of  Isle  of  Wight,  is  arrested  by  oi*der  of  the 
Commander-in-Chief. 

A  General  Court-Martial  (consisting  of  one  Brigadier-General^  four 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  377 


Lieutenant  ColonelB  Commandanta,  four  Majors,  and  foar  Captains)  is       1794. 
hereby  directed  to  be  assembled  at  the  city  of  Williamsburg,  on  the    Aug.  25th 
13th  day  of  September  next,  for  the  trial  of  Lioutcnant-Colenel  Wells, 
Commandant  of  the  29tb  Regiment. 

The  fourth  division  will  furnish  the  members  constituting  this  court, 
whereof  Brigadier  Young  is  appointed  President. 

The  gentlemen  are  requested  to  be  punctual  in  their  attendance,  as 
the  President  will  be  ordered  to  proceed  upon  the  trial  at  the  hour  of 
eleven  in  the  forenoon. 

By  the  Commander-in-Chief. 

Attest : 

SAM.  COLEMAN,  for 
SIMON  MORGAN. 

This  copy  was  enclosed  in  GenU  Young's  letter. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Wells,  of  Isle  of  Wight: 

You  will  receive  herewith  the  General  orders  of  this  date,  together 
with  a  copy  of  the  charges  for  which  you  are  arrested. 

You  will  of  course  consider  yourself  in  arrest,  and  consequently  sus- 
pended from  the  use  of  every  authority  vested  in  you  by  the  commis- 
sion with  which  you  have  been  honored,  until  the  termination  of  your 
trial. 

You  will  also  receive  copies  of  blank  summons  which  you  will  use  to 
bring  forward  all  such  evidence  before  the  court-martial  as  you  may 
deem  material  to  yourself. 


W.  Tate  to  the  Governor.  Aug.  26th 

I  have  nearly  completed  the  distribution  of  the  money  with  which  I  Washington 
was  intrusted,  and  have  hopes  will  be  able  to  give  satisfaction  to  the  county 
Executive  respecting  that  business.  Capt.  Lewis'  company  received 
4,228  dollars,  which  was  the  proportion  due  to  them,  and  the  Captain 
out  of  favor  to  his  men,  suffered  them  to  receive  their  full  proportions 
as  they  were  in  groat  want  of  the  money  notwithstanding  he  had 
claims  against  a  number  of  them  for  money  he  had  advanced  and  neces- 
saries he  had  furnished  to  the  amount  of  three  thousand  and  thirty>nine 
dollars,  which  is  nearly  the  amount  of  what  is  now  due  to  Captain  Lewis' 
Company,  for  which  he  has  furnished  me  with  orders  from  the  soldiers 
and  might  have  demanded  the  greater  part  of  the  money  agreeable  to 
instructions  delivered  me,  but  from  the  solicitation  of  his  men  he  chose 
to  wait  for  his  money  thus  advanced  until  the  next  payment  But 
from  an  unexpected  change  in  his  affairs,  he  is  now  very  much  pressed 
for  the  money  he  might  have  had   in  his  possession,  and  says  he  fears 


278  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       will  suffer  much  for  want  of  it.     If  therefore  the  state  of  the  treasury 
Aug.  26th    will  enable  him  to  receive  the  amount  of  his  claims  as  herein  stated,  it 
would  greatly  relieve  him  from  his  present  difficulty.     The  soldiers  re- 
ceive the  bank  notes  with  reluctance,  and  none  being  of  less  dignity 
than  50  dollars,  it  is  difficult  to  get  change. 

Sir,  I  am,  &c. 


Aug.  27th  John  Stewart  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Adjutant-        The  orders  of  the  22d  arc  complied  with  in  the  following  manner : 

^^flf*^**        The  four  brigades  composing  the  fourth  division  are  each   directed  to 

Richmond   furnish  one  of  the  Colonels,  one  major,  and  one  captain,  containing  in 

toto  the  exact  number  of  members  necessary  to  constitute  the  general 

Court-Martial  to  be  holden  in  the  city  of  Williamsburg,  on  the   13th  of 

the  next  month. 

Seeing  that  this  arrangement  goes  to  a  full  compliance  with  the 
orders  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  it  is  humbly  conceived  that  without 
usurping  the  exercise  of  a  very  important  power,  the  adjutant  general 
can  go  no  further;  and  that  if,  (to  prevent  the  possibility  of  the  object 
being  defeated  by  the  non-attendance  of  a  sufficient  number  of  officers 
to  constitute  the  court-martial)  any  additional  number  of  officers  is 
deemed  necessary,  a  special  order  of  the  Commander  on  the  execution 
will  be  furnished  him. 

For  SIMON  MORGAN,  Adj.Gen. 


Aug.  28th  E-   LaNGHAM  TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Point  of  I  s®'^^  ^y  ^^'  Alloway  my  acc't  for  provisions  furnished  till  the  1st  of 
Fork  Sept.,  which  I  hope  will  be  paid  to  him.  Should  it  so  happen  that  there 
is  no  money  in  the  Treasury  you  was  pleased  to  say  you  would  give  me 
an  order  to  the  Sheriff  of  Fluvanna.  Your  Excellency  will  much  oblige 
me  by  directing  Mr.  Alloway  what  to  do  with  the  Auditor  in  order  to 
obtain  the  money  or  order  on  the  Sheriff  (the  money  will  be  far  most 
acceptible). 

I  would  not  trouble  you  so  far  on  this  subject  had  you  not  promised 
your  attention  when  I  saw  you  last. 

I  think  it  would  be  advisable  in  the  Hon.  the  Executive  to  think 
something  of  the  supplies  of  the  post  after  my  contract  ends,  which  is 
the  11th  of  January  next  (a  very  unreasonable  time  for  contracts  of 
the  kind  to  be  made).  I  am  willing  to  continue  the  contract  till  the 
10th  of  June  next,  which  will  be  a  more  proper  time  for  such  contracts 
to  be  entered  into.  If  the  Executive  should  not  think  proper  to  order 
a  oontinuaDoe  of  the  contract  till  June  next,  I  think  it  would  be  ad- 


CALEXDJLR  OF  STATE  PAPKRSL  279 


Tiaable  to  open  m  new  one  in  September  or  earlr  in  October  to  eontinoe       17M. 
the  11th  oi  Janiuunr.    This  wooM  ^re  the  Contnetor  time  to  lav  in    Aqf.29lh 
his  provisions  in  the  cheap  season  ot  the  rear.     I  mentioned  the  sab> 
ject  to  Major  Qnariess  who  tells  me  *tis  probable  that  matters  will  be  so 
arranged,  that  each  man  or  each  Mess  will  find  themselros. 

I  am  sore  in  my  own  mind  that  the  BxecatiTe  will  not  adopt  such  a 
measure  for  several  reasons  that  might  be  advanced.  I  have  always 
conceived  that  the  object  of  the  board  in  employing  a  Contractor  was 
to  prevent  any  loss  of  time  and  attention  by  the  Supt.  and  the  men  em- 
ployed. 

With  submission  to  their  bitter  judgment^  I  have^  Ac, 


WiLUAM    McClBKRY   to   THB   GoVBRXOR.  AQg.2Blh 

Your  Express  arrived  here  to-day  with  sundry  letters  addressed  to  Morgantown 
the  care  of  Mr.  Thomas  Wilson,  who  happened  Lot  to  be  at  home; 
thinking  it  right  ^in   this  alarming  time)  I  received  the  papers  and 
Passed  a  receipt  for  them.     Mr.  Wilson  will  be  home  to-morrow,  and 
no  doubt  will  send  them  instantly  forward  to  their  address. 

We  are  all  in  this,  Harrison  and  Randolph  Counties  in  Peace,  and 
also  Ohio  with  some  exceptions.  A  state  of  neutrality  is  all  we  are 
able  to  support,  and  indeed  we  are,  in  this  town,  much  threatened  even 
for  Ij'ing  still  by  our  Powerful  neighbors.  However,  I  trust  wo  will 
support  it  until  Government  takes  measures  to  bring  about  Peace.  The 
Commissioners  who  attended  at  Pittsburg  by  order  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States,  and  also  by  order  of  the  Governer  of  Penn'a  have 
met,  but  nothing  bath  yet  transpired  that  can  be  relied  upon.  A  com- 
mittee of  12  men  of  the  insurgents  met  them,  and  it  is  reported  that  no 
terms  but  a  repeal  of  the  excise  will  be  accepted  by  the  People;  how- 
ever, this  is  only  report. 

I  am,  &c. 


J.  Ambler  to  the  Governor.  Aug, 28th 

The  enclosed  letter,  received  by  last  night's  mail  from  Mr.  Secretary     Treasury 
Kandolph,  must,  I  presume,  have  been  intended  to  be  laid  before  the 
Hon.  the  Executive.     I  therefore  do  myself  the  honor  to  transmit  it. 

Having  no  information  as  to  the  amount  of  the  arrearages  of  Taxes 

now  due,  nor  when  they  may  be  expected   to  be   brought  into  the 

Treasury,  I  cannot  even  conjecture  when  we  shall  be  in  a  situation  to 

comply  with  the  claim  on  this  State  on  account  of  the  federal  Buildings. 

At  present  we  have  two  thousand  dollars  in  the  public  Chest,  and  there 

are  claims  daily  brought  in  to  a  great  amount. 

I  am,  &c. 
[Enclosed  not  found.] 


280  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Cit7  of  Washington,  Aug.  27th,  1794. 

Sir: 

Aug.  28th  Since  the  Commissioners  Separated,  circumstances  have  appeared 

which  induce  me  to  trouble  3'ou  on  the  subject  of  the  money  payable  by 
the  State  of  Virginia  on  the  3rd  Donation.  These  circumstances  are  of 
such  a  nature  as  to  admit  of  no  delay  in  the  payment  without  consider- 
able risk  of  material  injury  to  the  City. 

1  have,  &c. 
His  Excellency  Governor  Lee. 


Aug.  28th  Thomas  Peter  to 


Cabin  Waiving  his  right  to  the  Sheriffalty  of  Surry  and  recommending  Wm. 

SurS'iSinty  Edwards  for  same. 


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Aug.  30th  John  Hopkins  to  the  Governor. 

Richmond  The  enclosed  letter  was  transmitted  to  me  by  Mr.  Carroll,  one  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  city  of  Washington,  at  the  same  time  desiring  I 
would  acquaint  him  the  prospects  of  payments  from  the  State  on  the 
third  donation  to  that  city.  It  will  therefore  be  very  pleasing  to  me  to 
be  informed  when  I  may  expect  a  payment  on  the  President's  warrant 
for  this  object  that  I  may  give  the  desired  information. 

I  have,  &c. 

Aug.  30th  Hugh  Caperton  to  the  Governor. 

I  had  the  honor  to  write  to  you  by  Mr.  Breckenridge,  respecting  the 
trial  had  on  me  before  a  Court  Martial,  and  demanding  a  rehearing  in 
Consequence  of  my  not  having  an  opportunity  of  completely  defending 
myself,  as  very  material  witnesses  could  not  be  procured  on  the  trial.  I 
have  the  honor  now  again  of  repeating  the  same  request,  to  justify  me 
in  which  1  take  the  liberty  of  inclosing  certain  affidavits  which  will 
show  your  Excellency  my  innocence  of  charges  that  seemed  to  be  left 
in  doubt  before  the  Court  Martial,  not  being  able  to  procure  testimony 
on  those  points  at  that  time,  charges  in  their  nature,  if  true,  are  not 
only  sufficient  to  disgrace  me  as  an  Officer,  but  go  to  the  destruction  of 
my  character  as  one  of  the  community.  It  therefore  behoves  me  to 
avoid  no  opportunity  to  place  my  character  in  that  point  of  view  it 
ought  to  stand,  for  feeling  the  innocence  of  my  intentions  in  every  of  my 
conduct  throughout  the  whole  transaction,  it  can  not  be  other  than  ex- 
treme mortification  to  me,  that  I  should  be  charged  with  such  criminal 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  281 


offences.    These  feelings  then   I  hope  will  plead  my  excuse  for  the       1794. 
solicitude  I  discover  on  the  occasion.  Aug.  30th 

The  particular  charge  which  was  left  most  in  douht.  and  which  most 
severely  wounds  my  feelings  is,  the  charge  of  the  extraordinary  trans- 
fer of  certain  Sold  iei*8,  and  verifying  the  dates  of  their  enlistment  on 
the  first  day  of  December,  1792,  as  if  in  the  County  of  Kanawha,  when 
at  the  same  time,  I  was  in  the  County  of  Greenbria.  Perhaps  on  first 
view  of  the  subject,  it  may  wear  an  aspect  which  explanation  will  disi- 
pate.  Your  Excellency  will  observe  by  the  affidavit  of  Reuben 
Slaughter,  one  of  the  men  named  in  the  charge  relative  to  the  extraor- 
dinary transfer,  that  on  his  application  to  be  enlisted  I  agreed  to  the 
en  liftmen  t,  but  on  the  same,  observed  that  he  could  only  draw  pay  from 
the  time  of  enlistment;  but  being  some  time  afterwards  told  by  Col. 
Clcndenin,  the  Muster  Master,  that  the  said  Slaughter  had  been  in  ac- 
tual service  and  was  Mustered  by  him  as  on  the  15th  of  March,  this  being 
the  case,  and  under  the  idea  of  Slaughter's  being  enlisted  either  by 
some  of  the  Sabaltorns  or  by  their  directions,  I  could  not  give  any  other 
opinion  than  that  the  time  of  mustering  would  regulate  the  pay,  and 
therefore,  if  any  fraud  or  misconduct  has  been  committed,  it  was  done 
by  the  Muster  Master  who  was  appointed  by  the  Executive,  and  not  by 
myself.  Your  Excellency  will  also  observe  by  the  other  depositions,  that 
I  proved  the  enlistment  of  the  soldiers  of  extraordinary  transfer,  only  as  a 
list  delivered  to  me  by  the  Muster  Master,  and  as  I  thought  under  the 
authority  of  the  order  of  Council,  which  directed  that  the  muster  rolls 
must  be  verified  by  the  oaths  of  the  commanding  officers  of  the  several 
Detachments.  This  also  was  the  opinion  of  Col.  Lewis  with  whom  I 
advised  at  the  time,  having  scruples  on  the  occasion;  and  in  conse- 
quence of  these  scruples,  made  those  reservations  in  my  affidavit  that 
are  alluded  to  in  the  depositions.  Col.  Lewis  is  ready  to  verify  this 
conversation,  and  would  have  done  it  on  a  former  occasion,  but  supposed 
that  the  list  he  forwarded  would  fully  answer  my  purpose  in  relation  to 
it.  After  this  explanation,  aided  by  the  enclosed  affidavits,  I  trust 
there  will  be  little  doubt  on  your  Excellency's  mind  of  my  innocence. 
In  order  more  fully  to  manifest  this,  I  solicit  you.  Sir,  who  have  always 
discovered  a  promptitude  to  promote  justice  and  defend  the  injured,  to 
direct  another  Court  Martial  to  take  up  the  subject,  before  whom  I  am 
so  satisfied  of  my  being  able  honorably  to  acquit  myself,  that  I  feel  no  dis- 
position to  shrink  from  the  enquiry.  My  object,  Sir,  is  to  justify  my- 
self to  the  World,  and  a  rising  family  who  may  be  injured  by  the  stigma 
that  may  be  placed  on  me.  As  to  myself,  my  conscience  acquits  roe  in 
every  particular.  I  shall,  therefore,  avoid  any  advantage  I  might  have 
by  the  forpier  Court  Martial,  being  in  part  composed  of  members  who 
were  not  in  commission,  in  part  junior  Officers  to  myself,  and  before 
whom  testimony  was  received  by  affidavits  that  bad  neither  time  or 
place  inserted,  and  not  taken  before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

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282  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  I  Bay,  sir,  I  mean  to  take  no  advantage  of  these  errora  and  omissions, 

Aui;.  .'^h    but  desire  a  fair  and  impartial  investigation  into  the  business.     This  I 

trust  will  be  denied  no  citizen  of  this  country  who  conceives  himself 

injured,  but  that  the  doors  of  justice  will  be  open  to  him  while  he  has  a 

defence. 

Under  these  impressions,  I  shall  rest  satisfied  till  I  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  hearing  from  your  Excellency. 

I  have,  &c. 

August  18th,  1794. 
Kanawha  County,  to-wit : 

This  day  Reuben  Slaughter,  at  the  request  of  Captain  Hugh  Ca- 
perton,  came  before  me,  Andrew  Donnally,  and  made  oath  that  some 
time  on  the  last  of  April  or  first  of  May,  1792,  that  he  applied  to  Capt. 
Hugh  Caperton  to  list  in  his  company  of  volunteer  militia,  which  said 
Caperton  agreed  to,  but  refused  (after  being  asked)  that  he  should  have 
pay  only  from  the  time  of  enlistment,  but  shortly  after  he  was  in  the 
presence  of  Colonel  Clendenin  and  Captain  Caperton,  and  the  same  sub- 
ject was,  namely,  that  of  pay  trom  the  15th  of  March,  which  was  con- 
cluded on  as  the  said  Slaughter  had  been  in  actual  duty  some  time  be- 
fore the  arrival  of  said  Caperton,  and  as  near  as  he  could  recollect,  Col. 
Clendenin  said  ho  had  mustered,  and  would  return  him  as  mustered, 
from  the  said  15th  of  March,  which  said  Caperton  said  would  regulate 
the  pay,  and  then  received  him  as  a  soldier  in  his  company ;  and  he  further 
saith  that  there  appeared  nothing  to  injure  or  defraud,  either  Common- 
wealth or  any  individual  thereby,  and  that  he  never  asked  leave  of  Cap- 
tain John  Morris,  or  considered  himself  under  any  obligations  as  a  sol- 
dier in  said  Morris'  company,  except  on  any  immediate  invasion. 
Sworn  to  before  me  this  18th  of  August. 

ANDR'W  DONNALLY. 

Kanawha,  to-wit: 

This  day  Samuel  Henderson  came  before  me  and  on  his  oath  do 
say  he  was  present  at  the  house  of  Colonel  Donnally  on  the  3d  day  of 
March,  1793,  where  he  heard  Capt.  Caperton  repeat  to  Colonel  Clendenin 
his  doubts  respecting  the  way  the  said  Clendenin  had  made  and  proved 
the  muster  roll. 

Clendenin  said  it  was  dun  wright,  he  would  maintain,  or  words  to 
that  effect.  Caperton  said  he  feared  it  would  operate  against  him,  and 
would  much  rather  go  to  the  point  and  have  Colonel  Lewis  to  do  it. 
Caperton,  he  believed,  wished  to  have  it  dun  right  from  the  way  he  ex- 
pressed himself. 

Given  under  my  hand  18th  August. 

ANDREW  DONNALLY. 


CALENDAR   OF   STATE    PAPEl^.  2811 


Kanawha,  to-wit:  1794. 

This  day  Lewis  Booton  came  before  me,  a  Justiec  for  said  county,  Auj:.  :U>th 
and  on  bis  oath  do  say  that  on  the  3nl  day  of  March,  1793,  at  the  houae 
of  Colo.  Donnalh-,  Capt,  Caperton  Requested  him  to  call  upon  a  Justice 
of  the  peace  to  please  to  come  into  s\I  Donnally's  Room — Caperton  did 
not  direct  him  to  call  any  particular  Justice— only  as  ho  wislied  to  piX)vo 
a  muster  Roll.  Your  Deponent  do  say  he  executed  therequCvSt.  Lananl 
Morriss  came  into  the  said  Room  when  Caperton  was,  in  onier  to  swaro 
Caperton  to  bis  muster  Roll.  Caperton  observed  to  Mr.  Morriss  bo 
could  not  sware  actcarratly  to  the  inlistment  stated  in  said  roll,  But 
could  swear  from  the  list  on  Return  made  By  the  Colo's  Clondinen  and 
Lewis,  or  words  to  that  Effect. 

Your  Deponent  do  further  say,  Caperton  informed  him  previous  to 
the  3rd  day  of  March,  1793,  ho  could  not  swaro  to  tho  Date  of  tho  in- 
listment of  the  men  in  his  company  i^olls  in  tho  County  of  Kanawha, 
only  from  a  List  given  him  by  Clondinen  and  Lewis. 

Your  Deponent  Do  further  say,  Captorton  allwa3'8  apporod  to  be  very 
re.serve  in  giving  Testimony  before  and  at  that  time  so  far  as  his  ac- 
quaintance extended. 

LEWIS  BOOTON. 
Sworn  to  before  m©  this  19th  August,  1794. 

ANDREW  DONNALLY. 

19th  August,  1794. 

Kanawha,  to-wit: 

This  day  Andrew  Ilatfiold,  a  corporal  in  Capt.  Caporton*8  Com- 
pany of  volunteer  militia,  in  1793,  came  before  mo,  and  on  his  oath  do 
say  he  was  at  the  house  of  Colo.  Donnally  on  tho  3rd  day  of  March, 
1793,  where  Lenard  Morriss,  Esqr.,  was  about  to  qualify  sM  Caperton  to 
a  muster  Roll.  S'd  Morriss  appered  to  bo  in  a  great  hurry,  and  men- 
tioned something  Respecting  the  oath  Caperton  should  take.  Caperton 
refused,  and  said  ho  would  swaro  himself.  I  had  often,  previous  to  his 
proving  said  Roll,  heard  tho  said  Caperton  say  ho  had  not  Listed  him- 
self any  part  of  his  company  mustered  in  tho  county  of  Kanawha. 
Sworn  before  mo  tho  date  above  written. 

ANDREW  DONNALLY. 

20th  August,  1794. 

Kanawha  County,  to-wit: 

This  day  Laban  Booton  came  before  mo,  a  Justice  for  said  County, 
and  on  his  oath  do  say,  Some  time  in  1792  ho  was  present  with  Colo. 
Clendenin,  Colo.  Lewis,  and  Capt.  Caperton  at  Point  Pleasant  at  a  time 


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1794.  a  Deed  ware  acknowledged,  Lewis  to  Stewart.  The  Colo's  Clendenin 
Aug.  30th  and  Lewis  Delivered  to  s*d  Caperton  a  list  that  he  understood  contained 
the  names  of  Andrew  Donnally,  SenV,  Andrew  Donnaliy,  Jn'r,  Ruben 
Slaughter,  and  Edw'd  McCleery,  togather  with  those  Lewis  had  mus- 
tered as  part  of  s'd  Caperton's  Company,  being  Lt.  Cooper's  Detach- 
ment. Your  Deponent  thinks  he  had  often  heard  Colo.  Clendenin  inform 
Capt.  Caperton  he  had  Listed  and  mustered  s'd  four  men  as  part  of  his 
Company  on  the  15th  of  March,  1792.  Your  Deponent  hoard  Capt. 
Caperton  say,  if  they  wore  mustered  on  that  day  it  would  Regulate 
their  pay. 

Your  Deponent  further  say,  he  has  heard  s'd  Caperton  say  he  could 
not  prove  his  roll  only  from  the  Returns  made  to  him  Respecting  the 
enlistment.  This  1  have  offen  heard  Capt.  Caperton  say  previous  to  his 
proving  any  of  his  muster  Rolls. 

Your  Deponent  always  thought  Capt.  Caperton  very  reserved  in  his 
conduct  in  every  respect  as  an  officer  before  and  at  that  time. 

LABAN  BOOTON. 

Sworn  before  me,  the  20th  da}''  of  August,  1794. 

GEO.  ALDERSON. 

Greenbrier,  to-wit: 

This  day  James  Eelly  came  before  me,  and  on  his  oath  do  say,  he 
was  first  Sergeant  in  Capt.  Caperton's  company  in  1792;  generally  had 
his  list  in  possession;  never  knowed  any  kind  of  transfer  in  said  com- 
pany; never  heard  of  it  till  Colo.  Steele  came.  Your  Depo't  has  often 
heard  Colo.  Clendenin  say  he  had  mustered  Andrew  Donally,  Sen'r,  An- 
drew Donally,  Ju'r,  Reuben  Slaughter,  and  Edward  McCleery  as  part  of 
Capt.  Caperton's  company  on  the  15th  of  March,  1792;  and  has  heard 
said  Clendenin  say  Capt.  Wm.  Morris  wished  him  to  muster  four  men, 
he,  your  deponent  understood,  said  Morris  had  engaged.  Clendenin  said 
them  four  men  he  would  not  receive  into  Capt.  Caperton's  company,  and 
further  said  the  four  men  never  came  before  him  for  that  purpose.  Your 
deponent  was  at  the  house  of  Colo.  Donnally  on  the  3rd  of  March,  1793, 
and  heard  Capt.  Caperton  repeatedly  express  to  Colo.  Clendenin  his 
doubts  respecting  the  way  said  Clendenin  had  made  and  proved  his 
muster  Roll,  and  said  he  would  much  rather  go  to  the  point  and  have 
Colo.  Lewis  to  do  it,  and  thinks  he  heard  Capt.  Caperton  ask  said  Clen- 
denin why  the  Rolls,  he  the  said  Caperton  had  Delivered  him  did  not  do. 
Clendenin  said  one  Roll  was  fully  sufficient.  Capt.  Caperton  said  there 
ought  to  be  two,  and  made  agreeable  to  a  precedent  gave  to  him  by  the 
Executive. 

Capt.  Caperton  still  expressed  an  uneasiness,  and  said  he  feared  it 
would  operate  against  him,  and  said  he  would  not  for  a  thousand  pounds 
have  any  derangement  in  his  Business.    Clendenin  in  Return  said :  My 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEKS.  285 


Dear  Sir,  I  would  not  do  anything  wrong  for  the  same,  or  words  to  that  1794. 
effect,  and  said  Colo.  Lewis  gave  him  a  power  to  do  so,  and  said  Col.  Aug.  30th 
Lewis  had  been  up  a  few  days  before  and  Requested  him  in  a  particular 
manner  to  do  anything  in  his  name  Respecting  said  Roll,  and  said  he  had 
a  right  to  do  it  his  own  way  as  he  was  muster  master  and  know  how  to 
do  business  as  well  as  the  Executive,  and  had  transcribed  Rolls  in  the 
same  manner.  Often  your  deponent  has  heard  Capt.  John  Morris  say 
he  did  not  know  how  many  men  he  commanded  in  his  Company,  as 
Colo.  Clendenin  Inrolled  who  he  pleased.  Your  deponent's  reason  for 
asking  was,  he  heard  Col.  Donnally  say,  the  two  subaltern  officers,  Lewis 
and  Shaw,  Informed  him  they  did  not  know  that  they  had  a  Captain, 
or  that  John  Morris  had  any  command  of  them  until  the  muster  Roll 
was  made,  which  I  understood  was  about  the  Expiration  of  the  Service. 
He  understood  the  said  Roll  was  made  out  by  Colo.  Clendenin,  notwith- 
standing they  were  stationed  within  a  few  miles  of  where  said  Morris 
lived,  and  the  said  Morris  informed  me  he  drew  Captain's  pay  in  said 
year,  which  was  previous  to  1792. 

The  two  rolls  before  mentioned,  delivered  by  Capt.  Caperton  to  Col. 
Clendenin  were  made  by  Robert  McKee  and  your  deponent  previous  to 
the  third  of  March,  1793,  and  said  Caperton  directed  said  McKee  and 
your  deponent  to  be  very  careful  in  fair  duplicates  of  the  original  rolls 
which  we  then  had  before  us,  as  he  would  not  for  the  amount  have  any 
derangement  in  that  business.  He  said  they  were  fair  duplicates  of  his 
original  rolls.  Your  deponent  was  present  at  a  time  depositions  was  taken 
between  the  Commonwealth  and  said  Capt.  Caperton,  when  said  Caper- 
ton asked  Colonel  Clendenin  what  conversation  passed  when  he  proved 
bis  original  roll  before  A.  Prior,  Esquire.  Clendenin  mentioned  that 
Capt.  Caperton  had  scruples,  and  Lewis  and  Caperton  walked  in  the  yard. 
Then  Clendenin  observed  to  your  deponent  that  he  would  do  a  damned 
clever  thing,  or  words  to  that  effect;  and  take  in  the  Executive  by  con- 
solidating the  two  companys,  to- wit:  Caperton's  and  Morris',  and  swore 
he  was  touching  them  hard,  though  on  a  different  subject,  as  he  was 
giving  testimony  between  the  Executive  and  said  Caperton.  Your  de- 
ponent mentioned  the  same  to  Caperton  the  same  day.  Caperton  ob- 
served to  your  deponent  and  said  let  him  go  on,  he  is  a  cursed  rascal. 
The  Executive  will  discover  what  Clendenin  is,  before  all  is  done.  Your 
deponent  discovered  a  disposition  to  make  Clendenin  the  militia  busi- 
ness look  more  respectable,  than  to  do  justice  to  the  subject,  to  which 
he  was  sworn. 

Your  deponent  is  of  opinion  that  Capt.  Caperton  wished  to  do  noth- 
ing but  impartial  justice. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  30th  day  of  August,  1794. 

G.  PEARY. 


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1794. 
Aug,  30th 


30lh  August,  1794. 
Montgomery,  to-wit: 

This  day  James  Laeey  came  before  me,  a  justice  for  said  county, 
and  on  his  oath  do  say  he  was  a  corporal  in  Capt.  Caperton's  company 
of  Volunteer  militfa  in  1792,  was  mostly  stationed  at  Capt.  John  Mor- 
ris'; often  had  the  opportunity  of  seeing  and  inspecting  said  Morris' 
list  of  soldiers;  never  see  the  name  of  Andrew  Donnally,  Sr.,  Andrew 
Donnally,  Jr.,  Reuben  Slaughter,  or  Edward  McCleery  on  the  said  list; 
but  see  the  above  names  on  the  list  of  said  Capcrton.  Your  deponent 
always  thought  Caperton  truly  impartial  in  all  his  conduct  as  an  officer. 
On  the  contrar3',  always  thought  Col.  Clondenin  designing  and  parshal, 
and  had  grate  influence  with  Capt.  John  Morriss. 

Your  deponent  has  heard  said  Morriss  say  he  could  not  write  a  word 
or  letter. 

Sworn  to  before  me, 

G.   PEARY. 


Aug.  3l8t 


Norfolk 


OSTER    TO    THE    GOVERNOR. 

I  have  the  honor  of  representing  to  you  that  an  English  Frigate,  the 
Terpsichore,  is  actually  anchored  in  Hampton  Roads,  having  with  her  a 
French  pnze,  and  that  this  refuge  is  absolutely  contrary  to  Article  the 
XVII.  of  the  Treaty  of  Friendship  and  Commerce  between  France  and 
the  United  States.  It  is  my  duty  as  Vice  Consul  of  the  French  Repub- 
lic, earnestly  to  request  your  Excellenc\'  that  you  will  order  that  the 
Frigate,  the  Terpsichore,  go  without  delay  from  Hampton  Roads,  and 
oven  the  limits  of  the  United  States.  I  will  observe  to  your  Excellency 
that  this  Frigate  has  not  been  forced  to  enter  that  river  by  any  tempest 
or  danger  at  sea,  and  that  she  has  no  more  the  right  of  remaining  here 
than  she  had  of  taking  refuge  here. 

Accept  my  respect. 


Aug.  31st 


Fre<lerick 


n 


C.  M.  Thurston  to  the  Governor. 

I  find  some  of  the  Escheators  are  proceeding  to  collect  the  rents  on 
lands  claimed  by  the  Commonwealth,  even  where  no  office  has  been 
found,  and  this  under  the  resolution  of  Council  of  the  15th  instant.  I 
shall  be  glad,  therefore,  of  advice  whether  this  be  the  meaning  and  in- 
tention of  the  Council  with  respect  to  that  part  of  the  Manor  of  Leeds 
and  other  lands  within  my  jurisdiction  as  Escheator,  and  whether  I  am 
to  proceed   to  the   collection    accordingly   and    by   legal   compulsory 

methods. 

I  have,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  287 


Edward  Carrington  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood.  1701. 

Since  my  interview  with  the  Executive  on  Saturday  on  the  subject  of     Sept.  Ist 
the  militia  ot  this  state  destined  against  the  Insurgents  in  the  Western  Supervisor's 
part  of  Pennsylvania,  it  has  occurred  upon  conversation  with  Brigadier-    Richmond 
Gen'l  Marshall   that  a  considerable   alteration    may   be   made   in    the 
arrangement  of  which  we  have  spoken,  greatly  expediting,  and,  perhaps, 
reducing  the  expence  attending  their  arrival  at  the  places  of  General 
Hendezvous,  viz:  Washington  and  Fort  Pleasant. 

Instead  of  establishing  the  sub-rendezvous  at  New  London,  Staunton 
and  Culpeper  Court  House,  it  appears  to  me  that  it  would  be  best  for 
the  several  Brigadiers  from  whose  Brigades  detachments  are  to  be 
drawn,  to  be  furnished  each  with  a  sum  of  money  to  be  estimated  ac- 
cording to  local  circumstances  of  difference  and  numbtra,  and  that  they 
be  severally  instructed  and  relied  upon  to  cause  the  necessary  provision 
in  Rations,  forage,  and  transportation  to  be  made  for  forwarding  their 
respective  detachments  to  such  of  the  places  of  General  Rendezvous  as 
the  Executive  shall  think  proper  to  direct. 

The  Brigadiers  may  be  authorized  to  employ  each  a  person  as  an 
agent  in  the  double  character  of  a  quarter- master  and  commissary,  who 
accounts  for  purchases  and  issues  and  wagon  hire,  lie  may  correct  and 
countersign  for  settlement  by  the  auditor  here.  A  certain  latitude  may 
be  precribed  as  to  baggage  wagons — one  for  each  completed  company  in 
a  detachment  will,  in  my  opinion,  be  amply  sufficient  for  carrying  both 
baggage  and  provisions  for  the  agent,  as  there  will  bo  no  tents  which 
make  the  principle  weight  of  baggage  in  armies;  nor  indeed  do  I  sup- 
pose there  will  be  more  of  camp  equippage  than  will  accommodate  the 
detachment  to  the  General  Rendezvous  where  I  expect  tents  and  other 
camp  equippage  will  be  issued  from  the  continental  stores.  It  will  be 
borne  in  mind,  and  it  might  be  well  to  mention  to  the  Brigadiers,  that 
80  far  as  camp  equipage  carried  from  home  is  meant  to  be  debited  to  the 
public,  duo  return  thereof  must  be  made  when  application  is  made  for 
continental  supplies  in  order  that  it  may  reduce  the  drafts  from  that 
source. 

I  expect  this  evening's  mail  will  bring  me  a  remittance  in  Bank  post 
notes  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the  march  of  this  militia,  and 
should  the  place  above  proposed  be  adopted  I  shall  be  ready  to  advance 
to  the  Executive  upon  account  sufficient  for  the  advances  to  the  Briga- 
diers, and  for  the  purpose  of  a  full  consultation  on  the  subject,  I  shall 
do  myself  the  honor  of  calling  on  the  Board  this  forenoon  as  early  as 
the  members  will  be  assembled. 

I  am  well  assured  that  it  is  the  wish  of  the  Executive  to  take  every 
precaution  for  securing  a  faithful  fulfilment  of  the  calls  which  have  been 
made  for  militia  on  this  occasion,  and  also  establishing  economy  in  the  use 
of  supplies  of  every  kind,  and  in  the  due  return  to  the  continental  stores 


288  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       of  such  arm«  and  military  stores,  tents  and  camp  equipaic^e  as  may  be 

Sept.  l«t     drawn  from  thence  for  this  service  and   will  not  have  been  consumed. 

For  these  objects  it  anpears  to  me  that  two  appointments  should  attend 

this  militia  throughout  the  service,or  at  least  until  some  officers  charged 

with  the  same  duties  be  met  under  Federal  authority: 

Ist  An  inspector,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  take  post  at  Winchester 
in  the  first  instance  and  to  appoint  a  deputy  at  Fort  Pleasant,  should  he 
find  it  necessary,  to  inspect  the  detachments  as  they  come  and  the  regi- 
ments and  other  corps  once  a  week  afterwards,  not  only  as  to  members 
and  grades,  but  as  to  equipments  of  every  kind  weekly;  to  compare  his 
rolls  with  the  books  of  the  contractor  or  commissary  of  provisions  to 
check  the  issues.  The  like  comparings  may  be  had  between  his  In- 
spector and  the  Quartermaster  hereafter,  who  I  bog  leave, 

2d'ly.  To  pn)pose  shall  bo  vested  with  the  double  character  of  Quar- 
termaster and  Commissary  of  Military  Stores,  and  to  pass  alone  all  re- 
ceipts to  the  Continental  Agents  for  whatever  may  be  purchased  from 
the  United  States  for  the  equipment  of  the  whole  body  of  Virginia 
militia  going  out,  and  who  shall  be  held  accountable  for  the  due  return 
thereof,  so  far  as  shall  not  have  been  consumed  at  the  end  of  the  service. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  requests  me  to  obtain  from  the  Execu- 
tive an  accurate  idea  what  arms  and  accoutrements,  if  any,  are  wanted, 
and  is  desirous  that  the  demand  may  be  narrowed  as  much  as  possible. 
I  shall  be  much  obliged  by  as  early  information  on  this  point  as  can  be 
had,  that  there  may  be  sufficient  time  for  supplying  the  deficiency. 

I  have  an  order  on  Capt.  Holt,  the  store-keeper  at  New  London,  for 

all  the  arms,  ammunition,  and  accoutrements,  and  camp  equipage  in 

his  possession,  or  so  much  thereof  as  shall  be  necessary;  and  shall  take 

measures  for  their  being  delivered  to  your  officer  as  soon   as  I   am 

informed  what  will  be  wanted. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Sept.  Ist         Petition  of  John  Jones  for    remittance  of  tine  for  non-payment  of 
revenue  tax  in  due  time. 

Certificate  of  S.  Shepard  that  the  interest,  principal,  and  cost  on  judg- 
ment against  John  Jones,  sheriff  Dinwiddie,  was  paid  prior  to  July  1st, 
1793. 


Sei>t.  Ist  Samuel  Hopkins  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

1  was  this  day  honored  with  your  IMspatoh  ol  30lh  ulto.,  covering  the 

oi*dcrs  of  that  date.     1  shall  not  lose  a  moment  in  having  them  as  fully 

exoouled  as  I  can. 

With  great  regard,  I  have,  &c. 

N.  B. — This  dispatch  was  delivered  rac  100  miles  from  Richmond. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


289 


William  Lindsay  to  the  Governor. 

A  British  Frigate  called  the  Tirpsichore,  arrived  in  Hampton  Roads  yes- 
terday morning  accompanied  by  a  French  Privateer  Schooner  called  the 
Montague,  a  prize  to  the  said  Frigate.  I  have  also  been  informed  that  a 
British  Merchant  Vessel,  recaptured  from  the  French,  put  into  the 
Roads  last  evening,  and  that  the  master  or  super  cargo  of  said  vessel  is 
now  in  town  endeavoring  to  procure  seamen  to  prosecute  their  voyage 
to  England.     What  stay  these  vessels  mean  to  make  here  I  know  not. 

I  understand  that  part  of  the  crew  of  the  above  Privateer  consists  of 
Americans,  and  that  they  are  now  confined  in  irons  on  board  the  Frigate. 

I  am,  &c. 


1794. 


Sept.  Ist 

Collector's 

oflBce, 

Norfolk 


Bbnj.  Wilson  to  the  Governor. 

Yesterday  Capt.  John  Raymond  favored  me  with  a  sight  oi  your  letter 
to  our  County  Delegates,  with  your  Proclamation  on  the  subject  of  the 
BebellioD  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  For  my  own  part,  I  am  highly 
pleased  with  your  procedure,  as  it  is  Instant  Balm  to  the  few  who  speak 
their  sentiments  free  and  open  in  favor  of  Government.  I  believe  there 
is  but  few  in  the  Counties  of  Harrison,  Monongalia  and  Randolph  who 
will  dare  to  appear  in  arms  when  the  Standard  of  the  United  States  is 
Displayed  at  the  head  of  our  Federal  Army.  I  find  the  greater  part  oi 
the  Influential  Carracters  in  the  County's  above  Named,  in  favor  of  the 
Excise  Law — and  none  but  Col.  Geo.  Jackson  (our  County  Delegate) 
that  have  appeared  to  give  Strength  or  Comfort  to  the  Disafected  part. 

Therefore,  in  duty  to  the  Government  and  laws  that  I  esteem,  To  the 
Executive  of  the  State  to  which  I  belong,  and  in  answer  to  a  good  con- 
science, I  must  crave  your  Excellency's  Patience  until  I  make  a  State- 
ment of  Circumstances  and  facts,  and  in  so  doing,  I  shall  do  my  Duty 
and  leave  the  matter  with  yourself. 

Shortly  after  the  Excise  Law  was  enacted,  Mr.  Edward  Smith,  one  of 
the  Excise  Officers,  came  to  this  County,  at  which  time  I  understood  by 
Col.  Geo.  Jackson,  he  was  friendly  to  the  law.  Some  time  afterward  he 
declared  his  intention  to  hold  a  pole  as  a  candidate  to  represent  this 
District  in  Congress.  I  was  informed  about  this  time  that  some  of  the 
people  in  Monongalia  and  Ohio  County  were  displeased  with  the  Excise 
law.  Col.  Geo.  Jackson  after  declaring  himself,  took  a  Tour  making  In- 
terest in  said  two  County's,  and  shortly  after  his  return,  I  heard  he  was 
opposed  to  the  Excise  Law — which  Immediately  struck  me,  his  inten- 
tions were  to  make  a  bridge  of  the  Excise  Law  upon  which  he  would 
walk  into  the  house  of  Congress.     When  the  election  came  on  he  was 

within  five  or  lUX  votes  of  being  Elected.    He  has  again  declared  him- 

87 


Sept.  2a 

Harrison 
county 


290  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  self,  and  has  been  lately  down  in  the  said  County's  of  Monongalia  & 
Sept.  2d  Ohio  making  Interest  against  the  election  to  be  held  in  March,  1795, 
and  that  your  Excellency  may  judge  for  yourself,  I  refer  you  to  the  In- 
closed papers  No.  1  and  No.  2,  and  to  the  bearer,  Mr.  Elias  Stillwail, 
who  I  believe  has  heard  Col.  Jackson  repeatedly  express  himself  on  the 
subject  of  the  Excise  Law — his  own  declared  intention  should  he  be 
obliged  to  lift  arms — his  bringing  paper  No.  1  into  this  County,  and  the 
effect  it  had  on  Mr.  Black  in  his  Discourse  with  a  Gentleman  in  this 
place,  and  the  Col.  saying  ho  would,  or  wished  to  bo,  at  the  Grand 
Council  mentioned  m  paper  No.  1. 

After  a  survey  of  these  papers,  you  can  judge  whether  Col.  Jackson 
(our  County  Delegate)  is  the  proper  person  into  whose  hands  the  peace- 
ful Reign  of  Government  ought  to  be  Intrusted,  Either  in  the  State  or 
General  Government. 

Should  you  discover  a  propriety,  and  feel  a  disposition  to  have  the 

conduct  and  principles  of  Col.  Jackson  Investigated,  1  would  not  wish 

to  appear  as  Informer  or  Prosecutor;  as  my  personal  security  requires 

secrecy,  as  my  name,  and  the  name  in  paper  No.  2  can  be  concealed, 

and  a  sufficiency  obtained  from  the  Bearer  to  put  the   Business  in 

motion.      I  should  apprehend  that  Col.   Wm.   McCleery,  who  is  the 

Deputy  States  Attorney  in  this  District,  and  is  well  affected,  would  be 

the  proper  person.     He  could  be  directed  to  call  upon  me  for  the  copy 

of  papers  No.  1  and  the  Deposition  of  paper  No.  2,  together  with  all  other 

Testimony  that  could  be  obtained  to  do  the  laws  of  the  United  States 

and  Col.  Jackson  Justice. 

Please  excuse  my  prolixity. 

I  am,  &c. 

I  expect  Col  Lowther  will  write  the  news  of  the  times. 
[Enclosures  not  found.] 


Sept.  2d  R.    QUARLES   TO   THE    GOVERNOR. 

Barracki<         Petition  of  Sergeant  John   Maddox,   Blacksmith  John   Hicks,   and 
Drummer  John  Dillard,  at  Point  of  Fork,  to  draw  Rations  for  wives. 


Sept.  2d  Petition  of  Baker  Pkgram. 

Praying  remission  of  fine  for  failing  to  render  an  account  of  Tobacco 
shipped  from  Barksdale's  warehou.se  to  Oct.,  1793. 


Sept.  2d  Petition  of  George  Pegram. 

Praying  remission  of  fine  for  not    returning   the   account  of  To- 
L  bacco  shipped  from  Barksdale  s  warehouse  to  Oct  1,  1793. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  291 


Charles  Hay  to  Lieutenant-Governor  James  Wood.  1794. 

The  printing  of  the  Revised  Code  of  Laws  pursuant  to  an  act  of  as-     Sept.  2d 
sembly  passed  at  the  October  session,  1792,  is  nearly  completed,  and  I    Richmond 
believe  will  be  finished  before  the  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
November  next;  but  before  it  is  concluded,  1  must  solicit  the  advice  and 
instructions  of  the  Executive  respecting  some  difficulties  which   have 
occurred  in  the  business. 

One  of  the  laws  passed  in  1792,  is  entitled  ^'An  act  for  reducing 
into  one  the  several  acts  concerning  executions,  and  for  the  relief  of 
Insolvent  debtors."  This  law  was  to  continue  in  force  only  until  the 
1st  of  January,  1794,  but  as  it  is  one  of  those  which  was  submitted  to 
the  Assembly  by  the  Revisors,  and  contains  a  variety  of  matter  of  great 
and  general  importance  to  the  Community,  I  presume  it  was  intended 
to  form  a  part  of  the  Code. 

At  the  last  session  it  was  repealed,  and  re-enacted  with  two  or  three 
alterations  of  considerable  Consequence.  This  law  is  also  a  temporary 
one.  By  the  act  for  the  republication  of  the  Laws,  I  am  bound  to  have 
the  Acts  of  1792  printed  as  they  were  then  passed,  without  regard  to 
anything  which  may  have  since  taken  place;  but  if  this  is  done  with 
respect  to  the  act  above  mentioned,  it  is  evident  that  many  inconve- 
niencies  may  result  from  it.  I  hope,  therefore,  that  the  executive  will 
say  whether  I  shall  leave  it  out  of  the  Code  altogether,  or  have  it  prin- 
ted with  a  note  that  it  has  been  repealed,  and  referring  to  the  act  repeal- 
ing it,  or  whether  I  shall  substitute  in  lieu  of  it  the  act  of  1793  on  the 
same  subject. 

The  Laws  passed  in  1792  for  regulating  the  militia,  for  regulating  the 
inspections  of  Tobacco,  and  of  flour  and  bread;  concerning  Juries,  &c.; 
concerning  the  fees  ol  certain  officers ;  for  ascertaining  the  salaries  of 
the  officers  of  civil  Government,  and  to  oblige  vessels  in  certain  cases  to 
perform  Quarantine,  were  severally  amended  by  acts  passed  at  the  last 
session. 

The  Executive  will  perhaps  think  it  proper  that  these  acts  should  be 
printed  with  those  passed  in  1792.  If  this  should  be  their  opinion,  they 
will  bd  pleased  to  give  me  instructions  to  that  Effect. 

I  have,  &Q. 


8am.  Coleman  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor.  Sept.  3d 

The  papers  alluded  to  in  the  '^'inclosed  letter  is  not  to  be  found  in  the 
bundle  of  papers  containing  the  remainder  of  Claims  against  the  Public 
for  the  defence  of  the  Western  frontier.     I  suspect  that  it  has  been  for- 


*  Enclosed  letter  not  found. 


292  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       warded  to  the  Secretary  of  War  without  retaining  a  copy.    Perhaps  it 
Sept.  3d     may  bo  yet  in  the  Auditor's  Office.    I  will  enquire. 

I  have,  &c. 


8ept  3d  Alexander  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 

War  As  it  will  b^  highly  necessary  that  the  Militia  called  out  by  order  of 

Deiuirtment  ^j^^  Prosidont,  agreeably  to  the  Secretary  of  War's  letter  of  the  7th  of 
August  last,  should  be  mustered  and  inspected  at  their  respective  ren- 
dezvous, I  have  to  request  the  favor  of  your  Excellency  to  appoint  some 
suitable  character  in  your  State  to  perform  that  service,  and  that  the 
roles  of  Muster  and  inspection  be  transmitted  to  the  War  Office  as  early 
as  possible. 

I  have^  &c. 


Sept  4th  William  Carter  to  the  Governor  and  Council. 

Several  of  the  Indians  being  taken  sick  since  their  arrival  in  this  City, 
and  quartering  in  the  house  I  live  in,  I  have  attended  them  and  famished 
them  with  medicine  agreeable  to  their  complaint  and  Reqaeet;  there- 
fore I  hope  youMl  see  me  satisfyed. 


8ept  4lh     CaRRIN0«T0N'S  ESTIMATE   CoNCBRNINQ   MaRCH    OF   MiLTTIA   FOR    THE 

Suppression  op  Whiskey  Insurrection. 

1st  division. — Hopkins:  To  furnish  S33  men  at  a  distance  upon  an 
average  fK>m  Winchester  200  milef^  for  which  allowing  them  to  march 
^^  mile^  |>er  day,  will  require  10  days,  and  five  days  may  be  added  for 
lost  time;  say  15  days  in  the  whole  to  g^t  to  Winchei^ter  after  being  on 
public  ej^pence.  Allowing  a  waggon  for  every  sixty  men.  13  waggons 
at  15s.  per  day,  and  find  themselves  :iO  day^  out.  and  returning  empty. 
may  travel  twenty-five  miles  per  day.  which  will  require  eight  days. 

2S  days  in  the  whole  will  cost, £±M 

$S3  men  at  7d.  per  day  each,  15  day^ oS^ 

Kogers  Brigade:  To  furnish  t^^;  distance,  say  170:  9  day«  marching 
ami  3  days  kvs  ot'time  will  require  1.  days. 

As  pnnctpli?t»of  e«aimaiion  for  the  expence  that  will  attend  the  march- 
ing vvt  the  militia  m>m  the  diilerent  Bn^dcs  in  Vinnnia  to  Winch<«eter 
and  OM  Fort  Fleftsaat  or  its  vicinity*  the  following  may  he  taken : 


(Z^&iuxiii^s:  <inr  i^D^in:  rj&ffSBS.  :S0{ 


l!hac  T&s  jiiiiiiiiuaiing^  if  mssat  nsmt.  tms^.  ciiltnwmp  r^wnHr  ihon^ivrt-      ll?#lil. 
tiuBF  n  auiniii0aiiiBi&  sikc  juinir  77t  thxt  ub^  'Haxi  ^iiu^  nn^  rimmtl  t^    -i^iiit  4Ciii 

iir  ^nwHTx- »fll  mran  :iimtudnu:*aiit  ':n«ii!fnrr*iitiinr  in  TfTnTrminro;.  'imctiiupMt 
ipatem»  ilfonir  ii  :nazim:  Haiini:x.  nusr  -sim^a  J5>  rniiiei^  lYuir  hutv'    im^  tihtft 


HI -vaigzniub.  HI*  tiKPcv  iiuL   -        -        ~        «        ->        «    tCHIfJiilt 


idfJiri3i!f> 


Kinir^  MDFaaumt  3krici&Qiap^MaiflaAl  SliqzfF  nii  am  ^Htsmuar  <n3  Ki^iaiioh, 
^^lUL  nanr  imtlMtikr  r|tt  .mnMiwuin  inr  gimonfflmi  lisi  asaafdbiig^  iNH^  mmti 
±nMtL  am  SIxticmqi'  it»y  Mi«oBt&iiid.  Iminc  athiiifi  *i)f»  miiiBi^  iu^^iiwiifi  tut  <iifiiii  l^i. 

4  Tbiif^run  SBkC  ^srroniHiiiiL  ir«i;;iFio»  £iiiihic  iibfiiiiMikmi>  -I  «fimi. 


Ji«j?f<i^  T^-3.  ITS'  Txi:  Olol£  'f^  mix  O^nprsDU  S^^  Mi 

£xst&srr.  libe  ^^ctw^mvu  Jb}t  EBcftlvMJk  Oir  «imutl  ITItt:  nAaa  Sir. 

bsl  trG«k  mmtt  tMSfOL^rr  tibd  act  «oaBfiAi-  wi^Jk  like  K«<fi!iftQ<Mi  nT  Lawt 
iiEUi  Afnil  tiMiru  3736:  firc^  viie^  P«mi4  be  katfi  oMituitMil  iW  mctamf: 

i^ai  ki»  rvo  jean  «pe  iMarlj  expired. 

Too  viH  te  f4cawid  w  fofvify  tlie  jJb»T«  IsfenutM*  Kd  iW  H<Mi>A» 


EHizmbeili  Citj  ocmiitj  conru  TbarMlav,  Jolv  f4llu  17M:  ^^^^^  ,|l)i 

FmrmoMai  vo  the  Ad  of  AjennblT  in  ihmt  caw  hu^  m»d  prmr^liML  iW 

afic«  <if  Skefif  of  Baid  co. 


294 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 


Sept.  4th 


John  Haymond  to  the  Governor. 

I  had  the  pleasure  to  receive  yours  of  the  20th  August  with  its  in- 
closure,  and  happy  to  inform  you  that  although  some  people  in  this 
county,  it  is  said,  have  spoken  in  favor  of  the  distracted  Pennsylvanian's 
proceedings — a  very  great  majority  are  averse  to  proceedings  so 
destructive  to  good  order,  and  subversive  of  the  rights  of  a  free,  inde- 
pendent people.  I  have  lately  travelled  through  that  part  of  Pennsyl- 
vania so  unhappily  engaged,  and  find  almost  a  total  neglect  ot  their 
common  interest,  merely  to  gratify  that  spirit  of  opposition  which  de- 
prives them  of  common  civility,  as  they  scarcely  let  a  stranger  pass 
without  insulting  him,  violating  their  own  liberty  pole  inscription,  the 
first  word  of  which  is  liberty. 

For  the  conduct  of  the  emissaries  of  those  unhappy  people,  I  refer 
you  to  Mr.  Stilwell,  who,  I  am  informed,  was  a  witness  to  dissemina- 
tions for  which  some  doubt  whether  the  persons  deserve  to  be  punished 
with  rigour  or  not.  I  hope  at  least  they  have  met  with  a  check  which 
will  for  the  future,  deter  them  from  the  like  conduct.  Mr.  Stilwell,  I 
am  informed,  is  sent  by  Capt.  Louther  for  money  due  the  poor  soldiers 
on  our  frontiers.  I  know  many  of  them  are  in  great  need  of  money,  and 
as  they  have  hired  a  man  to  bring  it,  I  hope,  if  possible  to  avoid  it.  your 
Excellency  will  not  send  him  away  empty.  •* 

I  have,  &c. 


Sept.  5th 

British 

Consurs 

office, 

Norfolk 


John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 

I  have  this  day  received  a  letter  from  Vice  Admiral  Sir  John  Jervis, 
a  copy  of  which  1  have  the  honor  to  enclose,  in  answer  to  one  I  wrote 
him  containing  the  representation  of  the  complaint  which  your  Excel- 
lency informed  me  in  May  last  was  laid  before  you. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be  with  great  respect,  Sir, 

Yours,  &o. 


Sept.  5th     Sir: 


Ph 


Boyne  off  Gaudaloupe,  22d  July,  1794. 


I  have  received  with  a  considerable  Degree  of  Surprize  the  copy  of 
a  letter  you  have  lately  received  from  the  Governor  of  Virginia. 

I  am  so  well  known  to  one  of  His  family,  I  did  not  think  it  possible 
he  could  have  given  Credit  to  such  an  unfounded  Calumny.  Until  1 
received  the  Representation,  I  was  ignorant  of  the  Detention  of  the 
Brig  in  Question.    Upon  enquiry^  I  learn  that  she  was  adjudged  at  St. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  295 

Pierre,  but  the  Cargo  was  not  appropriated  to  the  use  of  His  Majesty's  1794. 
Ships,  nor  to  my  knowledge  has  any  thing  been  taken  out  of  an  Sept.  5th 
American  Vessel  since  my  arrival  in  these  Seas.  On  the  contrary,  the 
Masters  and  Crews  have  been  treated  with  kindness,  and  the  same  as- 
sistance given  to  them  as  to  the  subjects  of  Great  Britain.  St.  Pierre 
having  been  taken  by  assault  in  the  night,  some  irregularities  may  have 
been  committed  there,  but  having  never  received  a  Complaint  upon  the 
Subject,  I  could  not  possibly  apply  redress,  which  I  am  always  disposed 
to  do. 

A  ship  was  appropriated  for  the  residence  of  the  Masters  and  Crews 
of  the  American  vessels,  upon  a  Complaint  from  them  of  their  Inability 
to  bear  the  expence  of  living  on  Shore.  They  were  under  no  restraint, 
and  allowed  to  go  at  pleasure  to  the  Continent  of  America,  or  to  any 
British  or  neutral  Island  in  the  West  Indies 

I  am,  &c, 

J.  JERVIS. 


John  Hamilton,  Esq.,  His  Britannic  Majesty's  Consul,  Norfolk.    Sept  5th 

We,  the  subscribers  being  chosen  and  appointed  by  Robert  Boarland 
to  value  and  appraise  the  damages  done  to  ye  Public  Hospital  in  the 
Town  of  Washington,  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  by  the  French 
who  has  occupied  ye  said  Hospital  since  July,  1793,  to  this  date,  to- wit: 
To  Damages  done  in  the  East  wing,  ye  rooms  being  seperately 

valued, £17.16.6 

To  500  feet  of  flooring  plank,  planed    and  grooved,   fit  for 

laying  (o}  30s.  per  100,  now  missing  and  lost        -        -        -         7.10.0 

To  4  Work  Benches  destroyed  @  24s. 4.16.0 

To  Bricks  &  Lime  destroyed  &  Loss  to  Mr.  Boarland  -  -  20.00.0 
To  one  Pump  and  Boxes,  &c. 2.06.6 

£52.09.0 
To  Damages  done  to  6,200  feet  of  Flooring  Plank,  which  the 

French  has  laid  as  a  floor,  ye  plank  being  already  wrought, 

planed  &  Grooved  at  208.  per  100  -        -        -        -        -       62.00.0 


Signed  by  us  this  5  day  of  Sep.,  1794. 


£114.09.0 

ONRY  S.  DAMERON, 
PAUL  D.  LUKE, 
GEO.  BILLUPS, 
EDMUND  ALLMANCE, 
THOMAS  REED, 
LEM  CARTER, 
FINLAY  FERGUSON, 


296 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 


Thomas  Chilton  to  the  Governor. 


Rept.  5th         Promises  to  press  the  Collection  of  debts  due  the  Commonwealth  with 

Fauquier     all  possible  speed, 
county 


Sept.  5th 


Allyn  Prior  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor. 


Richmond  I  am  sorry  to  inform  your  Excellency  that  I  am  under  the  necessity  of 
requesting  a  second  advance  from  the  Public  funds  to  enable  me  to  com- 
plete my  contract.  I  am  sorry  to  add,  that  it  principally  arises  from  an 
unfriendly  opposition  of  Capt.  William  Morrisey,  who  had  it  in  his 
power  to  have  supplied  me  with  as  much  Meal  as  I  should  have  wanted 
for  the  Troops,  had  he  been  a  man  actuated  by  good  Principles — so  far 
from  it,  he  has  denyed  me  the  privilege  of  his  Mill,  and  has  intercepted 
my  letters  sent  forward  from  Green  briar  in  order  to  defeat  me  in  the 
execution  of  my  Office.  This  circumstance  has  given  me  additional 
trouble  and  expence — have  to  transport  my  provisions  altogether  from 
the  point,  excepting  beef,  in  consequence  of  his  conduct.  I  hope  and  flat- 
ten myself  that  I  may  be  considered  and  that  this  representation  may 
have  due  weight  with  your  Excellency  and  the  honorable  Board  and 
will  therefore  see  cause  to  grant  me  a  warrant  of  one  hundred  pounds, 
which  will  enable  me  to  perform  my  office  independent  of  the  unfriendly 
part  of  mankind.  The  money  due  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the 
Volunteer  Militia  remaining  unpaid  to  whom  I  have  advanced  consider- 
able property  is  also  a  disappointment  I  did  not  expect. 

I  have,  &c. 


Sept.  5th 

Berkeley 
county 


Abram  Davenport  to  the  Governor. 

Having  last  month  held  an  inquisition  as  Escheator  of  the  county  of 
Berkeley,  upon  four  thousand  and  odd  acres  of  land  said  to  be  the  prop- 
erty of  Mr.  Denny  Fairfax,  it  became  necessary  for  me  to  employ  coun- 
cil to  advocate  the  cause  of  the  commonwealth,  none  being  assigned  me 
by  any  existing  law.  I  applied  to  Messrs.  Robert  Page  and  William  C. 
Williams,  and  agreed  that  if  they  would  attend  in  Martinsburg  for  the 
purpose  above  mentioned,  that  they  should  receive  twenty-five  guineas 
each,  which  I  considered  as  a  reasonable  fee,  considering  the  import- 
ance of  the  cause,  and  the  distance  they  had  to  ride,  which  exceeded 
sixty  miles.  They  both  attended  me  accordingly,  and  advocated  the 
cause.  The  jury  did  not  agree,  there  being  eleven  jurors  in  favor  of 
the  Commonwealth,  one  against.  Then  permit  me  to  observe  that  there 
were  three  gentlemen  oi  the  bar  opposed  to  the  commonwealth,  and  the 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  297 

argament  of  the  cause  took  up  the  whole  day,  and  the  executions  of  the  1794. 

council  employed  by  me  were  such  as  to  give  me  intense  satisfaction.  Sept.  5th 

I  am,  &c. 


Daniel  Morgan  to  the  Governor.  Sept.  7th 

Your  letter  of  the  1st  instant  was  handed   me  by  Express.     I  per-     Saratoga 
lectly  understood  the  orders  from  the  Executive,  which  Major  Parker 
will  explain  to  you. 

I  am  sorry  to  tell  you  that  the  men  don't  turn  out  as  I  expected,  to 
quell  this  dangerous  riot  over  the  mountain.  I  wished  to  raise  the  num- 
ber called  tor  from  the  third  Division  by  volunteers,  and  I  yesterday 
made  an  attempt  in  Col.  Smith's  regiment,  but  did  not  get  the  quota. 
Some  joined  the  volunteers  after  leaving  the  parade.  A  few  are  still 
wanting,  but  they  will  be  made  up.  The  5l8t  regiment  musters  to- 
morrow, whare  we  make  a  second  attempt.  If  we  don't  succeed,  we  \ 
immediately  proceed  to  a  Draft.  I  have  not  been  informed  how  the 
other  Brigades  of  the  3d  Division  succeed,  but  have  given  orders  for  an 
immediate  draft  in  case  the  number  is  not  made  up  by  volunteers,  but 
am  led  to  believe  that  we  shall  get  near  the  number  wanting.  I  have 
given  orders  to  rendezvous  at  Winchester  the  15th,  and  wish  the  arms 
to  be  sent  on  that  we  may  be  training  the  men,  and  withal  to  serve  as  a 
cheek  upon  some  parts  of  this  quarter  of  the  country,  who  seem  in- 
clined to  favor  this  revolt.  I  do  assure  you,  sir,  that  a  number  of  the 
leading  characters  in  some  parts  of  this  country  seem  very  easy  about 
quelling  this  riot,  and  am  told  that  a  number  wish  to  throw  cold  water 
on  this  expedition.  The  people  in  the  frontier  of  Maryland  are  very 
refractory.  500  assembled  at  Hagerstown  on  Monday  last,  and  set  up 
some  of  their  liberty  poles  in  defiance  of  the  well  disposed  people  of 
that  place. 

It  is  my  sincere  opinion  that  a  delay  in  this  business  will  be  very 
dangerous,  therefore  the  arms  ought  to  be  sent  on. 

Dr.  Scott  wishes  to  be  appointed  a  surgeon  in  the  detachment  from 
this  state  if  there  is  a  vacancy. 

I  have,  &c. 


Thos.  Parker  to  the  Governor.  gept  7th 

I  bad  the  honor  to  receive  your  letter  of  the  19th  ultimo,  directing    Frederick 

me  to  furnish  you  with  a  report  of  the  progress  made  in  the  collection      county 

of  debts  due  to  the  Commonwealth  from  my  district  the  first  week  in 

November. 

88 


CALESlfAR  CjW  3TaTK   PAFEBS. 

I7M.  Ait  fu>  «ze<niCMHift  ha^e  e^€r  eome  fnto  nij  banda^  I  ihink  proper  to 

^48f^  'cb     {iii4»ntu>o  it  D>  you.  ts  di«sr«  pmbmoij  ha^ve  been  aa  omunoa  in  ibe  ofiee 

fiTim  vbt^nee  tbey  were  c^  iswui*.  or  x  nii:*#3irr!ai£e  on  tbe  w»r. 

If  ^i^^aenU  Morzan  ^hoalii  nuu^h  a«r^af»t  r.be  ioaarscentd  I  db^Q  mccom- 

pany  bim,  in  wbicb  ^^sute  I  ^ba«i  depate  &  proper  penoa  lo  transact  my 

hoAiiUMii  M  sM^enc  fi>r  the  .^CAte  La    my  absieiice,  wh«>ie  Aii*ire85  I  will 

trftAAUit  to  yon  in  'ine  uaus. 

I  ba^e.  Jke. 


\ 


.Vpc  ^^  Wm.  Lowthr  to  the  ^Tovmson. 

Toort  by  exprena  came  to  band,  and  I  am  bappy  to  inform  yon  tbat 
ib#  peof>ie  Off  ibid  county  bave  discovered  ao  di^ipomtlon  to  aid  or  abet 
tbe  lawlcflH  PenaffylTanianii.  bat  §till  continue  tbeir  attacbment  to  our 
bappy  ^nremment. 

In  a  letter  from  General  Wool  I  wm:i  desired  to  forward  accurate  re- 
tnnM  of  tbe  tituation  of  ibe  Po!§t»,  kr-.  Tbe  posts  on  tbe  river  are  not 
yet  all  fixed.  I  wrote  different  times  to  Captain  Bogard  to  mareb  to 
tbe  post  ssAigned  for  bis  company  at  Newberry,  a  few  miles  above  tbe 
moutb  Great  Hockbocking.  and  be  bas  not  complied,  and  I  know  not 
tbe  reason,  but  expect  it  is  owing  to  alarms  in  bis  own  county.  How- 
•ver,  I  learn  be  is  now  on  bis  way. 

I  bad  appointed  tbe  moutb  of  Middle  Island  for  Ensign  Cobem's  sta- 
tion. Ue  accordingly  roarebed.  but  tbe  place  being  uninbabited,  and  be 
destitute  of  camp  kettles,  axes,  Ac.,  be  was  under  tbe  necessity  to  return, 
and  is  now  stationed  on  a  very  exposed  part  of  tbis  county  till  be  can 
be  fumisbed  witb  implements  to  erect  a  garrison  at  tbe  place  destined 
for  bis  station,  and  I  beg  tbat  your  Excellency  will  point  out  tbe  way 
and  manner  to  procure  tbem. 

I  am  advised  we  are  not  justifiable  in  impressing  tbem.  Tbe  upper 
settlement  on  tbe  West  Fork  of  the  Monongalia  in  this  county,  is  the 
only  part  tbat  bas  suffered  this  season,  and  in  order  to  prevent  tbe  peo- 
ple from  abandoning  tbeir  habitations,  I  have  been  under  tbe  necessity 
of  granting  tbem  a  guard  of  10  men.  I  will  further  add  in  justification 
of  my  conduct  tbat  were  all  the  posts  designed,  actually  established,  yet 
thift  part  of  the  county  will  remain  uncovered,  as  the  enemy  cross  the 
Ohio  far  below  the  lowest  place  designed  for  a  station. 

I  have  also  left  tbem  two  of  the  scouts  for  their  safety.  Should  my 
conduct  in  tbis  particular  give  displeasure,  I  hope  to  be  speedily  informed 
thoroof.  During  the  absence  of  Cobern  and  men,  the  Indians  made  dif- 
ferent attacks  in  the  settlement  above  alluded  to;  took  prisoner  a  young 
woman  at  one  place;  at  another,  killed  a  lad  and  took  three  others;  at- 
tacked a  third  bouse,  were  repulsed,  and  returned  after  killing  a  number 
of  cattle,  Ac. — taking  no  horses,  and  observing  the  greatest  caution  in 
tbeir  retreat. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  290 

The  party  that  attempted  to  pursue  them  could  not.    I  immediately       1794. 
sent  an  express  to  Ensign  Jenkins  at  the  mouth  of  little  Kanawha,  who    Sept.  8th 
discovered  where  they  crossed  the  river  below  Belvilie;  pursued,  over- 
took two  Indians — killed  one  and  wounded  the  other,  and  recovered  the 
scalp  of  the  young  woman  mentioned  above  to  have  been  taken. 

I  have  lately  visited  all  the  stations  already  fixed  on  the  Ohio,  and  to 
my  great  satisfaction,  found  no  defect  either  in  spirit,  discipline,  provis- 
ions, or  anything  else,  but  believe  the  men  do  their  duty  like  alert  sol- 
diers. 

The  Bearer,  Mr.  Elias  Stilwell,  is  duly  empowered  by  me  to  receive  the 
money  from  the  public  due  this  county  for  1793.  I  hope  the  papers  are 
in  due  form.  Ton  will  please  to  consider  that  we  received  none  of  that 
money  sent  by  Gen'l  Tate,  and  it  is  very  expensive  to  send  so  great  a 
distance  and  be  disappointed,  and  demands  of  those  interested  are 
urgent,  and  if  nothing  else  can  be  done  you  will  be  so  obliging  as  to 
order  warrants  to  be  issued  to  the  general  claimants. 

I  have,  &c. 


About  the  middle  of  Nov.,  1793.        Sept  8th 

Being  on  a  scout  with  Capt.  John  McCuUock  on  the  waters  of  Lick- 
ing Creek,  a  branch  of  Muskingum  about  60  miles  from  the  forks  of 
Muskingum,  as  near  as  I  can  guess,  was  found  two  Indian  camps.  Capt. 
McCullock  had  30  men  including  himself.  He  divided  his  party  equal, 
and  sent  Lieut.  Biggs  to  the  upper  camp  with  one-half  the  Men,  and 
went  to  the  lower  one  himself,  where  he  divided  his  party  in  three  par- 
ties, and  sent  Ensign  Morgan  to  his  right  round  the  camp,  and  sent 
three  men  over  the  creek,  and  ordered  both  parties  to  go  as  near  the 
camp  as  they  could  without  being  discovered,  and  lay  on  'til  it  was  day- 
light; and  he  himself  advanced  within  about  forty  or  fifty  yards  of  the 
camp,  and  we  lay  until  about  sunrise,  when  there  came  out  an  Indian 
on  the  side  of  the  camp  that  the  captain  and  this  deponent  was  on,  when 
the  captain  fired  at  him,  and  called  to  his  men  to  rush  on  and  fight, 
when  the  capt.  and  his  party  run  to  the  camp,  and  on  the  other  side 
met  Ensign  Morgan  with  four  prisoners.  The  capt.  immediately  ordered 
out  some  sentinels,  when  Capt.  McCullock  said:  I  wonder  what  is  the 
matter  that  Lieut.  Biggs  has  not  fired  on  his  camp,  and  gave  order  Im- 
mediately to  start  to  join  Lieut.  Biggs.  We  started,  and  went  about 
two  hundred  and  fifty  yards,  as  near  as  I  can  guess,  when  we  met  James 
Ryan  and  Martin  Craw,  two  of  Lieut.  Biggs'  party.  The  capt.  asked 
them  what  was  the  matter;  they  said  the  Lieut,  had  ordered  a  retreat 
without  firing  on  his  camp,  and  said  there  was  Indians  enough  at  the 
camp  he  was  at  to  whip  us  all  to  pieces.  When  the  capt.  gave  orders 
for  us  to  turn  back  to  the  camp  he  had  taken,  to  take  care  of  what  had 


arjO  CAhESbAH  OF   f^TATE  PAPERS. 


ITJ^I  hf!0iai  uJkeci.  v«  bad  DOt  bwD  «&  tbi§  krver  camp  but  a  lew  nonenta, 
^M9|4.  Mj  wj^fi  firibj^  be^CKO.  Tbe  eiif/t.  imDediatelr  cffxierai  us  u>  tbrow  down 
aUi  tb^  ifiutA*ir,  uud  mn  Uj  ibe  feM«iu>ce  ol  Lieot.  Bigigs.  We  ran 
V/waH*  tb^  firiftif  a^XHJt  u  ilnMner  of  a  mikr.  as  near  as  I  ean  recollect. 
•»L»:fi  iL(b  cape  iA\\fA  oot  to  tree.  Wbec  we  saw  Lieat.  BisQgsand  eome 
tji  bi*  part  J  Ob  our  wrigbt,  we  torDtd  aod  ran  op  to  bim.  wben  some  of 
tbe  party  a*ked  Lieuu  Biggs  wbat  wa6  tbe  reaeoa  be  bad  not  fired  on 
tbe  eaiDp.  bw  aDf»wer  wa«.  tbai  be  ftaw  too  maoy  Indiana,  or  be  said  be 
ftaw  at  l^:aftt  forty  at  one  «gbu  and  fnrtber  said  tbai  be  saw  Indians 
enougb  at  tbe  camp  be  was  at  to  wbip  dooble  oar  number,  and  some  of 
bi<9  party  uAd  bim  tbat  tbey  saw  anotber  camp.  Tbe  captain  gave  or- 
ders lor  u«  to  ran  ior  oar  Blankets,  and  to  tye  ap  everytbing  and  to 
retreat  for  borne,  and  ordered  Lieut.  Biggs  to  keep  up  tbe  rear,  and  this 
J>ej>onent  f>tayed  witb  tbe  Lieut^  and  CapL  McCnIlock  ordered  tbe  men 
Us  keep  as  close  together  as  tbey  could  so  as  not  for  two  of  tbem  to 
walk  in  one  track,  and  to  make  as  little  signs  as  possible.  At  every 
halt  the  capt«  sent  men  back  on  their  trail  some  Distance.  When  we 
had  returaed  to  where  we  had  left  a  party  on  Muskingum  encamped,  I 
hapfiened  to  be  passing  by  where  Capt.  McCuUoek  was,  wben  I  beard 
some  words  between  him  and  Lieut.  Biggs.  Capt.  McCuUoek  said  he 
could  sware  it.  Lieut.  Biggs  reply ed  that  if  you  wanted,  you  could 
sware  false.  The  capt.  said  to  Lieut.  Biggs:  Give  me  none  of  your  Id- 
Wilence,  for  that  he  would  have  him  before  his  betters.  This  deponent 
sayeth  that  on  the  Retreat  home  he  beard  Capt.  McCullock  order  tbe 
men  not  to  give  any  Insolence  to  Lieut.  Biggs,  as  they  were  often  throw- 
ing up  his  bad  conduct  to  him,  and  the  Capt.  and  Lieut,  messed  together 
all  the  time  of  this  scout. 

ALEXANDER  MITCHEL. 

Hworn  and  subscribed  before  me  this  20th  day  of  Aug.,  1794. 

ROB'T  McCHOES. 


Hept.  Hdi     To  all  whom  it  may  concern: 

Wo  certify  tbat  Capt.  John  McCullock  has  been  an  Inhabitant  of 
this  county  for  many  years,  and  conducted  himself  becoming  an  officer 
and  soldier,  and  has  demeaned  himself  as  a  peaceable  citizen.  Given 
under  our  hands  this  19th  day  of  August,  1794. 

DAVID  SHEPHERD, 
EBENEZER  ZANE. 

West  Liberty,  August  20th,  1794. 
Sir: 

Agreeable  to  orders  I  received  from  Brigadier-General  Biggs,  I  sum- 
moned a  General  court  martial  to  meet  at  tbe  Town  of  West  Liberty, 
on  tbe  lltb  day  of  this  Instant,  for  tbe  tryal  of  Capt.  John  McCullock. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  301 

The  opinion  of  the  court,  together  with  the  several  depositions  of  the       1794. 
respective  witnesses  I  have  herewith  inclosed.  ^^pt.  8th 

Not  having  it  in  my  power  to  send  those  proceedings  to  you  in  any 
other  way  than  hy  express,  I  have  employed  the  bearer,  Mr.  Zacheus 
Biggs,  for  that  purpose.  I  therefore  expect  the  Executive  will  make 
provision  for  satisfying  him  for  his  service. 

I  have,  &e.     ^ 

MOSES  CHAPLINE. 


1  do  certify  that  Capt.  John  McCullock,  at  his  tryai  on  the  11th  day 
of  August,  1794,  moved  the  court  martial  for  leave  to  take  the  deposition 
of  Alexander  Mitchell  before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  who  was  summoned 
to  attend  as  a  witness  in  behalf  of  said  McCullock  but  could  not  on 
account  of  said  Mitchell  being  sick,  which  motion  was  submitted  by  me 
to  the  said  court  for  their  consideration  who  were  of  opinion  that  they 
were  not  authorized  by  law  to  grant  the  same. 

Given  under  my  hand,  this  23rd  day  of  August,  1794. 

MOSES  CHAPLINE,  * 

Pros't  Court  Martial. 

I  do  hereby  certify  that  Mr.  Joseph  Biggs,  at  the  trj'al  of  Capt.  John 
McCullock,  on  the  lltb  day  of  August,  1794,  moved  the  court  martial 
for  leave  to  take  the  deposition  of  Serg't  Loroy  Morgan  before  a 
justice  of  the  Peace,  who  was  summoned  to  attend  as  a  witness  in  behalf 
of  the  Commonwealth,  but  could  not,  on  account  of  the  said  Morgan 
being  sick,  which  motion  was  submitted  by  me  to  the  said  court  for  their 
consideration,  who  were  of  opinion  that  they  were  not  authorized  by 
law  to  grant  the  same. 

Given  under  my  hand,  this  23rd  day  of  August,  1794. 

MOSES  CHAPLINE, 

Preset  court  martial. 

Richmond,  8lb  Sept.,  1794. 
Dear  Sir: 

In  consequence  of  my  doing  my  duty  in  arresting  Lieut.  Briggs, 
and  his  being  cashiered  for  his  misconduct  last  fall,  I  iind  that  I  have 
caused  some  of  the  first  officers  of  Rank  in  Ohio  county  to  be  my 
enemys,  and  have  been  arrested  and  tried  by  a  court  marshall  by  order 
of  the  Executive,  in  consequence  of  charges  alledged  against  me  by 
Lieut.  Biggs,  and  as  I  did  not  conceive  that  I  had  a  fair  trial,  the  court 
marshall  refusing  to  admit  me  to  take  the  testimony  of  some  of  my 
witnesaes  that  were  sick  and  not  able  to  attend  the  trial  before  a  justice 


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302  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


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1794.  of  the  peace,  or  any  other  way  except  before  the  court.  When  I  applyed 
Sept.  8th  to  them  for  leave  to  do  it,  and  being  told  by  the  president  of  the  court 
martial  that  a  brother  of  Lieut.  Biggs  was  to  come  forward  as  express 
to  the  Executive  with  the  proceedings  of  the  court  marshall,  I  did  not 
think  proper  to  send  my  papers  with  him,  therefore  came  forward  to 
Richmond  myself,  thinking  to  be  here  when  the  proceedings  of  the 
court  martial  came  to  hand,  so  as  to  lay  before  your  Excellency  some 
papers  with  the  testimony  of  one  of  the  witnesses  that  was  sick,  and 
whose  testimony  I  procured  before  a  justice  of  the  Peace  after  the  trial ; 
but  do  find  altho'  the  president  of  the  court  told  me  that  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  court  martial  would  be  sent  ofP  on  Saturday,  the  23rd  of 
August,  which  was  the  day  I  left  home.  Their  not  coming  to  your 
Excellency  yet,  gives  me  reason  to  believe  that  they  are  kept  back  on 
purpose,  since  it  is  seventeen  days  since  they  were  to  have  started. 

Being  satisfied  that  I  have  done  my  duty  to  the  best  of  my  ability 
since  I  took  command  of  the  Rangers,  but  finding  that  my  character 
might  be  in  danger  by  being  misrepresented  by  some  people  that  would 
wish  to  injure  me,  I  have  enclosed  a  certificate  for  your  Excellency's 
information  about  my  conduct  for  these  many  years  past,  and  am  bold 
to  say  that  I  can  support  as  good  a  character  as  a  citizen  and  a  soldier 
as  any  officer  in  Ohio  county.  As  for  the  di^ty  of  an  officer,  I  do  not 
know  that  I  am  a  judge;  but  do  think  that  I  can  make  it  appear  that 
1  have  done  my  duty  as  well  as  any  officer  in  the  Ranging  service,  if  not 
better.  Therefore  look  on  the  charges  alledged  against  me  by  Lieut. 
Biggs  to  be  Malitious,  and  do  hope  when  your  Excellency  comes  to  take 
any  review  of  the  whole  that  you  will  see  that  it  has  been  done  out  ot 
resentment. 

I  conclude,  not  doubting  but  you  will  do  justice  to 

Yours,  &c., 

JOHN  McCULLOCK. 
Governor  Lee. 

West  Liberty,  August  25tb,  1794. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  was  duly  honored  with  your  letter  by  Mr.  Williamson.  I 
must  beg  leave  to  trouble  you  once  more  with  a  few  lines  on  different 
subjects.  As  to  Indian  affairs,  which  is  the  common  topic  with  us,  we 
have  had  little  damage  of  late — one  man  was  killed  on  Muskingum 
above  Wolf  creek,  on  the  15th  inst.     No  damage  since. 

The  detachment  of  Troops  ordered  on  the  river  from  Harrison,  came 
on  to  Charlestown  the  3rd  inst.,  and  there  detained  until  the  llth,  on 
acconnt  of  no  tools  to  build  block  houses  on  Middle  Island,  that  being 
the  place  they  were  to  take  post. 

Afler  their  departure,  I  have  it  from  good  information,  that  the  officer 
reported  that  the  contractor  could  not  supply  provisions  neither  at 
Charlestown  or  Middle  Island,  and  instead  of  remaining  at  the  post 


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ordered  to,  is  gone  on  the  MaskiDgum,  aad  perhaps  home  to  Harrison       1794. 
again.  Sept.  8th 

I  take  the  liberty  of  enelosing,  or  rather  annexing  a  copy  of  provision 
receipts  given  at  fiuffaloe,  as  I  have  the  honour  to  transact  the  business 
for  Mr.  Charles  Wells,  one  of  the  contractors;  that  in  case  any  report  to 
the  prejudice  of  Mr.  Wells  should  be  sent  forward.  Tour  Excellency 
can  better  judge  of  the  authenticity  of  such  information,  which  will,  if 
any,  be  forwarded  through  Col.  Louther. 

I  have,  &c., 

JOHN  CORNELL. 


Received  August  11th,  1794,  ot  Chas.  Wells,  contractor,  twenty-one     Sept.  8th 
hundred  and  twenty  complete  rations  for  the  use  of  my  detachment. 

JONATHAN  COBURN,  Ensign. 

(A  Copy.) 

Received  Aug.  lltb,  1794,  of  Chas.  Wells,  contractor,  seven  hundred 
and  sixteen  complete  rations  for  the  use  of  my  detachment  on  their 
way  to  Middle  Island. 

JONATHAN  COBURN,  Ensign. 

(A  Copy.) 

In  addition  I  furnished  three  barrels  of  flour,  ten  gallons  of  whiskey, 
cheese.  Bacon,  &c.;  also  one  large  canoe  to  assist  the  transportation  to 
Middle  Island. 

I  am,  &c., 

JOHN  CORNELL. 


George  Jackson  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  sept.  9th 

I  do  myself  the  honor  to  inform  you  the  riotous  party  in  our  sister    Harrison 
state  against  the  Excise  Law  seems  as  if  they  are  disposed  to  give  up      county 
their  violent  opposition,  and  become  good  citizens,  but  the  truth  of  this 
I  am  not  certain,  but  was  yesterday  informed  by  a  gentleman  of  char- 
acter immediately  from  there,  and  the  officer  of  Morgantown,  who  I  am 
informed  are  very,  scaray,  is  got  home  again. 

The  Indians  is,  and  continues  to  alarm  us  very  much.  In  the  cource 
of  last  month  they  killed  and  took  5  people  out  about  18  or  20  miles  of 
Clarksburg,  and  attacked  a  man  and  his  family  in  his  house  with  a  very 
heavy  fler  fVom  the  Indians,  but  was  repolst,  Ac,  and  they  have  killed 
more  cattle  in  our  country  this  season  than  ever  they  done  of  a  sum* 
mer  before. 


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1794. 
Sept  9th 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


I  will  take  the  liberty  to  recommend  Mr.  Stillwell  to  your  notice,  a 
gentleman  of  my  acquaintance  who  is  come  upon  business  of  Colonel 
Lowther's.  Any  services  you  can  render  this  gentleman  shall  be  highly 
acknowledged  by  me. 

I  would  thank  either  of  you  gentlemen  to  drop  me  a  line  informing 
of  me  when  the  Assembly  is  to  meet  this  fall,  as  I  do  not  no  the  day, 
but  have  heained  it  the  2nd  Monday  in  November  next.  I  intend  to  be 
there  on  the  day. 

I  am,  &c. 


Sept.  9th 

Harrison 
county 


Geo.  Jackson  to  thb  Governor. 

I  received  your  letter  and  proclamation  by  Express  relative  to  the 
rioutous  party  in  Pennsylvania,  and  am  happy  to  inform  you  there 
appears  to  bo  no  Disposition  in  our  parte  of  this  State  to  use  violence 
against  the  Gen'l  or  State  Government  or  the  laws  thereof.  The  great 
concern  we  are  in  at  present,  is  the  crualitys  the  savages  commits  upon 
our  frontiers,  &c.  In  cource  of  last  month  they  killed  and  took  five 
people  in  about  18  or  20  miles  of  our  Court  House  and  don  other  damage 
considerable.  I  fell  in  with  a  gentleman  on  Sunday  last  directly  from 
Limestone  in  Kaintucky,  who  sas  Gen'l  Scott  with  his  Militia  beseged 
and  took  Glasstown,  a  noted  harbor  of  the  Indians — Killed  and  took  300 
of  them  with  the  loss  of  about  70  of  our  men,  and  that  Gen*l  Wain  was 
within  about  4  miles  of  the  town  where  Scott  lay.  The  truth  of  this  I 
expect  you  will  soon  be  informed  of. 

I  understand  the  rest  of  our  Western  Breathern  have  received  sum  of 
their  money  for  their  Scouts  and  Rangers. 

I  am  sorry  to  inform  you  I  am  afraid  we  may  suffer  by  our  county 
not  getting  theirs,  &c.,  as  good  men  is  hard  to  procure  for  our  defence, 
and  them  we  must  have  or  giv  up  our  country  to  the  Indians  until  we 

have  peace  with  them,  &c. 

<* 

I  have,  &c. 


Sept.  10th 


Norfolk 


Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 

Having  applyed  to  the  Treasurer  for  the  money  lent  by  the  Boro.  to 
supply  the  French  distressed  from  St.  Domingo,  we  have  engaged  to 
build  a  work  house  and  depended  on  being  reimbursed  for  payment. 
Tour  Excellency  will  oblige  us  much  by  having  the  amount  paid  Mr. 
Brough. 

The  Canal  will  also  want  the  payment  now  called  for,  which  we  shall 
also  be  glad  to  be  paid  him. 

Yours,  &o. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


305 


Thos.  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 


1794. 


Agreeable  to  promise,  I  now  write  you,  the  artillery  company  have    Sept.  lOth 
mounted  guard  ever  since  you  left  us  and  have  engaged  for  a  month.      Norfolk 
We  are  at  a  loss  how  to  supply  them  with  provisions,  &c.     I  have  wrote 
to  Mr.  Graves  to  do  it  in  the  same  manner  he  has  the  labourers  hereto- 
fore, which  you'll  please  to  inform  me  if  right,  and  they  request  to 
know  whether  they  are  to  be  paid  by  the  U.  S.  or  State. 

Two  company's  of  our  Militia  worked  one  day  on  Fort  Nelson,  but 
none  of  the  country  have  as  yet.  I  shall  give  every  encouragement  in 
my  power  to  the  expediting  of  the  Fort,  and, 

I  am,  &c. 


Sam.  Coleman  to  the  Governor. 
The  repairs  needed  to  the  Capitol  again  reported. 


Sept.  11th 
Richmond 


Petition  of  Hugh  Caperton  to  the  Governor. 

As  the  business  which  now  comes  before  you  both  with  regard  to  its 
nature  and  tendency  is  a  matter  of  the  utmost  importance  to  me,  it 
ought  to  be  (and  I  make  no  doubt  but  will  be  the  case)  discussed  with 
all  that  wisdom,  reflection  and  fellow-feeling  which  becomes  so  honor- 
able a  body.  If  my  request,  which  I  am  about  to  make,  shall  appear 
inconsistently  with  the  laws  of  my  country,  or  with  the  laws  of  justice, 
I  wish  it  not  to  be  granted ;  for  if  I  am  not  mentally  a  stranger  to  my- 
self I  would  not,  were  it  in  my  power,  supersede  any  of  my  country's 
laws  by  any  measure  whatever  to  serve  my  own  purposes. 

With  respect  to  the  charges  alledged  against  me,  I  trust  you  will  seri- 
ously reflect  from  whence  they  came  and  the  cause  thereof  I  had  Col. 
Clendenin's  certificate  to  govern  me  in  the  affair  of  what  is  called  the 
transfer,  and  he  was  Muster-Master.  I  am  fully  persuaded  that  I  can 
prove  there  was  no  kind  of  transfer.  I  think  the  accusation  setting 
forth  the  extraordinary  transfer  of  Donnally  and  others,  says  that  I 
received  them  as  soldiers  in  my  company  since  the  6th  day  of  May, 
1792.  You  may  find  by  the  testimony  of  Col.  Donnally  that  he  consid- 
ered himself  as  belonging  to  my  company  from  the  15th  day  of  March 
foregoing,  and  never  knew  that  he  belonged  to  Morriss'  company  at  all, 
and  consequently  the  charge  respecting  him  must  certainly  be  ground- 
less. The  testimony  of  Reuben  Slaughter  amounts  to  the  same  effect, 
which  may  be  discovered  on  examination  thereof. 

You  will  please  also  to  have  Reference  to  the  Testimonies  of  Eelley 

89 


Sept.  11th 


306  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       and  Lacy,  who  have  proved  also  that  they  never  knew  of  any  kind  of 
Sept.  11th    transfer.    Booten  and  olhers  declare  to  the  same  purpose. 

The  testimony  given  by  John  Morris  to  support  what  is  called  the 
Transfer,  is  without  date  and  place,  and  is  not  taken  as  the  law  directs. 

I  think  with  his  Excellency,  that  no  attention  should  be  paid  to  such 
Depositions,  and  I  trust  that  your  honorable  Body  will  discover  the  Ille- 
gality of  such  procedure  generally ;  if  so,  the   Court  Martial  had  no 
..proof  to  govern  them  in  their  decision. 

The  law  directs  that  there  shall  be  at  least  thirteen  commissioned 
officers  to  constitute  a  Court  Martial.  Some  of  those  who  composed 
that  by  which  I  was  tried  wore  not  commissioned;  then  surely  their 
judgement  ought  to  be  arrested.  If  I  were  a  Militia  Officer,  why  not 
subject  to  the  commanding  Officer  of  the  county  ?  If  a  regular,  why 
tried  by  inferior  Officers?     If  neither,  why  tried  at  all? 

As  it  may  be  easily  discovered,  I  have  not  been  dealt  with  according 
to  Law.  I  humbly  presume  your  honorable  Body  will  grant  me  a  Re- 
hearing, and  that  at  my  own  expence. 

Should  this  request  be  allowed  me,  it  will  enable  me  to  bring  forward 
such  evidences  of  my  innocence  in  intentfon,  as  will  not  only  console  me 
for  what  I  have  suffered,  but  also,  I  trust,  prove  to  yourselves  that  you 
did  not  err  in  your  compliance. 

I  am,  &c. 


Sept  11th  Geo.  W.  Smith  to  John  Warden,  Esq'r. 

An  explanation  of  Dunn  &  Phillips  of  the  reason  of  their  failure  to 
render  their  account  of  tobacco  inspected  at  Bowler's  warehouse  accord- 
ing to  law  from  October,  *92,  to  October,  *93. 

Auditor  Pendleton's  certificate  thereto. 


Sept  12th  James  A.  Bradley  to  the  Governor. 

Surry  county  Having  received  Division  Orders  as  late  as  Friday,  the  13th  of  the 
present  month,  and  on  account  of  my  being  unfortunately  out  of  my 
Brigade,  I  was  unable  to  issue  my  Brigade  Orders  for  furnishing  the 
quota  required  from  it  until  the  18th  instant,  when  I  issued  them  with 
all  possible  expedition — Orders  to  the  several  commandants  for  their 
apportionment  of  men,  and  directed  them  to  meet  at  Cabin  Point  on 
Monday  next  (the  15th  instant),  from  which  place  I  intended  (without 
I  received  further  orders)  to  proceed  on  with  them  myself  to  Biehmond, 
where  I  expected  to  receive  further  orders. 

But  with  much  pain  and  concern  do  I  advise  you  of  an  apparent 
mutiny  in  my  Brigade,  and  am  doubtful  from  the  information  I  have 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  307 


received,  and  part  of  which,  and  that  too  of  a  very  serious  nature  as  I  1794. 
conceive,  I  take  the  liberty  of  enclosing  to  you  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Sept.  12th 
the  commandant  of  this  county,  which  I  acknowledge  to  be  a  true  copy; 
also  a  copy  of  a  piece  signed  *'An  Old  Soldier,"  which  the  bearer  of  this 
drew  from  the  original,  this  being  the  day  it  was  set  up,  and  it  corres- 
ponds with  the  language  of  a  man  in  this  county,  which  ho  made  use  of 
to  two  respectable  gentlemen  of  my  acquaintance  to-day. 

He  mentioned  that  if  a  man  complied  with  the  Laws  of  his  country 
nothing  more  could  be  expected  of  him,  and  quoted  the  52nd  page,  sec- 
tion 5th  of  the  Congressional  law. 

The  name  of  this  man  is  Major  William  Boyce  of  this  county  (Surry). 
You  will  examine  the  letter  sent  from  the  commandant  of  this  county, 
as  also  the  piece  that  was  this  day  set  up,  that  I  mentioned  above.  I 
had  a  copy  taken.  You  will  find  it  to  correspond  with  my  suspicions, 
and  unless  a  change  takes  place,  which  will  bo  more  sudden  than  any- 
thing usual,  I  shall  not  be  able  (unless  armed  with  authority  and  means 
to  enforce  obedience  to  the  requisition,  to  furnish  my  quota  by  the  time 
I  am  desired  to  do.  if  ever  I  am. 

Mr.  William  Nicholson  who  will  bear  this  to  you,  a  gentleman  of 
information,  who  I  have  thought  it  expedient  to  send  it  by  with  its  enclo- 
sures, as  an  express,  will  inform  you  of  several  sircumstances  very  per- 
tinent to  the  business. 

Excuse,  if  you  please,  inaccuracies,  as  I  much  concerned  and  write 
in  immence  haste.  In  your  answer  to  me  I  will  thank  you  to  be  very 
particular,  and  advise  me  how  I  am  to  act ;  and  if  I  am  to  inforce  your 
orders,  arms  and  men  I  am  fearful  will  bo  necessary  to  move  into  my 
Brificade. 

However,  you  can  judge  from  my  letter,  it's  inclosures,  and  from  the 
information  Mr.  Nicholson  can  give  you  what  is  the  situation  of  this 
county,  and  what  he  has  heard  from  other  counties  of  my  Brigade  res- 
pecting the  business. 

With,  &c. 


While  men  are  not  born  slaves  in 'Virginia,  but  must  like  other  free  Sept.  12th 
men  be  governed  by  Law  and  punished  accordingly  for  a  breach  of  the 
same;  but  let  no  man  attempt  to  acceed  the  Law  in  his  punishment; 
when  free  men  are  ordered  to  begin  a  march  of  five  hundred  miles  at 
only  two  day's  warning,  and  that  to  a  cold  climate,  equip  themselves 
for  such  an  expedition,  to  make  their  service  tollerable  and  their  lives 
comfortable,  therefore,  I  think  they  have  a  right  to  enquire  into  the 
Datare  of  the  Law  by  which  they  are  thus  to  be  forced.  First,  what 
oompeosation  they  are  to  receive  for  their  services,  and  secondly,  what 
penalty  is  annexed  to  that  Law  for  not  attending  the  call.  Whether 
they  are  to  be  shot,  whether  they  are  to  be  whip.     Whether  they  are  to 


m 


308  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       be  imprisoned,  or  whether  they  are  to  pay  a  sum  of  money  and  how 

Sept.  12th    much.    And  I  think  that  those  who  comply  with  the  Laws  of  this 

country  a  good  citizen.    Every  man  was  not  born  a  soldier,  so  that  the 

man  who  pays  his  fine,  complys  with  the  Laws  of  his  country  as  fully 

as  he  that  fights  the  Battles. 

AN  OLD  SOLDIER. 
A  true  copy.— WILLIAM  NICHOLSON. 


Sept.  12th   Lbmubl  Cocke,  Col.  Commandant,  to  Qbn.   James  A.  Bradley. 

Surry  There  was  a  matter  happened  yesterday,  such  a  one  as  is  not  com- 

mon in  this  part  of  the  world,  and  God  forbid  that  there  ever  should  be 
such  an  one  again. 

Agreeable  to  orders,  Capt.  Nathan  Jones  met  his  company  in  order  to 
have  them  laid  off  into  Divisions,  to  furnish  his  quota  of  the  twenty 
men  ordered  from  this  county,  of  which  his  proportion  was  three,  and 
after  mustering  his  men  according  to  appointment  when  they  were 
drawn  in  the  ranks  and  he  informed  them  what  he  was  about  to  do,  a 
certain  Benjamin  Billeo  stepped  out  of  the  ranks  and  told  the  Captain 
if  he  was  done  his  speech  he  had  something  to  say  to  the  men,  and  then 
told  them,  all  that  was  for  liberty  to  follow  him.  After  that  the  Cap- 
tain had  about  9  or  ten  men  left  him. 

They  then  proceeded  to  enroll  themselves,  and  positively  forbid  the 
captain  to  draw  for  his  men  that  was  wanting  to  do  their  duty,  even 
after  their  directing  it  to  be  done,  at  his  peril,  and  would  not  even  suf- 
fer him  to  set  down  their  names  unless  they  first  examined  them,  to 
know  whether  they  had  directed  it  to  be  done  or  not ;  but  the  bearer 
hereof,  Mr.  William  Nicholson,  can  inform  you  more  particularly  about 
the  different  scenes  of  their  manners,  as  he  was  there  in  person  a  great 
part  of  the  time,  but  shall  be  able  to  make  you  a  full  return  of  it  on 
Monday  next,  as  the  captain  hath  informed  me  he  shall  have  his  report 
made  out  by  that  time. 

I  have,  &c. 

A  true  copy  acknowledged  by 

JAMES  A.  BRADLEY. 

September  12th,  1794. 


Sept  12th        Daniel  Bbdinger  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Norfolk  Agreeable  to  promise  I  herewith  transmit  to  you  sundry  papers,  which 

will  I  trust  place  in  a  proper  light  the  charges  Mr.  Hammond  has  been 
pleased  to  bring  against  us.  These  papers  are  chiefly  relative  to  trans- 
actions which  occurred  during  the  stay  of  the  Frigate  Doedalas  in  our 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  309 

harbour.    But  about  three  weeks  ago,  another  Frigate  (Thetis  perhaps)       1794. 
sent  her  boats  to  this  place  for  water  and  obtained  it  without  difficulty,    Sept.  12th 
as  will  be  made  to  appear  by  the  certificates  of  several  respectable  char- 
acters, which  shall  be  forwarded  in  a  few  days. 

I  am,  &c. 


Reubbn  Qborge  to  the  Qovbrnor  and  Council.  Sept.  I2th 

I  am  sorry  to  inform  you  that  on  the  night  of  the  5th  of  June,  1794,  Henrico 
I  had  the  misfortune  to  have  thirteen  muskets  and  bayonets  and  twenty- 
eight  cartridge-boxes,  belonging  to  the  public,  burnt  in  the  house  of  Mr. 
James  Heron.  I  had  them  stored  in  the  lumber  house  of  the  said  Heron, 
thinking  they  might  be  more  secure  than  taking  them  to  the  country, 
as  I  gave  them  out  to  the  men  only  as  they  paraded  in  uniform ;  there- 
fore, as  it  was  unforeseen  accident,  I  hope  that  your  Honours  will  release 
me  by  giving  me  credit  on  my  receipt,  which  you  have,  for  fifty  stand 
of  arms  (for  the  said  guns,  &c.,  burnt). 

I  have  a  part  of  the  barrels,  bayonets  and  locks,  which  I  will  return 
when  directed.  The  reason  I  have  not  got  the  full  number  is,  that 
before  I  knew  of  the  fire,  they  had  been  taken  away  by  person  or  per- 
sons unknown  to  me. 

Therefore,  the  petitioner  begs  leave  to  subscribe  himself,  &c. 


J.  Marshall  to  the  Governor.  Septisth 

I  enclose  you  a  statement  made  by  the  Captain  ol  the  Artillery  com-   Richmond 
pany  of  this  town  of  the  articles  required  for  the  preservation  or  use  of 
the  artillery  under  his  care. 

I  have,  &c. 

Sir: 

I  take  the  liberty  of  addressing  you  on  the  state  of  the  artillery 
under  my  care.  The  wheels  and  axle-trees  are  worn  out;  no  harness. 
I  shall  want  three  pair  of  strong  harness,  three  hundred  of  gun 
powder,  150  round  and  double-headed  shot,  4  lbs.,  150  canisters  and  shot 
to  fit  them,  300  tubes,  2  copper  ladles,  and  2  copper  hammers,  one  am- 
munition wagon  with  4  harness,  60  swords,  10  taints,  and  10  camp-ket- 
tles. I  wish  to  have  everything  in  order  that  when,  I  am  called  for  I 
may  be  ready. 

I  have,  &C., 

A.  QUARRIBR,  Captain  of  Artillery. 

General  Marshall,  September  6th,  1794. 


310  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBES. 


1794.  William  Nelson  to  the  Governor. 

Sept.  13th        Intercedes  for  the  pardon  of  John  Vaiden,  convicted  of  horse-stealing 
Richmond    in  the  District  Court,  on  the  plea  of  weakmindedness. 


Sept.  isth  Charles  Hay  to  Lieutenant-Governor  James  Wood. 

Richmond  The  printing  of  the  Bevised  Code  of  Laws  pursuant  to  an  act  of  as- 
sembly passed  at  the  October  session,  1792,  is  nearly  completed,  and  I 
believe  will  be  finished  before  the  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
November  next;  but  before  it  is  concluded,  I  must  solicit  the  advice  and 
instructions  of  the  Executive  respecting  some  difficulties  which  have 
occurred  in  the  business. 

One  of  the  laws  passed  in  1792,  is  entitled  "An  act  for  reducing 
into  one  the  several  acts  concerning  executions,  and  for  the  relief  of 
Insolvent  debtors."  This  law  was  to  continue  in  force  only  until  the 
1st  of  January,  1794,  but  as  it  is  one  of  those  which  was  submitted  to 
the  Assembly  by  the  Revisors,  and  contains  a  variety  of  matter  of  great 
and  general  importance  to  the  Community,  I  presume  it  was  intended 
vo  form  a  part  of  the  Code. 

At  the  last  session  it  was  repealed,  and  re-enacted  with  two  or  three 
alterations  of  considerable  Consequence.  This  law  is  also  a  temporary 
one.  By  the  act  for  the  republication  of  the  Laws,  I  am  bound  to  have 
the  Acts  of  1792  printed  as  they  were  then  passed,  without  regard  to 
anything  which  may  have  since  taken  place;  but  if  this  is  done  with 
respect  to  the  act  above  mentioned,  it  is  evident  that  many  inconve- 
niencies  may  result  from  it.  I  hope,  therefore,  that  the  executive  vrill 
say  whether  I  shall  leave  it  out  of  the  Code  altogether,  or  have  it  prin- 
ted with  a  note  that  it  has  been  repealed,  and  referring  to  the  act  repeal- 
ing it,  or  whether  I  shall  substitute  in  lieu  of  it  the  act  of  1793  on  the 
same  subject. 

The  Laws  passed  in  1792  for  regulating  the  militia,  for  r^ulating  the 
inspections  of  Tobacco,  and  of  flour  and  bread;  concerning  Juries,  &c; 
concerning  the  fees  of  certain  officers;  for  ascertaining  the  salaries  of 
the  officers  of  civil  Government,  and  to  oblige  vessels  in  certain  cases  to 
perform  Quarantine,  were  severally  amended  by  acts  passed  at  the  last 
session. 

The  Executive  will  perhaps  think  it  proper  that  these  acts  should  be 
printed  with  those  passed  in  1792.  If  this  should  be  their  opinion,  they 
will  be  pleased  to  give  me  instructions  to  that  Effect. 

I  have,  &c. 


CALEXPJLS  OF  STATE   PaPERSL  JtH 


The  qiMttioBs  stas<si  I7*  Mr.  flar  1^  ih^  Exm«:xit«l  os  1  W  o^Wr  «Me    :^<(f<t.  UHIi 
ot  this  gfcegc  reiaie  rmtbcr  w  9Bb»<^e^  o(  «xpedM»CT  tkaa  Wifrftl  ittqwfV> 

Win  it  be  expedictit  ior  1^  £x<c«liT>e  10  dinem  tW  <4Mi:  %>l  Ik^ikm^  tM 
dele^ales  u>  deparc  isouaeradiT  ^>ai  Uieir  oriers.  ior  iW  fHtT^'H^  «if 
obsenriAc  eonsisKiMj  in  the  pnbikaiioB  cf  the  Lakwti? 

I  snppoee  it  would  K&  iMv-tf^n-.  ^m  theff«^>T^  think  that  the  iTOTt^rvor 
and  Coaseil  b^t,  vith  crcat  prv^vrietr,  diriMi  the  iiTiair  ^^^  <^  l«92t^ 
alluded  to  hj  Mr.  Hay.  to  be  printM  in  lieo  at  ihe  dead  oae  of  17^ 
and  that  the  other  arts  ennmeraied  bT  hioL  eoaeied  in  17^  aini  aiended 
in  1793.  ought  to  be  engiafteid  into  the  Code  in  the  K>nn  in  which  they 
came  last  &om  the  hands  of  the  le^:tslatiine^ 

JAMES  INNK^v 


BiLBT  H.  Avert  t>l>  the  Govee^or.  :^«c  I4ih 


Having  been  near  six  weeks  confined  by  an  indisposition,  pr^TetiU  me     Wilk^ber 
from  being  acquainted  with  the  sentiments  of  the  people  of  Surry,  " 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  hear  that  thoi»e  ot  Prince  George  are  n»ady  to 
defend  their  Laws,  and  that  they  may  be  always  so,  is  my  sincere  wish, 

I  am  sorry  that  I  cannot  comply  with  your  request  of  seeing  General 
Bradby  UMlay.  being  unable  to  travel  that  distance,  but  hope  to  see  him 
to-morrow  at  Cabin  PoinU  when  I  will  do  everything  in  ray  power  to 
bring  them  to  a  sense  of  their  duty. 

I  beg  you  will  accept  my  best  wishes  for  the  recovery  of  your  lady 

and  son. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Willis  Wilson  to  B.  G.  Bradbt  or  Colonel  C-ocke,  Sept.  iMh 

Asking  for  the  exemption  of  Jesse  Clark  from  military  service  in  tbo 
army  being  nused  for  the  march  to  Pennsylvania,  on  account  of  an  old 
wound  received  in  war  of  the  Revolution. 


William  R.  Fleming  to  thb  Governor.  Sept.  iMh 

Recommends  Dr.  James  Carter  for  a  snrgeon^s  position  in  the  army  Hock  l^tlo 
about  to  march  against  the  insurgents  in  Pennsylvania.         / 


Jonathan  Clark  to  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor,         St>pt»  I5th 

I  received  yours  of  the  Ist  and  5th  instant,  and  immodiately  com-  Jfl! 

plied  with  their  contents.  W^l 


312  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  General  Blackwell  writes  me  (8th  inst.)  that  he  expected  to  be  com- 

Sept.  15th  plete  in  a  few  days.  That  some  of  his  regiments  were  ready,  but  that 
from  the  deranged  state  of  the  militia  in  some  of  the  counties,  he  could 
not  have  his  quota  in  readiness  so  soon  as  he  could  have  wished.  Gen- 
eral Mason  not  being  at  home  when  the  express  was  at  his  house,  I  have 
not  been  informed  as  to  his  forwardness.  1  have  just  heard  that  a  letter 
from  General  Williams  to  me  is  in  the  county.  I  flatter  myself  that 
(one  county  excepted),  Lis  brigade  is  ready,  and  am  in  hopes  some  of 
bis  companys  are  in  motion,  tho*  cannot  say  with  certainty  that  this  is 
the  case.  The  regiment  in  this  county  furnished  its  proportion  mostly 
of  volunteers,  and  I  have  just  been  informed  are  to  move  on  Wednes- 
day. 

I  sent  an  express  to  General  Guerrant  immediately  on  receiving  your 
commands,  and  he  writes  me  that  some  of  his  family  were  so  extremely 
sick  when  he  feceived  my  orders  for  furnishing  his  brigade  quota,  that 
several  days  elapsed  before  he  could  possibly  attend  to  the  orders,  but 
says  that  he  had  proceeded  on  the  business,  and  that  now  nothing  on 
his  part  shall  be  wanting  in  having  his  quota  ready  as  soon  as  possible. 

I  have  been  to  Fredericksburg,  and  find  that  the  troop  of  cavalry 
does  very  little  exceed  twenty,  exclusive  of  officers.  There  are  very 
few  in  General  Guerrant's  Brigade,  and  General  Blackwell  writes  me 
that  the  troop  in  his  Brigade  is  very  far  from  being  complete,  but  that 
he  had  not  procured  a  return  of  its  real  strength.  There  seems  to  be 
an  exceeding  backwardness  in  some  of  the  counties.  Where  the  fault 
lies  I  cannot  say,  but  I  fear  that  those  counties  will  not  furnish  their 
proportion  in  time. 

When  Mr.  Lary  was  at  my  house  on  his  way  above,  I  directed  him  to 
see  me  on  his  return,  if  not  been  more  than  four  or  five  miles  out  of  his 
way,  if  so  far. 

With,  &c. 


Sept.  15th  James  River  Company. 

Resolved,  That  public  notice  be  given  by  the  clerk  that  the  annual 
general  meeting  of  the  James  River  Company  on  the  first  Monday  in 
October  next,  be  held  at  the  Eagle  Tavern  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  and 
a  request  be  added,  that  the  meeting  may  be  full  as  the  triennial  elec- 
tion of  a  president  and  directors  then  takes  place  agreeable  to  Law. 

Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  on  each  new  share  be  paid  to 
the  company's  treasurer  on  the  first  day  of  October  next. 

Extract  from  the  minutes. 

ROBERT  POLLARD,  Clk. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  313 


PoTOMACK  Company.  ^794. 

The  stock  holders  of  the  Potomack  Company  are  required  to  pay  to    Sept.  15th 
William  Hartshorne,  Treasurer,  twelve  pounds  sterling  on  each  share 
by  them  held  on  or  before  the  firat  day  of  September  next. 

By  order  of  Directors, 

WILLIAM  UARTSHORNE, 
Alexandria,  July  16,  1794.  Treasurer. 

Requisitions  on  State  Subscriptions  for  the  Respective  Canals: 

Potomack  £12  ster'g  on  100  shares        -        -        -        -        -     $5,333  33 

James  River  £10  com.  on  100  shares 3,333  33 

Dismal  Swamp  £9  curr.  on  50  shares 1,500  00 

910,166  66 
S1,000  are  supposed  still  unpaid  of  a  former  requisition  from 

the  Potomack  Company 1,000  00 

$11,166  66 


Daniel  Carroll  &  Gus  F.  Scott,  Committee,  to  the  Governor,   sept.  I6th 

It  is  with  great  concern  we  address  you  on  a  subject  which  has  Washington 
thrown  the  affairs  of  the  city  into  great  perplexity.  Resting  upon  the  ^^^^ 
Donation  of  your  State  as  ceitain,  at  or  soon  after  the  limited  times  of 
payment  we  have  calculated  on  our  affairs  so  as  now  to  have  no  other 
Bourse  for  the  payment  of  our  workmen,  and  unless  the  whole  or  a  con- 
siderable part  of  the  40,000  Dollars  due  from  Virginia  is  soon  paid  the 
public  buildings  must  suffer  very  considerably. 

If  no  other  expedient  more  productive  can  be  adopted  we  beg  you 
will  interest  yourself  in  procuring  from  the  council  an  order  on  the  col- 
lectors of  Fauquier,  Loudoun,  Fairfax  and  Price  William  counties  from 
whom  we  may  have  hopes  of  receiving  not  less  than  seven  or  eight 
thoasand  dollars. 

We  are  confident  that  no  exertions  will  be  wanting  on  your  part  to 
facilitate  the  payment  of  this  Donation^  when  it  is  recollected  how  much 
the  public  buildings  must  be  delayed  by  a  disappointment  so  much  un- 
looked  for  on  our  part 

We  have,  Ac. 

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1794.  James  A.  Bradby  to  the  Governor. 

Sept.  16th  Your  favor  with  its  Inclosures  by  Mr.  Nicholson  I  duly  received,  and 
dated  the  13th  inst.,  but  not  until  Sunday  the  14th  inst.,  about  4  o'clock; 
to  which  letter  and  its  enclosures  I  paid  due  attention.  It  was  too  late 
in  the  day  for  me  to  attend  at  church  or  any  other  public  meeting  that 
might  be  in  the  county,  but  learning  at  the  same  time  I  rec'd  your  let- 
ter, by  the  bearer,  who  was  Mr.  William  fiuffin,  a  Lieut,  in  a  company 
of  Light  Infantry,  that  is  nearly  completed  in  this  county.  The  cause 
of  Mr.  iiuffin's  taking  charge  of  the  Letter,  was  from  the  apprehensions 
there  were  of  the  disorderly  people  that  were  then  in  this  county,  meet- 
ing and  taking  them  from  Mr.  Nicholson — in  fact  such  were  the  threats. 

By  Mr.  Huffin  I  was  informed,  that  Mr.  Benj.  Bilbro  and  a  British 
Deserter,  one  Kelso,  partly  who  opposed  the  having  the  men  drafted, 
had  augmented  to  the  number  of  one  or  two  hundred.  Fearful  that  the 
men  I  had  ordered  to  attend  at  Cabin  Point  on  Monday  (being  yester- 
day the  15th  inst.)  from  the  several  counties  in  my  Brigade  meeting 
with  those  Insurgents,  and  perhaps  forced  to  return  as  they  were  not 
armed,  I  wrote  immediately  to  an  active  officer  and  informed  one  or  two 
who  were  with  mc,  of  the  necessity  there  would  be  in  having  a  few 
armed  men  at  Cabin  Point,  lest  any  outrages  or  abuses  might  be  offered 
by  those  daring  and  lawless  men. 

The  officers  immediately  turned  out — this  being  nearly  sunset  a  Sun- 
day. I  met  at  the  place  I  had  appointed  for  them  to  assemble  at  neit 
morning,  where  I  promised  to  meet  them,  and  proceeded  on  with  them 
to  Cabin  Point. 

The  officers  from  their  activity  (Capt.  Faulcon,  Lieut.  Cocke,  and 
Lieut.  Ruffin,)  collected  about  40  or  50  men,  with  the  best  arms  they 
could  command  with  a  necessary  quantity  ot  ammunition,  and  I  believe 
every  man  would  have  lost  his  life  before  they  would  have  been  drove 
by  the  lawless  or  insulted.  But  to  my  great  satisfaction,  about  12 
o'clock  on  Sunda}^  night,  Mr.  Nicholson  came  to  my  house  from  the 
house  of  the  Commandant  of  the  county,  and  came  through  the  neigh- 
borhood of  those  outrageous  people,  and  met  with  one  or  two  of  them, 
from  whom  ho  was  informed  the  Loaders  began  to  discover  their  error, 
and  those  they  had  embodied  and  enrolled  were  fast  dispersing.  I  then 
thought  it  unnecessary  for  the  volunteers  to  proceed  any  further  and 
discharged  them,  and  I  went  on  to  Cabin  Point  where  I  met  with  two 
of  the  Leaders,  Clinch  and  Bilbro,  very  penitent  indeed,  and  a  number 
of  their  followers — all  of  whom  were  countenancing  corresponding  with 
men  who  bad  been  acting  their  unwarrantable  part,  and  solicited  to  be 
drafted,  and  that  they  would  conform  willingly,  and  whose  ever  lot  it 
might  turn  out  to  be  they  would  be  ready  and  march  when  ordered. 

The  other  Gen'l  Officers  were  equally  active  with  Mr.  Ruffin  in  rais- 
ing volunteers  to  suppress  the  daring  business  in  this  county;  but  per- 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  315 


mit  me  to  inform  you,  that  Mr.  Ruffin  is  a  very  active  spirited  young  1794. 
man,  who  has  behaved  as  such  over  since  there  were  men  ordered  to  be  Sept.  10th 
raised  from  the  Brigade,  and  was  yesterday  beating  up  for  volunteers  to 
join  you  at  Pittsburg,  but  was  not  able  to  enlist  or  get  more  than  8  or 
10.  He  manifests  a  military  turn  and  from  his  attachment  to  his  coun- 
try and  his  disposition  to  be  in  the  service,  I  should  be  glad  he  could 
have  an  appointment  should  it  be  in  your  power  to  give  him  one,  and 
say  what  may  be  done  with  the  few  men  he  has  enlisted.  I  am  hopeful 
the  thing  with  us  will  die  away  and  we  shall  have  no  more  of  it,  but 
true  it  is  that  many  have  returned  from  Cabin  point  home  in  conse- 
quence of  your  letter,  and  do  not  appear  to  value  the  disgrace  they 
bring  on  themselves  by  it,  provided  they  can  stay  at  home.  I  am  fear- 
ful we  shall  make  but  a  bad  show  from  this  Brigade,  but  I  do  assure  you 
I  have  done  and  shall  continue  to  do  every  thing  in  my  power  to  have 
the  quota  furnished.  I  have  directed  the  commander  of  the  troops  at 
Cabin  point  to  continue  at  that  place  until  Friday  morning,  by  which 
time,  I  expect  the  several  counties  apportionment  will  be  there  if  they 
ever  intend  to  come,  when  I  shall  direct  them  to  proceed  on  to  Winches- 
ter unless  otherwise  ordered  by  you,  and  on  that  head  I  wish  to  be  par- 
ticularly advised.  Major  Williams,  of  Pr.  George,  I  had  appointed  to 
take  charge  of  this  Brigade's  quota,  but  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  him  yes- 
terday that  he  was  too  ill  to  perform  the  Tour  and  that  he  would  if  he 
could  resign.  That  I  would  not  allow  him  to  do  at  any  rates.  If  he  is 
too  unable  to  perform  the  Tour,  inform  me  if  I  must  order  the  Troops 
on  under  the  command  of  the  Eldest  Captain,  or  order  out  another 
Major  and  let  him  go  after  the  Troops  with  all  possible  expedition. 

I  caused  everything  to  remain  peaceably  yesterday  at  Cabin  Point, 
but  very  much  to  the  dissatisfaction  of  many  respecting  those  Leaders 
in  this  county,  and  unless  somethi:ig  is  done  with  them — some  example 
is  made  of  them —  it  will  be  discouraging  to  men  to  do  right.  It  can  be 
proved  that  they  have  bought  powder,  &c.  j  imbodied  themselves;  were 
setling  preliminaries,  and  going  on  rapidly  ;  but  they  at  last  found  they 
would  not  have  money  and  sense  to  carry  it  on,  and  with  all  was  a  little 
frightened.  And  this  Mr.  Kelso  ought  immediately,  I  think,  to  be  got 
and  treated  according  to  Law,  which  will,  if  done,  swing  him,  as  it  will 
also  do  the  other  two  men.     Mr  Kelso  is  the  British  Deserter. 

I  am  in  hopes  you  will  excuse  my  not  having  wrote  to  you  on  this 
subject  earlier,  but  I  wished  to  get  everything  fixed  before  I  did  so. 

I  have,  &c. 


Daniel  Morgan  to  the  Governor.  Sept.  I6th 

Id  consequence  of  my  orders  to  Rendezvous  at  Winchester  on  the  Winchester 
15th,  the  Troops  of  Dark's  Brigade  assembled;  but  having  neither  arms, 


316  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  aramunitian,  or  any  kind  of  military  stores,  I  thought  it  best  to  fur- 
Sept.  16th  lough  the  men  till  next  Monday,  which  will  bo  the  22n(l.  This  day,  Mr. 
Fisber,  a  conductor  of  stores,  arrived  at  this  place  with  an  amount  of 
stores  coming  on  which  will  bo  here  in  a  few  days,  which  will  be  ample, 
except  arms  and  ammunition,  which  is  the  very  thing  needful  in  our 
present  situation.  In  the  waggons  under  his  care  is  400  stand  of  arms 
and  no  ammunition.  We  are  not  informed  of  any  more  coming  on.  We 
expect  1500  stand  from  New  London — the  total  amount  is  1900  stand. 
We  are  not  sure  of  any  more  from  Philadelphia. 

I  therefore  wish  the  Executive  of  Virginia  to  send  us  a  further  sup- 
ply of  3,000  stand  of  arms,  with  a  proportionable  supply  of  ammunition. 
These  supplies  will  be  highly  necessary  for  the  salvation  of  our  Govern- 
ment, as  the  people  in  the  frontier  of  Maryland  is  getting  into  large 
bodies,  in  order  to  favor  the  designs  of  the  insurgents.  Col.  Carrington 
writes  you  fully  on  these  matters.  However,  they  are  throwing  up 
works  round  the  magazine  in  Frederick  Town  in  order  to  defend  it. 
This  is  what  I  feared,  and  what  I  could  have  prevented  if  I  had  been 
supplyed  with  arms  and  ammunition  in  time.  No  time  ought  to  be  lost 
in  furnishing  the  supplies. 

I  have,  &c. 


Sept  16th      Edward  Carrington  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Winchester  I  have  just  received  the  invoice  of  military  stores  on  their  way  from 
Philadelphia  to  this  place.  Others  are  mentioned  as  being  about  to  bo 
sent,  but  no  invoice  thereof  is  sent.  The  stores  coming  on  have  with 
them  only  four  hundred  stand  of  arms.  These  then  are  the  only  sup- 
ply we  can  depend  on  being  here  in  time  for  the  armament  destined 
against  the  insurgents. 

We  are  told  the  commissioners  have  returned  to  Philadelphia,  and 
that  the  result  of  the  reference  to  the  people  from  the  committee  of  con- 
ference is  not  expected  to  be  favorable.  In  addition  to  this  circum- 
stance, troubles  are  rising  in  the  upper  parts  of  Maryland  and  Penn- 
sylvania below  the  Alleghany. 

Upon  the  whole,  it  is  the  opinion  of  (xcneral  Morgan,  and  in  it,  I 
under  the  fullest  conviction  join  him,  that  it  will  be  best,  nay  that  every 
principle  of  prudence  and  good  policy  dictates  that  we  ought  to  rest  the 
arming  of  the  Virginia  militia  upon  the  National  arms,  so  far  as  New 
London  and  the  four  hundred  already  announced  from  Philadelphia  fall 
short.  Should  they  be  rendered  unnecessary,  they  will  not  bo  issued, 
and  no  inconvenience  will  be  felt  but  the  expence  of  transportation, 
which  will  accrue  to  the  United  States. 

The  General  and  myself  do  therefore  unite  in  our  application  for  three 
thousand  stand  of  arms,  accoutrements,  and  a  proportiODate  quantity 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  317 


of  ammanition  to  be  forwarded  from  the  State  magazine  at  Columbia  to       1794. 
thia  place  immediately.    Major  Langbam  comes  with  this  in  order  to    Sept  16th 
obtain  jour  order  to  the  keeper  of  the  stores,  and  to  see  them  off. 
Waggons  are  sent  from  here  that  there  may  be  no  delay. 

I  shall  immediately  write  to  Philadelphia  to  press,  that  a  sufficient 
supply  be  forwarded.  The  appearances  however  are  such  that  it  would 
be  risking  too  much  to  place  the  success  of  our  armament  upon  that 
proapect,  while  the  certainty  within  oi;r  reach  at  Columbia  can  be  re- 
sorted to. 

Confident  that  our  application  will  be  complied  with,  we  have  incurred 

already  all  the  expence  of  transportation  by  sending  down  the  wagons 

which  will  be  at  Columbia  by  the  time  Uajor  Langbam  can  get  to  that 

place  with  the  order  of  the  Executive. 

I  have,  &c. 

Hon.  Gren'l  Wood,  Lt.-6ov.  of  Virginia: 

Accounts  from  Maryland  are  such  that  wo  cannot  even  be  certain 
that  the  stores  would  get  here  in  safety.  1  think  it  would  be  well  not 
to  make  the  contents  of  this  letter  public. 


Daniel  Bbdinqbr  to  Gbnbral  Wood.  Sept.  i7th 

The  inclosed  are  the  certificates  alluded  to  in   my  letter  of  the  12th      Norfolk 

inst.,  which  I  hope  will  be  sufficient  to  do  away  the  imputations  we  stand 

charged  with. 

I  am,  &c. 

Portsmouth,  Sep.  10,  1994. 

Being  informed  that  complaint  has  been  made  by  the  British  Minister 
to  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  from  him  to  the  Governor  of  this  State, 
that  the  people  of  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth  have  been  guilty  of  inhos- 
pitality  to  seamen  of  the  British  Navy,  in  refusing  them  supplies  of 
water,  I  do  hereby  certify  and  declare,  so  far  as  the  matter  comes  within 
my  knowledge,  that  the  charge  is  unfounded  in  truth,  and  that  it  has 
been  a  very  gross  misrepresentation  to  that  Minister. 

I  well  know  that  those  people  have  had,  and  still  have  an  impartial 
access  to  every  public  well  in  this  Town,  and  that  they  have  been  offered 
water  from  a  private  one  that  would  afford  from  one  to  two  hundred 
Hc^heads  a  day. 

I  further  know  that  in  the  part  of  Town  of  my  residence  we  have  but 
one  street  well  to  supply  a  large  number  of  citizens,  and  the  pump  of 
that  well  by  the  crew  of  a  British  Frigate  has  been  kept  sucking  sev- 
eral days  to  the  great  inconvenience  of  the  Inhabitants.  Tet  I  am  well 
assured  they  were  never  refused  any  water  it  would  yield,  but  have 
been  aided  in  procuring  supplies  thereof  as  will  appear  by  a  certificate 

of  Samuel  Davies,  Esquire. 

WILLIS  WILSON. 


318  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Norfolk  County,  Town  of  Portsmouth,  Sept.  10,  IIM, 

Sept.  17th  I  hereby  certify  that  Colonel  Willis  Wilson  did  apply  to  me  about  the 
middle  of  Au/^U9t  last,  with  a  young  man  of  the  British  Consul's  re- 
questing that  I  would  furnish  a  supply  of  water  from  my  distillery 
pumfis  to  the  crew  of  a  British  Frigate  then  below.  I  informed  Col. 
Wilson  and  the  j'oung  man,  that  I  bad  already  offered  Mr.  Thomas 
Hamilton  water  for  the  purpose  upon  better  terms  than  it  could  be  pro- 
cured on  James  River.  But  as  Mr.  Hamilton  had  given  me  no  answer, 
I  had  not  at  that  time  my  pumps  in  order — that  it  would  take  two  or 
three  days  for  that  purpose,  and  then  they  would  produce  a  hundred 
hogsheads  a  day. 

SAMUEL  DA  VIES. 


Sept.  19th    Henry  Lee,  Governor  to  General  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Boiling  By  letters  which  I  have  received  from  the  Secretary  of  War  since  I 

Green  ^^^^  Richmond,  I  find  the  event  of  resistance  or  submission  still  doubtful. 
The  former  is  much  to  be  apprehended,  and  consequently  no  precaution 
on  my  part  will  be  omitted  to  meet  that  issue. 

The  whole  fighting  force  of  the  insurgent  counties  is  put  down  for  ray 
information,  and  amount  to  16.000.  The  division  of  sentiment  among 
them  will  greatly  diminish  this  force,  and  8  or  9,000  will  probably  be  the 
ultimate  point  they  can  reach.  The}"  abound  in  rifles,  and  are  good 
woodsmen.  Every  consideration  manifest  the  propriety  of  hurrying  the 
march  of  the  troops,  and  I  pray  your  particular  attention  to  this  object. 

From  the  sickness  of  the  season  and  other  causes,  I  fear  we  shall  fall 
short  considerably,  and  therefore  wish  to  receive  the  concurrence  of  the 
Council  to  the  two  following  proposition**,  which  will  be  executed  only 
in  case  circumstances  should  justify  the  same.  The  first  is  to  authorize 
me  to  call  out  two  additional  regiments  of  volunteers  from  the  upper 
country,  to  be  officered  by  the  militia  officers ;  and  the  second  is  to  use 
the  volunteer  militia  in  the  Monongalia  District,  provided  safely  from 
the  Indian  enemy  is  certain. 

I  am  persuaded  you  and  the  Council  too  well  know  me  to  suppose  I 
will  resort  to  these  additional  moans  unless  absolutely  necessary,  and  as 
the  power  will  bo  only  eventually  used,  I  hope  no  difiiculty  will  occur 
in  giving  the  advice  suggested. 

By  the  first  proposition  I  shall  bo  able  with  celerity  to  make  good 
any  deficiency  in  our  quota ;  by  the  second  I  shall  be  able  to  furnish 
General  Morgan  with  a  small  useful  corps,  well  acquainted  with  that 
part  of  the  country  through  which,  perhaps,  I  may  determine  to  pass  a 
column  under  his  command. 

You  know,  sir,  that  communications  like  the  present  ought  not  to  be 

divulged. 

I  have,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  319 


le  following  is  a  statement  of  the  account  against  the  United  States       1794. 
.rms,  &e.,  lent  in  the  late  insurrection  :  Sept.  19th 

Original  Loan. 

kets  and  Bayonets,        ......  3,000 

ere  and  Brushes,                        .....  400 

ket  Worms,        .......  500 

w  Drivers,           .......  150 

ridge  Boxes,      .......  3,000 

•els  Oun  Powder,           ......  15 

of  Lead,            --.....  19 

us  of  C/artridge  Paper,              .....  30 

"els  of  Musket  Flints,    ......  5 

Qds  of  Ball  and  Buck  Shot,       .....  1,650 

Musket  Slings,              ......  3,000 

o  Cartridge  Box  Belts,               .....  3,000 

Articles  returned,  and  their  order. 

kets  and  Bayonets,  much  defaced,        ....  2,943 

ridge  Boxes,  greatly  injured,    -            -            -            -            -  2,571 

ket  slings,  many  useless,            .....  1,4G7 

ridge  Box  Belts,  much  damaged,          ....  2,723 

Articles  now  due  the  State. 

kets  and  Bayonets.         ......  57 

;ri<lge  Boxes,       .......  429 

ket  Slings,           --.....  1,533 

;ridge  Box  Belts,             ......  277 

:er8  and  brushci?,             ......  400 

ket  worms,          .......  500 

w  drivers,           .......  150 

rels  of  gun  powder,         ------  15 

\  of  lead,              .......  19 

ms  of  Cartridge  paper,               -----  30 

•els  of  Musket  Flints,     ------  5 

nds  of  Ball  and  shot,      ......  1,650 

ROBERT  QUARLES, 

Supt.  State  Arsenal. 


William  Da  vies  to  the  Governor.  gept.  19th 

expected  to  have  been  favored  with  the  decision  of  the  Executive   Broadway 
1  ray  memorial,  but  have  been  hitherto  disappointed.     I  have  noth- 


320  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  ing  to  add  to  what  is  contained  in  that  representation,  but  that  from 
fiept.  19th  the  information  of  Mr.  Brown,  Senator  from  Kentucky,  the  balance  due 
to  Virginia  upon  her  private  account,  upon  inspecting  the  book  A,  to 
which  the  commissioners  referred,  appeared  te  exceed  that  due  to  Mas- 
sachusetts upwards  of  a  million  of  dollars,  tho'  in  consequence  of  the 
act  of  apportionment  the  latter  is  eventually  the  greatest  creditor  in  the 
Union.  I  am  truly  sorry  to  be  troublesome  to  your  Excellency  on  this 
occasion,  but  as  I  conceive  my  claim  as  founded  upon  the  strictest  jus- 
tice, I  hope  to  be  pardoned  for  pressing  for  a  speedy  decision.  It  was 
my  intention  to  have  attended  personally  before  the  Executive  on  its 
discussion,  but  the  frequent  avocations,  which  as  I  understood  called 
your  Excellency  from  Richmond,  added  to  my  own  engagements,  have 
hitherto  prevented,  and  at  present  an  indisposition  which  confines  me 
to  my  house,  will  still  continue  to  deprive  me  of  that  opportunity.  As 
the  matter  has  been  submitted  long  enough  for  full  investigation,  and 
as  your  Excellency  I  am  informed  is  shortly  to  be  absent  from  Rich- 
mond, I  must  entreat  the  favor  of  a  prompt  decision.  A  discount  in 
my  collections  either  in  certificates,  warrants,  or  tobacco  will  be  thank- 
fully acknowledged.     I  hope  for  a  speedy  answer,  and  am.  Sir,  &c. 


Sept.  19th  E.  Langham  TO  Jambs  Wood. 

I  have  contracted  to  furnish  the  post  at  the  Point  of  Fork  with  pro- 
visions till  the  11th  day  of  January  next,  and  have  given  good  security 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  that  contract. 

I  am  now  called  into  service  at  a  distance,  and  can't  give  my  personal 
attention  at  the  Point  of  Fork,  but  have  a  careful  young  man  to  furnish 
provisions  in  my  absence,  and  it  is  now  goting  time  to  lay  in  meat  to 
complete  my  contract. 

Noting  the  above  statement,  will  you  apply  to  the  Hon*ble  the  Ex- 
ecutive, and  if  you  think  it  reasonable,  give  me  your  aid  therein  to  ad- 
vance two  hundred  and  thirty  dollars,  which  will  be  sufficient  for  about 
two  months'  rations — meaning  payment  for  about  two  months.  This 
would  enable  my  young  man  to  lay  in  the  provisions,  and  make  my 
mind  easy  on  that  score  while  absent.  As  I  have  given  good  security, 
I  think  there  could  be  no  impropriety. 

Respecting  the  military  stores  applied  for  to  arm  the  Virginia  Detach- 
ment, assure  the  Board  that  every  attention  in  my  power  shall  be  given 
them,  not  only  in  the  field,  but  also  for  their  safe  return. 

I  have,  &c. 


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321 


Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 

• 

I  rece'd  your  Excellency's  favor  by  Mr.  Brough.  The  artillery  still 
do  duty  at  the  Fort,  though  soma  of  them  have  refused,  and  as  this  was 
a  requisition  of  yours,  I  consider  such  as  liable  to  ten  dollars  fine  under 
our  militia  Law,  and  shall  be  glad  of  your  opinion  on  this  case  as  I  wish 
tx>  compel  such  men  to  duty.  I  was  down  in  the  Quarantine  lookout 
boat  on  Friday  and  Saturday,  when  two  British  Frigates  arrived,  which 
now  make  four  lying  in  the  mouth  of  this  River.  What  may  be  the 
cause  of  so  many  coming  here  at  a  time,  we  must  Wait  with  patience  to 
know,  but  have  heard  that  the  Sun's  crossing  the  line  is  the  reason 
given. 

We  much  want  a  person  to  take  charge  of  Fort  Nelson.  I  think  a 
subaltern  and  24  men  too  few  for  it,  and  conceive  that  an  officor  of  ex- 
perience and  rank  is  necessary  there  with  at  least  one  hundred  men.  I 
am  sorry  to  inform  your  Ex*cy  that  the  work  goes  on  slowly,  and  I 
think  it  will  not  be  finished  by  volunteer  labourers.  Our  pilots  do  not 
pay  that  attention  to  the  proclamation  I  could  wish.  Yesterday  one 
took  a  capt  of  a  Brig  from  Jamaica  and  brought  him  up.  I  could  wish 
the  Law  inflicted  a  penalty  on  such  pilots.  The  accounts  from  Jamaica 
are  alarming.  The  sickness  there  rages  to  a  great  degree,  but  we  have 
been  very  fortunate  in  the  vessels  which  have  arrived — their  all  being 
healthy.  We  have  reports  of  its  being  very  sickly  in  Baltimore  also, 
and  Charleston,  S.  Carolina,  but  not  so  alarming  as  to  prevent  inter- 
course with  them. 

Should  any  appearance  of  danger  come  to  my  knowledge,  I  will 
inform  your  Ex'cy.  I  still  shall  continue  the  lookout  boat,  unless  your 
Ex*cy  and  council  shall  direct  otherwise. 

I  am,  Ac, 


1794, 

Sept  2Ut 
Norfolk 


John  Cropper,  Jr.,  to  the  Goverkor. 


He^.224 


Accidentally  meeting  with  lir.  J.  Gootee,  the  \jet^reT^  on  bin  way  to  AAmnMw; 
Richmond,  I  inform  yoo  that  your  favor  ^directing  me  to  go  to  NoHblk 
and  aeqaaintiDg  me  that  I  might  probably  see  you  there;  came  to  baiMl 
15  days  ago ;  that  next  day  the  ague  and  fever  seized  me,  and  thai  I  am 
but  JQBt  now  potting  it  off.  Too  have  do  doubt  received  a  letter  fifjm 
me  telling  the  Executive  that  it  appears  to  me  to  be  no  use  for  me  to 
go  to  see  the  deUnqoeDts  withooi  process*  to  ael  apoo. 

Tour  letters  commonly  come  to  band  mx  montiM  afcer  diUe  by  pone 
I  wonder  who  ia  to  reioiborve  the  poalAge. 

Send  any  coMiandn  or  leiten  by  the  bemrer,  ibey'Il  eome  mie  with' 

out  expeoee. 

lam.  Ac. 
41 


i 


322  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  William  Lindsay  to  thb  Governor. 

Sept.  28d        On  Sunday   last   arrived   in    Hampton    Roads  the   British  Frigate 

Collector's   Quebec,  commanded  by  Rogers,  &  a  Spanish  Schooner  retaken 

Norfdk      ft*om  a  French  Privateer  by  said  Frigate. 

The  schooner  is  loaded  with  Flour  and  is  reported  in  distress.  Ap- 
plication has  been  made  to  know  whether  the  Schooner  can  be  brought 
up  into  port,  repaired  or  sold  here.    Her  name  I  have  not  learnt. 

I  am,  &c. 


Sept.  23d  Thos.  Nelson,  Jr.,  to  Qbn'l  Wood. 

Alexandria  I  am  directed  by  the  Governor  to  request  that  you  will  be  pleased  to 
forward  a  statement  of  the  Rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Little,  of  Fair- 
fax, &  Lieutenant-Colonel  Lane,  of  Loudoun.  You  will  be  pleased  to 
send  them  to  Aiajor-Genoral  Morgan,  who  will  of  course,  forward  them 
to  the  Governor,  who  leaves  this  place  to-morrow  morning. 

I  am,  &c., 


Sept.  23d  Henry  Lbe  to  General  Wood. 

Alexandria  Your  letter  of  the  19th  came  to  hand  last  evening,  and  with  its  in- 
closures  is  this  day  transmitted  to  the  War  department.  The  conduct 
of  yourself  and  my  friends  of  the  council  merit  eveiy  good  man^s  appro- 
bation, and  I  feel  myself  particularly  thankful  for  the  prompt  and  perfect 
succour  given,  but  I  have  the  pleasure  of  informing  you  that  the  last  ac- 
counts announce  the  disturbances  in  Maryland  to  have  yielded  to  the 
vigorous  measures  adopted  by  Governor  Lee,  of  Maryland. 

The  State  arms  shall  be  taken  proper  care  of  and  returned  with  our- 
selves.    My  letters  of  last  evening  indicate  progress  to  the  expedition, 
but  nothing  yet  is  known  of  the  ultimate  decision  of  the  Insurgents. 
Present  me  with  great  regard  to  all  around  your  green  table. 

Your,  &c. 


Sept.  23d  Henry  Lbe  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood. 

General  Morgan  by  a  letter  received  from  him  this  Day,  is  Bclicitous 
for  the  Adjutant-General  to  join  his  Detachment  I  have  written  to  the 
General  and  Col.  Morgan  that  with  the  concurrence  of  yourself  and 
council,  his  request  shall  be  granted. 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  323 


Be  pleased  to  Bignifj  by  the  first  opportunity  to  Colonel  Morgan  yonr       1794. 
will.  Sept.  23d 

I  learo  with  ^reat  pleasure  that  the  3rd  Division  has  lurnished  more 
than  its  quota,  and  that  the  men  are  in  high  health  and  spirits.  I  ob- 
served the  most  animated  oonduct  through  the  country  whereon  I  have 
passed,  and  therefore  am  persuaded  that  I  shall  not  find  it  necessary 
to  recur  to  the  expedient  proposed  in  my  last,  yet  it  may  be  wise  to  vest 
the  power. 

I  am,  &c. 


Edward  Carrington  to  Libutbnant-Govbrnor  Jambs  Wood.       Sept  24th 

Having  upon  previous  occasions  given  you  from  report,  disagreeable  Winchester 
news  respecting  a  spirit  of  insurgency  in  the  upper  parts  of  Maryland, 
it  behooves  me  now  to  give  you  the  result  of  my  immediate  presence  for 
three  days  at  Hagerstown — the  very  seat  of  the  alleged  mischief. 

I  arrived  at  that  place  with  Col.  Moses  Hunter,  Major  Stephenson  and 
Capt.  Glen,  of  Berkeley,  who  were  kind  enough  to  go  over  with  me  on 
the  17th  Instant.  It  was  then  a  conceded  point  by  the  Friends  of  Gov- 
ernment that  the  insurgents  had  complete  ascendancyy  and  that  nothing 
could  be  attempted  with  them  before  the  arrival  of  a  body  of  Troops — 
about  800  which  were  expected  from  Frederick  Town,  and  had  been 
ordered  up  by  the  Governor  for  the  particular  purpose  of  suppressing  in- 
surgency. 

Liberty  poles  were  standing  at  Williamsport  and  sundry  other  places, 
that  at  Hagerstown  had  been  cut  down,  but  apprehensions  were  felt 
that  a  party  would  again  invade  the  town  to  replace  it.  We  imme- 
diately set  about  to  convince  them  that  there  must  be  a  mistake  as 
to  the  superiority  of  the  insurgents,  and  we  declared  that  we  would  cut 
down  the  Liberty  Poles  if  the  people  of  the  place  did  not  set  about  it. 
The  effect  was  that  by  Thursday  evening,  the  18th,  their  insignia  of  an- 
archy were  all  felled,  and  about  twenty  citizens  armed  with  our  pistols, 
and  such  others  as  could  be  gotten,  went  out  that  night  in  quest  of 
what  were  called  officers  and  leaders  of  the  Insurgents.  On  Friday 
morning  they  returned  with  about  20  including  those  characters,  &  be- 
hold no  followers  could  be  found  to  render  the  operation  at  all  danger- 
ous. On  Friday  a  called  Court  was  setting  the  whole  day  examining 
and  committing  to  jail,  which  business  was  renewed  on  Saturday  when 
we  left  the  place  as  free  from  active  insurgency  as  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond. 

In  the  evening  of  Friday,  General  Bailey  with  the  Frederick  Militia 
and  three  Troops  of  horse  arrived,  but  the  Monster  had  been  previously 
destroyed  by  the  natural  force  of  the  place  which  ought  sooner  to  have 
acted. 


324  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Thus  endeth  the  first  chapter  of  lamentations  of  the  people  of  Kagers- 

Sept.  24th    town. 

I  hope  the  Governor  who  I  have  heard  arrived  there  on  Saturday 
will  commence  the  second  by  instituting  the  necessary  enquiries. 
Would  that  it  will  end  in  the  breakage  of  those  officers  who  neglected 
their  duty.  I  very  much  suspect  that  the  troubles  in  Pennsylvania  be- 
low the  Alleghany  are  nearly  of  the  same  complection.  The  disaftected 
in  both  places  are  composed  of  stupid  Germans  and  the  foreigners  who 
were  tories  in  the  Revolution. 

I  am,  &c., 

You  may  make  this  letter  as  public  as  you  please,  but  do  not  let  it  go 
into  the  papers. 

P.  S. — The  people  of  Morgan  Town  and  the  Vicinity  have  come  to 
Resolutions  declarative  of  their  determination  to  support  Government. 
Our  armament  will  go  forward. 


Sept.  24th  John  McCullock  to  the  Governor. 

West  This  comes  to  let  you  no  that  I  got  here  safe,  but  have  the  mortifica- 

Liberty  ^^^^  ^^  inform  you  that  the  Indians  have  done  Mischief  in  different  parts 
of  our  frontiers  while  I  was  at  Richmond.  They  killed  three  children, 
and  wounded  two  others,  leaving  one  of  them  scalped  alive,  and  took 
their  mother  prisoner,  and  wounded  their  father,  who  made  his  escape, 
and  is  like  to  get  over  it.  This  mischief  was  done  in  Ohio  county  about 
twelve  miles  of  Wheeling,  and  on  the  6tb  of  this  instant.  And  they 
took  one  man  prisoner  on  the  west  side  of  Ohio  near  Wheeling,  not 
long  since,  and  have  killed  a  man  near  the  mouth  of  Little  Beaver 
Creek.  I  cannot  give  you  so  satisfactory  an  accotint  as  I  could  wish 
about  the  troubles  in  this  country,  but  have  reason  to  believe  they  will 
end  without  bloodshed.  Our  county  has  been,  I  am  told,  in  some  con- 
fusion, but  it  appears  it  is  all  over  and  the  people  seem  to  be  generally 
disposed  to  be  still. 

We  have  just  received  information  by  Lieut.  Peter  Gayson  that  is 
just  from  foi*t  Washington,  that  General  Wayne  has  had  an  engagement 
with  the  Indians,  and  has  took  one  hundred  scalps  with  the  loss  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  men  killed  and  wounded,  and  our  army  made 
the  enemy  Retreat.  We  have  had  accounts  that  the  Oorn*planter  has 
ordered  the  officer  that  commands  the  fort  at  Lebeuf,  fifteen  miles  from 
Presqulle,  to  move  immediately  off,  or  he  should  have  to  move  him. 

I  hope  that  our  government  will  exert  their  powers  against  the  In- 
dians and  the  British  forces  about  the  Lakes,  as  it  is  said  that  oar 
army  lay  in  sight  of  the  British  garrison  that  is  on  the  Maumee,  for 
two  or  three  days  before  the  Battle  with  the  Indians* 

I  have  nothing  more,  but  conclude  with  esteem, 

Your,  tto. 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  325 


Thomas  Nbwton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor.  1794. 

On  receiving  the  enclosed  report,  I  had  Capt.  Ainsworth  arrested  for  Sept  24th 
the  penalty  incurred  under  the  Quarantine  Laws.  It  appears  to  me  Norfolk 
from  the  information  he  received,  that  he  has  been  led  into  the  error. 
He  appears  fully  convinced  that  he  has  done  wrong  and  is  sorry  for  it. 
I  considered  it  my  duty  to  act  as  I  have  done — the  case  being  of  a  public 
nature.  I  conceive  I  have  no  right  to  dismiss  the  suit  without  your 
consent,  and  await  your  directions  therein.  For  my  part  I  freely  forgive 
him.     His  crew  were  in  perfect  health. 

Your,  &c. 


Governor  Lee  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor.  Sept.  25th 

I  have  had  two  communications  with  the  President  and  Directors  of  Alexandria 
the  Bank  of  Alexandria  on  the  subject  committed  to  me  by  the  Execu- 
tive. They  have  manifested  the  best  disposition  to  accommodate  the 
commonwealth,  but  from  the  situation  of  their  funds,  and  the  prassing 
daily  demands  of  the  stockholders  for  loans,  they  have  declared  to  me 
the  projected  loan  cannot  possibly  now  be  granted.  I  hope  you  will 
continue  to  prevent  sale  of  our  shares  by  some  means  or  other. 

I  received  last  evening  orders  to  join  the  army  forthwith,  &  to  move 
forward  towards  the  enemy — intelligence  from  the  insurgents  as  late  as 
the  13th  having  manifested  that  compulsion  must  be  resorted  to  to  pro- 
cure submission  to  law. 

All  my  expectations  of  soon  seeing  you  fail  entirely.     Farewell. 


Mr.  Oster  to  the  Governor.  Sept.  25th 

Being  informed  that  an  English  Frigate  has  entered  into  Hampton  Norfolk 
Road  with  two  prizes  taken  from  the  French,  I  in  my  quality  of  Vice 
Consul  of  the  French  Republic  request  your  Excellency  to  order  that 
this  Frigate  may  depart  immediately  from  Hampton  Road,  and  also 
from  the  limits,  as  it  is  expressed  in  Article  the  XVII  of  the  Treaty  of 
Friendship  and  Commerce  between  France  and  the  United  States. 

This  Frigate  not  having  been  forced  by  any  danger  to  take  refuge  in 
that  River,  your  Excellency  may  well  judge  that  she  ought  not  to  have 
entered  there,  and  consequently  that  she  can  not  be  suffered  to  remain 
there  without  infringing  the  Treaty. 

I  am,  &C. 


326  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Commonwealth  vs.  David — Record. 

Sept.  25th  At  a  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  held  for  King  William  County,  the 
19th  day  of  July,  1794,  for  the  trial  of  two  negro  Slaves — one  Polley,  the 
property  of  Drury  Ragsdale,  and  Davy,  the  property  of  Wm.  Dao- 
dridge  for  Felony. 

Carter  Braxton,  Jr.,  Gent.,  who  prosecutes  in  this  Court  on  part  of 
the  Commonwealth,  filed  an  information  against  the  said  Polly  and 
Davy.  Be  it  remembered  that  on  the  19th  day  of  July,  iu  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  1794,  that  Davy,  a  slave,  the  property  of  Wm.  Dandridge,  and 

Polley,  a  slave,  the  property  of  Drury  Ragsdale,  on  the  —  day  of in 

the  year  of  our  Lord,  1794,  felloniously  and  with  ill  intent,  did  prepare,  ex- 
hibit and  administer  medicine  or  poison  contrary  to  the  peace  and  dig- 
nity of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  and  the  said  Carter  Braxton, 
Jr.,  Attorney  for  the  Commonwealth  in  the  county  aforesaid,  prays  the 
judgment  of  this  Worshipful  Court  upon  the  premises  according  to 
Law.  Whereupon  the  Court  proceeded  to  examine  sundry  witnesses  as 
well  on  behalf  of  the  Commonwealth  as  the  prisoner  at  the  Bar.  Od 
consideration  whereof,  the  Court  are  of  opinion  that  the  prisoner,  Polley 
is  guilty  of  the  charge  in  the  indictment  mentioned,  and  for  that  offence 
it  is  ordered  that  she  bo  hanged  on  Friday,  the  22d  day  of  August  next. 

It  appearing  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court  that  other  proof  and  cir- 
cumstances may  be  had,  it  is  ordered  that  the  said  Davy  be  remanded 
to  the  Goal  of  this  county  for  further  trial,  &  that  the  Sheriff  do  sum- 
mon a  Court  to  meet  for  that  purpose. 

At  a  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  hold  for  King  William  County,  the 
26th  day  of  July,  1794,  for  the  trial  of  a  negro  slave,  Davy,  the  property 
of  William  Dandridge,  for  Felony. 

Carter  Braxton,  Jr.,  who  prosecutes  in  this  Court  on  behalf  of  the 
Commonwealth,  filed  an  information  against  Davy.  Whereupon  the 
Court  proceeded  to  examine  sundry  witnesses  as  well  on  behalf  of  the 
Commonwealth  as  the  prisoner  at  the  Bar.  On  consideration  whereof, 
the  court  are  of  opinion  that  the  prisoner  is  Guilty  of  the  charge  m  the 
indictment  mentioned,  and  for  that  offence  it  is  ordered  that  he  be 
hanged  on  Friday,  the  29th  day  of  August,  at  this  Court  House. 

Test: 

ED.  BERKELEY,  Clerk. 


Sept.  25th  Petition. 

To  his  Excellency  Henry  Lee,  EsqV,  Governor  of  Virginia,  in  council: 

The  petition  ot  the  subscribers  of  King  William  county  court 
and  others,  humbly  sheweth :  That  at  a  court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer 


CALBNDAB  OF  STATE  PAPBBS.  327 


held  for  the  said  county,  on  the  nineteenth  of  July  last  past,  to-wit,  in  1794. 
the  year  1794,  David,  a  negroe  man  slave,  a  prisoner  committed  on  sus-  ^pt.  25th 
picion  of  preparing,  exhibiting,  and  administering  poisonous  medicines, 
was  arraigned  on  information  of  the  public  prosecution  charging  him 
with  that  crime;  and  it  appearing  that  further  evidence  might  be  pro- 
cared,  he  was  remanded  for  a  further  trial,  notwithstanding  that  the 
prisoner  had  pleaded  not  Guilty  to  the  charge.  Witnesses  had  been  ex- 
amined, and  an  opinion  of  the  court  had  been  partly  taken,  when  one 
of  the  Justices  conceived  the  evidence  insufficient  to  prove  the  charge. 
Bat  upon  further  evidence  to  the  court  being  afterwards  introduced,  the 
court  did  remand  the  prisoner  David  to  jail. 

And  on  another  day,  to-wit,  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  July  afore- 
said, at  another  court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  hold  for  the  trial  of  the 
said  slave,  he  was  condemned  on  similar  information ;  but  your  petition- 
ers being  advised  that  Doubts  have  arisen  respecting  the  legality  of  the 
said  second  trial,  beg  leave  to  state  the  above  circumstances  to  your 
Excellency  in  council,  that  if  it  should  be  your  opinion  that  the  said 
second  trial  was  had  contrary  to  Law,  the  execution  of  the  prisoner 
may  be  respited  until  a  further  day,  (the  same  being  appointed  for  Fri- 
day the  twenty-ninth  day  of  August,  1794). 

And  your  petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray,  &c. 

BenJ*n  Temple,  Robert  Pollard,  Thomas  Nelson,  John  Eoane,  Jr., 
James  Quarlos;  Carter  Braxton,  att'y  for  King  William  county;  James 
Johnson,  D.  Sheriff;  Drur}*  Ragftdalc,  Lewis  Blake,  Tiilly  R.  Wise,  John 
Warden,  John  Drewry,  Thomas  Ellett,  John  Whitworth,  Aiatthew  Glenn, 
James  Smith,  Anthony  Bron,  John  Pomphry,  Thomas  Littlepage. 

West  Point,  19th  Sep.,  1794. 

Dear  Sir, 

Enclosed  you  will  receive  a  transcript  of  the  record  of  King 
William  county  court,  on  the  subject  of  the  slave  now  under  sentence  of 
death  in  the  prison  of  said  county.  This  is  furnished  to  the  council  in 
consequence  of  their  request  that  the  same  should  be  laid  before  them. 
Some  doubts  have  been  suggested  with  respect  to  the  legality  of  trying 
Davy  a  second  time,  when  the  first  court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  which 
sat  on  his  trial,  gave  no  decision  or  conclusive  opinion — inferring  that  it 
is  the  duty  of  a  court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  to  hear  and  determine 
whenever  convened:  so  having  pronounced  nothing  as  to  Davy,  be  was, 
and  ought  to  have  been,  by  consequence  of  their  silence,  liberated  from 
his  confinement. 

From  that  tenderness  in  favor  of  Life  which  the  law  inculcates,  and 
from  an  anxious  wish  that  the  court's  proceedings  resulting  from  my 
advice  should  be  corrected,  if  erroneous  or  illegal,  I  represented  the 
business  to  court  as  developed  to  you,  and  requested  for  the  tranquility 
of  my  mind  that  they  would  sign  the  statement  of  the  case  already 


328  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  transmitted  to  the  Executive,  praying  that  if  there  was  any  illegality 
Sept.  25th  in  the  condemnation  of  Davy,  that  he  might  be  pardoned.  It  was  very 
foreign  from  my  intention,  and  from  that  of  the  court,  too,  I  know,  to 
intercede  for  a  pardon  from  any  idea  of  Davy's  innocence,  nor  do  I  con- 
sider that  the  cavils  made  against  the  legality  of  the  court's  proceedings 
are  well  founded.  They  originated,  I  hope,  from  humanity;  but  they 
are  unsupported  by  reason,  and  had  the  authors  of  them  adverted  to 
the  record,  and  not  been  misled  by  false  relations,  I  suspect  nothing  of 
these  doubts  would  have  so  far  impeded  the  course  of  Justice.  The 
first  information,  you  will  observe,  alleges  a  charge  of  preparing,  ex- 
hibiting, and  administering,  &c.  The  latter  alleges  a  charge  only  of 
preparing  and  exhibiting  poison. 

I  am,  &c., 

CARTER  BRAXTON,  Jr. 


8ept.  25th       Petition  op  Sarah,  negro  woman  slave  of  Ellyson  Young. 

To  the  Hon.  the  Governor  and  Council  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Vir- 
ginia : 

The  petition  of  Sarah,  a  negro  woman  slave  of  Ellyson  Young,  lately 
condemned  in  the  county  court  of  Prince  Edward,  under  the  charge  of 
having  feloniously  administered  poison  to  her  mistress  Elizabeth  Young 
and  Judith  Young,  humbly  sheweth  that  your  petitioner  had  always 
supported  a  good  character  as  a  dutiful  and  obedient  slave  ever  since 
she  belonged  to  her  said  mistress,  as  mentioned  above,  which  has  been 
for  many  years  past.  That  your  petitioner  was  never  suspected  by  her 
said  mistress,  or  any  other  person  for  administering  poison  or  combining  or 
confederating  with  any  person  in  administering  poison  until  the  pres- 
ent charge.  That  there  was  no  positive  or  presumptive  evidence 
against  her,  except  what  is  set  forth  in  the  copy  of  the  record  thereto 
annexed,  which  said  confession  therein  mentioned  was  extorted  from 
your  petitioner  with  the  promise  of  being  set  at  liberty,  which  your 
petitioner  humbly  conceives  insufficient  to  convict  her,  and  hopes  that 
she  will  meet  with  a  pardon  from  your  hands,  and  as  in  duty  bound 
will  ever  pray,  &c. 

Signed  by  the  following  persons: 

G.  Green,  John  Caldwell,  Jr.,  T.  Watkins,  Archibald  McRae,  C.  Tay- 
lor, John  Watson,  Thomas  Molloy,  D.  Sims. 

I  do  approve  of  the  within  petition,  &c. 

PETER  LE  GRAND,  (Judge.) 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  329 


Disbursements  and  Discounts  made  at  the  Treasury  by  Jacqueline       1794. 
Ambler,  treasurer,  from  the  Ist  of  July,  1794,  to  the  30th  of  Septem-    Sept.  25th 
ber  inclusive,  Dated  since  1st  of  March,  1787: 

Warrants  payable  out  of  the  aggregate  Fund, 

Judges'  Salaries,  expenses  of  courts,  &c., 

For  salaries  to  officers  of  civil  government, 

To  commissioners  and  agents,  .... 

On  the  contingent  Fund,        ..... 

In  favor  of  Poto.  and  James  River  companies, 

To  the  Directors  of  the  public  buildings,    - 

For  the  western  defence,        -  -  -  -  -      ' 

For  the  Lunatic  Hospital,      ..... 

For  expences  of  public  warehouses, 

For  reimbursement  of  interest  to  stockholders. 

In  favor  of  pensioners,  ..... 

Advances  made  for  the  Greneral  Grovernment, 

40,422  43 

Dated  prior  to  the  1st  of  March,  1787 : 
Military. — Militia  certificates  and  warrants  for  supplies,    -       54,422  24 

$94,844  67 


$7,995  09 

8,960  53 

6,099  63 

878  85 

4,289  08 

1,222  23 

320  78 

1,611  68 

1,333  33 

182  55 

137  82 

220  00 

7,170  86 

Capt.  Tarpley  Webb  of  the  boat  Yenus,  appointed  as  a  lookout  boat  Sept.  25th 
to  prevent  the  infectious  diseases  prevailing  in  the  West  Indies,  &c., 
bein^  brought  into  the  state,  reported  that  he  spoke  the  Brig  Hope  on 
the  —  day  of — ,  1794,  and  informed  the  Capt.  (Ainsworth)  that  he  had 
the  Governor's  proclamation  and  the  Superintendent  of  Quarantine's 
orders  to  direct  all  vessels  to  stop  below  the  fort  to  be  examined  as  to 
their  health. 

After  this,  he  discovered  a  boat  moving  up  the  river,  which  he  sus- 
pected belonged  to  the  Brig  Hope,  and  which  he  proceeded  to  and 
hailed,  when  he  found  his  conjectures  to  be  true,  and  the  Capt.  informed 
him  he  was  coming  up  to  town.  Capt.  Webb  says  that  he  informed 
Capt.  Ainsworth  the  consequences,  who  told  him  that  the  Consul  had 
been  on  board  his  vessel,  and  that  he  might  go  where  he  pleased.  Afler 
this  Capt.  Webb  told  Capt.  Ainsworth  if  he  would  come  alongside  he 
would  read  to  him  the  Grovernor's  proclamation,  on  which  Captain  Ains- 
worth answered  he  had  got  so  far,  and  should  proceed. 

Next  morning  Capt.  Webb  found  Capt.  Ainsworth  in  town  at  Mr. 

Whittle's  coun^ng-house,  where  he  spoke  to  him  on  the  occasion,  when 

he  told  Capt.  Webb  so  many  boats  were  speaking  to  him  that  he  was 

not  obliged  to  know  who  he  was.    Mr.  Whittle's  clerk  spoke  light  of 

41 


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330  CAliENDAR   OF  STATE   PAPERS. 

^794.'      the  case,  and  told  Capt.  Ainsworth   that  nothing  could  he  done  to  him. 
Sept  2.)th    Capt.  Ainaworth  spoke  nothing  disrespectful   in  his  conversation,  and 
has  since  said  that  it  was  Capt.   Hamilton  who  told  him   he  might  go 
where  he  pleased,  and  not  the  Consul. 

Report  taken  before  me, 

THOMAS  NEWTON, 

Supt.  Quarantine. 


Sept.  30th  Governor  Lee  to  Colonel  Cockb. 

Having  not  time  to  write  to  you  fully,  I  must  refer  ^'ou  to  my  letter 
to  Gen.  Bradby,  and  I  must  entreat  you  to  unite  with  him  at  once  in 
exertions  to  stop  the  infamous  temper  displayed  by  a  few  oi  the  people 
of  Surry  the  other  day.  It  disgraces  our  common  country  and  is  preg- 
nant with  mischief  of  the  blackest  dye. 

Gen.  Bradby  will  communicate  to  you  freely  my  letter  and  the  latest 
news  from  the  insurgents. 

[The  address  of  the  two  following  letters  can  not  be  determined,  but 
they  are  evidently  by  the  same  author:] 

Sir: 

On  my  way  this  evening  to  see  my  sick  wife  and  take  leave  of 
her  for  my  tour  of  duty,  I  met  Mr.  Nicholson  with  3'our  letter  of  the 
12th  &  its  enclosures,  to  all  of  which  I  have  given  due  consideration. 
To  express  the  deep  regret  I  feel  on  hearing  any  occurrence  which 
carrys  with  it  testimony  of  any  portion  of  our  country  being  so  ignonmt 
or  80  wicked  as  to  oppose  the  laws,  is  not  in  the  power  of  my  pen,  and 
the  present  occasion  of  all  others,  I  did  presume  was  the  most  unlikely 
to  excite  such  a  temper,  tor  it  must  be  self-evident  to  all  who  will  think, 
that  if  the  people  will  not  support  their  own  constitution  or  their  own 
laws,  that  the  equal  and  happy  political  condition  for  which  we  fought 
and  conquered,  must  soon  be  exchanged  for  despotism  in  some  shape  or 
other. 

This  distressing  truth  ought  to  make  all  who  love  true  liberty  to  re- 
flect betimes,  and  unite  in  preserving  it,  by  maintaining  inviolate  that 
established  system  which  so  happily  protects  it  in  this  our  land. 

Wishing  to  give  to  this  outrageous  little  attempt  a  turn  which  may 
destroy  it  without  the  interference  of  Govt.,  I  beg  you  to  contrive  to 
get  at  once  twenty  volunteers  from  the  county  of  Surry  for  the  pre.sent 
occasion.  This  you  can  readily  do  I  am  sure  by  exerting  youi-self,  es- 
pecially as  you  may  promise  them  particular  accommodation  from  me, 
in  case  you  shall  find  it  necessary  to  enter  into  such  stipulations  to  pro- 
cure the  number. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  331 

To  give  to  this  attempt  proper  pretext,  I  enclose  you  my  letter  of  the       1794. 
9th  inst.,  which  circulate  by  many  copies  thro*  the  county,  &  I  also  en-    '^P^-  30th 
close  the  last  intelligence  from  the  insurgents  which  you  must  circulate 
in  like  manner.      I  must  leave  to-morrow  evening,  the  result  of  this  at- 
tempt so  far  as  goes  in  one  day. 

At  church  will  be  a  good  opportunity  to  tr}"  its  eifect,  where  pray  go,  & 
I  shall  wait  here  for  your  messenger,  which  I  hope  will  be  sent  in  secrecy 
to  me,  &  in  time  to  get  here  in  the  course  of  the  night. 

You  shall  afterwards  receive  from  me  orders  of  another  sort  if  occa- 
sion demand  them. 

Keason  with  the  wrong-headed,  and  talk  to  them  of  the  disgrace  they 
bring  on  their  county,  and  ask  them  if  they  believe  the  people  of  Vir- 
ginia will  permit  such  indecency  and  wrong. 

I  have  written  letters  to  Col.  Cox,  Major  Boyce  and  Mr.  Kuffin,  all  of 
which  must  be  sent.  The  one  to  Mr.  Boyce,  the  bearer  will  contrive,  as 
I  wish  it  to  be  known  only  to  your  confidants  that  I  have  as  yet  heard 
of  the  transaction. 

Sir: 

The  zeal  and  patriotism  displayed  by  our  countrymen  in  all  the 
upper  eountys  render  any  force  from  below  unnecessary,  nor  would  the 
same  be  received  did  I  not  apprehend  to  refuse  the  co-operation  of  the 
small  detachments  required  would  be  unpleasant  to  our  worthy  fellow- 
citizens  as  all  good  and  virtuous  men  must  take  a  pride  in  yielding  their 
personal  aid  towards  suppressing  the  wicked  attempt  made  by  the 
Pennsylvania  insurgents  to  destroy  our  Government,  and  with  it  to  de- 
stroy that  liberty  for  which  we  so  nobly  fought.  If,  however,  you 
should  experience  a  disposition  so  base  as  to  be  indifferent  to  the 
present  call,  or  any  set  of  men  so  cowardly  as  to  fear  the  rabble,  let 
them  stay  at  their  homes.  Tell  them  they  shall  not  be  received  into 
the  ranks  of  the  gallant  defendei's  of  their  country »  who  are  now  mov- 
ing under  Gen.  Morgan  to  vindicate  its  wrongs,  and  with  whom  I  shall 
soon  have  the  honor  of  marching,  as  it  is  my  lot  to  have  been  drafted 
by  the  President  of  the  U.  States. 

At  the  same  time,  send  to  me  a  list  of  their  names  and  places  of  * 

abode,  specifying  the  single  men  and  the  married  men,  that  they  may 
be  published  to  their  country  &  otherwise  noticed  in  due  season. 


332  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


idered, 

- 

£  7 

10 

0 

3 

2 

6 

7 

6 

16 

13  4 

10 

0 

2 

4 

0 

1 

0 

2 

6 

4 

6 

18 

0 

1 

3 

3 

0 

1 

13 

5 

1794.  Dr.    The  Second  detachment  from  the  Eighth  Brigade  on  an  ezpedi- 

Sept  30th 

St^pt.  30.  To  cash  paid  for  sundries  pr.  ac.  rendered,         -       £97  17  Oi 

15  Gals.  Rum,  10s., 

50  lbs.  candles,  Is.  3d., 

6  quires  paper.  Is.  3d., 

500  Bacon,  8d., 

10  lbs.  Brown  Sugar,  Id.^ 

8  Camp  kettles,  5s.  6d., 

1  paper  Ink  powder,    • 

1  Lanthern, 

1  Butcher's  carver, 

3  Axes,  6d., 

Spike  Gimlet,  • 

1  cock  with  key, 

50  lbs.  Soap,  10}d., 

33  11  0 
Admit  it  will  take  the  Troops 

16  days  to  arrive  at  Winchester 
on  the  following  calculation: 
160  Troops  at  1  lb.  Beef  per. 
day  is  2,560  lbs.  at  2id.) 

To  2,560  lbs.  Flour  at  2id., 

40  Gallons  Brandy  at  4s.  4d.,  • 

Rations  issued  for  20  men  at 
Cabin  point,  left  on  guard  8 
days,  -  -  -  1  13    4 

160  lbs.  beef  at  2}d. 

160  lbs.  Flour  at  2d.,    -  -  16    8 

10  quarts  Brandy,  at  Is.  Id.,   •  10  10 

60    0  0 

Cash  paid  322  lbs.  Beef  at  2 id.,  -  ■  3    7  1 

The  hire  of  2  waggons  35  days  going  and  re- 
turning to  Winchester,        -  -  -         40    0  0 


26 

13 

4 

21 

6 

8 

8 

13 

4 

£234  15  li 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  333 


tion  to  Winchester,  in  account  with  Edward  Fauleon,  Agent,  Cr.  1794. 

r iz^-=^zz:j—  -  —  -  — _=rj=zz===     Sept.  30th 

Sept.  30.  By  Bank  Notes,  received  of  GenU  Bradley,  $450,  £135     0    0 

130  Gallons  Brandy  on  hand, 

at  4s.  4d.,      •  .  -  28  3  4 

5  Bbls.  Flour,  at  338.  -  -  8  5  0 

4  Bbls.  Com,  at  158.,  -  -  3  0  0 

39    8  4 

By  balance,    -  -         60    6  9J 


£234  15  U 


I 


334  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 

1794.  Papers  prepared  by  Governor  Lee  while  waiting  orders  from  Presi- 

Sept.  30th    dent  Washington  to  proceed  with   the  army  to  Pennsylvania  for  the 
suppression  of  the  Whiskey  Insurrection. 

Whereas  a  few  weak,  wicked  and  wrong-headed  meh  have  as  tar  as 
they  could,  injured  the  character  of  our  county  and  disgraced  oar 
county  by  refusing  to  obey  the  law  of  the  land  which  governs  the 
Militia — 

We  the  subscribers  anxious  to  wipe  away  the  stain  cast  upon  our 
county,  and  desirous  of  proving' to  our  country  that  the  people  of  Surry 
abhor  as  they  do  the  late  wicked  and  daring  attempt  to  destroy  our 
Government  and  with  it  our  liberty,  do  hereby  voluntarily  otfcr  our- 
selves  to  serve  under  Governor  Lee,  the  tour  to  which  he  is  called  and 
on  the  issue  of  which  everything  dear  to  freemen  depends. 


Sept.  30th  Governor  Lee  to  Col.  Avery. 

While  I  feel  the  highest  gratification  in  hearing  of  the  very  proper 
conduct  of  your  county  in  their  obedience  to  the  late  call,  I  acknowledge 
my  extreme  distress  in  learning  that  a  different  temper  prevails  in  a 
part  of  Surry. 

Pray,  Sir,  unite  at  once  with  Gen.  Brad  by  in  restoring  a  right  dis- 
position, for  which  purpose  I  wish  you  would  see  him  this  day.  He 
will  be  at  the  church  in  Sussex  not  far  from  you,  and  will  communicate 
to  you  the  last  news  which  I  have  from  the  P.  insurgents,  which  I  have 
not  time  to  mention.  As  bad  men  always  struggle  to  make  others  so,  I 
fear  attempts  may  be  made  on  your  Drafts.  To  prevent  any  effect  of 
this  sort,  I  beg  you  to  tell  your  worthy  lads  that  I  am  drafted  as  well 
as  themselves,  and  I  mean  to  march  hand  in  hand  with  them,  leaving 
behind  me  a  sick  wife  and  a  very  sick  only  son.  Tell  thom  they  shall 
be  well  treated,  honestly  paid  and  that  they  will  find  the  excursion  as 
agreeable  as  it  is  honorable  and  necessary ;  and  pray  write  to  me  your 
opinion  freely  relative  to  the  disposition  of  the  people  in  Surry. 

If  we  permit  our  laws  to  be  violated  with  impunity,  farewell  to  order, 
farewell  to  liberty  and  all  the  political  happiness  we  enjoy,  and  for 
which  we  so  prodigally  bled  and  paid. 


Oct.  iBt     Report  of  Edmund  Harrison  and  Larkin  Smith  on  the  condi- 
tion OF  State  Treasury. 

The  Treasurer  being  enjoined  to  close  the  Public  Accounts  of  his 
of&ce  on  the  30th  day  of  September,  annually,  we,  the  underwritten, 
(thereto  appointed  by  the  Executive)  repaired  to  the  Treasury  in  the 
morning  of  the  first  of  October,  in  order  to  ascertain  the  amount  of 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  335 


specie,  Tobacco,  and  facilities  actually  in  the  Treasury  received  on  pub-       1794. 
lie  Account,  and  constituting  the  balance  due  thorofrom  on  the  said  30th      Oct.  let 
day  of  September,  1794. 

Having  examined  and  carefully  counted  and  weighed  the  Specie,  we 
find  it  amount  to  ten  thousand  two  hundred  and  nine  dollars  and  19 
cents;  part  of  which,  viz:  the  sum  of  iive  thousand  four  hundred  and 
ninety-eight  dollars  26  cents  being  the  proceeds  of  the  sales  of  the  pub- 
lic Tobacco,  made  under  the*  direction  of  the  Executive  on  the  23d  of 
October,  1793,  is  reserved  as  the  act  directs,  to  be  applied  in  discharge 
of  registered  aggregate-fund  warrants.  We  tind  also  on  examing  the 
sales  made  on  the  said  23rd  of  October,  1793,  a  loss  sustained  on  the 
Tobacco  then  sold,  to  the  amount  of  four  thousand  six  hundred  and 
sixty-four  dollars  and  85  cents.  Wo  tind  likewise,  that  another  sale  of 
the  public  Tobacco  was  made  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  on 
the  11th  day  of  July  last,  on  a  credit  of  three  months;  which  Tobacco, 
at  the  rates  it  was  received  by  Law  at  the  Treasury,  amounts  to  the 
sum  of  eighteen  thousand  two  hundred  and  seventeen  dollars  10  cents. 
This  sum  is  to  be  considered  as  making  a  part  of  the  balance  due  from 
the  Treasury,  as  the  Tobacco  is  yet  unpaid  for.  We  find  also  Notes  in 
the  Treasury  received  since  the  last  sale,  viz:  for  138  hhds.,  ghy.  146, 
716  lbs.  of  crop,  and  1,291  lbs.  nett  Transfer;  which,  at  the  rates  received 
by  Law,  amount  to  six  thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty-four  dollars 
46  cents. 

Wq  find  also  Indents  to  the  amount  of  twent3'^-nine  doliara  and  36 
cents,  and  1  for  40.  Money  to  the  amount  of  one  hundred  dollars,  which 
have  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  in  discount  for  certain  Taxes  as  the 
Law  directs. 

Examined  and  Certified. 

KDMUND  HARRISON. 
LARK  IN  SMITIL 
Treasury  Ist  ol  October,  1794. 


To   TUK    KXECUTIVK.  Oct.  let 

When  the  Executive  thought  proper  to  confer  the  superintendency  of 
the  Public  Arsenal  on  me,  the  duties  of  the  office  were  confined  to  eight 
smiths  and  three  soldiers,  with  a  salary  for  this  service  of  one  hundred 
pounds  per  annum,  with  the  a<lvantrgeH  of  a  ration  for  myself  and 
another  for  my  horee. 

Very  soon  after  I  came  into  office,  the  Hun'ble  Board  thought  proper 
to  augment  the  number  of  smiths  to  eii^hteen,  and  the  soldiers  to  thir- 
teen;  in  consequence  of  which,  the  duties  of  my  office  became  propor- 
tionately increased,  without  any  additional  compensation  therefor.  1 
feel  myself  Justified  in  suggesting  this  subject  to  the  Board  from  a  con- 


336  CALBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  viction  that  they  had  uniformly  proportioned  the  emoluments  of  this  to 
Oct.  1st  the  cares  and  trouble  attendant  on  the  discharge  of  its  duties;  for  when 
Capt.  Peyton  resided  hero  with  an  Inferior  Garrison  to  the  present  one, 
his  salary  was  £300  per  annum,  and  allowed  a  clerk  with  many  other 
advantages.  His  successor,  Major  E.  Laugham,  with  less  than  half  the 
present  Garrison,  received  £150  for  his  services.  I  trust  the  hon'ble 
Board  will  readily  perceive  the  additional  duties  of  my  office,  and  will 
credit  me  when  I  assure  them  that  I  anv  not  only  closely  tied  to  the 
Superintendence  of  the  shops,  but  am  also  obliged  to  act  as  officer  of  the 
Guard,  Pay-master,  clerk,  and  clothier  to  this  increased  number. 

I  presume  it  is  entirely  unnecessary  to  make  any  further  comments 
on  the  subject,  and  with  a  perfect  reliance  that  the  Board  will  from  the 
1st  of  Octo'r,  1793,  make  such  additional  compensations  for  my  services 
as  to  them  may  appear  Just  and  right, 

I  have,  &c., 

R.  QUARLES. 


Oct.  i8t  Governor  Lbb  to  Lieutenant-Governor  .Wood. 

Martinsburg  I  get  out  this  morning  for  Fort  Cumberland,  crossing  into  Maryland 
and  then  re-crossing  to  Virginia  to  view  the  advanced  partys  from  the 
two  corps.  To-morrow  1,000  men  more  from  Winchester.  The  main 
body  will  follow  in  six  days,  and  the  rear  division  as  soon  as  the  last  of 
the  troops  assemble. 

I  do  not  expect  to  leave  Fort  Cumberland  before  the  15th,  which 
unavoidable  delay  I  lament  extremely,  but  must  submit  to.  The  insur- 
gents keep  profoundly  secret  their  intentions.  When  we  draw  nearer, 
we  shall  know  accurately  their  plan. 

A  dispute  has  taken  place  relative  to  rank,  between  Lt.  Col.  Little  of 
Fairfax,  and  Lt.  Col.  Lane  of  Loudoun.  Be  pleased  to  forward  an  ex- 
tract applicable  to  this  case,  authenticated  of  the  decision  of  the  board 
of  General  officers,  under  cover  to  Lt.  Col.  Little  at  Fairfax,  and  send 
to  me,  if  not  very  inconvenient,  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  that  board, 
that  in  the  many  disputes  which  may  arise  we  may  appeal  to  the  au- 
thority which  has  already  acted  upon  this  subject. 

I  am,  &c. 


Oct.  2d  Petition  to  the  Governor. 

Arthur  Campbell  of  Washington  county,  prays  for  a  remission  of  a 
fine  for  non-attendance  as  a  Grand  Juror  at  the  October  term  of  the 
District  court  of  the  county  of  Washington,  and  reasons  therefor. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  337 


WashingtoTi  Coanty,  oc. : 

Arthur  Campbell  made  oath  before  me,  a  Justice  of  the  peace  for       1794. 
the  said  county,  that  the  facte  set  forth  in  the  within  petition  arc  true.      Oct.  2d 
Given  under  my  hand,  this  21st  day  of  October,  1794. 

JAMES  STACKEliSON. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  Oct.  3d 

The  other  day  when  I  left  the  Frontiers  nothing  worth  relating  had  Vanses 
happened  since  I  wrote  you  last.  I  imagine  the  attention  of  the  Enemy 
has  chiefly  been  taken  up  with  General  Wayne's  army,  and  I  expect  will 
be  the  case  for  this  season  out.  Much  opposition  is  made  in  many  of 
those  back  counties  against  the  Drafl  ordered  to  be  made — supposed  for 
the  purpose  of  quelling  the  Insurgents;  indeed  I  am  sorry  and  ashamed 
to  inform  your  Excellency  that  I  fear  there  is  so  many  in  favour  of  them 
that  those  drafted  cannot  be  made  go,  and  as  the  Danger  at  present  on 
the  Frontiers  does  not  appear  great,  I  take  the  Liberty  of  recommend- 
ing the  Volunteer  Militia  that  are  under  my  command  to  serve  on  that 
expedition  for  two  reasons.  In  the  First  place  they  are  under  pay  and 
in  readiness;  and  Secondly,  I  think  them  better  than  Drafted  Troops. 
To  shed  the  blood  of  our  fellow  citizens  appears  hard,  but  in  my  opi  nion 
their  conduct  has  been  such  as  ought  to  rouse  any  person  that  is  a  friend 
to  his  country  and  a  soldier.  Any  orders  that  you  may  think  proper  to 
give  me  on  this  occasion  I  am  ready  to  receive. 

Sir,  on  a  settlement  with  the  paymaster  for  services  done  by  my  com- 
pany for  the  year  1793,  there  was  due  me  for  money  advanced,  three 
thousand  and  thirty-nine  dollars,  which  General  Tate  informs  me  he 
made  you  acquainted  with  in  a  Letter  by  Mr.  Kent.  Necessity  obliges 
me  to  send  down  for  it.  Certain  it  is,  when  Gen'l  Tate  brought  out 
only  part  of  the  money  for  that  year's  service,  I  could  have  received 
this  money  agreeable  to  your  instructions  to  him,  but  had  I  have  done 
this  the  soldiers  would  have  got  none,  and  they  were  in  want  of  every 
necessary  which  they  could  not  get  without  money,  and  being  discour- 
aged and  uneasy  about  only  a  part  of  their  money  coming,  which  they 
had  then  been  kept  out  of  a  long  time,  and  to  make  them  easy  and  do 
their  duty  with  more  chearfulness,  I  agreed  if  General  Tate  would  in- 
form your  Excellency  of  the  sum  due  me,  that  I  would  wait  as  long  as 
my  situation  would  allow  me.  The  vouchers  for  this  sum  are  now  in 
the  hands  of  the  paymaster,  and  nearly  settles  up  the  whole  sum  due 
my  company  for  that  year's  service,  and  for  which  sum  I  have  enclosed* 
an  order  to  be  paid  to  Mr.  James  Bryan,  the  bearer.  If  the  treasury  is 
not  in  a  situation  to  advance  the  money,  I  hope  a  warrant  on  the  treas- 
ary  will  be  given  him,  which  perhaps  I  may  make  answer  my  purpose. 

How  extremely  disagreeable  must  an  officer  feel  that  has  advanced  his 

43 


338  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       money  for  the  support  of  the  Pablic  credit,  and  execations  against  his 
Oct  3d      property,  and  the  Pablic  ears  stopped  against  his  complaints. 

The  first  is  actually  my  case,  and  I  dread  the  latter,  for  an  order  was 
formerly  given  by  me  to  Mr.  Hopkins  for  the  purpose  of  paying  a  debt, 
which  he  was  authorized  to  settle,  and  the  consequence  of  which  is  now 
by  its  not  being  accepted,  the  Marshall  is  now  here  with  an  execution 
against  my  propert}"^,  which  altogether  rests  in  your  breast  to  let  me 
suffer  or  not.  The  justness  of  my  claim  I  refer  you  for  to  General 
Tate's  letter  by  Mr.  Kent. 

I  am,  &c. 

Please  to  pay  to  Mr.  James  Bryan,  three  thousand  and  thirty-niDC 
dollars  due  me  by  settlement  with  the  paymaster  for  money  advanced 
the  volunteer  militia  for  the  year  1793. 

1  am,  &c., 

A.  LEWIS. 
Oct.  3rd,  1794. 
£500  in  part,  Oct.  9th,  94. 
To  the  Governor. 


Oct  3d  Edmund  Randolph  to 


Philadel-  It  is  with  great  mortification  that  intelligence  has  been  received  at 
P^^'^  the  Department  of  State  from  the  minister  of  the  French  Eepublic,  that 
the  British  Frigate  Terpsichore  has  carried  as  prize  into  Norfolk,  or 
some  of  our  ports  in  its  neighborhood,  the  French  privateer  La  Monta- 
gue. Our  treaty  with  France  positively  forbids  the  admission  of  a  for- 
eign ship  of  war  under  such  circumstances.  The  rules  which  have  been 
adopted  by  the  President  are  pointed  on  this  particular  subject.  What 
is  due  to  all  nations,  we  ought  faithfully  to  render  to  the  British;  what 
is  beyond  the  rights  of  the  law  of  nations,  wo  are  under  no  obligations 
to  perform,  especially  towards  the  British  shipping,  which  is  hourly  de- 
stroying our  trade,  and  more  especially  in  defiance  of  a  treaty  which 
ought  to  be  held  sacred. 

It  appears,  sir,  by  a  letter  from  Governor  Lee  to  the  French  Consul 
at  Norfolk,  on  the  12th  of  September  last,  that  he  had  undertaken  to 
make  the  necessary  inquiries  into  the  fact,  and  to  do  what  the  nature  of  the 
case  demanded.  The  Minister  of  the  French  Bepublic  is  uneasy  at  the 
delay  of  the  Governor's  answer,  and  is  led  to  apprehend  from  thence  a 
more  injurious  delay  in  the  effecting  of  the  Business. 

I  have  given  him  my  Ideas  of  the  cause  of  this  affair;  trusting  and 
beheving  that  the  patriotism  of  the  Executive  of  Virginia  will  not  suffer 
this  gross  insult  to  our  Treaty. 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPBKS.  339 


Let  me  entreat  year,  sir,  to  exert  the  attachment  which  I  know  year       1794. 
whole  body  to  poeeess  to  national  faith,  and  to  cause  to  be  rendered  to      Oct.  3d 
the  French  Republic  that  justice  to  which  it  is  intitled,  upon  the  pre- 
sumption that  the  facts  as  stated  shall  be  found  to  be  accurate. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Thomas  Yerby  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor.  Oct  4th 

Protesting  against  the  appointment  of  Col.  Wm.  Peachey  to  the  Sher-   Richmond 


ifEalty  on  the  ground  of  his  having  enjoyed  it  previously. 


county 


To  the  Governor  or  Presiding  Member  at  the  Council  Board.     Oct  4th 

Letter  of  Col.  Wm.  Peachey  designed  as  a  preface  to  his  memorial 
which  follows. 


Memorial  of  William  Peachey  of  the  County  of  Richmond.       Oct  4th 

Col.  Wm.  Peachey  in  this  memorial  defends  his  claim  to  a  second 
enjoyment  of  the  Sheriffalty  on  the  ground  of  a  longer  active  ser- 
vice in  the  commission  of  the  Peace  than  any  of  his  competitors 
since  his  first  term,  &  adducing  in  proof  the  records  of  the  County  Court 
of  Richmond. 


Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.         Oct  4th 

I  have  received  information  that  an  infectious  fever  prevails  at  Balti-  Norfolk 
more,  and  that  the  communication  to  Annapolis  is  stopped.  We  are 
alarmed  at  it  here  and  shall  take  every  precaution  in  our  power  to  pre- 
vent its  coming  this  way.  A  vessel  is  below  here  from  Baltimore, 
which  I  have  directed  to  perform  quarantine  until  I  hear  from  you, 
which  I  hope  will  be  by  return  of  the  post. 

I  enclose  the  Doctor's  Report  on  her  case,  viz. : 

"  Having  visited  on  board  the  Schooner  Adeline,  Capt.  BurwoU,  from 
Baltimore,  I  find  four  of  his  people  very  ill  with  symptoms  very  alarm- 
ing— as  to  forbid  their  coming  on  shore  or  communication  except  by 
quarantine  mode. 

CHAS.  MORTIMER." 

From  this  I  considered  it  proper  to  direct  the  Capt.  to  Quarantine 
until  I  hear  from  you.  I  think  if  a  general  proclamation  could  be  issued 
it  would  answer,  but  at  present  it  is  considered  that  vessels  coming 


it4f)  C ALES D AH  OF  STATE  PAPKgS 


n^-       only  Ih/fo  iLe  pbees  taentioDed  id  raur  prDdaamuon  mre  liable,  bot 
iMA.  Uh     4^/iumou  tmiviy  Lmv  Ueeii  my  moUTe  for  directing  Uiis  vcpccl  to  lie.  mod 
1  «b»ll  exjiiaifie  jJI  oc^ming  frcnn  ibeiioe  &  Philadelphia,  as  report  aajs 
it  m  tLcre  ako. 

I  am.  Ac 


\U:f:*:\wi'A  at  WirjcLeHtcr.  Oct.  3d.  1794.  fifly-four  stand  of  arms  and 
f</rty-rjiije  Cartridge  l>oxc«. 

THOMAS  FISHER, 

Conductor  of  Stores, 
ELIAS  LANGHAM,  C.  M.  S. 


Major  LuDgbam,  Conductor  Military  Stores : 

Sir: 

PlcaHc  accept  in  your  caro  two  Guns,  three  Bayonets  and  one 
CJartroucb  box,  k  oblige  your  friend  &  humble  servant, 

WM.  GILES,  4th  Oct.,  1794. 

Roce'd  the  above.    One  of  the  Bayonets  broken. 

E.  LANGHAM,  C.  M.  S, 


Kanawha,  Oct.  6,  1794. 

I  do  hereby  certify  that  John  Shepherd  and  John  Carter  were 
wounded  hy  the  Iiwlians  in  the  year  1792,  at  which  time  they  were  sol- 
diuPH  ii)  my  company  then  on  duty  by  order  of  Col.  George  Clendenen. 
John  Shepherd  was  wounded  May  the  eleventh,  1792,  and  John  Carter 
wttrt  wounded  July  4th,  1792,  of  which  soldiers  were  cured  of  their 
woundH  by  Klixabeth  Alsbury  who  desires  compensation  therefor. 

Given  under  my  hand  the  above  day  and  date. 

JOHN  MORRIS,  Capt. 


Kanawha  County,  Oct.  6,  1794. 

1  do  hereby  certity  that  the  within  mentioned  service  was  performed 
by  Cnptuin  John  .Morris  and  company  in   conformity   to   my  orders, 
(liven  under  my  hand  the  above  day  k  date. 

GEO.  CliBNDENlN,  C.  L.  K. 


G4LEXDAK  OP  STATE  PAPKKSL  ;||1 


FATCHKf  10  TBI  Gii>TUUIi>ft.  I^H. 


Joeeph  VwmAtH,  Mimtcr  PleaipolMtiaiy  from  the  Fi^^sck  Ke|mMii^     vV^  «h 
to  the  Uniied  Stalc%  to  Mr.  Heniy  Le^  Goveraor  of  Tur^ftviL 

Sir: 

It  was  not  antfl  my  rHam  firom  New  Tork  to  Philadelphim  tki^l  I 
received  the  Letto*  whieh  you  hmre  done  me  the  honor  of  writiii$  qk^ 
relative  to  the  reehunation  of  a  citixen  of  the  State  of  Virginia.  I  i^m 
earnest  to  require  of  the  Tiee-Consul  fX  Norfolk  Information  re«pocUn$ 
that  aflair,  and  to  anare  yon  that  Justice  the  most  scrupulous  shall  K> 
promptly  rendered  to  the  <ntixen  for  whom  you  internet  younielt« 

Receive,  Sir,  the  aBsnranceB  of  my  Respect. 


R.  Q0ABLSS  TO  Jakes  Wood,  Esq.  ivt^ih 

Sir: 

Accompanying  this  Letter  you  will  receive  tho  customary  Quar- 
terly Return  from  the  Arsenal,  and  an  account  of  the  Bxponsos  attend- 
ant  on  the  late  Draught  of  arms,  omitting  stores  on  account  of  tho 
United  States,  for  which  I  have  debited  the  United  States  agreeable  to 
direction  from  the  Board. 

The  Militia  Guard  has  come  into  tho  Garrison,  and  I  am  rmiuoMted  tu 
know  through  what  channel  they  are  to  receive  compensation  for  tkoir 
services.  The  superintendant  having  contracted  with  several  persons  to 
carry  on  the  Gun  stocking  business,  and  I  believe,  with  a  Brass  Pounder 
to  supply  him  with  mountings,  feels  himself  at  a  considurablo  loss  to 
determine  in  what  manner  he  is  to  procure  Musket  LooIch  to  curry  un 
the  work.  I  trust  the  Honorable  Board  will  favor  mo  with  such  Instruo 
tions  on  the  subject  as  they  may  deem  expedient. 

I  have,  ftu. 


Thomas  Mathews  to  Libutbnant-Qovbrnor  Wood,  im,  mh 

I  have  taken  the  liberty  to  addess  you,  supposing  It  would  be  agrmi«  wUwUtmU^r 
able  to  the  Executive  to  receive  every  information  respecting  tbe  move- 
ment of  the  troops  from  this  State. 

The  troope  have  been  considerably  retarded  for  want  of  arms.  TIhmki 
expected  from  the  Northward  have  in  a  great  mesJiure  (aiUt^i;  and  such 
of  them  as  came  forward  were  incomplete. 

The  Sute  Arsenal  has  furnished  us  with  :i,(m  stand.  This  siipi^ly 
enabled  us  to  forward  2,000  men  eompleuly  e^iuipped  on  Haturday  laet 


342  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       They  marched  under  the  command  of  General  Dark.     General  Morgan 

Oct.  6th     follows  to-day.    By  his  orders  I  shall  remain  here  to  arrange  and  carry 

forward  the  remainder  of  the  State's  qaota.     My  movement  from  this 

place  depends  on  the  arrival  of  the  troops  from  Young's,   Brad  by  *s, 

Jones*,  Meade's  and  Bowyer's  Brigades. 

From  the  best  information  we  have  received,  we  are  led  to  hope  they 
will  join  in  three  days.  Should  this  be  the  case,  I  shall  leave  this  in 
the  course  of  the  present  week. 

The  supplies  expected  here  for  the  equipment  of  the  troops  have  fallen 
far  short  for  their  convenient  accommodation.  They,  however,  submit 
with  great  cheerfulness,  and  appear  actuated  by  true  Republican  zeal 
for  the  service  in  which  they  are  engaged. 

Colonel  Carrington  deserves  great  credit  for  his  attention  to  the  army. 
He  has  spared  neither  trouble  nor  expense  to  procure  every  thing  neces- 
sary to  make  the  tour  agreeable.  This,  however,  requires  more  time 
than  he  can  well  spare. 

I  am,  &c. 
Every  account  we  receive  from  the  insurgents  breathes  peace. 


Oct  7th        Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  Lieutenant-Governor  James  Wood. 

This  will  be  delivered  you  by  Capt.  Calvert,  one  of  the  Commanders  of 
the  Company  under  the  requisition  of  the  President.  I  refer  you  to 
him  respecting  the  arms  we  have  which  were  sent  down  some  time  ago. 
1  showed  them  to  Governor  Lee  when  hero.  They  are  worn  out  and 
unfit  for  service.    Some  have  bursted  with  powder  loads. 

The  militia  at  Fort  Nelson  are  discharged  by  a  corps  of  the  Gcn'l 
Government  taking  their  place. 

From  the  death  of  Lt.  Grayson,  the  command  of  the  Company 
devolves  to  a  Sergt.,  who  now  is  at  the  Fort. 

Two  vessels  arc  lying  below,  under  apprehensions  that  they  have  the 
fever  on  board.    They  arc  from  Baltimore. 

I  am,  &c. 


Cash  in  the  Treasury  9th  Octo.,  1794,  $9,001  85. 

Officers  of  Government  still  to  draw  about  2,000  or  2,500  dollars 

WILLIAM  BERKELEY,  C.  Try. 


Oct.  9th         Application  by  the  treasurer  of  the  hospital  at  Williamsburg  to  the 
executive  for  warrant  for  £300  for  use  of  hospital. 


zjkLOssfDJka  OP  >rjtr^  ?vPfeflfcN  3^< 


heriaotL     rnics  zbaae,  int^  'Jom  icAacutii]Mna>  a>iiii   X>ii^«;  >.  J'.^av^ .  ^^i 

from  ^a»  fciae.  T!m  mnta^  i^ni  ;aw  ^«^c%^  ^^^fci*»  i^  4i^^>*  'x*vc 
appeami  as  ia«  7UKifr  nf  7«iiiiiirT*i%ii«'  itiitNi  'hi  i«?do«taM  i»  *j:i;a)^  Uvva 
the  appii-rSKiLiDRr:  ns&Of  iy  tm  ^s»twtT^,  M^fAii?  *  i^  v\wrciu^i;^vNak  s 
BrigBties  ar*  «r^f^  Tir7*n!f  re  liij* — ai»ft.T  ^*A.s»b>  :ifcrctv<u.  yocj^s^xvi^v. 
and  hmre  ssreatcxtesMis  sf  Von  i^^^  ^ci^i7«f«ii  nvofc  KViit  Btrt^ieck     Cicoc 

aedre  ferri«L  Thrjr  bus:!  arift^  ftwia  a  waai  otf  ^i^^t^y  iu  vH^r  l^^i^w^i 
for  reflating  tlie  Miliiia :  if  «k>.  \ht  Ij%w  odiii  n.xi  W  l*xi>  eQii\v  aitt^:usKxl 

The  maoner  in  which  ihc  vrix«p»  hare  appeviuv»J  ^alp|M\)  ha^  K^^u 
extremelv  distressing — many  of  them  J^iitoie  oi  \x^ld.  humiug  :ihiri. 
shoes,  and  hlankets.  Some  mode  mav  be  sugg^^i^t  to  eiuhle  tho  iS>iU' 
manding  officers,  either  of  Regimentii  or  Brigade^  to  t\irnUh  tho  iv^ui- 
sitioDs  from  their  respectiTe  corps  with  those  edaential  nocessaries. 
Until  this  be  done  the  senricc  mast  be  additional)^'  severe  ou  the  sol- 
diers  and  irksome  to  the  officers.  Desertions  have  become  too  Ireijueut. 
Some  expedient  most  be  fallen  on  to  enforce  obedience.  This  can  only 
be  done  by  a  reference  to  the  commandants  of  Regiments  thro  their 
respective  Brigadiers. 

The  citizens  remaining  at  home,  who  hold  eommissious  in  the  Militia, 
should  give  no  rest  to  a  deserter  in  their  neighborhood,  the  people  on 
proper  representation  to  them,  would  feel  it  tbeir  interest  to  compel 
every  man  equally  to  contribute  his  portion  of  service.  This  appears 
to  me  the  only  mode.  To  send  detaobiaeuts  trom  ibe  Army  after  ibein, 
would  be  lessening  our  strength  and  be  of  no  probable  advantage.  I 
have  taken  the  liberty  of  enclosing  for  the  information  of  the  Executive, 
a  general  return  of  the  Troops  as  they  have  arrived  from  Ibeir  respec- 
tive Brigades.  This  will  give  you,  Sir,  some  idea  of  the  probable 
strength  of  our  quota.  This  return  bos  been  made  by  the  Inspector 
General,  who  also  performs  the  duty  oi  Muster  Master.  1  find  bis  at- 
tention and  assiduity  to  tbc  discbarge  of  the  duties  oi  bis  appointment, 
a  great  means  of  promoting  that  order  which  in  so  desirable  in  the  or- 
ganization of  an  army.  Great  credit  is  due  to  <'ol.  Carrington  for  bis 
exertion  to  supply  the  army.  1  can  say  with  great  Truth,  tbat  we  are 
indebted  to  him  for  every  convenience,  every  necessary  we  enjoy,  and 
that  from  his  efforts  we  shall  be  enabled  to  discbarge  our  duly  with 
more  satisiaction  than  I  at  first  expected,  ills  zeal  can  only  be  re- 
warded by  his  country.  Ue  ban  the  good  wishes  oi  tbi^  Army  with 
him.     From  the  information  1  have  received  ironi   the  <lel;^chnienl.M  ol' 


344  CALElNDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       Young's  and  Bradby's  Brigades,  I  entertain  a  hope  that  they  will  join  me 
Oct.  12th     to-raorrow.    If  they  do,  I  shall  proceed  on  Tuesday  to  join   General 
Morgan  at  Fort  Cumberland,  leaving  at  this  place  some  trusty  officer  to 
collect  and  forward  what  stragglers  may  arrive  after  that  period. 

I  am,  <&c. 


Oct.  12th  I  do  hereby  certify  that  at  a  Court  held  for  Buckingham  county  on 
Monday,  13th  of  October,  1794,  thirteen  members  present. 

The  Court  proceeded  to  recommend  a  Colonel  Commandant  for  this 
county  in  place  of  William  Perkins,  who  resigned  his  commission,  being 
of  full  age,  Charles  Yancey,  Gent.,  Sam'l  Allen,  Gent.,  and  James  Dil- 
lard  came  before  the  Court  as  candidates.  The  Court  proceeded  to  bal- 
lot, accordingly  after  examination,  Sam'l  Allen  had  six  votes,  James 
Dillard  none,  &  Charles  Yancey,  seven  votes.  Ordered  that  Charles 
Yancey  be  recommended  to  the  Executive  to  be  commissioned  as  Col- 
onel Commandent  for  this  county. 

Note. — It  so  happened  that  I  did  not  make  the  entry  on  the  Minute 
Book  through  hurry  of  business. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  14th  day  of  Octobei,  1794. 

ROLPB  BLDBRIDGE,  C.  B.  Con. 


Oct.  14th  Arthur  Campbell  to  the  Governor. 

Washington       Claiming  Sheriffalty  for  1795. 
county 

Virginia,  to- wit : 

At  a  District  Court  held  at  Washington  Courthouse  the  4th  day  of 
October,  1791: 

Arthur  Campbell  was  fined  for  non-attendance  as  a  grand  juror. 


Oct.  14th  George  French  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood. 

Fredericks-  Information  having  been  lodged  with  me  that  a  most  malignant  fever 
Durg  prevails  at  this  time  in  the  town  of  Baltimore,  in  the  State  of  Maryland, 
and  that  there  are  large  quantities  of  goods  shipping  from  that  place  for 
several  towns  in  this  State  (some  of  the  vessels  are  now  in  this  river  on 
their  way  to  this  place),  in  consequence  of  which  I  have  had  a  meeting 
of  the  Common  Council  of  this  corporation,  who  have  determined  to 
place  a  guard  about  one  mile  below  the  town  to  prevent  all  vessels  com- 
ing from  Baltimore  from  coming  up  or  landing  goods  until  we  have  your 
orders  how  to  proceed,  which  shall  be  strictly  adhered  to, 

I  have,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBBS.  345 


J.  K.  Rbad  to  James  Wood.  1794. 

In  obedience  to  your  directions,  I  have  been  on  board  the  schooner    Oct.  15th 
Federal,  Captain  Dennington.    Ho  sailed  from  Bowler's  wharf  (two   Richmond 
miles  from  Fell's  Point),  Baltimore,  on  the  30th  of  September;  brought 
but  two  hands  from  Baltimore,  both  of  whom,  with  the  Captain,  are 
well,  and  no  infectious  disease  on  board. 

I  am,  &c. 


Thomas   Newton,  tfR.,  to   Lieutenant-Governor  Jambs  Wood.    Oct.  I5th 

Your  favor  of  the  9th  inst.  received.  The  French  Privateer  La  Mon-  Norfolk 
tague  and  a  retaken  vessel  wore  brought  as  prizes  into  Hampton  Boads 
by  some  of  the  British  Frigates,  which  I  know  not.  As  I  understood 
that  the  Govesnor  had  information  thereof,  I  thought  there  was  no  occa- 
sion for  further  notice.  I  have  also  heard  since  I  received  your  letter, 
that  two  Spanish  vessels  which  were  retaken,  were  brought  in  there  also, 
but  made  no  delay.  I  have  ever  considered  my  command  did  not  extend 
farther  than  the  limits  of  the  Town,  but  have  at  all  times  given  you  the 
the  earliest  intelligence  of  arrivals  and  reports  that  came  within  my 
knowledge,  and  shall  continue  so  to  do;  and  should  any  infringement  of 
the  treaty  between  the  French  Republic  and  us  happen,  you  may  de- 
pend, if  it  comes  within  my  knowledge,  you  shall  have  early  notice  of 
it.  By  the  treaty,  I  consider  the  British  ships  of  war  ought  not  to  be 
supplied  with  any  articles  whatever,  for  all  of  them  have  made  prizes 
of  the  French  and  their  property.  (Article  17th.)  It  is  sore  against 
my  will  to  show  them  any  favor,  as  they  daily  capture  or  plunder  our 
vessels. 

A  sloop  arrived  this  day  from  Madeira  that  was  plundered  of  a  quarter 
cask  of  wine  a  few  days  ago  by  a  brig  under  Spanish  colors,  but  sup- 
posed to  be  from  Bermuda  or  Halifax.  Her  name,  or  the  place,  I  am 
informed,  could  not  be  obtained. 

The  brig  Abigal  arrived  yesterday  from  Grenada,  but  did  not  bring 
too,  according  to  orders  from  persons  employed  to  examine  vessels  from 
infected  places.  I  ordered  her  down  and  to  undergo  an  examination, 
which  the  Captain  complied  with,  and  says  the  pilot,  Wm.  Bennet,  of 
Hampton,  with  a  branch,  boarded  him  and  took  charge  of  his  vessel  with- 
out ever  informing  him  of  the  proclamation.  Such  men  deserve  punish- 
ment, but  I  do  not  know  how  to  inflict  it  unless  the  pilot  law  will.  I 
have  given  every  caution  in  my  power  to  the  pilots,  and  am  sorry  to 
say  they  paid  but  little  attention  to  your  orders  or  any  cautions.  I  con- 
sider them  more  to  blame  than  the  Captains  who  arrive.  The  vessel 
was  examined  and  found  healthy,  and  is  discharged,  having  had  twenty- 
five  days'  passage.    I  will  thank  you  for  a  copy  of  the  President's  in- 

44 


346 

1794. 
Oct.  15tli 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


structions;  those  I  had  were  so  often  called  for  that  they  arc  of 

or  mislaid,  and  rely  that  my  endeavours  shall  not  be  wanting  to  enforce 
them  in  all  eases  that  comes  to  my  knowledge.  I  have  wrote  to  Mr. 
Oster,  a  copy  of  which  I  enclose,  which  I  hope  may  be  approved  of,  and 
communicated  your  letter  to  Major  Lindsay. 

I  am,  &c. 


Oct.  15tlj 


Norfolk 


OsTER,  French  Consul,  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood. 

1  received  the  letter  you  have  done  me  the  honor  to  of  writing  mo  of 
the  9th  of  October,  on  the  subject  of  complaints  that  at  many  times  I 
have  carried  to  Government  respecting  the  enemies  of  the  French  Re- 
public bringing  into  and  keeping  in  Hampton  Roads  prizes  which  they 
have  taken  from  the  French. 

As  you  did;  sir,  1  presumed  that  orders  had  been  given  for  the  Eng- 
lish Frigate  the  Terpsichore  mentioned  in  my  letter  of  the  31st  of 
August,  to  the  Governor,  to  leave  Hampton  Roads,  but  on  the  25th  of 
September,  the  tfhie  at  which  I  renewed  my  expostulations,  that  same 
Frigate  and  some  others,  nevertheless  brought  in  other  prizes,  which 
they  kept  until  their  departure,  and  my  letter  on  that  subject  remained 
without  an  answer. 

In  future,  if  such  a  case  should  again  occur,  I  will  have  the  honor  of 
informing  you  of  it,  and  of  applying  to  the  Colonel  Commandant  of  the 
militia  of  Norfolk,  as  you  desire. 

This  disposition  being  fully  satisfactory,  I  shall  immediately  acquaint 
with  it  the  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  Republic. 


Oct.  15th    Thos.  Xewton   to   Mr.  Oster,  Vice-Consul   French   Republic. 

Norfolk  I  have  received  a  letter  from  the  Lieutenant-Governor,  James  Wo<xi, 

Esq.,  containing  a  complaint  from  the  minister  of  the  French  -Republic 
to  the  Secretary  of  State,  viz:  that  the  British  Frigate  Terpsichore  had 
brought  in  the  privateer  La  Montague  a  prizo  to  Norfolk,  or  some  of 
our  ports  contrary  to  our  treaty  with  France. 

Should  anything  of  this  kind  come  to  your  knowledge,  you'll  oblige 
me  by  letting  me  know  it,  that  immediate  measures  may  be  taken  to 
prevent  an  infringement  of  the  treaty,  and  should  any  case  come  within 
my  own  knowledge,  I  shall  take  every  step  in  my  power  to  ensure  a 
compliance  of  the  treaty.  1  shall  hold  myself  ready  whenever  you 
may  think  proper  to  inform  me  of  any  violations,  and  shall  also  inform 
you  of  any  that  may  come  within  my  own  knowledge  or  information  of 
others. 

I  am,  &c 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  347. 


Opinion  of  General  Marshall.  1794. 

An  agent  appointed  under  the  act  for  the  more  effectual  collecting  Oct  15th 
certain  arrears  of  taxes  and  duties,  has  purchased  at  a  sale  made  in  pur- 
suance of  that  law,  a  tract  of  land,  which  he  has  since  sold  for  a  sum 
more  considerable  than  he  purchased  at,  and  it  is  inquired  whether  the 
surplus  is  a  gain  to  the  Commonwealth,  or  ought  to  be  credited  to  the 
sheriff. 

The  Act  of  Assembly  is  by  no  means  explicit.  It  will  admit  of  either 
construction,  and  there  is  some  weight  in  the  argument  in  favor  of 
either.  ^ 

The  object  of  the  Commonwealth  is  not  to  speculate,  but  to  secure 
the  collection  of  debts  due  to  itself.  The  purchase  of  the  agent  there- 
fore may  be  considered  as  a  medium  of  collection.  This  idea  derives 
aid  from  the  clause  directing  the  agent  to  soli  for  specie,  commutables, 
or  certificates  as  the  arrears  of  taxes  could  or  were  to  be  discharged  by 
law.  It  would  seem  probable  that  a  discretion  would  have  been  left 
with  the  agent  to  have  sold  for  either  article  as  should  be  most  advan- 
tageous for  the  Commonwealth,  if  the  product  of  the  sale  was  not  to  be 
credited  to  the  sheriff. 

But  on  the  other  hand,  if  the  Sheriff  should  be  credited  with  the 
profits  of  the  sale,  he  ought  to  be  debited  with  the  loss.  It  is  by  no 
means  certain  that  this  would  be  the  judgment  of  the  court,  for  the  act 
speaks  of  the  purchase  of  the  agent  as  an  absolute  purchase,  and  not  a 
mere  substitution  of  himself  in  the  place  of  the  acting  sheriff  for  the 
sole  purpose  of  selling  the  property.  The  act  too  directs  the  amount  of 
the  sale  to  be  endorsed  on  the  execution.  This  forms  an  immediate 
credit  to  the  sheriff,  and  the  law  nowhere  authorizes  a  recharge  of  the 
deficiency  should  one  arise. 

I  am  therefore  of  opinion  that  the  agent  ought  not  to  credit  the 
Sheriff  for  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  made  by  himself,  and  I  give  that 
opinion  with  the  less  reluctance,  because  should, the  law  be  otherwise, 
the  party  can  immediately  bring  it  before  the  court,  and  the  Common- 
wealth will  be  assured  on  losing  the  profit  of  this  sale,  that  she  is  secure 
against  loss  on  a  future  occasion  when  the  property  may  sell  for  less 
than  the  sum  given  by  the  agent. 

J.  MARSHALL. 
Oct.  16th,  1794. 

General  Marshall's  Opinion. 

■ 

Ques.  1st.  Are  those  delinquent  who  have  failed  to  obey  the  requi- 
sition lately  made  on  the  Militia,  liable  to  the  fine  which  is  not  to  exceed 
one  year's  pay  by  the  Federal  law,  &  also  to  ten  dollars  for  not  appear- 
ing at  the  place  of  rendezvous  by  the  State  law  ? 


348  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  2Dd.    Are  subjeots  or  citizens  of  foreign  powers  liable  to  the  penalties 

Oct.  15th     from  Militia  laws? 

Ans.  Ist.  I  rather  incline  to  the  opinion  that  only  the  fine  imposed 
by  the  Act  of  Congress  ought  to  bo  collected. 

The  words  of  our  Act  of  Assembly  are  general,  and  1  have  no  doubt 
of  the  power  of  the  legislature  to  give  additional  penalties  for  the  breach 
of  any  law  of  the  Union,  but  I  rather  suppose  the  act  of  the  Virginia 
Assembly  would  be  construed  to  apply  to  cases  to  which  the  Congress- 
ional Act  could  not  apply. 

Ans.  2nd.  I  do  not  think  the  subjects  or  citizens  of  foreign  powers 
liable  to  the  penalties  of  our  Militia  law.  The  Act  of  Congress  plainly 
excludes  them  from  the  Militia,  and  the  Act  of  Assembly  is  expressed 
to  bo  enected  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the  Militia  system 
of  the  Union. 

J.  MARSHALL. 

Oct.  16th,  1794. 


Oct.  15th  ^^'  J«  K.  Read's  Report. 

Sir: 

Inclosed  you  have  the  report  of  Doct.  J.  K.  Eead  from  on  board  the 
vessel  lately  from  Baltimore. 

He,  with  myself,  do  not  think  there  is  any  occasion  for  performing 
Quarantine.    But  if  your  opinion  should  be  otherwise,  please  to  inform 

Your  most  humble  servant, 

JOHN  HAGUE,  Superintendent 
October  the  16th,  1794. 


Oct.  i7th  William  Davies  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

I  thank  you  for  your  promised  attention  to  my  memorial  on  the  21st 
instant.  On  the  20th  and  22nd  1  have  public  sutes  to  attend  in  South- 
ampton by  appointment,  but  I  hope  my  absence  may  not  be  deemed  a 
reason  for  postponing  the  decision. 

I  am,  &c. 


Oct  19th  George  French  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Fredericks-       I  have  the  honor  of  your  letter  of  the  15th  instant;  being  out  of  town 
^^^        till  the  17th  instant  prevented  me  from  writing  you  sooner.     I  beg  leave 
to  nominate  Mr.  Jas.  Allan,  Jun'r,  as  a  fit  person  to  be  appointed  as  Super- 
intendent of  Quarantine  for  this  Port.    Ho  has  done  that  offioe  last  year, 


OALBNBAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


and  this  with  greal  yigilance.  There  is  a  veesel  now  from  Baltimore 
loaded  with  gooda  for  this  pbice,  that  is  stopped  bj  the  guard  one  mile 
below  this  town.  Mr.  Allan,  who  attends  the  guard  morning  and  even- 
ing, informs  me  that  the  people  on  board  said  vessel  appear  to  be 
healthy.     She  has  been  fourteen  days  on  her  passage  trom  the  aforesaid 

port. 

If  Mr.  Allan  should  be  appointed  superintendent,  it  would  be  well  to 

give  him  some  instructions  re this  vessel. 

I  have,  &c. 


349 


Oct  19th 


R.  QuARLBs  TO  Jambs  Wood,  Likutenant-Qovbrnor. 


Oct.  20th 


Captain  Tinsley  waits  now  on  the  Board  to  receive  their  sanction  to  Columbia 
draw  the  money  for  the  last  quarter's  wages  and  disbursements  at  the 
arsenal.  The  warrant  I  obtained  when  last  with  you  is  still  unsatisfied, 
by  which  the  public  not  only  suffer  by  a  loss  of  its  artists,  but  I  am  my- 
self peculiarly  mortified  in  not  being  enabled  to  fulfill  contracts  entered 
into  on  behalf  of  the  state. 

Permit  me,  therefore,  to  solicit  your  friendship  in  relieving  my  dis- 
tresses, &  you'll  oblige, 

Your,  Ac. 


J.  Ambler  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor. 

The  extremely  embarrassed  state  of  the  Treasury  compels  me  to 
solicit  the  advice  and  direction  ot  the  Hon'ble  Board. 

We  have  at  present  in  the  public  Chest  $6,882  97  cents  only,  and  we 
have  had  for  some  time  past  the  most  pressing  demands  made  on  us,  on 
account  of  the  State's  subscriptions  to  the  several  Canals;  the  Federal 
Building;  for  the  support  of  the  Lunatic  Hospital,  and  the  public  Arse- 
nal, to  the  amount  of  more  than  fifty  thousand  dollars — besides  num- 
berless warrants  hourly  presented  by  individuals,  and  payment  pressed 
in  the  most  urgent  manner.  Should  we  attempt  to  discharge  these  as 
they  come  in,  the  Treasury  will  be  exhausted  in  a  few  days,  and  of 
course  the  first-mentioned  claims  remain  totally  unprovided  for.  Under 
this  extreme  embarrassment,  I  must  entreat  the  advice  and  direction  of 
the  Hon'ble  The  Executive,  who  alone  are  authorized  to  determine  what 
claims  the  present  exigencies  of  Government  may  render  it  necessary  to 
give  a  preference  to. 

I  am,  &c. 


Oct.  20th 


Treasury 


350 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 


George  Lee  Turbbville  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor. 


Oct.  20th         Protesting  against  the  appointment  of  Col.  Wm.  Peachey  as  Sheriff 

Richmond    of  Richmond  Co.,  as  contrary  to  Law. 
County 


Oct.  2l8t 


George  Salmon  to  the  Governor. 


Baltimore  ^J  l&te  letters  and  other  plausible  information,  we  learn  that  under 
an  idea  of  a  contagious  Fever  raging  in  Baltimore  with  great  mortality, 
measures  have  been  adopted  under  the  sanction  of  your  proclamation, 
to  restrain  the  intercourse  with  this  place,  whereby  persons  carrying 
Goods  and  Travelling  from  hence  to  Virginia,  are  subjected  to  detention 
and  inconvenienoy  Injurious  to  commerce,  and  to  Individual  Interests 
in  both  places.  We  therefore  think  it  our  duty  to  address  you  on  the 
subject,  and  state  to  you  candidly  and  truly  our  real  situation. 

A  Fever  did  prevail  in  Baltimore  during  the  months  of  August  and 
September,  and  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  month,  which  was 
attended  probably  with  more  than  the  usual  degree  ot  mortality  for  the 
season ;  but  on  the  late  favorable  change  of  weather  the  disease  abated, 
and  for  eight  or  ten  days  past  has  entirely  disappeared,  so  that  we  can 
truly  say  the  Inhabitants  now  enjoy  their  usual  Health ;  and  we  con- 
ceive that  no  danger  can  reasonably  be  apprehended  from  the  freeest 
intercourse  with  this  place,  or  from  Goods  transported  from  hence  to 
other  parts.  Scarce  any  of  our  Fall  Goods  were  arrived,  and  we  believe 
none  were  opened  untill  the  Town  became  Healthy,  and  it  is  still  a 
doubt  whether  the  Fever  was  Infectious — many  of  the  Physicians  posi- 
tively denying  that  it  ever  was  so. 

These  facts,  which  if  necessary  can  be  ascertained  on  the  most  satis- 
factory evidence,  will,  we  hope,  be  sufficient  to  induce  a  discontinuance 
of  measures  which  prudence  had  urged  you  on  this  occasion  to  adopt 
for  the  safety  of  the  citizens  of  your  state. 

In  behalf  of  the  Committee  of  Health,  with  great  consideration  and 
Respect, 

I  am,  &c. 


Oct.  2i8t    Thomas  Brend  &  Archibald  Cdrrie  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant- 
Governor. 


Richmond       Engaged  in  binding  the  Laws  of  the  State  solicit  an  advance  of  money 
to  enable  them  to  perform  their  contract. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 


351 


Thomas  Nbwton,  Jr.-,  to  thb  Lieutbnant-Qovbrnor. 

A  vessel  arrived  yesterday  from  Jamaica,  whose  Captain  &  Mate  died 
on  the  passage.  I  have  directed  her  to  perform  quarantine  until  I  can 
with  certainty  know  whether  any  other  of  the  crow  may  be  infected 
with  the  fever.  Two  others  have  laid  quarantine,  one  is  gone  to  sea, 
the  other  discharged,  the  crew  being  in  health.  I  really  am  of  opinion 
that  the  State  should  purchase  Crany  Island  for  this  purpose,  as  it 
might  in  all  probability  be  the  means  of  stopping  infectious  diseases  be- 
ing spread  in  this  country.  At  present  we  are  obliged  to  trespass  on 
the  owner  to  bury  the  dead,  and  in  many  other  instances.  I  hope  you 
will  excuse  me  for  mentioning  this  case,  but  as  the  Assembly  are  shortly 
to  meet,  I  thought  if  the  case  was  laid  before  them  they  would  not 
hesitate  to  purchase  it,  as  humanity  dictates  that  those  unfortunate 
people  who  are  compelled  for  general  safety  of  the  public,  should  have  a 
place  on  shore  for  recreation.  It  is  the  case  in  Pennsylvania.  They 
have  I  am  informed  two  houses — one  for  the  diseased,  and  another  for 
those  in  health  to  remain  in  a  few  days. 

Three  British  line  of  battle  Ships  are  in  Hampton  Road.  Supposed 
Admiral  Murray's  squadron.     The  Frigates  expected,  are  ofP. 

I  am,  &c. 


1794. 

Oct.  21st 
Norfolk 


Edmund  Randolph  to  tub  Governor. 

It  gives  me  pain  to  inform  your  Excellency  that  Mr.  Fauchet,  the 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  French  Republic,  believes  that  he  has 
reason  to  complain  of  the  treatment  which  French  Prizes  have  too  often 
received  in  our  Ports. 

He  represents,  that  by  the  machinations  of  the  enemies  of  his  country, 
the  captors  are  harrassed  by  seizures,  arrests  and  detentions  the  most 
vexatious  and  cruel.  That  as  soon  as  the  claimants  are  foiled  in  one 
attempt  they  betake  themselves  to  another.  On  my  part,  as  from  the 
confidence  which  the  President  reposes  in  the  Executives  of  the  States, 
they  have  been  requested  to  fulfil  the  general  rules  laid  down  by  him. 
I  could  only  undertake  to  address  your  Excellency  upon  the  subject. 

Mr.  Fauchet  is  anxious  that  a  bond  should  be  given  by  the  Claimants 
before  the  Executives  shall  interpose  in  any  case  of  a  Prize.  Doubting 
the  legality  and  expediency'  of  this  suggestion,  I  have  it  not  in  my 
power  to  recommend  it.  But,  I  have  assured  him  that  none  of  the 
Chief  Magistrates  of  the  States  will  ever  interfere  without  a  strong  pre- 
sumption of  title.  A  late  circumstance  has,  however,  brought  to  view 
the  practicability  of  oppression,  unless  precautions  be  adopted  by  the 
Executives.  The  claimants  maj*  often  pursue  a  double  chance,  by  first 
procuring  a  trial  before  the  Governors,  and  if  defeated,  by  next  resort- 


Oct  22d 

Phila- 
delphia 


352  CALEXDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


17M.  ing  to  the  CoortB  of  Law.  It  is  desirable,  therefore,  thmt  wheresoever 
iJei.  23d  an  applicatioo  shidl  be  made  to  yoor  ExeeUenej  with  respect  to  a 
prize,  voQ  shoaid  cause  it  to  be  examined  well,  whether  the  Coarts  have 
jariadiction  to  enquire  into  the  aJlair.  U  thev  have,  then  it  seems 
proper  that  voar  Excellency  shall  not  interpose.  If  the  Courts  have 
not  jurisdiction,  and  you  are  convince*!  that  there  is  good  ground  lor 
detaining  the  prize  in  onier  to  comply  with  the  rules  established  by  the 
President  last  year,  then,  and  then  only,  your  Excellency  will  so  pro- 
ceed. By  these  means,  the  vexation  complained  of  will  be  avoided  as 
far  as  lies  in  the  power  of  the  Executive  oi  the  United  or  Individual 
States,  and  the  construction  of  the  Treaty  will  be  left  to  the  Judiciary, 
who  are  more  peculiarly  the  expositors  of  it.  By  these  means  also,  the 
article  of  that  Treaty  will  be  best  preserved  from  violation,  and  the 
honor  of  our  nation  sustained. 

But  nothing  which  I  have  now  taken  the  liberty  of  offering  to  your  Ex- 
cellency's consideration,  is  intende<i  to  check  the  succour  which  at  any 
time  you  may  find  it  necessary  to  give  to  the  officers  charged  with  the 
execution  of  legal  process. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Oct.  23d  Robert  Brooks  to  James  Wood,  Libutexaxt-Goterstor. 

Fredericks-  Permit  me  to  inform  you  that  in  the  months  of  June  and  July  last,  I 
^"^  (as  counsel  for  the  Commonwealth),  attended  the  Escheators  of  the 
counties  of  Fauquier  and  Frederick,  when  juries  were  a  second  time 
empanneled  to  inquire  into  the  ri^ht  of  the  State  to  such  parts  of  the 
Manor  of  Leeds  as  lye  within  those  counties;  but  as  the  juries  did  not 
agree  and  nothing  decisive  was  done.  I  thought  it  then  unnecessary  to 
trouble  the  Executive  with  any  communications  on  the  sabject. 

I  however  now  have  the  satisfaction  of  informing  yoa  thai  on  the 
29th  of  August  last  I  was  more  successful  with  a  third  jury  impanneled 
tor  the  county  of  Fauquier,  who  unanimously  found  that  the  Common- 
wealth is  entitled  to  ninety  thousand  acres  of  land,  being  that  part  of 
the  Manor  or  of  Leeds  which  Ives  in  that  county. 

This  inquisition  was  regularly  returned  to  the  last  District  Court  hold 
at  Dumfries,  on  the  21st  inst..  where  I  also  attended  on  the  part  of  the 
Commonwealth,  and  am  happy  to  add  that  after  a  lengthy  and  lull  argu- 
ment of  the  ease,  the  Court  sanctioned  the  finding  of  the  jury  by  ren- 
dering a  judgment  pursuant  to  it. 

From  this  judgment  the  claimant  of  the  land  hath  appealed,  which  I 
supposed  it  proper  immediately  to  communicate  that  such  steps  are 
deemed  proper  to  sustain  the  right  of  the  Commonwealth  in  the  Court 
of  Appeals,  may  be  directed. 

The  Governor's  letter  directing  me  to  attend  at  the  last  district  court 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  363 


held  at  Winchester  in  aid  of  the  Deputy  Attorney  there  (in  consequence       1794. 
of  my  absence  from  home),  was  not  received  in  time  to  enable  me  to  com-     Oct.  23d 
pl^  with  its  contents,  or  they  would  have  experienced  every  attention 
on  my  part. 

I  have,  &c. 


Sir: 

Mr.  Pollard  will  be  content  at  present  with  a  warrant  for  nine 
hundred  and  eighty  dollars  18  cents,  in  behalf  of  the  James  River  Com- 
pany. 

Your  obed't  servant, 

J.  AMBLER. 
Treasury,  23rd  Octo.,  1794. 


John  Carter  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  Oct.  23d 

In  consequence  of  a  report  which  was  communicated  to  me  by  the 
Auditor,  tending  much  to  my  disadvantage,  I  now  take  the  liberty  of 
enclosing  to  you  such  documents  as  I  can  at  present  obtain,  in  order  to 
contradict  an  assertion  fraught  with  malice  and  design.  The  low  state 
of  the  Treasury,  together  with  Mr.  Ambler's  request  to  accommodate 
some  Gentlemen  who  had  demands  on  the  Treasury,  &  my  friendship 
for  particular  characters,  I  was  induced  to  advance  them  the  nominal 
amount  of  their  claims,  wh —  was  thankfully  acknowledged.  These 
friendly  transactions  have  been  commented  on  by  men  who  are  unwor- 
thy of  my  notice,  and  whose  suspicions  merit  your  contempt.  They 
have  attempted  to  convert  these  friendly  exertions  into  negotiations  of 
profit  and  gain.  My  acquaintances  who  live  in  distant  parts  of  this 
State,  have  frequently  required  my  assistance  in  the  disposal  of  their 
public  and  private  papers,  which  I  have  always  attended  to  without 
receiving  any  emolument  whatever,  and  should  have  conceived  myself 
unworthy  of  their  acquaintance  had  I  withheld  my  friendly  assistance. 
This  may  have  given  rise  to  the  prevailing  report,  and  shall  esteem  as 
a  singular  favour  if  you  will  communicate  it  to  the  members  of  your 
honorable  Board,  and  flatter  myself  they  will  agree  with  me  that  it  is  a 
malicious  and  groundless  assertion.  Had  I  time  I  could  procure  many 
other  documents  in  support  of  my  friendly  aid,  which  has  been  so  gross- 
ly misapplied  by  some  censorious  persons. 

Relying  on  your  disposition  to  redress  the  wrongs  of  an  injured  per- 
son, I  rest  assured  you  will  have  that  justice  done  wh —  1  hope  you  will 
conceive  I  deserve. 

Am,  &c. 

P.  S. — The  indisposition  of  Col.  Goode,  prevents  me  from  obtaining 


354  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       his  certificate  shewing  I  advanced  him  in  part  of  his  salary,  and  refus- 
Oct  23d     ijxg  at  the  same  time  making  any  discount  wh —  he  proposed. 

J.  C. 

Certificate  of  Wm.  Gait  of  the  generosity  of  Jno.  Carter  in  advancing 
money  on  his  claims  without  charge. 

Certificate  of  same  by  W.  Fenwick. 

Certificate  of  Wm.  Berkeley  of  advance  of  money  to  him   by  Jno. 
Carter. 

Certificate  of  Jno.  Hopkins  of  advance  of  money  by  Jno.  Carter 
without  charge. 


Joseph  Prbntis  to  Mr.  John  Carter. 


Oct.  23d  JOSEPH   rRBNTIS   TO   MR.   JOHN   UARTER. 

Williams-        Certificate  of  Jos.  Prentis  of  money  advanced  to  him  by  Jno.  Carter 
burg        without  charge. 


Oct.  23d  Governor  Lee  to  General  Wood. 

Head  -^1^  hopes  of  my  return  to  Richmond  in  time  for  the  Gen'l  Assembly, 

Tp^rvi"*'    being  done  away,  you  will  of  course  tako  the  part  assigned  to  you  by 
berland      the  Constitution,  and  make  all  necessary  communications  to  the  Gr.  As- 
sembly belonging  to  the  Executive  Department. 

I  enclose  two  Letters,  which  plase  to  present,  and  a  copy  of  General 
Orders  which  will  announce  our  situation  and  progress  with  everything 
worthy  of  notice  at  present.  My  best  respects  and  regard  attend  ail 
my  friends  with  you. 

Farewell. 


Oct.  23d  General  Orders. 

Head  Quarters,  Bedford,  Oct.  2l8t,  1794. 

Parole,  Virtue.    Countersign,  Perseverance. 

To-morrow  at  the  hour  of  eight  in  the  morning,  the  light  corps  will 
advance.  Major-General  Morgan  will  lead  the  one  acting  with  the  lett 
wing,  and  Major-General  Frelinghuysen  the  one  with  the  left  wing.  On 
the  next  day  at  the  same  hour,  the  army  will  move  in  two  columns,  the 
right  wing  composed  of  the  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  lines^  form- 
ing the  right  column  under  the  immediate  command  of  his  Excellency 


CALBNDAK  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  355 


Governor  Mifflin^  the  left  wing  composed  of  the  Maryland  and  Virginia  1794- 
liDOB,  forming  the  left  column  with  the  commander-in-chief.  The  Qaar-  Oct  23d 
tennaater-General  will  coDtinue  with  the  right  wing,  and  the  proper 
officers  in  his  department,  and  the  department  of  forage,  attended  by  a 
sufficient  number  of  axemen,  will  accompany  the  light  corps,  under 
whose  protection  they  are  to  prepare  all  necessaries  for  the  army. 
Abundance  of  straw  must  be  ready  for  the  troops,  inasmuch  as  their 
health  greatly  depends  on  their  sleeping  dry  and  warm.  The  utmost 
regularity  must  be  preserved  on  the  march  and  in  the  mode  of  encamp- 
menty  which  must  be  alwaj^  in  three  lines,  the  cavalry  in  the  centre, 
unless  prohibited  by  the  nature  of  the  ground.  Dragoons  are  dreadful 
in  light,  and  impotent  without  light,  there  safety  during  night  must 
therefore  be  regarded;  the  artillery  to  move  as  a  park  and  march  in 
the  centre. 

Constant  communication  must  be  preserved  between  the  light  troops 
and  the  main  body,  and  between  the  respective  columns  with  all  other 
precations  necessary  to  protect  the  troops  from  surprise  or  insult. 
Whatever  may  be  the  professions  of  the  insurgents,  they  are  not  to  be 
regarded.  Men  who  have  acted  a  part  so  atrocious  will  cheerfully  add 
to  their  guilt,  if  it  can  be  done  with  impunity.  Carelessness  in  the 
conduct  of  the  army  will  invite  attempts  upon  it,  and  produce  war, 
while  vigilence  in  the  conduct  of  it,  will  arrest  the  one  and  inhibit  the 
other.  The  different  columns  will  be  precise  in  the  execution  of  the 
daily  marches  assigned  to  them  respectively,  and  if  from  unavoidable 
accidents  either  should  fall  short  one  day,  the  deficiency  is  to  made  up 
the  next  day,  otherwise  the  mutuality  in  operation  will  be  lost,  and  the 
army  will  be  exposed  to  the  disgrace  and  evils  of  discordant  movements. 

The  particular  routes  with  the  necessary  instructions  will  be  given 
to  the  commanding  Generals,  and  will  of  course  form  the  rule  of  their 
conduct. 

When  the  right  wing  reaches it  will  divide  into  two  columns, 

the  New  Jersey  Line  and  Brigade  of  Cavalry  under  Brigadier  White, 
forming  one  column,  to  be  commanded  by  his  Excellency  Governor 
fiowell,  will  take  a  direction  to  the  right,  while  the  Pennsylvania  Line 
with  the  elite  corps  will  pursue  this  original  route  under  the  orders  of 
Governor  Mifflin.  When  the  column  divides,  the  right  will  move  from 
their  right  and  the  left  from  their  left,  chosen  parties  of  horse  must  fol- 
low the  rear  of  each  wing  to  arrest  stragglers  from  the  line,  and  protect 
the  property  of  individuals,  to  the  due  preservation  of  which  in  every 
respect  the  utmost  attention  is  to  be  paid  by  officers  of  every  rank. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  being  about  to  return  to  the  seat 
of  Government,  has  been  pleased  to  direct  the  commander-in-chief  to 
present  to  the  army  his  affectionate  wishes  for  their  welfare  and  happi- 
ness. In  no  way  can  the  very  grateful  command  be  so  fully  executed, 
as  by  publishing  the  very  words  of  the  President  which  are  accordingly 
subjoined : 


356  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  «  United  SUtee  (Bedford),  October  20th,  17»4. 

Oct.  2;M  "To  Henry  Lee,  Esquire,  Comraander-in-chief  of  the  Militia  Army  on 
its  March  against  the  Insurgents  in  certain  western  counties  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

"Sir: 

"Being  about  to  return  to  the  seat  of  Government,  I  cannot  take 
my  departure  without  conveying  through  you  to  the  army  under  your 
command,  the  very  high  sense  I  entertain  of  the  enlightened  and  pa- 
triotic zeal  for  the  Constitution  and  the  Laws,  which  has  led  them 
cheerfully  to  quit  their  families  and  homes  and  the  comforts  of  private 
life,  to  undertake,  and  thus  far  to  perform  a  long  and  fatiguing  march, 
and  to  encounter  and  endure  the  hardships  and  privations  of  a  military 
life.  Their  conduct  hitherto,  aflFoi'ds  a  full  assurance  that  their  perse- 
verance will  be  equal  to  their  zeal,  and  that  they  will  continue  to  per- 
form with  alacrity  whatever  the  full  accomplishment  of  the  object  of 
their  march  shall  render  necessary.  No  citizens  of  the  United  States 
can  ever  be  engaged  in  a  service  more  important  to  their  country.  It 
is  nothing  less  than  to  consolidate  and  preserve  the  blessings  of  that  Revo- 
lution, which  at  much  expense  of  Blood  and  Treasure  constituted  us  a 
free  and  independent  Nation.  It  is  to  give  to  the  world  an  illustrious  ex- 
ample of  the  utmost  consequence  to  the  cause  of  mankind.  I  experience 
heartfelt  satisfaction  in  the  conviction  that  the  conduct  of  the  troops 
throughout  will  be  in  every  respect  answerable  to  the  goodness  of  the 
cause  and  the  magnitude  of  the  stake.  There  is  but  one  point  on  which 
I  think  it  proper  to  add  a  special  recommendation,  it  is  this,  that  every 
officer  and  soldier  will  constantly  boar  in  mind,  that  he  comes  to  sap- 
port  the  Laws,  and  that  it  would  be  peculiarly  unbecoming  in  him  to 
be  in  any  way  the  infractor  of  them ;  that  the  essential  principles  of 
free  government  confine  the  province  of  the  Military  when  called  forth 
on  such  occasions  to  these  two  objects: 

"First,  To  combat  and  subdue  all  who  may  be  found  in  arms  in  oppo- 
sition to  the  national  will  and  authority. 

"  Secondly,  To  aid  and  support  the  civil  magistrate  in  bringing  offend- 
ers  to  justice.  The  dispensation  of  this  Justice  belongs  to  the  civil 
magistrate,  and  let  it  ever  be  our  pride  and  our  glory  to  leave  the  sacred 
deposit  there  unviolated. 

"Convey  to  my  fellow-citizens  in  arms,  my  warmest  acknowledgements 
for  the  readiness  with  which  they  have  hitherto  seconded  me,  in  tho 
most  delicate  and  momentous  duty  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  a  free  peo- 
ple can  have  to  perform,  and  add  my  affectionate  wishes  for  their  health, 
comfort,  and  success.  Could  my  further  presence  with  them  have  been 
necessary  or  compatible  with  my  civil  duties,  at  a  period  when  tho  ap- 
proaching commencement  of  a  session  of  Congi*ess  peculiarly  urges  me 
to  return  to  the  seat  of  Government,  it  would  not  have  been  withheld. 
In  leaving  them,  I  have  less  regret  as  I  know  I  commit  them  to  an  able 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  357 


and  fiuthfnl  direction^  and  that  this  direction  will  be  ably  and  faithftiUy       1794. 
seconded  by  all.'*  Oct.  23d 

To  this  parental  council  of  our  beloved  chief  Magistrate,  the  com- 
mander-in-cbiei  begs  leave  to  add  the  flattering  hopes  he  entertains, 
that  the  conduct  of  the  army  will  justify  the  favorable  anticipations 
formed  of  it.  Thus  shall  we  establish  to  ourselves  a  character  the  most 
amiable,  and  exhibit  to  posterity  a  model  for  all  future  armies. 

Lest,  however,  some  individuals  may  have  crept  into  the  ranks,  cal- 
lous to  all  the  feelings  of  honor  and  virtue,  and  consequently  the  fair 
character  so  justly  due  to  the  great  body  of  the  troops,  may  be  snatched 
from  them  by  the  licentious  tresspasses  of  a  few,  the  commandants  of 
Divisions,  Brigades,  Regiments,  and  corps,  are  required  to  examine 
minutely  their  respective  troops  before  the  army  moves,  and  to  dismiss 
all  whom  they  may  deem  unworthy  of  participating  in  the  honorable  ser- 
vice in  which  we  are  embarked. 

Six  rounds  of  ammunition  are  to  be  issued  to  all  corps  as  yet  unfur- 
nished; the  troops  are  to  draw  two  Day's  provisions  on  alternate  Days 
during  the  march;  the  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland  lines  to  draw  on  one 
Day,  and  the  New  Jersey  and  Virginia  lines  on  the  next  day;  this  sys- 
tem will  be  convenient  to  the  superintendants  of  provisions,  and  conse- 
quently tend  to  secure  punctuality  in  the  supplies. 

The  Commander-in-chief  has  been  pleased  to  appoint  Major  Alexan- 
der and  Major  Thomas  Nelson,  Deputy  Adjutants-General,  Dr.  Welford, 
Surgeon-General,  Majors  Heard,  Morgan,  and  Ghetwood,  aids-de-camp. 
They  are  to  be  respected  accordingly. 

It  is  to  be  understood  that  no  appointments  in  the  line  of  the  army 
are  to  affect  appointments  of  any  sort  heretofore  made. 


James  Hankins  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governok.  Oct.  24th 

Resigning  commission  as  captain  of  volunteer  militia. 


Charles  Cocke  to  Samuel  Coleman.  Oct.  24th 

Authorizing  him  to  draw  his  pay  as  commissary  of  Capt.  Hawkins'  Lee  county 
company. 


James  A.  Bradby  to  the  Executive  of  Virginia.  Oct.  26th 

The  pain  and  concern  I  have  experienced  since  seeing  my  letter  to  his       Sarry 
Excellency,  Henry  Lee,  Esquire,  dated  the  12th  of  September  last  in 
Jlr.  Daviee'  paper,  with  the  remarks  oi  a  man  whom  I  shall  make  free 


f 


358  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  to  mentioD  to  the  world  at  a  sabsoquent  period,  ia  more  easily  conceived 
Oct.  26th  than  expressed.  What  strikes  alarm  in  my  Breast  is  to  discover  a  let- 
ter written  by  a  civil  &  military  officer,  and  from  the  purest  of  principles, 
and  to  one  of  the  pillars  of  our  Government,  published  to  the  world 
without  an  inquiry  being  made  whether  what  was  contained  in  the  let- 
ter was  true  or  not,  or  whether  he  was  justifiable  in  giving  the  informa- 
mation  he  did. 

The  cause  of  my  assuming  the  freedom  to  write  you  is  from  a  desire 
of  being  informed  whether  a  copy  of  my  letter  was  given  out  by  order 
of  the  Board.  If  it  was  given  out  by  order  of  the  Board,  I  suppose  it 
must  be  correct,  for  I  have  ever  entertained  a  high  opinion  of  the  Exec- 
utive of  Virginia,  and  never  had  an  idea  that  they  would  do  anything 
that  was  either  repugnant  to  the  common  usages  or  law  of  the  lacd. 
But  pardon  me;  should  this  letter  have  been  given  out  by  order  of  your 
Hon'ble  Body,  it  cannot,  as  I  conceive,  Gentlemen,  have  any  good  effect. 
Rely  on  it,  that  it  puts  a  stop  to  many,  and  perhaps  necessary,  commu- 
nications to  your  Board,  for  if  they  are  made  as  appears,  the  informanta 
must  prepare  to  answer  plain  Blackgardism  either  by  the  pen  or  some- 
thing more  harsh.  And  if  men  are  compelled  to  use  either  for  doing 
but  their  common  duty,  altho'  they  may  not  be  less  averse  to  fighting 
than  men  generally  are,  yet  there  are  few,  very  few  indeed,  that  are  dis- 
posed to  personate  the  State  or  Union. 

I  have  not  presumed  (as  I  am  of  an  opinion)  to  writ«  anything  to  your 
board  but  what  I  conceived  it  my  duty  to  do. 

Was  the  highest  officer  in  the  State  or  Union  to  do  or  say  what  I 
thought  derogatory  to  the  interest  and  happiness  of  either,  I  would 
have  informed  against  them.  But  I  am  to  be  thus  rewarded  for  the  zeal 
I  have  at  all  times  manifested  for  my  country,  &  on  the  late  unfortunate 
occasion  I  can  and  will  publish  to  the  world  affidavits  of  my  conduct 
Should  these  things,  Gentlemen,  be  sanctioned,  jealousies  will  hover 
around  men,  and  who  are  actually  the  despots  will  become  a  question. 

The  most  of  your  honorable  Body  have  been  acquainted  with  me  in 
the  character  of  a  legislator  for  several  years.  You  can  determine  how 
much  of  a  despot  I  am.  I  despise  the  name  Gentlemen.  I  love  peace, 
liberty,  and  equality.  I  would  step  forward  at  any  moment  to  support 
it.  It  is,  and  has  been,  my  principle  to  do  everything  to  support  my 
country,  &  reclaim  any  feverish  humors  that  designing  men  may  wish 
to  infest  a  country  or  even  a  county  with.  But,  Gentlemen,  those  senti- 
ments will  soon  grow  feeble  and  dwindle  to  nothing  if  they  are  to  be 
rewarded  by  the  publication  of  letter  or  letters.  Reflect  for  a  moment 
when  this  letter  was  wrote — at  a  period  when  the  whole  American 
world  represented  in  the  strongest  colours  an  unhappy  civil  war.  Emis- 
saries, it  was  said,  were  going  through  our  country  with  British  Gold  in 
their  pockets,  and  that  it  might  have  found  its  way  into  my  Brigade 
was  a  matter  not  very  questionable.  At  the  time  I  thought  it  prudent  to 
write,  &  send  an  Express  to  the  Governor.    I  considered  it  my  duty, 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  359 


being  charged  and  honored  with  the  offices.  I  am  to  let  not  the  Bmall-  1794. 
est  attempt  that  might  be  made  to  disturb  the  minds  of  men  by  any  act  Oct.  26th 
or  declaration,  pass  unnoticed,  and  was  ready  myself  to  have  gone  for- 
ward, and  would  have  done  so  cheerfully  had  it  have  been  my  lot  in  the 
support  of  my  country  &  its  laws.  But  rewarded  I  am,  indeed  1  The 
circuniBtance  must  alarm  every  man  who  regards  quiet,  and  wishes  to 
preserve  the  laws  of  our  country. 

I  am  hopeful,  Gentlemen,  you  will  excuse  (if  it  may  be  so  termed) 
the  prolixity  of  my  letter.  I  have  no  other  apology  to  offer  than  the 
importance  of  the  cause  which  has  induced  me  to  write. 

lir.  Eowland  Holt  will  hand  this  letter  to  your  Hon'ble  Body  when 
setting,  and  the  favor  will  be  forever  gratefully  remembered  if  you  will 
take  the  same  immediately  under  consideration,  and  favor  me  with  an 
answer  by  him. 

1  have,  &c. 


At  a  Court  of  Quarterly  Sessions  continued  and  held  for  Patrick  county,    Oct  30th 
on  Thursday,  the  thirtieth  day  of  October,  1794:  Winchester 

Thomas  Whitlock  recommended  as  a  proper  person  to  serve  in  the 
commission  of  the  peace. 


E.  Lanoham  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  Oct.  30th 

I  am  this  moment  about  to  leave  this  place  to  join  the  army  with  two   Richmond 
waggon  loads  of  Cartridges  which  I  have  been  detained  to  get  made. 
All  accounts  that  I  have  lately  received  from  the  westward  assure  that 
there  will  be  no  fighting,  and  that  our  militia  will  shortly  return. 

You  was  kind  enough  to  say  when  I  last  had  the  pleasure  to  see  you, 
that  my  representative  at  the  Point  of  Fork  should  not  want  money  to 
carry  his  purchases  for  me  into  effect,  oven  if  you  was  obliged  to  nego- 
tiate so  as  to  procure  the  money  for  him  until  the  quarterly  returns 
came  on  to  reimburse  it. 

I  have  remitted  him  (with  the  assistance  of  funds  from  this  place) 
200  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  200  that  the  Executive  was  good  enough 
to  advance  when  I  was  down,  through  your  favorable  interference.  I 
judge  that  he  will  require  about  200  dollars  more  to  complete  his  pur- 
chases, as  I  wish  meat  and  corn  laid  in  sufficient  to  carry  my  contract 
to  an  end,  which  is  the  1st  of  June  next.  You  will  therefore  oblige  me 
by  getting  200  dollars  advanced  to  my  brother,  to  whom  I  have  sent 
this  letter  to  be  forwarded  to  you  by  some  person  that  he  can  depend 
on,  which  with  the  moneys  sent  him  will  lay  in  my  provision.  If  it 
can't  be  advanced,  if  you  will  please  so  to  negotiate  for  me  as  to  send  JM 

him  the  money,  it  will  be  a  singular  fkvor,  and  you  will  further  oblige 


360  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       me  very  much  by  getting  an  advance  by  negotiation  or  otherwise,  so  as 

Oct.  30th     to  furnish  Mr.  Archibald  Magill  with  forty-seven  pounds,  ten  shillings, 

provided  he  leaves  Richmond  before  the  1st  of  January  next.     At  that 

time  there  will  be  considerably  more  due  me  than  will  reimburse  the 

whole,  and  will  lay  me  under  additional  obligations. 

I  got  to  this  place  with  the  stores  Irom  the  Point  of  Fork  before  any 
stores  of  consequence  arrived  belonging  to  the  United  States. 

I  have,  &c. 


Oct.  30th  Charles  Yancey  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Richmond  Your  favor  of  the  29th  inst.  is  gratefully  received,  wherein  I  learn 
that  you,  with  advice  of  Council  of  State,  have  advised  that  the  com- 
mission of  Colonel  Commandant  for  the  County  of  Buckingham  issue  to 
Sam*l  Allen,  Esq.,  contrary  to  the  order  of  the  worshipful  Court  of 
Buckingham.  Conceiving  him  entitled  by  rotine,  &  further  having  un- 
derstood that  there  was  a  very  thin  board  of  council  on  the  determina- 
tion,  I  request  of  you  not  to  issue  a  commission  to  Mr.  Allen  until  a 
second  &  full  board  can  be  had  to  reconsider  the  Recommendation  be- 
fore mentioned. 

You  will  please  advert  to  your  records  and  you  will  find  that  I  bore  a 
Lieutenant's  Commission  &  then  a  Captain's  several  years  since,  and 
further  on  examination  you  will  find  that  Mr.  Allen  got  a  Major's  Com- 
mission about  three  months  since  when  the  Court  recommended  all  the 
Militia  Officers  to  complete  the  Roll  agreeable  to  Law  by  Grades,  Ac., 
but  you  will  find  this  case  is  a  vacancy  (wherein  the  Law  gives  the 
Court  a  latitude).  I  shall,  therefore,  rest  assured  the  business  will  be 
reconsidered  and  no  commission  issued  until  then.  After  which  time 
you  will  be  kind  enough  to  inform  me  by  letter. 

I  am,  &c. 

P.  S. — You  will  find  that  I  was  a  resident  of  Louisa  County  when  I 
was  commissioned  many  years  ago.     Since  moved  to  Buckingham. 


Nov.  ist  W.  GoosLEY  TO  Samuel  Shield,  Esq. 

York  Promising  to  pay  the  amount  of  an  execution  in  the  hands  of  Shield, 

Sh'ff,  against  him  for  deficiency  of  Rev.  of  1791,  due  by  Sheriff  Smith 
with  costs  and  damages  if  required. 

Enclosing  a  bond  for  £80  &  an  execution  to  be  exchanged. 

Remember  the  Business  of  the  orphans  whose  income  will  not  support 
them. 


CALKNfDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  361 


The  fine  recoTered  agunst  Mr.  Shields,  Sheriff  York,  for  not  return*       1794. 
ing  according  to  Law  an  Bx'on  against  his  immediate  predecessor,  Mr.     Nov.  let 
Gooeley,  amounts  to  Bight  Dollars  98  cents.    The  Ez'on  is  returned  & 
satisfied  &  Mr.  Shield  has  paid  the  costs  on  the  judgment  for  the  fine. 

J.  PENDLETON,  Auditor. 
Auditor's  Office,  14th  Nov.,  1794. 


Gborge  Revelet  to  the  Governor.  Nov.  let 

I  received  the  Deed  for  me  to  get  signed  by  Ballentine  and  Reveley,  Portsmouth 
which  I  should  have  got  executed  long  before  this,  but  at  that  time  I 
was  taken  sick,  and  has  continued  so  to  this  time.  I  am  now  well  and 
fit  for  Business,  and  will  proceed  about  it  Immediately,  but  am  at  pres- 
ent not  furnished  with  money  to  bear  my  expcDces.  Reveley  lives  near 
Fredericksburg,  and  Ballentine  in  LoudouD  county.  I  intend  going  by 
Land;  the  ezpence  of  travelling  I  suppose  to  cost  about  thirty  dollars, 
which,  if  you  will  please  to  give  me  an  order  for  on  any  Gent'n  in  Nor- 
folk or  this  place,  I  will  immediately  set  off  on  y'r  Business  and  return 
to  Richmond  in  three  weeks. 

I  am,  &c. 


At  a  court  of  Directors  oi  the  Hospital  for  the  maintenance  and  cure     Nov.  let 
of  persons  oi  unsound  minds,  held  at  the  said  Hospital  in  Williamsburg 
the  first  day  of  November,  1794: 

Jas.  Ruffin  recommended  for  vacancy  in  court  of  Directors  caused 
by  resignation  of  Joseph  Hornsby. 


At  a  court  of  Directors  of  the  Hospital  for  the  maintenance  and  cure 
of  persons  of  unsound  mind,  held  at  the  said  Hospital  in  Williamsburg 
the  29th  day  of  October,  1794 : 

Ordered,  That  Greo.  Carter  be  recommended  to  fill  vacancy  in  court 
of  Directors  caused  by  death  of  Chas.  Hunt. 


W.  Wilson  to  Lieutenant-Governor  James  Wood.  Nov.  2d 

I  am  honored  with  your  letter  of  the  25th  of  Octo'r,  and  beiir  leave  to  Portsmouth 
inform  you  your  requisition  therein  shall  be  complied  with  so  far  as  lies  ^^^ 

in  my  power.  #>S 

That  the  laws  of  Nations,  neutrality,  and  Justice  are  regardless  bars  T  > 

46 


362  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEES. 


1794.  to  the  depredation  of  those  tyrants  are  unquestionable  facts,  as  we  have 
Nov.  2<i  both  proof  and  existence  under  our  noses  in  this  very  port.  In  making 
this  declaration,  however,  I  may  incur  the  charge  oi  a  breach  of  duty, 
but  it  is  not  the  case,  sir.  What  power  I  have  has  been  exerted.  I 
bave  made  frequent  remonstrances  to  the  refractors  respecting  the  im- 
pressment of  our  native  seamen,  &c.,  &c. 

Many  letters  have  been  handed  me  from  these  unhappy  citizens  thoD 
on  board  the  British  ships  under  impressment,  and  the  iron  hand  of  op- 
pression, begging  their  country  to  interpose  in  their  releasment. 

It  is  true  I  did  prevail  on  Commodore  Kogers  to  deliver  up  two,  but  I 
have  reason  to  believe  they  carried  off  ten  times  two.  We  are  at  pres- 
ent rid  of  the  gentry ;  they  proceeded  to  sea  last  week. 

Please  forward  the  enclosed  to  Governor  Lee,  and  it  will  oblige  me. 

I  have,  &c. 


Nov.  3d  John  Evans,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 

Resigns  commission  as  Lieutenant  in  company  of  volunteer  militia. 


Proclamation. 

By  the  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia: 

Whereas  satisfactory  information  has  been  received  that  the  ma- 
lignant fever  which  unhappily  prevailed  at  Baltimore,  in  the  State  of 
Maryland,  has  subsided,  I  have  thought  fit,  by  and  with  the  advice  of 
the  Council  of  State,  hereby  to  revoke  my  proclamation  of  the  7th  day 
of  October  last,  directing  the  performance  of  quarantine  in  certain  cases 
by  vessels  arriving  from  the  port  of  Baltimore. 

Given  under  my  hand,  as  Lieutenant-Governor,  in  the  absence  of  the 
Governor,  and  under  the  Seal  of  the  Commonwealth,  at  Richmond,  the 
4th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  ninety-four,  and  of  the  Commonwealth  the  nineteenth. 

[Seal.]  JAMES  WOOD. 


Nov.  4th       William  Ap.  Thomas  Parsons  to  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutenant- 
Governor. 

Elizabeth        I"  your  letter  to  me  of  the  25th  (October),  as  commandant  of  the 

City  county  militia  of  this  connty,  you  desire  me  to  be  attentive  to  seventh  ariiele  of 

the  Commercial  Treaty  with  France;  also  to  the  correspondent  rules  of 

the  President  of  the  United  States,  said  to  be  communicated  lo  me  in  the 


CALBHDAK  OF  STATE  PAPBRS.  368 


Govemor'B  laUer  of  the  5%li  of  Deoomber.    I  must  beg  lenTe  to  infora       17M. 
you  that  the  said  letter  has  never  eome  to  hand,  nor  do  I  know  what     Nov.  4lh 
those  roles  are. 

I  have,  &c. 


J.  Amblbr  to  Jambs  Wood,  LiBUTSNANT-GoYUtifOR.  Nov.  4th 

OfTering  to  pay  the  demand  of  the  Court  of  Directors  of  the  Lunatic    Trtasury 
Hospital,  on  the  order  of  the  Board,  by  issue  of  a  warrant  for  three 
hundred  pounds. 


John  Pendleton  to  James  Wood,  Lieutbnant>Oovbrnor.  Nov.  4th 

The  enclosed  letter,  from  Agent  Bavies,  alludes  to  an  ex*on  issued  in 
behalf  of  the  Co'wealth  against  the  securities  of  Wm.  Robertson,  for- 
merly Sheriff  of  P.  George,  for  a  balance  of  the  taxes  due  for  the  year 
'89,  about  350  dollars,  exclusive  of  costs,  and  I  am  surprised  that  lands 
should  have  been  taken  and  sold  for  so  small  a  sum,  as  the  securities 
must  possess  goods  and  chattels  more  than  sufficient  to  have  paid  the 
debt;  and,  presuming  the  fact  to  be  so,  it  would  appear  to  mo  that  the 
execution  was  not  served  according  to  law.  (Acts  of  '92,  chap.  16,  sec- 
tions 9,  11  and  16.) 

I  presume  too  that  the  lands  taken  were  the  property  of  Robertson, 
which  were  not  liable  to  the  operation  of  that  Ex'on,  and  bonce  surmise 
that  they  were  taken  and  sold  to  relieve  the  securities. 

I  am,  &c. 


John  McCullock  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  Nov.eth 

I  wrote  to  you  since  I  saw  you  in  which  I  informed  you  that  the  In-  Ohio  county 
dians  had  been  very  troublesome  on  our  frontiers  while  I  was  from  homo. 
Shortly  after  I  wrote  to  you,  I  had  the  Mortification  to  hear  of  the  In- 
dians taking  of  three  horses  within  a  half  a  mile  of  my  station,  and  my- 
self without  any  command  to  have  them  followed. 

At  this  time  it  appears  to  be  a  doubt  whether  General  Biggs  will  go 
to  the  assembly  or  no;  if  he  should  attend  the  sessions  we  shall  be  at  a 
loss  for  a  Muster  Master  to  Muster  our  Ebingers  when  their  times  is  ex- 
pired,  as  be  was  appointed  to  do  it;  therefore,  I  hope  the  Executive  will 
give  me  such  orders  as  will  be  necessary  on  the  occasion,  so  that  there 
will  be  no  difficalty  in  our  pay  and  muster  Rolls.    If  the  Bangers  should  Jfl 

be  continued  another  year  it  would  be  of  advantage  to  the  officers  who  f^ 


364  CAliENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.  is  to  command  them  to  have  their  orders  before  the  present  time  is  ex- 
Nov.  6th  pired.  I  hope  the  Execatiye  will,  if  in  their  power,  send  us  the  Balance 
of  our  last  year's  pay.  If  it  please  the  Executive  to  honor  me  with  a 
command  next  year  in  this  service  I  shall  incline  to  continue.  I  am  tt 
a  loss  to  no  whether  the  spies  that  is  under  my  command  is  to  be  dis- 
charged with  the  Bangers  or  no,  and  hope  that  the  Executive  will  give 
me  instructions  what  to  do  in  that  case.  I  shall  in  a  few  days  take  mj 
post  with  the  Bangers  as  the  time  of  my  suspension  is  nearly  out. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Nov.  7th     Daniel  Carroll,  Gust's  Scott  and  William  Thornton  to  thk 

Governor. 

City  of  We  have  been  compelled  to  trouble  you  before  on  the  subject  of  the 
Washington  third  Donation  granted  by  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia  towards 
erecting  the  public  buildings  for  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  The 
late  commissioners  we  find  had  relied  on  receiving  the  amount  before 
this  time.  The  disappointment  places  us  under  very  considerable  diffi- 
culties. We  trust  that  on  a  due  consideration  of  all  circumstances,  the 
Executive  or  honorable  Legislature  of  the  Commonwealth  will  take 
such  measures  as  will  discharge  immediately  the  order  which  has  been 
given  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  in  December  last,  conform- 
able to  the  resolve  for  that  purpose. 

We  have,  &c. 


Nov.  8th  W.  Pbnwick  to  Augustine  Davis. 

Richmond       Requesting  payment  of  amount  due  £607  5.  4.,  money  advanced  for 
State. 


Nov.  9th  Charles  Yancey  to  James  Wood. 

Buckingham  By  this  instant  you  have  had  a  second  board  of  council.  You  will 
please  to  inform  me  by  favor  of  Colonel  Cabell,  who  will  deliver  yoor 
letter  to  some  waterman  who  will  deliver  it  to  me.  The  first  decision 
of  Council  has  caused  a  great  Tremour  in  this  county,  inasmuch  that  a 
very  great  contempt  is  offered  to  the  Court,  and  expect  that  an  appli- 
cation of  some  nature  will  be  brought  before  the  present  Assembly  rela- 
tive thereto.  Having  understood  that  Mr.  Allen's  letter  to  the  Executive 
is  of  a  Pusillanimous  nature,  therefore  request  a  copy  at  your  Instance; 
I  hope  the  clerk  will  have  notice  to  send  me  a  copy  with  his  charge 


CAIiBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  365 


aniraxed,  ^hich  shall  be  forwarded  to  him.  If  it  has  so  happened  that  1794. 
the  Bxecutive  have  not  decided  between  Mr.  Allen  and  myself  by  the  Nov.  9th 
reception  of  this  letter,  I  request  of  yon,  Sir,  for  a  postponement  until 
the  25th  inst.,  at  which  time  will  be  present,  if  yon  will  be  so  kind  as  to 
inform  me  thro*  the  channel  of  Col.  Cabell,  who  will  forward  a  line  to 
me),  at  which  time  circumstances  may  still  appear  much  filler  before 
your  honorable  body. 

I  am,  &c. 


Buckingham,  14th  October,  1794. 
Dear  Sir: 

In  consequence  of  the  acquaintance  which  I  have  the  honor  to 
have  with  you,  I  take  the  liberty  to  trouble  you  with  a  few  lines. 

The  office  of  Col.  Commandant  of  this  county  becoming  vacant  by  the 
resignation  of  William  Perkins,  Esq.,  I  did  think  as  I  now  do,  that  be- 
ing next  in  commission  regarding  grade  and  seniority  in  the  Militia  of 
this  county,  I  was  entitled  of  right  to  be  appointed  to  the  vacancy. 
The  majority  of  one  of  this  Court  has  thought  proper,  however,  to 
recommend  a  certain  Mr.  Yancey,  a  Gent.,  as  will  appear  by  our  records 
never  bore  any  military  commission  in  this  county,  to  the  Executive  as 
person  proper  to  supply  the  vacancy. 

I  beg  leave,  therefore,  to  trouble  you,  as  the  only  acquaintance  I  have 
in  Council,  to  lay  this  matter  before  your-  board,  and  if  it  is  my  right  to 
obtain  a  Commission  for.  Sir, 

Yours,  Ac. 


Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  Jambs  Woods,  Lieutenant-Governor.      Nov. 9th 

Inclosed  is  an  account  of  the  charges  of  the  look-out  boat  employed  Norfolk 
to  prevent  diseases  being  brought  into  this  State.  There  are  some  other 
charges  which  I  could  not  come  at  now.  which  shall  be  hereafter  sent  on : 
Such  allowance  as  you  and  the  Council  may  think  proper  for  my  ser- 
vices will  be  perfectly  agreeable.  I  have  been  at  some  expences,  which 
I  kept  no  account  of  &  shall  be  contented  for  them  in  the  allowance 
made.  The  season  being  so  far  advanced  that  I  think  there  is  no  danger 
of  any  disorder  being  brought  in,  if  you  think  proper  I  will  discharge 
the  boat;  I  shall  await  your  order  for  it.  A  British  Ship  of  War  is  in, 
from  whence  I  have  not  heard. 

We  have  been  at  a  groat  loss  respecting  our  general  musters,  not 
knowing  who  was  to  order  them,  and  a  misconstruction  of  the  Law  in 
some  of  us.  Sec.  17th  of  the  Law  requires  the  Brigadier- General  to  order 
the  muster,  and  in  his  absence  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Brigade, 
we  know  not  who  he  is,  having  never  been  furnished  with  our  rank.     I 


366  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       have  also  misunderstood  the  Sec.  34tb,  haviag  ordered  a  Court  Martial 
Nov.  9th     in  November,  considering  that  if  the  muster  was  held  in  May  or  Oc- 
tober that  the  Court  for  assessment  of  fines  could  be  held  any  time  after 
in  fifteen  days.     I  shall  be  exceedingly  obliged  by  your  advice  on  these 
subjects,  as  they  have  happened  for  want  ot  knowledge  who's  duty  it 

was. 

I  am,  &c. 


Nov.  9th  John  Morriss  to  the  Governor. 

Kanawha  Give  me  leave  once  more  to  renew  my  application  for  the  pay  and 
subsistance  for  my  Company  for  the  year  1792.  How  it  is  that  so  moch 
contention  and  disappointment  have  happened  in  this  business  I  am  at 
a  loss  to  determine,  as  I  am  sure  Col.  Clendenin  give  no  orders  withoat 
authority,  nor  did  I  exceed  the  orders  he  gave  me,  but  am  led  to  be- 
lieve that  some  disappointed  persons  have  been  doing  every  thing  in 
their  power  to  Prove  to  the  Executive  that  s'd  Service  was  unnecessary 
and  that  it  was  not  performed,  but  convinced  I  am  that  there  never  was 
more  service  rendered  in  this  country  than  there  was  in  that  year,  and 
particularly  by  my  Company.  Indeed  they  rendered  almost  all  the  ser- 
vice that  was  for  the  defence  of  that  country.  I  have  lately  been  in- 
formed that  some  wicked  persons  have  insinuated  that  I  signed  a  cer- 
tificate for  ammunition  tor  William  Christian  which  was  not  furnished. 
Some  time  ago,  Mr.  Caperton's  friend,  Mr.  Eelley,  was  down  Trying 
in  an  underhand  manner,  to  establish  this  false  Report,  however,  he 
found  himself  disappointed. 

I  am,  &e. 


Nov.  9th  Augustine  Davis  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor. 

The  time  designated  for  the  completion  of  the  revised  Code  of  Laws 
having  elapsed,  I  am  necessarily  constrained  to  inform  your  Honorable 
Body  that  the  primary  cause  was  a  disappointment  of  a  supply  of  paper 
from  England  last  spring ;  the  vessel  having  put  into  Guadaloupe  thro' 
some  unaccountable  cause,  in  which  128  Reams  were  shipped  &  the 
paper  totally  loss,  at  least  nothing  since  ever  heard  of  it. 

To  obviate  which  difficulty,  and  no  other  chance  existing  of  a  farther 
supply  from  that  quarter  until  the  arrival  of  the  fall  vessels,  I  immedi- 
ately sent  to  Philadelphia  for  100  Reams,  but  there  being  none  of  that 
size  and  quality  then  to  be  had  there,  impeded  the  progress  of  the  work 
till  the  paper  could  be  got  ready,  which  was  not  effected  Ull  four  or  five 
weeks  after  the  stipulated  time,  and  with  this  supply  I  have  with  un- 
remitting  assiduity  prosecuted  the  business,  and  had  not  the  sioknefis  of 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  367 


my  workmen  operated  as  a  secoDd  oause,  the  work  would  have  been  ac-  1794. 
complished  by  this  time.  Permit  roe  to  assure  your  Honorable  Board  No?.  9th 
that  no  exertions  have  been  or  shall  be  wanting  on  my  part  to  the  ac- 
complishment of  the  undertaking,  and  to  add  that  I  hope  to  lay  the 
publication  before  your  Honorable  Board  in  a  few  weeks ;  that  not  be- 
ing now  more  than  four  or  five  Laws  and  the  Index  wanting  to  com- 
plete the  whole. 

Mr.  Feowick  has  handed  mo  his  account  for  the  paper  imported, 
which  I  herewith  enclose  to  your  Honorable  Board,  together  with  his 
importunate  Letter  to  me  yesterday  for  immediate  payment  of  the 
balance,  which,  agreeably  to  our  contract,  he  has  a  right  to  expect.  I 
therefore  flatter  myself  that  your  Honorable  Board  will  take  the  same 
into  your  immediate  consideration,  and  make  such  provision  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  balance  agreeably  to  the  account  Noted  as  the  necessity  of 
the  occasion  requires. 

I  have,  &c., 


John  Hague  to  .  Nov.  lOth 

The  Superintendent  for  the  ports  of  Richmond  and  Manchester  hav-  Richmond 
ing  been  informed  that  the  small-pox  was  in  Petersburg,  and  a  vessel 
having  passengers  on  board  from  that  place  arriving  last  evening,  he 
thought  it  his  duty  to  call  on  the  health  officer  to  accompany  him  on 
board  the  said  vessel  for  the  purpose  of  examinmg  the  state  of  health  of 
Passengers  and  crew. 

He  begs  leave  to  report  to  the  Executive  that  the  crew  and  passen- 
gers are  healthy,  and  that  no  danger  seems  to  be  apprehended  of  their 
having  the  infection  of  the  small-pox  on  board. 


II.  Knox  to  Lieutenant-Governor  Wood.  Nov.  loth 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  3'ou  that  it  is  the  intention  of  the  Presi-  War 
dent  of  the  United  Sutes  to  establish  within  the  Commonwealth  of  ^^P*'^'^®^^ 
Virginia  an  arsenal  or  magazine  for  the  United  States.  It  is,  however, 
first  necessary  that  the  consent  of  the  Legislature  of  Virginia  should  be 
obtained  for  the  purchase  of  the  necessary  ground  for  this  purpose  in 
pursuance  of  an  act  passed  the  second  of  April  last,  entitled  an  act  to 
provide  for  the  erecting  and  repairing  of  arsenals  and  magazines,  and 
for  other  purposes.  It  is,  sir,  the  request  of  the  President  that  you 
would  be  pleased  to  take  the  proper  measures  for  obtaining  the  consent 
of  the  Legislature  for  the  purchase  of  the  land,  which  is  not  contem- 
plated to  exceed  in  quantity  six  hundred  and  forty  acres. 

I  have,  &c. 


368  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  In  the  House  of  Delegates, 

Nov.  10th  Wednesday,  the  12th  of  November,  1794. 

Resolved  unanimously  that  the  spirit,  alacrity,  and  promptitude  with 
which  the  militia  of  this  Commonwealth  obeyed  the  necessary  call  of 
their  country  to  support  the  constituted  authorities  by  enforcing  obedi- 
ence to  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  present  a  bright  example  of 
patriotism,  and  ought  to  bo  held  in  effectionate  remembrance. 

Teste : 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 

November  18th.  1794,  Agreed  to  by  the  Senate, 

H.  BROOKE,  C.  S. 


Nov.  12th    Kanawha  County,  to-wit : 

This  day  George  Fitzwaters  came  before  me,  George  Clendenin, 
a  justice  of  the  peace  for  said  county,  and  made  oath  that  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Captain  William  Clendenin  a  corporal  in  his  company  for 
the  defence  of  Greenbrier  and  Kanawha,  and  that  his  said  Captain  as- 
signed him  with  three  men  to  keep  the  post  at  the  ford  of  Galley  river. 
That  since  Allyn  Pryor  and  John  Reynolds  became  contractors,  they 
have  never  been  furnished  with  the  ration  established  by  law,  nor  has 
any  of  the  said  gentlemen  entered  into  any  contract  that  the  said  Cor- 
poral Fitzwaters  or  any  of  his  command  to  his  knowledge,  but  furnish 
themselves. 
Sworn  to  before  me  this  12th  day  of  November,  1794. 

GEORGE  CLENDENIN. 
(Signed)      GEORGE  FITZ WATER. 


Nov.  12th  Jambs  McCraw  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Resignation  as  escheator  of  Halifax. 


In  the  House  of  Delegates, 
Thursday,  November  13th,  1794. 

Resolved  that  the  Executive  be  requested  to  lay  before  this  House 

the  reports  of  the  agents  appointed  to  superintend  the  collection  oi 

arreages  of  taxes  pursuant  to  an  act  of  the  last  session  of  the  General 

Assembly. 

Teste  : 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


369 


BoBKRT  Mitchell  to  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutbnant-Governor. 

Your  favor  came  to  my  hand  last  night.  By  being  from  home  was 
the  cause  of  your  not  having  an  answer  by  return  of  the  messenger. 

You  observe  that  alarm  is  gone  abroad  respecting  the  small-pox  being 
within  this  city.  I  do  assure  you  that  it  is  without  foundation,  and 
that  no  such  disorder  has  been  in  this  city  since  the  inoculation  in  last 
January  and  February  to  my  knowledge.  Perhaps  this  report  might 
arose  from  a  negro  coming  from  Petersburg  with  the  small-pox  last 
Saturday,  but  he  is  not  in  the  city  or  within  a  mile  of  it. 

I  am,  &c. 


1794. 

Nov.  13th 

Richmond 
city 


Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  James   Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.    Nov.  I4th 


The  Brittish  ships,  Lynx  and  Cleopatra,  are  in  Hampton  Boads;  the 
latter  took  a  schooner  belonging  to  Portland  from  St.  Marks  bound  to 
New  York.  They  put  on  shore  three  men  belonging  to  her,  except  one 
which  I  have  requested  the  consul  to  have  released. 


Be  pleased  to  forward  the  inclosed. 


I  am,  &c. 


Norfolk 


R.  Quarles  to  the  Executive. 

When  the  Executive  thought  proper  to  confer  the  Superintendency  of 
the  Public  Arsenal  on  me,  the  duties  of  the  office  were  confined  to  the 
direction  of  8  smiths  and  3  soldiers  with  a  salary  for  this  service  of  £100 
per  annum,  with  the  advantages  of  one  Ration  for  myself  and  another 
for  my  horse.  Very  soon  after  I  came  into  office,  the  Hon'ble  Board 
thought  proper  to  augment  the  number  of  Smiths  to  18  and  the  soldiers 
to  13;  in  consequence  of  which,  the  duties  of  my  office  became  propor- 
tionately increased,  without  any  additional  compensation  therefor.  I 
feel  myself  justified  in  suggesting  this  subject  to  the  Board,  from  a  con- 
viction that  they  have  uniformly  proportioned  the  Emoluments  of  this 
office  to  the  cares  and  troubles  attendant  on  the  discharge  of  its  duties; 
for  when  Capt.  Peyton  resided  here  with  an  inferior  Garrison  to  the 
present  one,  his  salary  was  £300  pr.  an.,  and  allowed  a  clerk  with  many 
other  advantages.  His  successor,  Major  Langham,  with  less  than  half 
the  present  Garrison,  received  £150  for  his  services. 

I  trust  the  Hon'ble  Board  will  readily  perceive  the  additional  duties 

to  my  office,  and  will  credit  me  when  I  assure  them  that  I  am  not  only 

closely  tied  to  the  superin tendance  of  the  shops,  but  am  obliged  to  act 

as  officer  of  the  Guard,  Pay-master,  Clerk,  and  Clothier  to  this  increased 

47 


Nov.  14th 


370 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       number.     I  presume  it  is  entirely  unnecessary  to  make  any  further  oom- 

Nov.  14th    ments  on  this  subject,  and  with  a  reliance  that  the  Board  will  from  the 

first  of  October,  1793,  make  such  additional  compensations  for  my 

vices  as  to  them  may  appear  just  and  right, 

I  have,  &c. 


In  the  House  of  Delegates, 

Nov.  13ih,  1794. 

Resolved,  That  the  privy  council  or  council  of  State  be  requested  to 
lay  before  the  General  Assembly  the  Journal  of  their  proceedings  during 
the  last  year. 

Teste : 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 


1794 — Nov.  17th.     Agreed  to  by  the  Senate. 


H.  BROOKE,  C.  S. 


A  copy — Teste  : 


CHARLES  HAT,  C.  H.  D. 


Nov.  15th 


Tappahan- 
Dock 


John  Bkokenbrouoh  to  the  Governor. 

Inclosed  is  a  small  acct.  as  Superintedant  of  Quarantine.  This  vessel 
was  at  Philadelphia  when  the  Yellow  Fever  raged  there.  Capt.  Bnd- 
by  and  all  his  crew  (except  one  negro)  died  there.  Some  hands  were 
hired  to  bring  the  schooner  round  to  this  Port.  On  examination  I 
thought  it  prudent  to  order  her  to  perform  quarantine,  but  they  bad 
neither  provisions,  water,  or  boat.  I  therefore  furnished  them  with 
necessaries  to  proceed  to  Craney  Island,  and  sent  them  off. 

I  am.  fte. 


Nov.  16th         John  Blackwell  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Govbrnob. 


Fauquier 
coantv 


Your's  of  the  30lh  of  September  I  acknowledge  the  rec't  of  on  ibe 
4th  of  this  Inst.,  and  have  given  orders  accordingly. 

Major  James  Wright  will  hand  you  an  accompt  of  the  expenses  of 
the  detachment  of  Militia  from  the  fifth  Brigade  to  the  Gen'l  rendexvoas 
at  Winchester,  with  the  neces^ry  vouchers,  who  is  empowered  to  settle 
and  receive  ihe  ballance  that  may  be  found  due.    The  unavoidable  deUy^ 


GAIiSKVAK  OV  ^SL^ 


S    ?• 


3SM 


of  dMCoaa^ 
tlMMilitiA 

BomiMr  flf 
I  gmTe  him 


3*jnBex  mat  imTtQg 


I&  sJfcc  fifioac  of  I^kgateo, 
MflM^j.  ci*  I7c&  o#  yoTember,  17 

Booiv^ed.  that  the  ExeentiYe  be  Ri{Btfsic«d  w  leU  the  mace  now 
kf  tkm  Hooae,  and  thai  the  ptoemit  of  tke  sate*  be  deposited  in 
payie  Treaffary. 

94. 

used 
i  tho 

CHARLBS  HAY.O.  H,  IV 


Nov.  tuth 


SaMUKL   CoLBMAH  to  THI  LlBrTB5ANT>G0VBRN0R. 

TW  eodoeed  paper  is  the  only  voacher  which  Captain  Caporton  ran 
Mw  proeore  to  eetablish  the  claim  of  his  coinpanj  to  pay  tVom  tho  lAlh 
tf  Xarch,  1793,  uDtil  the  25th  of  July  following,  on  which  day  (^aptniii 
^Vadcnia  took  command  of  the  said  company. 

I  be^  leare  to  ref er  to  Colonel  Steele  for  tho  best  information  whlnli 
M  be  bad  on  this  subject,  and 

Have,  Ac. 


Nov  \MU 


Pea.  Whttixg  to  Nicholah  Blatb,  Km, 

I  hare  been  indocedr  at  tlie  iaataoee  of  numb^rr  ttf  y*mn%  O^nithfHi^H 

^earoos  of  ferring  tiMir  connlrj  on  aoy  lotur*  ^mtffumt^y  ^h  ih^  ntt^ 

^tver  of  diagnni,  to  oadertaka  to  nim  fmn  effmphUt  Vf6^^.  Uf  M 

^aroterf  a^d  c«|«pc  at  emr  pvtftf^r  expea^t^^  aa4  tm  ffm4f  fft  i^f  AHilf  /^ 

Mi^iiaL,  ioL.    TtavlL  tfcafEtom.  nay  ffoar  ?Hr^  ^  m^  M<f  IMii^  />Ai^4M^VAts 

^  ^agwtar  davw  bf  — frvay  kaoira  r^vf  wiiitMa  1^^  tM  l&>#^^AfVAy    f^ 

fgmir,  ^ad  the  EMMcabia  iumfri,  aaH  Mt  ma  Iriwv^  i4  4wmfH^4tft^M«« 

be  aHOdft  oir  ckia  pnrp4ea  mui^^  nM  litM^4  am  t^y  ^wy^r  4fvif^4, 

It  anc  be  giwiasd  Gi^  Uw1i|b  rny  aant*  A«ii«m!f  my  fVi«H^«f«  avt4  Art/fiHi^Hf 

if  i3ie  bfiaffrt     Tf  an*'  laxir  .4uvi4<i  K4«  ^m^^M  t;HW  «««ii1^  /i^fivi^ 

nigbiB  SjHMfleoir^.  Jbe».  tlu»  p^»«»^  4f  mmk^^  any  fW><^  ;if|^fi4fHr»fi«« 


f 


372  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBBS. 


1794.  as  it's  believed  by  best  judges  that  such  will  be  done,  seeing  allmost  all 
Nov.  18th    the  cavalry  o^  the  State  are  on  this  Tramontane  expedition. 

Visiting  Winchester  in  the  time  of  the  Greneral  review  of  the  Troop, 
roused  some  sparks  of  military  ardour  that  were  not  entirely  extin- 
guished in  my  breast,  which  being  encouraged  by  my  friends,  induced 
me  to  make  this  arduous,  and  perhaps  may  hereafter  turn  out  a  danger- 
ous undertaking. 

Mr.  Tate,  who  brings  this,  will  charge  himself  with  any  answer  yon 
may  be  pleased  to  favor  him  with,  and  believe  me  with  my  best  respects 
to  the  ladies  of  your  family,  to  be, 

Yours,  &c. 
P.  B.  W.  and  family  leave  iis  to  morrow.  F.  W. 


In  the  House  of  Delegates, 

November  19th,  1794. 

Resolved,  That  the  Executive  be  requested  to  furnish  this  House 
with  all  the  information  of  which  they  are  possessed,  relating  to  the 
request  made  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  that  Henry  Lee, 
Esq.,  would  take  the  command  of  the  army  raised  for  the  purpose  of 
suppressing  the  insurrection  in  the  western  counties  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  of  the  time  when  the  said  Henry  Lee  notified  the  president  of  his 
acceptance  thereof 

Teste : 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 


Nov.  19th       William  Lowthbr  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Clarksburg  In  performance  of  your  orders,  Capt.  Bogard  with  his  detachment 
took  his  post  at  Newbury,  12  miles  below  little  Kanawha,  and  as  he 
informs  me  the  commissary  failing  to  supply  provisions,  was  under  the 
disagreeable  necessity  of  leaving  it;  he  returned  a  few  days  since.  En- 
sign Jenkins  remains  at  NiePs  station,  Lieut.  Morgan  at  the  mouth  of 
Fishing  Creek,  and  Lieut.  Evans  was  posted  at  Fish  Creek,  but,  as  I 
understand,  has  lately  left  it  and  discharged  his  men.  Ensign  Hedg« 
continues  at  the  mouth  of  Grave  Creek,  Capt.  McCullock  at  the  mouth 
of  Short  Creek,  and  Lieut.  Wells  opposite  the  Mingo  Bottom. 

The  savages  have  made  no  incursions  on  our  frontiers  since  my  last. 
r  yesterday  was  informed  by  Mr.  Williams,  a  Gentleman  of  reputation, 
that  a  few  days  ago  he  saw  Lieut.  Morgan  on  his  return  from  an  incur- 
sion into  the  Indian  country. 

He  with  30  men,  near  200  miles  up  the  Muskingum,  destroyed  a  small 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  373 


Town,  took  one  soalp,  and  brought  in  5  priBonera,  viz:  3  squaws  and  2       1794. 
children.  Nov.  19th 

I  puq>ose  in  the  course  of  a  few  days  to  take  a  Tour  around  the  dif- 
ferent posts,  and  if  anything  worthy  of  communication  occurs,  you  shall 

have  it  by  the  first  opportunity. 

I  have,  &c. 


Jambs  Innbs  to  the  Governor.  Nov.  20th 

When  I  left  Virginia  I  did  myself  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  it  was 
my  intention  to  go  immediately  to  Philadelphia,  from  whence  should  I 
proceed  to  the  state  of  Kentucky  in  pursuance  of  the  object  which  had 
produced  several  letters  between  Governor  Lee  and  myself  in  the  months 
of  September  and  October  last.  I  should  forthwith  announce  the  same 
to  the  Executive. 

I  have  now  to  inform  you  that  1  have  proceeded  this  far  on  my  jour- 
ney to  Kentucky.  The  subject  of  my  absence  from  the  duties  of  my 
office  having  been  settled  by  the  correspondence  above  alluded  to,  I  shall 
take  the  liberty  of  stating  the  reasons  which  have  induced  me  to  sup- 
pose that  my  present  undertaking  does  not  bring  me  within  either  the 
letter  or  meaning  of  the  law,  which  Governor  Lee  referred  me  to  in  his 
first  communication  on  this  subject. 

I  hold  no  office  of  profit  under  the  United  States,  nor  am  I  mediately 
or  immediately  concerned  in  the  administration  of  their  government, 
but  am  merely  the  bearer  of  certain  communications  from  the  Executive 
of  the  union  to  the  Executive  of  Kentucky.  I  receive  no  appropriated 
salary  from  the  General  Government,  nor  do  I  hold  any  commission 
under  it.  No  nomination  respecting  me  has  been  made  by  the  Presi- 
dent to  the  Senate  and  approved  by  that  body.  In  fact  I  possess  neither 
perpetuity  of  emolument,  duration  of  employment,  nor  any  one  attri- 
bute which  can  constitute  me  an  officer,  or  even  the  appendage  to  any 
office  belonging  to  any  department  of  the  Government  of  the  United 
States. 

This  being  a  true  history  of  my  present  situation,  I  know  not  how  I 
can  be  considered  as  having  contravened  the  Act  of  Assembly  which 
inhibits  the  union  of  offices  established  by  the  State  of  Virginia  and  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  under  the  latter  of  which  I  bear  not 
the  semblance  of  one  official  qualification.  I  act  under  a  conviction 
flowing  from  the  source  of  my  own  judgment.  That  my  present  pur- 
suit is  a  violation  of  no  law  of  my  native  country,  in  affectionate  attach- 
ment to  which  I  trust  I  am  second  to  none  of  her  citizens. 

If,  however,  my  construction  of  this  Act  of  Assembly  be  deemed  un- 
sound, and  shall  become  the  subject  of  public  investigation,  I  must  pray 
you.  Sir,  that  you  cause  this,  together  with  all  the  preceding  communi- 
cations which  have  been  reciprocally  made  between  the  Executive  and 


ff 


374  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       mTself,  relating  to  the  object  of  my  present  journey  to  Kentucky,  to  be 
Nov.  20tb    Hubmitted  to  tbe  Legislature,  that  an  inquiry,  if  one  shall  be  deemed 
necessary,  may  be  bad  upon  my  conduct  before  the  proper  tribunal. 

I  have  the  honor  to  remain  with  sentiments  of  perfect  consideration 
and  respect. 

Yours,  Ac. 


In  the  House  of  Senators, 

Thursday,  November  20tb,  1794. 

The  House  proceeded  according  to  the  order  of  the  day  by  joint  bal- 
lot with  the  House  of  Delegates,  to  the  choice  of  Goyemor  or  Chief 
Magistrate  of  this  Commonwealth  for  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  De- 
cember next;  and  the  members  having  prepared  tickets  with  the 
names  of  the  persons  voted  for,  and  deposited  the  same  in  the  ballot- 
boxes,  Mr.  B.  Temple,  Mr.  Meade,  Mr.  Chinn,  Mr.  Bassett,  and  Mr. 
Maund  were  nominated  a  committee  to  meet  a  committee  from  tbe 
House  of  Delegates  in  the  conference  chamber,  and  jointly  with  them 
to  examine  the  ballot  boxes  and  report  to  the  House  on  whom  the  majori- 
ty of  votes  should  fall.  The  committee  then  withdrew  and  after  some 
time  returned  into  the  House,  and  Mr.  Temple  reported  that  the  com- 
mittee had  according  to  order  met  a  committee  from  the  House  of  Dele- 
gates and  jointly  with  them  examined  the  ballot-boxes  and  found  a 
majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  Robert  Brooke,  Esquire. 

Teste  : 

H.  BROOKE,  C.  S. 


August  14th,  1794. 
Governor  Lee, 

Sir: 

By  last  night's  mail  it  was  notified  to  me  by  tbe  Secretary  of 
State  that  the  President  was  pleased  to  depute  me  to  go  on  a  mission 
of  great  national  import  on  the  part  of  the  United  States  to  the  State 
of  Kentucky. 

I  feel  an  anxitude  arising  from  motives  I  trust  of  a  laudable  nature 
to  undertake  the  discharge  of  so  honorable  a  public  Function.  As  the 
servant,  however,  of  this  Commonwealth,  I  have  postponed  a  decided 
answer  to  Mr.  Secretagr  Randolph's  communication  until  I  shall  learn 
how  far  such  an  undertaking  might  meet  with  the  assent  of  the  Grovero- 
ment  of  this  State.  During  my  absence,  which  will  not  I  presume  be  a 
very  lengthy  one,  I  will  take  care  to  be  properly  represented  in  all  my 
official  Departments,  so  that  the  business  of  the  public  shall  meet  with 
no  delay  or  obstruction. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  375 


I  must  request  your  Excellency  immediately  to  submit  this  letter  to       1794. 
the  Honorable  Board  over  which  you  preside,  with  a  request  that  they    Nov.  20ih 
would  honor  me  with  a  speedy  decision  on  the  subject  of  it. 

With  proper  sentiments  of  respect, 

I  have,  &c., 

JAMES  INNES. 


The  Honorable  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Virginia: 

Sir: 

I  apprized  the  Executive  early  in  August  last  of  the  call  I  had 
received  from  the  President  to  undertake  a  mission  to  the  State  of 
Kentucky.  Their  answer  to  my  letter  of  that  date  having  granted  to 
me  the  permission  I  requested  under  the  limitation  therein  expressed, 
I  now  take  the  liberty  to  inform  you  that  I  shall  set  out  for  Philadel- 
phia on  to-morrow,  and  that  should  I  proceed  from  thence  to  under- 
take the  agency  proposed  to  me  by  the  Executive  of  the  United  States 
I  shall  duly  inform  you  of  the  same. 

In  my  absence  General  Marshall  has  had  the  goodness  to  undertake 

die  discharge  of  my  official  duties. 

I  have,  &c. 

Ooi.  3d,  1794.  JAS.  INNES. 

In  the  House  of  Delegates, 
December  18th,  1794. 
A  member  in  his  place  having  informed  the  house  that  he  has  reason 
to  believe  that  James  Innes,  Esq.,  the  Attorney-General  of  this  Com- 
monwealth, had  accepted  a  Lucrative  Office  under  the  General  Govern- 
ment whereby  ho  is  disqualified  to  hold  any  office  under  the  Govern- 
ment of  this  State. 

Resolved,  That  the  Executive  be  requested  to  lay  before  this  house 
all  Information  which  they  may  possess  on  the  subject  matter  aforesaid. 

Teste: 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 


Matthew  Page  to  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  nqv.  2ist 

I  have  the  Honor  to  transmit  enclosed*  to  you  an  extract  from  the    Hanover 
proceedings  of  the  court-martial  on  the  tryal  of  Colo.  Wells,  containing       Town 
their  attendance  and  mileage  as  stated  on  the  minutes  of  the  court- 
martial,  which  would  have  been  sent  over  long  since,  but  considerable 
indisposition  has  for  some  time  past  rendered  me  incapable  of  attending 

to  business. 

I  have,  Ac. 

*£ncloeare  not  found. 


376 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.      Thomas  Nbwton,  Jr.,  to  James  Wood,  LisuTENANT--GoyERNOB. 


Nov.  21gt 
Norfolk 


I  received  your  favour,  and  am  of  opinion  that  the  lookoot  boat  may 
be  discharged  with  safety,  and  shall  accordingly  do  it  in  a  few  days. 
The  proclamation  as  to  the  West  Indies  I  judge  best  to  be  kept  in  force, 
and  if  any  suspicious  vessel  arrives,  she  may  be  compelled  to  lie  antil 
her  case  is  known.  This  can  be  done  without  expence  of  a  boat,  and 
the  port  will  compel  a  compliance. 

I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  the  warrants  given  to  F.  Newton.  I 
will  send  up  an  account  of  the  remaining  charges  in  a  few  days,  hire  of 
the  boat,  and  some  necessary  printing  to  give  the  pilot  which  will  be 
continued  to  them. 

I  am,  &c. 


Nov.  2l8t 


J.  H.  Stone  to  the  Governor. 


In  council  We  have  received  information  from  the  Justices  of  Dorchester  county 
court,  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  this  State,  that  a  free  mulatto  woman 
and  her  two  children,  have  been  unlawfully  transported  out  of  the  State 
by  a  certain  William  Goldsmith  (alias  William  Smith)  and  Elijah  Devoll, 
and  you  will  perceive  by  the  copies  of  the  Proceedings  which  are  here- 
with enclosed,  that  they  have  been  indicted  for  that  offence  in  the  court 
of  that  county. 

Our  information  states  that  those  men  have  gone  to  the  state  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  are  now  in  Jail  at  Petersburg  on  account  of  this  Transaction. 
Being  extremely  desirous  that  these  offenders  should  be  brought  to  trial, 
we  request  that  your  Excellency  will,  with  all  convenient  dispatch, 
direct  that  the  above-mentioned  William  Goldsmith  (alias  William 
Smith)  and  Elijah  Devoll  be  delivered  up  for  the  purpose  of  being  re- 
moved to  this  State,  to  be  tried  on  the  Indictments  found  against  them 
agreeably  to  the  provision  contained  in  the  second  section  of  the  fourth 
Article  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

We  have,  &c. 


Nov.  22d 


Mathews 


Dudley  Gary  to 


I  received  your  letter  of  the  5th  instant  on  the  morning  of  the  18th, 
and  immediately  went  down  to  Queen's  Creek  where  the  vessel  men- 
tioned in  your  letter  was  said  to  be  fitting,  but  she  was  finshed  and 
gone  about  four  days  previous  to  the  receipt  of  your  letter,  but  on  the 
strictest  inquiry  among  the  neighbors  and  carpenters  that  repiured  her, 
I  have  not  the  smallest  reason  to  suppose  she  was  intended  for  a  priva- 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  377 


teer,  as  she  is  oot  fitted  to  carry  guns,  nor,  as  they  informed  me,  had       1794. 
she  one  when  she  left  the  rirer;  nor  more  hands  than  were  necessary     Nov.  22d 
to  carry  her  to  Urbanna  on  the  Rappahannock,  where  I  am  informed  she 
still  lies. 

Be  assured,  Sir,  that  I  will  pay  the  strictest  attention  to  all  the  ves- 
sels equipping  within  the  Harbours  of  this  county,  and  should  I  have 
reason  to  suppose  any  of  them  fitting  for  the  purpose  of  privateering, 
will  take  the  necessary  steps  to  detain  them  till  I  can  inform  the  Execu- 
tive of  such  fitting. 

I  have,  &c. 


HbNRT  LbE  to  the   QoVBRNOR.  Nov.  26th 

As  the  enclosed  letter  cannot  reach  Richmond  before  my  successor    Pittsbui-g 
(whoever  he  may  be)  must  have  entered  on  the  duties  of  his  office,  I 
have  thought  proper  to  address  it  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia. 

I  beg  leave  to  ask  his  attention  to  the  same,  and  to  present  to  him 
my  best  wishes  for  a  happy  and  honorable  administration. 

With,  Ac. 


William  Davibs  to  Libutbnant-Govbrnor  Wood.  Nov.  26th 

Tour  favor  of  the  18th  I  now  have  the  honor  to  receive.  I  beg  my  Broadway 
acknowledgments  may  be  presented  to  the  Executive  for  their  attention 
to  the  justness  of  my  claim,  which  tho'  late  is  still  very  acceptable.  I 
am  not  indifierent  to  the  approbation  of  government.  I  endeavored 
faithftilly  to  discharge  my  duty  in  the  business  entrusted  to  me,  and 
from  a  consciousness  of  having  deserved  well  of  my  country,  have  in- 
dulged the  hope  that  ere  this,  I  should  have  been  gratified  with  the 
honorable  testimony  of  the  Executive,  to  the  success  and  merits  of  my 
services. 

Inclosed  I  send  you  an  additional  report  respecting  my  present  agency, 
and  with  the  greatest  respect  have,  &c. 


Westmoreland  County,  set.:  ^ov.  26th 

Inquisition  indented  taken  in  the  county  aforesaid,  this  28th 
November,  1794,  before  me,  Greorge  Garner,  Gent.,  coroner  of  said 
county,  upon  the  view  ot  the  body  of  Capt.  John  Rochester,  late  sher- 
iff of  the  county  aforesaid,  found  .on  the  main  road  leading  from  West- 
moreland Courthouse  to  Nominy,  and  there  lying  dead,  upon  the  oaths 

of  John  Peake,  Hugh  Quinlan,  John  Porter,  Christopher  Jackson,  Rich- 

48 


378 

1794. 
Nov.  26th 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


ard  Lowe,  William  Jeffriss,  John  McClanahan,  William  H.  Parker,  Dan- 
iel Sanford,  Seth  Starr,  Edward  Stone,  and  Charles  Sanford,  good  and 
lawful  men  of  the  parish  of  Cople  and  county  aforesaid,  who  heing 
charged  and  sworn  to  enquire  how  and  in  what  manner  the  said  John 
Rochester,  Gentleman,  came  by  his  death,  upon  their  oaths  do  say  that 
he  was  accidentally  killed  by  a  fall  from  his  horse.  The  Jurors  afore- 
said in  testimony  whereof,  as  well  as  I  the  said  coroner  as  the  Jaron 
aforesaid,  to  this  inquisition  have  severally  put  our  hands  and  seals  this 
day  and  year  first  above  mentioned. 

JAMES  BLAND,  C.  W.  C. 


Nov.  28th 


John  Hopkins  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 


Richmond  I  am  instructed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Federal  buildings,  to 
request  a  further  payment  from  the  State  on  the  President's  draft  for 
the  3rd  instalment  of  the  State's  donation  to  said  Buildings. 

The  state  of  the  Treasury  from  the  enclosed  report  in  some  measure 
justifys  this  application.  I  have,  therefore,  to  request  an  order  for  the 
sum  of  six  Thousand  dollars,  which,  with  the  sum  lately  paid,  will  make 
up  one-fourth  of  the  President's  draft. 

I  have,  &c. 
Twenty-tour  thousand  Dollars  in  the  Treasury. 


WILLIAM  BERKELEY,  C.  T. 


28th  Nov.,  1794. 


Nov.  28th 

Council 
office 


Samuel  Coleman  to  Mr.  Dawson. 

In  pursuance  of  your  direction  I  have  seperated  the  claims  for  west- 
ern services  rendered  in  1794,  from  those  rendered  in  1793,  and,  as  in- 
structed, beg  leave  to  report  upon  the  latter  as  follows: 

No.  1,  Is  a  pay-roll  of  Capt.  William  Clendenin  forwarded  to  the  Ex- 
ecutive about  the  first  of  September  last,  in  conformity  to  a  muster-roll 
on  which  I  reported  the  23rd  Dec.,  1793,  the  original  bein^^  soon  after 
sent  to  the  General  Government  with  the  other  claims  then  reported  on. 
A  copy  retained  by  the  auditor  is  now  in  this  office.  This  muster  was 
made  on  the  25th  of  November,  and  four  scouts  in  the  Pay-roll  are  not 
in  the  muster-roll.  Pay  is  claimed  under  Captain  Clendenin  from  the 
25th  of  July,  the  day  on  which  he  took  command  of  the  company,  to 
the  Ist  of  December,  1793.  The  whole  company  consists  of  the  Com- 
missioned Officers,  four  sergeants,  4  corporals,  4  Scouts,  a  Drummer  and 
Fifer  and  67  privates. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  379 


No.  2y  is  a  claim  of  Thomas  Jones  and  Philip  Hall  for  semces  ren-       1794. 
dered  as  scoots  in  Bath  and  Greenbrier,  123  days  in  1793.  Nov.  28th 

This  voacher  declares  this  service  to  have  been  performed  by  order  of 
Col.  Steele,  to  whom  I  beg  leave  to  refer  it. 

No.  3,  contains  a  pay-abstract  for  Captain  Lowther  as  Commandant 
of  the  volunteer  militia  raised  for  the  District  of  Monongalia,  from  2nd 
of  Dec.,  1792,  to  the  1st  of  Dec.,  1793,  including  his  rations,  proven  only 
by  bis  own  oath.  In  this  number  will  also  be  found  muster  and  pay- 
rolls of  eight  scouts  under  Captain  Louther,  most  of  whom  claim  pay 
from  the  14th  of  May  to  the  1st  of  December.  The  muster  of  six  of 
these  men  makes  no  mention  of  the  time  they  began  to  serve,  nor  is 
there  any  proof  of  it  on  the  Pay-roll — of  course  the  papers  are  not  duly 
authenticated.  The  other  two  are  said  to  be  mustered  by  Ensign  Jona- 
than Coburn  on  the  2.3rd  of  June,  1793,  when  their  services  commenced, 
ind  on  the  Ist  of  Dec.,  when  they  were  discharged;  of  this  Jonathan 
Coburn  makes  oath.  One  of  these  scouts  in  the  muster-roll  is  called 
Joshna  Fleeharty;  in  the  Pay-roll  he  is  called  John  Fleharty. 

No.  4,  A  pay  and  muster-Roli  of  Ensign  Levi  Morgan's  Detachment 
part  of  Capt.  McCuUock's  Co.,  consisting  of  the  said  Morgan,  2  Ser- 
geants, 2  Corporals,  and  30  privates,  proving  their  right  to  pay  from  the 
6th  of  Oct>,  1793,  to  the  6th  of  Jan'y,  1794. 

N.  B. — The  Pay  of  this  Detachment  to  the  6th  of  October  is  included 
In  the  pay-roll  of  Capt.  McCullock's,  which  has  been  forwarded  to  the 
General  Government. 

In  this  number  will  be  included  a  pay  abstract  of  Levi  Morgan's  eight 
Scouts,  claiming  pay  from  the  19th  January,  1793, 117  days,  without  any 
proof  of  service  being  performed;  also  a  ration  account,  claiming  186 
rations  tor  himself  from  12th  of  January  until  16th  of  April,  1793,  and 
also  from  the  second  day  of  January,  1794,  to  the  6th  of  the  said  month 
for  himself  and  34  men,  180  rations;  no  proof  of  these  rations  being 
issued  but  Mr.  Morgan's  certificate. 

No.  5  is  muster  and  pay-rolls  and  ration  account  of  Ensign  Jonathan 
Coburn 's  detachment  of  Captain  Bogard's  companj^  consisting  of  the 
ensign,  a  sergeant,  corporal  and  31  privates,  claiming  pay  from  some 
time  in  the  month  of  May  to  the  2d  of  December,  1793.  These  are  the 
only  papers  which  I  have  yet  examined  that  are  duly  authenticated. 

No.  6,  a  pay  abstract  of  Ensign  Jenkins'  detachment  of  Captain  Low- 
ther's  company,  claiming  pay  from  the  20th  of  October — two  months 
and  twelve  days — consisting  of  the  ensign,  two  sergeants,  two  corporals 
and  twenty  privates;  no  muster  rolls  nor  any  proof  of  those  services 
being  rendered. 

No.  7  is  a  claim  of  Arch'd  Woods  for  4,400  rations,  furnished  Lieu- 
tenant Mills*  detachment  in  1793.  A  copy  of  the  muster  roll  of  the  said 
detachment  is  now  in  this  office.  This  paper  is  duly  authenticated,  and 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  included  in  the  claims  which  have  been 
already  paid,  amountinc;  to  $2,088  70  cents. 


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380  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  ]^o.  8  is  a  ration  account  of  Nathan  Springer  for  rations  fumiBbed 

Nov.  28th  Lieutenant  Evans'  detachment  in  1793,  not  otherwise  sapported  than  by 
the  receipt  of  Lieutenant  Evans.  The  pay  and  muster  rolls  of  this  de- 
tachment have  been  before  presented  and  forwarded  to  the  General  Gov- 
ernment. 

No.  9  is  a  pay  and  muster  roll  of  a  Francis  Baldwin,  who  was  omitted 
in  the  muster  and  pay  roll  of  Ensign  Jenkins'  detachment  of  Captain 
Lowther's  company,  which  is  proven  by  an  examination  of  the  said  rolls. 
The  said  Baldwin  appears  to  have  been  mentioned  on  the  12th  day  of 
June,  and  his  services  are  certified  by  Jenkins  to  have  commenced  on 
the  20th  of  May  and  ended  the  Slst  of  December,  1793.  He  was  not 
mustered  on  his  discharge. 

No.  10  is  a  muster  roll  of  part  of  Captain  Hawkins'  company,  by  Rob- 
ert Sayern,  on  the  commencement  of  their  service  in  1793.  When  first 
presented  it  was  defective,  Mr.  Sayres  not  having  been  sworn  to  the 
muster.  The  musters  of  the  other  parts  of  the  company  and  the  pay 
roll,  complete,  was  forwarded  to  the  General  Government. 

No.  11.  The  sense  of  the  Board,  expressed  on  the  back  of  this  paper, 
will  be  complied  with,  as  Ensign  Eelley  will  draw  pay  under  Captain 
Caperton  until  the  25th  July,  when  Yanbibber  took  place  under  Clen- 
dinen. 

No.  12  contains  claims  of  James  Johnson  and  Robert  Butcher  for  ser- 
vices as  spies  for  3  months  and  10  days,  by  order  of  Captain  licwis,  pre- 
vious to  the  14th  of  June,  1793,  when  they  were  discharged  by  Ensign 
Colvill,  and  their  discharge  attested  by  William  Neil,  muster  master  for 
Andrew  Lewis,  captain  commandant  on  the  frontier.  During  the  greater 
part  of  the  time,  to- wit:  from  the  16th  of  April  to  the  first  of  June, 
which  these  two  men  were  in  service,  Captain  Crockett  commanded  a 
patrol  of  twelve  scouts  on  the  Southwestern  frontier.  These  two  men 
are  not  included  in  that  patrol,  and  do  not  therefore  appear  to  have  been 
authorized  by  the  Executive  to  serve  at  all.  On  the  consideration  of 
this  claim  by  the  Board,  the  delegate  from  Lee  county  wishes  to  give 
some  information. 

No.  13  is  a  claim  of  Lieutenant  Hall  and  nine  privates  of  the  Mont- 
gomery Militia,  who,  with  a  party  from  Greenbrier  (who  have  already 
been  paid),  pursued  a  party  of  Indians  in  the  months  of  March  and 
April,  1793.  The  service  was  meritorious,  and  pay  is  claimed  from  the 
25th  of  March  to  the  4th  of  April,  1793. 

These  papers  generally  are  very  defective  in  point  of  authentication, 
but  the  claims  they  exhibit  are  authorized  by  the  Executive,  except  No. 
12. 

The  enclosed  papers,  put  into  my  hands  by  the  Honorable  Mr.  Daw- 
son, are  a  muster  and  pay  roll  of  a  single  individual,  Francis  Baldwin, 
who  is  said  to  have  served  in  Ensign  Bartholomew  Jenkins*  detachment 
of  Captain  Lowther's  company  from  the  20th  day  of  May,  1793,  until 
the  3l8t  day  of  December  following. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  381 


Upon  examining  a  copy  of  the  master  roll  of  this  detachment  (re-       1794. 
tsined  in  this  office)  by  which  it  appears  that  their  services  commenced    Nov.  28th 
the  16th  day  of  May,  1793,  I  do  not  find  the  name  of  Francis  Baldwin 
inserted  therein.    The  original  pay  roll  has  been  forwarded  to  the  Gen- 
eral Government  for  settlement  corresponding  with  the  said  copy  of 
muster  roll. 

A  certificate  of  Lieutenant  Bvans  of  the  number  of  rations  furnished 
his  detachment  in  1793.  It  does  not  appear  that  this  claim  has  before 
been  presented.    A  copy  of  the  muster  roll  is  in  this  office. 

A  pay  abstract  of  Ensign  Jenkins'  detachment  from  the  20th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1793,  to  the  end  of  the  year,  still  leaving  out  Francis  Baldwin.  No 
master  roll  accompanied  this  pay  abstract. 

And  a  muster  and  pay  roll  of  Lieutenant  Evans'  detachment  of  Cap- 
lain  Lowther's  company,  for  services  in  1794.  It  is  humbly  submitted 
whether  this  had  not  better  lie  over  until  the  whole  are  brought  for- 
ward and  one  general  report  directed. 


Sam'l  Coleman  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor.  Nov.  28th 

In  pursuance  of  your  direction,  I  have  separated  the  claims  for  west-      Council 
em  services  rendered  in  1794  from  those  rendered  in  1793,  and,  as  in-       office 
structed,  beg  leave  to  report  upon  the  latter  as  follows : 

No.  1  is  a  pay  roll  of  Captain  William  Clondenin,  forwarded  to  the 
Executive  about  the  first  of  September  last,  in  conformity  to  a  muster 
roll  on  which  I  reported  on  the  23d  of  December,  1793,  except  that  four 
scouts  in  the  pay  roil  were  not  in  the  muster  roll.  The  original  muster 
roll  has  been  forwarded  to  the  General  Government,  and  the  whole  com- 
pany consists  of  the  commissioned  officers,  4  sergeants,  4  corporals,  4 
scouts,  a  drummer  and  fifer,  and  67  privates.  They  claim  pay  from  the 
25th  of  July  to  the  Ist  of  December,  1793.  No  muster  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  service  has  been  forwarded. 

No.  2  is  a  claim  of  Thomas  Jones  and  Phillip  Hall  for  services  ren- 
dered as  scouts  in  Bath  and  Greenbrier — 123  days  in  1793.  This  voucher 
declares  this  service  to  have  been  performed  by  order  of  Colonel  Steele, 
to  whom  I  beg  leave  to  refer  il. 

No  3  contains  a  pay  abstract  for  Capt  Lowther  as  Commandant  of 
the  Volunteer  Militia,  raised  for  the  defence  of  the  District  of  Monon- 
galia from  the  2d  of  Dec.,  1792,  to  the  ist  of  Dec,  1793,  including  his 
rations — proven  only  by  his  own  oaths.  In  this  number  will  also  be 
found  muster  and  pay  rolls  of  eight  Scouts  under  Capt.  Lowther,  most 
of  whom  claim  pay  from  the  14th  of  May  to  the  1st  of  December,  1793. 
The  muster  of  six  of  these  men  makes  no  mention  of  the  commencement 
of  their  service,  nor  is  there  any  proof  of  it  on  the  pay  roll ;  of  course, 
the  claims  are  not  duly  authenticated.    The  other  two  are  said  to  be 


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382  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       mustered  by  Ensign  Jonathan  Coburn  on  the  23d  of  June,  1793,  when 

Nov.  28th    their  services  commenced,  and  on  the  first  of  December  following  when 

they  were  discharged.    Of  this  Jonathan  Coburn  makes  oath.     One  of 

these  Scouts  in  the  muster  roll  is  called  Joshua  Fleeharty,  in  the  Pay 

roll  he  is  called  John  Fleharty. 

No.  4  contains  a  pay  and  muster  roll  of  Ensign  Levi  Morgan's  De- 
tachment from  Captain  McCuiiock's  Company,  consisting  of  the  said 
Ensign,  2  Sergeants,  2  Corporals  and  30  Privates  who  claim  pay  from 
the  6th  of  October,  1793,  to  the  6th  of  January,  1794.  No  muster  of 
this  Detachment,  when  their  services  commenced  as  a  Detachmeut  has 
been  forwarded,  but  they  were  mustered  as  part  of  Capt.  McCullock's 
Company.  In  this  number  is  included  a  pay  abstract  of  8  scouts  under 
Levi  Morgan,  claiming  pay  from  the  19th  of  January,  1793,  117  days, 
without  any  proof  of  the  service  being  performed ;  also  a  ration  account 
claiming  pay  for  186  rations,  to  which  Ensign  Morgan  wab  entitled, 
from  the  12th  of  January  until  the  14th  of  April,  1793,  and  also  an  ac- 
count claiming  pay  for  180  Rations  furnished  himself  and  34  men  from 
the  2d  to  the  6th  of  January,  1794.  There  is  no  proof  of  these  rations 
being  furnished,  but  Mr.  Morgan's  own  certificate. 

No.  5  contains  muster  roils,  pay  roll  and  ration  account  of  Ensign 
Jonathan  Coburn's  Detachment  from  Capt.  Bogard's  Company,  consist- 
ing of  the  Ensign,  a  Sergeant,  a  Corporal  and  31  privates,  claiming  pay 
from  their  enlistment  in  the  month  of  May  to  the  2d  of  December,  1793. 
These  are  the  only  papers  which  I  have  yet  examined  that  are  duly 
authenticated. 

No.  6  is  a  pay  abstract  of  Ensign  Jenkins'  Detachment  from  Capt 
Lowther's  Company  consisting  of  the  Ensign,  2  Sergeants,  2  Corporals, 
&  20  privates,  claiming  pay  from  the  20th  of  October,  2  months  and  12 
days.  No  muster  rolls  nor  any  other  proof  of  these  services  are  for- 
warded. 

No.  7  is  a  claim  of  Arch'd  Woods  for  4,400  Rations  furnished  Lieu- 
tenant Wells'  Detachment  from  Capt.  Bogard's  Company  in  1793.  A 
copy  of  the  muster  roll  of  this  Detachment  is  in  this  office,  which  is  the 
only  check  upon  the  ration  account.  It  is  otherwise  duly  authenticated 
and  does  not  appear  to  have  been  included  in  Mr.  Woods'  account, 
which  has  been  already  paid,  and  which  amounted  to  2,088  Dollars  &  70 
cents. 

No.  8  is  a  claim  of  Nathan  Springer  for  Rations  furnished  Lieutenant 
Evans's  detachment  from  Capt.  Lowther's  Company  in  1793.  This 
claim  may  be  checked  by  a  copy  of  the  muster  roll  of  this  Detachment 
which  is  in  the  Office,  but  it  otherwise  wants  authenticity,  being  sup- 
ported only  by  the  receipt  of  Lt.  Evans. 

No.  9  is  a  muster  and  pay  roll  of  an  individual,  Francis  Baldwin,  who 
was  omitted  in  the  muster  and  pay  roll  of  Ensign  Jenkins*  Detachment 
from  Capt.  Lowther's  Company.  He  was  mustered  on  the  12th  of  June, 
and  his  services  are  said  by  Ensign  Jenkins  to  commence  the  20th  of 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  383 


May,  and  to  end  the  3l8t  of  December,  1793.    He  was  not  mustered  on       1794. 
his  discharge.  Nov.  28th 

No  10  is  a  master  roll  of  part  of  Capt.  Hawkins'  Company.  The 
muster  was  made  by  Robert  Sayers  on  the  commencement  of  their  ser- 
vice in  1793.  When  first  presented,  this  muster  roll  was  defective.  Mr. 
Sayers  not  having  been  sworn  to  the  muster — it  is  now  authentic.  The 
muster  rolls  of  the  other  party  of  this  company  and  a  pay  roll  for  the 
whole,  have  been  forwarded  to  the  General  Government. 

No.  11  the  sense  of  the  Board  as  endorsed  on  the  back  of  this  paper, 
will  be  complied  with,  as  Ensign  Kelly  will  draw  pay  under  Capt.  Cap- 
erton  from  the  commencement  of  his  service  until  the  25th  of  July, 
1793.  At  that  time  the  services  of  Ensign  Yanbibber  commenced  under 
Captain  Clendenin. 

No.  12  contains  claims  of  James  Johnson  &  Robert  Butcher,  who  by 
order  of  Captain  Lewis  were  employed  as  Scouts  in  Lee  County  for  3 
months  &  10  day's  provisions  on  the  14th  of  June,  1793,  when  they  were 
discharged  by  Ensign  Colville,  and  their  discharge  attested  by  William 
Niel,  Master  Master,  for  Andrew  Lewis,  Captain  Commandant  on  the 
Frontier.  During  the  greater  pait  of  the  time  (to-wit,  from  the  16th  of 
April  to  the  Ist  of  June),  which  these  two  men  were  in  service,  Captain 
Crocket  commanded  a  patrol  of  twelve  Scouts  on  the  south  western 
Frontier,  which  I  believe  were  all  that  the  Executive  intended  should 
be  employed. 

These  are  too  extraordinary,  and  on  the  consideration  of  their  claim 
by  the  Board,  one  of  the  Delegates  from  the  county  of  Lee  wishes  to 
adduce  some  verbal  information. 

No.  13  is  a  claim  of  Lieutenant  Hall  and  9  privates  of  the  Montgom- 
ery Militia,  who  with  a  party  from  Greenbrier,  which  has  already  been 
paid,  persued  a  party  of  hostile  Indians  in  the  month's  of  March  and 
April,  1793.  Their  service  was  meritorious  and  they  claim  pay  and 
rations  from  the  25th  of  March  to  the  4th  of  April,  1793. 

The  papers  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  report  are  generally  very  de- 
fective in  point  of  authentication,  but  except  Nos.  12  and  13,  the  claims 
they  exhibit  are  authorized  by  the  Executive.  No.  13  is  a  just  claim 
under  the  invasion  law  and  from  the  merit  of  the  service,  I  humbly  pre- 
sume ought  to  be  paid  as  are  those  of  the  volunteer  Militia. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Opinion  of  Genbral  J.  Marshall.  Nov.  28th 

It  is  stated  that  Mr.  White  was  commissioned  as  Sheriff  on  the  13th 
of  August,  1794. 

That  the  proceeding  Sheriff  continues  in  office  till  the  6th  of  Novem- 


384  CALBNDAE  OP  STATE  PAPBBS. 


1794.  ber  so  that  the  oommission  expresses  that  the  power  of  Mr.  White  is  to 
Nov.  28th    commence  on  the  6th  of  November. 

Several  accidents  prevented  his  giving  bond  and  security  according  to 
law  within  two  months  after  the  date  of  bis  commission,  bat  in  the  third 
month  he  appeared  in  Court  and  offered  to  comply  with  the  law. 

It  is  enquired  whether  under  these  circumstances  the  court  ought  to 
have  received  the  bond,  or  whether  the  Executive  ought  to  proceed  to 
make  another  appointment. 

The  case  of  Mr.  White  is  a  hard  one,  but  the  law  seems  to  leave  no 
discretion  with  the  Executive  to  judge  of  those  circumstances  which 
shall  dispence  with  a  compliance  with  the  law.  The  law  admits  of  no 
dispensation,  but  positively  requires  the  execution  of  the  bond  within  a 
limited  time,  or  directs  a  new  commission  to  issue.  The  circumstances 
then  do  not  alter  the  case,  but  the  sole  question  seems  to  me  to  be  whether 
the  date  of  the  commission  or  the  commencement  of  the  commission  id 
effect  shall  be  considered  as  the  appointment.  I  think  the  date  of  the 
commission  must  be  considered  as  the  appointment  because  everything 
to  be  performed  by  the  Executive  is  then  completed. 

J.  MAESHALL. 

I  certify  that  EHsha  White  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Hanover  the 
thirteenth  of  August  last. 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C,  Oct.  17th,  1794. 

Hanover,  to-wit: 

I  certify  to  the  Executive  of  Virginia  that  Elisha  White  has  not 
executed  bonds  with  security  as  required  by  law  of  persons  commis- 
sioned as  Sheriffs. 

WILLIAM  POLLARD,  C.  H.  C. 

Oct.  18th,  1794. 


Nov.  30th  Thomas  Newton,  Jr.,  to  the  Governor. 

Norfolk  This  day  information  was  made  unto  me  that  an  officer  of  a  French 
privateer  had  inlisted  16  men  and  was  carrying  them  off.  I  immediate- 
ly inquired  into  the  case,  and  went  to  the  boat  where  it  was  seid  they 
wore  on  board  and  stopped  her,  examined  the  people  who  all  informed 
—  they  were  not  citizens  of  these  states.  Most  of  them  appeared  to 
be  Frenchmen.  A  Captain  Miller  of  the  Brig  Sisiphone,  an  American 
vessel,  had  shipped  some  men  and  were  on  board  the  same  vessel,  which 
I  suppose  gave  rise  to  the  information ;  however,  on  a  further  informa- 
tion, I  found  one,  John  Burke,  a  citizen  had  enlisted.  I  demanded  him 
and  he  was  given  up  and  brot.  on  shore,  and  tben  entered  with  Capt 
Miller  to  repay  the  bounty  he  had  rece'd  from  the  Capt.  of  the  privateer, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  385 


16  I>ollart.    Thiis  privateer,  I  was  informed,  was  the  Carmagnole,  Capt.       1794. 
Marien,  one  of  those  proscribed  (I  suppose),  fitted  out  of  Delaware.    Nov.  30th 
Please  refer  to  yoar  letter  in  Council,  22d  August,  1793. 

I  also  enclose  you  a  deposition  of  Thomas  Butler,  a  pilot,  relative  to 
the  capture  of  a  French  prize  taken  near  our  Capes.  I  have  received 
several  letters  fVom  a  David  Rayborn,  on  b'd  the  British  Sloop  of  War 
Lynx,  who  says  he  is  an  American  citizen  pressed  at  sea  out  of  a  Dan- 
ish ship  bound  to  Boston.  I  applied  to  the  British  Consul  for  this  man 
&  another  that  was  on  board  the  Cleopatra.  The  latter  was  delivered 
without  delay,  but  the  Consul  informed  me  that  Raybourn  had  entered 
on  board  the  Lynx  and  received  the  bounty,  since  which  I  have  roc'd 
another  letter  from  Raybourn  persisting  he  was  pressed,  which  he  also 
told  Botler,  the  pilot  who  says  he  is  a  native  of  Carolina.  I  shall  again 
write  to  the  British  Consul  about  him. 

I  am,  &c.. 


Henrico  County,  to- wit: 

I  do  hereby  certifie  that  I  have  this  day  administered  to  his  Ex'y 
Robert  Brooke  the  oaths  required  by  law  to  bo  taken  by  a  G-overnor  or 
Chief  Magistrate  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  also  the  oath  required  by 
tn  Act-  of  Congress. 
Given  under  my  hand  the  first  day  of  December,  1794. 

J.  PENDLETON. 


William  Morris  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  let 

Inclosed  I  have  sent  your  Excellency  and  the  Honorable  Board  a  let-   Richmond 
ter  of  Mr.  AUyn  Pryor,  which  was  directed  to  Mr.  John  Raynolds,  and 
came  into  my  hands  broken  open.    I  am  induced  to  do  this  as  I  have 
been  creditably  informed  that  said  Pryor  has  made  complaint  against  me 
therefor,  and  also  that  I  had  refused  to  suffer  my  mill  to  grind  for  him. 

True  it  is  that  I  sayod  so,  but  not  until  he  supplanted  (In  taking  the 
Contractor's  place)  Mr.  John  Yanbibber,  to  whom  he  had  promised  not 
to  interfere,  as  he,  the  said  Yanbibber  had  gone  to  the  expence  of  pro- 
viding everything  necessary.  However,  your  Excellency  will  discover 
by  an  affidavit  herewith  inclosed,  that  had  I  been  even  so  disposed  to 
oblige  Mr.  Pryor,  it  was  not  in  my  power. 

On  seeing  Mr.  Pryor's  Letter  I  plainly  discovered  that,  poor  as  the 
soldier's  ration  was,  that  his  principle  desire  was  to  speculate  thereon, 
wherefore  I  sent  copies  thereof  to  the  officers  commanding  at  the  differ- 
ent posts,  in  order  that  ho  might  not  avail  himself  of  those  advantages.  _ 
Tou  will  also  find  by  another  affidavit  that  sundry  soldiers  have  not                             wf^ 
been  hitherto  Furnished,  but  certain  I  am  that  he  will  not  have  it  in  bis                              T  ^^ 

49 


38S  CALEXDAB  OF  STATE  PAFEES. 


1794«       power  to  obUun  ao  ab»trmct  therefor,  nnieas  he  giTes  approved  secmity 

Dee.  lit     to  make  good  Raid  deficieocj  at  the  contract  price. 

1  would  not  wish  yoar  Excellency  nor  the  Honorable  memben  of 

Council  to  understand  that  I  mean  this  as  a  complaint  against  Mr. 

Prjor,  having  no  other  intension  or  desire  other  than  that  of  iustifying 

mjself  to  jour  Excellency. 

I  have,  &C. 


I>eciflt  Petition  to  the  Goteekor. 

The  Petition  of  James  Dabnej,  late  Sheriff  of  Louisa  Ck>untyy  prajing 
the  remission  of  a  fine  which  had  been  imposed  on  him  for  failing  to 
return  an  execution ;  and  also  for  the  balance  of  Bevenue  taxes  collected 
by  the  said  Dabney  in  the  county  of  Louisa,  for  the  year  1791 ;  also  114 
pounds,  14  shillings,  and  11  pence,  for  damages  recovered  against  said 
Dabney. 

Virginia,  to-wit: 

At  a  general  court  held  at  the  capitol  in  Bichmond  the  13th  day 
of  November,  1794,  judgment  was  rendered  against  James  Dabney, 
rtheriff  of  Louisa  county,  for  failing  to  return  the  execution  within  law- 
ful time  against  Wm,  Phillips,  sheriff  of  Louisa  county,  for  revenue 
taxes  for  year  1791. 


Dec.  2d  In  the  House  of  Delegates, 

Dec.  2nd,  1794. 

The  House  according  to  the  order  of  the  day,  proceeded  by  joint  bal- 
lot with  the  Senate  to  the  choice  of  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
in  the  room  of  Henry  Tazewell,  Esq'r.,  who  hath  resigned;  and  the 
members  having  prepared  tickets  with  the  names  of  the  persons  to  be 
ballotted  for,  and  deposited  the  same  in  the  ballot-boxes,  Mr.  Lee,  Mr. 
Boyer  (of  Rockbridge),  Mr.  Cheatham,  Mr.  Hatcher,  Mr.  Hancock,  Mr. 
Ponn,  Mr.  Bentley,  Mr.  Baytop,  Mr.  Hoomes,  Mr.  Willis,  Mr.  Braxton, 
and  Mr.  Andrews,  wore  nominated  a  committee  to  meet  a  committee 
from  the  Senate  in  the  conference  chamber,  and  jointly  with  thorn  to 
examine  the  ballots,  and  report  to  the  House  on  whom  the  majority  of 
votes  should  fall. 

The  committee  then  withdrew,  and  after  some  time  returned  into  the 
House,  and  Mr.  Loo  reported  that  the  committee  had  according  to  order 
mot  a  committee  from  the  Senate  in  the  conference  chamber,  and  jointly 
with  them  had  examined  the  ballots,  and  had  found  a  majority  of  votes 
in  favor  of  Spencer  Hoane,  Esq'r. 

Teste  : 

CHARLES  HAT,  ۥ  H.  D 


CAUDIKIK  or  STATS  FJlPKKS.  {MltT 


folk  BonM^iv  MCr  IT^ 

>'  afofOAid,  ThoB.  Attkr.  pdoc.  a»i  Moiit  smm  ii{^>«  iK^  K^ 

DgelisI  of  Ahugktj  God.  fieposatk  ami  ;isuili  tkM  <mi  Tlinnw^jr^  ik^ 

NoT'r  lasl,  he  Iwin^  o«t  otf"  fite  Cipe»  at  Tir^«ia  kKi^iii^  1^  v^M^ 

discovered  a  sbip  ahead  which  he  Mad<»  tor  mkI  hail^t  lo>  kn^i^w 

L  whence  ehe  cmme;  whcfcvpoo.  he  boafdcd  her.     He  wa»  lh<N\  tl^ 

led  by  the  prize  master  thai  the  said  ship  was  a  BriUi«h  »hip  v^^^ 

ks)  called  the  Pamela,  priae  to  the  Hawke  French  {uriraleer;  Ihal 

.he  deponent,  took  charge  of  the  s*d  ship  as  pih>t^  and  was  sliH>riMjt 

>r  Cape  Henry,  which  was  then  in  sight  and  about  six  lea^tu^Hii  tUf ; 

when  the  ship  approached  to  the  distance  of  about  tV>ur  I^ku<hi»  ho 

rved  the  Brittish  Frigate  Cleopatra  coming  out  of  liynhavon  Ha)' 

ding  for  the  prize;  that  when  the  French  people   {H^riH^lved   iho 

tisb  Frigate  neaiing  them,  they  put  as  many  gooiis  as  thoy  ot^uUl  Kn\ 

>f  the  pilot  boat  and  left  the  ship  in  charge  of  this  deponent  anil 

.her  man,  who  immediately  altered  the  ship's  course  and  stocMl  Air 

th's  Island;  that  in  aboat  one  hour  and  a  half  thereafVor,  tho  KriKattt 

e  along-Side  and  brought  her  too — she  being  then  between  ( 'apo 

ry  and  Cape  Charles  within  three  leagues  of  Smith's  Island,  which 

then  the  nearest  land,  bearing  N.  in  6}  fathom  water;  that  the  nald 

was  immediately  boarded  by  part  of  tho  Cleopatra  crew,  who  ear 

her  off  together  with  the  man  (an  American  oitison)  who  had  Initin 

on  board  with  this  deponent,  but  that  the  deponent  was  put  on 

-d  the  Cleopatra  and  then  kept  until  Saturday.    And  further  this 

>nent  saith  not. 

bis 

mark, 
BTom  to  before  me  this  2nd  day  of  Dec>,  1794* 

TUm.  NKWTON,  Jh 


P.  Gofrfj-WTJ  to  THE  (loirzKffon.  fpt^  '//§ 

on^jraahir  to  the  request  of  yowr  prwt^Miyj^,  HM/M  hy  a  U4Uff    Hi^hfttMfA 

ring  date  AosriMt  IMi,  llfi^,  I  ha;r«  a/vw  f/>  \hftfrm  y*m  tA  mf  pfff 

m  hi  cfllieetin^  the  amtaragi^  4t%^  tkA  (if^^^m^mw^rnkth  wHIvi^  fM 

eenth  Brfaiie. 

hree  tx^xOMkn  in  behaif  of  Urn  f>wiiiikvaw^th  lwt^4  ^m^  fA  my 

da,  4a«  a^UMC  ^r^ni^rd   J'Viftph  Jmu^ii   M   fMivwl^Mi^,  eiv^  ^aa^vvwI 

[nst  ^ihtan  yijknrj  ^  ^/mthamp«>va.  and  elM^  th«ir4  a0imM(  ^p^^mf^\ 

o.    Bfor  Trrrstm  >r  -Ju^ii^  ^,:x^AiurMm  t  aa^^  a#«niMi4ly  fiM4^  <IM  iinm  &f 

'  ikfjammoii  -lOH  anmtr^l  md  My  *.m^  iollan  a«i4  47  a^mm  Ml«f  *  M 


388  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBBS. 


1794.  feroDce  to  the  executiooB  themBelves  as  returned  to  the  Greneral  Court 
Dec.  2d  office  will  more  minutely  show  what  have  been  my  proceedings  under 
them.  From  Brunswick  county  seven  hundred  and  five  dollars  and  35 
cents  have  been  paid  inio  the  treasury,  which,  with  four  thousand  one 
hundred  and  fifty-two  dollars  and  67  cents,  collected  as  aforesaid,  also 
paid  into  treasury,  make  four  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-eight 
dollars  and  two  cents,  the  sum  total  collected  in  the  Fifteenth  Brigade. 

As  yet  I  have  been  charged  with  no  other  executions  but  those  already 
mentioned,  and  from  tbe  tardiness  with  which  the  suits  now  pending 
against  delinquent  sheriffs  and  their  securities  within  my  district  are 
prosecuted,  there  is  no  immediate  prospect  of  making  farther  collections. 

Nothmg  could  give  me  more  pleasure  than  to  complete  the  collection 
of  those  debts  which  you  have  been  pleased  to  confide  to  my  care.  One 
circumstance,  however,  induces  a  wish  that  I  had  never  undertaken  this 
business.  The  General  Assembly  have  determined  that  this  is  a  lucra- 
tive office  within  the  meaning  of  our  Constitution,  and  that  by  holding 
it  I  am  disqualified  from  serving  as  a  representative  for  the  county  for 
which  I  have  been  elected.  To  me  there  could  be  nothing  more  distress- 
ing than  this  determination,  however  just  it  may  be,  and  had  I  been  of 
opinion  that  such  could  have  been  the  result  of  accepting  the  office,  I 
certainly  should  not  have  solicited  it.  I  would  forego  almost  any  ad- 
vantage rather  than  relinquish  the  idea  of  serving  those  who  have  done 
me  the  honor  of  choosing  me  their  representative,  and  for  that  reason 
only  must  hope  I  shall  be  permitted  to  i*esign  my  office  as  agent,  and 
especially  I  shall  flatter  myself  with  this  expectation  as  the  Common- 
wealth will  suffer  no  injury  from  my  resignation,  because,  from  the  en- 
closed letter,  it  will  appear  that  the  office  will  not  remain  vacant  for 
want  of  a  successor. 

I  beg  leave  to  add  that  the  gentleman  who  will  be  a  candidate  in  the 
event  of  your  accepting  my  resignation,  has  transacted  the  chief  of  the 
business  which  has  been  done  since  the  appointment  has  been  oonferred 
on  me. 

I  am,  &c. 

The  payments  mentioned  in  this  letter  are  truly  stated. 

J.  PENDLETON. 
Auditor's  office,  2nd  December,  *94. 

Auditor  recommends  Thomas  Yaughan  as  collector  of  arrears  of  taxes 
.    in  case  of  resignation  of  Mr.  Goodwyn. 

Dinwiddie,  Nov.  25th,  1794. 

Joseph  Goodwine  solicits  appointment  as  agent  for  tbe  oolleotioo  of 
arrears  of  taxes  in  the  15th  Brigade  district  in  lieu  of  present  agent  who 
is  expected  to  resign  the  office. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEES.  389 


In  the  House  of  SeDators.  1794. 

The  House  proceeded  according  to  the  order  of  the  day  by  joint  bal-  Dec.  2d 
lot  with  the  House  of  Delegates  to  the  choice' of  a  Judge  of  the  court 
of  appeals,  in  the  room  of  Henry  Tazewell,  Esq.,  who  hath  resigned, 
and  the  members  having  prepared  tickets  with  the  names  of  the  per- 
sons balloted  for,  and  deposited  the  same  in  the  ballot  boxes,  Mr.  An- 
derson, Mr.  Benjamin  Temple,  Mr.  Chinn,  Mr.  McCraw,  and  Mr.  Peyton 
were  nominated  a  Committee  to  meet  a  Committee  from  the  House  of 
Delegates  in  the  conference  chamber,  and  jointly  with  them  to  exam- 
ine the  ballot  boxes  and  report  to  the  House  on  whom  the  majority  of 
votes  should  fall. 

The  committee  then  withdrew,  and  after  some  time  returned  into  the 
House,  and  Mr.  Anderson  reported  that  the  Committee  had  according 
to  order  met  a  Committee  from  the  House  of  Delegates  in  the  Confer- 
ence Chamber,  and  jointly  with  them  examined  the  ballot  boxes  and 
found  a  majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  Spencer  Roane,  Esquire. 

Teste : 

H.  BROOKE,  C.  S. 


George  Clendenin  and  William  Morris  to  the  Governoil         Dec.  2d 

In  our  representation  of  the  state  of  our  Frontiers  we  made  known  to   Richmond 
the  Executive  the  last  session    of  Assembly,  that  we  conceived  the 
Guards  allowed  for  the  defence  of  Greenbrier  and  Kanawha  were  more 
than  necessary.     That  one  Company  complete,  if  well  distributed,  was 
equal  to  the  Task. 

On  experience,  it  appears  that  this  opinion  of  ours  was  well  grounded. 
However,  we  suppose  thro'  the  great  zeal  of  the  Executive  to  afford  the 
most  ample  protection,  more  men  and  officers  were  continued.  Wo  have, 
therefore,  nearly  to  offer  to  the  consideration  of  your  Excellency  and 
the  Honorable  Board  our  Former  opinion.  Impressed  with  the  desire 
that  at  this  Important  period,  no  unnecessary  expence  may  acorue  to 
Union.  We  have  further  to  urge  or  to  mention,  that  since  the  success 
of  our  arms  in  the  Westward,  we  have  not  experienced  the  same  Hostile 
disposition  in  the  Indians — therefore,  we  conceive  that  little  or  no 
winter  establishment  is  necessary. 

Under  these  impressions,  we  submit  oor  opinions  to  your  Honorable 
Board,  convinced  that  your  determination  will  tend  to  the  public  well- 
fare. 

We  have,  Ac. 


390  CALEXBAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


17M.  SAJffTKL   COLEMAS  TO  THE 

Der.  31  lo  pamuuice  of  a  diiection.  which  I  hare  reeeiTed  from  the  Exeentlre. 

Coanril  I  beg  leare  to  report  to  roa  for  the  infonnatioo  of  the  Board,  that  the 
eoelosed  aceoiint«  for  ammooitiofli  procured  by  Captaao  Hagh  Caperton 
lor  the  use  of  hu  Companj  of  Volanteer  Militia,  one  amoooting  to 
twenty-three  pounds  and  foar  shiJlingSL  and  another  amoanting  to  six 
poondSy  eighteen  shillings  and  six  pence  appear  to  be  supported  by 
Toochersw  The  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  will  be  the  proper  judge  ot 
their  validity. 

That  upon  a  thorough  examination  of  the  Auditor's  Books  it  appears 
that  the  f<^owing  warrants  have  issued  from  the  Auditors  Office  for 
ammunition  for  the  use  of  the  said  Company,  vix. : 

1792,  Oct.  19th  to  William  Cook  for  Powder   •  -     £15.16.6 

23rd       Hugh  Caperton  for  Lead  and  Powder  25.00.0 

1893,  Feb.  23ni       ^WUIiam  Morris  k  John  Jones  for  Powder 

and  Lead 37.02.0 

July    6th        ♦Allen  Prior  for  Powder      -  4.0LO 

Aug  23rd       Thomas  Edgar  for  Lead      .  .       13.0S.6 


1793,  Dec  24th,  Allen  Prior  for  Powder  and  Lead 

28th,  John  Reynolds  for  Powder  and  Lead  - 

1794,  May  31st,  Allen  Prior  for  Lead     - 
Aug.  5th,  John  Stewart  for  Powder 


£95.11.0 

«318  50 

112  50 

130  83 

24  99 

72  50 

$659  32 


It  is  somewhat  doubtful  whether  the  warrants  marked  thus  ^  were 
not  for  Capt.  Morris*  Company  of  Militia. 

Papers  Marked  So,  2,  are  a  muster  roll  made  in  pursuance  of  a  review 
i^Captain  Caperton's  Company  by  Colonel  Steele,  a  pay  roll  in  conformity 
thereto,  claiming  pay  from  the  date  of  enlistment  of  the  Company,  in 
pursuance  of  the  following  order  of  Council  on  the  24th  of  I>ecember, 
1792,  A  12th  of  November,  1792. 

It  is  advised  that  two  companies  with  four  scouts  to  each  be  consid- 
ered in  service  as  soon  as  the  men  shall  be  raised  and  mustered.  One 
under  the  command  of  Captain  Lewis  and  the  other  under  the  oonunand 
of  Capt.  Caperton. 

The  usual  allowance  of  powder  and  Flints  to  be  furnished  from  the 
Point  of  Fork  and  Lead  from  the  mines. 

This  pay  roll  is  defective  in  leaving  a  blank  for  the  time  to  which  pay 
is  claimed  and  in  having  no  signature.  These  defects  may  be  remedied 
by  Captain  Caperton  who  is  here. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS.  391 


Accompanying  iheoe  papers  will  also  be  found  a  ration  abstract  for       1794. 
provisions  furnished  the  said  company  from  their  enlistments  respective-     Dec  3d 
ly  to  a  certain  amount  of  rations  until  the  26th  of  February,  1793,  when 
William  Morris  began  to  supply  the  Company. 

I  beg  leave  to  refer  to  Col.  Steele  for  further  information  on  these 
papers,  and  have  the  Honor,  &c. 

Dec.  3,  1794.  Purchased  of  the  Hon'ble  John  Dawson  and  Hardin 

Burnley,  Esqrs.,  1  mace,  weighing  one  Hundred  and  one  ounces  at  6s. 

p'r  oz. 

WM.  &  GEO.  RICHARDSON. 

« 

Auditor's  Office,  3d  Dec.  1794. 
Received  of  the  Hon'ble  Jno.  Dawson,  &c.,  &c.,  the  Treasurer's  receipt 
for  one  hundred  and  one  dollars,  &c.,  on  account  of  the  sale  of  the  Mace 
sold  under  a  resolution  of  the  present  session  of  Assembly. 

S.  SHEPARD. 


David  Saunders  to  the  Executive.  Dec.  4th 

Charles  Guatkin,  Coroner  of  Bedford,  failure  to  return  an  execution    Bichmond 
in  his  hands  in  due  time.    Causes  therefor. 

Certificate  of  Auditor  of  payment  of  principal,  interest,  and  costs  on 
same. 

Judgment  for  fine  of  sixty-one  dollars  16  cents  against  Charles  Guat- 
kin. 

Certificate  of  S.  Shepard  of  payment  by  Henry  Buford,  sheriff  of 
Bedford  of  principal,  interest,  and  cost  of  judgment  against  him. 

Fine  against  Charles  Guatkin,  coroner  Bedford,  remitted. 


Congress  of  the  United  States,  Dec.  4th 

In  the  House  of  Representatives, 

Tuesday,  the  4th  of  December,  1794. 

Resolved  unanimously  that  the  thanks  of  the  House  be  given  to  the 
gallant  officers  and  privates  of  the  Militia  of  the  States  of  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  and  Virginia,  who,  on  the  late  call  of  the 
President,  rallied  round  the  Standard  of  the  laws,  and  in  the  prompt 
and  severe  services  which  they  encountered,  bore  the  most  illustrious 
testimony  to  the  value  of  the  Constitution  and  the  blessings  of  internal 
peace  and  order,  and  that  the  President  be  requested  to  communicate 


<^  CATJtNIVAa  Off  rCxTt  PiPHBft 


V7/^  YhA  Pfm^tUmt  fA  tK^  Vntt^A  HtSbtAn  iuw  inatm^^ted  me  to  transmit  to 

fff^ymfffft^M  ytif%f  f^r^^W^ift^y  fhA  f^x^Xfifi^  renoJTe.  contaiiung  the  aodknimoas  thanks 

/if  ^.M  HMum  f4  tUfffrfsf^^.rkU^tx7e>^  to  the  Militia  in  actual  service  for  the 

mtppfNmfm  ^  ih^  \%Ui  \nimmf:tArm,  with  a  reqtieflt  that  joo  will  please 

Uf  mnk^  fhA  Aam^  knfmti  Uf  the  Militia  of  Yirginta. 

Th^  Pf^/I#ffy|  harin^  p^mcmMy  heen  a  witneis  to  the  military  merit 
tft  ih^  etn\fff(Uw\  militia,  experiences  the  highest  gratification  in  eommu- 
uU»Hi\fifi  Ufiff  hottorMe  a^yprobation,  the  most  precious  recompence  that 
t*(tuU]  \m  otttm^tl  Uf  enlightened  Freemen.  It  is  his  devoat  hope  that 
Iht*  MlllMaof  iho  IJnit<3d  Htatcs  may  ever  be  found  to  be  the  faithful 
find  )nr)no)bln  protijotors  and  vindicators  of  the  great  principles  ot  Law 
nnd  lillmrfy. 

Tlif*  ultlftenn  ol  America  fixing  in  their  minds  as  an  indelible  troth, 
I  lmf<  (ilMMJIntico  to  till)  tiawH  and  the  defence  of  their  country,  are  sacred 
and  IndlfipMnfiahIo  dtition,  will  render  its  freedom  and  happiness  per- 
pniiml. 

I  have,  &c. 


m,,,  ,,^|^  »Iamw8  Taylor,  8r.,  to  thk  Qovernor. 

Ntsi-n>IV  '^^  ooimt^^ut^hoi^  of  an  act  of  aHsombly  passed  some  years  ago,  an  Hos- 
\s\\{s\  \W  wii'k  ai\d  dii^nMvHl  s<>amon  was  erected  in  the  neighborhood  of 
\\s\n  1\m^^.  \\  iho  timo  iho  act  was  made,  the  commissioners  supposed 
1^^^  Utnds  \\w\\  WW  hand  and  arising  from  the  Tax  on  seamen,  would  be 
(^nM^'i\^nl  tx>  \MmpM<^  tho  building  which  they  had  agreed  to  erect;  but 
n)\\^n  lh\^  aU^tiit\on  \M  <4\^  ^Kvv^mmeiilx  thai  Tax  on  seamen  ceased,  and 
tKxM>M>^^v  th^MV  was  a  deAoienoy  to  <\>mplete  the  work.  A  memorial 
t\N^««^  t^x^  <HWM««^««M\N|i\^n^  was  Usi  iic^sKmi  laid  hc^Kvre  the  aseemblv,  and 
\h^  ^svt^y<^\\t<^  ti>  wKx>«a  it  was  re)«^n>Ml  $iip|>dsed  it  reasonaUe,  and 
K^sst  iKa<  a  i^nw^  ik>wvu)d  K^  aff4\>fnat<Ni  tv^  ^aish  ihe  b«u)duig,  but  it 
K«^n|it;  )a^^  tn  t^i>  MjwfNNn.  aTt^i  a  m^iUii^k^iy  oi  Kosnes^  keioire  tbe  boBi«L 

wvrtt  1^  >D  tvr^k^  t<^  haxv"  4^  vnMti^ia^  again  hrr«Qpbi  iicnm^ard,  but  was 
twt  )ai^.    Th^  wwNimn<Q^'^D<tn^  w-h^v  a^  ia  a  v«Qk'  disagrasalxie  juoaxioB 


or  ^ypATF  T*AW5R?;  JJSJE^ 


ii:  nffi  iumnrii  in  tiiuii  wurcr  tosHike4!«w«d  the  f^MtWiN  ^Y^<^if^i  tl«ii: 

viiifi  ^rfli  lie -go  Ml  licMliio  to  tli»f»4Pid  ^wn*  -«*•*<•.  -^hi^l*:    HrM**ff>^>K; 
xt-  St'  "tr-  WTBflk      GufBiuurljeo  "ws  ^wril  s<vpNitnfwl  "w^fti  t-Hr  i»«^»Miwr«tiir 
neb  jmE  Tiramneci  v*  ezcn  iiiaHiidf  m:  thY>  nronmoiit.  «tw;  I  nfii  <*i<«H'^^f^Kh 
rr  ht  ii'  no;  iJiewmx  v*  mjiiewint  the  nuOUrr  1:0  rem  M\\  . 
Ix  Mbak  of  the*  fCTmniniuimer&. 


BzRfiT  TiLZaWXU.  TYi  tht  ^v«iwnii.  iVo  >^t>. 


Tht  aarmngatkBom  nwwBTy  to  he  mad<^  ivi  inv  4)AitH«(Mk'  nlHiff^  ^^'f^'tv  V^vktV  V^Yi 
I  ocmid  Iflvvc  bam£.  hsvr  ckommed  mr  until  thvi  Yiiii^     TIh^*  liiv  n^%  >^ 
far  nmdt  mf'  to  mmbk*  me  to  ma  om  on  ThuTudi^v  nr  rri4i^  m>\%.    Y^^Y^ 
I  ffo.  howfjrer.  ii  cxmoetn»  me  10  pmotire  tht^  iwyywwiTj  ^>M<Mrvt^J^  fNr 
m J  AdmiflBioc  mu>  t>  «fliistc.    Nm  haxiiijr  th<«ie  1 4i%(^  nfv^  "^^hK^  tho\ 
d«pMKt  1  aamm  bkt  wbstiicr  the  iii«dfin«l:)ra)  M  in>^  i^f!^)*f»i  mAni  1K<^ 
me  bj  the  lnfnit.jGnvernar.  »  alcme  lOificQMiV     Thm  1  nWi  |v*«»»%Mi*M  ^\ 
bat  JI5  I  fmcoDod  m  member  who  hmf^  miiir't^  th  Vi>p?T)Yl^,  HY^^  ^-Ihs>^ 
resignAtaoii  is  not  officmlhr  fcnowTi  to  ]r>  1^Tlla<^.  f^r^M^  i^  1iNl\>    W 
proper  that  I  fihtmld  l«  fiimif^ied  with  t^H"  Jonr^mhi  y^  thy^  .\vmv^M> 
containing  the  resigiialkai.  the  aooepiUnoe  ot  ^^t  Ty«q«\|2:lfvi^<^'m«  ^^^  tsV 
mj  appointment  in  the  place  ot  Ool.  Ttykvr. 

In  all  probability  I  oould  not  rooeive  thoM^  pap«^  M^w  \  \Hk\^  Kvvmf^ 
Will  yon  therdbre  be  90  obliging  as  10  <»)o)o«<^  ibuHM  l<>  W^^  \^  V^Mn.y,  ntS 
that  I  may  receive  them  on  my  amval  Uw^rcs.  T^\^  tK\ys\\y  >^^\\  h^ 
acknowledged  aa  shall  any  request*  or  communt<N^lu>hii  ^-^m^  v^^{\V  b^^ 
pleased  to  make  to  me  in  Phila. 


Samubl  Coleman  to  tun  OovNttNon.  Iw,  Mih 

The  services  of  the  scouts  claiming  pny,  M  siniml  ttt  IliM  iMtt'limHil 
papers,  were  not  authorised  by  the  Kxecuiivo,  ttiM  ilMlntitjii  dC  (Iiii  IViMi. 
tier  for  tbe  year  1790  having  been  assumed  by  ihi«  flMtiDlnl  C4ii¥Ht'iUH»«t)t( 
to  which  the  claimants  in  like  cases  lisvo  unlftirmly  liMifri  fMtVi^hitl 

60 


994 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794. 

Dec.  8th 

Council 
office 


Id  the  House  of  Delegates, 

Dec.  10th,  1794. 
Resolved  that  the  Executive  be  requested  to  furnish  the  House  with 
a  statement  of  the  money  expended  in  the  defence  of  the   Frontiers 
during  the  last  year,  and  which  has  not  been  reimbursed  by  the  General 
Government. 

Teste : 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 


Dec.  9th 


Hugh  Caperton  to  thb  Governor. 


Richmond  A  short  time  ago  I  presented  a  memorial  to  your  Honorable  Board 
praying  Revision  of  a  hard,  illegal,  and  unprecedented  Decision  of 
Governor  Leo  against  me  as  the  former  Capt.  of  Yolunteer  Militia.  I 
conceive  my  character  to  have  been  much  injured,  and  it  behooves  me 
to  use  all  possible  means  to  reinstate  it.  If  the  Hon'ble  Board  shall 
suppose  the  object  of  my  memorial  not  within  their  reach,  I  solicit  that 
they  will  direct  the  clerk  to  certify  accordingly  upon  the  memorial  and 
return  it  to  me.  If  on  the  other  hand,  by  recommending  to  the  officers 
who  formed  the  Court  Martial  to  agree  to  meet  and  resume  the  business,  I 
will  pay  all  the  expence  and  save  the  public  from  charges. 

I  am  bold  to  say,  that  the  officers  will  execute  my  wish  with  such  a 
promised  plan  with  great  pleasure,  and  I  am  equally  bold  to  predict  that 
eveiy  kind  of  stigma  will  be  wiped  away. 

I  have,  &c. 


Dec.  10th 


IIuGH  Caperton  to  the  Governor. 


Richmond  The  proceedings  of  the  Court  Martial  respecting  my  tryal  were  re- 
turned to  the  Executive.  Having  never  had  a  copy  of  them,  I  am 
under  the  necessity  to  request  you  will  order  copys  to  be  made  out,  and 
I  flatter  myself  that  your  Excellency  and  the  Hon'ble  Board  will  find 
no  reluctance  in  promoting  objects  which  may  tend  to  do  justice  to  an 
injured  fellow  citizen. 

I  have,  &c. 


Dec.  11th 

Frederick 
county 


Robert  Page  to  Robert  Brooks. 

I  take  the  liberty  to  enclose  you  my  account  for  attendance  at  Win 
Chester  and  advocating,  together  with  yourself,  the  important  case  of 
the  Commonwealth  against  Denny  Fairfax,  relative  to  the  Manor  of 
Leeds. 

It  will  not  be  necessary  for  me  to  make  any  observations  to  you  rela- 


CJO^fiKBAS  or  STATE  rAFRUS.  3^ 


live  to  tbe  labor  vDqidxiMi  in  tli^  inpani^siam  of  ibmt  <|Mjitkiii.  lt«<ciii»ie       IfH. 
your  own  mfommiaoti  upm  tln»  putsmlar  ^bK»t<  frill  kdid  yvm  \o  Mitici-    IVc.  WH^ 
pate  ereiytbiiig  wlkic^  xni^t  be  nid  to  ^jusoifr  i4»e  nM90iuibkm!i9»  <^tlie 
aeooont.     I  hare  tberefore  to  reiqiMst  that  after  it  shall  baro  bc^n  lak<»n 
into  considersDoiL  tob  inH  gfvvllaxthew  Page^  Bsiq^aTi  order  n|>oii  tb<* 
Treasury  for  ibe  amX  wbow  peeeipt  sball  operate  as  lay  owti, 

I  bare,  Aic 


H-  Capektox  to  the  GOTERyOlU  IVO.  lUh 

In  the  year  1795, 1  was  deUined  on  Rich  Croek  beiler  Iban  two   Hk^himnta 

weeks  at  Mr.  Cbeater  Peters'  in  Greenbner,  by  very  cold,  snowy 

weather  with  about  forty  of  my  eompany*    On  tbe  Hib  d«^  of  Feb« 

ruary,  I  set  out  frcNn  there  in  order  to  march  to  Kanawha.    The  r^ 

oeipt  I  gave  Mr.  Peter^s  for  Rations  proTious  to  that  di^,  amount<H)  to 

twelve  pounds,  for  which  I  am  bound  to  pay.    In  consequence  ot  v«ry 

high  water,  I  was  detained  on  the  way  and  did  not  get  to  t^pU  Morriss* 

until  the  26th  of  the  same  month.    The  Rations  we  roceii^  tVom  the 

14th  unto  the  26tb,  I  am  also  bound  to  the  people  for,  &  will  Ih>  pimhofl 

for  the  same  if  I  do  not  give  satisfaction  when  I  return  homo ;  thorofoiv 

trust  your  Excellency  &  the  Honorable  Boanl  will  direct  some  moile  l>y 

which  I  shall  be  safe. 

I  am,  Ac. 


To  the  Honorable  the  Executive, 

Gentlemen : 

Please  to  observe  that  on  the  18th  of  December  last,  the  Court 
Martial  was  held  on  me.  About  the  12th  or  15th  of  January  fbllowing, 
I  came  to  Richmond  in  order  to  obtain  a  copy  ot  the  proccodlngM  of  the 
said  Court  Martial,  and  to  request  an  appeal,  but  the  papers  had  not 
been  transmitted  from  the  Court  Martial  at  that  time. 

A  general  Inoculation  of  the  small  pox  was  about  to  take  place,  nnd 
I  on  that  account  could  not  wait,  having  never  had  the  small  pox  myHolf, 
I  informeid  His  Excellency  the  Governor  of  my  Business  and  Sittmtlon ; 
be  said  I  could  obtain  a  rehearing  without  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  Court  Martial.  I  wrote  to  him  on  the  subject  and  returned  homo. 
About  tbe  first  of  March,  I  wrote  him  again  on  the  same  subject  by 
Capt.  Gatleff.  About  the  first  of  April,  I  wrote  him  by  James  Brocken* 
ridge,  Esq.,  who  delivered  the  Letter  to  his  Excellency  in  Norfolk.  He 
informed  Mr.  Breckenridge  that  be  would  write  to  me  f\illy  on  the 
occasion. 

In  August  last,  I  wrote  to  him  by  Capt.  Vanbibber,  and  enclosed 

some  aflidavits. 

I  have,  &c, 

U.  UAPKBTOK. 


396  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  Benjamin  Tbmplb  to  the  Qoybrnor. 

Dec.  12tb  I  am  just  Informed  at  King  William  Court  a  compromise  had  taken 
Richmond  place  between  Col.  Holt  Richeson  and  William  Dandridge,  Executors, 
and  on  the  last  day  of  the  court,  Richeson  went  into  court  and  acknowl- 
edged he  was  indebted  to  Dandridge's  estate,  on  a  mortgage  upwards  of 
seven  hundred  pounds.  A  decree  was  entered  for  the  above  sum,  and 
commissioners  were  appointed  to  sell  the  property,  which  is  to  take 
place  in  a  short  time.  This  is  the  second  attempt  that  has  been  made 
to  change  Richeson*s  property.  I  cannot  help  supposing  it  is  meant  to 
defraud  the  public  out  of  the  debt  due  from  Richeson  to  the  Common- 
wealth, as  he  has  often  told  me  that  on  a  settlement  Dandridge's  estate 
would  be  considerably  in  his  debt.  Considering  this  property  bound  to 
the  Commonwealth,  I  thought  it  my  duty  to  give  you  this  information, 
hoping  that  some  step  may  be  taken  to  secure  the  interest  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. 

I  have,  &c. 


K 


Dec.  12th  Thomas  Vauqhan  to  the  Governor. 

Mecklen-  Your  favor  by  Mr.  Eennon,  dated  Council  Chamber,  December  2d, 
hurg  1794^  I  have  with  its  enclosures  safely  received,  and  am  very  thankful 
to  the  Honorable  the  Executive  for  the  appointment  alluded  to  by  you 
in  said  letter.  The  Bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  trust  you 
will  herewith  receive  inclosed  in  a  letter  from  Mr.  Eennon,  with  his 
opinion  of  the  sufficiency  oi  the  security. 

Mr.  James  Wilson  is  the  bearer  of  this.     By  him  you  will  please 
transmit  to  me  the  commission  and  other  papers  necessary  for  my  in- 
struction, &c.     I  flatter  myself  that  my  conduct  in  the  business  will  be 
very  satisfactory  to  the  Executive.     I  very  much  fear  that  the  arrear- 
ages duo  from  Mr.  John  Murray,  sheriff  of  this  county,  for  the  year 
1782,  is  irrecoverably  lost  to  the  Commonwealth,  he  being  dead,  and  his 
estate  nearly  or  quite  exhausted.     One  of  his  principal  securities,  in 
order  to  get  out  of  the  way,  moved  a  few  years  ago  into  Georgia,  where 
he  has  since  died  and  left  his  estate,  as  I  am  informed,  in  such  a  manner 
that  it  will  never  be  subjected.     The  other  security  (I  am  informed  bat 
two  were  given)  lives  in  this  county  and  has  considerable  property  here, 
but  the  talk  of  the  people  is  that  no  part  of  it  can  be  made  liable.    Mur- 
ray has  left  a  considerable  tract  of  land  which,  if  ever  subjected,  will 
raise  the  greater  part  of  the  debt.     This  land  is  mortgaged  to  Col.  Al- 
len, late  of  Surry  county,  for  a  considerable  debt  due  from  said  Murray. 
Allen  is  dead,  and  his  executor  has  not  done  anything  in  the  business 
that  I  have  heard  of.    Mr.  Allen,  in  his  life  time,  brought  a  suit  against  Mr. 
Murray's  ex'ors,  in  the  High  Court  of  Chancery.    The  principal  deputy 


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397 


of  Mr.  Hurray  is  run  away,  but  has  left  a  few  very  able  securities  here. 
It  is  probable  that  the  now  sitting  Assembly  will  pass  some  other  law 
upon  the  subject  of  this  business.  If  they  do,  I  shall  be  glad  to  receive 
a  copy  oi  it  as  soon  as  possible. 

Any  papers  necessary  to  be  transmitted  to  me  will  always  come  safe, 
and  meet  with  speedy  conveyance  under  cover  addressed  to  me  to  the 
care  of  Messrs  HoUoway  &  Birshett,  merchants  in  Petersburg. 

I  wish  the  securities  of  Mr.  Mun*ay's  principal  Deputy  could  be  pro- 
ceeded against.  I  know  nothing  of  the  Debtors  In  any  other  of  the 
counties  composing  the  District. 

I  have,  &c. 

Agreeably  to  the  instructions  contained  in  the  Resolution  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive of  the  20th  of  Octo.  last,  I  have  set  apart  as  the  money  came 
into  the  Treasury  the  balances  of  the  last  Calls  due  to  the  several  Canal 
Companies. 

J.  AMBLER. 
Treasury,  16th  Dec.  1794. 


1794. 
Dec.  12th 


A  List  of  persons  who  have  migrated  into  the  State  of  Virginia,  and  in    Dec.  16th 
the  court  of  Washington  county,  given  satisfactory  proof  by  oath 
that  they  intended  to  reside  in  the  said  State,  and  also  have  taken  the 
oath  for  giving  assurance  of  fidelity  to  the  said  Commonweath: 


The  court  at  which 
the   oaths    were 
taken. 

Persons*  Names. 

Nation. 

Occupation. 

1794— Aug.  19,  -   . 

William  King, 

Ireland, 

Merchant. 

James  Bredin, 

Ireland, 

House  Carpenter. 

Sam'l  Bredin, 

Ireland, 

Farmer. 

1794— Dec.  17,  -  - 

James  Caldwell, 

Ireland, 

Merchant. 

Teste : 


JOHN  CAMPBELL,  C.  W.  C. 


Dec.  17th. 


H.  Caprrton  to  the  Governor. 


Dec.  17th 


Yon  will  please  to  direct  a  warrant  to  G.  Shell  for  the  Rations  due  me   Richmond 
for  '93,  and   for  the  ammunition.    If  your  Excellency  should  ^^isb 


398  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.       farther  proof,  you  will  let  me  know,  and  I  will  send  for  Coi.  Glendeniu, 
Dec.  17th      Capt.  Morris,  and  Capt.  Hutcheson,  who  can  satisfy  your  Excellency 
and  the  Honorable  Board. 

Your  attention  at  this  time  will  much  oblige, 

Your,  &e. 

I  do  certify  that  I  believe  the  within  to  be  a  true  statement  of  facts ; 
that  in  the  month  of  February,  1793,  I  came  home  from  Gallipolis  and 
found  the  Spies  appointed  by  Captain  Caperton  ingaged  in  the  discharge 
of  their  duty,  and  likewise  a  number  of  soldiers  as  stated  in  the  within 
by  William  Morris. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  13th  day  of  December,  1794. 

GEO.  CLENDBNIN. 

I  do  certify  that  some  time  between  the  15th  and  20th  of  December, 
1792,  two  of  the  Scouts  appointed  by  Capt.  Caperton  were  by  me  quali- 
fied to  the  duties  of  their  office.  That  sundry  other  persons  were  by 
him  Inlisted  as  soldiers  from  the  sixth  to  the  15th  of  said  month,  and 
were  furnished  with  Rations  from  the  dates  of  their  enlistments  as 
stands  by  my  accounts  stated  before  you.  That  sundry  Receipts  for 
Rations  furnished  in  the  month  of  January  and  February  in  said  year 
have  been  forwarded  to  me  which  were  furnished  in  the  county  of 
Greenbrier.  I  presume  great  injuries  will  be  done  to  the  Holders  of 
said  Receipts  or  Capt.  Caperton  unless  they  are  allowed. 

Likewise  to  the  Scouts  that  were  in  service,  as  I  am  satisfied  they 
performed  their  duty  at  a  very  Inclement  season. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  13th  day  of  December,  1794. 

WILLIAM  MORRISS. 


Dec  17th  Richmond,  December  3d,  1794. 

I  do  certify  that  some  time  about  the  first  of  January,  1793,  I  wrote 
to  Capt.  Hugh  Caperton,  Requesting  him  to  receive  of  my  Plantation  m 
Greenbrier  from  James  Garritt  and  others,  Rations  for  such  of  his  Com- 
pany as  were  in  Greenbrier.  That  I  also  furnished  Rations  to  sundries 
of  his  Company  in  Kanawha  from  the  dates  of  their  Inlistments. 

Given  under  my  hand  the  date  above  written. 

WILLIAM  MORRIS, 

Late  Contractor. 


Dec.  17th  Received  December  13th,  1792,  ol  William  Morris,  contractor,  60  ra- 
tions for  six  men,  enlisted  the  6th  instant,  for  the  defence  of  Kanawha 
county,  under  the  command  of  Captain  Caperton. 

Given  under  my  hand. 

DAVID  MILBXJRN,  Serg^t 


CAliBNDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBBS.  399 


Beeeived  of  William  Morriss,  oootractor,  rations  for  ten  men  at  Bun-       1794. 
dry  times  from  the  Uth  of  December,  1792,  till  the  26th  of  February,    Dec  17th 
1793,  both  days  inclusive,  amounting  to  750  rations. 

Given  under  my  hand. 

DAVID  MILBURN,  Serg't. 

Men  enlisted  by  Captain  Caperton,  December  6th,  1792:  William 
Morris,  Junior,  David  Milburn,  John  Cavender,  Edward  Hughes,  John 
Bailey,  Thomas  Castor. 

Men  enlisted  by  Captain  William  Morris,  authorized  by  Captain  Ca- 
perton December  14th,  1792:  Stephen  Teays,  John  Neugen,  Henry 
Montgomery,  James  Sbirkey,  who  have  received  their  rations  at  the 
house  of  William  Morriss  from  the  day  of  their  enlistment. 

DAVID  MILBURN,  Serg*t. 

In  the  House  ot  Senators, 
Wednesday,  December  17th,  1794. 

The  House,  according  to  the  order  of  the  day,  proceeded  by  joint  bal- 
lot with  the  House  of  Delegates  to  the  choice  of  a  Treasurer  of  the 
Commonwealth  for  the  ensuing  year;  and  the  members  having  prepared 
tickets  with  the  names  of  the  persons  ballotted  for,  and  deposited  the 
same  in  the  ballot-boxes,  Mr.  Trigg,  Mr.  Peyton,  Mr.  Eyre,  Mr.  Wilson, 
Mr.  Temple,  and  Mr.  McCraw  were  nominated  a  committee  to  meet  a 
committee  from  the  House  of  Delegates  in  the  conference  chamber  and 
jointly  with  them  to  examine  the  ballot-boxes,  and  report  to  the  House 
on  whom  the  majority  of  votes  should  fall. 

The  committee  then  withdrew,  and  after  some  time  returned  into  the 
House,  and  Mr.  Trigg  reported  that  the  committee  bad  according  to 
order  met  a  committee  from  the  House  of  Delegates  in  the  conference 
chamber,  and  jointly  with  them  examined  the  ballot-boxes,  and  found  a 
majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  Jacquelin  Ambler,  Esquire. 

Teste: 

H.  BROOKE. 

In  the  House  of  Delegates, 

December  17th,  1794. 

The  House,  according  to  the  order  of  the  day,  proceeded  by  joint  bal* 
lot  with  the  Senate  to  the  choice  of  a  Judge  of  the  General  Court  in  the 
room  of  Spencer  Eoanc,  Esquire,  who  hath  accepted  the  office  of  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Appeals;  and  the  members  having  prepared  tickets  with 
the  names  of  the  persons  ballotted  for,  and  deposited  the  same  in  the 
ballot-boxes,  Mr.  Bentiey,  Mr.  Tate,  Mr.  Clay,  Mr.  Baytop,  Mr.  Cham- 
berlayne,  Mr.  Harvie,  Mr.  Evans  (of  Accomaok),  Mr.  Braxton,  Mr.  Wil- 


400  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.       kinson  (of  Henrico),  Mr.  Cocke,  Mr.  Baylor,  Mr.  Falcon,  Mr.  Bamett,  Mr. 
Dec.  17th     Shearman,  and  Mr.  Machin  were  nominated  a  committee  to  meet  a  com- 
mittee from  the  Senate  in  the  conference  chamber,  and  jointly  with  them 
to  examine  the  ballot  and  report  to  the  House  on  whom  the  majority  of 
votes  should  fall. 

The  Committee  then  withdrew,  and  after  some  time  returned  into  the 
House,  and  Mr.  Bently  reported  that  the  committee  had  according  to 
order  met  a  Committee  from  the  Senate  in  the  Conference  Chamber, 
and  jointly  with  them  had  examined  the  ballot  boxes,  and  had  found  a 
majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  Paul  Carrington,  Esq. 

Teste: 

CHARLES  HAY,  C.  H.  D. 

In  the  House  of  Senators, 
Wednesday,  December,  17th,  1794. 

The  House  according  to  the  order  of  the  day  proceeded  by  joint  bal- 
lot with  the  House  of  Delegates  to  the  choice  of  a  judge  of  the  Gen- 
eral court  to  fill  up  the  present  vacancy  therein ;  and  the  members  hav- 
ing prepared  tickets  with  the  names  of  the  persons  balloted  for,  and 
deposited  the  same  in  the  ballot  boxes,  Mr.  Cabell,  Mr.  Preston,  Mr. 
Birchett,  Mr.  Meade,  Mr.  Bassett,  and  Mr.  Anderson  were  nominated  a 
committee  to  meet  a  committee  from  the  House  of  Delegates  in  the 
Conference  Chamber,  and  jointly  with  them  to  examine  the  ballot 
boxes  and  report  to  the  House  on  whom  the  majority  of  votes  should 
fall. 

The  committee  then  withdrew,  and  after  some  time  returned  into  the 
House,  and  Mr.  Cabell  reported  that  the  committee  had,  according  to 
order,  met  a  committee  from  the  House  of  Delegates  in  the  Conference 
Chamber,  and  jointly  with  them  examined  the  ballot-boxes,  and  found 
a  majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  Paul  Carrington,  Jr.,  Esquire. 

Teste: 

H.  BROOKE,  C.  S. 


Dec.  17th  A.  Prior  to  John  Steele. 

Notwithstanding  I  have  recited  my  case  to  you  verbally,  hope  I  may 
be  excused  in  committing  it  to  writing  to  avoid  any  neglect  thro'  mis- 
take of  my  request  to  the  board  in  my  former  address  to  the  board. 

As  there  is  no  money  in  the  Treasury,  flatter  myself  that  I  may  be 

indulged  to  receive  a  warrant,  which  I  will  risque  collecting  the  money 

upon,  from  the  sheriffs  in  the  country  on  the  contingent  fund  or  any 

other  fund,  tho'  it  should  be  at  my  expence,  sooner  than  be  without 

1^  some  relief  at  this  time,  and  that  I  may  be  indulged  the  opinion  of  the 


CALBNDAK  OP  STATE  PAPBBS.  401 


Board  in  regard  to  the  claim  of  the  officers  and  soldiers  for  issuing  salt       1794. 
to  every  hundred  rations  of  salt  provisions,  in  writing,  unless  it  should    Dec.  17th 
be  considered  unnecessary  and  not  worth  claiming  the  attention  of  the 
Board.     Doctor  Pettit's  bill,  Dr.  La  Moynes*,  the  winter  protection  at 
the  Point  and  Belleville,  and  my  ammunition  account  may  have  its 
deserved  effect  on  the  minds  of  the  board. 

I  am,  &c. 

Eichmond,  December.  12th,  1794. 
Sir: 

I  beg  leave  to  lay  before  your  Excellency  and  the  Honorable  Board 
my  local  situation  from  this  place,  and  the  difficulty  and  fatigqe  attend- 
ing a  journey  from  the  point  at  the  period  of  the  year  the  services  of 
the  militia  will  end  at.  In  coming  forward  to  close  my  accounts  as  a 
claim  for  partial  payment  for  my  services  as  contractor  for  the  militia 
in  Kanawha  county,  I  consider  it  unnecessary  to  say  anything  more  on 
the  subject,  as  Col.  Steele,  and  probably  some  other  gentlemen  of  the 
board  can  more  fully  inform  your  Excellency  of  my  distant  and  difficult 
situation.  I  therefore  most  earnestly  request  your  Excellency  and  the 
Honorable  Board  to  consider  me  in  the  most  favorable  light,  and  grant 
me  at  least  three  parts  of  the  sum  due  for  the  rations  furnished  the 
militia,  which  can  be  ascertained  from  returns  which  will  be  laid  before 
the  Board  by  Mr.  Cavendish.  I  also  request  your  Excellency  and  the 
Honorable  Board  to  determine  the  propriety  or  impropriety  of  issuing 
salt  with  salt  provisions,  and  request  it  may  be  given  me  in  writing  the 
opinion  of  the  Board.  I  also  request  the  payment  of  an  order  for  Dr. 
Pettit's  attendance  on  the  sick  and  wounded  in  1793,  also  for  the  win- 
ter establishment  last  which  will  be  justified  in  a  letter  from  Colonel 
Lewis  to  Governor  Lee  last  summer. 

I  have,  &c., 

A.  PRIOR. 


John  Pbndlbton  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  isth 

I  can  not  but  think  that  the  returns  on  the  Executions  mentioned    Auditor'i 
within,  afford  sufficient  ground  for  suspicion  of  fraudulent  sale,  and  I       ^^^ 
lay  the  subject  before  the  Executive  pursuant  to  the  22nd  sect,  of  the 
16th  chap,  of  the  Acts  of  '92. 

I  ought  indeed  to  have  done  this  before  now,  but  it  escaped  attention. 

I  am,  &c. 

On  a  fi.  fa.  issued  the  23rd  July,  '92,  for  the  C'wealth  against  Robert 

Craig,  formerly  Sheriff  of  Washington  county,  for  a  balance  of  taxes 

due  for  the  year  '87,  the  Sheriff  made  the  following  return: 

51 


402  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  1792,  Oct.  Ist. 

Dec.  18th  Executed  od  one  tract  of  Land,  two  fields  of  corn  grain  thereon,  a 
quantity  of  Rye,  oats,  and  Flax  in  a  barn,  the  propei*ty  of  Robert  Craig 
by  virtue  of  the  within  Execution. 

ANDREW  COLVILLE,  D.  S., 

For  ALEXANDER  MONTGOMERY, 

Sh'ff  Washington  County. 

OcVr  10th,  1792. 

Two  pounds  5s.  6d.  made  by  the  grain,  and  the  Land  not  sold  for 
want  of  bidders. 

A.  COLVILLE,  D.  S., 

For  ALEXANDER  MONTGOMERY, 

Sheriff. 

The  7th  day  of  March,  1793,  a  Vend.  Exp*s  issued,  on  which  the 
Sheriff  made  the  following  returns: 

By  virtue  of  the  within  writ  to  me  directed,  I  have  exposed  to  sale 
the  Land  and  tenements  therein  mentioned,  which  produced  the  sum  of 
three  pounds  6s.,  which  I  have  ready  in  my  hands  as  within  is  com- 
manded. 

A.  MONTGOMERY,  Sh'f. 

To  the  Hon'ble  the  Executive  of  Virginia: 

Gents, 

I  do  myself  the  honor  to  answer  your  last,  ruquesting  to  know 
what  Public  Monies  are  in  my  hands,  or  what  prospect  I  have  to  collect 
any.  Only  two  Executions  have  been  sent  to  me;  in  one  of  which 
against  Ward,  Sheriff  of  Russell,  was  an  error  that  I  could  not  proceed 
on  it.  Since  that,  some  money  has  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  on  this 
Execution.  The  other  was  against  Robert  Craig,  late  Sheriff  of  Wash- 
ington, which,  from  several  causes  proved  improductive  to  the  public; 
a  statement  of  which  business,  I  do  myself  the  honor  to  Inclose  and 
hope  for  your  Instructions  in  what  manner  I  am  to  proceed  in  future. 
No  monies  have  come  into  my  hands  under  my  agency. 

I  have,  &c, 

JNO.  TAYLOR 

A  statement  of  facts  respecting  the  Land  whereon  Robert  Craig,  late 
Sheriff  of  WashingtoD  county,  now  lives,  and  on  which  I  did  as  Agent 
direct  the  now  Sheriff  ot  Washington  to  levy  an  execution  for  the  arrear- 
ages ot  taxes  due  from  s'd  Craig  and  securities  for  the  year  1788: 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBES.  403 


In  Hfty,  1792,  ibis  Land  is  said  to  have  been  sold  by  virtue  of  an       1794. 
Ezecntion  issued  against  fiobert  Craig  for  arrears  of  taxes  due  from  bim    1^-  18th 
as  Sberiff  for  the  year  1787.     It  is  said  this  land  contains  about  180 
acres  and  has  yaluable  improvements  thereon,  and  was  sold  at  said  sale 
for  eleven  dollars  (which  is  less  than  three-fourths  of  its  value),  and 
credit  for  three  months,  was  not  offered  at  that  time. 

It  appears  from  the  oath  of  Alexander  Montgomery  that  only  about 
thirty  days'  notice  was  given  of  the  sale  of  said  land ;  that  no  commis- 
sioners attended  to  value  said  land,  or  were  summoned  to  attend.  He 
was  then  the  Sheriff  of  Washington. 

It  appears  by  the  oath  of  Walter  Preston  that  Robert  Craig  either 
advanced  or  offered  to  advance  the  purchase  money  then  bid  for  said 
land.  These  proceedings  I  conceived  were  illegal,  and  therefore  I  prose- 
cuted the  business  in  the  following  manner,  which  was  put  into  my 
hands  as  agent  by  the  Commonwealth,  viz: 

I  delivered  the  execution  against  said  Craig  to  Robert  Campbell,  now 
sheriff  of  Washington,  and  directed  him  immediately  to  levy  it,  which 
he  did  upon  the  afore-mentioned  land.  A  claim  was  then  set  up  to  said 
land  by  David  Carson,  one  of  Robert  Crig's  securities,  who  called  him- 
self  the  purchaser.  A  jury  was  then  summoned  to  try  the  title  of  said 
land,  agreeable  to  law.  Witnesses  were  called  on;  the  jury  divided  in 
opinion  seven  to  five,  the  majority  for  the  Commonwealth. 

I  again  appointed  another  day  for  a  jury  to  meet  a  second  time,  viz: 
the  third  of  October;  they  accordingly  meet  to  ascertain  the  title.  In 
the  meantime  Alexander  Montgomery,  the  late  sheriff  who  sold  the 
land,  executed  a  deed  of  conveyance  for  the  same  to  David  Carson  in 
the  court  of  Washington,  for  the  above  consideration  of  eleven  dollars, 
and  after  the  first  execution  was  levied  thereon. 

On  the  second  meeting  of  a  jury  on  said  land  but  one  witness  appeared, 
though  several  were  directed  to  be  summoned.  He  was  objected  to  by 
some  of  the  securities  as  being  interested.  The  case  was  stated  how- 
ever to  the  jury,  who  were  again  divided  eight  to  four,  a  majority  for 
the  Commonwealth. 

JOHN  TAYLOR,  Agent. 

Nov.  3rd,  1794. 

The  sale  made  by  the  sheriff,  under  the  execution  which  was  levied 
in  1792,  seems  to  me  to  be  void  in  consequence  of  the  irregular  proce- 
dure of  that  officer.  He  has  in  nothing  obeyed  the  law.  If  no  provis- 
ion was  made  for  the  case  I  should  have  no  hesitation  in  advising  the 
sale  of  the  land  under  the  second  execution,  even  although  a  verdict  of 
the  jury  had  been  rendered  against  the  Commonwealth.  But  the  22nd 
section  of  the  16ih  chapter  of  the  Acts  of  1792,  which  is  copied  from 
the  Act  of  1787,  directs  the  Auditor,  when  he  shall  suspect  fraud  in  the 
service  of  an  execution,  to  make  report  thereof  to  the  Executive,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  direct  the  Attorney  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the 


404  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.       district,  oountj,  or  corpormtioD  to  file  an  information  thereupon,  and  if 
Dee.  18th    it  shall  appear  that  the  sale  was  firaadulent,  the  property  shall  not  pan 
thereby. 

In  this  ease,  the  sale  is  in  my  opinion  not  only  void  throagh  its  firaad, 
bat  its  irregolarity  likewise.  Yet  as  the  irregnlarity  seems  mingled 
with  fraud,  it  may  be  most  proper  to  porsae  the  precise  mode  pointed 
out  by  the  law. 

J.  MARSHALL. 

The  service  of  the  execution  vested  the  property  in  the  Sherii!^  so  that 

it  became  legally  his  for  the  purpose  of  satisfying  the  execution.    lo 

my  opinion  it  passes  to  his  representative,  who  may  and  is  bound  to  sell. 

The  question  however  came  on  before  the  last  General  Court,  and  was 

not  decided. 

J.  M. 


Dec.  18th  Paul  Cabrixgtoh  to  the  Oovbrhor. 

Richmond  Your  Excellency's  letter  inclosing  a  Commission  to  me  as  a  Judge  oi 
the  General  Court  conformably  to  the  election  of  the  (reneral  Assembly 
is  this  moment  received. 

The  appointment  is  readily  and  gratefully  accepted,  and  in  return  for 
the  confidence  of  the  Legislature,  I  can  only  assure  them  of  my  earnest 
disposition  to  discharge  the  important  duties  of  the  office  with  care  and 
diligence. 

I  have,  &c. 


Dec.  18th         By  the  Governor  op  the  Commonwealth  op  Virginia — ^A 

Proclamation. 

Whereas,  the  information  respecting  the  infectious  disease  which  pre- 
vailed in  the  West  Indies,  and  which  induced  the  proclamation  of  the 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  the  second  day  of  August, 
one  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four  (directing  the  performance 
of  Quarantine  in  certain  cases),  concurs  with  the  present  season  of  the 
year,  in  rendering  unnecessary  a  continuance  of  the  precautions  therein 
directed,  with  respect  to  vessels  arriving  from  certain  ports  in  the  said 
Proclamation  mentioned,  I  have,  therefore,  thought  it  proper  by  and 
with  the  advice  of  the  Council  of  State,  hereby  to  revoke  the  same. 

Given  under  my  hand  as  Governor,  &  under  the  seal  of  the  Common- 
wealth at  Bichmond  this  19th  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four,  and  of  the  Commonwealth 
the  nineteenth. 

R  BROOKB. 


OALBNDAK  OP  STATE  PAPBES.  406 


Warrant  of  search  by  Hue  &  Cry  issued  by  Thomas  Watkins,  J.  P.,  of      1794. 
Halifax,  for  the  arrest  of  Thomas  Tuck,  charged  by  a  oorouer's  jury    Dec.  18th 
with  the  murder  of  Thomas  Daniel,  and  who  has  fled  from  justice. 

Deposition  of  Thomas  Nash  at  a  coroner's  inquest  concerning  the 
murder  of  Thomas  Daniel  by  Thomas  Tuck. 

Deposition  of  Tapley  Daniel  conceruing  the  murder  of  Thomas  Daniel 
by  Thomas  Tuck  on  the  13th  of  Nov.,  1794,  at  the  house  of  John  Nash, 
in  Halifax. 

Inquisition  of  twelve  good  and  lawful  men  taken  before  Thomas  Wat- 
kins,  Coroner,  of  Halifax,  on  the  26th  day  of  Nov.,  1794,  over  the  body 
of  Thomas  Daniel,  murdered  by  Thomas  Tuck  on  the  13th  of  Nov., 
1794,  at  the  house  of  John  Nash,  in  the  county  of  Halifax.  Verdict, 
that  the  said  Daniel  came  to  his  death  as  stated,  viz. :  by  being  stabbed 
with  a  knife  in  the  hand  of  said  Tuck. 


George  Clendenin  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  20th 

On  yesterday  the  Honorable  Mr.  Steele  informed  me  that  my  letter  Richmond 
respecting  the  pay  and  subsistence  of  a  certain  company  employed  for 
the  defence  of  Greenbrier  and  Kanawha  would  this  day  undergo  an  in- 
vestigation. I  therefore  consider  it  a  part  of  my  duty  to  lay  before  your 
Excellency  and  the  Honorable  Board  a  schedule  of  the  allowances  made 
by  the  General  Government  for  the  year  1791. 

Your  Excellency  will  please  to  have  a  reference  to  the  law  of  '92,  in 
virtue  of  which  certain  ranging  companies  were  appointed,  and  that  by 
the  act  of  the  Executive  the  militia  (if  the  necessity  of  the  case  required) 
should  aid  them.  If  by  this  order  of  the  Executive  they  should  have 
acted  in  conjunction  with  this  ranging  company,  or  in  other  words, 
done  the  whole  of  duty  themselves,  I  beg  the  Executive  to  inquire 
whether  they  ought  not  to  have  equal  pay  (at  least). 

This  schedule  is  meant  to  inform  you  that  if  militia  pay  should  be 
concluded  upon  by  the  Executive  the  militia  will  be  in  a  worse  situation 
than  they  were  before  the  interference  of  the  State  Government. 

I  am,  &c. 

N.  B. — You  will  please,  with  your  statement  of  decision  on  the  afore- 
said business,  return  to  me  the  enclosed  sehedule. 

GEO.  CLENDENIN. 

Richmond,  December  18th,  1794. 
Sir: 

I  beg  leave  to  represent  to  your  Excellency  that  in  vain  have  I  for 

a  considerable  time  endeavoured  to  have  the  pay  and  subsistence  of 


406  CALSKBAB  OF  S^ATE  PAPESS. 


I7M.       Oik]ytftai  Ji^n  MoniB'  eompanT.  empkijed  for  tlie  dekjooa  of  GuBcuhrief 
Bbc  30di     ikiid  Emnawiia,  TDOonsidflred.    Tb^,  Sir,  vnder  tbe  hsvwman  law,  war 
called  ont  on  tiie  lifth  a£  March.  1792.  and  were  ia  aesrioe  in  tlie  mamtk 
of  Maj  when  Gaptaiii  Ka^  CaperioD  came  forward,  who  wae^  appointed 
the  olBoer  of  a  ranging  oompacv  for  the  protectioD  of  the  aforewd 
couxities  the  same  Tear.     When  he  appeared  on  the  irontaen  he  informed 
me  that  in  ooneequtmoe  of  the  default  of  the  oontcacUH!.  Co1(hm]  Boon, 
it  iiaid  wA  been  in  hi^  power  to  bring  fin-ward  bk  oompaaj,  as  no  pro- 
TiBon  had  been  or  was  abom  t^  be  made  for  them :  therefore  in  vutoe 
of  a  power  which  was  delegated  to  him  by  the  ExeeotaTe,  he  direetad 
me  to  cautinne  tbe  said  John  Morric;"  CoaipaBj  ia  wiriOL^  they  beinj^. 
nr.  in  a  gnat  meaBure  tiie  onbr  f!Tiflt,ing  power  wbeivbj  the  Eoemj 
might  be  xcfkelled.  for  by  the  Beason  af arBsaid.  I  beiie^v  hcu  ibe  nid 
Oapoinon.  ooold  not   bring  forward  his  oompaair.     Tbe  aaid  eoaipaiij 
w«pe  eontnined  in  serrioe  dnring  tbe  whole  tzme  tor  wbieii  tii^  A^mn^mA 
par  and  subsistance.  br  mv  LietteirB  of  the  ^Ist  and  22&d  of  Sryifiiaber 
IT!^     I   gare  the  Exeeotive  notice  thereot  who  retnrDed   me  for  an- 
swer that  they  beard  with  great  pileasnre  of  my  exisnioi»  to  defend  tbe 
Frontieir&.  and  approved   of  my   condnct  in  oo-opecadng   with  Cm^i 
Oaperton.  by  detaching  to  hif  aid  tbe  afareBaid  company  of  Militia:  tbtt 
they  wonld  be  paid  for  ibe  serrioe  ^o  soon  ae  the  paupea  pafiert  reacbeo 
l^»em.     Tb»  actnowledcreanemt  beaas  date  the  twettth  dax  of  Ocuiber. 
17H2:  bat.  Sir,  wbcsn  Oapt.  John  Xacire  comes  lorward  fas*  bi«i  pay  for 
iaamtM  and  eompainr,  and  al«>  ^th  1^  abRtrara  ior  Bataonf^  aetaalhr 
tornifibcd.  tbe  EraoomY  answer  t^at  ii»ev  kaow  iionidiu;  <3f  ii^ 
caDon .  thai  thi$>  mnsi  bare  been  tbe  act  of  tbe  <&E>reniar— wrt  of  tke 
^sroremor  and  ixinnciL 

H«re.  flir,  gwe  me  leave  to  rcfoeBi  year  ExfioIkBinr  and  tte  boa  ye 
Boapd  «>  panseior  a  moment.  I>d  L  sir.  especi  libai  libe  Sbcecaiaiv  vi9 
indiridnally  addreafi  me  ?  I^  it  n A  liie  pzacoaoei^aa  ibe«men^  kneeled 
£mm  ynir  Board  tc*  bar^e  tbe  Signaxnre  at  xbt  Governor?  Am  I  in  «t 
flffioial  fiftataon  to  knc'W  any  cither  than  bim  at  tbe  bead  ^tf*  tht  depaii- 
TDBBi  ?  S^e.  sir.  by  bk  said  lieoer  of  tbe  XStb  m  OotobeE.  l?9t2L  iafiirsf 
me  ibat  my  JjBOta^  oJ  i^  Ha  and  22d  bad  ben  snbodUad  to  tht 
CRUDMnl  «r  Stale,  and  l^aa  their  ^flMDmanabim  was  ae  I  iunpe  abum  ^^ 
cited. 

Sir.  idiere  wa^  no  Omnxactar.  cnnsegnenthr  I  wa^  oompcdlad  tc»  iiaaifib 
Batirms  far  sud  Oampaxy,  par:  of  wiacb  wa^  am  of  my  cwn  pnriK 
puipej'tji  and  pan  I  parcSiased  for  w^^  I  am  libbgnd  to  pay  if  it  takes 
tbe  last  stjrea- 1  ba^^e  on  Ean^ 

It  wall  perbi^  be  asked  by  tbe  Execntivr  why  i  did  nm  iniona  tbea 
that  tbeM*  men  were  it  serrioi'  Tirenrinf  i^*  mr  ktzser^  of  ibe  lif4  asd 
.22d  of  SugiiBmhec,  17B1.  If  xbif^  qnesxaon  axise  i^mw  will  jtktase  to  itkr 
tr>  their  prniie«dings^  Tef^^ecung  tbe  expsndirain»  ai  IT^L  wbeutta  tbcr 
me  v*  inrward  tbe  angina]  pigiorF  a»^i^<6flBead  GcfVEameBt 
af  mteab  labiBildamineidiaMbriTaiHmriiaaiiiiiai     Uiiardtf 


CAIiBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPBBS.  407 


I  most  promptly  obeyed.  Mr.  Joseph  Howell  at  the  head  of  the  ac*  1794. 
ooaDtant's  department  informed  me  that  he  had  paid  my  express.  The  Dec.  20th 
Bzecuiive  of  Virginia  informed  me  that  the  business  of  executing  their 
orders  did  not  authorize  an  express,  (or  to  that  amount),  wherefore,  the 
Board  advised  that  it  should  not  be  paid,  consequently  1  could  not  after- 
wards procure  any  public  conveyance,  and  when  private  ones  are  made 
use  of,  the  papers  seldom  meet  with  their  intended  destination.  I  trust 
that  the  Honorable  Board  will  not  conceive  that  I  intended  to  reflect 
upon  them,  when  they  thus  determined,  but  being  compelled  to  make  a 
full  statement  and  thus  led  to  mention  how  I  was  restricted.  The 
power  was  not  vested  in  me  as  was  in  the  ranging  officer.  If  his  Com- 
pany could  have  come  forward,  perhaps  this  extraordinary  expence 
would  not  have  been  incurred. 

I  hope  your  Excellency  will  pardon  the  trouble  I  give,  when  I  beg 
you  to  have  a  particular  reference  to  the  uLany  papers  which  transpired 
on  the  aforesaid  occasion — ^and  well  knowing  that  some  members  of  the 
Executive  have  never  acted  on  this  business,  hope  a  decision  will  be 
found  in  my  favor,  if  consistant  with  truth  and  justice. 

I  am,  &c. 

GEO.  CLBNDENIN. 


Gboros  Clendekin  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  23d 

I  am  confined  to  my  lodgings  in  consequence  of  a  most  inveterate  oold  Richmond 
that  appears  to  affect  my  lungs.  1  do  not  expect  to  get  the  better  of  it 
in  this  place.  Have  therefore,  to  request  your  Excellency  to  collect  a 
Council  to-day,  and  determine  on  the  business  which  I  have  laid  before 
the  Honorable  Board.  As  I  have  laid  myself  liable  to  many  on  account 
of  the  business  (obeying;  must  on  my  return  render  some  satisfactoiy 
account.  Therefore,  I  hope  for  an  immediate  decision — ^that  those  to 
whom  I  have  showed  the  letters  of  the  Executive,  particularly  the  one 
subjecting  me  to  the  order  of  the  Ranging  Officer,  and  that  of  approv- 
ing my  conduct  so  late  as  the  12th  of  October,  in  virtue  whereof  (and 
in  default  of  the  then  existing  contractor),  many  individuals  give  me 
credit,  to  whom  I  have  been,  and  am  at  present  liable.  I  wait  the  de- 
cision, suffer  me  to  repeat  it. 

I  am,  &c. 


W.  Tate  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  24th 

In  a  former  communication  to  you  I  stated  the  reasons  which  <>om-   Richmond 
polled  me  to  employ  Mr.  Wilson  and  Mr.  Cavendish  to  aseist  in  paying        ^^f 


408  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1794.       off  the  Yolanteer  Militia  of  this  State,  by  which  I  have  iQCurred  a  con- 
Dec  24th     siderable  ezpeDce,  which  I  am  incompetcDt  to  discharge,  by  the  ad- 
vance of  two  handred  and  fifty  dollars  which  was  voted  me  by  the 
board  on  account,  and  as  I  understood,  was  intended  to  bear  my  ex- 
penses while  I  travelled  over  our  Frontier  country. 

If,  therefore,  the  subject  could  with  propriety  be  again  resumed  and 
such  further  compensation  as  to  the  Executive  appears  just  and  right, 
it  will  be  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by 

Your,  Ac. 


Dec.  24th    To  the  Honorable  the  Governor  and  members  of  the  Privy  Council : 

The  petition  of  William  Mitchell,  late  Sheriff  of  the  county  of 
Patrick,  respectfully  showeth,  That  previous  to  the  division  of  the 
county  of  Henry,  a  certain  James  Lyons  having  acted  as  Sheriff  thereof, 
and  fallen  short  in  the  collection  of  the  certificate  Taxes  for  the  year 
1786,  a  judgment  for  the  amount  thereof  was  entered  up  in  the  Greneral 
Court  on  account  of  his  delinquency,  and  the  execution  issued  thereon 
put  into  the  hands  of  your  petitioner  as  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Patrick 
returnable  to  the  November  Term  of  the  said  court  in  the  year  1793; 
that  in  virtue  of  the  said  Execution,  he  made  of  the  Goods  and  chattels 
of  the  said  Lyons,  the  sum  of  £31.  5.  6.  in  certificates,  which,  agreeably 
to  Law,  ought  to  have  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  on  or  before  the  9th 
day  of  December  thereafter. 

The  above-named  petitioner  offers  in  extenuation  of  his  failure  to 
make  payment  of  the  above-named  Judgment,  the  fact  that  he  and  aU 
other  persons  from  the  country  were  prevented  from  coming  into  Bich- 
mond  by  the  existence  of  the  Small-pox  in  the  city  at  the  time  he  would 
have  come  for  that  purpose. 

Judgment  in  the  Gen*l  Court  at  Richmond  entered  against  Wm. 
Mitchell,  sh*ff  of  Henry,  for  £31.  58.  6d.,  am't  of  an  Ex'on  against  Jas. 
Lyons,  late  sh'ff  of  Henry,  for  certificate  of  Taxes  for  1786,  and  a  forieit 
of  £128.  12s.  6d.,  with  int  at  10  pr.  ct.  from  9th  Nov.,  1793,  on  £31.  6. 6. 
Damages  and  Int.;  also  $5  26,  charge  for  notice  and  costs  of  motion. 

Auditor's  certificate  of  payment  of  above. 


Dec.  27th  WiLLIAM   MoRRIS   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Richmond  In  the  presence  of  Col.  John  Steele,  Capt.  Hugh  Caperton,  and  myselfj 
agreed  that  the  Eations  furnished  his  Company  in  the  year  1793,  from 
the  15th  of  February  to  the  26th  of  the  same  month,  should  be  paid  to 
myself.    At  present  the  Order  stands  in  his  name.    He  is  gone,  and  ex- 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  409 


pects  me  to  draw  the  money.    Claims  of  the  same  nature  are  paying       1794. 

np.     I  therefore  trust  that  such  measures  will  be  taken  by  the  Execu-    Dec.  27th 

tive  as  will  direct  a  payment  to  me. 

I,  sir,  was  your  contractor,  and  am  Lyable  to  the  people  for  said 

amount  of  Rations — part  was  found  in  Greenbrier  by  Capt.  Caperton 

thro'  my  directions. 

I  am,  &c. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  28th 

Not  receiving  instructions  from  the  Executive  respecting  the  discharge  Montgomery 
of  the  troops  under  my  command  on  the  Southwestern  Frontiers,  I 
acted  agreeable  to  their  directions  to  me  under  which  the  troops  were  en- 
listed, Dated  December  the  3d,  1793,  in  which  you  will  find  they  were 
to  serve  until  the  last  day  of  the  month,  if  deemed  requisite.  Whether 
from  their  instructions  they  intended  I  should  judge  the  time  necessaiy, 
I  cannot  tell,  but  knowing  by  inference  that  this  being  a  time  of  year 
that  our  frontiers  are  least  exposed  to  the  Indians,  and  that  it  would  be 
a  small  expence  saved  to  the  public,  I  took  the  liberty  to  have  the 
whole  of  the  Troops  under  my  direction  Discharged  on  the  20th  day  of 
this  Instant.  It's  not  convenient  for  me  to  attend  at  Richmond  with 
my  public  acc'ts — have  forwarded  them  in  the  care  of  Mr.  Kent,  by  not 
receiving  the  Instructions  as  Dated  above.  The  Troops  are  discharged 
for  the  service  of  ninety-three.  It  made  the  recruiting  Business  very 
Difficult,  and  put  it  out  of  my  power  to  have  my  company,  which  was 
destined  for  the  winter  Defence,  to  be  mustered  in  a  regular  manner.  I 
was  under  the  necessity  of  immediately  sending  them  so  soon  as  enlis- 
ted, to  keep  up  the  different  Garrisons,  and  it  was  some  time  before  they 
could  be  mustered ;  and  others,  again  you  will  find  as  pr.  Roll,  were 
mustered  on  the  very  day  as  entered  the  service — so  that  I  think  it  full 
as  saving  a  plan  to  the  public  as  to  have  had  them  mustered  at  one  time 
and  to  draw  pay  six  Days  previous  to  their  muster.  My  instructions 
in  that  point,  as  well  as  every  other  Directions  given  me  in  charge  by 
your  Honorable  Body,  I  should  have  most  cheerfully  complied  with  had 
the  nature  of  the  service  admitted.  The  Troops  allowed  for  the  summer 
defence,  the  officers  had  a  sufficient  time  to  raise  them,  and  enabled  them 
to  be  mustered  in  a  regular  manner,  but  my  not  receiving  my  Instruc- 
tions for  the  defence  of  the  Frontier  until  some  time  in  December  last, 
when  the  Troops  were  all  dispersed,  I  was  obliged  to  supply  the  different 
Garrisons  as  I  could,  and  unless  the  muster-master  would  have  attended 
at  the  different  stations,  it  was  impossible  to  have  them  mustered  within 
the  time  allowed ;  but  so  soon  as  a  sufficient  number  were  in  service  to 
protect  the  part  most  exposed,  I  had  them  enlisted  as  the  necessity  of 
the  Frontiers  required  and  called  into  service,  which  I  hope  your  Excel* 

lency  will  be  satisfied  was  the  most  saving  plan. 

52 


410  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 

17d4.  The  officers'  time  and  pay  I  have  in  the  pay  roll  left  blank,  bat  think 

Dec.  28th  their  pay  ought  to  commence  on  the  fifth  day  of  December,  1793;  for 
since  that  time  they  have  been  fully  engaged  in  the  Business.  I  have 
settled  with  my  company  for  their  service  for  the  year  1794,  and  made 
them  full  payment  for  which  they  have  assigned  their  discharges  to  me, 
and  as  it  would  save  the  trouble  and  expence  of  a  paymaster  for  that 
Company,  I  have  sent  the  whole  of  the  discharges  by  Mr.  Kent,  and 
hope  your  Excellency  will,  as  I  have  advanced  the  money  and  given 
my  own  obligation  for  money  to  be  paid  them,  which  was  their  choice, 
that  you  will  direct  the  amount  of  said  discharges  with  my  own  pay,  to 
be  paid  to  Mr.  Kent.  If  the  Treasury  is  not  in  a  situation  to  advance 
the  money,  warittnts  for  the  amount  will  be  given. 

The  public  arms  are  lodged  at  Mr.  John  Smith's,  Russell  county.  Of 
the  ammunition  allowed  for  the  Troops  for  the  year  1793,  there  is 
now  on  hand  of  the  lead,  three  hundredweight.  I  was  in  hopes  to  have 
made  the  powder  allowed  for  the  same  year  to  have  also  done  the  Troops 
for  the  present  year,  but  it  failed,  and  I  was  obliged  to  purchase  a  quan- 
tity      Forward  the  account  by  Mr.  Kent  and  hope  he  will  reoeive 

payment. 

Our  fellow  citizens  who  live  exposed  to  the  mercy  of  a  savage  enemy 
are  much  alarmed,  least  Troops  may  not  be  allowed  them  for  the  next 
year.  Their  situation,  from  my  own  knowledge,  I  must  lament,  but 
hope  and  trust  that  as  the  Executive  have  stretched  their  hands  out  to 
assist  them,  that  everything  will  be  done  to  render  their  safety  complete. 

I  am,  &c. 


Dec.  28th     To  THE  QOVBRNOR  AND  THE  HONORABLE  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  PrIVY 

Council. 

The  memorial  of  William  Pickett,  late  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Fau- 
quier, Humbly  Sheweth — 

That  your  memorialist  was  appointed  and  commissioned  as  sheri£P  of 
the  county  of  Fauquier  for  the  years  1788  and  1789,  and  agreeable  to 
the  usage  of  sheriffs,  farmed  out  the  office  to  John  Blackwell,  who  took 
upon  himself  the  excution  of  his  said  office.  Tour  memorialist  expressly 
states  that  he  never  had  in  any  manner  interested  himself  in  the  collec- 
tion of  the  taxes  due  for  those  years,  considering  that  the  said  John 
Blackwell  and  those  who  collected  with  him  as  being  entirely  responsi- 
ble for  the  payment.  That  the  succeeding  collections  for  the  year  1790 
devolved  upon  Thomas  Bronaugh,  who  also  farmed  out  the  office  to  the 
said  John  Blackwell ;  that  during  the  collection  which  was  to  have  been 
made  under  the  said  Thomas  Bronaugh,  judgments  were  obtained  by  the 
Commonwealth  against  your  memorialist  for  a  considerable  balance  of 
the  Bevenue  tax  upon  which  said  judgment  executions  issued  and  put 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEES.  411 


into  the  hands  of  the  said  Thomas  Bronaugh  to  be  executed,  and  the       1794. 
said  Thomas  Bronaugh  delivered  the  said  Executions  to  the  said  John    Dec.  28th 
Black  well)  as  he  has  been  informed,  who  was  entirely  responsible  as  your 
memorialist  then  thought;  that  the  said  John  Blackwoll,  without  giving 
any  notice  to  your  memoriahst,  returned  the  same  to  the  General  Court 
office,  "that  he  had  executed  it  and  it  was  ready  to  satisfy." 

Your  memorialist  further  states,  that  be  was  advised  and  did  verily 
believe,  that  by  the  said  return  he  was  entirely  discharged  from  the 
Judgment  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  that  the  said  Thomas  Bronaugh 
had  become  responsible  for  the  same  in  consequence  of  the  aforesaid  re- 
turn. Tour  memorialist  further  states,  that  the  taxes  to  be  collected  by 
the  said  Thomas  Bronaugh  have  been  paid  into  the  public  Treasury,  as 
he  has  been  informed,  and  the  collection  was  made  by  the  same  persons 
that  made  the  collection  under  your  memorialist,  and  he  has  reason  to 
believe  that  the  money  collected  for  the  years  1788  &  1789  were  appro- 
priated in  discharge  of  the  taxes  collected  under  the  said  Thomas 
Bronaugh.  Your  memorialist  further  states  that  the  execution  returned 
by  the  said  John  Black  well  was  quashed  by  the  General  Court,  without 
having  received  any  notice,  and  that  an  execution  has  issued  against 
the  estate  of  your  momoralist,  the  whole  or  greater  part  of  which  has 
been  taken  in  execution  at  the  suit  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  has  been 
exposed  to  sale  and  at  different  times,  the  greater  part  has  been  actually 
sold  and  purchased  by  the  Brigade  Agent  in  trust  for  the  Common- 
wealth. Your  memorialist  further  states  that  the  said  agent  has  adver- 
tized the  lands  which  he  purchased,  to  be  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Commonwealth  on  the  10th  of  next  month,  that  your  memoralist  has  ob- 
tained a  judgment  against  the  said  John  Blackwell,  and  has  issued  an 
execution  by  which  he  expects  to  recover  from  him  the  amount  of  the 
judgment  obtained  by  the  Commonwealth,  and  by  that  means  have  it 
in  his  power  to  redeem  the  lands  and  other  property  purchased  by  the 
Agent  in  Trust  for  the  Commonwealth. 

Your  memorialist  further  states,  that  the  Commonwealth's  execution 
against  him  has  been  returned  to  the  General  Court  office  by  the  direc- 
tion of  the  agent,  a  copy  of  which  return  is  hereto  annexed,  to  which 
he  refers  as  a  part  of  his  petition. 

Your  memorialist  further  states,  that  he  supposed  the  agent  could 
not  legally  purchase  the  property  at  less  than  three-fourths  of  the 
valuation  of  the  Commissioners,  and  before  the  land  whereon  he  lived  was 
exposed  to  sale,  your  memoralist  tendered  the  balance  of  the  said 
execution,  supposing  the  Merchant  Mill  had  been  sold  at  three-fourths 
of  the  valuation  of  the  Commissioners,  which  was  refused. 

Your  memorialist  further  prays  the  interference  of  the  executive  to 
give  directions  to  the  Agent  for  the  Commonwealth,  to  suspend  the  sale 
of  his  land  which  is  advertised,  to  some  future  reasonable  day,  so  as  to 
give  him  an  opportunity  of  collecting  from  the  said  John  Blackwell  and 
the  other  Deputy  Sheriff's  their  several  proportions  of  the  taxes  for 


412  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBES. 


1794.  which  his  property  has  been  sold,  all  the  said  Deputies  being  men  of 
Dec.  28th  real  and  personal  property,  which  admits  of  little  doubt,  but  that  their 
several  proportions  of  the  taxes  may  be  raised,  and  if  no  indulgence  is 
granted  to  your  memoralist,  he  prays  the  opinion  of  your  Honorable 
Board  whether  the  sale  of  the  Merchant  Mill  as  mentioned  in  the 
Sheriff*s  return  and  purchased  by  the  Brigade  Agent,  was  not  illegal 
and  therefore  void. 

And,  &c. 

WILLIAM  PICKETT. 
Fauquier  County,  December  28th,  1794. 

Executed  on  two  slaves,  Jupiter  and  Scipio,  seventeen  head  of  cattle, 
twenty  head  of  sheep,  eight  head  of  horses,  three  beds  and  furniture, 
and  one  looking-glass,  which  were  sold  to  Martin  Pickett  for  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-throe  pounds  fourteen  shillings  and  nine  pence ;  and  a^er- 
wards  executed  upon  a  merchant  mill  on  Carter's  run  and  fifteen  acres 
of  land,  the  land  whereon  the  said  William  Pickett  lived,  supposed  to 
contain  three  hundred  and  seventy-two  acres;  also  a  tract  of  land  near 
the  said  mill,  supposed  to  contain  one  hundred  and  eighty-three  acres, 
and  a  lease  in  the  Leeds'  Manor,  containing  one  hundred  acres.  The 
mill  and  fifleen  acres  of  land  on  the  11th  of  November,  valued  by  the 
.commissioners  summoned  agreeable  to  law  to  1850;  the  Brigade  Agent 
reflised  to  give  three-fourths  of  the  value,  and  directed  it  to  be  immedi- 
ately set  up  and  sold  for  what  it  would  bring,  as  there  was  no  bidder 
at  that  time,  and  was  purchased  by  said  agent  for  eight  hundred  pounds; 
the  land  whereon  the  said  William  Pickett  lived,  supposed  to  contain 
372,  was,  on  the  19th  of  November,  valued  by  commissioners  of  the 
county,  summoned  agreeable  to  law,  at  40s.  per  acre,  and  purchased  by 
the  agent  at  three-fourths  of  its  valuation.  The  land  near  the  mill,  sup- 
posed to  contain  183  acres,  and  the  lease  was  advertised  to  be  sold  on 
the  6th  of  December,  but  only  two  commissioners  attended;  it  was  after- 
wards advertised  to  be  sold  on  the  13th  ot  the  same  month,  and  only 
two  commissioners  attended ;  it  was  again  advertised  on  the  20th  of  said 
month,  and  no  commissioners  attended.  There  could  be  no  sale.  I  was 
then  directed  by  the  agent  to  return  this  execution,  and  the  balance  of 
the  land  remains  unsold. 

I  have  retained  in  my  hands  thirty -three  pounds  and  eight  shillings 
out  of  the  first  sale,  for  my  commission  upon  the  whole  sales  oi  William 
Pickett's  estate  that  was  actually  sold,  and  twenty-eight  shillings  for 
the  commissioner's  fees,  which  I  have  paid  them,  and  the  balance, 
£12a  18.  9.,  I  have  ready  to  satisfy. 

The  above  is  a  copy  of  the  return  made  by  me  upon  an  ExecuUoo 
from  the  General  court  in  favor  of  the  Commonwealth  vs.  WilliAm 
Pickett, 

AYLETT  BUCKNEB. 


CALBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPBES.  413 


Jambs  MgGavogk  to  thb  Governor.  1794. 


well 


I  made  application  to  Mr.  Moses  Austin  according  to  your  request  for    Dec.  29th 
the  Load  due  to  this  Commonwealth.     He  told  me  that  he  had  at  pres-   Fort  Chis- 
ent  very  little  on  hand,  but  so  soon  as  he  could  get  the  quantity  made 
which  is  due  he  would  deliver  it. 

I  am,  &c. 


Thomas  Miflin  to  the  Governor.  Dec.  29th 

I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  your  Excellency  the  copy  of  an  affi-      PhiU; 
davit  made  by  Stephen  Girard  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Merchant,        ©  P  >* 
before  a  magistrate  of  this  state,  stating  that  Joseph  Larelle  had  taken 
or  caused  to  bo  taken  a  certain  Mulatto  boy  of  the  name  of  Crispin, 
aboQt  sixteen  years  of  age,  from  the  service  of  him,  the  said  Stephen 
Girard,  with  an  intention  of  selling,  or  disposing  or  of  keeping  and  de- 
taining or  causing  so  to  be,  him,  the  said  Crispin,  who  at  that  time  was, 
and  still  is  a  servant  for  a  term  of  years  to  him,  the  said  Stephen 
Girard.    And  the  said  Stephen  further  says  he  verily  believes  that  the 
said  Joseph  Larelle  has  by  fraud  seduced,  or  caused  to  be  seduced,  the 
said  servant  from  him  the  Deponent  being  an  inhabitant  of  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  has  carried  or  caused  so  to  be  the  said  servant  to 
parts  beyond  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  to-wit,  into  the  state  of  Yir- 
ginia,  without  the  knowledge  or  consent  of  him  the  said  Stephen." 

This  offence  is  made  highly  penal  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly, 
passed  on  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  March,  1788,  fh>m  which  an  extract 
is  subjoined  for  your  Excellency's  more  particular  information. 

Under  these  circumstances,  I  request  that  your  Excellency  will  be 
pleased  to  direct  that  the  above  described  Joseph  Larelle  shall  be  deliv- 
ered  up  (if  found  within  your  State),  to  be  removed  to  this  state,  having 
jurisdiction  of  his  offence  agreeably  to  the  provision  contained  in  the 
second  section  of  the  Fourth  Article  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States. 

I  am,  &c. 

Extract  from  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania,  passed 
at  Philadelphia  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  March,  1788,  entitled  "An  act 
to  explain  and  amend  an  act  entitled  an  act  for  the  gradual  abolition  of 
slavery  " : 

Section  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  that 
if  any  person  or  persons  shall  from  and  after  the  passing  of  this  act,  by 
force  or  violence  take  and  carry  or  cause  to  be  taken  or  carried,  or  shall 
by  fraud  seduce  or  cause  to  be  seduced  any  negro  or  mulatto  from  any 
part  or  parts  of  this  state,  to  any  other  place  or  places  wbatsover,  with 


414  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1794.  a  design  or  intention  of  selling  or  disposing,  or  causing  to  be  sold,  or  of 
Dec.  29th  keeping  and  detaining,  or  of  causing  so  to  be  as  a  slave  or  servant  for  a 
term  of  years,  every  such  person  or  persons  their  aiders  and  abettors 
shall,  on  conviction  thereof  in  any  court  of  Quarter  sessions  for  any 
city  or  county  within  this  commonwealth,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  pounds  to  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor  of  the  city  or  town- 
ship from  which  such  negro  or  mulatto  shall  have  been  taken  or  seduced 
as  aforesaid,  and  shall  also  be  confined  at  hard  labor  for  any  time  less 
than  six  months  nor  more  than  twelve  months,  and  until  the  costs  of 
prosecution  shall  be  paid.'' 

City  of  Philadelphia,  ss. : 

On  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  December  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four,  before  me  Matthew  Clark- 
son,  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  state  of  Pennsylvania,  peraoo- 
ally  came  and  appeared  Stephen  Girard  of  said  city,  merchant,  and 
being  duly  sworn,  on  his  solemn  oath  deposes,  declares,  and  says  that  a 
certain  person  of  the  name  of  Joseph  Larelle  has  taken  or  caused  to  be 
took  a  certain  mulatto  boy  of  the  name  of  Crispin,  about  sixteen  years 
of  age,  from  the  service  of  him  the  said  Stephen  Girard,  with  an  inten- 
tion of  selling  or  disposing,  or  of  keeping  and  detaining,  or  causing  po 
to  be  him  the  said  Crispin,  who  at  that  time  was  and  still  is  a  servant 
for  a  term  of  yeai*s  to  him  the  said  Stephen  Girard,  and  the  said  Ste- 
phen further  says  he  verily  believes  that  the  said  Joseph  Larelle  has  by 
fraud  seduced  or  caused  to  be  seduced  the  said  servant  from  the  service 
of  him  this  deponent,  being  an  inhabitant  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  has  carried  or  caused  so  to  be,  the  said  servant  to  parts  beyond  the 
state  of  Pennsylvania,  to-wit:  into  the  state  of  Virginia,  without  the 
knowledge  or  consent  of  him  the  said  Stephen. 

STEPHEN  GIRARD. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  subscribed  my  name  and 
caused  the  seal  of  the  said  city  to  be  affixed. 

MATH.  CLARKSON,  Major. 
[Seal.] 

A  true  copy : 

JAMES  TRIMBLE,  Dep.  Sec. 

Secretary's  office,  Philadelphia,  Dec.  28th,  1794. 


Dec.  29th  III  Council,  Dec.  30th,  17M. 

The  General  Assembly  at  their  last  session  having  passed  an  act  en* 
titled  an  act  authorising  the  Executive  to  remit  the  damages  and  final 


CALBNDAB  OF  STATE  PAPBBS.  416 


incurred  by  Sheriffs  and  collectors  in  certain  cases,  whereby  a  discretion-  1794. 
ary  power  is  vested  in  the  Executive.  The  board  took  the  same  into  Dec.  2dth 
consideration,  and  advise  that  the  circumstances  of  each  case,  on  appli- 
cation lor  remission  of  damages  or  fine,  where  the  principal,  interest, 
and  cost  shall  be  paid  prior  to  the  first  of  May  next,  shall  be  received 
and  particularly  attended  to,  and  that  applications  subsequent  to  that 
day  will  most  probably  be  negatived. 

Extract  from  the  minutes. 

Attest: 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C. 


At  a  Court  held  for  Sussex  county  the  1st  day  of  January,  1795 :  1795. 

Present — Robert  Jones,  John  Massenburg,  John  Mason,  Green  Hill,     Jan.  let 
and  William  Massenburg— Gent.: 

The  court  proceeded  to  nominate  and  recommend  proper  and  fit  per- 
sons to  be  commissioned  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  said  county  in  addi- 
tion to  those  now  exercising  that  office.  Whereupon  Charles  Nicholson, 
Thomas  B.  Rives,  John  Smith,  and  Robert  Booth  are  recommended  to 

his  Excellency  the  Grovernor. 

Teste: 

M.  BAILEY,  C.  8.  C. 


British  Consul's  Office,  Jan.  2d 

Norfolk,  January  2nd,  1794. 
Sir: 

His  Majesty's  ships,  Thetis  and  Cleopatra,  having  received  some 
damage  it  will  be  necessary  for  them  to  have  repairs  before  they  can 
again  proceed  to  sea.  I  have  to  inform  you  that  both  ships  are  expected 
here  first  iair  wind  for  that  purpose,  and  I  presume  they  will  l>e  per- 
mitted to  pass  the  forts  into  this  harbor. 

I  am,  &c., 

JOHN  HAMILTON. 
William  Lindsay,  Esq. 


Edmund  Randolph  to  the  Governor.  Jan.  3d 

I  do  myself  the  honour  of  transmitting  to  your  Excellency  six  copies  Department 
of  a  Proclamation  issued  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  recom«     ^  ®***® 
mending  a  day  of  thanksgiving.    I  must  take  the  liberty  of  requesting 
yon  to  cause  it  to  be  promulgated  in  any  manner  which  you  may  think 
likely  to  render  it  most  public. 

I  have,  &c« 


#^  vsiXKiai.  vr  ^fULis^  j'i^saB 


£71^  Vii«:j^  Wu4f««F  ^ ^!iBi  infrmsmnL. 


i'vrMii&r^uu    iHii<  ^>t«f««tt.  K  lift  Oubveittr  u^  l^iiAiUiitt  o^  lus  pas.    Tufr  CialiBCur  l 
m^m^t  Ui6fugar.  inSMiei:  t4iiw»rsanzi«c  14  at  ainrmiuf  il  ^ut  innmifl^    I 

HrttijfiiMr  Iff  Urt.  I''tin*  uin  u  milUi;   Uk  f  tjdBTr  *»  jhb  msL  yme  3Lz- 
VMM  viJ  iMir  ^u|«t(fi^ .  «bC  ixiauifuoil  inypwwmrtnn*  it  xucjx^  ssajusL 

p'/nu  V/  kM|i>  'tirdkr  or  pnM4<t  tMcr  ifeMOsuhr.    I  ub  «c?e  h  s  cot  the 
^«M;  whk  tlijm. 

if  tl^kftttf^Tk  %i0ty  mnt  ^fOUtkd  W  reftan  Lb  on*  port.  I  kcmU j  cooeeire 
Y^^i/kUfWm,  m  muy  *^i0^  fon  whtn  xhett  maj  wa,  be  to  lar^ge  a  con  - 
*jmnH  '4  Vf^cmAi  tAux^cwk^  %  noeb  m^/re:  dligiUe  pbee  liyr  tliem. 

f  v«ll  (^  ir«f7  ikftokful  to  jour  Ezeeikoej  for  jMlfiee  vhether  tbe^ 
Hfiit/iuii^cint  kiiv«  U9i  exmiiug  ecrmmaBd  orer  the  rtspettkre  eountiei,  or 
wb44lMrr  ilNfti  ^fmrnmnd  m  ratted  io  the  Lt.  CoIa.  A  the  Brigadier  Geo.  - 
«f»to^  «r/f»Ao«d  t^  the  Brigades. 

I  have,  Ac. 

l\  H.-^inn^  writing  the  above  letter,  Mr  Biddiek  delivered  you  - 
KuiUiUiifUiy'Hf  the  r;oriteriU  of  trbich  fihall  be  most  cbeerfolly  compliec- 
wilb, 

W.  W. 


iMhftiU  ^*   QUARLEH   TO   THE   EXECUTIVE. 

AnnompAiiyin^thlMyoa  will  rocoivo  the  customary  quarterly  retnru^ 
of  inililiiry  NtoroN  and  the  pay  rollH  for  the  different  persons  employed 
III  thii  mirvifio  of  llio  State  under  my  direction,  and  likewise  the  oon- 
tHMitor'N  aeoountfor  rations  furnished  the  Post. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBHS.  417 


Yoa  will  observe  that  the  wages  are  not  extended  in  the  pay  roll  for  1795. 
the  militia  guard  lately  ordered  by  the  Executive,  which  proceeds  from  Jan.  5th 
a  want  of  information  respecting  the  exact  monthly  wages  allowed  them. 
The  Honorable  Board  will  remark  in  the  return  of  military  stores  that 
there  is  a  considerable  number  of  muskets  which  might  be  returned  all 
in  complete  order  if  their  bayonets  were  ground  and  polished.  This 
number  is  daily  increasing,  and  renders  a  machine  for  grinding  and  pol- 
ishing the  bayonets  peculiarly  necessary.  The  superintendent  thinks, 
if  the  Board  should  deem  it  expedient  to  have  this  machine  erected, 
that  it  will  not  cost  more  than  150  dollars,  and  perhaps  less. 

The  peculiar  circumstances  of  the  people  employed  by  me  as  gun- 
stockers  renders  it  a  part  of  my  duty  to  name  them  to  the  Executive. 
They  have  progressed  so  far  in  their  business  as  to  have  nearly  the 
whole  of  their  wood  work  in  readiness,  and  have  set  a  number  of  the 
barrels  into  the  stocks,  and  in  this  situation,  from  the  want  of  gun  locks, 
their  business  is  obliged  to  stand.  Therefore  I  feel  myself  in  want  of 
the  advice  of  the  Honorable  Board  to  determine  me  whether  I  shall  stop 
the  artificers  now  engaged  in  repairing  muskets  and  fitting  bayonets  to 
those  already  stocked,  and  depend  on  purchasing  locks  for  such  as  may 
be  hereafter  stocked,  or  that  I  shall  discontinue  this  employment  of  the 
smiths  and  direct  their  attention  to  the  manufacturing  of  locks  for  pre- 
sent use. 

I  am  directed  b>  a  petition  from  my  artificers  to  request  that  they  may 
be  aUowed  in  future  to  furnish  their  own  provisions,  in  place  of  being 
supplied  by  a  commissary,  and  that  they  may  have  the  amount  of  the 
same,  at  the  present  price  of  rationp,  annexed  to  their  pay. 

The  Honorable  Board  will  observe  an  application,  lodged  in  the  cham- 
ber some  time  past  by  sundry  persons  in  the  garrison,  for  a  privilege  to 
draw  rations  for  their  wives.  I  am  solicited  to  call  their  attention  to  it. 
The  names  of  the  applicants  are  John  Heekle,  blacksmith,  John  Maddox, 
John  Sillian  and  Will  Hipkins,  all  old  and  deserving  soldiers.  Trusting 
that  the  Honorable  Board  will  furnish  me  with  their  decisions  on  such 
parts  of  this  communication  as  to  them  may  appear  material, 

I  have,  &c. 


TiMOTHT   PiCKBRIMa  TO  THE   GOVERNOR.  Jan.  6th 

A  ship  called  Les  Jurneaux,  (or  the  Twins)  Captain  Buault,  armed        War 
and  equipped  in  the  port  of  Philadelphia  as  a  cruiser,  contrary  to  our  l^P«tment 
neutrality  and  the  law  of  the  United  States  in  such  cases  provided,  has 
lately  escaped  from  the  river  Delaware.    It  appears  by  the  report  of  the 
officers  employed  to  seize  her,  that  she  sailed  from  Bombay  Hook  the 
2d  instant. 

The  proof  is  positive  that  the  ship  has  been  unlawfully  fitted  out  as 

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ifj^  'j^hK»ijti:  ^/¥  mjtrnL  rjjiiis. 


yt*^        4Uk^«  Ai«*iMt*viM/1}     k  iU«^#^i^<.rtct  ^  ii«r  iM  inr  fiifljifiitiu  so  £ur  as 

y^uCi^y  JUji^  4/^Ui)^MMMiU  lAi  «wdii  luMiiifr  aft  u»  <fnubffaiee  aa  uamediau 
A^Vi/A:  M  ji#  ^^AhM^  U<M  i*  vrdirr  V#  4Hiiykt<'  t^tsai  t^  will  pat  ioto 
i»<<M/Mf  ^^Hfi>  m  Uj^  ^yk^tm^mkA'  *ff  ^Ak^w  pwt  ia  tW  Uaited  Slates. 

U.  if  it^iff^/TK  iim  r^i^Mfm,  <4  iht  Frtiadeat  oi  t^  Uaited  States  that 
yfM4  wUt  *mim»i  \km  rtttf^nmUf  mmmtrm  tci  be  lakca  for  teixiog  the  ahove 
^#^Ar^M>/^^  #til|/^  wiib  Utff  la^k,  furoiiore,  aad  stores,  and  also  for 
t^UfftiU^^^UftH  ih**  ^'yU^HMin^  u^igiher  with  aueh  of  his  officers  and  men 
HM  Uh*^^  fmrUi^iimUt^i  wUU  him  io  Tiolatiog  the  laws  of  the  United 

I  have,  &c. 


ImII    f\U  •1<>MM    MfjOULLOOH   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

MlilM  tiMMHif  MliMUi  I  wnilo  liiNt  1.0  tho  Kxocutivo,  tbo  Indians  killed  two  men  and 
WMiMiiliul  HiHitliiir  on  our  IrontiorH.  They  were  killed  on  December  the 
'fill  U{^\  I  liiivu  iIImmiUiiimI  all  tho  men  that  was  under  my  command  at 
\\\s^  M^jiiraUoH  or  (ho  old  yi'ar  agrooblo  to  my  instructions,  and  have 
ti^MU  \\\\^  pa)'  Mlmirni^U  and  muiitor  rolls  on  to  your  Excellency,  and  hope 
(Iml  I  ho  K^oouMvo  will  nornl  us  our  pay  if  possible,  and  if  the  rangers 
U  hM>^^^UU^o  HMothor  i^oi^son,  it  would  be  of  infinite  service  to  have 
\\m\\  \^\\  wUtioh  oarltor  than  tht^y  have  the  two  years  pasu  as  the  lo- 
\\\^\\^  ha\(  ovoi\\  S|\riu|{  Innni  huutiug  near  our  frontier,  and  have  oAen 
\(s^^o  ^^U\'hl\v|'  Wftviv  Uu^  mi\^rs  could  be  r«ady  to  take  a  scout  cot  any 

I  conclude^  ^« 


\X    ^Vs^^iS'^x  t  ^VvvAvU  a»  4«jKMt;^;^MW  Av«t  <wqL>iga£  Tsde  w^>  5<rrr«d 
vi^.\..it  .\w\\v  ^  ^\^i♦«^iw^^^l^  >U3tj»  it  aix:»av>r  >/  5/cw:ar'£  ZM  ^mupcs  I 

^y^<s%    4Miii^    .<Kc%«jftH\      t.'^ta!iK   'i)««(«t  ;:ir»«wi«eM%.'«a  I   is?r*!   runixrin 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


419 


R.   QUARLBS  TO  THE   GoVSRNOR. 

Under  the  ombarraBsing  eircumstanees  of  the  Trea8ury*8  want  of 
money,  I  have  made  application  to  the  Treasurer  to  interpose  and 
paliate  as  he  can  the  inconvenience  of  my  disappointment,  by 
authorizing  any  person  who  has  monies  to  pay  into  the  Treasury  to  re- 
ceive my  warrants  in  lieu  thereof. 

The  Treasurer  hesitates  and  wishes  the  advice  of  the  Honorable 
Board  whose  decision  on  this  subject  will  readily  determine  the  value 
of  my  warrants. 

I  am,  &c. 


1795. 
Jan.  7th 


Edmukb  Pendleton  to  the  Governor. 

My  neighbor,  Mr.  Garret,  has  requested  me  to  introduce  him  to  you 
for  the  purpose  of  procuring  a  testimonial  that  Mr.  Chapman  &  Mr. 
Broadders  who  certify  his  deposition  as  Justices  of  Caroline,  with  the 
State  seal,  to  render  them  useful  to  him  in  a  Southern  State,  whither  ho 
is  going  in  pursuit  of  some  slaves  which  he  suggests  have  been  wrong- 
fully carried  away. 

I  have,  &c. 


Jan.  8th 


William  Hartshorn  to  the  Governor.  jan  g^h 

In  conformity  with  the  law  for  establishing  the  Bank  of  Alexandria, 

I  now  enclose  you  a  statement  showing  the  balance  of  the  books  of 

said  bank. 

I  am,  &c. 

Balance  of  the  Books  belonging  to  the  President,  Directors  and  Com-     j^^^  g^h 
pany  of  the  Bank  of  Alexandria,  taken  January  8th,  1795 : 

Dr.  Cr. 


To  Bills  and  Notes,  dis- 
counted,   -    .    -  289,059  05 

Cash, 119,165  14 

Bank  House,     -    -  3,293  72 


$411,517  91 


By  Stock, 

Deposits,-  -  -  - 
Bank  Notes  issued, 
Post  Notes  issued, 
Dividends — No.  1, 
Ditto  2, 

Ditto  3, 

Profit  and  Loss,    - 
Discount,      .    -    . 


150,000  00 
51,396  19 
156,780  00 
44,815  75 
16  00 
180  00 
5,895  00 
2,113  39 
321  58 

$411,517  91 


Bank  of  Alexandria,  January  8th,  1795. 

GURDBN  CHAPIN,  Cashier. 


420  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


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1795.  Thomas  Mathews  to  thb  Governor. 

Jan.  9th  I  ^^  myself  the  honor  of  enclosing  for  the  information  of  your  Ex- 
cellency the  correspondence  that  has  passed  between  the  British  Consul, 
resident  at  this  place,  and  myself,  respecting  the  admission  of  two  ships 
of  war  into  the  harbour  of  Norfolk.  From  the  instructions  lodged  with 
roe  by  the  late  Governor  Lee,  I  have  been  induced  to  grant  the  requests 
made  by  the  Consul.    I  hope  it  will  meet  your  approbation. 

I  am,  &c. 

Norfolk,  January  3rd,  1795. 
Sir: 

The  instructions  I   have  received  make  it  necessary  that  you 

state,  as  far  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  will  permit,  the  repairs 

that  will  be  wanting  to  the  ships  you  mention  to  complete  them  for  sea. 

Tour  information  on  this  head  will  be  necessary  before  I  can  grant 

the  permission  you  require. 

I  have,  &c., 

THOMAS  MATHEWS. 
The  Honorable  John  Hamiton. 

Sir: 

Not  having  received  any  positive  information  of  the  damage  sus- 
tained by  his  Majesty's  ships — Thetis  and  Cleopatra — I  am  unable  to 
state  to  you  what  repairs  they  may  require;  tho'  it  is  possible  as  the 
Thetis  was  on  shore  and  lost  her  rudder,  she  may  have  sustained  much 
injury,  and  as  the  Cleopatra  was  aiding  the  Thetis  in  getting  out  her 
guns,  that  she  has  also  received  considerable  damage  which  cannot  at 
present  be  described.  However,  Sir,  you  may  rest  assured  that  nothing 
but  the  most  absolute  necessity  will  compel  them  to  come  up  to  Norfolk. 

I  have,  &e., 

JOHN  HAMILTON. 
British   Consul's  OflSce,  Norfolk,   Va.,  4th  January,  1795 — General 
Mathews. 

Sir: 

His  Majesty's  sloop  of  war  Lynx  is  arrived,  and  is  brought  to  at 
the  Fort.  As  she  has  on  board  a  number  of  stores,  Ac,  belonging 
to  the  Thetis,  I  have  to  request  that  you  will  order  her  to  be  permitted 
to  pass  by  the  Forts,  that  she  may  land  the  articles  above  mentioned, 
after  which  she  will  proceed  immediately  to  Hampton  Boads,  as  I  bavo 
not  heard  that  she  has  suffered  any  damage. 

I  am,  &c,f 

JOHN  HAMILTON. 


G&LZXPAK  OF  5TJlT£  PAFESS. 


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hdHiMNB  of  p«  Wc  «la|«  «if  infer  «umiT  iM«4  lib^  «|^ 
pnttc^  <€  SBT  miflw  is  cmiv  oc  :&j«xx  siBttitJ :  la  ««(4  <ifcw»  <«^ 

«f  RfAir. 


THOMAS  MATaSH^ 


HofionMe  John  WmMihrfwi 


!«*. 


Thoxas  Xewto5,  Je.,  to  THB  GOTBRXOm. 

Eoclosed  are  copies  of  lett«n  I  receiTed  from  tbe  Pi^nch  mud  Bnll^ 
Consuls.  The  animoeitj  ftobmsUng  between  lh<«e  nations  i»  in>  |(ftifel 
that  I  ^vprehend  disturbances  maj  arise  among  them«  whicji  the  etTi) 
power  maj  be  inadequate  to  qoell.  Tour  Sxoellencj's  adrie^  will  eoii« 
fer  an  obligation  on  me  in  what  manner  we  ai>e  to  acu  the  SCi^r  having 
been  »ck  as  next  eldest  aldermen  at  present,  I  have  acted*  which  was 
the  cause  of  mjr  baring  the  above  letters. 

If  we  could  be  allowed  a  subaltern  guard,  I  think  it  would  bo  a  means 
of  keeping  peace  and  order. 

I  am,  <kc. 

Mr.  Calvert  will  deliver  this.     I  bog  to  rofor  3'ou  to  him. 


JUas  Uih 


Norfolk,  the  third  year  of  the  French  Republic  ono  and  indivisibUv 

7th  of  Januar3\  17M. 
Sir: 

The  people  composing  the  crews  of  the  English  Prigatt)s  at  pnuioni  in 
this  river,  having  last  night  repeated  the  insults  of  which  I  havo  t>om- 
plained  to  you  last  Monday,  together  with  the  commander  of  the  divln^ 
ion  of  the  ships  of  the  French  Republic  moored  in  this  harboiiri  I  am 
compelled  to  reiterate  my  most  pressing  prayers,  that  the  most  offioa* 
ciouB  precautions  may  be  incessantly  taken  against  the  provooatlonn  ol 
the  English,  accustomed  to  violate  the  rights  of  nations.  It  Is  not 
known  if  passing  as  they  did  last  night  on  the  cable  of  the  Flute  ho 
Cocke,  they  bad  tbe  intention  of  cutting  it  or  of  setting  the  ship  on  lire; 
but  we  can  but  ill-conjecture  of  such  proceeding,  wo  are  more  so  author- 
ised  to  blame  it,  that  the  century  of  the  Flute  Le  Cocke  seeing  the 
English  boat  coming  on,  hail  her  3,  4  &  5  times  without  wanting  to  an* 


4ai\,  Ulh 


422  CALBNDAE  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  swer,  whioh  obliged  the  oentury  to  fire  his  shot  on  the  boat,  who  at  last 
Jan.  11th  went  off  uttering  all  the  injuries  which  characterize  this  nation  enemy  of 
the  human  kind. 

This  conduct  of  the  English  crews,  making  us  forsee  accidents  ior 
both  parties  and  for  the  town  of  Norfolk  itself,  it  is  the  duty  of  my 
office  to  participate  to  you  my  fear  on  this  subject,  and  to  solicit  all  your 
care  to  avoid  the  unhappy  consequences  that  we  have  to  fear  for  the 
general  tranquility. 

Please,  Sir,  I  beseech  you  to  take  into  consideration  my  representa- 
tion, and  to  be  well  persuaded  that  on  my  side  I  shall  neglect  nothing 
of  what  may  depend  on  me  for  contributing  to  respect  the  neutrality 
of  the  United  States. 

My  respects,  &c. 

OSTER 
Citizen  Nowton. 


Sir: 

I  have  received  your  letter  containing  the  complaint  made  to  yoa 
by  the  French  Commandants  of  the  ships  lying  here  which  is  perfectly 
groundless.  There  was  no  British  officer  absent  from  his  ship  on  the 
evening  alluded  to,  except  Capt.  Cochran,  who  came  on  shore  in  a  four- 
oared  cutter  in  company  with  the  harbour  master  (Gapt.  Proby)  and  my- 
self. A  small  shore  boat  rowed  by  two  negroes,  whioh  took  me  off  to 
the  Thetis,  returned  at  the  same  time,  but  had  only  on  board  the  two 
negroes,  and  should  you  think  it  necessary  to  inform  yourself  further 
on  this  business,  I  have  to  refer  you  to  Capt.  Proby.  I  am  well  satisfied 
of  the  good  intentions  both  of  the  British  officers  and  seamen  to  pre- 
serve the  peace  of  the  Borough,  and  I  beg  you  to  bo  assured  that  no 
endeavours  shall  bo  wanting  on  my  part  to  promote  the  public  order. 

I  hope  that  on  your's,  you  will  use  every  exertion  to  prevent  insults 
being  offered  by  the  French  to  the  British  in  this  port,  a  conduct  which 
has  been  too  often  repeated. 

I  am,  &c. 

JNO.  HAMILTON. 
British  Consul's  Office,  Norfolk,  Virginia,  7th  of  January,  1795. 


Jan.  14th  ThOMAS   NeWTON  TO  THE   OOVBKNOR. 

Norfolk  A  David  Raybourn  whom  I  formerly  wrote  your  Excellency  about,  a 
seamen  taken  by  Lynx,  British  ship  of  war  from  on  board  a  Danish 
brig  bound  to  Boston,  having  claimed  the  right  of  an  American  oitiaen, 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  423 


F 


General  Mathews  applied  to  the  oonsul  and  has  had  him  brought  on       1795. 

ihore  to  prove  himself  ao  American,  bat  is  so  unfortunate  as  to  have  no    Jan.  14th 

aoqaaintanoes  here  that  knows  him.    A  Thomas  Black  swore  before 

me,  that  he  was  well  acquainted  with  a  place  called  Nelson's  Ferry  on 

the  Santee,  S.  Carolina,  where  Bajboum  says  he  was  bom.  and  knows 

that  there  are  several  oi  the  name  there,  but  knew  not  Raybourn. 

Bayboum  was  sworn  in  the  most  solemn  manner  and  cautioned  not  to 

perjure  himself,  and  much  deliberation  used  on  the  occasion,  declared 

that  he  was  bom  in  the  parish  of  St.  John  on  the  Santee,  S.  Carolina, 

and  that  his  father's  name  was  Richard  R.    He  was  questioned  about 

ritoation  of  places  which  he  described  with  accuracy.    A  Mary  Tuft 

swore  that  he  lodged  with  her  about  four  years  ago  in  this  place,  and  had  a 

qaarrel  with  English  sailors  about  his  being  an  American,  but  did  not 

know  whether  he  was  or  not.    In  my  opinion,  from  his  own  oath,  I  be- 

beve  he  is,  but  the  British  Consul  thinks  the  proof  insufficient. 

You  Excellency  will  please  advise  me  what  I  am  to  do  on  this  occa* 

ROD.    The  man  I  keep  confined  in  gaol  until  I  know  your  pleasure, 

which  I  hope  will  be  by  Tuesday  next  at  farthest.    My  own  opinion  is 

that  the  proof  should  lie  on  them  that  he  is  a  British  subject,  as  many 

American's  can  not,  like  this  poor  man,  prove  his  nativity  in  a  strange 

place. 

This  opportunity  offering  suddenly,  I  have  hastily  committed  this, 

ftod  beg  yon  send  me  a  copy  as  I  have  not  time  to  take  it  with  your 

advice  thereon. 

I  am,  &c. 


James  Wood  appoints  Wray  Moss,  Public  Jailor,  for  the  District  of 
Prince  Edward. 


In  Council,  January  14th,  1795. 

It  is  advised  that  the  auditor  be  desired  to  prepare  as  soon  as  possi* 
ble  the  account  against  the  United  States  for  the  Western  Defence,  in 
order  that  they  may  be  presented  to  the  Secretary  at  war  by  Colonel 
Steele,  who  is  going  to  Philadelphia,  and  will  attend  to  the  settlement 
thereof. 

February  6th,  1796. 

It  is  further  advised  that  the  auditor  be  directed  to  prepare  a  state^ 
ment  of  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  state  for  the  Smith  field  expe^ 
dition,  to  be  presented  to  the  Secretary  at  war  for  reimbursement. 

March  23d,  1795. 

On  consideration  of  Col.  Steele's  report  of  the  terms  on  which  cer^ 
tain  printing  work  may  be  done  in  Philadelphia. 


424  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  It  is  advised  that  he  be  empowered  to  contract  apon  the  best  terms 

Jan.  14th  he  can  for  translating  one  thousand  copies  of  the  acts  directed  to  be 
printed  in  the  German  language,  and  for  the  printing  of  three  thousand 
copies  of  the  military  regulations  for  the  use  ot  the  militia,  and  that  he 
be  authorized  to  apply  so  much  of  any  public  moneys  which  may  come 
to  his  hands  in  defraying  the  expense  of  the  aforesaid  work  and  his  own 
expenses  as  may  be  necessary. 

Extracts  from  the  Journal. 

Attest : 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C. 

In  Council,  March  18th,  1795. 

It  is  advised  that  an  express  be  immediately  dispatched  with  orders 
to  Brigadier-Greneral  Bigf^s  (if  he  conceives  it  necessary)  to  call  into 
immediate  service  eight  scouts  for  the  protection  of  the  county  of  Ohio, 
and  six  for  the  county  of  Harrison.  That  the  Brigadier  give  the  most 
pointed  instructions  to  the  scouts  against  offensive  operations  for  the 
present,  but  that  they  be  vigilant  in  discovering  the  approach  of  the 
enemy,  in  which  event,  he  will  call  into  service  a  sufficient  number  of 
the  militia  to  oppose  them  effectually  under  the  invasion  law. 

It  is  also  advised  that  similar  authority  be  given  to  Brigadier-Gren- 
eral Tate  to  order  out  fourteen  scouts  for  the  defence  of  the  frontier  of 
his  district. 

Extract  from  the  minutes. 

Attest: 

A.  BLAIR,  C.  C. 


Jan.  14th  PROPOSALS   FOR  PRINTING. 

Proposals  by  Mr.  Kamerer : 

1,000  copies.  Translating  the  Acts  of  Assembly,  printing,  &c.  at  12 
dollars  per  sheet.    They  will  take  between  six  and  eight  sheets. 

Baron  Steuben's  Military  Instructions  on  a  small  type,  90  pages; 
half  bound  35  cents;  with  the  articles  of  war  annexed,  51}  or  Ss.  lid. 
Pen'a  Cur.  7.  The  whole  to  be  completed  in  two  months  from  the 
date  of  a  contract,  if  required. 

By  Cist : 

Steuben's  Military  Instructions.  3,000  copies,  containing  160  pages. 
Printed  in  a  conspicuous  manner  with  eight  copper-plates,  half  bound, 
at  50  cents  each  copy.  Blue  Boards,  46  cents  each  copy.  The  same 
printed  on  a  small  type,  more  crowded,  containing  90  pages,  with  eight 
copper  plates,  half  bound,  40  cents ;  Blue  Boards,  36  cents* 


CILUEHDAS  OF  f^ATE  PAl^fif;.  «% 


3L#M  oopm.    On  m  lai^  ^rpe  in  lialf  binding  or  TDui'  IVim^  KK    .Inn.  "f^^h 
eeDt««ftcdi:  an  m  tnnall  trpe  witb  eigbt  copper  p]ai«a.  45  oMitf^.     TSn^ 
ished  IB  twomiRitii&. 


In  Ooonofl  Juhr  14Jr4i,  1?^ 

Ob  ooBsidanEtiaB  ctf  a  memonBl  iWm  a  nninber  (4  tli^  JnjUkM^  aT  X^r 
folk  mod  mldemiBB  of  Norfdlk  Boronxrli.  i^rewtntinir  t)>^  pc^cnliar  t^itna- 
tion  of  tbe  inhafaluailii  of  tbe  pimoe  on  aooonnt  of  Uk"  A^N{iK^t  m^^^ 
lions  of  tbe  Bf^^iueB  and  people  of  ooloor,  and  sttaiing  t^  iiioaiaii>Mi  t)K^y 
intend  to  porane  for  Molding  thfim  ont  nnder  tbo  law. 

It  Is  adTised  tiial  tlie  Brigadier  cfl  tbe  Difttrict  be  dirert^d  t^  <^rd^T 

out  thirtr  ndlitia  ior  tbe  Town  of  Norfolk,  and  twentv  fWr  PoTi^vn^>«l)i 

nnder  proper  oSoers.  in  order  to  prerent  any  disorder  or  in^rreeU<vn 

that  might  arise  from  ihe  measures  propoMd. 

Extract  from  tbe  JoBmaL 

Attest: 

A,  BLAIR. 


W.  PmicB  TO  Jaxbb  Wood,  Ltkutkkant^Hovrrkoiu  j^i^,  \Mh 

Agreeably  to  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  passed  at  their  last  se«^  X^t^xi  x\^<^ 
sion,  the  Executive  are  authorised  to  allow  the  Reipster  two  d<!»rks  in 
addition  to  his  former  salary.  To  prove  the  great  necessity  of  its  beinfit 
done,  it  need  only  to  be  observed  that  the  business  of  the  office  has 
actually  increased  more  than  double  within  the  last  year  to  that  of  an)^ 
within  three  prior  thereto,  and  in  all  probability  will  continue  so  to  <lo 
from  the  number  of  Land  warrants  which  have  been  granted  within 
twelve  months  past,  amounting  to  upwards  of  eight  million  of  acivs. 
By  having  recourse  to  the  report  made  by  the  committee  that  oxaminod 
the  Land  office,  it  will  shew  the  number  of  surveys  unacted  on  at  that 
time;  the  whole  of  which  I  am  to  carry  into  gran ts^  Ac.  Since  tho 
first  of  December  (which  was  about  the  time  the  oommittoe  ttnlshinl 
their  examination,)  620  surveys  have  been  received  into  the  ofliooi  ex- 
clusive of  other  business  which  must  naturally  occur.  Those  circum- 
stances alone,  I  humbly  conceive,  will  Ailly  Justify  the  allowance  which 

is  left  discretionary  with  your  Hon'ble  Body. 

I  am,  Ac. 

The  auditor's  respects  to  Lieutenant-Oovernor  Wood,  and  begs  to 

know  whether  the  fixecutive  judge  it  necessary  to  retain  copies  of  the 

vouchers  relating  to  the  Western  Insurrection  and  the  Smithfleld  Kxpe« 

dition. 

Auditor's  office,  19th  Jan'y,  1795. 

64 


426  CALBNDAE  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.       Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  op  United  States,  to 

THE  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Jan.  19th  I  received  your  letter  of  yesterday  respecting  the  mariner  at  Norfolk, 
Richmond  who  complains  of  unlawful  detention  by  a  British  vessel  of  war.  I 
must  observe  in  the  first  place,  that  as  yet  this  case  hath  not  assumed  a 
National  aspect.  Neither  Mr.  Newton  nor  the  British  Consul  appear  to 
have  anything  to  do  with  it.  The  injury,  so  far  as  it  hath  proceeded,  is 
of  a  private  nature,  and  may  be  redressed  by*private  means;  indeed,  it 
can  be  redressed  in  no  other  way.  Any  citizen  of  this  or  the  United 
States,  complaining  of  an  unlawful  detention  by  any  person  of  private 
or  public  character  within  the  limits  of  the  commonwealth,  is  entitled 
to  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  which  the  chancellor  or  any  judge  of  the 
district  court  is  empowered  to  grant  in  vacation.  The  complainant  is 
thereupon  brought  before  the  judge,  and  the  Party  detaining  him  is 
commanded  to  shew  the  grounds  of  his  detention. 

The  evidence  before  the  judge  will  determine  him,  either  to  enlarge 
or  remand  the  prisoner.  If  the  prisoner  hath  not  evidence  sufficient  at 
the  time,  and  supposes  that  he  can  obtain  such  evidence  at  a  future  day, 
be  may,  upon  giving  surety,  obtain  a  writ  de  homine  repiegiando  which 
will  bring  the  case  regularly  before  a  court  in  the  form  of  an  ordinary 
action,  and,  in  the  meantime,  the  plaintiff  will  be  at  Liberty.  The  only 
event  in  the  progress  of  these  remedial  proceedings,  which  can  involve 
either  this  or  the  British  nation  in  the  controversy,  would  be  a  refusal 
on  the  part  of  the  officer  of  the  British  vessel  to  obey  the  process  of 
the  civil  authority ;  but  this  is  not  to  be  presumed,  and  indeed  in  the 
present  case  cannot  happen,  as  the  Mariner  is  already  out  of  the  power 
(tho'  by  ray  improper  means)  of  the  officer  who  detained  him. 

I  have,  &c. 


Jan.  24th      ALEXANDER     CaMPBBLL,   AtTORNET-GeNERAL     OF   U.    S.,    TO    JaMES 

Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 

Richmond  I  am  honored  with  your  letter  of  yesterday.  The  papers  transmitted 
to  the  Executive  by  Governor  Miffiin,  require  the  delivery  of  the  person 
therein  described  as  a  fugitive  from  justice.  He  can  not  be  bailed  here 
because  he  is  in  no  respect  amenable  to  the  civil  authority  of  this  State 
for  the  offence  which  he  hath  committed.  Both  the  Law  of  Congress 
and  the  Constitution  in  pursuance  of  which  it  was  made,  require  that 
he  be  delivered  over  to  the  State  demanding  him,  or  its  agent.  Bail 
therefore  upon  both  grounds  is  inadmissable. 

As  to  the  case  of  the  deserters  from  the  British  ship  of  war  at  Nor- 
folk, I  have  at  present  only  to  observe  that  it  is  a  subject  which  does  not 


CALBNI>AB  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


427 


beloDg  to  the  aabordinAte  magistrate.     It  is  a  branch  of  imperial  right       1795. 
pertaining^  as  I  conceire^  to  the  Sapreme  Executive  department  of  the    J&n.  ^th 
State.     The  magistrate  cannot  apprehend  a  deserter  upon  the  applica- 
tion of  a  foreign  power  or  its  officer  from  whom  he  is  said  to  have  de- 
serted, bat  the  application  of  sach  foreign  power  or  officer  ought  to  be 
made  dtreetij  to  the  Sapreme  Execative  Council. 

My  opinion  is  that  if  such  an  application  were  made  by  the  proper 
authority,  the  State  would  be  bound  bj  the  principles  of  the  law  ol 
Nations  to  deliver  up  the  deserter.  But  this  opinion  is  not  formed  upon 
any  potiitive  dictum,  but  is  merely  deduced  &om  general  principles.  It 
therefore  would  seem  best  to  wait  until  a  direct  specific  application  for 
a  decision  upon  the  subjecL 

I  have,  Ac. 


Thomajs  Xewtok,  Jr.^  to  James   Wood,  LiEUTzxAXT-GoTULSom.    Jan.  25th 


Your  favor  enclosing  Mr.  Campbell's  opinion  I  received.  It  will  save 
me  much  trouble  to  have  nothing  to  do  on  such  occasions^  but  I  will 
venture  to  say  if  no  other  mode  of  relief  is  to  be  given  to  the  American 
seaman  (than  by  a  habeas  corpus),  who  is  impressed  in  the  British  ser- 
vice, that  we  shall  have  none  left  to  man  our  vessels  if  the  war  continaes 
two  years.  It  is  now  difficult  for  a  person  to  give  information  of  his 
being  on  board  a  British  ship  of  war,  and  how  will  it  be  in  the  power  of 
any  to  complain  to  a  judge  of  the  District  Court,  without  money,  with- 
out friends,  the  poor  citizen  seaman  will  languish,  and  in  many  instances 
be  obliged  to  assist  in  oppressing  his  country  by  taking  our  vessels.  I 
hope  some  speedy  mode  may  be  adopted  for  their  relief.  Whenever  a 
complaint  has  been  made  to  the  British  Consul  before  this  of  Baybourn, 
he  always  returned  the  complainant,  but  in  this  instance  a  proof  was 
required  of  his  native  place. 

I  am,  Ac. 

The  Cleopatra  and  Lynx  sailed  from  this  port  yesterday.  I  have 
heard  nothing  of  the  L.  Jeaneanx ;  suppose  she  is  at  sea. 


NoHblk 


JOH^C   PrXDL£T05   TO  THE   LlEUTRNA2n-60VSRN0R. 

The  claims  of  the  State  on  the  General  Government  for  further  ex- 
penses incurred  and  paid  in  the  defence  of  the  frontiers  for  the  year  1793 
and  part  of  the  expenditures  for  1794,  will  be  ready  for  transmission 
to-morrow. 

I  am,  &C. 


Jan.2Slh 

Aoditor^i 
office 


428 


CALENDAE  OP  STATE  PAPEES. 


1795. 
Jan.  30th 


Wm.  C.  Williams  to  thb  Governor. 

Mr.  Blair  handed  me  to-day  a  copy  of  a  resolution  or  advice  ot  the 
Executive,  allowing  me  ninety  dollars  for  attending  an  Esoheator's  in- 
quest in  the  County  of  Berkeley,  which  I  must  now  beg  leave  to  return 
you,  and  at  the  same  time  permit  me  to  observe,  that  when  I  agreed  to 
attend  the  Escheator's  as  council  on  behalf  of  the  Commonwealth,  I  under- 
stood him  as  agreeing  to  pay  me  twenty-five  guineas,  as  that  was  the 
lowest  that  I  would  agree  for,  it  being  at  the  distance  of  fifly-five  miles 
from  my  house,  and  at  a  time  when  it  was  very  inconvenient  for  me  to 
leave  my  other  business,  it  being  a  few  day's  preceding  the  District 
Court  holding  at  Winchester  and  the  commencement  of  the  chancery. 

I  therefore  can  not  accept  any  smaller  allowance,  but  would  rather 
prefer  receiving  no  compensation  for  that,  (as  in  future  I  shall  be  at  lib- 
erty to  act  as  I  please),  than  to  receive  what  I  consider  as  inadequate 
to  compensate  me  my  time  and  trouble,  as  also  a  less  sum  than  what  I 

stipulated  for. 

I  am,  &o. 


Feb.  ist    Thomas  Nbwton,  Jr.,  to   Jambs   Wood,  Libutbnant-Govbrnor. 

Norfolk  I  received  your  letters  of  the  25th  and  28th  ultimo  with  Mr.  Camp- 
belPs  opinion.  Mr.  Larelle  is  ready  to  be  delivered,  but  in  my  opinion 
detained  contrary  to  Constitution  of  United  States.  As  no  uniiSQal 
punishments  are  to  be  inflicted  by  that  (therefore  bail  allowed),  except 
in  certain  cases,  this  man  may  lie  six  months  in  goal,  and  where  can  ho 
get  redress  for  such  an  injury? 

I  agree  with  him  in  the  case  of  the  deserters,  and  shall  never  more 
trouble  myself  with  complaints  from  the  British,  but  must  observe  that 
if  the  principles  of  the  law  of  nations  is  to  bind  us,  they  should  also  be 
bound.  They  take  our  men  out  of  our  ships  by  force  in  many  instances, 
and  if  any  one  should  desert  our  service  and  enlist  with  them,  they  are 
sure  to  find  protection. 

This,  sir,  is  a  matter  (with  the  case  of  Kaybourn)  of  so  great  conse- 
quence in  the  commercial  line,  that  I  could  wish  it  represented  to  the 
general  government  for  some  rule  to  go  by. 

I  shall  send  the  pay  roll  as  soon  as  I  get  it  from  the  officer. 

^  I  am,  &c. 


Feb.  2d 


Norfolk 


Thomas  Newton  to  John  Hamilton. 

I  should  before  this  have  answered  your  letters  respecting  the  sea- 
men, but  waited  for  advice  thereon,  which  I  have  since  received,  where- 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  429 


in  I  am  informed  that  I  have  no  power  to  act,  being  a  national  concern.       1795. 
The  law  only  provides  for  mariners  in  the  merchant  service,  in  which      Feb.  2d 
the  power  of  justices  is  described. 

I  am,  &c. 

"As  to  the  case  of  deserters  from  the  Brittish  ships  of  war  at  Norfolk, 
I  have  at  present  only  to  observe  that  it  is  a  subject  which  does  not 
belong  to  the  Subordinate  Magistrate.  It  is  a  Branch  of  imperial  right, 
pertaining  as  I  conceive  to  the  supreme  Executive  department  of  the 
State,  the  magistrate  cannot  apprehend  a  deserter  upon  the  application 
of  a  Foreign  power  or  its  officer  from  which  he  is  said  to  have  deserted, 
but  the  application  of  such  foreign  power  or  officer  ought  to  be  made 
directly  to  the  Supreme  Executive  Council." 

D'r  Sir, 

You  now  see  that  it  is  not  the  duty  of  a  magistrate  to  appre- 
hend deserters  as  you  conceived;  the  above  is  the  opinion  of  the  Attor- 
ney-General for  this  state. 

Yours,  respectfully. 

Sir, 

I  have  this  moment  received  information  from  Capt  Cochrane  that 
four  seamen  belonging  to  his  Majesty's  Ship  Thetis,  who  have  deserted 
therefrom,  are  now  secreted  at  the  house  of  one  Scott  at  the  corner  of 
Church  street;  their  names  are  inserted  in  the  margin — David  Master- 
ton,  James  Stoover,  John  Ermett,  Robert  Bonn. 

These  men  having  received  His  Majesty's  Bounty,  and  having  ab- 
sconded in  a  neutral  port,  I  should  conceive  it  to  be  the  duty  of  the 
Magistrates  of  this  Borough  to  exert  themselves  in  seeing  them 
restored  to  the  ship  to  which  they  belong;  and  I  therefore  beg  leave  to 
request  that  you  will  be  pleased  to  direct  the  Constables  to  search  the 
house  of  the  above-mentioned  Scott,  in  order  that  the  British  seamen  in 
question,  if  they  were  so  concealed,  may  be  produced. 

I  am,  &c. 


Council  Office,  Dec'r  12th,  1794.         peb  2d 

Sir, 

Inclosed  are  the  muster-rolls  which  were  required  to  support  the 
ration  abstracts  of  Mr.  John  Yanbibber,  who  had  furnished  the  troops 
defending  the  District  of  Greenbrier  &  Kenawha  with  ratioLS,  from  the 
15th  of  March  until  the  7th  of  June.  1794. 

The  number  of  rations  are  stated  to  be  10,305  as  set  forth  in  the  en- 
closed abstracts. 

I  have,  &c., 

SAMUEL  COLEMAN. 


430  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBES. 


1795.  Council  Office,  February  4th,  1795. 

Sir, 
Feb.  2d  The  enclosed  muster  and  pay  rolls  of  the  volunteer  militia,  com- 

manded by  Lt.  James  McGavock,  being  the  company  formerly  under 
the  command  of  Captain  James  Hawkins,  are  now  duly  authenticated. 

I  have,  &c., 

SAMUEL  COLEMAN. 

Council  Office,  Fob'y  5th,  1795. 

Sir, 

A  certificate  of  Thomas  Lewis,  Esquire,  annexed  to  the  enclosed 
papers,  being  claims  of  four  scouts,  a  sergeant,  and  7  rangers  on  the 
winter  establishment  for  the  defence  of  Kanawha,  is  the  only  voucher 
to  support  the  same;  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by,  sir, 

Yours,  Ac., 

SAM»L  COLEMAN. 


i 


Feb.  8th  Edward  Carrinqton  to  the  Governor. 

RichmoDd  The  Executive  of  the  United  States  having  entrusted  to  me  the 
agency  of  co-operating  with  the  Executive  of  Virginia,  in  getting  to  the 
General  Bendezvous  of  Winchester  and  Moorefield  the  militia  required 
for  the  late  expedition  against  the  insurgents,  and  a  plan  having  been 
concerted  between  the  Executive  of  Virginia  and  myself  for  that  pur- 
pose, deriving  the  whole  expenditure  of  the  business  fVom  the  United 
States  through  my  hands,  I  conceive  it  incumbent  on  me  to  communi- 
cate to  your  Excellency  any  failure  on  the  part  of  the  militia  officers, 
on  whom  the  execution  of  the  business  rested,  from  which  expenditures 
have  proceeded  without  the  intended  service. 

It  is  on  this  consideration,  that  I  beg  leave  to  trouble  you  with  some 
facts  relating  to  the  quota  of  militia  called  for  from  General  Martin's 
Brigade.  It  is  known  to  myself  that  no  part  of  these  troops  arrived  at 
Winchester  until  after  the  22d  of  October,  and  at  that  time  the  expe- 
dition was  so  far  advanced,  that  the  Commander  in-chief  from  a  convic- 
tion that  they  could  render  no  service,  ordered  them  to  be  discharged 
and  paid  off.  The  expence  for  this  object  alone  was  $1,240  65;  provis- 
ions were  also  issued  to  a  great  amount  to  carry  them  home;  to  these 
expenses  are  to  be  added  General  Martin's  agency  account  settled  with 
the  auditor;  the  whole  expenditure,  therefore,  has  been  great  to  the 
United  States.  On  the  other  hand,  the  service  rendered  has  been  none 
at  all  thus  far  as  to  fact,  within  my  own  knowledge.  These  appear  to 
create  a  ground  sufficently  ample  for  the  institution  of  an  inquiry  into 


CALENDAfi  OP  STATE  PAPEBS.  431 


the  causes  of  the  &ilare  of  service,  and  I  have  no  doabt  the  Execatiye       1795. 

would  be  of  the  same  opinion  had  we  no  further  information.    From     Feb.  Sth 

General  Martin  himself,  however,  1  received  this  further  information, 

that  the  delay  and  a  considerable  deficiency  in  the  number  sent  out 

even  at  the  late  date,  arose  from  a  mutiny  or  mutinies  which  happened 

in  one  or  more  of  the  counties  composing  his  Brigade.     The  particulars 

of  these  mutinies  I  suppose  had  better  be  left  to  be  ascertained  irom  an 

actual  enquiry.      It  seems  that  no  fines  have  been  imposed  in  those 

counties.    This  appearance  arises  from  this  circumstance,  that  Campbell 

and  Bedford,  two  of  the  counties  in  the  Brigade,  did  proceed  to  drafl 

their  quotas  without  meeting  with    difficulty — in  these  two  counties 

Court's  Martial  have  been  held,  and  the  few  who  failed  to  rendezvous 

for  marching  have  been  heavily  fined,  as  by  reports  made  according  to 

law  to  my  office — ^from  no  one  of  the  other  counties  have  reports  been 

received.    The  object  of  this  letter  is  to  request  on  the  part  of  the 

United  States,  in  virtue  of  my  agency,  that  an  enquiry  may  be  instituted 

in  such  way  as  may  appear  proper  into  the  causes  of  the  failures  which 

took  place  in  General  Martin's  Brigade,  in   relation  to  the  quota  of 

militia  required  for  the  late  expedition  against  the  insurgents  in  as 

much  as  that  the  same  ought  to  have  been  at  Winchester  by  the  first  of 

October,  and  did  not  in  fact  in  any  part  get  to  that  place  before  the  22d 

of  that  month. 

I  am,  &c. 


Thomas  M ipplin  to  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor.  Feb.  loth 

I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  26th  ultimo,  informing  me  that  in       Phila- 
comformity  to  the  application  made  to  the  Executive  of  the  State  of     "®lph>a 
Virginia  in  my  letter  of  the  29th  of  December  last,  Joseph  Larelle,  a 
fugitive  from  the  justice  ot  Pennsylvania,  has  been  apprehended  and 
committed  to  the  gaol  of  the  burrough  of  Norfolk,  in  order  that  he  may 
be  delivered  to  an  agent  duly  appointed  on  behalf  of  this  State. 

And  have  now  the  honor  to  request  that  the  said  Joseph  Larelle  may 
be  delivered  to  William  Douglass,  of  Petersburg,  in  Virginia,  for  the 
purpose  of  being  brought  into  this  State,  having  jurisdiction  of  his  crime. 

I  am,  &c. 


Alexandria,  3d  Febraary,  1795.        peb.  10th 
Dear  Sir: 

I  received  from  the  Executive  some  time  ago  sixty  stand  of 
arms  for  the  use  of  a  company  of  Light  Infantry  under  my  oommandi 
and  on  the  late  requisition  against  the  iuHurgents,  the  company  marched 


f 


432 

1795. 
Feb.  10th 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 


as  far  as  Winchester  with  those  armS)  and  were  then  ordered  to  change 
them  for  others,  which  was  done,  and  on  our  return  home  we  did  not 
come  by  Winchester,  and  of  course  could  not  exchange  our  arms  again. 

I  wrote  to  Governor  Brooke  for  leave  to  keep  those  we  brought  home, 
but  have  received  no  answer,  and  therefore  suppose  leave  will  not  be 
granted.  Tou  will  much  oblige  me  by  inquiring  whether  on  my  depos- 
iting the  arms  with  the  proper  officer  at  Winchester  I  can  get  leave  to 
take  up  the  bond  I  gave  for  the  safekeeping  and  returning  those  arms. 

Tour  answer  will  confer  an  obligation  on. 


Yours,  &c., 


G.  DENE  ALE. 


Feb.  nth 


A.  Blair  to  G.  Dbneale,  Esq. 


Richmond  Tour  letter  of  the  3d  instant  I  laid  before  the  Executive,  who  desired  me 
to  inform  you  that  your  request  to  retain  the  arms  you  received  at  Win- 
chester could  not  be  granted,  because  they  belonged  to  a  complete  set  of 
French  muskets,  which  they  chose  should  be  kept  in  ye  public  arsenal. 
They  therefore  request  that  you  will  return  them  and  take  back  those 
you  gave  in  exchange  for  them,  or  if  you  prefer  it,  your  bond  may  be 
cancelled,  provided  you  satisfy  the  Executive  that  the  arms  you  now 
have,  as  well  as  those  you  gave  in  exchange  for  them,  are  delivered  to 
those  whose  duty  it  will  be  to  return  them  to  the  public.  The  expense 
of  returning  the  arms  will  be  a  proper  charge  against  the  General  Gov- 
ernment. 

Yours,  4c. 


Feb.  nth 


Southamp- 
ton 


6sN.  Blunt  to  the  Governor. 

As  there  has  lately  been  a  cruel  and  wanton  murder  committed  in  my 
neighborhood  by  John  Williford  on  Josiab  Worrell,  and  the  said  Willi- 
ford  having  made  his  escape  so  that  he  cannot  be  apprehended  by  the 
officers  of  this  county,  I  have  taken  the  liberty  to  enclose  to  your  Ex- 
cellency a  copy  of  three  affidavits.  If  you  will  take  the  trouble  to  read 
them  as  they  are  numbered,  the  matter  will  be  dearly  befbn^yoo.  The 
last  that  I  have  heard  of  Williford  was  about  five  or  six  days  after  the 
murder  was  committed.  He  was  then  about  eighty  or  ninety  miles  on 
his  way  (as  is  supposed)  to  the  State  of  South  Carolina  or  Goorgia,  or 
perhaps  he  may  stop  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina. 

As  this  is  an  atrocious  otFenoe  against  all  law,  I  hope  I  shall  stand  ex- 
OQSed  fbr  soliciting  your  assistance  in  apprehending  and  bringing  to  % 
ftiU  and  fair  trial  this  otFender.     Whether  this  will  be  best  afforded  by  a 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  433 


prodammtioii  and  reward  oftered  in  the  public  papers,  or  otherways,       17%. 
joa  will  be  beet  able  to  determine.  Feb.  11th 

I  send  yoQ  also  a  description  of  baid  Williford. 

I  am,  &c. 

The  affidavit  of  Jacob  Turner  of  full  age,  who  being  sworn  on  the 
Holy  Evangelists  of  Almighty  God,  deposeth  and  sayeth,  That  on  the 
2l8t  day  of  the  present  month,  January,  a  warrant  in  behalf  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Virginia  was  put  into  his  hands  to  execute  upon  the 
body  of  John  Williford,  in  order  to  compel  him  to  find  security  for  his 
personal  appearance  before  the  next  court  to  be  held  for  the  county  of 
Southampton,  and  there  to  abide  the  ficntence  of  said  court,  in  a  mat- 
ter concerning  a  base  born  child  which  EliKabeth  Pope  had  on  oath 
charged  him,  the  said  Williford,  with  begetting  on  her  body,  and  that 
by  virtue  thereof,  he  Jacob  Turner  did  summon  Simon  Pope,  Josiah 
Worrell,  and  Benjamin  Worrell,  Jr.  to  aid  and  assist  him  in  executing 
the  said  warrant,  and  in  the  evening  of  the  same  day  ho  with  his  assist- 
ants did  got  near  the  house  where  Williford  lived  (it  being  then  nearly 
dark),  and  in  order  to  prevent  any  disputo  that  might  arise,  sent  Benj. 
Worrell  to  see  and  converse  with  Williford,  but  as  he  tarried  at  the 
house,  he  with  the  other  two  men  wont  up.  The  door  was  shut,  and  on 
Williford's  asking  Worrell  who  was  with  him,  he,  Turner,  replied,  *<I  am 
here."  Williford  made  no  reply.  He  was  then  going  round  to  the  end 
of  the  house  to  get  to  a  window  in  order  to  speak  to  Williford,  and  be- 
fore any  other  word  was  spoke  cither  by  himself  or  any  of  this  com- 
pany, just  as  he  got  to  the  corner  of  the  house,  a  gun  was  fired  fVom  an 
upper  window,  and  heard  some  person  say  "damn  you,  take  that," 
which  he  believes  to  be  the  voice  of  John  Williford,  and  immediately 
Josiah  Worrell  complained  of  being  wounded. 

This  deponent  further  sayeth  that  he  saw  part  of  the  person  who  fired 
the  gun,  but  cannot  say  positively  who  it  was.  But  as  the  voice  came 
from  the  said  upper  window  he  verily  believes  it  was  John  Williford. 

This  deponent  sayeth  that  no  violence  was  used,  or  any  attempt  to 
force  open  the  door  or  any  part  of  the  house ;  nor  any  threatening 
words  used  by  himself  or  any  of  his  assistants. 

This  deponent  further  sayeth  that  all  care  and  attention  was  paid  to 
Josiah  Worrell,  who  was  carried  to  the  house  of  a  man  who  married  his 
sister,  at  tkhfut  three  miles  distance;  that  a  surgeon  wasapplyed  to  who 
attended,  and  that  he  was  informed  that  Worrell  died  of  his  wound  on    > 
the  23rd  instant;  and  further  this  deponent  sayeth  not. 

(Signed)  JACOB  TURNER 

Done  before  me  this  27th  day  of  January,  1795. 

(Signed)  BEN.  BLUNT,  J.  P. 

55 


434  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  The  affidavit  of  Benjamin  Worrell,  JunV,  of  full  age  who  after  being 

Feb.  nth  gwom  on  the  holy  Evangelist  of  Almighty  God,  depoeeth  and  aayeth, 
that  on  the  2l8t  day  of  the  present  month — January — he  was  Bom- 
moned  by  Jacob  Turner,  a  constable  for  Southampton  county,  to  aid 
and  assist  him  in  executing  a  warrant  upon  the  body  of  John  Williford. 
And  between  sunset  and  dark  on  the  same  day  they  got  near  the  house 
where  Williford  lived.  The  officer  with  Josiah  Worrell  and  Simon  Pope 
who  were  with  him  stayed  behind,  and  he  went  up  to  the  house  to  see 
Williford,  supposing  (as  they  had  had  some  conversation  about  Eliza- 
beth Pope's  bastard  child  a  few  days  before)  that  he  could  prevail  upon 
him  to  compromise  the  matter  in  an  amiable  manner,  and  on  his  get- 
ting to  the  house,  the  door  being  shut,  he  called  to  Williford  who  was 
in  the  house,  and  Williford  asked  him  if  he  was  come  on  account  of 
Betty  Pope's  child.  Worrell  said  he  was.  Williford  replied:  "I  will  be 
damned  if  I  do  not  kill  any  man  that  comes  upon  that  account,"  and 
said  to  some  person  in  the  house,  "Hand  me  my  powder  and  shot.*' 
And  by  the  rattling  of  a  gun  with  the  ramrod,  &c.,  Worrell  believed  he 
then  loaded  the  gon.  Some  conversation  however  took  place  between 
this  deponent  and  Williford,  and  at  length  Williford  asked  him  if  be 
had  any  person  with  him.  Just  at  that  time  the  officer  came  up  and 
said,  "I  am  here."  No  other  words  passed  after  the  officer  spoke,  but 
he  (Worrell)  heard  some  person  step  hastily  across  the  floor  of  the 
house,  soon  after  which  he  hoard  the  report  of  a  gun  at  the  end  of  the 
house.  Josiah  Worrell  complained  of  being  wounded.  This  deponent 
went  to  him,  and  immediately  the  officer,  with  Josiah  Worrell  and 
Simon  Pope,  went  off. 

This  deponent  further  sayoth  that  as  soon  as  the  gun  was  fire<i  be 
hoard  some  person  say,  **  Damn  you ;  take  that,"  which  he  verily  be- 
lioves  to  be  the  voice  of  John  Williford,  who  he  was  well  acquainted 
with,  and  that  tbero  was  no  attempt  made  to  force  open  the  door  or 
any  part  of  the  house,  nor  any  threatening  words  used  by  the  officer  or 
any  of  his  assistants  until  they  had  got  about  15  or  20  yards  from  the 
house.  Simon  Popo  said:  "I  will  be  revenged  for  this."  Williford  re- 
plied: "Come  back,  and  I  will  give  you  more."  After  this  he  (Worrell) 
left  the  house  and  went  with  Josiah  Worrell  to  William  Newton's,  who 
lived  at  a  distance  of  about  three  miles. 

A  surgeon  was  applied  to,  who  attended  and  extracted  several  of  the 
shot,  and  that  every  attention  was  paid  to  Josiah  Worrell,  but  that  be 
died  on  the  23rd  instant;  and  he  believes  and  is  fully  sat>s^ed  that  he 
did  die  of  tho  aforesaid  wound.     And  further  this  deponent  sayeth  not 

his 
(Signed)  BENJAMIN  B.  X    WORRKLL. 

mark. 
Done  before  mo  this  27th  day  of  January,  1796. 

(Signed)  BEN.  BLUNT,  J.  P. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  435 


The  afOidavit  of  Simon  Pope  of  full  age,  who,  after  being  sworn  on  the  1795. 
holy  Evangelist  of  Almighty  God,  depoReth  and  sayeth :  That  on  the  Feb.  11th 
2lBt  day  of  the  present  month,  January,  he  was  summoned  by  Jacob 
Turner,  a  constable  of  Southampton  county,  to  aid  and  assist  him  in 
apprehending  John  Williford,  who  was  charged  with  having  begot  a 
bastard  child  by  Elizabeth  Pope,  and  between  sunset  and  dark  of  the 
same  day,  himself,  together  with  Josiah  Worrell,  Benjamin  Worrell,  Jnr., 
and  the  officer  got  near  the  house  where  John  Williford  lived,  when 
Benj.  Worrell  was  directed  by  the  officer  to  go  and  see  Williford  and 
have  some  conversation  on  the  subject.  Benj'n  Worrell  was  gone  some 
small  time,  when  they  all  went  up  to  the  house.  The  door  was  shut, 
and  on  hearing  some  person  step  hastily  across  the  floor  of  the  house, 
he,  Pope,  ran  around  the  house  expecting  to  find  another  door  or  win- 
dow thro'  which  Williford  might  make  his  escape.  On  finding  neither 
door  nor  window  on  the  back  side  of  the  house,  he  was  returning  to 
the  front  side,  when  he  saw  the  flash  of  a  gun  from  an  upper  window 
in  the  end  of  the  house,  and  heard  some  person  say  "damn  you,  take 
that.''  He  could  not  see  who  fired  the  gun,  but  is  clear  in  the  belief 
that  the  person  who  spoke  was  John  Williford,  with  whom  he  is  well 
acquainted.  Immediately  after  the  firing  of  the  gun,  Josiah  Worrell* 
who  had  not  before  spoke  a  word  (after  getting  to  the  house),  com- 
plained that  he  was  wounded,  when  the  officer  and  himself  retired  with 
him,  and  after  getting  a  small  distance  from  the  house  he  (Pope)  said, 
"I  will  be  revenged  for  this,"  and  spoke  loud  enough  to  be  heard  to  the 
bouse.  John  Williford  replied:  "If  you  are  not  satisfied,  come  back  and 
I  will  give  you  more." 

This  deponent  sayeth  that  there  was  neither  foroe  nor  threatening 
used  until  after  the  gun  was  fired,  nor  then  only  as  above  related.  He 
then  assisted  in  getting  Worrell  to  William  Newton's,  whose  wife  was 
sister  to  Worrell,  and  that  though  every  assistance  possible  was  rendered, 
Josiah  Worrell  did  die  on  the  23rd  instant,  and  that  he  is  clear  of  opin- 
ion that  he  died  of  the  wound  received  on  the  21st  instant. 

(Signed)  SIMON  POPE. 

Done  before  me  this  27th  day  of  January,  1795. 

(Signed)       BEN.  BLUNT,  J.  P. 

•  A  Description  of  Jphn  Williford. 

He  is  of  a  fair,  tender  complection,  gray  or  blue  eyes,  brown  hair, 
about  twenty-three  years  of  age,  and  about  ^ve  feet,  ten  inches  high, 
well  formed  and  is  thought  to  be  strong  and  active.  He  has  followed 
teaching  school  for  a  livelyhood;  he  is  fond  of  being  well  dressed. 


436  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  Thomas  Newton  to  John  Hamilton,  Esq. 

Feb.  17th         I  have  sent  Gapt.  Calmot  and  Mr.  Brannan  unto  you  to  relate  the 

circumstaDces  of  last  night's  outrage,  it  is  of  such  a  nature  that  I  request 

the  officers  and  men  may  be  delivered  to  our  laws,  the  part  I  saw  of  it 

was  late  after  they  got  into  the  boat  when  I  heard  several  times  the  word 

fire  called  out. 

I  am,  &c. 


I 


Feb.  17th  Monday  Night,  Feb.  16th,  1795. 

About  half  after  nine  o'clock,  after  the  watch  had  lefl  me,  I  continued 
at  the  Market  house,  and  a  short  time  after  I  saw  a  number  of  men 
passing  near  Mr.  Tucker's  Store,  and  from  appearance  were  ail  armed. 
I  followed  them  until  they  came  near  Mr.  Farrer's  Store,  when  I  fell  in 
near  the  rear  of  them  and  asked  them  what  their  business  was  and 
what  they  were  about  to  do,  they  made  no  answer,  but  I  heard  an 
officer  in  fi*ont  say  come  on.  I  was  then  shoved  by  one  of  them  into 
the  Ditch.  After  this  I  followed  them  to  the  corner  of  Church  Street, 
where  they  stopped,  and  set  a  Guard  on  one  end  and  in  front  of  Gavin 
Scott's  house,  and  then  one  of  them  knocked  at  the  door,  and  was  asked 
by  the  people  of  the  house,  who  was  there  and  what  he  wanted.  He 
said  he  wanted  a  glass  of  grog.  I  did  not  see  them  go  in  the  said  door, 
as  I  had  left  them  and  ran  to  Mr.  Watlington's  to  command  assistance. 
I  returned  immediately  and  a  part  of  them  with  their  officers  were  in 
the  said  Scott's  house  and  about  to  go  up  stairs.  I  asked  Mrs.  Scott  if 
she  admitted  them  to  search  her  house.  She  answered  no,  and  seemed 
much  alarmed.  I  made  answer  that  I  would  know  whether  they  had  a 
right  or  not,  and  going  out  of  the  door  a  man  who  I  believe  was  an 
officer  ordered  the  men  who  guarded  the  gate  to  stop  me,  and  two  of 
them  immediately  took  me  by  the  collar  and  drew  their  swords  and 
fixed  them  near  my  breast.  I  told  them  I  was  Captain  of  the  Watch, 
and  insisted  to  be  set  at  liberty,  but  was  kept  prisoner  until  an  officer 
came  and  gave  them  orders  to  set  me  at  liberty,  which  they  imme- 
diately did.  Mr.  Jessey  EwoU  coming  up  at  the  same  time  and  seeing 
them  armed  and  very  abusive  and  making  use  of  the  words,  '^damned 
Yankee  Boogers"  to  all  who  spoke  to  them,  be  immediately  ran  to  inform 
Mr.  Savage  Calvert,  but  they  had  set  off  on  their  return  to  Mr.  Burke's 
wharf.  Mr.  Calvert,  Mr.  Ewell  and  myself  and  others  came  down  to 
Col.  Newton's  and  informed  him  of  the  mob  and  their  behaviour. 
Aflei*  this  I  went  on  my  duty.  Nothing  else  material  happened. 
Watchmen  on  duty,  Thomas  Baker,  Alex  M.  C.  Daniel  and  Daniel  Me- 

Darmand. 

JOHN  BRANAN, 

Capt.  of  the  Watch. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  437 


Sir:  1795- 

I  was  favoured  with  your's  and  am  sorry  that  the  man  who  died  Feb.  17th 
on  board  his  Majesty's  Ship  Thetis  lay  out  of  your  jurisdiction.  I  have, 
however,  wrote  to  Capt.  Bavis,  of  Portsmouth,  on  the  subject,  who  I 
dare  say  will  do  what  is  proper  on  the  occasion.  I  have  just  received  a 
letter  from  Capt.  Cochran  in  answer  to  mine  of  the  17th  current,  re- 
specting the  delivering  up  the  officers  and  seamen,  who  it  is  said,  com- 
mitted an  outrage  in  the  Borough  on  Monday  night — he  refuses  to  de- 
liver up  either,  and  holds  himself  responsible  for  their  conduct  having 
acted  entirely  under  his  orders  and  instructions. 

I  am,  &c. 

JOHN  HAMILTON. 

British  Consul's  Office,  Norfolk,  Fob.  19th,  1795,  Thos.  Newton,  Esq. 


The  deposition  of  John  Marnix  of  lawful  ago — being  sworn,  he  sayeth, 
that  on  Monday  night,  the  16th  inst.,  about  the  hours  of  nine  and  ten 
o'clock,  he  was  stopped  by  a  party  of  British  seamen  in  the  lane  opposite 
Mr.  Dricol's  door,  who  violently  seized  him,  swearing  that  he  was  an 
Englishman,  that  they  had  often  seen  him  before  and  that  he  belonged 
to  their  ship,  the  Thetis,  and  should  go  on  board  with  them ;  that  on  his 
opposing  them,  they  beat  him  very  much  and  he  persisted  in  endeavor- 
ing to  take  him  on  board,  but  ho  made  his  escape  in  the  crowd. 

JOHN  MARNIX. 
Feb.  17th,  1795. 


The  Deposition  of  Alex'r  McConnel,  of  lawful  age^— being  sworn,  he 
saj^'eth,  that  he  was  at  the  house  of  a  Mrs.  Sheldrake  looking  afler  his 
men,  when  a  party  of  men  armed  from  the  ship  Thetis  came  in  and 
told  Mrs.  Sheldrake  that  they  understood  some  of  their  men  was  in  the 
house.     They  took  the  candle  and  went  up  stairs  and  searched  the  house. 

ALEX'R  McCONNEL. 
Feb'y  19th,  1795. 

The  Deposition  of  Robert  Steed — being  of  lawful  age  and  first  sworn, 
he  deposeth  and  sayeth,  as  he  was  going  up  to  his  lodgings  he  saw  a 
party  of  men  at  Scott's  door,  and  heard  Mr.  Branam  of  the  watch  say, 
he  would  soon  make  them,  and  in  a  short  time  I  will  know  who  you 
are — the^  having  him  by  the  collar  at  the  time;  he  then  advanced  up, 
when  he  found  them  armed.  He  discovered  the  officer  lifting  up  his 
arm  to  strike  Scott.  The  deponent  seized  him,  drew  him  down  into  the 
Ditch,  and  asked  him  what  he  meant  by  being  there  in  the  manner  he 


438  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  was.  He  said  he  was  after  some  of  his  men  who  had  deserted  from  the 
Feb.  17th  ghip  Tbetis,  and  intended  to  insult  no  man ;  that  the  Capt.  had  ordered 
him  on  the  expedition — he  having  applyed  for  a  warrant  to  Colo.  New- 
ton, which  was  refused.  Capt.  Bramble  then  came  up  and  directed  the 
Drum  to  beat,  and  to  send  for  Capt.  Calvert;  on  which  the  officer  flour- 
ished his  sword  over  bis  head,  and  said,  come  on,  my  boys,  we  defy  the 
Town  to  take  us,  and  marched  down  the  street.  He  saw  nothing  after 
this — which  was  about  ten  o'clock. 

ROBERT  E.  STEED. 
Fob.  19th,  1795. 


^ 


Feb.  18th  JOHN   HaMII^TON  TO  THE   GOVERNOR. 

British  Con-  Some  time  ago,  Capt.  Cochrane,  of  bis  Majesty's  ship,  Thetis,  now  re- 
suIb  oflace  pairing  at  Gosport,  made  complaint  to  me  that  several  of  his  seamen 
had  deserted  or  absconded  from  the  service  of  the  said  ship,  and  were 
Haboured  and  concealed  in  different  houses  is  this  Borough,  particularly 
by  one  Scott;  in  consequence  of  which,  I  wrote  a  letter  to  Col.  Newton 
as  Chief  Magistrate — a  copy  of  it  is  enclosed  No.  1.  His  answer  to 
mine  is  also  enclosed  No.  2,  for  your  Excellency's  perusal  and  informa- 
tion ;  by  which  it  appears  that  the  Magistrates  of  the  Borough  have  no 
right  to  take  cognizance  of  the  complaints  made  by  any  of  his  Brittan- 
nic  Majesty's  officers  in  such  case,  or  to  grant  them  the  aid  of  the  civil 
powers  in  securing  delinquents  from  any  of  the  ships.  This  doctrine  is 
to  me  novel,  and  I  submit  the  matter  to  your  Excellency's  consideration, 
and  I  beg  to  be  informed  whether  the  state  of  Yirginia  grants  protec- 
tion to  such  men,  or  whether  I  am  obliged  to  apply  to  the  Executive 
Council  in  Philadelphia  for  a  warrant  to  apprehend  a  sailor  who  may 
desert  from  a  ship  in  the  Harbour  of  Norfolk. 

In  order  to  have  a  full  explanation  on  those  points,  I  will  be  happy  to 
have  the  honour  of  an  interview  with  your  Excellency  accompanied  by 
His  Majesty's  officers  here,  and  such  of  the  magistrates  of  the  Town  as 
you  may  think  proper  to  convene,  that  some  mode  may  be  adopted  to 
prevent  misunderstanding,  and  to  do  away  all  party  matters  which  I 
am  sorry  to  find  have  prevailed  so  long  here. 

It  ever  has  been  the  strict  rule  of  my  conduct  and  inclination  in  the 
discharge  of  my  duty  to  act  on  all  occasions  in  the  most  conciliatory 
manner,  and  I  should  be  happy  that  some  line  could  be  drawn  so  as  to 
unite  the  officers  of  both  countries  in  the  impartial  discharge  of  their 
duty,  that  peace  and  tranquility  might  be  established  in  the  borough, 
which  is  so  essentially  necessary  for  the  happiness  of  all  concerned, 

I  have,  &c. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS.  439 


Joseph  Jones  to  the  Qovebnor.  1795. 

I  received  jour  letter  of  the  7th  instant  yesterday,  requesting  me  to    Feb.  19th 
transmit  the  account  of  the  expenses  of  my  Brigade  for  the  Western   Petersburg 
Expedition  as  soon  as  possible.     It  would  have  been  done  before  this, 
but  I  have  had  the  scarlet  fever,  and  so  has  the  whole  of  my  family,  and 
as  soon  as  they  get  so  that  I  can  leave  them,  I  will  immediately  come 
over  and  settle,  which  I  hope  will  be  in  a  week  or  ten  days. 

I  am,  &o. 


Thomas  Newton  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  I9th 

On  Monday  night  last.  Captain  Cochrane,  of  the  British  ship  of  war  Norfolk 
The  Thetis,  sent  a  party  of  armed  men  with  an  officer  into  this  borough, 
who  committed  many  outrages  by  entering  the  houses  of  the  citizens 
and  searching  them,  for  some  of  their  men  as  they  said.  They  also 
seised  the  Captain  of  the  Watch,  and  took  him  into  their  custody  for 
some  time,  and  impressed  a  native  of  this  place  in  the  street,  violently 
beat  and  wounded  him.  A  copy  of  his  deposition  I  enclose.  Their  con- 
duct was  such  as  alarmed  many  of  the  inhabitants,  and  called  me  out  of 
bed  about  11  o'clock,  when  I  found  they  had  run  off  and  got  into  their 
boat,  with  a  number  of  sailors  and  others  throwing  stones  at  them,  many 
of  which  I  beard  strike  the  boat  and  oars,  and  I  am  informed  that  one 
of  the  seamen  is  since  dead  of  his  wounds.  I  demanded  the  men  who 
committed  the  outrage,  but  Captain  Cochrane  will  not  deliver  them.  A 
copy  of  the  Consul's  letter  on  that  subject  is  enclosed.  I  shall  be  glad 
of  your  Excellency's  advice  on  so  important  an  occasion.  A  party  of 
frenchmen,  armed  with  muskets,  were  coming  down  on  them,  who  im- 
mediately withdrew  at  my  request.  I  heard  the  word  fire  given  in  the 
boat  several  times.  By  Mr.  Ben  net  Boushe's  description,  a  party  was 
on  shore  on  Sunday  night. 

I  have,  Ac. 

Gosport,  February  ISih,  1795. 
Sir: 

I  had  the  honor  to  receive  your  letter  of  yesterday's  date  cover- 
ing one  from  Col.  Newton,  the  acting  chief  magistrate  of  Norfolk,  com- 
plaining of  an  outrage  being  committed  by  some  of  the  officers  and  sea- 
men belonging  to  his  Britannic  Majesty's  ship,  Thetis,  under  my  com- 
mand, and  requesting  to  have  them  delivered  to  what  he  calls  our  laws. 
Previous  to  receiving  your  letter,  I  intended  coming  over  to  Norfolk 
in  order  to  complain  to  the  magistrates  of  the  attack  made  upon  a  party 
of  my  people,  whom  I  had  sent  over  in  order  to  look  afler  some  of  my 
seamen  that  had  absented  themselves  from  their  duty,  and  from  infor- 


440  CALENDAK  OF  STATE  PAFEBS. 


1795.  mMtion  I  had  receired.  were  drinking  in  some  of  the  Pablie  Hooses  in 
F^.  19th  this  town ;  which  senrice  they  executed  without  auiT  insult  being  giren 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Norfalk.  and  had  got  into  the  boat  to  return  to 
the  ship  when  thej  were  violentlj  assaulted  with  stones  by  a  mob  that 
I  now  find  was  headed  by  the  acting  chief  magistrate  of  Norfolk;  the 
consequence  of  which  has  been  that  one  man  has  lost  his  life  and  three 
more  are  severely  wounded.  Ton  may  judge  of  my  astonishment  at 
also  being  informed  that  this  magistrate  <^Colo.  Newton}  was  heard  io 
direct  the  mob  to  murder  all  the  people  in  the  boat,  and  it  is  said  aasisteii 
in  throwing  stones  at  the  party. 

I  have  therefore  to  reqoest  that  you  will  apply  to  the  coroner  oi  the 
county  of  Norfolk  to  have  the  body  of  the  deceased  examined  preTioQ5 
to  interment,  that  those  guilty  of  the  murder  or  accessory  thereto  may 
suffer  the  punishment  they  deserve.  Colo.  Newton  says  in  his  note  he 
repeatedly  heard  the  word  ^  fire  *'  given.  In  this  he  is  ri^hu  One  of 
the  seamen  in  the  boat  did  call  out  ^fire''  in  order  to  make  the  mob 
retreat,  and  it  had  a  good  effect  for  a  few  seconds  to  procure  a  cessation 
of  hostilities.  But  finding  that  no  resistance  was  made,  the  Colo,  and 
mob  returned  to  the  charge  in  a  manner  that  will  ever  do  him  the  high- 
est honour. 

I  have  further  to  observe  on  this  head  that  there  was  not  a  musket 
in  the  boat,  nor  any  fire-arms  except  a  pistol  in  the  possession  of  each 
officer. 

It  is  hardly  to  be  credited  that  the  chief  magistrate  <^  a  borough, 
whose  duty  it  was  to  keep  the  peace,  should  be  the  first  to  break  through 
those  very  laws  it  was  his  province  to  enforce;  nor  can  I  account  for  it 
in  any  other  manner,  than  suspecting  he  wished  to  fiekvor  those  villians 
called  crimps  that  infest  this  town,  and  who  have  already  seduced  away 
near  thirty  of  my  seamen  and  mariners.  His  conduct  on  a  late  occa- 
sion evinces  this  very  cleariy,  no  punishment  having  been  inflicted  on 
that  constable  who  had  in  possession  Bobert  Bowan,  one  of  my  seamen, 
when  taken  up  by  a  warrant  from  Dr.  Taylor,  and  wilfully  allowed  to 
escape. 

CoL  Newton  declares  to  you  in  his  letter  of  the  2nd  instant,  that  he 
has  no  power  as  a  magistrate  over  deserters  from  a  foreign  power.  By 
what  he  terms  a  foreign  power,  I  suppose  he  only  means  Great  Britain. 
He  most  be  ignorant  of  the  laws  which  unfortunately  he  is  made  a 
judge  of,  not  to  know  that  the  treaty  between  this  country  and  France 
expressly  stipulates  that  deserters  are  to  be  given  up,  and  he  also  must 
be  also  totally  ignorant  of  the  laws  of  nation.^  not  to  know  that  it  has 
ever  been  an  invariable  custom  where  no  treaty  exists  between  two 
powers,  all  matters  similar  to  the  present  are  determined  in  conformity 
to  any  treaty  then  extant ;  indeed  it  is  often  been  more  pointedly  carried 
into  execution  with  respect  to  those  powers  not  having  treaties,  the 
custom  of  other  nations  determining  the  points  in  controversy. 

It  is  a  notorious  fact  that  when  the  French  Fleet  were  here,  some 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  441 


English  seamen,  then  prisoners  on  board,  made  their  escape  on  shore.       1795. 

CoL  Newton  then  conceived  himself  vested  with  sufficient  power,  not    Feb.  19th 

only  to  grant  a  warrant  for  their  apprehension,  but  went  himself  and 

saw  them  bound  hand  and  foot,  earned  down  on  Frenchmen's  backs 

and  actually  delivered    into  the  boats,  a  conduct  unparalleled  in  the 

history  of  the  most  savage  nation,  much  more  a  country  so  enlightened 

as  this  is.    Before  this  one  instance,  I  never  heard  that  protection  had 

been  refused  to  a  prisoner  making  his  escape,  particularly  a  prisoner  of 

war. 

With  regard  to  delivering  up  the  officers  and  men,  that  is  out  of  the 
qaestion.  They  acted  from  my  orders  in  looking  for  those  men  who 
were  absent  from  the  ship,  and  no  complaint  has  been  exhibited  against 
them  of  having  transgressed  the  laws  of  this  country  while  employed 
on  their  duty  within  the  limits  of  this  town.  If  Col.  Newton  claims 
no  power  over  persons  of  the  above  description,  I  take  it  for  granted 
that  he  can  have  no  power  to  prevent  me  from  using  my  endeavours  to 
bring  the  said  persons  back  to  their  duty,  unless  he  publicly  declares  to 
all  those  in  the  service  of  his  Brittannic  Majesty,  who  choose  to  desert 
or  leave  their  duty,  that  they  will  be  protected  by  the  Magistrates  of 
Norfolk.  In  the  event  of  this,  I  shall  beg  to  be  informed  by  what  law 
he  offers  such  protection.  If  the  men  I  had  in  view  were  not  deserters, 
but  merely  putting  off  their  time  in  rioting  and  drinking  in  a  public 
honse,  do  you  conceive  I  was  not  doing  my  duty,  and  duty,  he  as 
magistrate,  ought  to  be  sensible  of,  to  send  for  to  restore  those  men  to 
their  service  and  the  duty  of  their  stations. 

Colo.  Newton  states  to  you  that  application  must  be  made  to  the  Im- 
perial power;  pray  does  he  mean  the  Government  of  this  State,  or  the 
Supreme  Government  of  the  United  States;  if  the  latter,  which  I  sup- 
pose he  must  mean  from  the  term  Imperial,  which  I  never  knew  to  be 
made  nse  of  before  in  a  Republic,  in  order  to  have  a  man  who  absents 
himself  from  his  duty  taken  up,  I  must  memorial  the  Secretary  of  State 
at  Philadelphia,  which,  from  the  distance  and  the  usual  delays  of  office, 
would  at  least  require  one  month  before  an  answer  could  be  received ; 
daring  which  period,  it  is  unnecessary  for  me  to  say  that  the  warrant, 
if  granted,  would  come  too  late  to  be  of  any  service. 

I  am  exceedingly  sorry  to  take  up  so  much  of  your  time  on  this  sub- 
ject, but  the  shameful  conduct  of  Colo.  Newton  in  so  avowedly  stepping 
forward  to  persecute  those  belonging  to  Great  Britain,  who  are  so  un- 
fortunate as  to  fall  within  his  power,  while  he  winks  at  every  outrage 
committed  by  the  French,  who  are  here  just  now  or  have  been  in  this 
Harbour,  demanded  of  me — being  so  explicit  as  I  have  been,  and  I  shall 
be  very  happy  now  that  the  Governor  of  this  State  is  in  Town — ^that 


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442  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEHS. 

1795.       jou  would  forward  to  him  a  copy  of  this  letter,  that  he  may  see  matters 
Feh.  IMi    in  their  proper  light,  and  not  through  the  medium  of  Colo.  Newton. 

I  have,  &c., 

ALEXANDER  P.  COCHRANE. 

John  Hamilton,  Esq'r,  His  Britannic  Majesty's  Consul  for  Virginia,  at 
Norfolk. 

Sir, 

I  did  myself  the  Honour  to  address  you  yesterday.  I  have  now 
the  honour  to  enclose  to  you,  at  the  request  of  Capt.  Cochrane,  a  copy 
of  his  letter  to  me  for  your  perusal. 

It  is  with  great  pain  I  mention  to  your  Excellency  the  Death  of  one 
of  the  Seamen  belonging  to  His  Majesty's  Ship  Thetis,  occasioned  by  a 
wound  he  received  on  Monday  night  while  in  that  Ship*s  Boat,  from  one 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Norfolk;  and  that  another  seaman  lays  danger- 
ously ill. 

1  have,  &c., 

JOHN  HAMILTON. 

British  Consul's  Office,  Norfolk,  Feb'y  19th,  1795. 
To  the  Governor. 


Feb.  19th  WiLLIAM   ClENDBNIN  TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Agreeable  to  your  Excellency's  Letter,  which  I  had  the  honor  of  re- 
ceiving the  20th  of  Jan'y  last,  have  discharged  my  company.  The  ne- 
cessary papers  relative  to  their  services  will  be  transmitted  to  you  by 
Mr.  Edward  Tupper,  who  I  expect  will  be  paid  as  express — having  been 
detained  a  considerable  time  by  my  request  for  this  particular  purpose. 

I  hope,  sir,  the  mustering  of  the  men  at  different  Periods  will  not  be 
an  objection  to  their  drawing  wages  from  the  date  of  their  enlistments. 
I  can  assure  your  Excellency,  that  I  made  use  of  every  possible  exer- 
tion in  my  power  to  complete  their  muster  for  entering  into  service  at 
as  early  a  Period  as  possible. 

I  hope,  sir,  and  do  flatter  myself,  that  the  money  for  our  services  will 
be  forwarded  to  us  as  soon  as  the  state  of  the  Treasury  will  admit. 
The  men  are  much  dissatisfied  that  they  remain  so  long  unpaid  ailer 
the  service  is  rendered,  and  complain  further  that  the  money  ought  not 
to  be  left  in  Greenbrier,  but  brought  into  the  county  and  paid  to  the 
officers  and  soldiers  residing  in  it  by  the  Pay-master.  If  this  difficulty 
18  not  removed,  the  soldiers  will  have  to  travel  some  two  hundred  miles, 
none  less  than  80  for  his  just  due.    I  hope  your  Excellency  will  take  it 


CAUEKDAK  OP  STATE  PAPEK& 


443 


into 
where  iheT 


,4^ 


ThC«JL45   Wll^.5   IVk   TBS   Gv^TKE^^OE. 


I  enclote  to  too  xht  ratSoa  mK«9nictft.  Nos.  1,  ±.  3l  4,  5l  I  hare  n^e^^d 
no  ration  ahstracts  for  rh^  <kfA»<ots  commanded  br  Lienienmnt» 
Evans  and  WelK  nor  that  pan  of  C^itain  Bi>caid*»  company  iXHnoK 
manded  bj  himselfl  I  Hkewifip  enrloaic  Ciptain  Lowtker>  pay  aKMraol 
and  master  rolK  Xa  1.  Knsi|i:n  Oobiim*s  I>cc  Xa  2.  Ensi^  Jenkins' 
Do.,  No.  X  a  pay  ahstraet  and  muster  roll  for  eight  seoat».  Xo.  4,  Oap> 
tain  Lowther*s  accoont  t^  Conioe«  Xo.  5 ;  Lieutenant  Erans*  pay  ah> 
stract  rolls,  Xo.  €. 

The  other  retnms  shall  be  tonrardcd  as  soon  as  they  come  to  hand. 
I  have  been  informed  that  too  hare  reeeiTed  the  nHoms  from  Ohio. 

I  am.  fo^ 


FeK  3l>lh 


IV>va 


William  McClkaky  to  Jambs  Wood,  Lieutknant-Govkknoiu       FeK  2i*i 


1  am  requested  by  Lieutenant  Lewis  Morgan  to  inform  you  that  the 
five  Indian  prisoners  that  he  took  last  fall  on  that  expedition  he  and  his 
men  made  to  the  Indian  Town,  are  yet  in  his  custody,  and  he  knows 
not  what  Government  means  to  do  with  them.  The  oxpenee  of  main- 
taining them  hath  yet  been  defrayed  by  him.  He  prays  that  you,  as  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Council,  would  lay  this  his  application  lH>fore  the 
Board,  and  that  their  resolves  respecting  the  whole  of  this  business,  as 
well  how  they  are  to  be  disposed  of.  as  also  how  the  exponco  of  their 
maintenance  is  to  be  paid,  may  be  sent  him  by  the  bearer,  Mr.  Joshua 
Warman.  One  of  the  women  ofTers  to  go  to  her  own  country  this 
spring  if  permitted,  leaving  the  others  hostages  until  she  returns,  at 
which  time  she  promises  to  bring  an  equal  number  of  white  prisoners 
from  the  Indians  to  exchange  for  the  Indians  that  are  led ;  but  this, 
Mr.  Morgan  could  not  comply  with  without  the  advice  of  the  Rxecutive 
Council,  being  at  the  time  they  were  taken  an  officer  in  public  service, 
and  therefore  considers  them  as  state  prisoners. 

I  am,  &c. 


Moivaii 
T6wn 


William  Lowther  to  thb  Governor. 


Fob.  21st 


I  rec'd  your  £xcellency*s  instructions  dated  the  last  of  December,     Harriiion 
and  have  noted  the  contents  thereof.     In  conformity  thereto  you  will      <^ui^v 


^ 


444  CALEXDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1795.  herewith  receiTe  the  neceaaary  papers  mud  docomeola,  in  order  thmt  the 
Feb.  'Jli^  money  may  be  forwarded.  I  discharged  the  Scoots  and  Bangers  imme> 
diatelj  under  my  command  on  the  first  of  this  instant,  and  as  Colonel 
George  Jackson,  who  was  appointed  by  the  Executive  to  muster  the 
Rangers  of  Harrison  was  on  the  Assembly,  I  called  upon  Capt.  John 
McCally  to  perform  that  duty  which  he  did.  This  I  thought  would  be 
more  proper  than  to  continue  them  in  service  till  Colonel  Jackson  re- 
turned. 

I  have  sent  you  also  though  Thos.  Wilson,  Esq..  Jonathan  Cobum's 
papers  as  well  as  my  own,  together  with  the  papers  of  eight  scouts  of 
this  county,  and  also  two  ration  abstracts,  one  for  Ensign  Cobum  and 
his  men,  and  one  for  myself  and  eleven  men  including  our  own  addi- 
tional rations  as  officers.  Tou  will  discover  they  are  made  out  in  our 
own  names,  as  there  was  no  person  who  was  authorized  to  famish  us 
with  rations  bj'  the  Executive  within  one  hundred  miles  of  us,  except 
while  on  the  Ohio  river,  therefore  we  had  to  become  contractors  our- 
selves. 1  flatter  myself  the  papers  are  all  properly  authenticated.  If 
there  is  substance,  I  hope  3'our  Excellency  will  not  be  so  particular  as 
to  form.  They  are  indorsed  and  numbered.  Xo.  1  contains  my  pay 
abstract,  muster  rolls  of  eleven  men  immediately  under  my  own  com- 
mand. No.  2  is  Ensign  Jonathan  Cobum's  and  thirty-two  men's  pay 
abstracts  and  muster  rolls.  No.  3  is  the  eight  scouts  pay  abstracts  and 
muster  rolls.  No.  4  is  the  ration  abstract  for  myself  and  eleven  men. 
No.  5  is  Ensign  Cobum's  ration  abstract  for  himself  and  thirty -two 
men. 

I  beg  leave  to  mention  that  our  scouts  and  rangers  have  rec'd  no 
compensation  for  their  two  last  year's  services.  Whereas,  those  other 
counties  in  the  district  have  received  a  partial  payment.  The  papers 
for  1793  for  this  county,  both  for  Scouts  and  Rangers,  have  been  al- 
ready forwarded  to  the  Executive  and  I  have  understood  they  were  in 
form,  &c. 

In  the  course  of  last  summer,  I  was  under  the  necessity  to  procure  a 
large  Canoe  or  Penragua  to  carry  ammunition  to  the  different  ports  on 
the  river  Ohio,  and  have  accordingly  charged  the  same  to  the  State. 
The  paper  containing  the  account  thereof,  and  the  certificate  of  Ensign 
Coburn  on  oath  is  marked  No.  6.  I  hope  your  Excellency  will  see  the 
propriety  of  allowing  me  for  the  same,  Ac. 

1  have,  &c. 


Feb.  2oth  JoHN   HAMILTON   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

British  ^  have  just  had  the  honor  to  receive  your  Excellency's  letter  of  this 

ConmiVB  date,  informing  me  that  my  communications  of  the  18th   and  19th  in- 

Norfolk  stant  to  you  shall  immediately  on  your  arrival  at  Richmond  be  sub- 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  446 


mitted  to  the  oonnderation  of  the  Executive  Council  of  the  State,  and       1795. 
that  the  result  shall  be  transmitted  to  me.  Feb.  25th 

In  reply  to  that  part  of  your  Excellency's  letter  which  respects  the 
conversation  betwixt  us  on  the  subject  of  deserters  from  British  ships 
in  this  port,  I  can  only  repeat  what  I  then  observed  that  I  should  con- 
sider it  a  part  of  the  duty  of  the  Magistrates  to  grant  warrants  at  my 
request  for  the  apprehension  of  seamen  absconding  from  ships  of  my 
nation  which  may  be  within  the  ports  of  this  State,  since  it  is  certainly 
consistent  with  the  laws  and  customs  of  nations,  that  a  Foreign  Public 
Officer  resident  in  a  State  from  the  Supremo  authority  of  wbich  he  has 
received  his  Exequatur  should  be  supported  by  the  Magistracy  thereof 
in  the  execution  of  his  official  duties,  without  which  aid  he  can  not  ful- 
fill them,  and  any  attempts  that  he  may  make  to  perform  the  requisities 
of  his  appointment  may  be  rendered  nugatory.  In  order,  however,  to 
have  so  important  a  point  more  fully  ascertained,  I  shall  transmit  a 
copy  of  your  Excellency's  letter  to  His  Majesty's  Minister  at  Philadel- 
phia, that  he  may,  if  he  thinks  proper,  enter  into  some  determination  on 
the  subject  with  the  Executive,  and  that  some  definite  line  may  be 
drawn  to  prevent  any  further  misunderstanding  of  this  nature.  I  shall, 
therefore,  for  the  present  take  leave  of  this  subject,  by  assuring  your 
Excellency  that  I  am  convinced  it  is  no  less  the  wish  of  all  His  Majesty's 
Officers  than  my  own,  to  pay  perfect  obedience  to  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  whilst  within  their  jurisdiction,  and  to  avoid  every  act 
which  tends  to  violate  them  or  to  disturb  the  public  peace. 

In  respect  to  the  complaint  lodged  with  the  Executive  of  the  United 
States  wbich  has  been  transmitted  to  your  Excellency,  relative  to  the 
capture  of  the  French  Corvette  L'Esperance  by  His  Majesty's  Ship 
Argonaut,  I  must  observe  that  according  to  the  best  information  with 
wbich  I  am  furnished,  no  contravention  of  any  existing  Treaty  of  the 
United  States  has  taken  place  by  that  capture,  as  the  Corvette  was 
taken  ten  leagues  from  the  land,  and  the  Argonaut  was  forced  by  stress 
of  weather  to  return  to  the  Chesapeake  with  her  prize,  in  which  bay 
the  continuance  of  the  stormy  weather  compelled  them  to  stay  some 
days,  but  from  whence  they  departed  as  soon  as  possible.  Had  not  this 
been  the  ease,  the  desire  to  release  on  parole  the  French  prisoners  taken 
by  the  Argonaut  on  board  L'Esperance  (which  has  been  done),  would 
surely  have  been  admitted  as  a  very  unobjectionable  motive  for  the 
coming  of  those  ships  into  the  bay. 

I  have,  &c.. 


Isaac  Zane  to  the  Governor.  Feb.  28th 

Tour  letter  of  the  7th  inst.  came  to  hand  by  last  post,  which  arriving 
but  once  a  fortnight,  I  suppose  prevented  my  receiving  it  earlier.     The 


446  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  quota  from  the  7th  Brigade  being  called  for  in  small  detachments  to 
Feb.  28th  rendezvous  at  Winchester  when  severally  ready,  has  caused  the  vouch- 
ers for  their  supplies  to  be  dispersed  in  different  hands  with  which  I 
have  not  yet  been  furnished,  and  my  confinement  by  a  continued  indis- 
position for  upwards  of  eight  weeks  past,  during  which  time  have  not 
been  down  stairs  and  rarely  able  to  walk  across  the  room,  has  prevented 
my  personal  attention,  otherwise  the  amounts  should  have  been  for- 
warded some  time  since.  I  shall  immediately  send  a  messenger  to  have 
said  vouchers  collected  and  the  accounts  closed  and  forwarded  as  soon 
as  possible. 

My  first  commission  as  County  Lieutenant  of  Shenandoah  (then  Dun- 
more  county,  concerning  which  you  wrote  me  when  in  Richmond)  bears 
date  the  28th  day  of  May,  1794. 

I  have,  &c,, 


Mar.  2d  J.    MARSHALL  TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

The  contest  between  the  Commonwealth  and  Mr.  Fairfax,  depending 
in  the  Court  of  Appeals,  will  come  on  of  course  for  decision  at  the 
next  term.  As  I  am  not  certain  whether  the  title  of  citizen  purchasers 
may  be  considered  as  precisely  the  same  with  that  ol  Mr.  Fairfax,  I 
deem  it  incumbent  on  me  as  the  counsel  of  that  gentleman,  and  hold  it 
a  duty  to  those  purchasers  not  to  be  dispensed  with  to  assist  their  title. 

I  have  therefore  prepared  the  enclosed  bill,  which  I  am  to  file  in  the 
Court  of  Chancery.  As  expedition  seems  to  me  to  bo  unquestionably 
the  interest  as  well  of  the  Commonwealth,  as  of  those  who  think  their 
plain  rights  improperly  suspended,  I  take  the  liberty  to  enclose  the 
bill  to  you.  Sir,  for  your  perusal,  with  a  hope  that  the  officers  of  the 
Commonwealth  will  be  directed  not  to  await  the  process  of  subpoenas 
and  attachments,  but  to  bring  the  question  to  a  fair  decision  on  its  mer- 
its at  the  next  term.  I  should  not  venture.  Sir,  to  make  this  proposal 
if  1  did  not  suppose  it  to  bo  the  wish  as  w^ell  as  interest  of  the  Gov- 
ernment to  have  the  immediate  use  of  the  property  in  contest  if  its  title 
shall  be  good. 

With,  &c. 


Mar.  3d  ^-  LbWIS  TO  THE  GOVERNOR. 

Gkmpbell        I  ^m  now  on  my  way  to  Richmond  to  settle  my  public  accounts,  but 
county       hearing  by  Capt.  Bowyer  that  Mr.  Steele  had  not  returned  from  Phila- 
delphia, I  have  thought  it  most  prudent  to  return  home  and  wait  until  I 
hear  of  his  arrival  at  Richmond,  hoping  that  your  fixcellency  will  give 
me  early  notice  of  it.    If  necessary  that  General  Tate  shoold  be  noti- 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


447 


fied,  if  forwarded  to  me,  I  shall  immediately  send  it  to  him.     I  am  much 

distressed  on  accoont  of  the  money  I  have  advanced  for  the  benefit  of 

the  troops. 

I  am,  &c. 


1795. 
Mar.  3d 


J.  Dawson  to  the  Governor. 

The  long  expected  and  glorious  news  is  at  length  arrived.  Success 
has  attended  the  exertions  of  men  fighting  for  freedom  in  every  quarter. 

The  enclosed  papers  detail  many  important  events  which  have  taken 
place,  particularly  in  Holland  and  Spain,  and  leave  us  at  a  loss  which 
most  to  admire,  the  invincible  courage  or  the  magnanimity  of  our  Re- 
publican allies. 

It  is  not  difiicult  to  foresee  that  these  events  will  have  great  influence 
on  the  politics  and  commerce  both  of  Europe  and  America. 

With  much  respect, 

I  have,  &c. 


Mar.  3d 

Philadel- 
phia 


To  THE  Governor. 

Josiah  7ick,  collector  of  Southampton,  prays  remission  of  fine  of 
$57  13  for  failure  to  return  account  of  Revenue  Tax  of  1793,  owing  to 
his  sickness. 

Will  Harris  asking  for  indulgence  to  Josiah  Tick  in  his  settlement  of 
Rev.  Tax  for  1793,  and  remission  of  damages  on  account  of  sickness. 

Robert  Goodwyn  asks  indulgence  for  Capt.  Vick  in  his  settlement  of 
Rev.  Tax  of  1793,  and  remission  of  Damages  on  account  of  sickness. 


Mar.  3d 


J.  Dawson  to  the  Governor. 

The  papers  enclosed  to  my  care  on  my  leaving  Richmond  were,  soon 
after  my  arrival  in  this  city,  delivered  respectively.  A  copy  of  those  to 
the  Sect'y  of  State,  has,  I  learn,  been  sent  to  the  Minister  of  the  French 
Republic.  It  is  presumed  they  will  be  satisfactory  to  that  gentleman, 
tho'  no  answer  is  yet  received. 

On  to-morrow  I  expect  to  have  a  personal  interview  with  Mr.  Fau- 
chet,  and  then  shall  be  able  to  give  you  more  particular  information. 

A  few  days  ago,  Colo.  Steel  delivered  to  me  the  advice  of  our  board 
relative  to  this  business,  which  had  been  forwarded  to  him  by  the  Lt. 
Gov'r.  This  has  been  given  to  the  Sc't'y  of  State,  but  as  it  is  not  signed 
by  the  Clerk,  nor  stamped  with  anything  which  gives  it  authenticity,  it 


Mar.  5th 

Philadel- 
phia 


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Mk^  lxLSEHi.3L    \^  ^JLTTl  ^JtFSBS. 


iM  r  *jt  lit  *  ^\M»  Y(f  7'mr  li^vtilnm*^  •sgrnawBut  .xl  jour  jusux. 


i'vnupMU*^  K9^  C^KfC  Lrvvittda-  i'^  1B0:  'jS  ziut  Carse^  g<ir>fffii:  Ea&gs.  C> 

f^nim  %$A  nOAffh  tiMn^nk  if^r  %  4euidkiBM«t  44  Cspi.  L«!>wtker »  company. 
^^H^f^Pt»AAU%  fA  th^  «*id  Vjmf^z^.  tvo  StTztaBU.  tiro  eMpormliL  and  tve&ty- 
M9^r  fmvM^aitf  wImm^  tkflM;  ^if  JMnic^e  waift  tb«  aause  jh«  mbore;  aji'J  the  paj 
i^#/J  i»iMt«^  wAh  fA  (^Mf^  LowUmt  ft  MiaiiMr  eookBuuid  of  ei^t  Scoot«. 
whtmn  i%nut  iA  Mrrkafr  wm  aliio  tfae  aamey  are  all  dnly  aoiboiued  mnd 

Tb#;  //iber  Mi^f^tmpAnymg  papen  are  ^r^eoant'*  exhibited  bj  Doctors 
Kaird,  While,  ai»d  If  iiliard— all  raFpecUally  sabmitted  by 

Your,  Ac. 

HittfA-.  my  Cfnidunion  of  this  report  as  abore,  I  hare  discoTcred  an 
fftiii^mtou  oi  Lieutenant  Kiranft'  detachment  of  Capt.  Lowther^s  company 
ftit  th^  fray  and  muster  rr^lU,  of  which  dnl^*  anthenticated  are  also  en- 
t'Unuui^  by  which  it  a|i|ieam  that  the  said  Detachment  consisting  of  the 
l/iotit#5narit,  two  HcrgeanUi,  two  corporals,  and  twenty-six  privates,  were 
in  m^rvU'n  from  the  l&th  of  March  until  the  1st  of  November,  1794.  The 
dal4i  of  the  certificate  of  muster  on  discharge  is  dated  on  the  9th  of 
Kubnmry,  1795. 

SAM'L  COLEMAN. 


f^rt,., 01.),  MoHRiH  Austin  to  John  Steele. 

HUtiiiitott         Pardon  the  liberty  I  have  taken  in  Transmitting  to  you  the  Decision 

(if  Uin  (ionunil  Oourt- Martial  of  the  32nd  Reg*t  on  a  case  of  review,  in 

L  not  having  |>orformod  the  late  Tour  of  Duty  against  the  weatern  Insur- 


CALSNDAS  OF  STATE  PJlPEBS.  4^ 


^Bts,  tog«tliAr  with  Capt.  Robert  GratUa's  depoMtioo  wbich  I  haT<»       17%. 

caused  to  be  taken  before  a  Magwtrate,  as  there  was  no  Judge  AdTocate     M^ir.  tiih 

at  the  Coort-Martial  to  take  down  his  eTtdeoce  there.     I  consider  mv- 

self  much  aggrieved  by  the  sentence,  and  I  trust  the  r>e[H>sition  of  Capt- 

GraUan  will  be  sufficient  inducement  tor  vou  to  view  it  io  a  similar 

Light.     If  therefore,  under  the  militia  Laws,  or  Substantial  Justice,  I 

can  obtain  any  redress,  I  hope  you  will  be  so  obliging  as  to  lay  my  case 

before  the  Executive,  and  if  the  fine  cannot  be  remitted.  I  trust  another 

Court-Martial  will  be  ordered  when  I  may  have  it  in  my  power  to  oifer 

such   defence  as  the  nature  of  the  case  requires,  which  will  confer  an 

additional  obligation  on — 

Your.  4c. 

At  a  General  Court-Martial  of  the  32nd  Reg  t  of  Virginia  Militia  in 
the  county  of  Augusta^  holden  the  12ih  day  of  December,  1794 : 

Morris  Austin  of  Capt.  Robert  Grattans  company  of  cavalry;  his 
situation  with  respect  to  performing  his  Tour  of  Duty  in  the  late  expe- 
dition against  the  insurgents  being  somewhat  conditional,  and  he  not 
appearing  to  make  any  defence,  the  court,  atter  hearing  a  statement  of 
the  matter  from  Captain  Grattan,  are  of  opinion  that  he  be  fined  in  the 
sum  of  sixteen  dollars. 

An  appeal  prayed  for — Captain  Grattan,  witness. 

From  the  journals  of  the  court. 

A  Copy — Teste: 

VINCT.  TAPP,  C.  C.  M. 

Sometime  in  September  last  previous  to  my  going  on  the  expeilition 
against  the  western  insurgents  of  Pennsylvania,  I  called  a  meeting  of 
my  troop  of  cavalry  to  know  how  many  could  turn  out  as  volunteers  to 
accompany  me  in  case  we  should  immediately  get  marching  orders.  At 
that  time  Mr.  Morris  Austin  spoke  to  me  when  I  first  mentioned  it,  and 
told  me  previous  to  the  men's  turning  out,  that  if  he  could  get  a  suita* 
ble  person  to  do  bis  business  as  a  shorilf,  ho  would  go,  but  otherwise  he 
could  not  possibly  do  it,  as  his  business  and  of  couixo  his  secuntios 
might  suffer  by  his  absence.  I  mentioned  to  him  to  turn  out  at  all 
events,  and  if  he  could  not  get  the  person  he  mentioned,  I  did  not  sup- 
pose it  would  make  the  least  difference;  neither  could  I  suppose 
him  bound  further  than  conditionally,  and  I  afterwards  know  that  he 
made  endeavors  to  procure  a  man  to  go  in  his  place,  as  ho  could  not  go 
himself,  and  did  I  not  think  I  was  at  that  time  bound  to  return  the  whole 
of  my  company  that  did  not  go,  I  should  not  have  made  the  return. 
And  I  do  not  remember,  but  I  might  have  made  at  the  time  some  mis- 
take concerning  the  day  on  which  the  oourt-martial  was  sat,  when  I 
spoke  to  Mr.  Austin  about  it. 

R.  GRATTAN. 

Capt.  Staunton  Cavalry.  ^ 

SUunton,  March  6th,  1795.  ^H 

67  ^  ^ 


460  CALENDAR  OP  STATE   PAPERS. 


1795.  John  Steele  to  the  Governor. 

Mar.  8th  A  letter  from  my  friend  Col.  A.  Campbell  to  me  dated  the  23d  of  Jan- 
uary last,  contains  the  following  observations,  which  I  take  the  liberty 
of  submitting  to  you,  viz: 

^^  I  am  told  that  the  Executive  of  your  state  is  to  appoint  fit  persons 
in  conjunction  with  the  state  of  Kentucky,  to  run  the  boundary  line 
between  the  two  states." 

"  If  the  sense  of  the  Legislature  of  Virginia  of  1776  bo  sought  for, 
there  are  no  persons  now  living  that  I  know  of  can  better  explain  that 
than  Judge  McDowell  of  Kentucky  and  myself  And  perhaps  Mr.  Jef- 
ferson may  remember  something  that  passed  in  the  committee  that 
brought  in  the  bill.  Mr.  George  Mason  and  Mr.  John  May  (although 
no  member),  were  acquainted  with  the  reasons  for  fixing  the  limits  of 

the  then  county  of  Kentucky." 

With,  &c. 


Mar.  9th  J.   DawsON  TO  THE  GOVERNOR. 

Since  the  letter  which  I  had  the  honor  to  address  to  your  Excellency, 
I  have  had  frequent  interviews  with  the  minister  of  the  French  Repub- 
lic, and  have  just  reason  to  conclude  that  he  no  longer  doubts  of  the 
good  wishes  of  the  Executive  of  Virginia  towards  his  nation. 

A  supposed,  or  perhaps  a  real  neglect  in  answering  the  representa- 
tions of  the  Consul  at  Norfolk,  may  have  been  construed  into  an  inimi- 
cal disposition. 

The  treaty  which  has  been  made  by  Mr.  Jay  for  this  country  with 
Great  Britain,  was  on  Saturday  evening  delivered  by  Capt.  Blany  to  the 
Secretary  of  State,  and  its  contents  will,  I  presume,  remain  in  the  Cab- 
inet until  the  8th  of  June,  when  they  will  be  submitted  to  the  Senate 

for  their  approbation  or  rejection. 

I  have,  &c. 


At  a  court  continued  and  held  for  Loudoun  county  on  Tuesday,  the 
10th  day  of  March,  1795: 

William  Ellzey,  Junior,  Gentleman,  Surveyor  of  this  county,  came 
into  court  and  resigned  his  office  as  such.  It  is  therefore  ordered  that 
it  be  certified  to  the  Masters  and  Professors  of  William  and  Mary  Col- 
lege that  William  H.  Harding  is  a  person  of  honesty,  probity  and  good 
demeanor,  and  a  proper  and  fit  person  to  be  by  them  commissioned  as 
surveyor  of  this  county,  and  that  he  has  for  some  time  acted  as  a  deputy 

to  the  said  William  Ellxey. 

Copy — Teste : 

CHAS.  BLNNS,  C.  L.  C. 


CALMSDAR   OF  STATE  PAPEBS.  451 


The  neiBorial  of  the  inhabiteato  of  Rnasell  eoaatr  to  H»  Bxc«UeacT       1796. 

the  €kyvemor.  And  the  Hoaorahle  PHtj  Coancil  of  Vir^Dia^  M&reh     ^(^*  9tb 

the  llth.  Anno  Domini  1795: 

We  bee  leave  to  laj  before  joar  HoDorable  Body  oar  unhappj  situa- 
tion. CO  whom  atone  we  have  reasons  to  hope  ibr  reliet  The  seasoo  of 
the  year  »  now  approaching  in  which  we  have  reason  to  expect  our 
frontiers  to  be  invaded  bj  our  avowed  enemv«  the  Indiand^  Siuce  the 
first  settling  ai  oar  coontrr  we  have  not  escaped  their  scourge  tor  one 
jear  without  seeing  oar  countrj  laid  waste,  and  our  helpless  women  and 
children  a  prey  to  their  vindictive  rage.  It  would  be  too  tedious  for  to 
call  yoar  attention  to  the  number  <^  us  who  has  experienced  that  never- 
ending  melancholy  sight  of  returning  to  our  houses  firom  our  labours 
snd  finding  our  &milies  lying  breathless^  and  yet  bleeding  from  the 
scalping  knivesw  until  our  late  Governor  and  Council  wisely «  and  happy 
for  us.  covered  oar  frontiers  with  their  troops,  known  by  the  volunteer 
militia,  in  the  spring  of  1792^  and  were  continued  to  December.  1794, 
during  which  time  peace,  in  a  great  measure,  blessed  our  land,  tor,  by 
the  vigilance  of  those  troops,  the  approach  of  the  enemy  were  generally 
discovered,  or  if  any  ol  them  by  any  unavoidable  aecident  got  into  the 
settlement  undiscovered  and  accomplished  their  perpetrated  murders^ 
never  escaped  without  rendering  life  for  lifo  and  restoration  ot  property. 
Not  hearing  of  the  return  of  those  troops^  and  the  setison  near  at  hand 
that  we  may  expect  to  experience  the  unhappy  misfortunes  too  recent 
yet  to  many  of  us,  tho*  prior  to  the  year  179S,  we  are  induced  to  trouble 
your  Board  with  this  memorial,  hoping  that«  tho'  our  situation  is  not 
personally  known  by  many  of  your  Honorable  Body,  you  will  not  lend 
a  deaf  ear  to  us.  nor  put  our  lives  in  competition  with  money.  In  a 
very  short  time  the  defenceless  position  of  our  fronties  will  be  known  to 
the  enemy,  on  which  we  have  every  misfortune  to  dread.  Experience 
has  taught  us  by  the  many  attempts  that  has  been  made  to  protect  the 
frontiers,  that  none  has  proved  so  effectual  in  procuring  us  peace  as  that 
of  the  Tolonteer  militia. 

Hoping  that  your  Excellency  and  the  Honooable  the  Privy  Council 
will  take  us  under  immediate  consideration  and  grant  a  return  of  the 
same  kind  of  troops,  conducted  by  the  same  officers,  under  whose  pro< 
tectioD  we  can  put  confidence,  and  we  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray. 

Caleb  Friley,  James  Dickerson.  Richard  Long,  John  Morton,  Henry 
Donnighe.  Oliver  Hughes,  Silas  Delanary,  Wm.  Smith,  John  Marshall, 
John  Flannary,  James  Flannary  and  others. 


Andrew  Cowen  to  the  Governor.  Mar.  uth 

1  beg  leave  to  acquaint  your  Excellency  of  the  situation  of  our  county.    Abingdon 
We  now  lay  prostrate  to  savage  cruelty  which  annually  they  proceed  to  gM 

commit  depredations  on  our  frontiers.    But  I  hope  our  doubts  will  be  w 


452  CALEXDAB  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


17Sp$.  rtmffT^sd^  from  tbe  a^re«ftble  ntw%  cxwrnmiicmlMl  t4>  ne  b^  oar  lepr^ 
Mjir  37tk  MrfiUitirep^  oi  tbe  b^t  Maafioik.  tLat  vcnr  Ex<«U«Aej  b*ri  iwaM  jEraaoo^lj 
coride^scebdtii  lo  b»Te  »  cy>inpiest  prouictiOQ  od  oar  frosuct^.  in  which  I 
h^/pt:  your  EzcelieDCj  wUI  pol  io  prKtk«i.  There  is  only  ooe  doabt  in 
nay  mibd  the  afonawd  viil  be  omhted  >.  ihMicrh  I  hope  when  too  weigh 
thill  nuitUrr  il  wi]i  be  do  objeciioo.  There  jippeoff^  by  refort  *  generd 
ewtablLihinent  of  peace  with  the  Indian  tribes,  bat.  <ir.  it  hms  erer  been 
our  uohappj  lot.  either  in  war  or  peace,  to  be  »obj|e<rt  to  sarage  eroeltT. 
FniTided  the  majoritjr  of  the  nation  be  in  peace,  there  will  be  a  party  of 
tbo»e  Mirages  that  will  not  beftubjeet  to  their  rales^  and  knowing  we  are 
unguarded  will  proceed  to  commit  depredations  on  oar  fellow  ciiiaen«. 
1  farther  beg  leare  to  acquaint  joar  Ezcellencr  my  c^Mnion  what  pn>> 
tection  would  be  adequate  to  our  relief:  One  company  ot  volunteer 
militia,  the  commanding  officer  a  citizen  of  onr  county,  in  which  I  con- 
sider his  vigilance  would  be  more  attached  to  his  fellow  citizens;  in 
which  the  citizens  of  this  county  would  conceive  themselves  highly 
honored  in  your  Excellency's  condescending  to  their  reqaest  in  the 
privilege  of  nominating  their  officers,  on  this  ease,  as  they  conceive  there 
has  l^een  great  neglect  in  our  former  officers  not  paying  due  attention  to 
their  office.  Provided  your  Excellency  thinks  it  not  expedient  to  grant 
the  aforesaid  redress,  I  further  pray  to  grant  us  scouts  on  our  frontiers. 
I  think  six  would  answer  the  purpose.  I  further  think  it  advisable  to 
acquaint  your  Excellency  that  there  is  a  petition  in  contemplation  for  a 
guard  for  our  frontiers,  in  which  are  these  words,  '-to  continue  the 
former  officers,"  in  which  the  people  seem  much  displeased,  although  a 
number  bath  signed  the  same  at  a  public  place  where  the  people  was 
assembled  together,  some  being  intoxicated  with  liquor,  others  not  un- 
derstanditig  but  we  were  to  have  tbe  officers  in  our  own  county,  in 
which  a  number  appears  to  be  imposed  upon;  they  have  thus  urged 
upon  me,  being  the  commanding  officer  of  this  county,  to  apply  for 

redress  upon  just  and  equal  rights. 

I  am,  &c. 


Mar.  18th  JOHN   McCULLOCH   TO  THE   GOVERNOR. 

Ohio  county  ^  received  your  letter  of  the  23rd  of  December,  but  not  until  the  first 
Monday  of  this  month,  but  had  previous  thereto  sent  by  Mr.  McCIuDg 
pay  abstract  and  muster  roll  so  far  as  I  expected  it  was  needful,  but 
now  have  sent  to  Mr.  Wilson  tbe  muster  roll  of  the  muster  of  my  men 
into  service  by  General  Biggs,  who  was  appointed  to  muster  them,  and 
have  kept  a  duplicate  of  each,  agreeable  to  your  Excellency*s  instrac- 
tions. 

We  have  bad  accounts  bore  that  the  Indians  have  killed  a  man  this 
Spring  between  Muskingum  and  Little  Kanawha,  and  killed  another 
and  took  a  prisoner  somewhere  about  Scioti, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  453 


I  hope  that  the  Executive  will  forward  our  pay  as  soon  as  possible.       1795. 

I  do  subscribe  myself,  &c.  Mar.  18th 

N.  B. — If  it  can  be  done,  send  my  money  by  Thomas  Wilson,  Esq., 
and  oblige  your  Excellency's,  &c. 


The  petition  of  Joseph  Chew,  late  Deputy  Sheriff,  under  William 
Mills,  of  the  county  of  Spotsylvania,  prays  a  suspension  of  an  execution 
against  him  till  the  15th  of  May  for  a  further  examination  of  the  books 
returned  by  Commissioners  to  Auditor's  Office. 

Edward  Herndon,  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Spotsylvania,  certifies  that  he 
held  an  Execution  vs.  William  Mills,  for  balance  of  taxes  for  1789;  that 
the  same  was  assumed  by  Joseph  Chew,  another  Deputy,  whose  land  was 
sold  for  the  debt  and  bought  by  said  Cbew  on  a  credit  ot  three  months, 
and  bond  and  security  given  for  which  he  holds  Execution  for  Principal, 
Int.  and  costs. 

Certificate  of  John  flerndon  as  to  the  sale  of  Joseph  Chew's  land 
bought  in  by  said  Chew,  at  which  sale  Herndon  was  present. 


John  Steele  to  the  Governor.  Mar.20th 

Your's  of  the  12th  inst.  and  the  papers  enclosed  with  it  were  received     Philadel- 
yesterday.  P"** 

Your  letter  to  Colonel  Monroe  I  put  into  the  bands  of  Mr.  Swan,  who 
promised  to  send  it  by  a  vessel  of  his  bound  for  France  in  a  day  or  two. 

The  settlement  of  our  accounts  progresses  slowly.  The  gentleman 
specially  employed  on  the  business  frequently  meets  with  difficulties — 
and  which  I  have  hitherto  been  able  to  explain  away. 

.  With,  &c. 


Philadelphia,  8th  of  March,  1795. 
Sir: 

Your  letter  to  me  of  the  28th  ult.  and  the  several  papers  inclosed 
with  it  were  received  yesterday.  Permit  me  to  assure  you  that  I  will 
take  pleasure  in  making  the  enquiries  wished  by  the  board,  and  report- 
ing the  result  as  early  as  possible. 

The  settlement  of  the  accounts  progresses  slowly.  The  Secretary  has 
now  under  consideration  a  report  from  Mr.  Howell  relative  to  objections 
arising  from  informality  and  deficiency  in  vouchers,  and  I  flatter  myself 
he  will  so  dispense  with  the  rules  of  the  office  on  that  head  as  to  remove 
every  difficulty.  They  will  then  be  taken  up  from  the  commencement 
of  1790,  exhibited  in  one  general  statement,  and  rescued  from  that  con- 


4o4  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.       fnmoD  from  which  perhaps  has  arisen  most  of  the  objections  made  to 
3iar.20th     them. 

I  mentioned  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Biair,  that  the  orderH  of  Council  coald 
not  be  foand.  Of  coarse  it  was  in  some  measure  asserted  that  they 
never  were  in  the  office.  They,  however,  on  a  suggestion  of  mine,  have 
since  been  found  filed  in  the  Governor's  letters  which  covered  them.  It 
is  probable  that  by  the  next  post  I  will  be  able  to  give  you  more  certain 
and  more  satisfactory  information. 

I  have,  &C, 

JOHN  STEELE. 


Philadelphia,  Feb.  25th,  1795. 
Sir: 

I  rec'd  the  public  papers  by  Mr.  Dawson — ^^immediately  laid  them 
before  the  Secretary  at  War.  and  this  morning  obtained  the  promise  of 
the  Accountant  Howell  that  all  possible  attention  and  dispatch  shall  be 
given  by  him  to  the  business.  General  Wood's  letter  of  the  15th  inst 
came  to  hand  this  morning.     Its  contents  shall  be  attended  to. 

I  am,  &c. 

JOHN  STEELE. 
The  Governor. 


Philadelphia,  13th  Mar.,  1795. 
Sir: 

A  slight  indisposition  has  produced  a  delay  of  the  report  promised 
in  my  last  letter  to  General  Wood. 

I  can  now  only  inform  you  that  the  Secretary  has  in  a  great  measure 
dispensed  with  the  strictness  of  form  in  the  vouchers  required  by  his 
predecessor,  for  the  establishment  of  our  account.  He  seems  to  think 
that  as  the  Executive  of  Virginia  were  fully  authorized  to  act,  that  all 
claims  allowed  by  them,  correspondent  with  their  own  system,  ought  to 
bo  admitted  as  good  against  the  General  Government. 

You  may  expect  to  hear  from  me  by  next  Post  some  information  rela- 
tive to  the  printing  referred  to  me. 

With  very  great  respect,  I  am,  &c.. 

JOHN  STEELE. 
To  the  Governor. 

Philadelphia,  March  16th,  1795. 
Sir: 

The  enclosed  papers  will  show  you  the  terms  on  which  the  print- 
ing referred  to  me  can  be  done,  and  it  only  remains  for  yon  to  be  in- 
formed that  Eamner,  a  paper  maker,  and  Stiner  are  now  employed  by 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  455 


the  Legislature  of  this  State  in  printing  in  the  German  Language.    That       1795. 

Charles  Cist  was  formerly  employed  in  that  Business.     That  the  same    Mar.  20th 

person  who  translates  for  Kamner  and  Stiner,  if  Cist  is  employed,  will 

translate  for  him,  and  that  from  every  thing  I  can  learn  they  are  equally 

to  be  relied  on. 

Cist's  copy  of  Military  instruction  at  46  cents,  I  think  is  the  same  as 

that  formerly  furnished  by  him  to  the  State  of  Virginia.     That  at  36 

cents  is  crowded  and  dull,  and  is  the  same  which  Kamner  offers  at  35 

cents. 

I  am,  Sir,  &c., 

JOHN  STEELE. 
Governor  Brooke. 

Proposals  by  Kamner: 

Translating,  Printing,  &c.,  the  Acts  of  Assembly  at  twelve  dollars  per 
shejet,  in  blue  boards  for  1,000  copies. 

Baron  Steuben's  Military  instructions,  3,000  copies  on  a  small  type, 
90  pages  with  copper  plates  half  bound,  35  cents  each;  with  the  articles 
of  war  annexed,  Ss.  id.  or  38.  lid.  Pen.  7,  Cur.  7.  To  be  completed  in 
two  months  from  the  date  of  a  contract. 

By  Charles  Cist: 

Steuben's  Military  Instructions,  3,000  copies,  containing  160  pages, 
printed  in  a  conspicuous  manner,  with  eight  copper  plates,  half  bound 
at  50  cents;  in  blue  boards,  46  cents. 

The  same  printed  on  a  small  type  more  crowded,  containing  90  pages, 
half  bound,  40  cents. 

By  Baily: 

For  3,000  copies  on  a  large'  type  in  half  binding  or  blue  boards,  55 
cents.  In  a  small  typo,  &c.,  45  cents.  To  be  finished  in  two  months 
from  the  date  of  contract,  March  16th,  1795. 

N.  B. — In  the  papers  of  this  date  signed  by  Charles  Cist,  containing 
proposals  for  translating,  printing,  &c.  the  Acts  of  Assembly,  he  refers 
to  Specimens  A  &  B.  By  specimen  A  he  means  a  large  type;  by  B  a 
small  one. 

Kamner  supposes  the  Acts  will  take  six  or  eight  sheets.  Cist  seems 
to  think  they  will  take  up  from  fourteen  to  twenty.  It  is  probable  the 
estimate  of  the  latter  is  most  correct. 

JOHN  STEELE. 


No.  1.   An  act  for  appropriating  the  public  revenue,  passed  20th  De- 
cember, 1794. 

No.  2.  An  act  for  further  continuing  and  amending  the  act  entitled 


4m6  CALE5IIAB  OF  .STATE  PAPERS. 

i1i0i,       m$$  Mffi  Uff  nAwan^  inUp  fn^t  iImt  aererBJ  ads  eooeeminir  exccotionfty  and 
Mur.  STMtli     ffff  ib«!;  r«lM;f  c/f  ionolrent  debton*  paMed  lOih  of  lAecember,  1793. 

So.  *L  An  a'^  U>  €//ntinue  and  amend  the  act  C^No.  2.  1793;  passed 

So,  Z.  Au  %0tl  re/\wMi^  mUt  one  tbe  several  acts  concerning  the  fees 
fA  'certain  r/fficem,  and  declaring  tbe  mcKle  of  discharging  said  fees  and 
t'jfuniy  lerttmf  pntm^l  December  19th,  1792. 

No.  3.  An  ar;t  for  amending  tbe  act  entitled  i  foregoing  act),  passed 
\hu'Mtf\\H'.r  4tb,  I7fl3. 

No,  i.  An  tU'X  Up  rt-Anc^  into  one  tbe  several  acts  directing  the  course 
of  d<;iK;entM,  panned  December  8tb,  1792. 

No.  5,   An  act  amending  tbe  act,  No.  7,  passed  December  5th,  1794. 

No,  fi.  An  act  for  regulating  conveyances,  passed  December  13tb, 
1792, 

No,  {).   An  a^;t  to  amend  tbe  foregoing  act,  December  25th,  1794. 

No,  7.  An  act  reducing  into  one  tbe  several  acts  concerning  wills,  tbe 
distribution  of  intestates  estates,  and  tbe  duty  of  executors  and  admin- 
istrators. 

Tbo  translating,  printing,  and  binding  in  boards  is  charged  at  the  rate 
of  40  cents;  specimen  A.,  same;  35  do.,  specimen  B.  The  number  to  be 
dotiit  1,000  copies. 

CHARLES  CIST. 

March  16  th,  1795. 


Mar.  2lHt  Thomas  Mifflin  to  the  Governor. 

l*hllnd(*l  1  have  the  honor  to  inform  your  Excellency  that  William  Douglas 

'*  *  ^  having  doclinod  the  service,  I  have  appointed  Lawrence  Maher,  of  the 
oliy  of  IMiilatlclphia,  as  agont  on  behalf  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
for  the  purpose  of  bringing  Joseph  Larelle  into  this  State,  having  juris- 
diotion  of  the  crime  for  which  ho  was  apprehended  in  Virginia  on  my 
nM|uisition  on  the  21Hh  day  of  December,  1794. 

Your  Kxrolloncy  may  be  assured  that  on  principles  of  justice  and 
1nnuaniiy«  I  will  do  everything  in  my  power  to  expedite  a  decision  on 
this  case;  and  1  have  no  doubt  the  prisoner  will  receive  in  Pennsylvania 
all  the  tndulgouco  that  the  law  permits. 

1  have,  &c. 


Mar,  1*8^1  U.M.ril    WORMBLKV   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Ht^viU  My  indi«poaition  prevented  me  from  holding  the  sheriff  a  court  in  per- 
iKMi  on  tho  ItUh  to  oloot  a  reprosentalive  tor  congress.  I  was  obliged  to 
fel  Mr.  William  Roane  to  fvprMonimeonthatoooaaioii.    He  will  attend 


CALKNBAB  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  457 

to-BKRTOw  tbe  cdMr  fllierii^  fWvni  the  diffRront  confitktft  ivi  the  ^ifttrkil       ITffii. 
mt  King  k  (^rneifm  Coaniioiifie  to  compare  the  poll  jtrni  will  imorm  voar    M«r.  dS4 
RxceileDCT  wbo  wms  tbe  eiec*t<<l  pe^rston  in  this  dif^riol. 
With  every  tsommdcnjacm  ci  rescpcct.  I  nMiiain.  kc^ 


DaSI£L   BEniNtSCS    TO   THE   GOVERNOR.  Mar.SSlh 

I  coinp1ijm(*e  with  your  request  when  I  last  had  the  pl^iasnre  of  piecing  N<«^k 
yoa,  Mr.  Cowper  and  mjseli  caliod  upon  the  captain  of  the  French 
Corvette  rtaken  off  tbe  capes  last  January .,  and  request^  from  him  a 
etateroeot  relative  to  tbe  circumstances  of  bis  being  cjtjnured.  He  at 
first  ap|>eare>d  wilJin^  to  cc»mply  with  our  wisbt'ts  and  promisc<i  to  meet 
as  the  next  day  for  that  purpose,  but  did  not  however  appear.  He  was 
afterwards  again  applied  to  severally  by  Mr.  Oowpor  and  myself,  when 
he  discovered  a  degree  of  unwillingness  for  which  we  i*t>uld  not  readily 
account,  observing  at  the  same  time  that  he  had  immediately  on  hid 
arrival  at  this  place,  rendered  to  the  French  Consul  a  full  and  circum- 
stantial  account  of  that  transaction. 

The  enclosed  paper  may  perhaps  throw  some  light  on  this  subject. 
This  deposition  would  have  been  taken  and  forwardeii  sooner  but  thai 
I  had  not  before  an  opportunity  of  seeing  the  deponenu 

1  am,  ^. 

Borough  of  Norfolk,  set: 

Personally  appeared  betore  me  Daniel  Bedinger,  an  Alderman  of  th« 

Borough  aforesaid,  Thomas  Butler,  pilot,  of  lawtul  age,  and  being  duly 

sworn  on  tbe  holy  Evangelist  of  Almighty  God,  dei>o8eth  and  sayoih : 

That  some  time  on  or  about  the  beginning  of  January  last  ^he  does  not 

recollect  the  particular  day),  he  (this  deponent)  went  out  to  sea  in   his 

pilot  boat  in  quest  of  vessels;  that  on  the  second  day  aAer  passing  Cape 

Henry,   be  spoke  and   boarded  the  ship  Harmony  oi  Baltimore,  tVom 

France,  bound  to  Norfolk ;  that  soon  afler  he  had  taken  charge  of  her 

as  a  pilot,  tbe  British  ship  Argonaut  came  up  with  and  made  a  prise  of 

tbe  said  ship  Harmony;  that  be  (this  deponent)  remained  on  board  tbe 

Harmony  and  piloted  her  (under  tbe  direction  of  the  captors)  into  Lyn- 

haven  Bay,  where  tbe  Resolution  (commanded  by  Admiral  Murray)  and 

several  other  British  vessels  were  riding  at  anchor;  that  Admiral  Mur. 

ray  ordered  the  said  ship  Harmony  to  be   carried  to  Bermuda  from 

Lynbaven  Bay  aforesaid,  when  she  had  been  brought  to  an  anchor,  and         * 

that  be  (this  deponent)  saw   written   instructions  to  that  effect;  afler 

which   he  was  carried   on   board  tbe  Admiral's   ship,   where   he    was 

detained  four  da3*s  in  order  (as  he  was  informed)  that  ho  might  not  give 

timely  information  of  the  foregoing  particulars. 

And  this  deponent  further  sayeth :  That  on  bis  arrival  in    Lynbaven 

58 


4o^  OaLHTDaR    'jV  ffTATH  PAFWW 


I7d5.  Stfty  sii  he£nr»  relateri.  be  there  ^imii  pmpoiir  mcMirad  the  FTcneh  sloop 
Hflr  JTith  of  -var  I>MOerMiee  s  orixe  aian  -ji  ihe  Arzonmat  :  tiias  he  iiii«iersU)od 
■V'-vm  r,he  ofl«^#»r«  aiui  people  on  rwmm  tAe  Aeflotadon  chas  the  ^mid  sloop 
•it  :v&r  oail  been  tiAken  <«onie  iav^  nefbre.  orouidiL  to  where  she  then  Iaj 
and  ther^  Talned  or  sopnuzed  that  The  Aiimiral  took  her  uy  himself  at 
the  4«i«l  raiuation  or  Appnuxemenc  ami  thac  the  w«i  prixe  4(«K>p  ot  war 
f..e«peranee  wm  then  ;ui«l  ther^  manneti  and  dcxed  for  a  emiiie. 

Ffe  farther  'ieeiarisff  thac  otfers  were  made  to  him.  this  deponent  <  bj 
the  Admiral  himrteit  !«>  ^n-zx^,  an  a  pilot  tor  ^d  ^iioop  ot  war  daring 
her  intended  ^mixe  on  the  coaec  which  offers  he  this  deponent"  re- 
jet^ted :  and  that  when  he  wah  at  ien:rth  permitted  to  leave  the  Resolu- 
tion In  order  u^  retnm  h<)me  the  •mi*!  prize  sloop  of  war  Le:»perance  was 
-rtiil  moored  in  Lvrt haven  Bav. 

And  further  thin  deponent  ^flj,»th  not. 

f^iven  ander  mv*  haml  this  :24th  <iav  ot  Warch.  1796. 

DA^LEL  B£DI>'GER. 


A  Qnarterlj  Bet  am  ot  the  ordnance  and  other  military  stores  at  the 
Point  of  Fork  arsenal  ander  the  direction  oi  Robert  Qoaries.  March 
25th,  1795: 

16  inch  mortar.  1;  6  poander.  1:  4  poander.  I:  Howitzer,  1 :  Piece  of 
iron  cannon.  1 ;  Moskets  in  goo^i  repair.  2.138;  moskets  with  rough  bay- 
oneu.  2,7Z1\  old  moskets  oat  of  repair,  972:  muskets  stocked  since  last 
quarter,  102 — total  newly  stocked,  4X7;  number  of  French  moskets  re- 
turned from  Winchester  which  want  cleaning  and  some  repairs,  2,450; 
number  of  cartridge-boxes  retnmed  from  Winchester,  2,221;  pickers 
and  brushes,  400;  musket  worms,  2,939;  screw-drivers,  132;  artillery 
swords,  805;  Grenadier  swords,  293:  cartridge-boxes  in  good  order, 
6,212;  old  cartridge-boxes.  928;  barrels  of  gun  powder,  7};  kegs  ot  lead, 
40;  case  shot  of  different  sizes,  181;  round  shot,  263;  reams  of  cartridge 
paper,  30;  cannon  tubes,  436;  barrels  of  flinls,  18;  pounds  of  ball  and 
shot,  1,650;  number  of  musket  locks  manufactured,  417;  number  of 
stocks  spliced  and  repaired,  30;  number  of  wooden  canteens,  76. 

ROBERT  QUARLES,  Sup't. 


Mnr.  m\\  ^'  Wilson  to  the  Governor. 

P(»rtsnioiith      Tcstorday  arrived  within  our  Capes  two  British  ships  of  the  line  snd 
some  others.     These  ships  have  made  prizes  upon  the  American  flag- 
one  from  Bourdoaux  with  specie  to  the  amount  of  £50,000  sterling,  and 
no  other  cargo  on  board,  belonging  to  merchants  at  Baltimore.    Thej 
1^  have  takon  also  from  MLr.  Pen  nock,   of  Norfolk,   to  the  amount  of 


CAIXKDAS  OF  STATE  PAPBES. 


459 


£&4,0(N).     I  sm  told  that  the  offieeTB  are  now  in  these  towns  contracting       1795. 
lor  considembie  sopfplieB  of  proriBioBik.     I  will  thank  your  ]EIxcellency   -Max,  20th 
for  any  orders  that  may   be  though i   neceaaairy  respecting  these  ships, 
which  with  promptitade  shall  be  obeyed  by  me. 

I  have.  ^c. 

'S.  B. — ^It  is  to  be  onderstood  that  the  £»^Q00  were  coDsignments  to 
Mr.  Pennock,  but  the  J£50.00f»  war  thtf  actual  property  of  a  house  in 
Baltimore. 


•Tony  Steelf  t^-  the  Gtivkekok. 

Your  letter  of  the instant,  which  accompaoied  Mann's  and  Clen- 

den  in 's  rolk.  was  reoerved  by  the  last  post. 

Under  an  impresmoi)  that  your  tetter  resf>ectiuir  the  western  defence 
for  the  present  year  had  been  receiTed  b^'  (jreoeral   Knox  and   not  seen 

br  his  successor.  I  took  the  libertv  soon  after  mv  arrival  here  of  address- 

•  •  • 

ing  a  letter  tc>  him  oii  tht'  subiect.  reierriug  him  to  your  s,  which  I  since 
found  he  had  not  seen. 

This  led  to  several  ccmversations  with  him  on  the  business,  and  a  iew 
dars  since  he  informed  me  lihat  tie  had  answered  TOur  letter  fullr:  it  is 
tiieretore  unnecessarv  for  me  t^*  oar  anrthiu^r  iarther. 

It  will  require  more  time  than  1  at  first  supposed  to  arrange  our  ao- 
eoont.  and  I  am  obliged  u*  be  almost  constantly  with  the  gentleman  who 
is  ongaged  in  it. 

I  have.  &C'. 


Mar.2dth 

Philadel- 
phia 


Wm.    LUCIISAY   Tf'   THE    GoVBRKOfi. 


Mf^r.Sath 


Oij  Wednesday  last  amveu  in  JEiampton  Koad^  three  British  Ships  of      Norfolk 
War.  vizt    Besointion.  74  (xun^ ;  Argouaui.  64  (runi*.  and  tlie  Cleopatra 
Frigate— there  are  tteverai  cvtherb  off  the  coast. 

I  aui.  6a:. 

We  understand  tha-  they  hav«.'  taketi  several  valuable  priaeb.  among 
whicti  are  the  Bhi|*  (Jens^.  ot  Baltimore,  irom  Amsterdam  tC'  Surinam. 
T-tay  richty  iaden.  and  another  shif*  belonging  U>  Baltimore,  havinir  on 
board  Frr«-  nunon^d  lhou<iaud  dollars  under  the  charge  of  John  Purvi- 
aDce.  late  ot  thif^  place  Thi»s  last  ship  i^  taken  u»  Ualitax  for  adjndica- 
ticviL 

I  am.  4c. 

W.L. 


460  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


11^ 


1795.  John  Steele  to  the  Governor. 

Mar.  29th  I  find  that  Captain  Hawkins'  company  was  mustered  on  the  20th  of 
Philadel-  May,  1793,  and  the  pay  and  ration  abstracts  are  made  up  for  the  Officers 
P"^*  from  the  first,  and  for  the  non  commissioned  officers,  Scouts,  and  privates 
trom  the  14th  of  the  same  month,  consequently  a  deduction  of  fourteen 
days*  rations  from  the  Officers,  six  days'  pay  and  rations  trom  the  non- 
commissioned officers  and  privates,  and  six  days'  pay  for  the  scouts, 
amounting  to  for  pay,  sixty-five  Doll.  80  cts.,  for  Rations,  forty-six  Dol- 
lars will  be  made. 

The  order  of  council  allows  the  officers  six  days'  pay  previous  to  the 
muster  of  the  men,  but  I  do  not  recollect  that  any  allowance  is  made  for 
the  men  betoi*e  the  muster.  Capt.  Lewis  has  two  sets  of  rolls  and 
abstracts  for  1793 — one  set  from  the  4th  of  Dec,  1792,  to  the  25tb  of 
June,  the  other  from  the  26th  of  June,  to  the  4th  of  Dec.,  1793.  His 
receipts  for  rations  during  the  former  period  amount  to  762  more  than 
by  the  rolls  he  is  entitled  to  draw,  and  for  the  latter  only  one  moro  than 
be  was  entitled  to.  I  remember  that  he  either  verbally  or  by  letter  in- 
formed the  Board  that  as  often  as  he  sent  out  patrolling  parties,  he  gave 
them  as  many  rations  as  would  lastthem  during  the  command,  that  by  coo- 
veyiog  they  soon  became  unfit  for  use,  and  that  in  every  case  where  the 
parties  returned  before  the  expiration  of  t^ie  term  for  which  they  had 
drawn,  he  allowed  them  fresh  rations.  This  the  Board  thought  reason- 
able, but  there  being  oo  evidence  on  the  papers  showing  the  number,  or 
that  any  rations  issued  on  this  principle,  he  cannot  allow  the  charge. 

If  there  is  any  letter,  order  of  Council,  or  anything  in  Mr.  Coleman's 
reports  which  would  explain  or  establish  these  claims  it  would  be  well  to 
send  it  on.  I  want  also  a  list  of  the  pay  rolls  put  into  Gren^l  Tate's 
hands,  specifying  the  number  of  officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  pri- 
vates, and  Scouts  on  each  (not  the  names)  to  enable  me  by^  refering  to 
the  rolls  here  to  say  whether  payment  has  or  has  not  been  made  by  the 
State. 

In  doubtful  cases,  the  secretary  is  disposed  to  allow  claims  where  it 
appears  the  State  has  paid  them. 

The  vouchers  for  Doctor  Barrett's  claim  tor  dressing  Newell  is  only  i 
bare  statement  of  his  acc't  without  any  certificate  or  order  of  the  Board. 

Capt.  Bogard's  pay  roll  from  the  first  oi  April  to  the  4th  ot  Oct.,  1793, 
is  supported  by  only  two  rolls  of  the  6lh  and  9th  of  May,  signed  by 
General  Wood,  and  both  intended  for  the  first  muster.  1  have  bope« 
that  another  will  j^ot  be  found  among  the  papers — however,  it  may  DOt 
be  amiss  to  enquire  if  Mr.  Pendleton  has  a  copy  of  the  roll  for  Bogard 
of  the  11th  of  October,  or  any  subsequent  date;  if  he  has,  send  a  copy- 

I  have,  Ac, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


461 


John  Roanb,  Jr.,  to  Governor  Brooke. 


1795. 


Applying  for  copies  of  the  revised  laws  for  King  William  Court  and    Mar.  30th 

for  bis  own  use.  King 

William 

Order  from  directors  of  hospital  at  Williamsburg  on  the  executive  for 

four  hundred  pounds  for  use  of  hospital. 


R.    QUARLBS   TO   THE   GOVERNOR. 

Enclosed  I  forward  the  customary  quarterly  returns  to  the  Honorable 
Executive,  consisting  of  a  general  return  of  the  arms  and  military  stores, 
with  pay  rolls  for  the  superintendent,  artificers  and  guard,  also  a  halt 
yearly  return  of  clothing  for  the  guards,  with  a  pay  roll  for  the  gun 
stockers.  My  account  current  for  the  disbursement  for  the  quarter, 
and  the  contractors  account  for  supplies  during  the  quarter. 

Your  Excellency  will  discover  that  the  last  item  in  my  account  cur- 
rent, is  expressive  of  the  sum  supposed  to  be  requisite  to  erect  the 
Bayonet  Mill,  and  as  we  are  peculiarly  in  want  of  that  machine,  I  trust 
yoQ  will  deem  it  expedient  that  this  advance  may  be  made. 

1  am,  &c. 


Mar.  3l8t 

State 
Arsenal 


Benjamin  Coplin  and  Joseph  Davisson  to  the  Governor. 

Giving  the  information  that  on  proceeding  to  the  discharge  of  their 
dotiee  as  commissioners  of  the  tax  for  Harrison  county,  they  find  from 
the  clerk  that  there  are  no  land  tax  books  to  be  found.  The  lands  of 
the  county  having  never  been  assessed  since  20th  of  July,  1784,  when 
the  county  was  formed. 

A  large  proportion  ot  the  lands  belong  to  non-residents  who  can 
not  be  consulted.  The  commissioners  ask  instructions  from  the  Execu- 
tive in  the  premises. 

[The  following  endorsement  is  found  on  the  foregoing  paper  without 
signature,  but  apparently  in  the  handwriting  of  the  Auditor.] 

^The  lands  in  the  county  of  Harrison  ('tis  true)  have  not  since  it 
was  erected,  contributed  any  thing  to  the  public  revenue.  No  land  roll 
has  ever  been  returned  to  the  Auditor.  He  supposes  the  commission- 
ers are  embarrassed  and  have  difficulties  to  meet  in  the  execution  of 
their  duty.  He  thinks  they  must  assess  the  lands  according  to  the 
standard  belonging  to  the  classes  in  which  that  county  lies,  upon  the 
beet  knowledge  they  can  acquire  of  its  locality,  and  the  Auditor  sup- 


April  Ist 

Harrison 
county 


4^2  OALRNDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEBS. 

17t)5.        pfm^m  the   nme  ^onrcef^  of  intormacion   are  Cii  che  land  holders  in 
Apftl  l«t     county  or  f.h#%  rei^i^rt^*!^;*  olflna  and  the  otBce  ot  cha  elerk  of  the  General 
and  TA^trifX  <"'ourtH. ' 


Ar.  a  CAurt  of  oyer  an«1  urminer  held  at  Kathew!^  Coanty  Coorthonse 
on  tb«  Thnrsday,  the  rwoond  'lay  of  Apnl.  1795.  for  che  ui«i  of  a  negro 
man  ^lavft  named  Geora^e.  the  property  ol  William  Tn^peaa^  for  open- 
ing and  entering^  the  i^tore-houi^e  of  Leven  «Tayle«,  on  the  '*eventh  day  of 
Mar^h,  17f>5: 

Prfwient — Thoman  Smith,  jnnior,  Armifltead  Smith.  Dudley  Carr,  Wil- 
liam Buekner,  and  Holder  Ffndafins — Gentlemen. 

The  above  -^aid  George,  who  wza  led  to  the  bar  in  custody  of  the 
sheriff  of  thifl  county,  and  bavin  ar  been  arraigned,  plead  not  goflty  to 
the  information;  whereupon  I-reven  Gayle,  witness,  having  been  »worn 
on  behalf  of  the  criminal,  and  f4  the  Commonwealth  and  the  argnmenU 
^d  the  conn<^eI  on  both  ^ide^  being  fnlly  beard,  it  i*  the  opinion 
of  the  court  that  the  aaid  George  be  hanged  by  the  neck  until  he  be 
<Jea/^l.  Therefore  it  \a  orrlercl  that  the  sheriff  of  this  county  do  execa- 
fion  of  the  name  on  Friday,  the  first  day  of  May  next,  at  the  common 
f(fi\Ut¥^n  (A  thift  county,  and  it  in  the  opinion  of  the  court  that  the  said 
George  ift  of  the  valrie  of  eighty  pounds^,  and  that  the  clerk  certify  it 
accordingly. 

f  Ordered,  That  it  be  certified  to  the  Honorable  the  Executive  that  the 
said  f George  is  an  object  of  mercy,  and  it  is  certified  accordingly. 

A  true  transcript: 
fHeal.l  K-  ^-  JONES,  D.  C, 

For  PATBRSON,  C.  M.  C. 


^pi.H  2rf  John  Stewart  to  the  Governor. 

HIrhninnd  ^  ^^^^  ^'><'  liberty  to  communicate  for  the  information  of  the  Honor- 
able^ tho  Kxocutivo  that  conformably  with  their  determination  to  com- 
mit th(^  rompilntion  of  thu  manuHcript  Journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
llotmo  of  Dologatos  for  the  year  1794  to  me,  I  have  employed  a  person 
for  thv  ptirpoKo,  who  under  my  direction  has  made  considerable  pro- 
gn»ns. 

I  find  it  will  take  3K0  to  400  pages  of  folios,  part  written  in  the  usual 
i»ngtH>Miiig  hand,  and  um  the  person  engaged  in  the  business  has  applied 
to  mo  tor  monoy,  I  liopo  to  gain  the  aHsent  of  the  Executive  to  an  ad- 
vnnro  of  tho  i<utn,  thoy  nhall  in  their  judgment  grounded  on  the  state- 
ment hon^in  nm(K\  because  I  have  confined  myself  to  tho  smallest  quan- 
tity of  Pages  tho  Journal  can  require,  deem  adequate  to  the  work. 

I  have,  Ac 


CALENBAH  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  4^53 


Bekjamin  Bills  to  the  Governor.  17d5. 

I  have  this  morDing  received  your  letter  (official)  containing  the  in-     \pril  4th 
struetions  of  the  Executive  on  the  suhjecl  of  the  western  frontiers*  sit-        West 
uation,  and  am  of  opinion  that  their  protection  is  at  the  present  very  oh^^^^"^'  t 
necessary  by  reason  of  the  disposition  of  the  Indians  to  hostility,  as 
manifested  by  recent  repeated  acts. 

About  five  weeks  past  a  man  was  killed  at  Sciota,  and  nearly  at  the 
same  period  another  at  the  mouth  of  Little  Ken  ha  way.  On  Tuesday, 
the  twenty-fourth  of  March,  a  small  party  of  hunters  fell  in  with  a  com* 
panj  of  savages,  about  sixteen  miles  from  the  mouth  Wheeling,  and 
killed  one  of  their  number  and  put  the  rest  to  flight  Had  it  not  been 
for  this  circumstance,  the  frontier  must  have  suflered.  They  were  steer- 
ing towards  the  inhabitants,  and  were  equipped  for  war,  and  we  are 
likewise  well  informed  that  the  Indians  that  come  into  headquarters 
give  accounts  of  forty  warriors  who,  they  say,  have  left  their  towns  in 
the  usual  manner. 

Under  these  circumstances  (jho'  we  must  regret  the  failure  of  a  Fed- 
eral provision  according  to  the  expectation  of  our  Legislature),  I  think 
an  appointment  of  scouts  necessary,  and  I  shall  execute  the  authority 
given  me  and  wait  till  the  necessitj*  shall  cease  with  the  greatest  anxiety. 

The  expected  negotiation  of  a  treaty  will  make  it  our  duty  to  restrain 

and  prevent  encroaches,  and  act  in  the  defensive  only,  and  my  orders 

shall  be  accordingly. 

I  am,  sir,  &c. 


A  Petition  to  the  Governor.  April  dth 

Calo  Moore,  sheriflT  of  the  county  of  Berkeley,  prays  a  remission  of 
damages  for  non-payment  of  revenue  of  1794,  on  account  of  his  deputy 
being  called  into  military  service  in  the  insurrection  in  Pennsylvania,  the 
said  revenue,  interest  and  costs  being  since  all  paid. 


Charles  Hay  to  the  Governor.  April  6th 

Recommending  the  payment  of  Mr.  Kind's  account  for  transcribing 
the  Index  oi  the  Revised  Code  as  reasonable. 


James  Joins  to  the  Governor.  April  7th 

William  John  Tbweatt,  the  person   found  guilty  of  horse  stealing  in    Richmond 
the  within  proceedings,  has  been  tried  improperly  in   the  city  of  Rich- 


4M 

1795. 
April  rth 


CALB^TDAR  <3F  3TATE  PAPEBS. 


mond  for  an  oiTence  commitcefi  in  the  coanty  ot  Dinwiddie,  to  which 
place  it  JH  requisite  hy  law  that  he  <4houl«l  be  ^ent  for  leipai  trial. 

I  think  it  mv  dntv  to  <4tate   chi»  oircami»tan«re  to  voo.  that  Govern- 
ment  may  direct  che  nef!esu4ary  stepH  t«)  be  taken  respecting  it. 

I  bave.  «kc. 


April  9th 

)Cr>rj|ianfl 
Town 


WM-    Mc^-'LBERY   to    the    <^VRB.!(0E. 

I  ha^e  been  honoreti  with  the  receipt  of  joar  letter  expreasiTe  o^  joor 
deaire  to  have  the  abAtRLec.-*  and  muster  roIU  of  the  militia  service  for 
the  last  year  r^nt  on  to  you.  Mr.  WWt^jQ.  to  whom  thiif  basinesA  waa 
committed,  i;*  now  in  your  l:^oanty.  'xnd  I  presume  either  hath  or  will  be- 
fore he  retnmi»  call  upon  you  with  thocte  papen,  having  collected  the 
whole  of  them  from  thii^  coanty  before  he  iset  oat  a.^  I  understood. 

A  letter  from  the  Executive  addrest«ed  to  Colo.  Sam'i  Han  way  wu 
committed  to  my  care  by  ICr.  Courtney,  he  [  Colo.  Han  way )  not  being 
in  Town  which  f  will  'Ky  «afelv  deliver. 

Lieutenant  Morgan  anxiously  wait»  your  resolutions  respecting  the 
Indian  Pri.'H>ner9  in  h\A  care.  .Sofl^r  me.  on  hi;*  behalC  to  solicit  you  to 
forward  your  orders  respecting  them  as  soon  as  possible  as  he  is  now 
(the  season  becoming  warm;  obliged  to  attend  upon  them  least  they 
should  mn  oW  and  make  their  way  thro*  the  woods  to  Indian  Towns  ii 
not  met  and  killed  on  the  rout  by  some  of  our  foolish  People. 

I  have.  kc. 


April  10th       J.  Pendleton's  certificate  of  Hr.  Temple  Elliott's  merit  aa  a  collector 


Andftor'if     of  public  monies. 
oAce 


Eicbmond,  April  lOth,  1795. 


Benjamin  Temple  recommends  Temple  Elliott  as  collector  of  arrears  of 
Taxes  in  Brigade  District,  to  which  he  had  been  appointed,  and  ofiers  to 
become  his  security. 


April  12th 

Phila- 
delphia 


John  Steele  to  James  Wood,  Liectbsajtt-Qovbbnok. 

Yours  of  the  4th  instant  with  its  enclosures  was  received  yesterdsy- 
The  adjustment  of  the  accounts  has  gone  on  pretty  much  to  my  satis- 
faction.    Mr.  Howell,  the  accountant,  resigned  on   Friday  last,  and  if 
his  successor  sboidd  happen  not  to  be  so  accommodating,  we  will  prob- 
ably have  to  tread  a  great  part  ot  the  same  ground  over  again.     1  re- 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS  465 


member  that  the  board  advised  that  the  officers  should  be  allowed  pay  1795. 
six  days  previous  to  the  muster  of  the  men.  This  Mr.  Blair  mentions  April  12th 
in  his  memorandum  to  me.  But  no  mention  is  made  of  any  allowance 
made  the  men  before  muster.  I  have  some  faint  recollection  of  a  pro- 
position for  allowing  three  days*  pay  before  muster.  But  Mr.  Blair  s 
memorandum  respecting  Lewis*  and  Caperton's  companies  for  1793,  says, 
^'tbe  men  shall  be  considered  in  service  as  soon  as  mustered.'*  The  offi- 
cers Lewis,  Crocket,  and  Mann  made  up  their  pay-abstracts  for  the  men 
from  the  dates  of  their  musters,  and  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  in  this 
they  conformed  to  the  spirit  of  their  instructions.  Hawkins  made  up 
his  commencing  six  days  previous  to  the  muster,  which  six  days  has 
been  deducted.  Several  other  deductions  have  been  made  both  as  ti> 
pay  and  rations.  The  muster  rolls  are  made  the  ground  work,  and  every 
cent  that  can  be  claimed  upon  them,  both  as  to  pay  and  rations  is 
allowed. 

Ton  cannot  conceive  how  slow  the  business  progresses,  nor  can  I  give 
any  guess  when  we  will  get  to  the  end  of  it. 

Ton  may  expect  in  a  few  days  some  information  as  to  the  printing  of 

the  laws  and  the  military  instructions. 

I  have,  Ac. 


Samuel  A.  Otis  to  thb  Governor.  April  isth 

In  obedience  to  the  order  of  Congress,  I  do  myself  the  honor  to  trans-     Office  of 
mit  your  Excellency  a  copy  of  the  Journal  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  ^n^oTthe 
States  at  the  second  session  of  the  third  Congress.  Unitt>d 

I  shall  thank  you  for  a  line  acknowledging  the  receipt  ot  the  copy.  fc»tAtea 

I  have,  &c. 


Andrew  Woodson  to  the  Governor.  April  I3th 

The  messenger  by  whom  I  forwarded  the  last  order  of  our  court  re-  Romnev 
specting  the  appointment  of  a  sheriff  returned  a  few  days  ago,  but  as 
he  brought  no  information  respecting  that  matter,  I  presume  there  was 
no  board  while  he  was  at  Richmond.  If  it  has  been  thought  expedient 
to  issue  a  new  commission,  hope  it  will  be  soon  forwarded  to  me  by  the 
ordinary  conveyance  of  the  post  via.  Fredericksburg  and  Alexandria. 
The  commissioners  books  for  the  tax  of  1794  cannot  be  acted  upon  un- 
til a  new  sheriff  is  appointed,  and  the  present  sheriff's  deputies  are,  by 
their  agreement  with  him,  only  to  serve  until  April  court,  which  is  on 
Monday  next. 

Your  Excellency's  letter  of  March  2d,  and  the  order  of  Council  sub- 
joined is  received,  and  shall  be  particularly  attended  to  as  soon  as  I  can 

convene  a  board  of  officers. 

I  have,  Ac. 
59 


4t>6  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBKS. 


1795.  iDformatioD  given  to  the  Gk>vemor  of  the  escape  firom  jail  of  Eesez 

April  13th   of  Thomas  Butler,  charged  with  felony. 


April  17th  Thomas  Nbwton  to  the  Governor. 

Norfolk  Capt.  Hague  of  your  place  delivered  me  a  list  of  American  citizens 
detained  on  board  the  Resolution,  British  ship  of  war,  one  of  Admiral 
Murray *s  squadron,  now  lying  in  Hampton  Roads,  viz: 

David  Cuff,  of  Connecticut;  John  Campbell,  Charles  county,  Mary- 
land; Michael  Hackett,  Pennsylvania;  Joseph  Griffith,  Pennsylvania; 
Henry  Megary,  born  in  New  England,  his  father  now  lives  in  Loundon 
county,  this  State,  and  has  been  an  overseer  to  Colo.  Carter.  It  is  ex- 
pected many  others  are  on  board  this  fleet. 

A  privateer,  I  have  heard,  is  now  lying  in  Hampton  Roads,  belonging 
to  Bridger  Gutridge,  commanded  by  Daniel  S.  Morgan,  come  in  to  refit 
after  an  engagement  with  a  French  privateer  off  Charleston  bar.  I  have 
heard  she  is  chiefly  manned  with  negro  slaves  from  Bermuda. 

Capt.  Hague,  if  he  is  at  Rocketts,  will  particularly  inform  you  of  the 
citizens  detained  on  board  the  Resolution. 

The  alarming  accounts  received  from  the  West  Indies  of  the  yellow 
fever  makes  it  necessary  to  have  some  precautions  used  here,  of  which 
your  Excellency  and  Council  will  please  to  direct.  It  appears  from  all 
accounts  received  here,  that  all  the  Islands  are  infected — Martinique 
and  Jamaica  more  than  any.  If  the  pilots  were  directed  to  bring  all 
vessels  too  before  Fort  Norfolk,  it  would  answer  the  purpose  for  this 
port,  but  not  for  the  others.  A  good  lookout  boat  might  do  for  all  the 
State  by  cruizing  in  the  bay,  though  if  there  were  twenty,  some  would 
pass.  Of  this  you'll  be  the  best  judge.  But  the  pilots  should  be  gener- 
ally ordered  not  to  carry  any  vessel  from  the  Islands  to  the  towns  beforo 
examination.  Many  here  are  alarmed  at  present,  but  I  think  there  is 
little  danger  yet.  It  is  too  cold  for  the  infection  to  be  brought  in;  when 
warmer  weather  sets  in  there  may  be  danger. 

Inclosed  is  a  letter  from  Thomas  Megary. 

I  am,  Ac. 

Resolution,  April  10th. 

Sir: 

I  hope  your  honour  will  be  so  kind  to  get  me  clear  this  time,  as  we 
expect  to  sail  very  shortly.  On  the  thirteenth  of  July  last  sailed  out 
in  the  Flour  Fleet  and  was  taken  by  this,  and  kept  on  board  for 
the  want  of  a  protection  or  some  person  to  speak  for  me.  Sir,  I  never  re- 
ceived the  bounty  or  entered,  but  keeps  me  against  my  will.  Sir,  I  can 
swear  myself  American ;  born  in  the  State  of  New  England,  far,  fkr 
from  my  friends  and  cannot  get  to  them.    They  live  in  Loudoun  county, 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  467 

Yirginia,  within  forty-five  miles  of  Alexandria.    Mj  father  has  been       1795. 
overseer  for  Colonel  Carter  and  Colonel  Mercer  and  several  other  gen-   April  17th 
tlemen ;  has  been  under  Geneiid  Lee,  Grenerai  Morgan,  General  Wear, 
General  Blackford,  and  General  Green. 
No  more  at  present. 

From  yours,  Ac., 

HENRY  MEGARY. 


Hampton  Roads,  April  9,  1795. 
Sir: 

I  am  sorry  to  inform  you  that  I  attempted  to  swim  away  last 
night,  but  was  unfortunately  catched  by  one  of  our  ships'  boats,  for  which 
I  am  now  in  confinement  and  am  afraid  it  will  tend  to  a  bad  conse- 
quence. If  it  is  in  your  power  to  be  of  any  service  to  me  I  beg  you'll 
do  it  as  soon  as  possible  as  I  do  not  know  how  soon  they  may  punish 
me.     By  so  doing  you'll  for  ever  have  the  prayers  and  good  wishes  of 

Your,  &c. 

DAVID  REBURN. 

N.  B. — Sir,  at  the  receipt  of  this  you'll  be  so  good  as  to  send  me  a  few 
lines  that  I  may  know  my  doom. 

*The  above  man  was  retained  some  time  past  from  the  Lynx,  which 
Mr.  Campbell  was  of  opinion  should  have  been  done  by  Habeas  Corpus. 
I  know  not  which  ship  he  is  on  board  of. 

At  a  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  held  in  the  county  of  Mathews  by 
appointment  of  Richard  Gregory,  Gent.,  the  twenty-first  day  of  April, 
one  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  ninety-five,  at  the  Court  House  of 
said  county,  for  the  tryal  of  a  negro  man  slave  named  Currell,  the  prop- 
erty of  Benjamin  Marable  committed  by  virtue  of  a  warrant  from 
Richard  Gregory,  Gent.,  for  feloniously  and  burglariously  breaking  and 
entering  the  store  house  of  a  certain  Lewis  Gtin  in  the  night  of  the  14th 
of  March  last. 

Present — Thomas  Smith,  Jr.,  Richard  Gregory,  George  Armistead, 
William  Buckner  and  Houlder  Hudgens,  Gentlemen. 

The  above  named  Currell  was  led  to  the  bar  in  custody  of  the  Sheriff 
of  this  county,  and  an  indictment  being  made  up  preferred  against  him 
by  Mann  Page,  Deputy  Attorney  for  this  county,  and  it  being  made 
known  unto  the  said  Currell  he  was  arraigned  and  plead  not  guilty, 
whereupon  Matt,  a  negro  man  slave,  being  solemnly  charged  and  sworn 


^^This  is  i4>parently  in  the  hand  writing  of  Colonel  Thos.  Newton. 


468  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  as  an  evidence,  as  well  on  behalf  of  the  prisoner  as  the  Commonwealth, 
April  17th  and  the  substance  thereof  and  arguments  thereon  being  fuUv  heard  and 
considered,  the  court  is  therefore  of  opinion  that  the  aforesaid  negro 
Currell  is  guilty  of  the  offence  of  which  he  stands  charged,  and  in  con- 
sequence thereof  shall  be  hauged  at  the  gallows  of  the  county  aforesaid 
until  he  is  dead. 

Ordered  that  the  Sheriff  of  this  county  execute  the  same  on  Friday, 
the  twenty-second  day  of  May  next,  and  the  Court  is  also  of  opinion 
that  the  aforesaid  negro  Currell  is  worth  three  hundred  dollars  and  that 
it  be  certified  accordingly. 

It  being  represented  to  the  Court  that  the  aforesaid  negro  man  slave, 
Currell,  has  generally  supported  a  good  character  previous  to  his  corn- 
mitting  the  aforesaid  offence,  it  is  their  opinion  unanimously,  and  doth 
order  that  it  be  certified  to  the  Honorable,  the  Executive  of  this  Com- 
monwealth, that  the  aforesaid  negro  Currell  is  an  object  of  mercy,  and 
that  the  clerk  certify  the  same. 

Teste : 

JOHN  PATTERSON,  C.  M.  C'ty. 

To  the  Governor: 
Sir: 

I  have  received  instructions  from  Mr.  Benjamin  Marable,  owner 
of  the  negro  man  slave  named  Currell,  under  sentence  of  death  as  will 
appear  by  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  hereunto  annexed,  requesting 
me  to  transmit  the  same  under  cover  addressed  to  your  Excellency,  re- 
questing that  the  proceedings  may  be  laid  before  the  Honorable  the 
Executive  for  their  consideration.  Should  the  recommendation  of  the 
said  Court  be  an  inducement  to  grant  a  pardon  for  the  said  slave,  you'll 
be  pleased  to  forward  the  same  by  the  bearer  hereof,  or  the  first  safe 
conveyance. 

I  am,  &c. 


April  2i8t  William  Lowthbr  to  the  Governor. 

Clarksburg  Assigning  reasons  for  docking  John  Jackson  19  days  pay  as  scout  for 
time  taken  in  attending  to  his  private  business  and  for  his  discharge 
from  the  service. 

Randolph  County,  to-wit: 

We  do  hereby  certify  that  John  Jackson,  who  was  appointed  a 
spy  for  the  defence  of  the  county  of  Randolph  by  the  officer  of  the  said 
county,  which  proceedings  were  notified  to  the  Executive,  served  faith- 
fully as  a  spy  in  defence  of  the  said  county  fVom  the  2l8t  day  of  March, 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


469 


in  the  year  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-two,  until  the  19th 
day  of  September  in  the  same  year,  and  that  he  has  not  received  his 
pay  for  the  whole  time,  as  will  appear  by  the  vouchers  returned  to  the 
Auditor. 

CORNELIUS  BOGARD, 
EDWARD  JACKSON, 
JOHN  HADDAN. 

Pay  abstract  for  scouts  ordered  into  service  under  instructions  from  the 

Executive  in  the  year  1792. 


CoantlM. 


HarrisoD. 


Randolph. 


Monongalia. 


NftmM. 


Commencement  of 
Senrioe. 


Time  when 
discharged. 


No.  of 
days. 


Ellis  Hughes 1792. 

Robert  Lowther 

David  Carpenter 

Jonathan  Cobum 

John  Hall 

Thomas  Herbert 

Watflon  Clark 

William  Haymond 

Christopher  Carpenter 

Obedian  Davison 

Valentine  Statnaker 

Charlie  Parsons 

George  Westfell 

John  Jackson 

William  Gibson 

William  Westlall 

Thomas  Carney 

Edward  Pindale 

Morgan  Morgan 


3,755  days  at  Ss.  per  day, 
X938.  158. 


Mar.  15th.. 

Dec.  Ist 

262 

u 

(( 

262 

<( 

<• 

262 

"      29th.. 

u 

248 

May  28th.. 

« 

188 

(1 

<t 

188 

June    22d.. 

ti 

163 

ti 

" 

163 

"      20th.. 

tt 

165 

<( 

tt 

165 

Mar.  15th.. 

tt 

262 

tt 

tt 

262 

"      27th.. 

" 

250 

i( 

Sept.  Ist 

159 

June  12th.. 

Dec.   1st 

173 

<( 

tt 

173 

Sept.  19th.. 

tt 

74 

June  16th.. 

Nov.  30th 

168 

u 

tt 

168 

3,755 
days. 

The  original  of  this  abstract  contained  6  scouts,  but  as  the  Executive 
ordered  that  4  only  should  be  paid,  and  this  copy  was  prepared  to  accom- 
pany the  account  against  the  United  States,  I  took  the  four  first  named 
in  the  abstract.  The  Executive  however  afterwards  directed  that  the 
original  abstract  should  be  sent,  and  therefore  the  names  of  two  addi- 
tional scouts  ordered  to  be  paid  19th  of  Aug.  '93,  are  taken  from  James 
Haynes  and  the  Hon.  Mr.  Steele. 


1796. 
April  21st 


James  Innes  to  the  Governor. 


April  23d 


The  symptoms  of  a  flying  gout,  which  in  a  considerable  degree  affect   Goochland 
my  head,  have  prevented  my  attendance  at  the  Court  of  Appeals  for 
several  days  past,  and  I  am  apprehensive  from  my  present  feelings  I 
shall  not  be  able  to  apply  to  business  for  some  time  to  come.     Yet  I  do 


470  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1716.       mm  sa^poAe  iw  tJie  ExecutiTe  have  eoiilid«d  tke  emoae  of  Fairikx  w.  tk« 

April  23d    Comnooweaitb  Co  gendeouMi  40  drntLngamketi  ior  tiietr  taiiMiM  jm  M^ 

Cftmpbeil  and  Wiekham.  tiuic  the  pabiic  LAtercaa  caa  iofler  In  mnj 

4peet  by  inj  abbdence. 

I  b&^e.  Ac 


April  23d  JoH3r   GuHLRAST,  Jft..  TO   THI  6 

fjQoehlazki  I  lubve  receiveci  a  letter  from  Lfetit.-CoL  Ware  of  the  9»>tii  regiment. 
^^^^^^  i&tonnriiig  me  tbat  ainoe  the  Mfietwmetit  of  dji€«  oa  those  deiinqoentA  in 
ht»  regiment,  who  failed  to  perform  the  toar  oi  datj  to  repreaM  the  late 
incHirrection.  it  appears  that  ^T«;ral  ot  the  person:}  fined  eoald  now 
shew  sfood  cacMe  whv  tboe^  dnei»  •^hooid  be  remitted,  bat  a»  the  law 
teem:}  detective  apon  thL^  subject,  he  Ls  at  a  Wjm  what  dtep»  to  par»ie 
for  their  reliet.  and  ret^aej^t^  adTiee  tbereopoo.  As  I  presume  snular 
ea«ea  have  occurred  or  may  probably  ocear  in  the  ocher  diairietfir  to  all 
oi  wbicb  !«ome  uniform  rale  dhoald  ^piy.  I  take  the  liberty  to  solicit 
joor  direction  aa  to  the  mo«ie  of  relief. 

And  am,  Acl 

P.  S. — I  preaame  my  former  letter  to  yoar  ExceUencr  oo  this  sabjeet 
haa  not  reached  yoa.  J.  G. 


Aprfl  24th  J.  O.  Wood  to  the  Gotsksoe. 

My  sitoation  has  induced  me  to  troable  yoar  goodness  to  redress  my 
pfvsent  unhappy  case,  which  I  shall  relate  in  few  words.  In  conse- 
qoence  of  my  principles  being  opposed  to  the  British  GoTcmment,  I 
bad  for  some  time  meditated  to  leave  the  service  which  I  had  been  in 
for  some  length  of  time.  I  left  the  Frigate  I  was  in.  and  came  to 
Hampton  and  settled  myself  as  a  practitioner  of  physic  and  sorgery. 
Since  that  I  married  a  yoong  lady  of  very  respectable  family,  and  par- 
chased  a  hoase  and  lot.  and  expected  to  have  been  happy,  bat  several  of 
the  naval  officers  have  frequently  disturbed  my  domestic  tranqoility. 
and  in  consequence  of  two  seamen  belonging  to  them  being  rescaed  by 
the  citizens  in  Hampton,  they  are  determined  to  revenge  themselves  by 
taking  me  dead  or  alive.  This  they  publicly  declared.  I  adrised  with 
some  friends  what  would  be  the  most  prudent  step  to  take.  Thej 
thouicht  it  best  for  me  to  retire  into  the  country,  and  I  have  been  under 
the  disagreeable  necessity  of  leaving  my  wife,  home  and  practice.  This 
is  my  situation,  which  I  have  simply  staled.  My  personal  safety  is  not 
secure  unless  you  kindly  undertake  to  secure  it  by  those  measures  yoo 
may  think  most  effectual.  Hope  you  will  excuse  the  great  liberty  I 
have  taken,  and  give  me  leave  to  subscribe  myself^ 

Tours,  Ac. 


CALBNDAE  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  471 

At  a  court  held  for  the  county  of  Southampton  the  11th  day  of  De-       1795. 
comber,  1794:  April  24th 

Henry  Barrow  was  recommended  by  the  court  as  a  fit  person  to  fill 
the  surveyor's  office. 


John  Becklby  to  the  Governor.  April  25th 

Id  obedience  to  an  order  oi  the  House  of  Representatives,  I  have  the  Clerk's 

honor  to  enclose  herewith  three  copies  of  the  Journal  of  their  proceed-  office, 

ings  during  the  late  session  of  Congress — one  for  the  use  of  the  Supreme  Representa- 

Bzecutive,  and  one  for  the  use  of  each  branch  of  the  Legislature  of  the  ^^^®®»  ^-  ^• 
State  over  which  you  preside. 

I  am,  &c. 


Jacob  Rinker  to  the  Governor.  April  26th 

I  some  time  past  received  under  cover  from  Mr.  A.  Blair,  G.  C,  a  reso-  Shenandoah 
lution  of  the  Executive  under  General  Lee's  administration  in  pursuance 
of  the  advice  of  the  Council,  directing  mo  as  Escbeetor  for  this  county 
to  collect  all  the  back  rents  due  Mr.  Denny  Fairfax  in  this  county,  in 
consequence  of  an  inquest  of  office  which  had  been  taken  by  me  in  pur- 
suance of  the  act  of  General  Assembly  concerning  Escheators,  which  I 
omitted  to  answer  till  now,  supposing  that  the  law  authorized  me  to  do 
so,  as  the  Executive  had  directed  it.  and  in  that  event,  supposed  the  law 
had  provided  the  mode  by  which  I  could  attain  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
sums  due  and  in  arroar.  But,  upon  investigation,  find  the  law  hath 
no  such  provision;  and  therefore  for  mo  to  undertake  to  collect  those 
arrearages  would  be  vain  and  idle,  as  I  have  no  data  to  act  upon,  and  it 
appeareth  to  me  1  am  authorized  only  by  the  law  above  referred  to,  to 
receive  the  profits  after  the  lands  are  seized  into  the  hands  of  the  Com- 
monwealth by  its  officers;  and  those  lean  readily  ascertain  by  referring 
to  the  leases  from  Fairfax  to  the  tenants  in  possession  (which  mention 
the  annual  rent)  and  the  inquisition.  But  should  you  think  that  in  this 
I  am  mistaken,  if  you  will  advise  me  of  any  means  by  which  the  busi- 
ness can  be  done,  I  shall  be  ready  to  comply  with  the  directions  of  the 
Executive  above  referred  to,  provided,  upon  investigation,  they  may 
think  the  law  will  justify  me  in  so  doing. 

I  am,  &c. 


472  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  W.  Wilson  to  Rear  Admiral  Murry. 

April  27th       I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  I  am  charged  with  instructions 
Portsmouth  from  his  Excellency  the  Governor  ot  this  Commonwealth,  in  the  follow- 
ing words: 

"  When  any  Fleet,  Squadron,  Ship  or  Vessel  of  any  belligerent  nation 
shall  clearly  and  unequivocally  use  the  waters  of  Virginia  adjacent  or 
near  your  county  as  a  Station,  in  order  to  carry  hostile  expeditions  from 
thence,  you  are  hereby  required  to  cause  it  to  be  notified  to  them  that 
such  conduct  is  deemed  contrary  to  the  rights  of  neutrality,  and  that  a 
demand  of  restitution  will  be  made  by  the  Executive  of  the  United 
States  on  their  Government  for  all  prizes  which  may  be  proved  to  be  the 
consequence  thereof." 

I  am  further  directed  by  his  Excellency  the  Governor  to  require  of 
all  commanding  officers  of  all  such  Fleets,  Squadrons,  Ships  or  Vessels 
to  depart  forthwith. 

In  consequence  of  these  instructions,  sir,  and  from  the  conduct  of  the 
commanders  of  the  Squadron  of  Ships  belonging  to  his  Britanic  Ma- 
jesty, under  the  command  of  Rear  Admiral  Murry,  I  conceive  it  to  be 
my  duty  to  notify  to  you  as  commander  of  the  Ships  of  his  Britanic 
Majesty  now  in  our  waters,  the  instructions  which  I  have  received,  and 
at  the  same  time  to  inform  you  that  a  demand  will  be  made  by  the  Ex- 
ecutive of  the  United  States  upon  your  Government  for  all  the  captures 
which  Admiral  Murry 's  Squadron  have  made  since  they  have  used  the 
waters  of  this  State  as  a  station  from  whence  they  have  carried  on  hos- 
tile depredations. 

I  must  also  request  that  you,  and  all  the  ships  composing  the  said 
Squadron,  will  forthwith  depart. 

It  is  possible  that  I  may  not  bo  exactly  informed  of  the  Ships  which 
are  under  the  particular  orders  of  Rear  Admiral  Murry,  but  that  you 
may  clearl}^  underhtand  the  ships  which  I  reqtiest  to  depart,  I  have  sub- 
joined a  list  of  them  at  the  foot  hereof. 

This  letter  will  be  handed  you  by  John  Cowper  and  Daniel- Bedinger, 
Esquires,  two  of  our  citizens,  in  whom  I  have  confidence,  and  who  will 
make  on  our  part  such  explanations  as  may  be  required  and  proper  to 
make.  I  take  the  liberty  of  suggesting  to  you  the  propriety  of  libe- 
rating all  American  citizens  which  may  be  forcibly  held  on  board  any 
of  the  Ships  of  your  Fleet,  as  no  measure  is  more  calculated  to  inflame 
the  minds  of  citizens  of  the  United  States  than  detaining  any  of  them 
in  your  service  against  their  inclinations.  I  have  received  numerous 
complaints  on  this  head,  some  particular  instances  of  which  Mr.  Cowper 
and  Mr.  Bedinger  will  communicate  to  you,  and  I  trust,  sir,  that  motives 
of  humanity  and  regard  to  our  sovereignty  will  induce  you  to  immedi- 
ately release  all  American  citizens  now  on  board  any  of  your  ships. 


CALBNDAE  OP  STATE  PAPBES.  473 


I  rely  on  yoa  to  communioate  the  contents  of  this  Letter  to  all  the       1795. 
commanders  of  bis  Britanic  Majesty's  ships,  named  at  the  foot,  which  I    ^pril  27th 
conceive  come  within  the  description  of  vessels  who  have  used  our 
waters  as  a  station,  from  whence  they  have  carried  on  hostile  depreda- 
tions. 

I  have,  &c. 

List  of  Ships  alluded  to  in  preceding  letter:  Resolution,  Argonaut, 
Africa,  Hussar,  Cleopatra,  Thetis,  Lynx,  Louise. 

Dan'l  Bedinger  and  John  Cowper,  Esquires: 

Having  received  a  letter  from  his  Excellency  the  Governor,  order- 
ing the  commanding  officer  of  this  county  to  cause  it  to  be  notified  to 
the  commanders  of  all  vessels  of  the  belligerent  nations,  who  make  use 
of  our  ports  as  a  station  to  sally  from  to  commit  hostile  depredations, 
that  '^such  conduct  is  deemed  contrary  to  the  rights  of  neutrality,  and 
that  the  aggressors  be  required  forthwith  to  depart." 

It  has  been,  gentlemen,  clearly  and  unequivocally  proved  that  a  Brit- 
ish Squadron  said  to  be  under  the  command  of  Rear  Admiral  Murry 
now  in  or  near  Hampton  Roads,  comes  precisely  within  the  description 
of  those  intended  to  be  required  to  depart. 

I  have  therefore  to  desire  you,  gentlemen,  to  act  as  commissioners  in 
carrying  into  effect  the  Governor's  orders.  Please  then  to  repair  imme- 
diately on  board  Admiral  Murry's  ship,  or  on  board  the  officer's  ship 
commanding  in  the  absence  of  the  Admiral,  and  deliver  to  him  the  in- 
structions from  the  commanding  officer  of  the  county,  requesting  withall 
a  liberation  of  any  American  citizen  who  may  be  detained  on  board  that 
Fleet,  and  be  so  kind  as  to  make  any  explantions  that  you  may  think 
proper  to  make. 

I  have,  &c., 

W.  WILSON,  LtCol. 

Norfolk,  April  29th,  1795. 
Sir: 

Agreeable  to  your  instructions  of  yesterday's  date,  we  proceeded 
to  Hampton  Roads  in  the  Revenue  Gutter  of  the  United  States,  com- 
manded by  Gapt.  John  Lerty,  and  about  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening 
called  along  side  of  his  Britanic  Majesty's  Frigate  the  Thetis,  when  we 
were  informed  that  Captain  Cochrane  of  the  Thetis,  was  the  commander 
of  His  Britanic  Majesty*s  ships  in  Hampton  Roads,  and  that  he  was  then 
on  board  the  Hussar  Frigate,  Capt.  Berisford.  We  accordingly  repaired 
on  board  the  Hussar,  where  we  found  Capt.  Cochrane,  and  in  the  presence 
of  Capt.  Berisford,  delivered  to  him  the  letter  entrusted  by  you  to  us, 
directed  to  Rear  Admiral  Murry,  or  in  his  absence  the  commanding 
officer  of  his  Britanic  Majesty's  ships  in  Hampton  Roads. 

Capt.  Cochrane  having  perused  your  letter,  addressed  himself  to  us 

60 


474  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  and  said  he  had  no  answer  to  retarn  ;  but  demanded  to  know  of  os  if  be 
April  27th  was  in  a  neatral  port?  which  being  answered  in  the  affirmative,  he  re- 
plied that  he  should  not  depart  ia  consequence  of  any  letter  or  orders 
from  you.  We  desired  him  to  observe  that  the  request  for  his  departure 
did  not  flow  from  you,  but  from  the  Executive  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Virginia,  by  whose  orders  you  acted. 

He  replied,  it  made  no  difference ;  that  he  should  remain  where  he 
was  as  long  as  he  pleased,  any  orders  from  the  Governor,  or  all  the 
Governors  of  the  United  States  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding;  that 
he  should  remain  and  obey  no  instructions,  nor  would  he  comply  with 
any  request  to  depart,  but  such  as  should  come  from  Mr.  Hammond, 
whose  authority  only  he  should  acknowledge.  Being  then  asked  by  us 
if  either  of  the  ships  were  in  distress,  be  replied  he  hoped  not.  He 
then  entered  into  subjects  foreign  to  the  object  of  our  mission,  such  as 
our  general  partiality  in  favor  of  the  French — the  equipment  of  priva- 
teers in  the  ports  of  Charleston  and  Baltimore,  &c.,  to  which  we,  of 
course  made  no  reply,  but  called  his  attention  to  the  particular  busi- 
ness upon  which  we  had  come,  and  formally  demanded  of  each  of  the 
Commanders  (Cochrane  and  Berisford)  to  liberate  all  American  citizens 
who  were  detained  on  board  of  either  of  their  ships — particularly  Wil- 
liam Stephens,  a  native  of  New  York,  who  was  impressed  from  on  board 
the  bark  Peggy  of  Georgetown,  and  who  (as  we  were  informed)  was 
then  on  board  the  Hussar.  To  our  general  and  special  demand  they 
replied,  they  knew  of  none  on  board,  but  in  a  manner  which  conveyed 
to  our  minds  the  idea  of  a  refusal  to  our  demand  rather  than  a  direct 
unequivocal  disavowal  of  such  citizens  being  on  board.  We  now  took 
our  departure  and  proceeded  to  the  ship  of  the  Commodore  of  the 
French  Division,  and  agreeable  to  your  instructions  delivered  your  let- 
ter, an  answer  to  which  we  herewith  present  you. 

In  making  to  you  this  report,  Sir,  it  cannot  be  expected  that  we 
should  relate  the  conversation  which  passed  in  exact  words,  but  we  have 
endeavored  to  confine  ourselves  strictly  to  the  spirit  and  substance 
without  suppressing  any  circumstance  which  might  be  deemed  neces- 
sary to  be  communicated. 

We  remain,  &o, 

JOHN  COWPER, 
DANIEL  BEDINGER 

Willis  Wilson,  Esq.,  Lt.  Col.  Commandant  of  Norfolk  county. 

Translation. 

Liberty.  Equality. 

On  Board  La  Flute  of  the  French  Republic, 

La  Cocke,  the  9th  floreal,  3rd  year  of  the  Republic 

Joseph  Drew,  SenV,  commanding  the  Flutes  of  the  French  Repablio  in 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  475 


Chesapeake,  in  the  United  States  of  America,  to  citizen  Willis  Wilson,       1795. 
Lieut.  Col.  Commit  of  Norfolk  county :  April  27th 

Citizen : 

The  unworthy  proceedings  of  armed  vessels  having  at  length 
wearied  the  patience  of  your  countrymen,  merit  the  steps  which  have 
lately  been  taken  by  your  Executive  with  respect  to  them. 

Conforming  myself  always  to  the  principles  of  republicanism  common 
to  our  two  nations  and  being  sensible  of  the  justice  and  dignity  of  your 
proceedings,  I  receive  with  much  pleasure  your  official  communication. 

Health  and  Fraternity, 

JOSEPH  DREANO,  SenV. 


Thos.  Newton  to  the  Governor.  April  28th 

Tour  Excellency's  favor  of  the  24th  I  duly  received,  which  shall  be     Norfolk 
attended  to  with  every  exertion  in  my  power. 

Two  British  ships  now  lie  in  Hampton  Roads,  which  in  my  opinion  are 
truly  stationary.  Col.  Wilson  having  sent  on  board,  will  give  you  the 
result.  Admiral  Murry's  squadron,  by  all  accounts,  have  laid  in  large 
quantities  of  provisions,  and  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  they  are  now 
shipping  large  quantities  of  flour,  &c.  to  Bermuda  for  supplies  for  those 
ships.  Nothing  but  an  embargo  will  prevent  supplies  to  them,  for  so 
long  as  otir  vessels  carry  out  provisions,  they  will  take  what  they  please, 
and  we  have  no  other  way  to  prevent  it. 

A  vessel  will  clear  for  Bermuda  or  any  place.  No  bonds  are  given  to 
return  a  certificate  of  having  landed  tboir  cargo.  They  may  deliver  it 
to  any  of  these  ships  off  the  Capes. 

1  am  preparing  a  boat  for  quarantine,  and  will  soon  have  her  out. 
Every  preparation  shall  be  taken  to  prevent  any  disease  from  coming 
in.  I  have  had  50  copies  of  the  proclamation  printed  to  distribute  to 
pilots,  that  they  may  not  plead  ignorance. 

A  vessel  arrived  here  a  few  days  ago  with  40  French  negroes  from 

Antigua.    They  were  not  permitted  to  land,  but  have  hired  a  vessel  to 

carry  them  to  North  Carolina.      Altho'  the  law  authorizes  the  civil 

magistrates  to  oblige  those  who  bring  them  in  to  carry  them  out  again, 

yet,  if  they  are  permitted  to  stay  for  the  loading  of  the  vessel,  many 

will  run  off.     More  are  daily  expected.    Strangers  generally  bring  them 

in,  and  plead  ignorance  of  the  law.    I  sincerely  wish  all  we  have  among 

us  could  bo  sent  off,  as  I  apprehend  they  may  be  troublesome  some  time 

or  other.    I  am  much  at  a  loss  how  to  return  the  rank  of  the  artillery 

officers,  not  knowing  whether  they  are  to  act  with  the  militia  of  this 

Borough.    I  shall  be  glad  to  know  whether  they  are  subject  to  tl^e 

same  fines,  &c.  as  the  other  militia,  and  if  I  am  to  receive  returns  from 

the  Captains  of  delinquencies. 

1  am,  &c. 


476  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEES. 


1795.  Yessels  are  chartered  and  fitting  oat  for  Bermuda  at  this  time,  I  am 

April  28th    informed,  with  provisions,  it  is  supposed  for  the  British  ships. 


April  28th  JoHN   HAMILTON  TO   ThOMAS   NeWTON. 

British  Con-     A  boat  upon  his  Britanic  Majesty's  service  has  been  stopped  from  pro- 
^'^  ®  ^    ^®    ceeding  to  the  place  of  her  destination. 

I  demand  of  you,  sir,  to  know  by  what  authority,  on  what  principles, 
and  for  what  purpose  this  has  been  done. 

I  am,  &c. 

Answer: 

Sir: 

I  I'eceived  your  letter  of  this  date,  and  doubt  not  the  officer  who 

stopped  the  boat  will  give  you  the  satisfaction  you  require,  on  appliea- 

tioD  to  him. 

I  am,  &c., 

THOS.  NEWTON. 
John  Hamilton,  Esq. 


\ 


April  29th  JOHN   StEBLB  TO  THE   GOVERNOR.  . 

Phila-  I  am  tired  repeating  to  you  the  tardy  progress  of  our  business,  but  am 

delphia  consoled  in  the  hope  of  its  terminating  favorably.  Summay  abstracts 
of  both  pay  and  rations  are  to  be  made  in  almost  every  instance.  By 
some  we  gain,  by  others  we  loose,  and  spend  more  time  than  I  could 
reasonably  have  expected.  I  find  no  rolls  for  Clendenin*s  company  for 
1794,  and  only  the  first  muster  rolls  for  Lieutenant  Mann's.  The  account 
of  rations  issued  by  John  Van  Bibber  to  both  these  companies  up  to  a 
day  in  June  is  among  the  papers,  and  charged  at  eight  cents.  Prior's 
account  for  the  remainder  of  the  time  I  have  not  seen,  and  remember 
that  Cavindish  contracted  with  him  at  10  cents  per  ration.  When  the 
rolls  come  on  it  will  be  necessary  to  authenticate  this  fact.  I  remember, 
too,  that  on  a  former  occasion  he  was  allowed  10  cents  by  a  special  order 
of  the  Board  that  I  have  not  seen  ;  perhaps  it  was  1792,  and  is  already 
settled. 

I  have  got  the  printing  business  in  a  train  which  I  flatter  myself  will 
give  satisfaction,  and  was  1  not  a  little  indisposed  would  now  give  you 
a  detail  of  it. 

The  accountant  is  anxious  that  the  business  be  finally  closed  before  I 
leave  this  place.  If  I  wait  for  the  rolls,  before  mentioned,  my  patience 
will  be  well  tried,  unless  they  come  very  shortly. 

I  have,  &e. 


CALBNDAB  OP  STATE  PAPBES.  477 


Philadelphia,  April  15,  1795.  1795. 

Sir:  Apiil  29th 

Yours  of  the  eighth  instant,  enclosed  with  several  rolls  and  pay 
abstracts,  I  had  the  honor  of  receiving  yesterday.  Simmons  was  yes- 
terday appointed  to  succeed  Mr.  Howell,  and  we  go  in  the  usual  way 
again — very  slow. 

I  believe  the  business  of  1794  is  more  regular  than  that  of  the  pre- 
ceding years,  which  we  have  just  got  through,  and  I  flatter  myself  will 
not  take  up  as  much  time. 

I  have,  &c., 

JOHN  STEELE. 
Hon.  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 


W.  Wilson  to  the  Governor.  April  29th 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  your  Excellency  that  upon  receiving  your  Portsmouth 
letter  of  the  24th  instant  I  got  Mr.  D.  Bedinger  and  Mr.  John  Cowper 
to  repair  to  Hampton  Boads,  and  there  notify  to  the  commanders  of  all 
vessels  of  war  of  the  respective  belligerent  nations  the  instructions  con- 
tained therein. 

Copies  of  the  above  .notification  with  the  French  Commodore's  answer, 
(who  only  commands  a  division  of  commercial  Ships),  and  a  report  of 
the  declaration  made  by  the  British  commander,  I  beg  leave  to  trans* 
mit  to  your  Excellency. 

I  shall  now,  in  obedience  to  my  instructions,  proceed  with  the  most 
effectual  means  in  my  power  to  prevent  the  violators  of  the  neutrality 
of  the  United  States  '* receiving  any  aid,  assistance  or  comfort  from  the 
inhabitants  of  this  Commonwealth." 

For  the  accomplishment  of  this  purpose,  I  beg  leave  to  submit  to  your 
Excellency  the  expedience  of  fitting  out  an  armed  boat  for  Hampton 
Head,  and  patrolling  parties  for  the  shores  adjacent,  as  it  will  be  difficult 
to  carry  the  instructions  into  effect  otherwise.  From  the  numerous 
complaints  we  have  received  at  this  port  of  the  violation  of  our  neutral- 
ity by  the  British  in  tyranical  (indeed  I  may  say  piratical)  conduct  of 
them  towards  our  native  citizens  I  thought  it  my  duty  to  make  a  de- 
mand of  liberation  of  all  those  who  were  impressed  on  board  Bear 
Admiral  Murry*s  squadron.  In  Mr.  Bedinger  &  Cowper*s  report  your 
Excellency  will  sec  the  result  of  that. 

I  beg  leave  to  transmit  you  a  copy  of  Capt.  Hatten's  deposition  upon 
that  head.  Many  letters  from  impressed  citizens  I  have  put  in  the  hands 
of  Geni  Mathews  begging  of  him  to  use  what  influence  he  might  have 
with  the  British  consul  to  procure  their  release  but  without  effect. 

I  have,  &c. 


478  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEB8. 


1795.      Deposition  op  Robert  Hatten,  Master  op  the  Ship  Harriott, 

Solely  Owned  bt  Nathaniel  Anderson,  Esq. 

April  21Hh       Being  first  daly  sworn,  deposeth  and  saith : 

That  he,  the  deponent,  sailed  the  27th  of  March  last  from  Jamaica; 
that  on  the  16th  of  April,  in  24  fathoms  water,  off  Cape  Heniy,  he  was 
boarded  by  a  boat  from  the  Lynx,  a  British  sloop  of  war;  that  after  his 
papers  were  examined  by  a  Lieutenant  Skein,  ot  the  aforesaid  sloop  of 
war,  he  examined  the  crew  of  the  Harriott  and  declared  that  they  ail, 
as  well  as  the  deponent  himself,  were  British  subjects,  and  that  he  could 
prove  it,  and  seized  three  men,  John  Underwood,  John  Loyd  and  Lewis 
Moore,  the  two  former  of  whom  were  natives  of  America  with  protec- 
tions, who,  he  said.  Skein  impressed  and  took  on  board  the  Lynx.  Pre- 
vious to  Skien's  leaving  the  Harriott,  he  demanded  the  wages  that  might 
be  due,  upon  which  the  deponent  remonstrated,  and  told  Mr.  Skien  that 
he  should  comply  with  the  laws  of  his  country,  and  the  articles  under 
which  he  had  shipped  his  men  did  not  authorize  them  to  draw  their  full 
pay  until  the  voyage  was  ended.  Mr.  Skein  then  replied  that  he  should 
comply  with  the  laws  of  Great  Britain,  which  was  superior  to  America; 
he  would  put  a  prize  master  on  board  the  Harriott,  send  her  to  a  British 
port,  and  there  sell  her  in  order  to  pay  off  the  men  their  wa^es,  if  the 
deponent  did  not  then  do  it.  Mr.  Skein  further  swore  that  if  the  depo- 
nent did  not  immediately  advance  the  wages  to  the  men,  that  he  would 
cut  his  sails  f^m  the  yards  and  let  the  ship  go  adrift,  and  ordered  the 
deponent  into  the  boat,  who  he  abused  with  epithets  of  damned  scoun- 
drel," &c.,  &c. 

This  deponent  further  saith,  that  it  was  with  the  utmost  difficulty 
that  he  saved  his  mate  from  the  impressment  of  Mr.  Skein,  and  that  the 
ship  Harriott  was  left  in  the  utmost  distress,  having  but  three  men  left 
on  board. 

Upon  the  whole,  this  deponent  declares  that  the  scurrilities  he  received 
from  the  aforesaid  Skein,  and  the  tenor  of  his  whole  conduct,  were  of  a 
piratical  proceeding,  and  betrayed  the  greatest  malignity  to  the  Ameri- 
can flag. 

Further  this  deponent  sayeth  not. 

(Signed)  ROBERT  HATTBN. 

Norfolk  county,  set. : 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  Robert  Hat- 
ten's  deposition,  to  which  he  swore  before  me  the  20th  of  April,  1795. 

W.  WILSON,  J.  P. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  479 


Philadelphia,  April  20th,  1795.  1795. 

Sir:  April  29th 

In  consequence  of  some  scruples  entertained  by  the  accountant,  he 
has  taken  all  the  correspondence  relative  to  our  business  in  order  to 
make  himself  well  acquainted  with  it  before  he  proceeds  any  further, 
and  little  or  no  progress  has  been  made  for  some  days. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  has  informed  me  that  he  can  give 
Drafts  payable  at  sight  on  Virginia;  on  Garrington,  Lindsay,  Heth  and 
the  Collector  at  Alexandria  for  the  amount  of  the  balance  that  will  be  due 
the  State,  and  that  he  would  prefer  this  mode  to  sending  money  out  of 
the  Bank  on  account  of  its  security. 

I  shall  be  here  long  enough  to  hear  from  you,  and  could  wish  for  some 
information  as  to  the  propriety  of  receiving  such  Drafts,  Bank  Notes, 
or  Gold  or  in  what  proportions. 

I  have,  &c., 

JOHN  STEELE. 


Philadelphia,  April  29th,  1795.        April  29th 
Sir: 

« 

I  find  some  of  the  people  of  Monongalia  have  charged  seven  cents, 
and  some  eight;  others  have  no  specific  charge  for  the  Rations.  In  the 
second  case,  the  Auditor  has  made  out  the  account  for  eight,  and  in  the 
third  case  I  suffer  them  to  be  made  up  here  at  10  cents.  Wells  con- 
tracted at  seven  cents,  and  if  the  Board  has  made  no  alteration  there 
will  be  an  error  in  favor  of  the  State — ^tho'  perhaps  not  more  than  will 
counter  balance  the  deductions  on  account  of  Rations  over  charged  and 
disallowed.  I  will  leave  it  with  the  Board  to  correct  this  error.  If  it 
was  a  private  transaction  I  would  readily  determine  what  to  do  with  it. 


I  have,  &c. 

JOHN  STEELE. 


James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor. 


To  the  Honorable  the  Governor  and  Council  of  the  Commonwealth  of  April  29th 
Virginia : 

The  remonstrance  of  John  Jones,  late  sheriff  of  the  county  of 
Dinwiddie,  prays  for  the  remission  of  a  fine  against  Joseph  Jones,  his 
successor  as  sheriff,  who  had  made  himself  responsible  for  an  execution 
against  the  remonstrant  for  taxes  collected  by  bis  deputy  and  not  re- 
turned, the  principal,  interest  and  costs  having  all  been  paid  by  Joseph 
Jones. 


480  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBBS- 


1796.  Petition  to  the  Governor. 

April  2l8t  The  petition  of  Joseph  Jones  respectfully  sheweth  that  the  refusal  of 
the  Executive  to  remit  a  fine  imposed  on  your  petitioner  for  failure 
to  return  an  execution  against  John  Jones,  his  predecessor,  was  founded 
on  a  belief  of  a  collusion  between  your  petitioner  and  John  Jones, 
which  he  can  prove  to  the  Executive  was  erroneous  and  unjust.  He 
therefore  prays  a  remission  of  said  fine,  as  he  cannot  hope  for  reim- 
bursement from  John  Jones,  and  as  his  delinquency  proceeded  from  an 
error  of  judgment,  and  not  of  criminality. 


April  30th  JOHN   WiSB  TO   ARCHIBALD  BlAIR,   C.   C 

lam  requested  by  several  members  of  the  court  of  this  county  to 
procure  from  you  a  copy  ot  a  letter  written  some  time  during  the  last 
year  to  the  Executive  by  James  Spiers  and  William  Drummond  relative 
to  the  appointment  of  militia  officers.  I  will  therefore  thank  you  to 
send  it  enclosed  to  me  by  the  Eev.  Mr.  Jones,  who  is  so  obliging  as  to 
promise  to  take  charge  of  it,  and  who  will  also  pay  you  for  it. 

I  am,  &c. 

Copy  sent  by  permission  of  the  Governor,  Mr.  W ,  Mr.  Dare,  Mr. 

Branlout,  Mr.  Smith,  May  12th,  '95. 


i^y  ig^  John  Steele  to  the  Governor. 

Philg.  I  must  take  the  liberty  of  suggesting  to  you  the  propriety  of  enclo«- 

delphia     \ng  to  the  Secretary  of  the  War  Department  all  such  vouchers  for  mili- 
tary claims  as  you  may  yet  have  to  send  on. 

If  the  few  that  remain  should  not  come  to  hand  during  my  stay  here, 
I  flatter  myself  a  settlement  will  readily  be  obtained,  provided  they  are 
tolerably  well  authenticated. 

I  have,  &c. 


MtkySd  William  Davies  to  Edmund  Harrison,  Esq. 

Blandford  '^^^  account  rendered  long  since  to  the  Auditor  was  for  contingeneieB 
of  office  entirely  after  closing  it  in  Virginia  and  removing  ii  to  New 
York,  excepting  perhaps  an  item  of  salary  fVom  the  let  of  Jaij,  1793, 
till  the  latter  part  of  that  month,  when  my  agency  was  fully  completed, 
and  the  public  books  and  documents  delivered  up.    As  the  auditor  had 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  481 


supposed,  more  money  had  been  drawn  before  I  left  Virginia  than  was  1795. 
due  on  account  of  salary.  I  have  since  furnished  him  with  an  account  May  Sd 
of  salary  and  expenditures,  embracing  the  whole  period  prior  to  or 
not  included  in  the  former  account.  The  statement  referred  to  in  my 
memorial  to  the  Executive,  related  wholly  to  the  deduction  of  salary 
which  had  taken  place  with  the  commencement  of  the  year  1791,  and 
is  wholly  unconnected  with  any  contingent  account  or  of  salary  during 
the  rest  of  my  agency.  Nothing  therefore  is  wanting  to  enable  the 
auditor  to  close  my  public  account  but  an  order  from  the  Executive 
directing  him  to  act  upon  it.  I  had  thought  it  was  his  duty  ex-officio, 
but  be  says  he  has  no  authority  to  audit  it  but  under  a  reference  to  him 
from  Government.  As  Col.  Steele  and  myself  dissected  all  the  drafts 
made  by  me  while  to  the  Northward,  so  as  precisely  to  distinguish  the 
objects  for  which  monies  were  drawn,  there  remains  nothing  for  the 
Executive  to  act  in,  but  to  empower  the  auditor  to  proceed  to  close  up 
my  account  finally.  I  shall  be  extremely  obliged  to  you  to  have  this 
subject  taken  up  as  soon  as  may  be  convenient,  for  tho'  the  matter  is  in 
itself  clear  and  simple,  yet  possibly  an  accident  to  myself  might  render 
that  doubtful  which  now  might  easily  be  explained. 

We  are  in  usual  health,  and  hope  your  family  are  so  too.  Mrs.  Har- 
rison and  your  little  daughter  are,  more  particularly  with  yourself,  the 
objects  of  our  best  wishes. 

Remember  us  all  affectionately  to  your  family,  and  believe  me. 

Yours,  &c. 


A.  Lewis  to  the  Governor.  May  4th 

Having  understood  that  General  Tate  is  unwilling  to  continue  in  the   Richmond 
office  of  paymaster  for  the  troops  on  the  Frontiers,  I  will  take  the  lib- 
erty to  propose  myself,  presuming  it  will  suit  me,  as  I  have  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  whole  transactions,  they  being  generally  under  my 
direction. 

Should  the  Executive  approve  me,  they  may  be  assured  of  the  busi- 
ness being  performed  with  dispatch  and  punctuality,  having  regard  to 
the  interest  of  the  public,  as  well  as  to  the  soldiery. 

But  perhaps  as  the  Executive  are  not  informed  of  General  Tate's 
indisposition  to  continue  any  other  way  than  through  myself,  I  would 
not  wish  the  appointment  on  any  other  terms  than  that  the  (reneral 
would  not  wish  to  continue,  which  be  made  known  to  the  Executive  as 
early  as  possible. 

A  letter  accompanying  the  money  if  the  Executive  thought  proper, 
would  be  handed  him  by  me.  If  he  wishes  to  continue  in  the  office,  any 
appointment  as  to  myself  would  be  considered  void. 

.  I  have,  Ac. 
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Z^/  yt..  A.    J^JBTJ*   Ti    TEi 


i^^i^^yi^^  ^  «uvr*  v^  jku'.^iriir  tiuaic   «:3   «.i;jftaMi.    Tj*e  T^:«eMi»  of  tbe  sum 

$^A  0Mfi*Ufi^  dM;  «rf4«u«  'S.M;  ifH  is^j  owu  mt'w'^Jtm  ubi  tittt  ot  laeaieDMit 
U^A^fiM^m  M;  ^/^  ^JCdUKb^ifxAid^.  f  «iaiT4!:  ft/x  ftTQftt^t  vit^  flie  the  tudmncee 
nn^  Ui  iMtt  fM^i^ffu,  f  ^r«  flui^  ti»*  «U(tM»eflit  oaIj  to  iliow  the  Bxec- 
«Hvy«  tUttJl,  I  '\fi  it* A,  ^ntU  t//  ^l  up^/b  the  fablic  for  more  thjui  was  due 

I  am,  4e. 

Kiebmond,  May  5th,  1795. 

'lUti  (UtthtnouwauhU  of  Virginia,  Dr.,  to  A.  Lewi8. 

IHiM  fi'tnu  uhii'iiOiitm'itmUtUisil  offieom,  iicout«and  soldiers  for 
iliii  y«sar  ITUli,  an  |iur  MtaUsrnont  from  paymaster,  $2,698  51 

1'lMt  |fnf|Hirtloti  ol  IH  to  31  of  Lieutenant  Robison's  pay  received  by 
hiifi,  thii  lfuluh(Ms  iliiu  to  nut  by  verbal  order  to  paymaster. 

KitoitiviMl  of  tliii  imyinaMter  lor  my  sorvices  for  the  year  1793  the  sum 
(it  twtnity  Hvo  pouiiilM,  not  having  a  copy  of  the  roll  only  for  Don>com- 
iiiiiiMidiiud  oRioei'M,  Mcoutn  and  soldiers,  am  at  a  loss  for  the  above  bai- 
aiiiHiH. 

A.  Lewis,  Dr.,  to  the  Commonwealth. 

Hy  lUO  wvigbt  of  powder,  sold  cost  and  carriage,  •  -      £    8.  0.  0 

hy  wurruMl  ivoolved  iu  October,  l79-i»  •  -         600.  0.  0 

Hy  an  oiiUu*  pi'cttenteil  by  Mr.  Froeland,  1  believe,  lor        •        400.  0.  0 

£BQO.  0.  0 
A.  LBWISw 


CALBSBAB  OF  STATS   PAFM&  4jS^ 


Thomas  [S'bwtozi  to  thk  i:tovit&2iojL  ^«^ 


I  h&vQ  not  at^  vet  iMeD  able  to  hir«  a  boiU  ibal  L  ;kt^i>rvv^  oi'  tor  th^  \Uv  Wi 
qamraacme  busineHtK  but  expect  one  trom  Eaiu(>cou  to^uai,y  ov  vo^iuorivw^  \urift>Ui 
tho*  I  :uii  almufit  of  opioioQ  the  boAt  amy  bo  diH{h»tiMU  wiUi  ;)iW{|>K(b<r. 
a^  I  hskvn  ^t  the  boat  boloogiog  to  Fori  SoHolk  wtib  tho  Doctor  to 
board  :ill  veoeols  and  briag  th<)ui  too  uudor  tbo  ^uutiL  ol^  ubo  Kort  toi* 
exam i nation.  Do4!tor  Br«w?^»r  ot  tbt^  Artillortt^  attoudn  iuimoJiatoN 
ai$  a  T«98el  appears^  with  a  or^w  that  belong  to  Fort  Nori^k^  w about 
aaj  expense  to  the  :»tate«  aiid  ^nret»  ai^  a  ^uard  at  tbo  s^^uiio  timo%  I 
hope  yoar  Excellency  will  approve  of  thi^  tnodot  iw^  it  !»avc<it  muvh  aud 
answers  all  porpoises^  Doctor  Brcw^^ter  i»  al^o  v^^ry  attv^ativ^  IVctor 
Mortimer  the  Ia:»t  two  years  attended  tbi(^  butNiue^s  with  carv'  aud  attva- 
tion,  bat  to  have  the  conveniency  of  the  boat  aud  handn  s>i  tbo  tibi%  I 
thought  it  best  to  do  a!»  I  have  done  in  employiu^  IKK'tor  HroMKtitvns 

I  shall  make  trial  of  a  lookout  boat  a  wbile^  aud  if  I  Hud  tbaV  w^  vau 
do  without  one,  and  your  Excellency  approvet^  v>f  vt»  I  wilt  vli«cbavgo 
her.  and  save  the  expen:»e. 

I  have  fixed  on  20  day»  tor  a  ve88el  to  be  t\vm  her  )K^*t  b\^tVro  ^h^  ia 

allowed  to  come  up,  and  by  that  time  it  c^he  in  iutlH'ted»  it  will  ^v^nm^Vx 

but  this  rule  will  vary  according  to  circuiutttaucea,    Thv^  KriUah  ^bv^ia 

are  all  gone  out. 

I  am«  Ac 

Al  Philadelphia,  the  time  fixed  for  healthy  vtmiielti  id  ^  d^'ii»  H(*  alnwv^. 


Daniel  Bbdinoik  to  thk  Uovhrnoh.  Ma>' Mh 

I  submit  to  your  judgment  the  propriety  of  torwanliug  the  oMuUuied  Niurfiilk 
(or  a  copy  thereof)  to  the  Secretary  of  iStnto.  Had  (Captain  ('OohraMu 
at  our  iuterviews  been  more  explicit,  1  mako  no  doubt  but  that  1  nhuuhl 
have  been  able  to  disprove  cvorytbing  which  Hutler'it  uouiiter^iiuolarH- 
tion  was  calculated  to  establish ;  but  Coohrano'M  oxtrema  uuwilliiiguiMn 
to  communicate  to  me  fully  the  oontontH  of  that  declaration,  togutluu' 
with  his  refusing  to  let  fiutlor  be  oonfVonted  with  me,  are  oirmunHtanuuM 
which  forcibly  indicate  that  his  conduct  in  that  traniiaution  wan  not 
influenced  by  motives  of  unquestionable  purity. 

If  I  could  obtain  through  your  mediation  (fVom  the  Hticretary  of  Htatu) 

a  copy  of  the  paper  extorted  from  Butler  by  (Japtain  Cochrane,  1  should 

esteem  it  a  singular  favor. 

I  am,  &c., 

Norfolk  county,  to-wit: 

Personally  appeared  before  us,  Wfiliam  Newsum,  Robert  Jirougbi 
and  Thomas  firent,  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  county  a/oresaid,  John 
Cowper,  Esq'r,  who,  being  duly  sworn,  depo»etb  and  sayeth ;  ^ 


4IM  CMLXSVxm  or  SWXTE  tMFWMA. 

t7M.  TImc  <Mi  Tmtmttsjr  umc  r^hut  l^tJL  if  A^riL  ftaur  fiii»  4a  board  tke 

lAtf  "i$k     Htmnee,  KrisiM  Ffhpitfn^  <»  tMMiatuift  ^  s  yn^Mbe:  idCiora^  \ut  wim  presesi 

e&«  ^p&fUimf  fd  t&i»  ^lufft  Bj(ni«HtT  jAii  L'«vpiaaa«»ft^  4»miii»  diiM  is  Jab- 
muj  hm;  t&dA  tW  mmt  BcBSi^  wm  ^hinA   lone  Twmtttr   oa  bo«ri  o€  kis 

^>«i  tW  moA  Btvgfer  iiriw4  W  wmU  uk^t  tare  t*  sml  oa  to  Mr.  Haid- 
fn/frnA^  TWi  Mr  Bftfiirii^vr  tUbtnoEyiMi  [iiiiiMiif  C«fC  Coe^^BOpe  ikat  the 
4^;yi^M(rt«rm  ifcTtekii  u^  wtm  tidlc«B.  b^tfvr^  kfat  j*  jn  AUerona  of  tiie  bor- 
oiil^  <^  X^'^rfatk  »iM<  wyki^  fee  ft  fan.  «xfiiaiafiiiMi  from  Cspcjun  Coeh- 
nuM;^  wikii  h^  4i!:^wid,  mJtj  *i\mL\  \\\m^  tiot  be  wvlentoooJ  that  the 
mA  feiiier  had  h<«»k  tJLraaetufL  %aA  tkbS  th^e  act  ui  hxa  was  hv  no 
iWKrtina  T«>loatar]r.  Mr.  Bei^agwr  tliea  rtqmevted  that  as  Thofsaa  Bailer 
van  theft  ^.«  hoaH  Caf^aia  CoehruMr''*  thip.  he  aiight  be  Famcdiatelv 
hrrmgfn  tynr^H  mud  tmiirfmuA  trith  hiaiL  whkh  re^^oot  Captaio  Cocb- 
imfwt  rcihiiii^  ti!>  eofaply  with.     Aod  farther  Mr.  Cowper  aajeth  not. 

Th^Mttaii  Batler  hei og  alM  ^worti,  depoteth  that  his  fbnoer  depositioa 
r«i^feetiAK  the  eaptore  f^  the  thipi  Hannooj  aad  L'cspereoce.  as 
taken  before;  Mr,  Bediappn;  waa  ^▼ea  oo  hi*  part  fredj,  Tolontarilj, 
withoat  iear  f/r  e&oipokioD,  and  withoot  bein^  aader  aaj  andoe  or 
impn>per  iofloefiee.  That  with  a  riew  of  giring  the  floid  deposition,  he 
of  hift  OWD  fre«  will  weat  Aereral  times  in  quest  of  Mr.  Bedinger  for  tbe 
parpofte  aforesaid  before  his  deposition  was  actoallj  taken.  That  when 
he  afterwards  nf^ttA  as  Pilot  on  board  the  British  Frigate  Thetis,  Capt. 
CV/cbrane  in  Hampton  Roads  charged  bim  with  being  a  spj,  which  this 
deponent  denie^l ;  whereupon  Capt.  Cochrane  observed  that  he  had  in 
his  fKissession  sufficient  evidence  to  prove  that  he  had  acted  as  a  spy, 
and  then  produced  and  read  a  copj  of  tbe  said  deposition  as  taken  be- 
fffft  Mr  hedmger  on  the  24tb  of  March  last.  That  this  deponent  was 
greatly  alarmed  and  terrified  at  tbe  said  charge,  and  apprehending  be 
should  be  carried  away  and  treated  as  a  spy,  be  from  motives  of  self 
prefiervation,  was  induced  Tin  tbe  presence  ot  three  carpenters)  to  sign 
a  pftper,  with  tbe  contents  of  which  be  is  entirely  unacquainted,  nor  was 
he  indulged  with  a  copy  thereof,  but  was  informed  it  partook  of  tbe 
nature  of  a  counter-declaration,  tho'  Capt.  Cochrane  did  not  offer  to 
a<lmintster  any  oath.  He  further  declares  that  circumstanced  as  he 
then  was,  should  without  hesitation  have  subscribed  to  anything  which 
Capt  (/Ochmne  might  have  dictated,  rather  than  be  forced  from  his 
countr}%  bis  wife,  and  family,  which  he  is  firmly  persuaded  would  have 
been  the  case  had  he  not  complied  with  Capt.  Cochrane*s  proposal. 
And  further  Thomas  Butler  sayeth  not. 

It  also  appears  from  the  concurrent  testimony  of  Samuel  Morrel, 
John  (roorge,  and  Joseph  Chargan  that   no  force  or  other  improper 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERSL 


means  were  need  in  obtaining  Butler  8  depoeition  as  taken  belore  Mr* 

Bedinger  on  the  24th  of  March  last. 
Given  under  our  hands  this  fourth  day  of  May,  one  thousand  seven 

hundred  and  ninety-five. 

WILLIAM  NEWSUM. 
ROBERT  BROUGH, 
THOMAS  BRKNT. 


486 


1795. 
XUyMh 


David  Mbade  to 


The  Sira,  a  schooner  belonging  to  Baltimore,  homeward  bound  tVom 
Charleston,  was,  about  the  latter  part  of  Octobor,  boarded  by  men  tVom 
the  British  Frigate  Thetis,  from  which  vessel  they  took  two  passengers 
and  four  men  belonging  to  it,  and  detained  them  until  the  night  of  Fri- 
day, the  fifth  of  this  month  (May),  when  Samuel  Tull,  a  young  man  be- 
longing to  Somerset  county,  in  Maryland  (^from  whom  this  information 
was  obtained),  one  of  the  two  passongera.  alone  made  his  escape  by 
means  of  a  pilot  boat,  and  left  in  the  Frigate  more  than  twenty  Ameri- 
can citizens  detained  by  force  in  the  service.  Tull  was  plundered  of  all 
his  clothes  and  £400,  capital,  which  he  had  received  from  Mr.  Francis 
Symonds,  merchant,  of  Charleston,  being  the  price  of  an  estate  of  land 
in  South  Carolina  sold  by  his  father. 


May  mh 


Mayct>x 


Thomas  Xbwton  to  the  Governor. 

Your  Excellency's  favours  of  the  fourth  I  received,  and  have  given 
the  British  Consul  notice  of  the  revocation  of  the  instructions  therein 
mentioned.  All  the  ships  arc  out  at  present,  but  a  cutter  is  arrived  who 
had  permission  to  take  wood,  water  and  provisions  they  wanted.  If 
any  ships  of  Admiral  Murry's  squadron  returns  I  will  enquire  after  our 
citizens  that  are  detained  and  inform  your  Excellency  the  result. 

I  have  this  day  employed  a  fine  boat  for  a  lookout,  but  hope  we  shall 
save  the  expense  of  her,  as  I  think  the  Fort  answers  all  the  purposes. 

I  am,  &c. 


May  7th 


Norfolk 


John  Hamilton  to  the  Governor. 


May  8th 


I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  Excellency's  British  Con- 
letter  of  the  22nd  of  April,  and  pay  due  attention  to  the  contents.     I    "  NorfoUc'^ 
should  have  answered  sooner,  but  was  then  absent,  and  since  my  return 
have  been  much  indisposed,  which  I  hope  your  Excellency  will  accept 
as  an  apology. 


^ 


486  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPBB8. 


1795.  In  answer  to  yours,  I  have  to  observe  that  in  respect  to  an  armed  force 

May  8tb     appearing  from  the  British  Ships  of  War  to  interrupt  the  tranquility  of 

the  United  States,  was  first  communicated  to  me  by  your  Exoellency. 

Admiral  Murry  made  several  complaints  to  me  of  the  insult  offered 
to  his  officers  and  Boat's  crews  who  went  on  shore  at  Hampton,  by  the 
inhabitants  of  that  place,  particularly  by  a  Mr.  William  Brough  and  a 
Mr.  Rogers.  Two  of  the  seamen  belonging  to  the  Fleet  who  were  on 
Shore  watering  got  drunk,  and  were  induced  while  in  liquor  to  leave 
their  Boats.  The  Gunner  of  His  Majesty's  Ship  Argonaut  being  the 
only  officer  on  shore,  and  knowing  the  good  conduct  of  the  two  Seamen, 
went  in  search  of  them,  found  them,  they  were  ashamed  of  their  beba* 
viour  and  readily  with  him  returned  to  Hampton  and  proceeded  on 
Board  a  schooner  Boat  to  be  carried  to  their  ships,  but  before  they 
could  get  under  way  a  Body  of  men  headed  by  the  above-mentioned 
Brough  &  Rogers,  forcibly  boarded  the  Boat,  and  took  the  men  out — 
this  is  a  fact  which  can  be  substantiated  by  some  of  the  principal  Gen- 
tlemen of  that  place.  Four  more  seamen  were  also  induced  away,  and 
men  of  excellent  character;  the  officers  being  sensible,  they  would 
return  to  their  duty  when  sober,  a  Boat  was  sent  to  York  Town  to  over- 
take them,  while  the  surgeon  of  one  of  the  Ships  of  War  and  only  one 
servant  went  by  land,  and  found  the  seamen  as  they  expected ;  they  re- 
turned to  their  duty  penitent  for  their  misconduct,  and  without  the 
least  violence  being  offered  either  to  the  seamen  or  any  of  the  citizens. 
These  are  the  only  two  circumstances  that  have  come  to  my  knowledge 
since  your  Excellency  was  here.  Three  British  subjects  was  all  that 
was  on  shore  in  quest  of  the  absent  men  and  those  unarmed,  conse- 
quently could  not  frighten  or  alarm  any  of  the  citizens  of  the  United 
States  on  any  just  grounds,  nor  have  I  heard  of  any  intemperance  being 
committed  but  what  proceeded  from  the  citizens  themselves.  The  case 
of  Mr.  Ward  I  never  beard  of;  he  has  certainly  left  the  British  service, 
but  it  was  as  a  deserter,  and  the  King's  officers  have  too  contemptible 
an  opinion  of  such  characters  even  to  have  a  wish  or  an  idea  of  permit- 
ting them  to  return.  It  is  said  he  was  very  active  in  inducing  the  sea- 
men to  absent  themselves,  and  conscious  of  his  own  Guilt  he  dreaded 
that  an  attempt  might  be  made  to  take  him  and  punish  him  for  bis  per- 
fidy. 

As  I  cannot  suppose  that  the  Government  of  the  United  States  wishes 
to  encourage  or  protect  deserters  from  His  Majesty's  service,  I  have 
stated  all  matters  as  fully  and  as  clearly  as  I  could  to  His  Majesty's 
Minister  at  Philadelphia,  who,  I  make  no  doubt,  will  arrange  the  busi- 
ness fully  with  Mr.  Secretary  Randolph  as  in  future  will  prevent  any 
misunderstanding  and  establish  some  kind  of  rule  for  the  future  govern- 
ment of  the  officers  interested  on  each  side,  particularly  respecting  sea- 
men. For  myself,  I  can  only  repeat  what  I  have  often  declared  and 
practised  since  I  had  the  honor  to  reside  here  as  his  Britanic  Majesty's 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  487 


GoDsul,  that  every  exertion  has  been  made  on  my  part  to  keep  the  peace  1795. 
and  tranquility  of  the  country  on  every  occasion,  and  which  I  am  cer-  May  8th 
tain  most  of  the  Magistrates  who  have  acted  here  will  do  me  the  jus- 
tice to  confirm  what  I  have  asserted.  I  lament  the  many  acts  that  have 
lately  taken  place  here  which  have  not  a  little  disturbed  the  public  tran- 
quality,  and  1  am  afraid  founded  on  certain  depositions  taken  here  not 
altogether  authentic,  but  I  trust  that  by  a  timely  and  proper  remon- 
strance, and  all  matters  being  explained,  they  will  be  amicably  adjusted 
between  the  two  countries.  I  can  only  assure  your  Bxcellency  that  as 
far  as  it  rests  with  me,  every  aid  shall  be  given  to  preserve  the  peace 
and  tranquility  of  the  country  while  I  reside  in  it,  and  with  the  most 
perfect  esteem  and  respect, 

I  have,  &c. 


Edmund  Randolph  to  the  Governor.  May  8th 

I  do  myself  the  honor  of  enclosing  to  your  Excellency  copies  of  two  Department 
letters  of  the  5th  instant,  with  the  papers  which  accompanied  them      ^^  ^^te 
from  Mr.  Hammond,  his  Britanic  Majesty's  minister  plenipotentiary. 
As  my  answer,  of  which  also  a  copy  is  now  forwarded,  refers  to  two  letters 
from  this  department  of  the  9th  of  September,  1793,  and  the  7th  of 
July,  1794, 1  take  the  liberty  of  presenting  them  to  your  consideration. 

You  will  readily  suppose  that  Mr.  Wilson's  order  to  a  person  called 
Harvey  is  unintelligible  of  itself,  and  that  the  explanation  from  Capt. 
Cochrane  to  Mr.  Hammond  cannot  be  yielded  to  on  our  part  without 
some  inquiry. 

Your  Excellency  will  therefore  be  pleased  to  cause  the  matter  to  be 
examined,  and  to  enable  me  to  give  a  proper  reply  to  Mr.  Hammond's 
requisition. 

My  circular  letter  of  the  16th  ult.  does  not  request  that  vessels  using 
our  waters  as  a  hostile  station  should  be  ordered  to  depart.  It  requires 
only  that  notice  should  be  given  to  them  of  our  intended  demand  upon 
their  government. 

An  order  to  depart  would  be  inconsistent  with  the  letter  of  the  9th 
of  September,  1793,  which  concedes  to  them  our  ports  as  a  refuge  in 
case  of  necessity,  and  a  resort  for  comfort  or  convenience,  without 
limiting  the  time  of  their  stay. 

The  case  in  which  British  vessels  may  be  ordered  to  depart  is  where 
they  bring  into  our  ports  French  prizes,  as  was  prohibited  by  the  fol- 
lowing instruction  to  the  collectors  on  the  4th  of  August,  1793:  ''If  any 
vessel  of  either  of  the  powers  at  war  with  France  should  bring  or  send 
within  your  district  a  prize  made  of  the  subjects,  people,  or  property  of 
France,  it  is  immediately  to  be  notified  to  the  Grovernor  of  the  State,  in 
order  that  measures  may  be  taken  pursuant  to  the  17th  article  of  our 


486  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  treaty  with  France,  to  oblige  such  vessel  and  her  prize,  or  such  prise 
May  8th     when  sent  in  without  the  capturing  vessel,  to  depart." 

The  letter  too  which  I  had  the  honor  of  addressing  to  your  Excel- 
lency on  the  first  day  of  February  last,  enclosing  a  representation  from 
BCr.  Fauchet  of  31st  of  J&nuary,  related  to  British  vessels  which  had 
come  in  with  prizes.  It  is  true  that  he  has  contended  that  if  a  British 
ship  of  war  shall  have  captured  a  French  vessel  anywhere  on  the  high 
seas,  she  is  not  to  be  admitted  into  our  ports  during  the  war.  But  the 
instruction  above  mentioned  shews  that  our  Government  restricts  the 
construction  of  the  17th  article  of  our  commercial  treaty  with  France, 
to  ships  bringing  in  French  prizes. 

Your  Excellency  must  be  sensible  that  the  conduct  of  one  nation 
towards  another  requires  delicacy,  temper,  and  discretion.  The  Presi- 
dent therefore  cannot  doubt  that  the  persons  whom  you  may  select  for 
the  execution  of  your  orders  in  respect  to  foreign  ships  of  war,  will 
possess  these  qualities;  and  while  they  perform  their  duty  with  firm- 
ness, will  observe  perfect  impartiality. 

It  will  be  painful  to  be  compelled  by  a  sense  of  propriety  to  disavow 
any  acts  which  may  go  beyond  the  intentions  of  Government. 

The  reference  in  one  of  Mr.  Hammond's  letters  to  Mr.  Bedinger  will 
be  explained  in  a  subsequent  communication. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  8th  Philadelphia,  May  5th,  1795. 

Sir  : 

The  letter,  of  which  I  enclose  a  copy,  and  which  I  have  received 
by  the  post  ot  this  morning,  from  Captain  Cochrane  involves  in  its  con- 
siderations of  such  magnitude  and  importance,  that  I  am  under  the  ne- 
cessity of  desiring  you  to  inform  me  explicitly  whether  W.  Wilson  was 
authorized  by  the  Federal  Government  to  assert  that  a  demand  will  be 
made  by  the  Executive  of  the  United  States  on  the  Government  of 
Great  Britain  for  all  the  captures  which  Admiral  Murray's  squadron  have 
made  since  they  have  used  the  waters  of  Virginia  as  a  station  from 
whence  they  have  carried  on  hostile  depredations,  to  require  the  Thetis 
and  the  other  ships  composing  the  said  squadron  forthwith  to  depart 
from  the  waters  of  the  State  of  Virginia;  and  by  extending  this  requi- 
sition to  ships  which  he  knew  had  proceeded  from  Lynnhaven  bay  to 
sea  nine  days  before,  to  prohibit  their  return  to  the  waters  of  Virginia. 
I  cannot  but  hope  that  you  will  favor  me  with  an  answer  to  this  letter 
at  as  early  a  period  as  may  be  convenient;  for,  having  already  comma- 
nicated  to  his  Majesty's  Ministers  in  England  the  dereliction  on  yoar 
part  of  the  principles  announced  in  your  predecessor's  letter  to  me  of 
the  9th  of  September,  1793,  and  your  refusal  to  designate  the  particular 
Ik.  cases  under  which  ships  of  war  entering  the  ports  of  the  United  Statee 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  489 


would  be  regarded  as  using  them  as  a  station,  in  order  to  carry  on  hos-  1795. 
tile  expeditions  from  them,  it  will  be  farther  expedient  for  me  to  apprize  May  8th 
my  court  by  the  earliest  occasion,  of  the  proceedings  of  Wilson  and  bis 
associates  be  sanctioned  by  this  Government,  of  the  virtual  retraction 
of  the  assurances  contained  in  your  letter  to  me  of  the  7th  of  July, 
1794,  under  the  faith  of  which  the  commanders  of  his  Majesty's  ships 
have  hitherto  deemed  themselves  entitled  to  enter  the  ports  of  the 
United  States  without  restriction,  so  oflen  as  their  necessities  or  conve- 
nience  should  render  it  requisite  for  them  to  resort  thither. 

Before  I  conclude  this  letter,  I  cannot  avoid  adverting  to  some  cir- 
cumstances which  particularly  respect  Wilson,  and  the  other  two  indi- 
viduals whom  he  selected  as  the  bearers  of  his  Mandate  to  Capt.  Coch- 
rane. The  character  of  Daniel  Bedinger  is,  in  my  estimation,  suffi- 
ciently illustrated  in  my  other  letter  of  this  date.  John  Cooper  was  (as 
I  have  reason  to  believe)  commander  of  the  privateer,  the  Vanstable 
illegally  fitted  out  in-the  port  of  Norfolk,  and  dismantled  by  order  of 
this  Government  in  the  river  Delaware;  and  Wilson  himself  was  the 
officer  who  (as  it  is  represented  in  my  letter  to  you  of  the  7th  of  June, 
1794,)  so  successfully  opposed  the  laws  of  this  country  in  facilitating 
the  departure  of  the  merchant  ships  under  tbe  convoy  of  Rear  Admiral 
Vanstable  in  the  month  of  April,  1794,  and  in  even  directing  the  com- 
mander of  an  American  Ship  to  join  it;  notwithstanding  the  provisions 
of  the  embargo  imposed  by  the  resolution  which  was  passed  by  the  two 
houses  of  Congress,  and  approved  by  the  President  on  the  26th  of 
March,  1794. 

I  have,  &c., 

GEO.  HAMMOND. 
The  Secretary  of  State. 

Philadelphia,  Ma}  5th,  1795. 

Sir, 

Having  received  information  from  Mr.  Hamilton,  his  Majesty's 
Consul  at  Norfolk,  that  a  vessel  which  he  had  engaged  to  proceed  on 
the  evening  of  tbe  27th  ult.  to  his  Majesty's  ship  Thetis,  then  lying  in 
Hampton  Road,  was  prohibited  from  departiuj^  at  that  time  in  conse- 
quence of  an  order  signed  W.  Wilson,  of  which  I  enclose  a  copy.  I  re- 
quest that  you  will  be  pleased  to  inform  me  of  the  authority  under 
which  W.  Wilson  has  been  enabled  to  exercise  this  act  of  sovereignty 
that  is  not  delegated  to  any  branch  whatsoever  of  this  Government,  tbe 
power  of  imposing  an  embargo  on  any  vessel  employed  in  prosecuting 
a  lawful  commerce. 

I  have,  &c., 

GEO.  HAMMOND. 
The  Secretary  of  State. 

62 


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460  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEKSl 


fS 


17K.  PorMBoatb.  April  ^th.  1736. 

Sir, 

May  nh  T  h^^e  the  booor  to  iaforiD  joa  th^t  I  Am  charged  with  ia«tniciion» 

from  bi«  Rze^llener  the  Govem#>r  of  th»  Com raoa wealth,  in  the  foDow- 
jfisr  woni* :  ••  when  xnv  fleet,  «quA»ir»>o,  *hip.  or  vessel  oi  any  belligerent 
nation  4b^i  clemrij  and  aneqaiTocallj  a<e  the  w%ten  of  Virginia  adja- 
cent or  near  joar  cr^fintv  aA  a  station  in  order  to  cany  on  hoi&tiie  expe- 
ditions from  tbenee.  joa  are  hereby  required  to  cause  it  to  be  notified 
to  them  that  ftoch  condact  U  deeaie<i  contrary  to  the  rigbtd  of  neatral- 
itv.  and  that  a  deman«l  of  retribution  will  be  made  bv  the  Execotire  of 
the  United  States  on  their  Government  for  all  prizes  whieh  may  be 
prove*!  to  be  the  consequence  ihereof.*" 

I  am  further  directed  by  hi*  Excellency  the  Governor,  to  require  of 
all  the  commanding  officer*  of  all  ^ueb  fleets.  «iquadron9,  »hipi3.  or  vessels 
Uf  depart  forthwith. 

In  con«equence  of  thes«e  instruction*.  Sir.  and  trom  the  condaet  of  the 
commanders  of  the  squa^Jron  of  ship*  btrlonging  to  his  Britanic  Majesty 
under  the  command  of  Rear  Admiral  Murray.  I  concmve  it  to  be  my 
duty  to  notify  to  you  a^  commander  of  the  j^hip^  of  his  Britanic  Majesty 
now  in  our  waters,  the  instructions  which  I  have  received,  and  at  the 
same  time  to  inform  you  that  a  demand  will  be  maile  by  the  Executive 
of  the  United  States  upon  your  Government,  for  all  the  captures  which 
Admiral  Murray's  squadron  have  made,  since  they  have  used  the  waters 
of  thl4  State  as  a  station  from  whence  thev  have  carried  on  hostile 
depredations. 

1  must  also  request  that  yon  and  all  the  ships  composing  said  squad- 
ron will  forthwith  depart. 

It  is  possible  that  I  may  not  be  exactly  informed  of  the  ships  which 
are  under  the  particular  orders  of  Rear  Admiral  Murray,  but  that  yoa 
may  clearly  understand  the  ships  which  I  request  to  depart.  1  have  sub- 
joined a  list  of  them  at  the  foot  hereof. 

I  take  the  liberty  of  suggesting  to  you  the  propriety  of  liberating  all 
American  citizens  which  may  be  forcibly  held  on  board  any  oi  the  ships 
of  your  fleet,  as  no  measure  is  more  calculated  to  inflame  the  minds  of 
the  citizens  of  the  United  States  than  detaining  any  of  them  in  your 
service  against  their  inclinations. 

I  have  received  numerous  complaints  on  this  bead,  some  particular 
instances  of  which  Mr.  Cowper  and  Mr.  Bedioger  will  communicate  to 
you,  and  I  trust,  sir,  that  motives  of  humanity  and  a  regard  to  our  sov- 
ereignty will  induce  you  to  immediately  release  all  American  citizens 
now  on  board  any  of  your  ships. 

I  rely  on  you  to  communicate  the  contents  of  this  letter  to  all  the 
commanders  of  his  Britanic  Majesty's  ships  named  at  foot,  which  a  cod- 
ceive  come  within  the  description  of  vessels  who  have  used  our  waters 
as  a  station  from  whence  they  have  carried  on  hostile  depredations. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  491 


This  letter  will  bo  haDded  by  John  Cowper  and  Daniel  Bodinger,  Be-       1795. 
quires,  two  of  our  citizens,  in   whom  I  have  confidence,  and  who  will     May  8th 
make  on  our  part  such  explanations  as  may  be  required  and  proper  to 
make. 

I  have,  &c., 

W.  WILSON,  Lieutenant-Colonel. 

List  of  ships  alluded  to  in  the  preceding  letter. 

Resolution,  Argonaut,  Africa,  Hussar,  Cleopatra,  Thetis,  Lynx, 
L'Ouise. 

True  copy: 

GEORGE  HAMMOND. 

Harvy  : 

You  are  not  to  depart  from  Norfolk  till  to>morrow  morning,  at 
which  time  I  will  see  you  upon  business  of  importance.  If  you  depart 
from  hence  before  that  time,  ye  do  it  on  your  peril. 

(Signed)  W.  WILSON. 

Monday  evening,  27th  April,  '95. 

A  true  copy: 

GEO.  HAMMOND. 

The  foregoing  two  letters  of  the  5th  instant,  from  Mr.  Hammond  to 
the  Secretary  of  State,  together  with  the  two  enclosures  of  the  27th  of 
April,  from  Mr.  Wilson,  are  truly  copied  from  the  originals  on  file  in  the 
office  of  the  Department  of  State. 

GEO.  TAYLOR,  Jr.,  C.  Clerk. 

Department  of  State,  May  6th,  1795. 

Sir: 

As  far  as  your  two  letters  of  yesterday  which  I  received  this  morn- 
ing, relative  to  the  conduct  of  Mr.  Willis  Wilson,  will  admit  of  a  defini- 
tive answer  at  this  moment,  I  shall  readily  give  it.  But  it  must  occur 
to  you  that  the  order  said  to  be  signed  by  him  is  inapplicable  to  any 
precise  case,  bears  so  few  marks  of  an  official  act,  and  stands  so  much 
in  need  of  extrinsic  explanation,  that  we  must  take  some  time  to  ascer- 
tain the  facts.  In  doing  this,  no  delay  shall  unnecessarily  intervene. 
Perhaps  however,  the  declaration  which  will  be  now  made  may  apply 

to  this  case. 

The  first  brtinch  of  your  inquiry  is,  whether  W.  Wilson  was  author- 
ized by  the  Federal  Government  to  assert  that  a  demand  will  be  made 
by  the  Executive  of  the  United  States  on  the  Government  of  Great 
Britain  tor  all  the  captures  which  Admiral  Murray's  squadron  have 
made  since  they  have  used  the  waters  of  Virginia  as  a  station  from 
whence  they  have  carried  on  hostile  depredations.    I  must  refer  you  to 


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therefore  hare  ooc  made  them^  and  the  rmther  be^'uus^  ibtor^  hsu  ^  thkird 
right  Meure«l  to  neither  by  treaty,  but  doe  to  Wth  o«t  the  )^^4|(^vt^  of 
boepitality  between  triendly  natk>a$ — that  ot  ciHU^tt^  i^to  OMr  |K^^^ 
not  under  the  preasore  of  argent  necet$s»ity.  but  whenever  iheir  vxH^iN^^ir^ 
or  convenience  induced  them.  On  this  ground  ai^>  the  two>  K^tiv>«k»  <Mr^ 
on  a  footing. 

As  it  has  never  been  conceived  that  either  would  detain  their  ^i|M^  ^^ 
war  in  our  ports  when  they  were  in  a  condition  lor  action^  we  haw 
never  conceived  it  necessary  to  prescribe  any  limit  to  the  time  o4  their 
stay,  nor  can  it  be  viewed  as  an  injury  to  either  pnrty>  to  let  theiir  «^ii^ 


494  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  mies  he  idle  in  our  ports  from  years  end  to  years  end  if  tbey  chuse  it. 
^y  8th  Thus  then  the  public  ships  of  war  of  both  nations  enjoy  perfect  equality 
in  our  ports — Ist,  in  cases  of  urgent  necessity;  2nd,  in  cases  of  comfort 
or  convenience ;  and  3rd,  in  the  time  they  chuse  to  continue.  And  all 
a  friendly  power  can  ask  from  another  is,  to  extend  to  her  the  same  in- 
dulgencies  which  she  extends  to  other  friendly  powers.  And  though 
the  admission  of  the  prizes  and  privateers  of  France  is  exclusive,  yet  it 
is  the  effect  of  Treaty  made  long  ago  for  valuable  considerations,  not 
with  a  view  to  the  present  circumstances,  nor  against  any  nation  in 
particular,  but  all  in  general ;  and  may  therefore  be  faithfully  observed 
without  offence  to  any ;  and  we  mean  faithfully  to  observe  it. 

The  same  exclusive  article  has  been  stipulated,  as  was  before  observed, 
■  by  Great  Britain  in  her  treaty  with  France,  and  indeed  is  to  be  found 
in  the  treaties  between  most  nations. 

With  respect  to  the  usurpation  of  admiralty  jurisdiction  by  the  Con- 
suls of  France  within  these  States,  the  honor  and  rights  of  the  States 
themselves  were  sufficient  motives  for  the  Executive  to  take  measures 
to  prevent  its  continuance  as  soon  as  they  were  apprized  of  it.  They 
have  been  led  by  particular  considerations  to  await  the  effect  of  these 
measures,  believing  they  would  be  sufficient,  but  finding  at  length  they 
were  not,  such  others  have  been  lately  taken  as  can  no  longer  fail  to 
suppress  this  irregularity  completely. 

The  President  is  duly  sensible  of  the  character  of  the  act  of  opposi- 
tion made  to  the  service  of  legal  process  on  the  Brig  William  Tell,  and 
he  presumes  the  representations  made  on  that  subject  to  the  Minister  of 
Frauce  will  have  the  effect  of  opening  a  free  access  to  the  officer  of  jus- 
tice when  he  shall  again  present  himself  with  the  precept  of  his  court. 

I  have,  &c., 

TH.  JEFFERSON. 

Mr.  Hammond,  Minister  Plcnlpt.  of  His  Britanic  Majesty. 


True  copy  from  record : 


GEORGE  TAYLOR,  Je., 
C.  Clerk  Dep't  State. 


Philadelphia,  July  7th,  1795. 
Sir: 

Altho'  I  have  it  not  in  my  power  to  answer  your  letter  of  this 
morning  under  the  immediate  instructions  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  yet  in  his  conduct  have  1  seen  so  unvaried  a  course  of 
invpartiftlity  towards  the  belligerant  nations,  that  I  may  venture  to 
assure  you  (if  indeed  it  can  be  necessary  to  repeat  such  an  assurance) 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  495 


that  the  letter  of  my  predecessor  of  the  9th  of  September,  1793,  will  be       1795. 

adhered  to.  May  8th 

I  have,  &c., 

EDM.  RANDOLPH. 

Mr.  Hammond,  Minister  Plenipo'ry  of  His  Britanic  Majesty. 

True  copy  from  the  records  of  the  Department  of  State : 

GEO.  TAYLOR,  Jr. 
8th  May,  1795. 


W.  Wilson  to  the  Governor.  May  9th 

I  beg  leave  to  inform  >  our  Excellency  that  I  have  received  the  in-  Portsmouth 
structions  of  the  Executive,  countermanding  that  part  of  my  former 
instructions  which  require  "  the  departure  of  the  vessels  of  war  of  the 
belligerent  nations  coming  under  the  predicament  therein  described,  and 
in  case  of  refusal  to  use  the  most  effectual  means  to  prevent  their  re- 
ceiving or  experiencing  any  aid,  assistance,  or  comfort  from  any  of  the 
inhabitants  of  this  Commonwealth,"  and  I  have  in  conformity  thereto, 
made  known  the  same  to  all  within  my  jurisdiction  who  come  within 
its  purview,  with  a  notification  that  the  former  part  of  that  communi- 
cation (which  I  recited  at  large)  is  not  to  be  dispensed  with,  but  will 
be  vigorously  enforced.  I  will  with  great  pleasure  communicate  to 
your  Excellency  every  occurrence  that  may  happen  upon  this  or  any 

other  public  business. 

I  have,  &c. 


Edmund  Randolph  to  the  Governor.  Mav  9th 

I  do  myself  the  honor  of  requesting  your  Excellency's  attention  to  Department 
the  enclosed  copies  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Hammond,  of  a  declaration  of  *® 

Thomas  Butler,  and  of  his  original  affidavit.  Justice  to  Mr.  Bedinger 
is  a  sufficient  motive  for  an  enquiry,  and  that  inquiry  I  take  the  liberty 
of  recommending  to  your  instruction,  he  being  a  magistrate  of  Virginia, 
and  the  act  complained  of  being  in  that  character. 

You  will  oblige  me,  sir,  by  as  speedy  a  communication  of  the  result 

as  may  be  convenient. 

I  have,  &c. 

Extract  of  a  letter  from  Hammond  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  dated 

May  5th,  1795. 

The  paper  marked  1  is  the  voluntary  declaration  of  Thomas  Butler, 
the  pilot,  subscribed  by  him  in  the  presence  of  seversl  witnesses.  From 
this  declaration,  which  in  my  opinion  satisfactorily  refutes  the  princi- 


496  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPEBS. 


1795.       pal  part  of  the  statement  contained  in  the  pretended  atfidarit  mgned 
May  9th     Daniel  Bedinger,  inclosed  in  yoar  letter  of  the  8th  altimo,  jt  appears, 
that  the  ship  Harmony  was  in  the  possession  of  seamen   belon^ng  to 
his  Majesty's  ship  Argonaut*  at  the  time  of  her  being  boarded  by  Thos. 
Butler,  and  was  not  made  a  prise  aAer  he  had  taken  charge  of  her  as  a 
pilot.     That  in  contradiction  of  the  assertion  in  the  pretended  affidavit, 
he  ^Butler^  had  never  any  knowledge  of  the  appraisement  or  equip- 
ment of  L'Esperance,  nor  was  any  offer  made  to  him  by  Admiral  Mur- 
ray to  serve  in  her  as  a  pilot.     That  he  (^Butler)  never  deposed  to  many 
of  the  articles  said  to  have  been  sworn  to  bv  him:  and  that  as  he  can 
neither  read  nor  write,  he  presumed  from  what  he  had  heard  read  to 
him.  that  Mr.  Bedinger  has  perverted  his  deposition  as  he  saw  fit.     Id 
regard  to  this  last  circumstance,  o^  a  man  invested  with  the  sacred 
character  oi  a  magistrate,  having  abused  the  confidence  of  an  illiterate 
per»>n  so  tar  as  to  represent  him  as  swearing  to  the  truth  ot  tacts,  of 
which  he  was  entirely  ignorant.  1  can  only  express  my  hope  that  for 
the  honor  of  human  nature,  vou  will  be  furnished   with  evideoee  sul- 
ficent  to  repel  the  solemn  voluntary  deeiaraiion  of  Butler.     If,  however. 
Bedinger  should  be  incapable  of  exhibiting  to  voa  such  exeulpatorr 
testimonv  as  will  exonerate  him  from  the  cnminalitv  attached  to  his 
conduct  as  a  magistrate.  I  take  the  liberty  of  farther  i>emarkiii^  to  yoo. 
sir,  tliat  he  is  employed  by  the  Federal  Government  m  the  collection  of 
customs  in  the  port  of  Nortolk.     Ton  will  permit  me  also  to  observe  on 
this  affidavit  transmitted  to  me  hx  ron,  that  as  it  is  not  snhsenbed  bi* 
the  person  of  whom  it  pretends  to  be  the  deposition,  and  is  signed  bj 
Daniel  Bedinger  onlv,  I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  this  omissaon  wis 
premeditated  by  him.  for  having  asserted  in  the  body  of  tlie  affidavit 
that  Butler  ^saw  written  instructions'*  to  a  ci»iain  effect,  and  knowing 
that  that  per»>n  could  neither  read  nor  write,  it  is  posedbie  that  Bedin- 
ger was  apprehensive  led  the  caraunsxance  of  Bailer's  mark  alone 
might  have  a  sospieous  appearance.     If  this  omissaon  had  not  escaped 
my  notice  at  the  time  of  ay  writing  my  letter  of  the  IMi  nh...  I  sbooM 
Doquestionably  have  animad verted  on  your  transaiasion  to  me  of  i 
document  porporting  to  be  a  depoRtkm  before  a  maguuate,  which  wti^ 
deficient  in  its  mo«<  essential  formality — the  sabscripuon  of  the  person 
bv  whom  it  is  asiserted  to  have  heeti  made. 


GEORGE  TAYLOR.  Jr. 

1-. 

IXeclaiaiSon  oi  Thomas  Butler.  Branch  plk4  at  Xorfolk. 

I>eclaresi.  that  he  had  never  any  knowje^r  <9f  the  apf«rais«Beni  or 
equipment  of  L  Es^Mrance,  and  that  no  oAer  tio  fin  on  board  her  as  t 
pikt  ior  the  onan  was  made  to  him  by  Admiral  Msmy. 


CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS.  497 


Od  bearing  his  deposition  read  to  him  as  transmitted  by  Mr.  Ham-  1795. 
mond,  declares  that  he  never  deposed  to  many  of  the  articles  said  to  May  9th 
have  been  sworn  to  by  him;  that  he  can  neither  read  nor  write,  but 
from  what  he  has  heard  read  to  him,  he  presumes  Mr.  Bedinger  has 
perverted  his  deposition  as  he  saw  fit.  He  positively  declares  that  the 
Harmony  was  in  possession  of  the  British  when  he  boarded  her,  whether 
it  was  on  the  day  of  her  detention  or  a  day  afterwards,  he  cannot  deter- 
mine. Declares  also  that  on  boarding  her,  the  only  Americans  he  found 
were  Capt.  Robertson  and  one  man ;  the  others  were  a  British  officer 
and  several  British  seamen.  That  he  piloted  the  ship  next  forenoon  into 
the  Chesapeake,  when  he  anchored  in  Lynham  bay  about  11  o'clock. 
The  same  day  he  was  sent  on  board  the  Argonaut,  he  there  saw  the 
American  Seamen  belonging  to  the  Harmony — several  of  whom  he  was 
acquainted  with,  and  associated  much  with  them  whilst  together  in  the 
Argonaut. 

Declares  he  is  now  on  board  his  Britanic  Majesty's  ship  Thetis,  in 
order  to  pilot  her  to  sea. 

That  what  is  hereinbefore  specified,  has  been  read  to  him  before  wit- 
nesses; in  whose  presence  he  makes  his  mark  to  the  truth  (of  his)  the 
preceding  declaration. 

Done  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  Thetis,  in  Hampton  Roads,  this  23d 
day  of  April,  1795. 

his 

THOMAS  XI   BUTLER. 

mark. 

Witnesses:  A.  Pavot,  3rd  Lieutenant  Thetis;  Andres  Mackie,  Master; 
John  Williamson  of  Norfolk,  Shipwright;  Warren  Hopkin  of  Hampton, 
Shipwright;  Robert  Borland  of  Portsmouth,  House  Carpenter. 

He  further  declares,  That  Mr.  Bedinger  waited  on  him  and  told  him 
it  was  the  Governor  s  desire  he  should  depose  to  what  he  knew  relative 
to  the  ship  Harmony.  The  mayor  of  the  Town  also  spoke  to  him  on 
the  same  subject,  and  said  we  must  have  you  before  us  to  make  your 
deposition. 

his 

THOMAS  X    BUTLER 

mark. 

W^itnesses:  Thomas  Phelps,  Purser,  Thetis;  John  Williamson  of  Nor- 
folk, Shipwright. 

True  Copy: 


GEO.  HAMMOND. 


True  copy: 
63 


GEO.  TAYLOR. 


498  CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPEES. 


1795.       Norfolk  Borough,  act: 

May  0th  Personally  appeared  before  me,  Daniel  Bedinger,  an  Alderman  of 

the  Borough  aforesaid,  Thomas  Butler,  pilot  of  lawful  age,  and  being 
duly  sworn  on  the  holy  evangelists  of  Almighty  Grod,  deposeth  and 
saith  :  That  some  time  on  or  about  the  beginning  of  January  last,  (he 
does  not  recollect  the  particular  day),  He  (this  deponent)  went  out  to 
sea  in  his  pilot  boat  in  quest  of  vessels;  that  on  the  second  day  after 
passing  Cape  Henry,  he  spoke  and  boarded  the  ship  Harmony  of  Balti- 
more, from  France,  bound  to  Norfolk;  that  soon  after  he  had  taken 
charge  of  her  as  a  pilot,  the  British  ship  Argonaut  came  up  with  and 
made  a  prize  of  the  said  ship  Harmony;  that  he  (this  deponent)  re- 
mained on  board  the  Harmony  and  piloted  her  (under  the  direction  of 
the  Captors)  into  Lynhaven  bay,  whore  the  Resolution  (commanded  by 
Admiral  Murray)  and  several  other  British  vessels  were  there  riding  at 
anchor;  that  Admiral  Murray  ordered  the  said  ship  Harmony  to  be 
carried  to  Bermuda  from  Lynhaven  bay  aforesaid,  where  she  had  been 
brought  to  anchor,  and  that  he  (this  deponent)  saw  written  instructions 
to  that  effect — after  which  he  was  carried  on  board  the  Admiral's  ship, 
where  he  was  detained  four  days  in  order  (as  he  was  informed)  that  he 
might  not  give  timely  information  of  the  foregoing  particulars ;  and  this 
deponent  further  sayeth  that  on  his  arnval  in  Lynhaven  bay,  as  before 
related,  he  there  found  (properly  moored)  the  French  sloop  of  war  L'es- 
perance  (a  prise  also  to  the  Argonaut);  that  he  understood  from  the  offi- 
cers and  people  on  board  the  Resolution  that  the  sloop  of  war  had  been 
taken  some  days  before,  brought  to  where  she  then  lay,  and  there  valued 
or  appraised;  that  the  Admiral  took  her  to  himself  at  the  said  valuation 
or  appraisement,  and  that  the  said  prize  (sloop  of  war  L'esperance)  was 
then  and  there  manned  and  fitted  for  a  cruize.  He  further  declares 
that  offera  were  made  to  him  (this  deponent)  by  the  Admiral  himself  to 
engage  as  a  pilot  for  said  sloop  of  war  during  his  intended  cruize  on  the 
coast,  which  offei*s  he  (this  deponent)  rejected;  and  that  when  he  was 
at  length  permitted  to  leave  the  Resolution  in  order  to  return  home  the 
said  prize  sloop  of  war  L'esperanoe  was  still  moored  in  Lynhaven  bay. 
And  further  this  deponent  sayeth  not. 
Given  under  my  hand  this  24th  day  of  March,  1795. 

(Signed)  DANIEL  BEDINGER. 

A  true  copy : 

GEO,  TAYLOR,  Je. 


May  9th 


E.  Langham  to  the  Governor. 


Columbia        ^7  contract  for  supplies  of  provisions  at  the  arsenal  ends  the  Slst  in- 
stant.   I  am  willing  to  continue  the  contract  till  the  first  of  October,  at 


CALBNDAK  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


4d9 


which  time  (being  a  proper  season)  the  contract  may  be  renewed,  or 
the  business  again  let  to  the  lowest  bidder,  as  may  be  agreeable  to  the 
Honorable  the  Executive,  the  Superintendent,  &c. 

The  time  to  the  end  ol  my  contract  is  but  short,  therefore  your  sen- 
timents on  the  subject  to  Major  Quarles  can't  come  too  early  to  hand. 

I  have,  &c. 


1795. 
May  9th 


Thomas  Wylds  to  the  Governor. 

In  the  month  of  September  last,  being  at  that  time  commissary  for 
the  troops  employed  on  the  fortifications  of  Norfolk  harbour,  I  was  de- 
sired by  Colonel  Thomas  Newton,  of  this  borough,  agreeable  to  orders 
from  his  Excellency,  the  late  Governor  Lee,  to  furnish  Captain  Laud. 
Carter's  company  of  artillery  with  provisions,  agreeably  to  law,  while 
the  said  company  were  employed  on  the  fortification  of  Port  Nelson. 

I  complied  with  Colonel  Newton's  requent,  and  have  made  out  my 
return  accordingly  signed  by  Col.  Newton  and  Major  Wm.  Graves, 
which  has  been  sent  on  to  the  late  Governor  and  Council  some  months 
past,  and  having  never  received  compensation  as  yet,  I  hope  the 
length  of  time  will  be  a  sufficient  apology  for  troubling  your  Excellency 
by  wishing  you  to  have  enquiry  made  respecting  the  business,  and  be 
kind  enough  to  let  me  hear  what  prospect  I  may  expect. 

I  am,  &c. 


May  9th 


Norfolk 


Robert  Quarles  to  the  Governor. 

Until  this  moment  I  never  recollected  that  the  term  for  which  my 
present  commissary  has  contracted  to  supply  this  post  with  rations, 
expires  on  the  last  day  of  this  month.  I  must  therefore  solicit  the 
advice  of  the  honorable  board  on  this  subject,  and  hope  to  be  furnished 
with  their  instructions  time  enough  to  advertise  the  letting  of  the  office, 
so  as  to  guard  against  any  inconvenience  respecting  the  regular  supplies 
of  provisions,  &c. 

I  shall  have  no  objection  to  the  continuance  of  my  present  contractor, 
provided  it  is  agreeable  to  him,  on  the  terms  heretofore  existing  be- 
tween us. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  9th 

State 
Arsenal 


At  a  court  held  at  Chesterfield  County  Courthouse  on  Monday,  the     May  9th 
11th  day  of  May,  1795,  for  the  trial  of  Sam,  the  property  of  Charles 
Burton,  charged  with    having  committed  a  rape  on  the  body  of  Sally 


600 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.  Wise,  a  white  girl  of  this  county,  on  the  night  of  the  second  of  the 
May  9th     present  month  : 

Present — George  Markham,  Roger  Atkinson,  John  Hill,  Archibald 
Walthall,  Archibald  Baugh — ^Justices. 

The  prisoner  being  led  to  the  bar  and  arraigned  of  the  premises, 
pleaded  not  guilty;  thereupon  sundry  witnesses  wore  sworn  and  ex- 
amined, and  the  prisoner  heard  in  his  own  defence,  upon  consideration 
whereof,  it  seems  to  the  court  here  that  the  prisoner  is  guilty  of  the 
charge  aforesaid  in  manner  and  form  as  the  same  against  him  is  alleged, 
therefore  it  is  ordered  that  the  said  prisoner  be  hanged  by  the  neck 
until  he  be  dead,  and  it  is  said  to  the  sheriff  that  execution  thereof  be 
done  on  the  12th  day  of  June  next. 

Memo. — The  Court  valued  the  said  Sam.  to  £75. 


(Signed) 


Copy — Teste  : 


GEO.  MARKHAM, 
ROGER  ATKINSON, 
ARCH.  WALTHALL, 
ARCH.  BAUGH, 
JOHN  HILL. 

T.  WATKLNS,  C.  C. 


May  11th 

Phila- 
delphia 


John  Steele  to  the  Governor. 

Your  letter  of  the  4th  instant  and  a  number  of  vouchers  enclosed 
with  it  were  rec'd.  I  shall  attend  to  them  with  pleasure,  and  flatter 
myself  that  a  very  few  days  will  complete  the  business.  Mr.  Pendleton 
has  not  specified  for  what  year  Mr.  Pryor  was  allowed  10  cents  per 
ration ;  and  there  is  no  abstract  of  his  here  except  for  1793.  That 
allowance  was  by  a  special  order  of  the  Board,  and  not  contract,  as  Mr. 
Pendleton  has  charged  it. 

By  next  post  I  will  be  able  to  write  with  more  certainty  on  the  sub- 
ject; and 

Am,  sir,  &c. 


May  12th 


Wyatt  Coleman  to  the  Governor. 

Praying  that  ho  may  not  bo  deprived  of  the  office  of  the  Keeper  of 
the  Capitol,  and  detailing  the  duties  dischai'god  by  him  in  connection 
therewith. 


May  12th 


Samuel  Coleman  to  the  Governor. 


Richmond        Praying  that  the  office  of  Keeper  of  the  Capitol  may  not  be  taken 
from  bis  father,  Wyatt  Coleman,  in  view  of  his  age  and  poverty. 


CALENDAR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  601 


John  Steele  to  the  Governor.  1795. 

In  my  labt  I  promised  to  write  with  more  certainty  on  a  particular    May  13th 
subject.    This  I  cannot  do,  as  no  progress  has  since  been  made  in  the       Phila- 
business.  ^«^P^^* 

Mr.  Preston  informed  me  that  some  of  the  Western  claimants  were  in 
Richmond  waiting  for  my  return.  If  I  thought  partial  payments  would 
be  made  by  the  Board  I  would  endeavour  to  obtain  and  send  partial 
drafts  to  meet  their  demands.  As  some  deductions  and  alterations  have 
been  made,  it  will  be  proper  not  to  pay  in  full  until  a  copy  of  the  settle- 
ment comes  on  in  which  all  the  alterations  will  be  noted. 

I  have,  &c., 


John  Bowyer  to  the  Governor.  May  I3th 

There  is  a  compleat  company  of  Light  Infantry  Inlisted  by  the  Cap-  Rockbridge 
tain  and  his  under  officers  for  the  second  Battalion  in  Rockbridge  county. 
The  officers  have  made  every  exertion  in  their  power  since  their  appoint- 
ment to  compleat  the  same,  which  they  have  done,  except  Muskets  and 
Bayonets,  which  are  not  to  be  had  here.  If  your  Excellency  would 
please  to  order  the  above  company  to  be  furnished  with  the  above  arti- 
cles from  the  Magazine  belonging  to  this  state,  the  Captain  who  com- 
mands the  company  will  give  you  sufficient  security,  if  Required,  for 
the  safe-keeping  and  return  of  the  arms  when  demanded.  Capt.  James 
Carutbers  is  a  man  of  undoubted  character,  and  may  be  depended  upon 
for  anything  he  undertakes  to  do. 

I  am,  &c. 


William  McKee  to  the  Governor.  May  uth 

The  bearer.  Capt.  James  Carutbers,  hath  enlisted  a  Company  of  Light 
Infantry  in  the  Eighth  Regiment  of  Militia,  consisting  of  about  seventy 
active  young  men  who  seem  very  capable  and  desirous  of  learning  Mili- 
tary skill.  But  one  difficulty  lays  in  the  way — that  is,  the  want  of 
proper  arms;  without  which  it  is  impracticable,  and  it  appears  out  of 
their  power  to  obtain  them  of  their  own.  Should  the  honorable  the 
Executive  deem  it  proper  to  furnish  the  Company  with  a  sufficient  num- 
ber of  Muskets,  Bayonets,  and  Cartouche  Boxes  from  the  Magazine,  I 
should  think  it  would  be  employing  them  to  a  valuable  purpose.  The 
Captain  would  be  careful  of  the  arms,  and  give  such  receipts  and  com- 
ply with  such  directions  as  your  Honorable  Board  would  direct;  and  if 
my  vouching  for  his  strict  compliance  would  add  to  the  board's  confi- 


602 

1795. 
May  14th 


CALBNDAR  OP  STATE  PAPBHS. 


dence  in  bim  on  this  business,  I  roost  cheerfully  pass  my  word  on  his 
behalf. 

Your  circular  letter  requesting  the  ranks  of  the  several  grades  of  offi- 
cers in  this  Ileg*t  to  be  adjusted,  came  to  hand,  but  had  been  delayed. 
I  have  appointed  a  Board  for  the  purpose,  who  meet  the  first  Tuesday 
in  next  month,  and  will  as  soon  as  possible  send  their  proceedings. 

I  have,  &c. 

I  consent  that  Captain  Eoger  Gregory  should  have  arms  for  his  com- 
pany of  Light  Infantry  upon  the  same  terms  that  the  other  companies 
have  been  furnished,  and  that  it  be  entered  in  the  proceedings  of  the  day. 

JAMES  WOOD, 
ROBERT  GOODB, 
CARTER  BRAXTON, 
LARKIN  SMITH. 

Colonel  Coleman  will  please  deliver  the  arms  agreeably  to  the  within 

order. 

ROBERT  BROOKE. 

Received  of  Samuel  Coleman  forty  muskets  without  bayoDots  or  car- 
tridge boxes,  which  I  promise  to  return  in  equal  good  order  when  called 
upon  for  that  purpose,  or  bind  myself,  my  heirs,  &c.,  to  make  good  such 

as  may  not  be  returned. 

ROGER  GREGORY,  Je. 

Richmond,  May  14th,  1795. 

Teste: 

ELISHA  PRICE. 


May  14th 

Philadel- 
phia 


Thomas  Mifflin  to  the  Governor. 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the 
fourth  instant,  and  a  copy  of  the  Revised  Laws  of  Virginia,  for  which 
I  request  you  will  accept  my  best  thanks. 

I  have,  &c. 


May  14th 


Norfolk 


B.  Green  to  the  Governor. 

This  moment  arrived  from  Baltimore  Captain  Deogrel,  in  whence 
came  passenger  Major  Rivardie,  who  informs  me  the  Federal  troops  are 
to  proceed  to  West  Point  Fort.  Should  that  take  place,  I  hope  year 
Excellency  will  station  me  at  Fort  Norfolk  in  preference  to  Fort  Nel- 
son, it  being  more  convenient  for  the  company  (^having  no  water  to 
cross).    The  Grenadier  company  of  Portsmouth  is  sufflcient  for  Fort 


CALBN0AR  OP  STATE  PAPERS.  503 


Nelson,  if  I  done  give  my  opinion,  and  the  company  of  artillery  under       1795. 
my  command  are  ready  and  willing  to  do  duty  at  Fort  Norfolk  if  it    May  14th 
should  meet  with  the  approbation  of  your  Excellency. 

With,  Ac. 


Thb  Auditor's  Report  on  Colonel  Davibs'  Account. 

The  Auditor  does  not  know  of  any  obstacles  to  the  settlement  Of  Mr. 
Davies'  account  (it  would  seem  indeed  as  if  a  final  settlement  never 
should  take  place),  that  gentleman  having  received  his  appointment 
from  the  Executive,  and  all  the  expenses  of  his  office  being  of  a  contin- 
gent nature,  the  Auditor  thought  it  would  be  proper  for  the  Honorable 
Board  to  direct  him  to  settle  any  account  exhibited  by  Colonel  Davies' 
relative  to  that  business.  This  was  al!  he  mentioned  to  him.  He  claims 
now  a  balance  due  on  the  account  rendered  in  October  '93,  No.  1,  and 
a  further  balance  on  one  just  now  rendered.  No.  2.  The  Auditor  ex- 
pected when  the  dissection  was  performed  all  complaints  would  conse- 
quently subside,  but  it  remains  for  the  faculty  of  Government  to  apply 
further  remedies,  and  the  Auditor  is  ready  on  the  order  of  the  Honor- 
able Board  to  examine  the  case  and  administer  another  anodyne — an 
antidote  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  whole  Materia  Medica. 


John  Steele  to  the  Governor.  Mayisth 

in  a  former  letter  I  mentioned  that  part  of  the  rolls  of  Clendennin     Philadel- 
and  Mann's  companies  could  not  be  found  among  the  papers.     The  were        P^^^ 
since  found  upon  the  table  of  the  Secretary,  and  I  will  now  be  able  to 
close  the  account,  except  General  Tate's  pay  and  such  accounts  as  may 
yet  be  presented  for  ammunition. 

There  is  a  strong  disposition  to  reject  the  account  of  one  hundred 
and  sixteen  dollars  paid  in  advance  to  Major  John  Pryor  for  bringing  on 
the  papers.  They  think  the  charge  enormous  compared  with  postage  or 
express  hire,  and  as  no  settlement  was  made  will  not  admit  it,  on  the 
score  of  his  attention  to  that  object.  The  ground  of  confidence  only  is 
left  on  which  to  urge  the  admission  of  it. 

With,  &c. 


Thomas  Newton  to  the  Governor.  Mayieth 

Doubts  having  arisen  whether  your  Excellency's  proclamation  extends 
to  the  Bermuda  and  the  Bahama  Islands,  a  sloop  arrived  from  the 
former,  which  has  caused  this  enquiry,  and  the  enclosed  letters  will 


604  CALENDAR  OF  STATE  PAPERS. 


1795.       show  what  has  passed  thereon.    I  beg  leave  to  observe  that  there  is  as 

May  16th     much  danger  from  the  Mississippi  and  those  Islands  and  the  Spanish, 

French  and  Dutch  Settlements  on  the  main  as  the  Islands,  and  find  that 

Pennsylvania  has  particularly  guarded  against  them.     Your  opinion  on 

this  subject  will  oblige  me. 

I  have  a  boat  employed,  and  am  afraid  from  circumstances  I  shall  be 
obliged  to  keep  one.  Orders  I  hear  are  come  on  to  withdraw  the  gar- 
rison from  our  Forts.  If  this  is  the  case  the  boat  will  be  necessary,  if 
not  I  shall  discharge  her.     No  news. 

Yours,  &c. 

Sir: 

Since  writing  this  a  vessel  has  arrived  from  Providence  who  missed 
the  lookout  boat,  she  being  hero  to  report  to  me,  and  came  immediately 
up  without  stopping.  I  have  ordered  her  down  again,  and  shall  be  ex- 
ceedingly obliged  for  your  Excellency*a  opinion  by  next  post  what  I  am 
to  do  with  vessels  in  this  predicament.  Many  are  of  opinion  that  the 
Bahamas  are  not  included  in  your  proclamation.  The  crew  is  in  health 
and  small,  not  being  above  five  in  number. 

I  am,  &c. 

14th  May,  1795. 
Sir: 

The  sloop  Prince  William  Henry  is  arrived  at  the  Fort  from  Ja- 
maica, last  from  Bermuda.  She  left  Jamaica  25th  of  February  and 
Bermuda  the  4th  instant.  The  people  are  all  healthy,  but  we  are  in- 
formed she  is  detained  to  perform  quarantine.  If  there  is  no  good 
ground  for  detention  we  shall  be  glad  the  necessary  permission  is 
afforded  this  vessel,  or  that  we  are  informed  under  what  predicament 
she  is  considered. 

We  are,  sir,  &c., 

SILBERT,  ROBERTSON  &  MUNRO. 

May  14th,  1795. 
Mr.  Gilbert  Robertson : 

Before  the  arrival  of  the  Prince  William  Henry 

20  days  was  fixed  on  for  all  vessels  to  lie  before  admitted  to  come  up  to 

the  towns,  including  the  days  of  sailing  and  arrival. 

The  Governor  has  been  informed  thereof,  and  I  cannot  dispense  with 

the  rule.     This  vessel  was  spoke  with  by  the  officers  commanding  the 

lookout  boat,  and  treated  uncivilly  by  not  answering  his  demands  as  the 

law  directs.     The  23d  instant  she  will  be  discharged  according  to  the 

rule  laid  down.     The  Captain  infringed  our  laws  by  coming  up  yesterday. 

I  am,  &c. 

THOS.  NEWTON. 


ABBOTT,  JOHN 160 

ACCOMACK  COUNTY. 

Number  of  Militia 161,167 

ACTIVE,  Schooner 238 

ADAMS,  JOHN,  Vice-Preflident  United  States  and  President  Senate W,  210 

ADAMS,  MORDECAI 85 

ADAMS,  RO 147 

ADA>L<   THOS.  B 258 

AINSWORTH,  CAPT 325,329 

AKIN,  JOS.,  D.  C,  P.  C 196 

ALBEMARLE  COUNTY. 

Destruction  of  Records.. 10 

Number  of  Militia 164,166 

ALCOCKE,  ROBERT. 

To  the  Governor :  complaining  of  omission  of  Madison  county  court  in  not  recom- 
mending him  for  sheriffalty 227 

ALDERSON,  GEORGE 284 

ALEXANDER,  CHARLES. 

To  the  Governor ;  declines  sheriffalty  of  Fairfax,  and  recommends  Col.  Payne  for 
same 269-70 

ALEXANDER,  MAJOR 357 

ALEXANDER,  W 1 

ALEXANDRIA. 

Fifty-five  vessels  entere<l  by  Dr.  Dick  daring  the  contagion  in  Philadelphia 1 

Bank  of. 6,34,325 

Fortification  of. 93-5,186 

Statement  of  Bank  of. 419 

ALLEN,  JAMF>;,  Jr 34&-9 

ALLEN,  Mr , 365 

ALLEN,  SAMUEL 344,360 

64 


506  INDEX. 


ALLEN,  THOS. 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 149 

ALLAL\NCE,  P:DMUND 2^)5 

ALLOWAY,  Mr l?7i< 

ALLYN.  ROBERT 238 

ALSBURY,  ELIZABETH 340 

ALVEY,  BILBY  H. 

To  the  Governor ;  is  unacquainted  with  the  sentiment  of  the  people  of  Surry  county,  31 1 

AMBLER,  JACQUELIN,  Treasurer. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  arrearage  of  taxes  now  due 270 

Report  of  disbursements  and  discounts 3'3 

To  the  Lieut-Governor;  relating  to  priorit}^  of  payments  at  the  treasury i»40 

To ;  relating  to  warrant  for  James  River  company 3.W 

To  James  Wood ^ 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  balances  of  the  last  calls  due  to  the  canal  companies,  .'>i'7 

Chosen  treasurer 399 

Reports  a  payment  into  the  treasury  by  John  Syme  to  the  credit  of  Farrel  &  Jones,  4H2 

AMELIA  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 1<J1 

AMHERST  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 163,166 

Militia  oflScers  of 18" 

ANDERSON,  BARHELOT,  Escheator. 

To  the  Governor ;  transmitting  list  of  escheated  property 1^-6 

E8t»heator  for  Hanover 86 

ANDERSON,  JAMES 187 

ANDERSON,  Mr :iS^,m 

ANDERSON,  NAT. 

Solicits  an  agency 21 

ANDERSON,  RICHARD. 

Dead 125) 

ANDERSON,  WILLIAM ^'^ 

ANDREWS,  Mr '•^'^ 

ANDRKWS,  ROBERT. 

To  the  (lovernor;  forwarding  the  ret^ommendation  of  Hustings  courts  of  Williams- 
burg for  officers  of  militia 21') 

To  the  Governor;  Relating  to  procurement  of  money  for  Lunatic  Hospital  at  Wil- 
liamsburg  214-1'> 


ANN,  Brig. 


i:r.» 


APPRAISEMENT. 

Of  damages  done  to  public  hospital  by  the  French 2'J5 

ARCHER,  ABRAHAM \^ 

ARCHP:R,  EDWARD 86 

To  Robert  Good e ;  prays  indulgence  of  his  bond 1'^^ 

ARMISTEAD,  (GEORGE 4G7 


INDEX.  607 


ARMISrEAD,  WILLIAM 54 

ARMORY. 

Statement  in  relation  to Si^Mi 

Statement  regarding 369-70 

ARMS. 

Manufacture  of 36,81,88,341 

Expense  of  State  manufacture  of. 88-9 

Sent  to  Richmond 106 

From  State  manufactory.. 115-16 

For  Prince  (xeorge  county 122 

Cannon  at  Richmond 148 

r^nt  by  Virginia  to  the  United  States  in  the  whiskey  insurrection 319 

Fumisned  from  State  arsenal 341-2 

AUCiUSTA  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia. 163 

ARMSTRONG,  M. 

To  John  Pendleton;  relating  to  judgment  against  Warmal,  late  sheriff  of  Monon- 
^lia 187 

ARNOLD. 

Papers  det»troyetl  by 45 

ARTILLERY. 

OflScers  of,  at  Fredericksburg,  to  the  (iovernor ;  relative  to  prices  of  ordnance  for 
the  company 60-61 

ASHLEY 160 

ATKINSON 160 

ATKINSON,  ROGER 500 

ATWELL,  HUGH 169 

ATWELL,  JOHN 169 

AST,  WILLIAM  FREDERICK. 

To  the  <Tovemor;  relating  to  his  scheme  for  marine  insurance 190 

AUDITORS  REPORT. 

On  Colonel  Davies*  account 503 

AUSTIN.  CHAPMAN. 

Solicits  an  agency.. 20 

AUSTIN,  MORRIS. 

To  John  Steele;  relating  to  general  court-martial  on  a  case  of  review 448-9 

AUSTIN,  MOSES 413 

AUSTIN,  KEUBEN 36 

AZOR,  a  free  negro  man 23 

B 

BAILEY,  JOHN 399 

BAJLEY,  Mr 425 


508  IXDEX. 


BAILEY,  THOLVS - ^ 42-3 

m 

BJORD.  Dr ^ 448 

BAKER,  THOMAS- ^ 4.% 

BALDWIX.  FRANCIS 3S0 

baijlex«;er,  DUI^LEY- ~ rS 

BALLEXGER.  JEREMIAH - ^ iS 

BALLEXGER,  JOSEPH -^ d> 

BALLEXnXE - „ ^ :«l 

BALTIMORE. 

Conta^ioQB  feTer  in — y^ 


BAXK  OF  ALEXAXDRIA. 


e5.tiO 


BAXKS,  HEXRY. 

To  lieoteittnt-OoTenior  W<»i :  js^s  to  exctunge  bwi  ma^ec^  for  co»>i  ofiee  for 

comfWiiT  of  greiudief^ - .' 13) 

To  the  Goremor :  solicits  a|:'f^ntzDent  in  n&ilitia ].>3 


BARBi>rK  JAME? ~ - 227 

BARBOinC  RICHARIK 


17 


BARKSPALE.  PETER. 


- -  «.H 

BARXETT- ~  ~ W 

BARXEIT,  COLOXEL.^ —  - ^ kH).li: 

BARXETT.  Mr ~ Mt) 

BARXES,  WM. 

To  the  Goyeroior :  encteme  Urt  of  men  componnc  iaJepeiMieiit  vofamteer  com- 
puiT. ~ I«vM 

BARRETT.  DR- -k*) 

BARRETT.  JOHN.  Mmjorof  RidimoiKL 

To  the  IvOTeroor:  relfttin^  to  Fivorh  esni^nnt?  firom  >C  I^Knib^o 14 

BARROW.  HEXRY. 

ReoommeDded  for  oAot  of  sur^ertv 471 

BARRi.iXIER. 

To  the  GoTeraor :  ivlatn^  to  jl  threit  of  imf^riaaDnieiit  _ ■     ..      ■. S»-*> 

BART.  JEAX.  Fnnch  ship  <4  wv — - — :« 


BATH  OjUXTY. 

Xamber  of  zcdlitiju - . Itt 

BASSETT,  Mr- - -. - S74.*0 

BATE,  RICHARD.  SMood  Li^Qtcttmat.. ~ 124 


INDEX.  509 


BAUGH,  ARCHIBALD^ 500 

BAUGH,  RICHARD 36 

BAYLOR,  Mr 400 

BAYLY,  Mr ^8 

BAYTOP,  COLONEL 128 

BAYTOP,  Mr.. 386,399 

BAYTOP.  JAMK^ 123 

BAYONET. 

Manufi^tare  of. 202 

BAYONET,  MILL. 

Letter  relating  to 88 

BEALE,  RO. 

Solicits  agency 17 

BEC^KLEY^  JOHN. 

To  the  (Governor;  forwarding  copies  of  Journal  of  House  of  Repreeentativee 236,  392 

To  the  (jovemor;  transmits  three  copies  of  Journal  of  (^ongress. 471 

BEDFORD,  ROBERT. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  warrant  of  Hue  and  Cry  against  the  persons  who 
stole  the  children  of  Peggy  Howell ' 194,207 

BEDFORD  WUNTY. 

Number  of  militia. 162, 166 

Militia  of- 205-6 

BEDINGER,  DANIEL 81,  106, 157,  472,  488,  490,  495-8 

To  the  Governor;  list  of  cannon  at  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth 104-5 

To  James  Wood,  Lieutcnant-(iovemor;  relating  to  certain  charges  of  Mr.  Ham- 
mond, the  British  Minister,  against  him  and  others 308-9 

To  General  Woo<l ;  relating  to  a  refusal  of  privileges  to  a  neutral  in  our  watere.   ...      317 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  Frt»nch  Corvette  taken  otf  the  Capes. 4.^7 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  deposition  of  Thomas  Butler 483 

BEN,  a  negro  man  slave. 

Convicted  of  felony  in  New  Kent  County  Court;  recommended  for  mercy 23J>-40 

BENCH,  CAPT.,  Indian  Chief. 109,  112, 118,  124 

BENNETT,  CXJLONEI 115 

BENNET,  WILLIAM 345 

BENTLY,  Mr 386,  399 

BENTLY,  WILLIAM. 192 

BERISFORD.  CAPTAIN.... 473 

BERKELEY,  WM.,  Clerk  to  Treasurer 342 

BERKELEY,  EDMUND,  Clerk 326 

BERKELEY,  WILLIAM '. 354,378 

BERKELEY  CX3UNTY. 

Number  of  militia~ 164-5 


610  INDEX 


BIBB,  MAJOR. 

Recommended  as  agent 21 

BIBB,  RICHARD. 

Solicits  agency 25 

BIGGS 160 

BIGGS,  BENJAMIN. 

To  the  Governor;  a  controversy  between  Capt.  John  McCuUock;  and  relative  to 

Lieut.  Jos.  Biggs,  and  a  court-martial  on  Lieut.  Jos.  Biggs 11^19 

To  the  Governor;  relative  to  scouts  and  rangers  on  winter  establishment 19 

Orders  court-martial  on  Lieut.  Jos.  Biggs 89 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  posting  of  rangers  for  the  defence  of  the  Western 

frontier 95-<) 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  murders  at  various  points  on  the  frontier  by  Indians,  180 

BIGGS,  BRIGADIER-GENERAL 181,363,452 

Authorized  to  call  into  service  eight  scouts  for  the  protection  of  Ohio  county  and 

six  for  the  county  of  Harrison 424 

BIGGS,  JOSEPH,  Lieutenant 7,18,299 

Court-martialed 89 

To  Moses  Chapline ;  enclosing  charges  against  Capt.  John  McCollock- 178 

Prefers  charges  against  Capt.  John  McCullock 196 

Court-martialed  by  John  McCulloch 28 

BIGSBY 100 

BLLBRO 314 

BILLS,  BExVJAMIN. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  situation  of  the  western  frontiers 403 

BILLUPS,  GP:0RGE 157,295 

BIRCHETT.  Mr '. 4a) 

BIRD,  PHIL. 

Not  qualified 129 

BLACK,  JOHN 249 

BLACK,  Mr 290 

BLACK,  THaS 423 

BLACKBURN,  COL.  RICHARD 05 

BLAKE,  LEWIS '. 327 

BLACKSTONE,  JOHN 1^ 

BLACKAVELL,  JOHN 410-11 

To  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor;  expenses  of  the  detachment  from  the  fifth 

Brigade  to  the  general  rendezvous  at  Winchester 370 

BLAIR,  ARCHIBALD,  C.  C 55,57,74,121,258,384,423-5,454 

To  G.  Deneale;  informs  him  that  his  request  to  retain  arms  received  at  Winchester 

could  not  be  granted 432 

BLAND,  JAMES,  C.  W.  C 378 

BLANSETT 109 

BLANY,  CAPT 450 


INDEX.  511 


BLED80E,  A 109 

BLOUNT,  GOVERNOR 124,208,272 

BLUNT.  BENJAMIN. 

To  the  (lovernor;  relating  to  a  murder  committed  in  Southampton  county  by  John 

WilUford  on  Jo8iah  Worrell 432-5 

BOANS,  CAPT 140 

BOARLAND,  ROBERT 295 

BOGARI),  CAPT.   CORNELIUS 68,  216,  298,  372.  379,  448,  4(U),  443.  469 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  company  of  volunteer  raised  for  defence  of  Monon- 
galia district 260 

B<J<JGS,  WILLIAM 59,  179,  181 

B(JHANNON,  J08EPIL 

Prays  for  remisnion  of  tine 149 

BOND,  BONORALL 65 

BOOKER,  G... 293 

BOONE,  COL 406 

BOOTON,  LAB^VN 284 

BOOTON,    LEWIS 283 

BORLAND,  ROBERT 4^7 

To  Doctor  James  Taylor;  relating  to  hospital  at  Norfolk 132 

BOTETOURT  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia v* 164 

B(JUN,  ROBERT 429 

BOUNDARY. 

Arthur  Campbell,  relating  to  that  between  Virginia  and  Kentucky 450 

BOUSHE.  BENNETT 439 

BOWEN,  CAI»T 134 

BOWLER,  V\VT.  RICHARD 121 

Return  of  his  company  of  19th  regiment;  also  arms  of  same 100 

BOWYER 342 

BOWYER,  CAPT 446 

Bond  as  agent 35 

BOWYER,  JOHN. 

Appointed  escheator  for  county  of  Roi'kbridjje 105 

To  the  <iovernor;  relating  to  a  company  of  light  infantry  in  Rockbridge  county...  501 

BOWER,  Mr 386 

BOYXE,  MAJOR  WM 307 

BOYCE,  WILL. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  arrest  of  ship  Unicom 232-3 

BOYLE 169 


512  INDEX. 


BRADBY,  GENERAL. 224,330,334 

BR.\DBY,  JAMKS  A. 

To  the  Governor;  soliciting  liis  opinion  on  the  militia  law 140-2 

To  the  Governor;  relative  to  the  oppo«ition  in  Surry  county  to  the  intended  draft 
of  men  to  serve  for  the  suppression  of  the  whiskey  insurrection 314 

BRADBY 342 

BRADBY'S  BRIGADE 343 

BRADBY,  JAMES  A. 

To  the  Executive;  relating  to  the  publication  of  his  letter  in  a  newspaper 357-9 

BRADFORD,  Mr.,  Attorney-General  U.  8. 

Relating  to  settlement  of  public  accounts  between  Virginia  and  the  ynited  States,       22 

BRADBURY,  CAPTAIN,  of  ship  Harriot  of  Newburyport 23 

BRADFORD,  DAVID. 

To  John  McCally,  Kinney  Robinson,  Tho8.  Cottral,  and  John  Black ;  relating  to 
the  opposition  to  the  excise  law 349 

BRADLEY,  JAMES  A. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  division  orders  received  by  him ...•••  306-7 

To  the  Governor ;  soliciting  for  the  Eighth  Brigade  an  equal  number  of  cannon 
with  the  others 172 

BRADLEY,  WM 191-2 

BRAGG,  TH08 138 

BRAMBLE,  CAPT 438 

BRANAN,  JOHN 436 

BRANDER,  JAMF:S 36 

BRANDON,  Ship 138,148 

BRANI/)UT,  Mr 480 

BRAXTON,  CARTER 502 

Qualification  as  member  of  Council  of  State 151 

BRAXTON,  CARTER  Jr.,  Commonwealth's  Attorney 176,326-7 

BRAXTON,  Mr 386,399 

BRFX3KENR1I)GE,  JAMES 91,3^ 

To  the  ( f ovemor ;  transmitting  bonds  of  Capt.  Bowyer  and  John  Taylor  or  agents...       33 

BRECKENRIDGE,  GEO 85 

BRECKENRIDGE,  H.  H. 

To  Tench  Cox;  relative  to  opposition  to  excise  law 251-3 

BRECKENRIDGE,  Mr 280 

BREDIN,  JAMES. 

Took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  Washington  county 397 

BREDIN,  SAMUEL. 

Took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  Washington  county 397 


INDEX.  513 


iEND,  TH(KS.  and  .Vrchibald  Currie. 

To  the  Governor;  solicit  an  advance  for  binding  the  laws  of  the  state '350 

iENT,  COL 123 

tENT,  DAN^L  CARROLL. 

To  the  Governor ;  recommends  Enoch  Mason  as  agent 9 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  a  murder  in  Stafford  by  Powell  on  Mountjoy 68 

LENT,  THOS 483 

lENT,  WILLLVM 123 

lEWSTER,  DR 483 

tIGADIER  OF  THE  DISTRICT. 

Directed  to  order  out  thirty  militia  for  the  town  of  Norfolk,  and  twenty  for  Ports- 
mouth   425 

LIGANTINE  ANN,  of  Princeton 133 

M8TOW  ESTATE. 

Relating  to  suits  against  the  tenants  of 20 

Tenants  of:  ('has.  Ewoll,  Alexander  Compton,  John  Jackson,  David  Renor,  William 
Flagus,  Bond  vale  Brown,  Jeremiah  Ballenger,  Alexander  Ross,  Wm.  Milstead, 
Dudley  Ballenger,  Dudley  Betty,  Ezikiah  Dunnington,  Jos.  Ballenger,  Gustavus 
Scott,  John  Peyton  Ilorton,  Wm.  Clinkscales,  Margaret  Foster,  Catherine  Davis. 

and  Benjamin  Posey 65 

Papers  relating  to 63-6,  79 

tlSTOW,  ROBERT 63,65 

aSTOW,  MARY 63 

tISTOAV,  RICHARD 63 

HTISH. 

Attack  on  sailors  by  citizens  of  Yorktown 133 

Outrage  on  Americiin  citizens* 150 

Feeling  against  the 172 

Sailors  conflict  with  citizens  of  Hampton 486 

Ships  at  Norfolk,  correspondence  regarding 420-22 

lOADDUS,  Mr 419 

lOCK,  WM ■ 157 

tOKENBROUGH,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  sends  account  as  superintendent  of  quarantine 370 

ION,  ANTHONY • 327 

iONAUGH 169 

lONAUGH,  THOS 410-11 

lOXJDE,  Mr 15 

lOOKE 169 

lOOKE,  E. 

Recommended  as  agent 17 

lOOKE,  EDMUND. 

Recommended  as  agent 18 

65 


614  INDEX. 


BROOKE,  GOVERNOR 432,502 

BROOKE.  H.,  C.  S 368,370,374 

Recommends  Thoe.  Chilton  as  agent 3 

Solicits  agency 17 

BROOKE,  RICHARD 120 

Acting 129 

BROOKE,  ROBERT. 

To  the  Governor ,  relating  to  his  attendance  on  escheator  in  the  county  of  Fred- 
erick   4 

Recommends  Edmund  Brooke  as  agent 18 

Recommends  I^wrence  Muse  as  agent 25 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  title  of  Commonwealth  to  Manor  of  Leeds  in 

Shenandoah  county 130 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  inquisition  in  county  of  Fairfax 159 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  inc^uisition  found  for  Commonwealth  in  county  of 

Loudoun,  quashed  for  informality 158-9 

To  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-Governor;  informs  him  that  he  attended  the  escheat- 

ors  for  the  counties  of  Fauquier  and  Frederick,  relating  to  the  Manor  of  Leeds,  352-3 

Elected  Governor  of  Virginia 374 

Qualified  as  Governor 885 

BROOKING 271 

BROUGH,  ROBERT 483 

BROUGH,  Mr .- 321 

BROUGH,  WM 486 

BROWN,  J. 

To  the  Governor ;  sends  list  of  inquisitions  of  escheat 66 

BROWN,  J.,  C.  C.  A 101 

BROWN,  JOHN,  First  Lieutenant 124 

BROWN,  JOS.  C 36 

BROWN,  Mr.,  Senator  from  Kentucky 320 

BRUNSWICK  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 165-7 

BRYAN,  JAMF^ .  337 

BRYANT,  JAMES 83 

BUCHANAN,  ALEXANDER •. 210 

BUCKINGHAM  (BOUNTY. 

Recommendations  for  Col.  Commandant 344 

Relating  to  Colonel  C/ommandant 360 

Number  of  militia 163 

Relating  to  Colonel  Commandant 3W-5 

BUCK1N(;HAM  furnace 354 

BUCTCXALL,  JOHN  ASKILL fB 

BUCKNER,  AYLETT , 412 

BUCKNER,  AVM 467 


INDEX.  616 


FORI),  HENRY 391 

LLITT,  Mr 20 

R(iESS,  Mr 119 

RK 160 

RKE,  JOHN 384 

RNLEY,  HARDIN 391 

RT .»...  160 

RTON,  CHARLP:S 499 

RWELL 271 

RWELL,  CAIT 339 

RWELL,  N. 

Solicits  agency 6 

TCHER,  ROBERT ,  380 

TLER,  SAMUEL. 

To  the  (iovernor;  relating  to  a  vessel  believed  to  be  fitting  out  by  Sinclair  for  a 

privateer 215 

TLER,  THOS 120,163,385,483,495 

TLER,  THOS.,  Pilot. 

Atfi<lavit  relating  to  a  capture 387 

Escaped  from  jail  of  Easex  county 466 

Declaration  made  on  board  the  Thetis,  (British  ship)  23d  of  April,  1795 496-7 

Dejwsition  taken  before  Daniel  Bedinger,  Alderman 498 

c 

BELL,  COL 364 

BELL.  Mr 400 

BELL,  AV. 

Recommends  N.Stewart  and  A.  Crawford  as  agents.. 22 

BLE,  WM 153 

LDWELL,  JAMES. 

Took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  Washington  county 397 

LDWELL,  JOHN  Jr 328 

LL,  JACOB 122 

LLAHAN,   EDWARD Ill 

LLAND,  SAMUEL 196 

LLENDAR,   CAPT.  JOHN 61 

LU)WAY,  WM 147 

LMET,  CAPT 436 


516  INDEX. 


CALVERT,  CAPT.  S.  S 109 

CALVERT,  CAPT ! 342 

CALVERT,  Mr 168 

CALVERT,  BAVACiE 436 

CAMNER,  a  paper  maker 454 

CAMPBELL,  A 112 

CAMPBELL,  ALEXANDER.  U.  S.  Attorney 428 

To  the  (xovemor;  referring  to  instnictions  of  the  President  of  United  States 10 

To  the  (iovernor ;  relating  to  chanres  of  violence  upon  Brigantine  Ann 193 

To  the  (lovernor ;  relating  to  certain  vessels  alleged  to  have  been  captured  within 

the  marine  limits  of  the  United  States 205 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  suspetVied  privateer  fitting  out  at  Smithfield  by  Mr. 

Sinclair 213-14 

To  t  he  Governor ;  opinion  as  to  detention  of  French  vessel  brought  into  port  of 

Norfolk  with  a  prize ^ 251>-60 

To  the  Lient.-(jovernor;  relating  to  the  detention  at  Norfolk  of  an  American  citi- 
zen by  a  British  ship  of  war 426 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-(TOvernor;  relative  to  the  lequisition  of  Governor  Mifflin 
for  the  delivery  of  a  fugitive  from  justice- 42*5 

CAMPBELL,  ARTHUR. 

To  the  Governor;  replies  to  accusations  of  Gapt.  A.  Lewis  vs.  Lieut.  Willoughby..-.       14 

To  the  Governor,  relating  to  the  mischief  done  by  the  Indians  on  the  6th  inst 117-18 

To  the  (iovernor ;  relating  to  the  murder  and  robbery  on  the  6th  instant  at  Mr. 

Livingstones ". 123-4 

To  the  (iovernor;  relating  to  an  accusation  made  by  A.  Lewis  of  his  receiving 

money  for  excusing  militia  drafts 133-5 

To  the  (n)vernor;   relating  to  a  reported  expedition  of  an  uncle  of  Capt.  Bench 

into  the  State 210 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  defects  of  the  late  militia  law 271-3 

To  the  Governor;  prays  for  remission  of  fine 336 

To  the  (iovernor ;  claims  slierifi'alty  of  Washington  county  for  1795 344 

CAMPBELL,  COL 139-40,450 

CAMPBELL  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 164 

CAMPBELL,  DONALD 168,  170,225 

Commission  of  French  emigrant  lund 12 

CAMPBELL,  ENSKiN 83 

CAMPBELL,  JOHN 466 

CAMPBELL,  Mr 206,467 

CAMPBELL,  ROBERT 403 

CANAT^S. 

State's  subscription  to 313 

CAPERTON,  CAPT.  HUGH 371,  380,  390,  406,40i^i^ 

To  the  (fovernor;  relating  to  court-martial  of  December  last  for  his  tnal -       43 

To  the  Governor;  asking  for  rehearinj;  before  another  court-martial «    90-1 

To  the  (iovernor;  asks  a  rehearing  before  a  second  court-martiaL 280-<) 

To  the  Governor;  petitions  for  a  rehearing  before  a  court-martial  at  his  own  ex- 
pense   305-6 

To  the  Governor;  requesting  return  of  memorial  to  him  in  case  the  council  decline 
to  act  on  it 3JW 


INDEX.  517 


To  the  Governor;  desires  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  court-martial  on  his  case 
sent  to  him 394 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  his  efforts  to  procure  a  second  cx)urt-martml  on  his 
case t 395 

To  the  (fovernor ;  relating  to  his  claim  for  rations  for  h is  company 395 

To  the  (Governor ;  asks  pay  for  rations  and  ammunition 397-8 

CAPERTON,  Mr 366 

CAROLINE  CX)UNTY. 

Light  infantry  company  in 149 

Number  of  militia. ' 163 

CARPENTER 271 

CARPENTER,  CHRIST(JPHER,  Scout 469 

CARNEY,  Scout 469 

CARR,  Mr : *  20 

CARRINGTON'S  ESTIMATE. 

Of  expenses  during  the  march  of  militia  for  suppression  of  whiskey  insurrection,  292-3 

CARRL\(rrON'S  BRIGADE 343 

CARHINGTON,  COL ' 81,316,342 

CARRINGTON,  EDWARD. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-(iovernor;   relating  to  a  draft  for  $486  53  advanced  to  Mr. 

Peyton 167 

To  the  <TOvernor;  relating  to  insurgency  in  Pennsylvania 267 

To  Lieut.- Governor  Wood ;  relating  to  the  militia  of  the  State  destined  against  the 

Pennsylvania  insurgents 287-8 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  relating  to  military  stores  on  their  way  from 

Philadelphia  to  Winchester 316-17 

To  Lieut.-Cfovemor  James  Wood;  relating  to  his  presence  at  Hugerstown 323-4 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  plan  of  getting  the  militia  required  to  the  gen- 
eral rendezvous  of  Winchester  and  Moorefield 430-1 

CARRINGTON,  JOSEPH. 

Appointed  collector 27 

CARRINGTON,  M. 

To  the  <  iovemor ;  relating  to  the  Buckingham  furnace 254 

CARRINGTON,  PAUL. 

Security  for  James  McCraw 88 

To  the  Governor;  accepts  commissiuu  ad  judge  of  general  court '..      404 

Chosen  judge  of  the  general  court 399-400 

CARROLL,  DANIEL 196 

Federal  C>)mmi8sioner 22 

And  (fus.  F.  Scott,  comniistjioners,  to  the  (iuvernor;  respecting  the  payment  of 

donation  by  Virginia  to  the  public  buildings 313 

( lUfitavus  Scott,  and  William  Tnomton,  to  the  Governor ;  relating  to  third  donation 

by  Virginia  for  public  buildings  of  the  United  States 364 

CARSON,  DAVID 403 

CARTER,  CAPT 371 

CARTER,  CHARLfIS,  Herk  of  County  Ck>urt  of  Lee  County. 

Bond  of. 177 

CARTER,  EDWARD 187 


618  INDEX. 


To  the- Governor;  recommends  Thomas  Chilton  as  agent 2 

Recommends  E.  Brooke  as  agents 17 

CARTER,  GEORCtE. 

Recommended  to  fill  vacancy  in  Court  of  Directors  in  Williamsburg  Hospital 361 

CARTER,  JOHN 192.  m 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut-Governor;  relating  to  malicious  reports  concerning  him...  353-4 

CARTER,  LEM. 295 

CARTER,  Mr 171 

CARTER,  PEGGY  CHEW 208 

CARTER,  WM. 

To  the  Grovemor  and  Council ;  asking  payment  for  attendance  on  sick  Indians 292 

CARUTHERS,  CAPT.  JAMES 501 

CARY,  DUDLEY 123 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  violation  of  hiH  promise  by  Alexander  Woodrowe, 

Capt.  of  ship  Brandon,  in  going  to  sea 14^9 

To ;  relating  to  a  vessel  in  Queen's  Creek,  suspected  to  be  fitting  for  a  priva- 
teer   376-7 

CARY   RICHARD. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  arms  and  accoutrements  for  the  county  of  Warwick,      110 

CASEY 160 

CASTOR,  THOMAS 39i) 

CAVENDER,  JOHN 399 

CAVENDISH 470 

CAVENDISH,  Mr 153,407 

CAVENDISH,  W.  H. 

To  the  Governor;  respecting  rations  for  troops  in  Kanawha  and  Greenbrier 33-4 

CERES,  Ship,  of  Baltimore. 

And  another,  richly  laden,  captured  by  British  ships  Resolution,  Argonaut,  and 
Cleopatra 459 

CERTIFICATES. 

Relating  to  Capt.  Caperton*s  company 39M 

CHALETT,  Widow 23 

CHAMBERLAYNE,  E.  P 176 

CHAMBERLAYNE,  Mr 399 

CHAPLINE,  MOSES 178,274 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  court-martial  held  at  West  Liberty  for  the  trial 

of  Lieut.  Joseph  Big^ 89-90 

President  of  court-martial,  to  Wm.  I>owther ;  sends  opinion  of  court  with  deposi- 
tions   300-1 

CHAPMAN,  Mr > 20, 4W 

CHAPMAN,  WILLIAM 227 

CHAPIN,  GURDEN,  Cashier 6.00,419 


INDEX.  519 


CHARGAN,  J08EPH 484 

CHARLOTTE  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 163 

CHARLES  CITY  AND  NEW  KENT. 

Number  of  militia 164 

CHATELE,  Mrs 24 

CHEATHAM,  Mr 386 

CHERANT,  French  ship  of  war 76 

chert; I,  MONS.  P.  A.,  Vice-Consul  French  Republic. 

To  the  < governor;  exhibited  his  credentials- 5 

CHESTER,  PETER 395 

CHJ-XrERFIELD  COUNTY. 

Justices  of 30,500 

Militia  armed 145 

Number  of  militia 163 

CHETWOOD,  Aid-de-Camp 367 

CHEW,  JOHN,  C.  F.  D.  C 144 

CHEW,  JOSEPH,  D.  S.  Spotsylvania. 

Prays  suspension  of  an  execution  against  him 453 

CHICKAMAUGUE  alias  Isaac 69 

CHICKA]VIAU(;US 75 

CHILTON,  THOS. 

Recommended  as  agent 2 

To  the  (iovemor;  transmitting  executions  and  venditioni  exponas  against  Rich- 
ard (trayham 116 

To  the  <  rovernor ;  relating  to  collection  of  debts  due  Commonwealth 296 

CHINN,  Mr 374,389 

CHRISTIAN,  WM 366 

CHRISTIE 160 

CHURCHILL 271 

CIST,  Printer 424,455-6 

CLAIRFORD,  Mr 23-4 

CLARKE,  Agent «. 126 

CLARK,  CAPT 147 

CLARK,  JOHN 127 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  collection  of  taxes. 147 

CLARK,  JONATHAN. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieutenant-(  iovemor;  respecting  the  assembling  of  troops  for  the 
march  to  PennHylvania 311-12 

CLARK,  Scout 469 


'fi^  fxr^Ei. 


iA.WM,  Of  JNTON ^^ leo 

^f\\^\U  ftKfi^y ~ 11, 1«0, 196 

(t.AHKf^fS  Xr  r>AVr.-^ ~ 84 

<J,.\KK^ON,  VfATHP.W,  Mayor 414 

r:|,AV,  Mr 3»9 

ri/AYTOV,  Mr 110 

CI. Arms,  HSMi  KU.      .    118 

(^hKMKNTK,  HKNkV. 

I'rny«  for  rmniwiion  of  flm?. 149 

Cl.KNhKMN 37,217 

To  John  Hti'WAri  nw\  Thtm.  F>lf(iir,  P^fH.;  relating  to  powder  and  lead  for  Kana- 
whfi  iumI  Urrmiibrli'r  roiinticn 73 

(UONhKNIN.  TAfT.  WM 368,378 

(1I.KNIMCNIN,  WM. 

To  MoMit^  Mann  :  rolathiKto  h\n  dmobodience  of  orders 188-9 

T«»  Mi'iilfimnt  mmim  Mann;  nwnecting  u^iard  at  Bellville 189 

'hi  till*  (lovornor:  inf'orniH  him  tnat  he  had  dischargecl  his  company 442 

n.KNOMNIN,  (H)| y 43,91,281,305,366,398 

d.KNhKNIN.  (iKH 340,368,398 

And  Wllllinn  Morrln  t«i  tho  (iovcrnor;  consider  the  guards  allowed  for  Greenbrier 

tnul  Kinrnwha  mon»  than  ncH»cw«ary 389 

To  Iho  («nV(MiU)r;  aptkinu  that  the  nuHtia  called  out  in  aid  of  the  ranges  should 

h»viMM)\u\)  |Hiy  with  Uicni 405 

'\\\  tho  tuivi^rnor;  ii^kH  that  the  HuhJiM^t  of  the  pay  and  subeistence  of  Captain  John 

^lon'if>'  ciMU))atiy  for  tho  dofonce  of  lin'onbrier  and  Kanawha  be  considered 406 

tSnho  t»ovi»rnor :  nHjmN»tiiui  a  HjwiMly  answer  of  the  Kxecative  as  to  the  equal 

|Miy  of  tht*  militia  and  rangorw *» 407 

n.^:<MV\TI*  \.  Uritif^h  »»hip 369 

rMMK 314 

rnNKs\  \M>s  WM t>5 

t10H>A\  WM 86 

\\\m  I^N,  KNSUA 2MS,  449-4, 44S 

OMU  KN.  vMN  VTHAN ~-«t,Sr9,444 

\>V1^K\NK  i^VrV -^421  42S^  4Sr^  4rs;  4SS.  487-^ 

^>V  KK  t^^Wl  VK --- 2S^ 


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indp:x.  521 


COCKE,  COL.  CHAS. 

To  A.  I^wis;  relating  to  John  Watte'  (Indian)  threat  of  revenge 32 

COCK,  JOHN 86 

COCK,  LEMUEL. 

To  JameB  A.  Bradley ;  relating  to  conduct  of  Capt.  Nathan  Jones'  company 308 

COCKE,  LIEUT 314 

COCKE,  Mr 400 

COCKRELL,  Mr 109 

COOBILL,  JESSE 26 

COLAIN,  JAMES  M 262 

COLEM.VN,  CAPT 121 

CX)LEMAN,  DANIEL,  of  Caroline. 

Recommended  as  agent 3 


COLEMAN,  SAMUEL 110.122,191,277 

To  the  Lieut.-(fOvernor;  sends  returns  from  Superintendent  of  Point  of  Fork 2 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  claim  of  Mr.  Graham  as  scout  in  Greenbrier  county,  12 
To  James  Wood  ;  informing  the  board  of  the  number  of  copies  of  act  of  Coneress 

for  national  defence,  and  of  General  Assembly  of  Virginia  for  regulating  militia,  67 

To  General  Wood;  relating  to  19  additional  regimente  recently  constructed 78-9 

To  the  Lieut.-(iovemor;  relating  to  quarterly  return  from  Point  of  Fork  up  to  3l8t 

March,  1794 88-9 

To  the  Superintendent  of  Point  of  Fork ;  requesting  him  to  forward  to  the  city  of 

Richmond  500  stand  of  repaired  arms 106 

To  the  Lieut.-Ciovemor ;  relating  to  number  of  regiments  of  Virginia  militia 161-7 

To  the  Lieut.-(tovernor ;  relating  to  expence  of  prevention  of  introduction  of  con- 
tagious disease  into  Loudoun  county 194 

To  the  (iovernor;  relating  to  the  roof  of  the  Capitol 212 

To  the  Governor;  relative  to  the  duties  of  the  keeper  of  the  Capitol 229 

To  the  (fovernor;  solicits  increased  compensation  for  keeper  of  Capitol 233 

To ;  enclosing  blank  returns  for  the  use  of  otiicers  of  regimente  to  be  made 

to  the  Adjutant-(ieneral ., 237-8 

To  the  Lieut.-Govemor ;  relating  to  certain  papers  not  found  in  a  bundle  contain- 
ing: a  remainder  of  claims  for  the  defence  of  VVefctcrn  Frontier 291 

To  the  Governor;  reporting  a^in  repairs  needed  to  the  Capitol 305 

To  the  Lieu t.-( fovernor;  relating  to  vouchers  to  be  furnished  by  Capt.  Caperton...  371 

To  Mr.  Dawson;  relating  to  pay  rolls  for  services  on  W^estem  Frontier 378-81 

To  the  Lieut.-Govemor;  report  of  claims  for  western  services  for  1793 381-3 

To  the  Governor;  report  concerning  Capt.   Caperton's  aocounte  for  ammunition 

for  his  company 390 

To  the  Governor*;  relating  to  claim  of  pay  of  scoute 393 

To ;  relating  to  muster  rolls  of  John  Vanbibber 429 

To ;  relating  to  claims  of  scouts,  sergeant,  and  rangers..' 430 

To ;  relating  to  p>jay  rolls  of  James  MdJavock 430 

To  the  Governor;   relating  to  Captain  liowther's  pay-abstract,  muster  rolls,  and 

ration  account 448 

To  the  (iovernor;  prays  that  in  view  of  the  age  and  infirmity  of  his  father,  the 

office  of  keeper  of  the  Capitol  may  not  be  taxen  from  him 500 

COLEMAN,  Mr 460 

COLEMAN,  STEPHEN 196 

COLEMAN,  THOS. 

I>ec1ined  to  act 122 

66 


522  INDEX. 


COLEMAN,  WYATT 122 

List  of  arms,  &c.  stored  in  the  Capitol 119 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  roof  of  the  Capitol 211 

To  the  Governor ;  asking  instructions  as  to  dut^  as  keeper  of  Capitol 216 

To  the  Governor;  reports  condition  of  the  Capitol 233 

To  the  Governor;  prays  to  retain  the  office  of  keeper  of  the  Capitol 500 

COLES,  ISAAC. 

Security  for  James  McCraw 88 

COLES,  WALTER. 

Security  for  James  McCraw 88 

COLVILLE,  ANDREW 402 

COLVILLE,  ENSIGN : 96,264,380 

COMMISSIONERS  OF  PLTiLIC  BUILDINGS. 

To  the  Governor ;  application  for  third  donation  by  State  of  Virginia 280 

COMPTON,  ALEXANDER «5 

CORNICE 443 

CONNER,  MAJOR , 183 

CONYGHAM,  Ship 113 

COOK 160 

COOKE 271 

COOKE,  JOHN 198 

COOK,  JOHN  V 109 

COOKE,  STEPHEN. 

Solicits  agency 25 

COOKE,  WM 390 

COOPER,  CAPT 189 

COOPER,  JOHN 108,  489 

COOPER,  JOHN  C 107 

COOPER,  Mr ^ 1»8 

COPES,  BRONLEY 126 

COPLIN,  BENJAMIN,  and  Jos.  Davison,  Commissioners. 

To  the  Governor;  inform  him  that  no  land  tax  Itooks  for  tlie  county  of  Harrison 

can  be  found 461 

CORBIN,  JAMES  T. 

Dead 129 

CORBIN,  FRANCIS. 

To  the  Governor;  solicits  appointment  of  Colonel  of  militia 153 

To  James  Wood;  solicits  a  Colonelcy  in  the  militia 175 

CORBIN,  RICHARD  H 120,156 

CORNELL,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  affairs  on  the  frontier.. 802-3 


IXDEX.  523 


C08BY 271 

COTTRAL,  THOS 249 

COTTERAL,  ENSIGN.. 2(i3 

CX)UNC1L  OF  STATE. 

Carter  Braxton  qualified 151 

Larkin  Smith  qualifies 173 

COURTS. 

Places  for  holding  court  of  appeals f>2 

Verdict  against  commonwt»alth  in  district 100-2 

Spencer  Koane  elet!ted  to  court  of  appeals 386 

Paul  Carrington  elected  judge  of  general  court. 31MM0O 

COURT-MARTIAL. 

Ordered  in  case  of  Lieut.-Col.  Wells 276-7 

COURTNEY,  Mr 464 

COURTNEY,  WM 120 

Acting 129 

COURTNEY,  WM.,  J.  P 12^) 

COURTY,  Mr-.. :....15, 184,  213 

COWEN,  ANDREW. 

To  the  Governor ;  expressing  satisfaction  with  the  protection  afforded  to  the  fron- 
tiers   451-2 

OOWPER,  JOHN 472,  4aS 

And  Daniel  Bedinger  to  Willis  Wilson,  Lieut.-CoL;  report  of  the  response  of  Capt. 
Cochrane  to  instructions  as  to  the  use  of  Virginia  waters  by  belligerant  vessels,  472-3 

OOWPER,  Mr 467,  490 

tX)WPER*S  VESSELS 39 

CRAFFORD,  CAPT 140 

CRAIG,  CAPT.,  Supercargo 163 

CRAIG,  DR.  JAMES 23 

CRAIG,  JAMES 153 

Narrative  of  events  at  the  capture  of  schooner  Delight  and  ship  Charles 164-5 

CRAIG,  Mr 97,100 

CRAIG,  ROBERT 402 

Merchant  in  Manchester 26 

CRAWFORD 226 

CRANE,  Mr 142-3 

CRANY  ISLAND. 

Defences  of. 184 

CRAW,  MARTIN 299 

CRAWFORD,  A. 

Recommended  as  agent 22 


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CRAWFORD,  NELSON. 

Recommended  as  agent 25 

CRISPIN,  Mulatto  boy 413-14 

CROCKETT,  CAPT 27,  83,  208,  2(G,  380 

CROCKETT,  R. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  supfKised  murder  of  Mrs.  Livin^ton  and  chil- 
dren     114 

To  Capt  A.  Ixiwis;  sendH  his  resignation 209 

CRCK^KETT,  ROBT. 

Certificate  that  Jos.  Kent,  contractor,  furnished  Crockett's  company  with  rations...      270 

CROPPER,  JOHN. 

Commissioned 27 

To  the  (jovemor ;  accepting  agency  for  Accomack  Brigade  district 106 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  embar^'o 125-6 

To  the  Governor ;  accepting  appointment  as  agent 148 

To ;  stating  receipt  of  commission  as  agimt  of  Ninth  Brigade  district 257-8 

CROPPER,  JOHN  Jr. 

To  the  ( iovemor ;  reasons  for  not  meeting  him  in  Norfolk 321 

CRUMP.  RICHARD 192 

CRUTCHFIELD 85 

CUFF,  DAVID 466 

CULPEPER  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 161 

CUNNINGHAM,  CAPT 71 

CUNNINGHAM,  CAIT.  JOHN 39 

CUNNINGHAM,  Mr 272 

CUNNINGHAM,  SAMUEL  BARRON 101 

CURITON,  JAMF^. 

Commission  as  Capt.  of  artillery 187 

CURRELL,  Negro  man  slave. 

Property  of  Bei\jamin  Marable,  condenmed  to  be  hung  by  a  court  of  Oyer  and  Ter- 
miner in  th0  county  of  Mathews * 467-8 

CURRIE,   ARCHIBALD 350 

CUT  SILVER. 

Declined 96 

D 

DABNEY,  BENJ.,  Deputy  Attorney  for  C.mmon wealth 120 

DABNEY,  JAMRS,  Sherifl'  of  I/^uisa. 

Pra)r8  remission  of  fine 386 

DALLAS,  A.  J.,  Secretary  of  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania. 

To  the  Governor;  transmitting  copy  of  laws  of  Pennsylvania 31 


INDEX  525 


DALTON,  CAPT 254 

DAMERON,  OXEY  S 295 

DANA 160 

DANDRIDGE,  B 53 

DANDRIIKiE,  WM 326,3% 

DANIEL 1(19 

DANIEL,  ALEXANDER  M.  (' 436 

DANIEL,  TAPLEY 405 

DANIEL,  THOMAS 405 

DARBY,  JAMES,  Sergeant 364 

DAR 160 

DARE 271 

DARE.  Mr 480 

DARK,  (tENERAL 342 

DARKE,  a>L. 

Desires  an  order  from  the  Treanurer  for  the  last  call  due  by  this  State  to  the  Poto- 
mac company 125 

DA  YEN  TORT,  ABRAM. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  inquisition  as  escheator  on  Fairfax  land  in  Berke- 
ley county 296-7 

DAYID  AND  GfX)RGE,  Brig 150 

DAYIS,  AUGUSTINE. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  extra  copies  of  revised  Code 67 

To  Archibald  Blair;  trannmitting  account  for  printing  revised  Code 74 

To  the  Lieut.-Governor;  relating  to  revised  Code 366-7 

DAYLS  CATHERINE (i5 

DAYIS 169 

DAYIES,  a)L.  WM 55 

DAYIES,  COL 63 

DAYIES,  \YM 210 

To  the  Governor ;  solicits  agency 9 

To  the  Governor;  relative  to  the  settlement  of  accounts  between  Yirginia  and  the 

United  States 43-57 

To  the  Governor:  relatin^j^  to  sundry  executions  vs.  delinquent  sherififa 87 

To  the  Governor:  asking  instructions  as  to  two  of  the  venditiones  vs.  Rogers,  late 

sheriff  of  Southampton 102-3 

To  the  (lovernor;  acknowledging  receipt  of  commission  as  agent  of  district  of 

which  Dinwiddle  forms  part 78 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  certain  writs  of  venditioni  exponas. 121-2 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  his  memorial 319-20 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut-Governor;  thanks  him  for  attention  to  memorial 348 

To  Lieut.-Governor  Wood ;  thanking  him  for  the  recognition  of  his  claim 377 

To  Edmund  Harrison;  relating  to  account  for  contingencies  of  office 480-1 


i 


AaG  INDEX. 


PAVIKM.  Mr 503 

hAVlK^,  HAMUKh 317-18 

hAVIHON,  JU%  CVimnlwlonor 461 

0AVl8t>N\  S«Hmt 409 

hAVYX 

v'^vttfi  iHiil  MiovtHi  tobeiUrgal 327-« 

0A\V8i>N.  .1. 

1\>  Jiim<>9  NV\^:  rol«lin|c  to  coiiimi«i»ion  of  Wm.  Belton ~ 266 

1\>  Ihtp  v^n\>rtH>r;  oiK^Uiwng  pupent  with  fomign  new»- .^ 447 

t\\  \h^  K\%\xpft^yr:  n^Ul)\>>  to  oerUiin  pApen  confided  to  his  care  i>r  d^veir 447-8 

Ty>  tho  ^n^x-^itu^r :  n'Uitinir  to  JnyV  TnMity  betm-^^n  this  coontfy  aad  Grest  Britjun,     4-'i0 

tUVC>^>X,  4011N 391 

tVK\\>5l>N\  Mt ~  - 4H0,4M 

I^^^^VMMIWNhM  «$  4^pr«it 6 

IM^AXK ^  1» 

l^n^X'W  My*^ 5C 

I^bI^XKv^AIS,  Mr -.  S 

ViKl^Ayx^V 5IS 

W^^ANN'AliV,  >aU\S ^ 4Sl 

WMsXI, 1# 

HT 4S-2 

T^-VSnVi^lV'^N,  OaTT 


T^KXWirU  vnxixifi.  ^ W 

A^<^  ^r%mnMv«fitimi  as^  Sitpcn^m^diQit  and  1*li5«rim 


TOi^VK!ffc^'A;,  ;.aVKs 


T*nfl--Al5Ti.  .NOTTS'  ^ 

T^Haj'CSS     -.—— .— .— ...i^^.^.^.^,       if 


.lrt^>T;  .'rtfl^.  "^^fWPTifT  fkl  —.......«.•-.««,».>,-»,.—,«.••..       .iS- 

Snfu^y^.  ^im^s^Jy^lif^  fkf   . — ^ ^ 

T^nrn^fj"  1*1  ififnt^ • •  •«»««»«««»..»»«»»»»»»»■■->».  .»■■..—»—  Jfe  " 


INDEX.  527 


DL^MAL  SW.V>IP  COMPANY. 

AaBeflBment  of  £9  currency  on  50  sharw 313 

DIX,  WM 196 

DIXON,  JAMES 271 

DIXON,  JOHN 271 

DIXON  A  NICHOLSON 84 

DOEDALUS,  English  ship  of  war- 29,38,  75-6, 106 

Shot  fired  by 39 

DOHAKTY,  CXFT 206 

DOLPHIN,  Brig 254 

DONALD,   ANDREW. 26 

DONALD,  JAMES 26 

DONALD,  WM- 26 

DONALD,  SCOTT  &  CO 84-5 

DONNALLY,  COL 305 

DONNALLY,  ANDREW 282 

DONNALLY,  ANDREW,  Jr 286 

DONNELL 169 

DONNIGHE,  HENRY 451 

DOHERTY,  WM 140 

DORTON,  CAPT 117 

DOUGLAJSS,  WM- 481,456 

DREANO,  JUBEPH- 474 

To  citizen  Willis  Wilson ;  expressing  gratification  at  the  letter  delivered  by  Messrs. 

Cowper  and  Bedinger 474-5 

DROPE,  W.,  Deputy  Clerk  W.  C- 210 

DRUMMOND,  WM 480 

DRURY,  JOHN 327 

DUBOIS,  Mr 14 

DUCROCY,  Widow- ^ 

DUDLEY,  WM.,  Sheriff'- 129 

DUGAN,  ALEXANDER 192 

DUMFRIES. 

Roll  of  volunteer  company  at 168-9 

PUNBAR,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  repairs  of  Aquia  Warehouse 96 


0»1  INDEX. 


IMJNMOHK. 

iAniof  \nrnien. 106 

IMfNN  A  I'llMJPH 306 

PUNNrNOTON,  KZKKIAII 65 

nUNHCOMH,  Mr * 65 

nnriN,  widow 23 

I»fH/!rF>«NAY,  Mr 24 

IMMi!rK>4NKHT,  Mr.. 23 

Dimiir  (H)L|). 

f>wlliie<l 96 

nnVAI.L.  nKN.IAMIN. 

Tn  the  Governor ;  fukitiK  for  o()  Htand  of  arms,  <&c.  for  his  company 119 

HiAWiiH  uiirnoy 17 

I>YKK^,  J  AM  IX 

To  the  Utiveriior;  nolicita  agency 2 


K1H^AK»  T1U>8 73,390 

KUWAKl^.  OH 128 

K.mVAHIV^,  f^KlKKIN 123 

Kl.bKHU^R  I^M.FK 344 

KIJZAUKTH  1  n  Y  i»rNTY. 

NumtH>r  of  militia 165 

Kf^^^tt\WH^dati^vn?»  ft>r  ?Kh«ttf. 293 

Kl.l.KTr.  riUVi 327 

KLtKTT.  WM ITrt 

KU.10TT ~ leo 

Kl^HOrr.  HKNKY -^  36 

KI.MOT.  Mr -.-.     !»-* 

KUIOTT.  TVMri.K ¥4 

VM7KY.  WM,  .If 

K^wtfiRi  «"^'^  <^  w^nvviv  of  ljOwd<«ii  cPiHii^ 4tO 

KM  KMnn.  a  \>CTo  man  ?aave. 

i\>n4<*n'ifKs1  t^  he  haneM  tf*r  winwler ~ 


KMBKK<^\ 

TVi>'*l»m»t>ATi  rrhirinc  tO'  —   S3»-4 

4>»  ?ihips  an^  \^««»H  m  |v^itF  <rf  tlie  Vniw^  Sial««^  ftv^  thiitT  dare- !>5-4 

»c<ponrio?i  at  Norfiilk 


C 


K^cwHifJoti  ai  Bi^mwKla  HnffKlpNi ••■-   - ..^  .-.«-^. —        >r 


INDEX.  629 


Violation  of. 105,108 

Violation  of  on  Eastern  Shore 125-6 

General  Knox's  opinion  respecting 134 

Violation  of  at  Yorktown 148-9 

ENOS 271 

ERMETT,  JOHN 429 

E88EX,  a  slave. 

Property  of  Thomas  Spencer  of  King  and  Queen  county,  convicted  of  felony  by 
county  court  of  King  &  Queen ;  condemned  to  be  hanged 119-20 

ESTEN,  JAMES 85 

ESCHEATOR  OF  FAUQUIER  COUNTY. 

Relating  to  title  of  Commonwealth  to  Manor  of  Leeds  in  that  county 130 

ESCHEATOR  IN  SHENANDOAH  COUNTY 130 

EVANS,  Delegate : 126 

EVANS,  JOHN,  8r. 

To  the  Governor;  recommends  Wm.  Martin  as  paymaster  for  scouts  and  rangers...      187 

EVANS,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  resigns  commission  as  Lieutenant  in  volunteer  militia 362 

EVANS,  LIEUT 73,  180,  372, 380,  443, 448 

EVERARD,  THOS 86 

EWELL,  CHAS 64^ 

EWELL.  JESSE 436 

EWELL,  JAMES 116 

EWELL  vs.  COMMONWEALTH,  A  Bill. 

Tenants  on  Bristow  tract  pray  an  injunction  to  stay  the  sale  of. 65-6 

EXCLSE  LAW. 

Opposition  to  in  Washinston  county 249 

Opposition  to  in  Penns3[lvania 251-3 

State  of  feeling  in  Harrison  county  relating  to 289-90 

EXECUTIVE  JOURNAL. 

Extract  from , 121 

EXECUTIVE. 

Requested  to  furnish  all  information  they  possess  relative  to  the  mission  of  Attor- 
ney-General to  State  of  Kentucky 375 

Order  that  arms  be  issued  for  the  company  of  Capt  Rc^r  Gregory 502 

EYRE,  Mr 399 

F 

FAIRFAX,  DENNY.. 265,394 

FAIRFAX  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 165 

SheriflBj  of. 26^70 

67 


530  INDEX. 


FAIRFAX  EkSTATE. 

Proceedings  to  escheat 255,  ?,») 

FAIRFAX,  LORD 255 

FAIRFAX,  Mr ; 255, 44« 

FARLEY,  MATHEW. 

Scout  in  (ireenbrier 12 

FARREL  &  JONES 482 

FAUCHET.  JOSEPH,  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 

To  tbe  Governor;  relating  to  the  reclamation  of  a  citizen  of  Virginia .'Ml 

FAUCHET,  Mr 351-2, 4S8 

FALCON,  Mr M^) 

FAULCON,  CAPT 314 

FAULCON,  EDWARD,  Agent. 

Account  of  expenses  of  second  detachment  of  eighth  brigade  on  expedition  to 
Winchester 332  3 

FAULKNER,  ELIZA 39 

FAUNTLEROY,  SAMUEL  G 129 

FAUNTLEROY,  THOS. 

Not  qualified 129 

FAUQUIER  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia IfU-*^ 

Sheriff  of. 410- ^^ 

FENDALL.  Mr ^ 

FENDALL,  PHIL.  R. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  cut  silver  and  price  of  German  gold  received  at  bank 
of  Alexandria %    ^ 

FENDALL,  PHIL.  W.,  President  of  Hank  of  Alexandria. 

Relating  to  the  dei)Oflit  of  certain  monies  of  the  stale 34^   ^'^ 

FEDERAL  Bl'ILDINGS. 

Virginia  donation  to 22,  27,  1VK»    ^j. 

Request  for  payment  of  Virginia  donation  to 313,  :i^^ 

FENWICK,  Mr 72,  3i        '' 

FEN  WICK,  W. 

To  the  Governor;  complains  of  treatment  by  committee  of  Petersburg  appointed  _^e, 

to  guard  the  town  against  small-pox l(l^^[. 

Certificate  of 3.V' — 

To  Augustine  Davis;    requests  payment  of  m(»nev  for  purchase  of  paper  for  the  _^ 

State .^ 3<i--^^ 

FERRIS,  ELISHA lOi     ^ 

FERRIS,  Mrs 101-^ 

FERRIS,  NANCY 10i> 

FIGG 271 


INDEX.  531 


FINLEY.  JAMES 210 

FISHER,  Mr 316 

FISHER,  THOS.,  and  Elias  Langhara. 

Receipt  for  arms  at  Winchester 340 

FITZGKRALD,  COL »5 

FITZGERALD,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  defence  of  Alexandria. 124-5 

FITZSIMONS,  Mr.,  M.  C Itti 

FllZWATER,  GEORGE. 

Affidavit  that  he  was  appointed  a  corj>oral  in  his  company  for  defence  of  Green- 
brier and  Kanawha 3(>S 

FLAGUS,  WM 65 

FLANNARY,  JOHN 451 

FLANNARY,  JAMES 451 

FLEEHARTY,  JOSHUA 379 

FLEET,  WM 120,  129 

FLEET.  WM.,  J.  P 129 

FLEMING 271 

FLEMING,  WM.  R. 

To  the  Governor ;  recommends  Dr.  James  Carter  for  a  surgeon's  position  in  the 

army 311 

FLUVANNA  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia.. 162 

Militia  officers  of 159 

FONTAINE 271 

FORD,  JOHN. 

Convictefl  in  Court  of  Prince  Edward  for  murder  of  James  Rowton 91 

FORT  NELSON ^ 213 

Return  of  laborers  employed  at 200-1 

Officers  needed  to  take  charge  of. 321 

FORT  NORFOLK 213 

FORTIFICATION. 

Of  Norfolk  Harbor;  expenses  of. 157 

FOSTER 160 

FOSTER,  CHARLES,  Capt 49 

FOSTER,  JOHN 157 

FOSTER,  MARtJARET 65 

FOX,  JOHN i, 271 

POX,  HENRY 271 


532  INDEX. 


FOX,  WM 271 

FRANKLIN,  A  Schooner. 

About  to  go  to  sea  in  violation  of  the  embargo,  taken  possession  of  by  J  no.  Cropper,      125 

FRANKLIN  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia lf>4 

FRAZER,  JAME8 36 

FREDERICK  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia.. 163-4 

Troop  of  horse  formed 171 

FREDERICKSBURG. 

Artillery  company  in 00-1 

Light  Infantry  company 121 

Quarantine  at 349 

FREELAND,  Mr 482 

FRELINGHUYSEN 354 

FREE  NEGROES. 

Thos.  Stewart  charged  with  stealing 231-2 

Proclamation  of  Governor  Lee  relating  to  stealing  of , 20&-8 

Unlawfully  transported  from  Maryland 376 

FRENCH. 

Refugees 5 

Emigrants  in  Norfolk 12-13 

Emigrants  in  Richa)ond 14 

Emigrants  in  Alexandria 23 

Fleet  in  Hampton  Roads 76-7 

Spoliation  by  privateers 113 

Snip  of  war  captures  British  vessel 154-5 

Emigrants  aided  in  Norfolk 201 

Emigrants  aided  by  General  Assembly 224-5 

Privateers  at  Norfolk 257 

Emigrants  at  Hampton 273 

Workhouse  for  emigrants  at  Norfolk 304 

Privateer  enlist  men  at  Norfolk 384-5 

FRENCH  EMIGRANTS. 

Money  for 12 

From  St.  Domingo 14-15 

From  St.  Domingo;  aid  asked  for  their  support 28-9 

FRENCH,  GEO. 

To  Lieut-Governor  Wood ;  relating  to  a  malignant  fever  prevailing  in  Baltimore....     344 
To  the  Lieut-Governor:  recommends  James  Allen,  Jr.  for  Superintendent  of  Quar- 
antine for  Fredericksburg i 34S-9 

FRIGATE. 

For  the  United  States,  suggested  to  be  built  by  the  people  of  Virginia  as  a  donation,       38 

FRILEY,  CALEB 451 

FERGUSON,  FINLAY 295 

FRY IfiO 

FRY.  REUBEN 227 

FULKERSON,  ABRAHAM 109 

FULKERSON,  JAMES 109 


INDEX.  533 


a 


GAINES,  CAPT. 

R^x>minended  as  agent. 


GAINES,  HENRY. 

Dead 129 

GAINES,  RICHARD. 

To  the  Governor;  complains  of  recommendation  of  John  Hackleyas  miy'or 193 

GAINES,  WM.  F. 

Recommended  as  agent 18 

GAINES,  WM.  FLEMING. 

Solicits  agency 7 

GALT,  Mr 214-15 

(fALT,  WM 364 

GAMBLE,  COL 217 

GAN,  LEWIS 467 

GARDNER,  ANTHONY. 

Acting ". 129 

GARDNER,  ANTHONY,  J.  P 129 

GARLICK,  JOHN. 

Not  qualified 129 

GARNER,  GEO. 

Coroner 377-8 

GARRAT,  WIDOW 24 

GARRETT,  JAMES 398 

GATEWOOD 1(K) 

GATE  WOOD,  CHANY. 

Not  qualified 129 

GATLEFF,  CAPT 395 

GAYSON,  PETER 324 

GEORGE,  Negro  man  slave. 

Property  of  Wm.  Trespess,  condemned  to  be  hanged  in  Mathews  county  court 462 

GEORGE,  JOHN 484 

GEORGE.  REUBEN. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  muskets,  bayonets,  and  cartridge  boxes  burnt  in  the 

house  of  Mr.  James  Heron 309 

GIBSON,  Scout 469 

GILBERT 169 

GILES,  CAPT 121 


634  INDEX. 


GILES,  WM. 

To  the  Governor ;  applies  for  anns  for  his  com|)any U^ 

Gives  receipt  for  arms  and  accoutrements  for  his  company 122 

Returns  armn 340 

GIRARD,  STEPHKN 413 

GLASSELL,  WM. 

To  the  Governor ;  prays  for  remission  of  fine 142-4 

Scire  facias  against 144 


GLENN.  CAPT.,of  Berkeley 82 


'^ 


(;LENN,  MATTHEW 327 

GU)UCESTER  (^OUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 1(52 

Artillery  company  formed 270-1 

GOLDSMITH,  WM.,  alias  Wm.  Smith 37*? 

(tOOCHlani)  county. 

Number  of  militia 164 

GOODE,  COL 353 

GOODE,  ROBERT 502 

Direi'torof  Public  Buildings,  to  Gen.  Wood,  Lieut-Governor;  asking  an  advance 

of  |?200 173 

GOODE,  THOMAS 41 

GOODWIN,  COL 73 

GOODWINE,  JOSEPH , 388 

GOODWYN,  P. 

To  the  Governor;  soliciti»  agencv  as  oollet^tor  of  arrears  of  taxes 1 

To  the  (fovernor;  relating  to  collections  of  taxes  in  the  15th  Brigade 387 

GOODW^W,  ROBERT 447 

GOOSELEY,  W. 

To  Samuel  Shield;  promises  pay  of  execution  in  hands  of  Shield 300-1 

GORDON,  THOMAS 192 

GOSPORT. 

Frigate  to  be  built  at 276 

GOVAN,  JAMK=i. 

Ro.  Pollard,  Thos.  Nelson  and  J.  Nelson  recommend  Wm.  F.  Gaines  as  agent IS 

GOVERNOR. 

Election  of  Robert  Brooke 374 

Robert  Brooke  qualifies  as 385 

GRAHAM. 

To  the  Governor ;  rei'ommends  Samuel  Todd  as  agents 9 


GRAHAM,  GEORGE. 

To  the  (iovemor;  enclosing  list  of  men  composing  independent  volunteer  com- 
pany   IG&-9 

GRAHAM,  LIEUT 169 


iNJ)EX.  536 


GRAHAM,  R 226 

GRAYIIAM,  RICHARD 116 

GRAHAM,  \VM. 

Scout  in  Greenbrier 12 

(iRATTAN,  CAPT.  ROBERT 449 

(GRAVES,  ADMIRAL 251 

GRAVES,  MAJOR  WM   4W 

GRAV1':S.  MAJOR 40 

GRAVES,  Mr • 222,305 

GRAVES,  WM 157,200-1 

(iRAVKS  WM.,  I^lwrer 157 

GRAY,  VINCP:NT. 

Surveyor  of  port  of  Alexandria 1 

(tRAV,  WM 110 

<;rayson  county. 

Number  of  militia 166 

GRAYSON,  LIEUT 342 

(GREGORY,  RICHARD 467 

(;RE<iOKY,  ROGER,  Captain 502 

(JKECJORY,  WM.,J.  P 176 

GRENADIERS 97 

GREEN,  B. 

To  the  Governor;  requests  to  have  hiH  company  stationed  at  Fort  Norfolk  rather 

than  Fort  Nelson 502 

GREENBRIER  COUNTY. 

Nunil>er  of  militia 1(56 

(iREEN,  (J 328 

GREENHOF,  Mr 226 

GREENSVILLE  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 1(J4 

GRIFFIN 271 

<iRlFFIN,  THOS.,  Mayor  of  York i;« 

GRIFFITH,  JOSEPH 466 

(JRIMPREL,  M 24 

GRIMPREL.  Mrs 24 

GRlMI^OOLE,  M 24 

GRIMSVERAL,  M 23 


636  INDEX. 


GUARRANT,  JOHN 187 

GUATKIN,  CHARLES 391 

GUERNON,  RICHARD 107 

GUERRANT,  JOHN. 

Recommends  Thoe.  W.  Royaler  as  agent 11 

To  the  Ciovernor;  relating  to  fines  imposed  on  militia  men  in  the  90th  regiment...  470 

GUION,  LEWIS 153 

GUIONETT 169 

GUNYON ;. 169 

GUYN 271 


HACKETT,  MICHAEL...^ , 466 

HADDAN,  JOHN 469 

HADDAN,  REBECCA 262 

HAGERSTOWN. 

Disturbances  at 297,323-4 

HAGUE,  CAPT 466 

HAGUE,  JOHN. 

Robert  Allyn,  and  John  l^ester  to  James  Wood,  Lieut-Governor;  report  the  value 
of  service  rendered  by  sundry  vessels  in  transporting  troops  from  Richmond  to 

Smithfield 238-9 

Superintendent  of  quarantine;  thinks  quarantine  unnecessary B  348 

Superintendent  ports  Richmond  and  Manchester,  to ;  relating  to  the  small- 
pox    367 

HALIFAX  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 165-6 

Delinquent  lands  in ^ *. 61-2 

Escheator  appointed 88 

HAMPSHIRE  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 166 

HAMPTON. 

People  attack  British  sailors 486 

HALE 160 

HALL,  LIEUT 380 

HALL,  PHILIP 379 

HALL,  Scout 469 

HAMILTON,  ALEXANDER. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  inspecting  troops  called  out.for  suppression  of  insur- 
rection in  Pennsylvania 292 

HAMILTON.  ARCHIBALD 262 


INDKX.  537 


HAMILTON,  CAPT 330 

HAMILTON,  COL 74 

HAMILTON,  FERDINAND 262 

HAMILTON,  JOHN 155,437 

To  the  CTOvemor:  relating  to  insult  to  British  Flag  at  Yorktown 133 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  imputation  of  cruelty  by  Sir  John  Jervis  at  Martin- 
ique       150 

To  the  Governor;  gives  names  of  witnesses  of  capture  of  schooner  Delight  and 
ship  Charles 153 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  narrative  of  capture  of  schooner  Delight  and  ship 
Charles 154 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  capture  of  vessels  Charles  and  Delight 195 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  sailing  of  the  Chickamauga  in  violation  of  the 
Captain's  promise 185 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  vessels  Charles  and  Delight 206 

To  Wm.  Lindsay ;  informing  him  that  ships  Thetis  and  Cleopatra  were  expected 
in  the  harbor  of  Norfolk  for  necessarj  repairs 415 

To  Thos.  Mathews ;  asking  permission  for  British  ship  Lynx  to  deliver  supplies  to 
the  Thetis 420 

To  Thos.  Mathews;  stating  his  inability  to  describe  the  repairs  needed  by  the  ships 
Thetis  and  Cleopatra , 420 

To  Thos.  Newton,  Jr.;  denies  the  accusation  of  the  French  Consul  of  insulting  con- 
duct towards  the  French  in  the  harbor  of  Norfolk 422 

To  the  (iovemor ;  informing  him  that  the  subject  of  the  arrest  of  deserting  sea- 
men had  been  referred  to  the  British  Minister 445 

To  Thos.  Newton,  Jr. ;  relating  to  the  stoppage  of  a  boat  engaged  in  his  Britannic 
Majesty's  service 476 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  certain  disturbances  between  some  citizens  of  Hamp- 
ton and  some  British  seamen 485-6 

British  Consul,  to  General  Thos.  Matthews;  informing  him  that  the  ship  Chicka- 
maugus  is  in  Hampton  Roads  taking  guns  on  board  contrary  to  regulation 75 

British  Consul,  to  the  Governor ;  enclosing  letter  of  Vice-Admiral  Jervis 294 

HAMILTON,  Mr 106,213,489 

British  Consul 71,113 

HAMMOND.  GEORGE 497 

British  Minister,  to  Secretary  of  State;  complaints  answered  in  letter  of  Edmund 

Randolph;  Secretary  of  State  of  May  8th,  1795 488-9 

British  >iini8ter,  to  Secretary  of  State;  inquiring  as  to  the  authority  of  W.  Wilson 

for  forbidding  a  vessel  to  proceed  to  the  British  ship  Thetis 489 

HAMMOND.  Mr.,  British  Minister 474,484,487 

To  the  Secretary  of  State ;  relating  to  affidavit  and  declaration  of  Thos.  Butler 495-6 

HAMMOND,  Mr 495,497 

Letter  from  Mr.  Jefferson 30 

HANCOCK 169 

HANCOCK,  Mr 386 

HANGING  MAN,  Indian 206 

HANNAH,  CAPT 81,  138, 183,  254, 275 

HANOVER  C^l'NTY. 

Escheated  property  in 84-6 

Number  of  militia 165-6 

Sheriff  of. , 383-4 

HANSFORD,  CARY  H 168 

HANWAY,  COL.  SAMUEL 464 

68 


638 


HARDING,  WM.  H- 


HABPKK,  RATCLIt'F... 
HABRIH,  WILL 


HAKBI80N  COUNTY. 

Hilitut  of. lift 

Indians  commit  marden  in ;103 

HARBISON,  F.DMUND -tSO 

To  the  Governor-  informing  him  of  a  de|>o«it  he  was  prepared  to  mftke  into  the 

Iri'usurvforCol.Dariea lO 

To  the  (Jovernor ;  asking  to  be  excused  from  Board  meetings S8 

To  the  Governor;  endoeing  bond  of  Col.  Goodwin  as  agent "H 

And  Larkin  Smith  report  on  the  condition  of  .State  treasury 334-5 

HARRISON,  WM- IHfi 


HAR8T0NE,  BOBEBT 147 


HARTSHORNK,  WM.,  Treamrer  .. 


la 

HAKVEY ■•« 

HABVIB,  JOHN 258 

HABVIE,  Mr_ KW 

HABVY «" 


129 


HATCHER,  Mr- S88 

HATCHER,  BENJAMIN , 36 

HATTES,  BOBEBT,  Master  of  Ship  Harriott. 

Deposition  as  to  the  iinprwBim'tL    of  John  Underwood,  Julin  IJoyd,  and  Lewis 

Moore,  American  citizens 478 

HAWKINS.  CAPT 83, !«,  100, 113-14,309,380,  «» 

HAWKIN8,  CAPT.  JAMES- 430 


INDEX.  539 


HAWKINS,  JAMES. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut-Grovemor ;  resigna  his  commission  as  Captain  of  militia...      357 

HAY,  CHARLES. 

To  Lieut.-Govemor  James  Wood ;  relating  to  printing  of  revised  Code 291 

To  Lieut.-Governor  James  Wood ;  asking  mstractions  as  to  printing  the  Code........      310 

To  the  Governor;  recommends  payment  of  Mr.  Kind's  account  for  transcribing 
Index  of  revised  Code 463 

HAY,  CHARLES,  C.  H.  D 368,370,372,376,386,394 

HAY,  WILLIAM. 

To  the  Governor;  recommends  Charles  Yancey  as  agent 3 

Resigns  as  Director  of  Public  Buildings 11 

Recommends  Benjamin  Oliver,  Jr.,  of  Hanover  Town,  and  William  Hines,  of 
Southampton,  as  agents 16 


HAYES. 


169 


HAY>:S,  JAMES. 

To  the  Governoi ;  relating  to  controversy  with  authorities  of  Manchester  on  account 
of  small-pox 40-2 

HAYES,  Mr 68 

RAYMOND,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor ;  recommends  Wm.  Martin  as  paymaster  for  scouts  and  rangers 
for  Monongalia  district 185 

HAYMOND,  CAPT.  JOHN 289 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  Pennsylvania  insurrection 294 

HAYMOND,  Scout 469 

HAYNES,  JAMES 469 

HAYWARD,  S.  C.  S 4 

HEAKLE,  JOHN 417 

HEDGE,  ENSIGN 372 

HENDERSON 160,271 

HENDERSON,  SAMUEL 282 

HENRICO  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 163 

Justices  of. 258 

HENRY  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 165 

HENRY,  PATRICK. 

Appointed  Senator  for  this  Commonwealth  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States  in 
place  of  James  Monroe,  resigned 211 

HENRY,  P. 

To  the  Governor ;  recommends  Francis  James  as  agent 23 

HERBERT,  Scout 469 

HERNDON,  JOHN 463 

HERNDON,  EDWARD,  D.  8.  of  Spotsylvania. 

Certifies  that  he  held  an  execution  against  William  Mills  for  balance  of  taxes  for 
1789 453 


540  INDEX. 


HERON 160 

HETH.  COL 47 

HICKS,  JOHN 290 

To  the  Governor;  tenders  Richmond  troop  of  horse 198 

HILL,  BAYLOR. 108,170 

CommiBBioner  for  French  emigrant  fund 12 

To  the  Grovemor ;  relating  to  relief  of  French  em igran  ts  in  Norfolk 224-5 

HILL,  EDWARD. 

Declines 129 

HILL,  GREEN - 415 

HILL,  JOHN..... 42-3,500 

HILL,  HENRY. 

Robert  Alcocke,  and  Wm.  Chapman  recommended  by  the  court  of  Madison  for 

office  of  sheriff 227 

Commissioned  sheriff  of  Madison  county 227 

HILL.  TH08. 

Not  qualified 129 

HILLIARD,  DR 448 

HINES,  WILL,  of  Southampton  County. 

Solicits  agency 3 

HINES,  WM. 

Recommended  as  agent IG 

HIPKINS,  WILL 417 

HOBBS,  LIEUT.  VINCENT 112 

HOBBS,  LIEUT 118, 124 

HODGES,  JESSE 157 

H0D80N.  Mrs.  M. 

To  ner  son ;  expressing  fears  that  cannon  will  be  used  in  Manchester  in  the  small- 
pox controversy 68 

HOLCOMB,  J. 

To  the  Governor;  petition  for  pardon  of  Thos.  Murry 133 

HOLLIMAN 122 

HOLLIMAN,  Mr 87 

HOLLIMAN,  ^aCAJAH,  late  sheriflF,  now  dead 102 

HOLT,  CAPT 288 

HOLT,  ROIAND 359 

HOOE,  HENRY  DADE. 

Recommended  as  agent 17 

HOOMES,  COL. 60 

HOOMES,  Mr (52,386 

HOPE,  GEO ^ 


INDEX.  541 


HOPKINS,  JOHN 364 

To  the  Governor;  requeeting  payment  of  last  instalment  due  by  Virginia  for  pub- 
lic buildings  in  Federal  city 27-8 

To  the  Governor;  enclosing  letter  of  Mr.  Carroll,  enquiring  when  Virginia  would 

pay  the  third  donation  for  public  buildings 280 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  requests  further  payment  on  Virginia  donation 

to  public  buildings 378 

HOPKINS,  MAJOR-GENERAL 203 

HOPKINS,  Mr 22,338 

HOPKINS,  SAMUEL,  Jr. 

Recommends  Thos.  Vaughan  as  agent 10 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut-Governor 288 

HOPKIN,  WARREN 497 

HORNSBY,  JOSEPH 361 

HORTON,  JOHN  PEYTON 65 

IIOSKINS,  JOHN. 

Acting 129 

HOSKINS,  JOHN,  J.  P 129 

HOSKINS,  ROBERT 129 

HOUTCHINGS,  JOHN 176 

HOWARD,  JOHN 85 

HOSPITAL  AT  WILIJAMSBURG. 

Order  for  £400 461 

HOULDER,  HUDGINS 467 

HOUSE  OF  DELEGATES. 

Resolution  relating  to  collection  of  arrearages  of  taxes 368 

HOWE,  LIEUT 250 

HOWELL,  JOSEPH 407 

HOWELL,  Mr. 463, 477 

HOWELL,  PEGGY 207 

HERBERT,  MAX 157 

HUBERT,  Mr 23-4 

HUBERT,  Mrs ^ 24 

HUE  AND  CRY. 

For  arrest  of  Thos.  Tuck 405 

HAGGARD,  GEO 73 

HUNTER,  HUGH,   Comet 124 

HUGHES,  EDWARD 399 

HUGHES,  OLIVER 451 

HUGHES,  Mr : 98 


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iM^KX,  543 


Cbeit^cses  b^in  boAilitieEu. 210 

Attack  McCoflock*  company- 217 

Capture  a  womaii  on  Bochaimon  river 2W 

C>airages  in  WashinirUin  coontT 3K2 

Lieiit.-McOellHnd  had  fieveup  action  with 272 

Cre^V  defeated — 2r2^^ 

Ideated  by  General  Scott  near  ^liauii 27^ 

Make  an  attack  on  Vert  Fork  of  Monongalia- »..  21^-9 

Ensi^  Jenkins*  command  fi^it  with- 2^ 

OapL  McOollock  attacks  Camp  of,  on  licking  Creek 29i>-300 

CVimmit  marders  in  Harriaon  count v~ S08-4 

Treated  by  General  Sct»tt  at  GlaaB  town- ,^>4 

OntraceB  in  t>hio  county- Jv24 

TrcmUeBome  in  Ohio  county- H88 

INGRAM,  JOHN- 88 

IXNES,  JAMES,  Attorney-General- 102,  2VS 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  mortgages  on  Holt  RicbesonV  estate UK'^ 

To  Airbiliald  Blair:  informing  him  that  the  papers  mentioned  by  him  wi^ro  ne>*er 

received 2?>S 

To  the  Governor :  retmmF  thanks  for  letter  written  by  the  Go>x^nH>r  for  him  to 

Secretary  of  Stale 259 

To  the  l^vemor;  relating  to  the  Bockingham  works 282^ 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  qoestions  propounded  bv  Mr.  Hay  concern in^r  Ibe 

Code- Sn 

To  the  (.Tovemor ;  relating  to  his  official  chancter  in  his  journey  to  Kentucky S7S  4 

To  Governor  Lee;  relating  to  a  mission  to  the  State  of  Kentucky ^4->S 

To  James  Wood,  LieQt.-Govemor;  relating  to  permiasion  of  executive  to  accept 

the  miaaon  to  Kentnckv-- ,      Ji7»5 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  his  inability  to  attend  to  the  cane  of  Fkir&x  \^  the 

ConmKmweahh- .'. 469-70 

INOCULATION. 

In  January  and  February,  1794- ,..„,      S^ 

INQUISITION. 

Taken  in  Frederick  quashed-  - .,„      IXl 

IRONS,  JOHN- 134 

IRON,  JOHN. 

Affidavit  in  dispute  between  Col.  C^ampbell  and  dpi.  A.  I^ewis «,,«      140 

IRVINE,  VrSl 53 

ISAAC.  Ship- 182 

ISLE  OF  wn  ;ht. 

Number  of  militia- ......«» U?3 

LieuL-Colonel  commanding  chaiyed  with  misconduct- « *.....«.      233 

ISLE  OF  WIGHT  CK)UNTY. 

Militia  ordered  to  aid  State  authorities- ««»  223-4 


JACK. 

Property  of  Ralph  C.  Anderson,  convicted  by  the  court  of  Chesterfteld  of  an 
attempt  to  poison  Wm.  Claiborne  and  wife;  recommended  (or  morcy 30 

JACKSON,  CHRISTOPHKR 377 

JACKSON,  COL 00 


544  IxNDEX. 


JACKSON,  CX)L.  GEO« 289.444 

JACKSON,  EDWARD 469 

JACKSON,  CiEORGE. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Goveraor ;  inforras  him  of  a  change  of  sentiment  among 

the  insurgents 303-4 

To  the  Governor ;  informs  him  that  there  was  no  disposition  to  resist  the  excise 
law- : 304 

JACKSON,  JOHN 468-9 

JACKSON,  Scout 469 

JAMES,  CAPT 39 

JAMES,  FRANCIS. 

Riecomniendcd  as  agent 28,25 

JAMES  RIVER  COMPANY. 

Notice  for  meeting  the  first  Monday  in  October;  assessment  of  £10  per  share  to  be 
paid 312 

JAMESON,  JOHN. 

Recommends  Daniel  Strother  as  agent 7 

JANE,  Ship 199 

JAVAIN,  Mr 24 

JARVIS.  SIR  JOHN 137 

JAY,  Mr 137 

JEFFERS,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor ;  offers  services  of  Petereburg  Light  Horse  to  go  to  Smithfield 226 

JEFFERSON,  Mr. 

Letter  to  Mr.  Hammond 30 

JEFFERSON,  Mr 48,  450 

JEFFERSON,  THOS. 

To  Mr.  Hammond,  British  Minister ;  relating  to  the  rights  of  belligerant  nations 
in  the  waters  of  the  United  States 492-4 

JEFFRIES,  AMBROSE. 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 149 

JEFFRIES,  JOHN,  Capt 124 

JEFFRIES,  WM 378 

JENKINS,  ENSIGN 73,  299.  372,  379,  443, 448 

JENKINS,  JOHN 157 

JERVIS,  ADMIRAL 294 

JERVIS,  J. 

To  John  Hamilton ;  deuving  charges  of  ill  treatment  of  American  vessels  and  sea- 
men by  him  at  Gaudaloupe 294-o 

JOE. 

Convicted  of  the  murder  of  Wm.  Bradley 192--3 

JOHNSON  ^  FOSTER 157 


INDEX.  545 


JOHNSON,  BENJAMIN. 

Recommends  liichard  Barbour  as  agent 17 

JOHNSON,  JOHN 85 

JOHNSON,  JAMES 196,  327,  380 

JOHNSON,  THaS.,  David  Stuart,  and  Daniel  Carroll.  Federal  Commissioners. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  payment  of  last  instalment  due  by  Virginia  for 

Federal  Buildings 22 

Ask  payment  of  Virginia  donation  for  Public  Buildings 196-7 

JOHNSTON,  GEORGE 169 

JOHNSTON,  JAMES 169 

JOHNSTON,  PHU.. 

lo  the  Governor;  acknowledging  receipt  of  commissions  for  officers  of  his  regi- 
ment       158 

JOHNSTON,  P.  H 123 

JOINS,  JAMES. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  conviction  of  Wm.  John  Thweatt  in  the  city  of 
Richmond,  for  an  offence  committed  in  Dinwiddle 463-4 

JONES' BRIGADE 343 

JONES 271,342 

JONES,  CHARLES 187 

JONES^  JOHN 85, 145,  390 

To  the  Governor ;  prays  remission  of  fine • 142 

Relating  to  damages  on  judgment  against  him  as  sheriff  of  Dinwiddle  county 170 

To  the  Governor ;  prays  remission  of  fine 288 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine  against  Joseph  Jones 479 

JONES,  JOSEPH 387 

To  the  Governor;  informing  him  that  a  company  has  been  formed  in  Petersburg, 

who  desire  to  be  designated  as  the  Petersburg  Troop  of  Horse 124 

To  the  (iovemor;  prays  for  remission  of  fine 145 

To  the  Governor;  represents  Geo.  Brown,  convicted  of  horse  stealing  to  be  of 

unsound  mind 148 

To  the  Lieut.-(Tk)vemor^  prays  remission  of  fine 170 

To  the  (iovemor;  relating  to  the  expenses  of  his  brigade  on  the  western  expedi- 
tion   439 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 480 

JONES,  Rev.  Mr 480 

JONES,  ROBERT 415 

JONES,  THOMAS. 157,  379,381 

JONES,  WILL  or  THOS 140 

JOURNAL  OF  PRIVY  COUNCIL. 

Called  for 370 

JUSTICES. 

For  Madison 227 

69 


546  INDEX. 


KAMERA,  Mr 424 

KANAWHA  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia.. 166 

KEAN,  JOHN 53 

KELLY 305 

KELLY,  ENSIGN 380 

KELLY,  GEORGE 168 

KELLY,  JAMES 2jq 

KELLY,  Mr 366 

KEIiK),  British  Deserter 314 

KEMP,  WM 160 

KENNINGHAM 271 

KENNON,  RICHARD. 

To  the  Governor ;  recommends  Thoe.  Vaughan  as  agent 11 

KEMP 271 

KEMP,  GEO 160 

KENT,  Contractor 59 

KENT,  JOSEPH 270 

Recommended  as  paymaster 71 

To  the  Lieut.-(  tovernor ;  applies  for  an  advance  as  contractor  for  troops  on  South 

West  frontiers 418 

KENT,  Mr 337,409 

KENTUCKY. 

James  Innes  sent  on  a  mission  to,  by  the  President 373-5 

KEY,  JOHN. 

To  the  Lieut.-Govemor ;  relating  to  the  obtainment  of  a  second  deed  for  a  tract  of 

land 10 

KIDD,  JOHN. 

Not  in  commission 129 

Recommended  as  inspector  at  Shepherd's  warehouse 129 

KIND,  Mr 463 

KING  GEORGE. 

Number  of  militia 163 

KING,  MILES. 

To  the  Governor;  fund  for  French  emigrants  exhausted 273 

KING,  WM. 

Took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  Washington  county 397 


INDEX.  647 


KING  &  QUEEN  COUNTY. 

Justices  of. 120,129 

Number  of  militia 162 

KING  WILLIAM  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 166 

Justices  of. 176,327 

KIRKPATRICK,  ABRAHAM 251 

KNOWLES,  CAPT. 

Shotted  gun  fired  in  a  salute  accidentally 38 

KNOWLES,  SIR  CHARLES  W 39,75-6 

KNOX,  IL,  Secretary  of  War. 

To  the  Governor;  relative  to  the  advance  of  money  for  services  of  the  Viiiginia 

militia a 19 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  fortification  of  Norfolk- 30 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  mounting  heavy  cannon  on  the  Fort  at  Norfolk 69 

To  the  Governor ;  transmitting  copy  of  a  law  relative  to  fortifications  of  harbors 

therein  mentioned 80-1 

To  the  Governor;  Daniel  Bedineer  of  Norfolk  recommended  as  Superintendent  of 

construction  of  gun  carriages  lor  use  at  that  place 81 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  spoliation  committed  at  Gaudaloupe  by  the  French 

privateer  Preus 113 

To  the  Governor;  informing  him  that  Major  Rivardi  has  been  appointed  to  for- 
tify Baltimore,  Alexandria  and  Norfolk 87 

Instructions  to  J.  J.  Ulrich  Rivardi 92-6 

To  the  Grovernor;  relative  to  settling  accounts  of  Virginia  with  the  United  States,  128 
To  the  Governor;  relating  to  certain  indulgencies  to  the  St.  Domingo  fleet  proposed,  137-8 
To  the  Governor;  relating  to  act  directing  a  detachment  from  the  militia  of  the 

United  States 145 

To  the  Governor;  reply  to  his  letters  respecting  ship  Dunstable  and  restoration  of 

a  British  Brig  captured  within  limits  of  the  United  States 198-9 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  fortification  at  Norfolk  and  the  British  vessels  Charles 

and  Delight 174 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  sum  destined  for  the  fortification  of  Norfolk 237 

To  the  Governor;  expressing  the  satisfaction  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 

at  the  arrest  of  ship  Unicom  at  Smithfield 240 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  a  vessel  belonging  to  the  British  Consul  taken  pos- 
session of  by  General  Mathews... 27& 

To  Lieut-Ciovernor  Wood;  relating  to  arsenal  or  magazine  of  the  United  States 

proposed  to  be  established  in  Virginia 367 

To  the  Governor;  transmit!}  thanks  of  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  to  the  militia  in  actual  service  for  the  suppression  of  the  late  insur- 
rection       392 

KNOX,  GENERAL 110,459 

L 

LACEY 306 

LACEY,  JAMES 286 

LADY  WASHINGTON,  Schooner.. 139 

LEE,  FRANCIS  LKmTFOOT. 

Recommends  James  Pierce  as  agent • 8 

LA  MOYNES.. 401 


548  INDEX. 


LANCASTER  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 166 

LAND  OFFICE. 

Additional  clerks  allowed 4% 

LANE 169 

LANE,  Lieut-Colonel 322 

LANES,  Mr 14 

LANGFORD,  CAPT 155 

LANGHAM,  E. 

To  the  Governor;  sends  account  for  proviHions  furnished  at  Point  of  Fork 98 

To  the  Governor;  asks  payment  for  provisiouK  furnished  at  Point  of  Fork 147 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  his  account  for  the  provisions  for  Point  of  Fork — 177, 27S-9 

To  James  Wood ;  relating  to  contract  to  furninh  provisions  at  Point  of  Fork 320 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  informs  him  that  he  will  soon  join  the  army  in 

charge  of  cartridges 359-60 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  his  contract  for  supplies  of  provisions  at  the  arsenal,  498-9 

LANGHAM,  ELIAS,  C.  M.  S 340 

LANGHAM,  MAJOR  E» 336 

LANGHAM,  MAJOR..« 317,369 

LARELLE,  JOSEPH 413,431,456 

Apprehended  and  committed  to  prison 15 

LARELLE,  Mr 428 

LARY,  Mr 312 

LARY,  ALEX 213 

LARTY,  CAPT 224 

LATHAM,  JOHN 153 

Master 155 

LAWRENCE,  JOHN i...  85-^ 

LAWS. 

Cost  of  binding 128 

LAWSON 160 

LE  COMPT,  F.  W.  E 107 

LE  GRAND,  PETER,  Judge 32S 

LEE,  CAPT 185 

LEE,  CHARLES. 

To  the  Governor ;  recommends  Alexander  Smith  as  Flour  Inspector  for  Alexan- 
dria   68 

LEE  COUNTY. 

Threatened  b^  Cherokee  Indians ^ 

Number  of  militia 1^ 

Charles  Carter  clerk  of. 177 


INDEX.  549 


LEEDS,  MANOR. 

Relating  to  escheat  of. 4,130-1 

Collection  of  rent  in 286 

Relating  to  escheat  of. 352 

LEE,  GOVERNOR 5,  35,  105, 128-9,  206-7,  211,  338,  342,  357,  362,  392-3,  499 

To  Capt.  A.  Lewis;  appointing  Capt.  Neil  and  Ensign  Cockrell  to  take  command  of 

the  men  in  the  room  of  Capt.  Crockett 217-18 

To  Samuel  Coleman;  instructions  to  keeper  of  Capitol  as  to  his  duties 230 

To  the  Secretary  of  War;  communicates  attempt  made  at  Smithfield  to  resist  the 

execution  of  the  laws 233-4 

To  General  Wood,  LieuL-Governor ;  relating  to  the  fighting  force  of  the  insur- 
gents   318 

To  (General  Wood;  thanks  him  and  the  council  for  their  approbation 322-3 

To  the  Lieut.-Goveruor;  relating  to  the  accommodation  asked  of  the  Bank  of 

Alexandria 325 

To  Col.  Cocke;  relating  to  insubordination  in  Surry  county 330 

To ;  suggesting  the  beat  methods  of  arousing  the  patriotic  feelings  of  the 

people  of  Surry 330-1 

To  C.  Avery ;  urging  him  to  co-operate  with  General  Bradby  in  restoring  the  patri- 
otic feeling  of  the  people  of  Surry 334 

To  Lieut.-Governor  WockI  ;  relative  to  his  march  to  suppress  the  whiskey  insurrec- 
tion       336 

To  General  Wood;  urging  him  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  assigned  to  him  by 
the  Constitution  in  the  absence  of  the  Governor 354 

LEE,  hp:nry. 

Resolution  that  P^xecutive  furnish  all  information  relating  to  request  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  that  General  Lee  would  take  command  of  the  army 
raised  for  suppression  of  whiskey  insurrection 372 

To  the  (Jovemor 377 

LEE,  MAJOR-GENERAL 204,  223-4 

LEE,  Mr 386 

LEE,  RICHARD. 

Recommends  Joseph  Pierce  as  agent 8 

LEE,  RICHARD  E 168 

LEE,  RICHARD  E.,  Recorder.. 170 

LEE,  RICHARD  HENRY. 

Recommends  James  Pierce  as  agent 8 

LEE,  PHILIP. 

Recommends  James  Pierce  as  agent 8 

LEE,  THOMAS 66 

LEE,  THOS.,  Jr. 

Recommends  Henry  Dade  Hooe  as  agent 17 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  certain  lands  of  the  Commonwealth  claimed  by  ten- 
ants of  the  same 20 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  staying  sale  of  Bristow  land 79 

LEE,  THOS.  Ll'D. 

And  W.  Alexander,  to  the  Governor;  recommend  Enock  Mason  as  agent..* 1 

LECHt,  JOHN,  Lieutenant 61 

LECJCfS,  JOHN 144 

LEIGH,  J.  S.  H.  C 4 

LEKDER.  Orphan  boy 24 


650  INDEX. 


LEEKE,  PAUL  D 295 

LENNOX,  MAJOR,   Marshal Kl 

LENOIR,  WM.,  S.  S 4 

LERTY,  CAPT.  JOHN 473 

LESTER,  JOHN 110,238 

LETTER. 

To  the  Executive;  relating  to  the  office  of  Ck)l .-Commandant  of  the  county  of 
Buckingham 365 

LEWIS,  A 270 

To  the  Governor;  Lee  county  threatened  by  the  Cherokeee 2 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  tx)  his  company 27 

To  the  Governor;  enclosing  letter  of  Col.  Oocke,  with  the  opinion  of  the  latter 

that  the  safety  of  the  frontier  depends  on  driving  the  Indians  from  the  woods 

between  Cumberland  and  the  Tennessee 3^3 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  inadequacy  of  his  company  to  protect  150  miles 

of  frontier lK>-7 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  importance  of  Capt.  Hawkins'  company  coming 

to  the  relief  of  the  troops  guarding  the  frontier W-100 

To  the  (iovernor;  relating  to  the  murder  and  capture  of  the  family  of  Mr.  Li^ng- 

ston  of  Washington  county 113-H 

To  the  Governor ;  giving  particulars  of  the  mischief  done  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Liv- 
ingston  • 115 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  recapture  of  prisoners  taken  by  the  Indians  in 

Washington  county 117 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  number  of  troops  under  his  command 135 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  his  inability  on  account  of  his  duties  at  Fort  Lee  to 

take  depositions  concerning  Col  A.  Campbeirs  conduct 137 

To  the  Governor ;  forwarding  resignation  of  Capt.  Crockett 208 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  various  companies  under  his  command 263-^ 

To  the  Governor;  suggestins;  volunteers  instead  of  drafts  from  the  militia  in  this 

repon  for  suppression  of  the  whiskey  insurrection 337-8 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  time  when  the  troops  conmianded  by  him  should 

be  discharged 409-10 

^     To  the  Governor;  informs  him  that  he  was  on  the  way  to  Richmond  to  settle  his 

public  accounts 440 

To  the  Governor ;  soliciting  the  appointment  of  Paymaster  for  the  troops  on  the 

frontiers  in  place  of  General  Tate,  expected  to  resign  that  position 481 

To  the  Governor;  enclosing  statement  of  monies  due  him  for  the  year  1793 482 

LEWIS,  ANDREW. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  his  expedition  from  Fort  Lee  on  the  19th  of  Feb- 
ruary to  explore  the  routes  of  Indians  and  ascertain  their  camping  grounds 81-3 

LEWIS,  CAPT 14,  71,  118,133,139,380,390,460 

LEWIS,  COL.  THOMAS 37 

LEWIS,  COL 130,281 

LEWIS,  FRANCIS 192 

LEWIS,  TH08 189,430 

To  the  Governor;  transmits  a  return  of  men  for  winter  establishment  at  Bellvill, 

and  certificate  of  Spies  at  Point  Pleasant 131 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  dispute  between  Col.  Clendenin  and  Lieut.  Mann 190 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  artillery  company  under  his  command 270 

LEWIS,  WARNER. 

Recommends  Peter  B.  Whiting  as  agent....: 7 


UGON,  JOHN 192 


IXl^EX, 


UG^JN,  SETH we 

LINT^AY — — ~«. . >-— - — — ..-^^^  .^. ..  ,.^^^^      i">$ 

To  the  GoveriMr:  inJonsis^  him  Uoi  the  Nonptiiel  fasaJ  B&oonKi  U>v^u\^  O^mit 


UXDtiAY.  MAJOR— -..35^  3^ 

UXDe^AY,  Mr ~ »K 


UXDSAY.  WILLIAM.  CoUcctor. 

To  the  ^jovenior;  inlonnui^  him  of  the  arming  of  the  iships  Chickmmanisa  And 

Sftllv.  and  jLD^:«ther.  contruy  to  refuUtioos.  in  ChesoipeAke  E^t~ S7 

To  the  <jOTcmor :  endaacs  £ecter  from  Copeland  ftirker-. •..^  IH 

To  the  <jovenior:  informs  him  of  release  of  ship  Ikmc •. !7^ 

To  the  Governor;  resting  to  «ix  gun«  of  the  ship  Isaac IS3 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  veseel  toaded  with  ammnnition  designed  for  ship 

fitting  oat  at  Smithfield ^ ••.*«••  21fi 

To  the  <jOTemor :  relating  to  schooner  nnder  Frmch  colors  cast  on  shc««  on  Oftpe 

Charks. ^ 357 

To  the  riovemor;  relating  to  the  process  against  schooner  Nonpariel ....... — ««  ^5 

To  the  <jrovemor :  informing  that  the  British  Frigate  Qoebec  has  arrived  in  Hamp- 
ton Boads .^  S22 

To  the  Governor ;  informing  him  of  the  arrival  of  three  British  ships  in  Hamp- 
ton Boadfr. ^ ^ ^  439 

UPSOOMB,  AMBBOeiE- ^ 96 

LIST  OF  COMPANY  OF  niTY-FOURTB  BEGIMENT. 

Wm.  Vaogfaan,  Gaptain,  connected  with  woriL  on  Foil  Ndson I6D 

LITTLEPAGE,  THOS- ^ S:?7 

UTTLE,  LIELT.-OOL. $22 

UVIXG.STONE.  Mr- 109,  US,  U5 

UVINGST«JNE,  Mre- 109, 114 

LIVINGSTON,  Mre.  ELIZABETH,  of  Washington  county. 

Giving  an  account  of  her  capture  and  detention  by  the  Indians ....IU-12 

LIVINGSTONE- :..  12S 

LITTLEJOHN,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  claims  for  guards  on  the  Potomack^ 339-1 

LOGAN 160 

LOGANS,  GAPT 140 

LOGWOOD,  EDMUND 192 

LONG,  RICHARD 45I 

LOVINGSTON,  Mr 2W 

LOVE.  ALEXANDER 273 

LOUDOUN  a)UNTY. 

Number  of  militia- 104 


562  INDEX. 


LOUISA  a)UNTY. 

Number  of  militia 164 

LOVELL,  ELIZABETH. 

Asks  for  a  new  pension  warrant 23 

LOVING,  WM 187 

LOWE,  RICHARD 377-8 

LOWTHER,  CAPT 179-81,  21M,  379,  443 

LOWTHER,  COL 290 

IX)WTHER,  J.  WM. 

To ;  requesting  him  to  post  his  company  at  Great  Hocking 261-2 

To  Col.  Comehus  Bogard ;  thinks  it  wrong  to  discharge  the  men  who  have  served 
as  spies  through  the  winter  months .• 261 

LOWTHER,  MAJOR 73,95 

LOWTHER,  WM 28,260 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  rangers  in  Harrison  county 09-70 

To  GreneralJames  Wood ;  relating  to  present  state  of  frontier.. 186 

To  Lieut-Governor  Wood;  relating  to  muster  roll  for  six  scouts 18*) 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  stationing  troops  on  the  Ohio  river 216-17 

To  the  Lieut.-Govemor ;  relating  to  the  company  of  Capt.  Bogard 372 

To  the  Governor;  reports  the  loyalty  of  the  people  of  his  county 298-9 

To  the  Governor;  informs  him  that  he  had  discharged  the  scouts  and  rangers  of 

'  his  command  on  the  Ist  of  February 443-4 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  docking  John  Jackson  in  his  pay,  and  his  discharge 
from  the  service 468 

LOWTHER,  T.  WM. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  money  due  tothe  soouta. 151 

LOWTHER,  Scout 409 

LOYALL,  GEORGE 168 

LOYALL,  PAUL 168,170 

LLOYD,  JOHN 478 

LUDINGTON,  ACE 217 

LUNATIC  ASYLUM. 

Funds  for  support  of. 142 

Funds  of 214-15 

Recommendations  for  diret^rs 361 

LUNENBURG  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 165 

LYLE,  SAMUEL. 

Security  for  John  Bo wyer 105 

LYNHAM,  GEORGE 87 

LYNE,  WM. 

Declined  to  act 129 

LYNE.  WM.,  Jr. 

Not  qualified 129 

LYON,  JAMES 147,408 

LYNX,  British  ship 369 


INDEX.  553 


M 

MABUY.  ROBERT 387 

McALEXAxNDER,  ALEXANDER 187 

Mc-CALLY,  JOHN,  Captain 444 

McAULEY,  ALEXANDER 85 

Mc€AULEY 103 

McCA^LEY^  Mr 138 

MACAULEY,  ALEXANDER 148 

McCALLEY,  JOHN 249 

McCHORS,  ROBERT 300 

McCLANAHAN,  JOHN 378 

Mc<:LEERY',  EDWARD 284 

McCLEERY,  COL.  WM 290 

McCJLEERY,  WM. 

To  Lieut. -Grovernor  Wood;  relating  to  Indian  prisoners  taken  by  Lewis  Morgan 443 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  distribution  of  ammunition 73-4 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  efforts  of  the  insurgents  to  distorb  the  peace  in 

Randolph,  Harrison  and  Ohio  counties 279 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  abstracts  and  muster  rolls  he  desired  to  have  sent  to 

him 464 

McCLEERY,  COL 96 

McCLERRY,  COL 262 

McCXURG,  TOL 70,80 

MK;LUNG,Mr 452 

McCOLUK^K,  CAPT.  JOHN 18-19 

Incursion  into  Indian  country 7 

McC(  )LIX)CH,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  arrest  of  Lieut.  Biggs  for  trial  by  court-martial 28 

Mc€f)LU)CK,  CAPT 73,  180,217 

McCOLI/X^K,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  matters  connected  with  his  company 79-80 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  Indian  murders  on  the  frontier 179 

McCONNEL,  ALEXANDER 107-8,437 

McCRAW,  JAMES. 

Appointed  escheator  for  Halifax  county 88 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  commission  of  James  DeJamette  as  a  justice  of 

the  peace 194 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Govemor ;  resigns  as  escheator  of  Halifax 368 

McC^RAW,   Mr 389,399 

70 


554  INDEX. 


McCREEDlE,  GEORGE 36 

McCRERY 169 

McCULLOCK,  OAIT 182,299,372,879 

To  the  Governor;  coniplainB  that  the  finding  of  the  court-martial  in  his  case  was 

malicious 301-2 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  mischief  done  by  Indians  on  our  frontier 324 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Ciovernor :  relating  to  Indian  troubles  on  our  frontiers 363-4 

To  the  Governor;  informs  him  that  the  Indians  killed  two  men  and  wounded 

another  on  our  frontier 418 

To  the  Governor;  states  that  he  had  sent  pay  abstract  and  muster  rolls. 452 

McC^LELLAND,  LIEUT 272 

McDARMANI),  DANIEL 436 

McDowell. 

Security  for  John  Bowyer 105 

McIX)WELL,  Judge 450 

McGAVOCK,  JAMES 430 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  lead  due  to  commonwealth  by  Moses  Austin 412-13 

McCiAVOCK,  LIEUT 83,263 

McKEE,  ROBERT 285 

McKEE,  WM. 

To  the  Governor;  solicits  arms  for  company  of  Captain  Caruthers 501-2 

McKlNLEY,  WM. 

To  the  Governor ;  resigning  bis  commission  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Ohio  county 90 

Mcpherson,  daniel leo 

Mcpherson,  hugh leo 

McRAE,   ARCHIBALD 328 

MACE  USED  BY  HOUSE  OF  DELEGATE^. 

Resolution  for  sale  of 371 

Sold  by  order  of  same 391 

MACHIE,  ANDREW 133 

MACHIE,   ANDRES 497 

MACHIN,  Mr 400 

MADDOX,  JOHN 290.  417 

MADISON  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 166 

Justices  and  sheriff  qualify 227 

MADISON,  J. 

To  the  Governor;  requests  order  for  £11  for  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Williamsburg 142 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  order  of  directors  of  Williamsburg  Hospital 105 

MADISON,  THOS. 

To  the  (Governor;  recommends  Joseph  Kent  as  paymaster 71 

MAGILL,  ARCHIBALD seO 

MAHER,  LAWRENCE 456 


INDEX.  565 


MALCOMB,  CAPT T 219 

MANCHESTER. 

Disturbancefl  threatened  in 34 

Guard  established 35 

Small-pox  in 35 

Regulations  concerning  small-pox 35-H 

I >i.sturbance  relating  to  8mall-pox 40 

Chesterfield  court  orders  guanl  in " 42 

Disturbances  in 57 

MANN,  CAIT 131 

MANN,  LIET'T 131 

MANN,  MOSES. 

Tothe(TOvernor , 37 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  establishment  of  two  stations  on  the  Ohio  and 

Kanawha 130 

To  the  Governor;  refuses  to  obey  the  orders  of  Captain  Clendenin 188 

MARABLE,  BENJA.MIN 4(57 

MARCHAND,  Mr 15 

MARINE  INSURANCE. 

Ixjtterof  William  F.  .\8t  relating  to 190 

MARKHAM,  BERNARD 36,42-3 

MARKHAM,  (iEOR(JE 500 

MARKH.\M,  VINCENT 192 

MORREL,  SAMTEI - 484 

MAR8IK)N,  JA.Mt>J T 85-6 

MARSH 160 

MARSH,  SA.MUEL. 

To  the  Governor;  solicitn  appointment  as  notary  public  for  Norfolk 160 

MARSHALI 60 

MARSHALL,  BRKrADIER 203,287 

MARSHALL,  BRKiADIER-GENERAL 234 

MARSHALL,  GENERAL 265 

Opinion  relating  to  the  purchase  and  sale  of  lands  for  arrears  of  taxes  and  duties,  347 

Opinion  relative  to  fines  and  penalties  under  the  militia  law 347-8 

MARSHALL,  J. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  applies  for  arms  for  several  companies  of  Rich- 
mond militia 120 

To  the  (lovernor ;  recommending  shelter  for  the  artillery 148 

To  the  (Jovemor;  relating  to  the  arreet  of  the  ship  Unicom 228-9 

To  the  Governor;  report  of  circumstances  attending  arrest  of  ship  Unicom 234-5 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  certain  articles  required  by  the  Capt.  of  artillery  of 

Richmond  309 

Opinion  that  the  commission  of  F^lisha  White,  sheriff  of  Hanover,  is  forfeited  for 

failure  to  qualify  in  time 383-4 

Opinion  as  to  wile  of  Craig's  land 403-4 

To  the  Ctovemor;  relating  to  the  contest  between  the  Commonwealth  and  Wm. 

Fairfax 446 


656  INDEX. 


MARSHAL!^  JOHN 4ol 

Attorney  for  S.  B.  Cunningham 10*2 

MARTIN'S  BRIGADE 343 

MARTIN,  GENERAL.. 430-1 

MARTIN,  JOS 249 

MARTIN,  Mr 216 

MARTIN,  THOS.  C,  J.  P. 

Acting 129 

MARTIN,  WM~ 151,179-80 

MARNTK,  JOHN- 437 

MARYI^VND. 

Legislature  of,  refuses  tu  pass  a  law  to  j»ell  the  shares  of  delinqaents  in  the  Poto- 
mac company- , 125 

MASON,  E, 

To  the  Cfovemor ;  solicits  arms- 197 

MASON,  ENOCK 1 

Solicits  agency ^         8 

Recommended  as  agent 9 

MAS(JN,  GEORGE 450 

MASON,  JOHN 415 

MASON,  Mr 123 

MASSENBURG,  JOHN 415 

MASSENBURG,  WM 415 

MASSEY 271 

MASTERTON,   DAVID- 42J> 

MATHEWS  Cr>UNTY. 

Number  of  militia. 165 

Thos.  Tabb,  sheriff  of. 184 

Revenue  tax  in 1S4 

Justices  of. 4*52,467 

MATTHEWS,  BRIGADIER-GENER.VL 220 

MATTHEWS,  COL.  THOS-- 107 

MATTHEWS,  GENTIRAL. 97,  lOH,  276 

MATTHEWS,  THaS 108. 100 

To  the  Governor;  informing  him  of  vesselt^  loading  and  sailing  before  the  official 

notice  of  embargo  reached  him 9^?* 

To  the  Governor;  relating  t«»  a  boat  belonging  to  the  British  Consul  aboat  to  sail 

to  New  York,  stopped  and  taken  posKession  of  by  General  Matthews- IU5-4 

To  the  Governor;  relative  to  the  restoration  of  a  vet^sel  improperly  captured  by 

Admiral  Vanstable *. J,  1(16-7 

To  G.  K.  Taylor:  revenue  cutter  .sent  to  his  aid 224 

To  the  <  fovemor;  relating  to  two  vesseL*  arrived  in  the  port  of  Norfolk  so^)ecte«i 

to  be  privateers 25*»-7 

To  the  <.rovemor:   relating  to  the  tn^atment  of  Mr.  Hunter  ami  himself  by  the 

officers  of  the  schooner  Nonpariel - 274-5 


INDEX.  557 


To  the  Liieixt-^!k)^^mor ;  relaliiBfe  to  mio^Y'eixieiit  of  troofK  trom  VirgiQia  tx>  sa^ppr^^ 

the  whigfoqr  inwif net'tiiiDn ^t  >? 

To  lieirt.-*  k>vi*rTior  Woo^i ;  npfcrtin^  to  d«taeltZE»eitt  oi  eaTmlnr  mad  infimtrr  swit  to 

Fort  rumberiAEui - T. .' 3»IS 

To  the  fkHremi}r :  F«s$pcctiBc  the  adsLfi^oa  of  two  »hip«  of  war  into  the  barhor  of 

Norf;:>tk- ^ —  .1. ^ ^ -lA^ 

To  John  Hamiltoii ;  T^§aBmg  pefnkfisiea  to  the  Ljnx  to  deliver  supplietf  to  the 

Thetis- — ~ «..*.      421 

MATHEW.S  TUfJ^^  R  ♦> 2iS 

MATTHEWS.  WM.  P. 

To  the  <  k>Tenior ;  relating  to  a  Tewel  sappoeed  to  be  preparing  for  prtTateenon^ —        74 

>L\TnAS,  FREDERHTK- :»7 

MAUGER l(r» 

MAUXDE,  31r S:4 

!kL\rRY,  Mr- 105 

MAY,  JOHX- 450 

5IAY0,  JOHN 25S 

Solicits  military  appointment 171-2 

MAYO,  TH4JS 183 

MAYa  WM U>2 

To  Col.  John  Steel;  remonstrance  a^inst  the  pardon  of  Paul 192 

MAYO,  WM.  JA3IES. 

To  the  Governor;  solicits  commission  of  ensign  in  the  militia ISO 

MEADE 342 

ME.\DE,  BRIGADIER 203 

MEADE'S  BRIGADE- 343 

MEADE,  DAVID. 

To  the  ;  relating  to  the  capture  of  schooner  Sira   of  Baltimore,  by  the 

British  ship  Thetis,  and  taking  therefrom  Samuel  Tull  and  three  others ". 4Sr> 

MEADE,  Mr 374,400 

MECKLENBURG. 

Number  of  militia ia%  l(i7 

MEGARY,  HENRY 4150 

MEGARY,  TH()S 4(W 

MERCER,  ROBERT. 

Attorney  for  commonwealth 144 

MEIFRIEN,Mr 14 

MEMORANDUM. 

Of  distances  travelled  by  Richard  Young  conveying  notices  of  embargo  to  various 
county   officers 122-3 

MEMORIAL. 

Of  A.  Bledsoe,  George  Wilcox,  Abraham  Fulkerson,  John  V.  Cook  and  James  Ful- 
kerson  to  the  Governor;  relating  to  murders  petpctrated  by  Indians  in  WanhingtoD 
and  I>ee  counties 1()8"9 


558  ixoEX. 


NERI WETHER,  T. 

SolietUf  mtgenfy ~ ~- — -.-.^—         > 

To  the  Ocnrernor;  tend*  bood  m  colkctor  of  Iazm ^ 

NEBRIT,  RICIfARfi, 

And  fAhf^  zrtlaum  at  iV/int  opf  Fork,  asking  ratiom  1^  their  wtTes. ~      i^ 

JfERTOX,  RICHARD ^ ^ 

MIDDLESEX  AND  EK«EX  COUNTIES. 

Xmnberaf  cuHitia- ~ 1^ 


f» 


3nFFIJX.  GOVERNOR,  of  FennajlT^ia. 15.  355,4^5 

To  the  ^»o%'€-mor;  rts^^nhn^m  for  Joseph  l^arflle 4Ii^I4 

To  Jaroes  Wood,  IJeot.-Ooremor ;  infornw  bim  that  Wm.  I.ioagIa«  of  Peiersbiiig, 

Va,,  ha#»  been  appointed  aisent  to  receive  Jo^ph  Larelle- 431 

To  the  Governor;  inforriri«  him  that  he  ha»  appointed  Lawrence  Maher  in  place  of 

Wm.  Drm^daM.  derlined.  to  receive  •loneph  Larelle. 456 

Ackm/wiedg€«  receipt  of  re^'iaed  lawA  of  Virginia- -  502 

MILBURX,  DAVH>.  SerjeeanU 399 

MILITIA. 

Aoo>anti§  with  United  .States.. 19 

In  Greenbrier  and  Kanawha-. 33 

In  Washington  ronnty- 50 

In  FredericfcRlforg- GO 

Artillery  in  Norfolk- 63 

Regolationi!  for  officen 67 

Muifter  rolls  for  secretary  of  war tJ? 

Offi^-ere  of  Monongalia- 68 

Additional  regiments  formed 78-9 

Fredericksbarg  artillery,  armii  for 110 

Of  Richmond- 120-1 

Of  Frederickabui^- 121 

Troopaof  Horae  in  PetereboTg- 134 

Aid  in  enforcing  embargo 125-6 

In  fienrice  on  Ohio  and  Kanawha- 130 

Jamea  A.  Bradby,  relating  to  hia  brigade 140-1 

Of  Clierterfield,  armed- 145 

Called  intofservice  by  United  States 145-6 

Pay  and  ration  in  U'S.  Hervioe- 146 

Light  infantry  company  in  Caroline : 149 

Artillery  company  at  Peterebnrg 149 

C4>mmiflBionR  solid  till 151, 158, 155.  156, 171,175 

(yf  Flavanna 159 

Employed  on  Fort  Norfolk 160 

Statement  of  number  of  Virginia 161-7 

Roll  of  company  at  Dumfries- 168-9 

Troopof  Horse  in  Frederick  county 171 

In  service  on  the  Ohio 181-2 

Officers  of  Amherst  county- 187 

In  service  on  Kanawha 188-9 

Number  of  men  in  brigades  called  out 191 

Officers  of  Pittsylvania 196 

General  orden*  to 202-5 

Of  Bedford  countj 205-6 

Company  in  Williamsburg 210 

Post  on  Ohio  river- 216 

Powder  for,  on  Kanawha. 217 

Additional  force  called  out  by  President  United  States- 218 

Richmond  Artillery  company 221 

Sent  from  Richmond  to  Smith  field 225 

Service  at  Smithfield 228-9 

iiovemoi  I-«e,  relating  to  misconduct  of  commander  of 233 

Service  in  seizing  privateer  at  Smithfield- 234-5 

CoPt  of  transporting  to  Smithfield 238 


INDEX.  559 


Light  infantry  company  at  Yorktown 268-4 

In  service  at  Tygart  valley  and  Buchannon  river 260-1 

Expenses  of  Capt.  Weieiger's  company  at  Smitbfield 264-6 

Roll  of  artillery  company  in  Gloucester  county 270-1 

Arthur  Campbell's  opinion  of  laws  relating  to 271-2 

Arrest  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Wells  of  Isle  of  Wight 276-7 

Court-martial  orderedat  Williamsburg 278 

Muster  rolls  to  be  prepared  for  United  States  War  Department 292 

Estimate  of  march  to  Pennsylvania 292-3 

Of  Surry  county  opposed  to  serving  in  Pennsylvania 306-9 

Muster  of  Morgan's  brigade  at  Winchester 297 

Equipment  of  llichmond  artillery 309 

Organization  of  Gen.  Guerrant's  brijrade 312 

Organization  of  (fen.  Blackwell's  brigade 312 

Draft  opposed  in  Surry 314-16 

Dark's  brigade  assembles  at  Wincha^iter 315-16 

Expenses  of  Eighth  brigade  on  expedition  to  Winchester 332-3 

Opposition  to  draft  in  western  counties 337 

Ivetter  of  Thos.  Mathews  relating  to  force  at  Winchester 343-4 

Complimentary  resolution  of  (Jeneral  Assembly  in  regard  to 368 

Claims  for  services  in 378-83 

Complimentary  resolutions  of  Congress  relating  to 391-2 

On  southwestern  frontiers  discharged 409-10 

Light  infantry  company  formed  in  Rockbridge 501 

MILLER 160 

MILLER,  CAPT 384 

MILI> 160 

MILLS,  LIEUTENANT 379 

MILLS,  WM 463 

MILSTEAI),  WM 66 

MINGO,  Slave. 

Condemned  to  be  hanged 166 

MINOR,  DABNEY. 

To  the  Lieut-Governor ;  relating  to  preventing  leaks  at  Capitol 249-60 

MINOR,  JOHN,  Jr. 

To  the  Governor;  informs  him  that  Mr.  Brooke  has  gone  to  Shenandoah,  Fred- 
erick and  Fauquier  counties  to  attend  coroner's  inquest 37 

MINOR,  Mr 123,212 

MINOR,  THas 123 

MITCHELL,  WM.,  late  sheriff  of  Patrick. 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 408 

MITCHELL,  THOS 249 

MITCHELL,  ALEXANDER. 

To ;  relating  to  a  scout  on  Licking  Creek 299-300 

MITCHELL,  JACK 176 

MITCHELL,  ROBERT. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  impreesment  of  sloop  Molley 226 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-('iovernor ;  small-pox  rumor  of  prevalence  unfounded 369 

MOLI/)Y,  THOS 328 


StKJ  INDEX. 


MONriNfJALIA  CT)UNTY. 

Number  of  militia^ 165 

MONROE,  COL. 453 

MONROE,  JAMES 211 

MONTGOMERY,  A~ 402-3 

MONTGOMERY  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia- 165-6 

MONT(K)MERY.   HENRY 399 

MOORE,  CAPT.  JOHN. 125 

MOORE,  CATC). 

To  the  Governor ;  prays  rem isBion  of  damages 463 

MOORE,  CAPT.  JOHN ' 406 

MOORE,  LEWIS , 478 

MOORE,  Mr 206 

MOORE,  WM 293 

MORGAN,  Aid-de-camp 357 

MORGAN,  DANIEL. 

To  the  Governor:  informing  that  the  men  do  not  turn  out  ae  hoped  for  for  sup- 
pressing the  whiskey  insurrection-. 297 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  General  Darke's  brigade 316 

JIORGAN,  DANIEL  S 466 

MORGAN,  EN8IGN 299 

M()RGAN,  HAYNES. 

Recommends  Peter  Barksdale  as  agent 18 

MOR(iAN,  GENERAL 298,316,318,342,344 

MORGAN,  LIEUTENANT 372,464 

MORGAN,  LEVI,  Hlnsign 379 

MORGAN,  LEWIS 443 

MORGAN,  MAJOR-GENERAL 322,354 

MORGAN,  Mr.,  Adjutant-General 238 

MORifAN,  SP:RGEANT  LEROY 301 

MORGAN,  SIMON 277 

To  the  Generals  of  division  ;  relating  to  general  orders  of  the  Commandei^in-Chief 

of  the  militia 191 

To  the  Governor;  asking  the  appointment  of  John  Stuart  as  his  deputy,  if  one  is 

needed 274 

MORGAN,  Scout 469 

MORRIS 37 

MORRIS  BROTHERS. 

Killed  near  Bellville 180 


INDEX.  561 


MORRIS,  CAPT 395,  398 

MORRIS,  CAPT.  JOHN 406,340 

MORRIS,  JOHN 282,305 

To  the  Governor;  asking  pay  for  his  company  for  year  1792 366 

MORRIS,  Mr 305 

MORRIS,  WM ; 284,  390,  398 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  a  complaint  of  Allen  Pryor  against  him  for  breaking 

open  a  letter 385-6 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  rations  furnished  Capt.  Hugh  Carperton's  company,  408-9 

MORTIMORE 160 

MORTIMER,  CHAS 144,  339 

MORTIMER,  Dr 264,  483 

MORTON,  JERRY 208 

MORTON,  JOHN 451 

MOSBY.  JOS 192 

MOSBY,  L 192 

MOSBY,  L.,  Jr 192 

MOSEBY,  WM 192 

MOSELEY,   ALEXANDER,  C.  N.  B 168,170 

Call  for  money  lent  for  relief  of  French  emigrants 202 

MOSELEY,  EDWARD 42-3 

MOSELEY,  WILL 192 

MOSS,  WRAY 423 

MOSES. 

Charged  with  murder  of  Wm.  Bradley,  acquitted 192-3 

MOUNTJOY 68 

MULENBURG,  FREDERICK  AUGUSTUS. 

Speaker  House  of  Representatives^ 84 

MULLENS,  DAVID. 

To  the  Governor;  complains  of  the  court  of  Goochland 147 

MURRAY,  ADMIRAL 457,475,486,496,498 

MURRY;  REAR  ADMIRAL.. 472-3,  490 

MURRY,  THOS. 

Condemned  to  be  hanged 133 

Petition  of  the  venire  for  his  pardon 139 

MUSCHETT 169 

MUSE,  LAWRENCE. 

Solicits  agency 18 

Recommended  as  agent 25 

MYERS,  MOSES,  French  Agent 77 

71 


562  INDEX. 


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NANSKMOND. 

Number  of  militia 165 

NASH,  THOMAS 405 

NASH,  JOHN 405 

NED,  Negro  man  slave. 

Si^ntenced  to  be  hung 208 

NEIL,  CAPT 263 

NEIL,  WILLIAM 380 

NELSON,  J 18 

NEI^ON,  THOS 18.327 

To  the  Oovernor;  solicite  arms  for  his  company 155-6 

Of  Yorktown 2W 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  his  company 253 

NELSON,  THOS.,  Jr. 

To  General  Wood ;  relating  to  Rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Little  of  Fair&x,  and 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Ijine  of  l^oudoun 322 

NELSON,  MAJOR  THOS 357 

NELSON,  WILLIAM. 

To  the  (lovenior;  intercedes  for  pardon  of  John  Vaiden 310 

NCTHERLAND,  JOHN,  Jr 192 

NEUTRALITY. 

Opinion  of  Attorney-Cieneral  relating  to  vioUtion  of 10 

H.  Knox,  Secretary* of  War  relating  to 30 

Threatcnetl  violation  of. 106,  i:i3-5 

Violated  by  French  ship  of  war 153 

Violated  by  English  Frigate 286 

Violate<l  by  Engli.^h  Frigate  bringing  French  prize  into  Norfolk 338-l> 

Letter  of  F!dmund  Randolph  relating  to  British  violation  of 351-2 

Ix^tter  of  W.  Wilson  regarding 49U 

Letter  of  Edmund  Randolph  in  regard  to 401-2 

Letter  from  Thos.  JefTerson  to  British  minister  regarding 492-4 

A  bri^ntine  of  Kki  tons  about  to  go  to  sea  in  violation  of  the  embargo,  taken  pos- 
session of  by  John  Cropper — 125-6 


NEVENSON,  Mr.  JOHN 2 

NEVILL,  GENERAI 251 

NEW 271 

NEWELL 460 

NEWSUM,   WILLIAM 483 

NEWTON,  (01 12,  182,  18^,223 

nt:wton,  col.  thos m 

NEWTON,   Mr 42t» 


TVitin  318S 


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Tt-  ibt-  •wavcTDor    rebainr  ic  Hh-  jEmvMi  is  jicir;  of  Xoxfolt:  of  ^nhooimii^  IRichvnoM^ 

iroiL  .lanijus;.  ouc  Ad^^iint'  fn>iL  *^  Tiiamss 3m 

Tf-  titf-  *:fi'V*fniur  .  rexaiinr  ii  •!.  warkbooive  |irr^io-«c  u-  >k-  hnih  iVnr  Fron»^>j  iiMiB^s^pi^s..      i^ 

Tt*  Ibe  •.TOv»-Tnfr    reiatiiir  it-  |lr^»riaiall^  for  ardlienr  conxnany  ai  Fon  N*»b«oik ^*^ 

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To  LKfni.-«jrt»v«i#ur  Jamee  Vck»c  .  reptirfc-  arriml  of  sevcoml  v««*pk  at  fvwt  of  Nor- 

folk ,^S 

Tcf  Mr  <  «*2r.  ^'lne-Clll»ui,  F.  IL ;  cffniarninp  a  complaiDi  of  Fftmch  ^intsHeQ*  to  flie 

Jisecratorr  of  Suttt^ ^ ,^^4^ 

To  liHr  Laent -*  Ttr\'enior :  n^^inc  u»  gnaniiitiiie ~ JtM 

ToiMiii€»  WfK»d.  T>^iHHii£  iL>  exjienre  erf  kiok^oa;  boat- ^S  i^ 

To  Jaiw^  WckkL,  Lied.'' *4.»v«nKir :  infaimiii^  him  that  Hrit»h  «hi]t!:  I.ynx  a«i^ 

CksvpmiTh  ur^  hi  HMmjnoii  Ilaads^ ' :W<^ 

To  Janice  Wood.  LJeiit-«jrciTroiMir:  o|iiiiiaii  that  tlK'lookHWt  hoal  may  be*  dw^ohat^pNi^  S>» 
To  tixr  <joTerDor :  infomic  him  tiial  a  Trtatdtt  privtaeer  bad  od)««nI  MicIsM'T)  ii«k% 

and  va^  carnixkf  thou  off- ~ x  Jfc^  ,S 

To  the  Gt^v^fTDor :  arikini;  lor  a  snbataieni  ffoard  a?  a  xneanji  of  k«i«|iji^  lb<'  pe««v  b<^ 

ta«ai  the  Euelisdi  and  French-  — 4i^1 

To  thcr  <  k^r^^roor ;  relaUxiE  u*  Ilavid  Bailimuuft,  an  Amenoaa  «itiaMi,  h«i|«^NiN»<^  o«^ 

board  the  Lrnx  Brititih  iihip  of  war ^ *.-^ ^.*,. ,.,.,>x>xx* 4^*5^ 

To  Jamet  Wood,  LieoL-GorenKir :  rEtUtiiii:  tc  tbe  opinion  of  Mr,  Oii«ii|>b<4V.  .\lt>or^ 

iMfr-4 central  at  Vir^iiiia.  ait  to  an  impTHisied  Amerkian  r9t«aMi....x.. ,.»..      4i^7 

To  JanH9F  Wood,  LMsaL-Govemar:  informing  him  that  Mr.  1  Archie  iK»  rMhiy  tvt  W 

deDr^rred  on  the  re(|iiifixtion  of  the  iTOvemor  of  IVniunrlTMiia >...,,. 4^ 

To  John  Uamih/jD :  inScinniiig  him  that  his  pom^er^  ax^p  vt>!$4Tk4)od  to  vnarinorR  of 

the  merchaDt  ewrioe ...., 43S  ^ 

To  John  Hamilton ;  relating  to  an  ootrapp  committM  in  th^  oily  of  XoHotk  by 

officerF  and  auanaen  of  the  British  Aip  Theiis  - >\4.^  40 

To  the  «>r,T€mor :  reUiing  to  American  dtiams  detained  on  board  the  H«iolttti<Nn» 

British  ^hip  of  war ^ .....»x.n 4^ 

To  the  «k>Temor;  rekcdng  to  tvo  Britieh  ships  supposed  to  be  ««iiitionar>^ ...,.v.,.      4^^ 


564  INDEX 


To  the  Governor;   informing  him  of  the  arrival  of  a  ship  loaded  with  French 

negroee  from  Antigua,  not  permitted  to  land,  but  proceeded  to  North  Carolina...  475 
To  John  Hamilton ;  refers  him  for  satisfaction  to  the  officer  who  stopped  the  boat,  476 
To  the  Governor ;  informs  him  of  his  inability  to  hire  a  suitable  boat  for  the  quar- 
antine service 483 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  revocation  of  instructions 485 

To  the  Governor ;  desiring  to  know  if  the  existing  proclamation  extends  to  the 

Bahama  Islands 503-4 

To  Gilbert  Robertson ,'  relating  to  vessel  Prince  William  Henry 604 

NICHOLS leo 

NICHOLSON m 

NICHOLSON,  Mr 226,314,330 

NICHOLSON,  THOS ; 100 

NICHOLSON,  WM 307 

NIVISON leo 

NOEL m 

NOEL,  FREDERICK - 120 

NONPARIEL,  Ship. 

Arrived  in  port  of  Norfolk  in  distress;  suspected  to  be  a  privateer 257 

French  schooner 274 

NORFOLK  BOROUGH. 

Number  of  militia. 104 

Riot  in 12 

NORFOLK. 

Artillery  company  in 81 

Artillery  in 38 

British  ship  at 39 

Artillery  company 63 

Fortification  of. 09,80-1,87,184-6 

Letter  from  engineer  in  charge  of  fortification 91-2 

Number  of  cannon  at * 104 

Enforcement  of  embargo  at 103-4 

Cannon  and  soldiers  for  fortification  at : 138 

Expenditures  for  fortifications 157-8 

Recommendations  for  Alderman 167-8 

General  Knox,  relating  to  building  u  frigate  at 174 

Fortification  of  Fort  Nelson  and  Crany  Island 173 

Work  on  the  forts  at 175 

Riot  at 170 

Work  on  forts 183 

Number  of  laborers  employed  at  forts  near 200  1 

Progress  of  work  on  forts 212-13 

Progress  of  forts 221-2 

Amount  appropriated  by  United  States  for  forts  at 237 

Artillery  company  on  guard  at  forts 305 

Hospital  for  seamen 392-3 

Danger  of  conflict  between  English  and  French  at 416 

Outrage  in,  by  English  sailors 436-42 

Arrival  there  of  negroes  from  Antigua 475 

Federal  troops  to  be  removed  from  "forts 502 

NORFOLK  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia — 161, 166 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 

Resolutions  of,  relating  to  suability  of  slates 3 


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5<*!rc»x,  mt- ^ 

5limil«ft  of  niiiitiiu. 164 

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5TKJi;Aliy.  JOHN\- 192 

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Isimiiier  ul  miiitui 161 

ludiBDf  {iiitni^(t»  ill S24 

?wimii*t5T  of  miiitiii ~ 161 

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frtJTQ: ^ 1«J» 

OUVIEE ^ ^... ^ 271 

OUTEK.  BE5:JAM15,  ;It. 

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OUVEIL  1»AVII» _ 144 


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INDEX.  567 


To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  peace  of  Manchester,  asking  whether  Militia  shall 
be  called  out 34 

To  Lieut.-Governor  Wood;  militia  in  readiness  to  enforce  embargo  at  Bermuda 
Hundred 97-8 

PATTERSON,  DAVID,  L.  C.  C. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  calling  out  a  guard  to  prevent  an  infraction  of  peace 
in  the  town  of  Manchester 57-8 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  interview  with  Mr.  Hayes  during  the  small-pox  con- 
troversy     57-8 

PATTESON,  JAMES 36 

PATTON,  ROBERT 144 

PATTON,  WM. 

To  the  Governor;  promising  to  recommend  a  tit  person  for  agent  in  the  Pendleton 

brigade  district 119 

To  the  Governor;  states  causes  of  delay  in  entering  on  duties  as  agent 217 

Solicits  agency 8 

PAVOT,  A 497 

PAUL. 

Petition  for  pardon 191-2 

PAY   ABSTRACT. 

For  scouts 469 

PAYNE 160 

PAYNE,  WM 270 

PRACHEY,  COLONEL  WM 339,  350 

PEGRAM,  GEORGE. 

Prays  remission  of  fine 290 

PEAKE,  JOHN 377 

PRAKE,  W.  F. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  claims  for  land  for  services  in  the  late  war 171 

PEARCE. 

Illinois  commissioner 54 

PEARY,   G 285 

PECK,  SAMUEL 126 

PEG. 

Negro  woman  condemned  to  death  in  county  court  of  Louisa. 9 

PEGRAM,  BAKER. 

Prays  remission  of  fine 290 

PENDLETON  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 164 

PENDLETON,  EDMUND. 

To  the  Governor;  preferring  the  Bowling  Green  at  which  to  hold  Court  of  appeals..        62 
To  the  Governor;  asks  his  certificate  that  Messrs.  Chapman  and  Broadders  are  jus- 
tices of  Caroline  county 419 

PENDLETON,  J.,  Auditor 103,170,361,385 

To  the  Governor;  fleeing  from  small-pox 16 


568  INDEX. 


To  the  Governor ;  ioformiog  him  thai  the  Common  wealth 'it  execntionfl  onder  the 

Acta  of  1793,  will  soon  be  ready  to  go  out. 61 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  judgment  of  Cunningham  &  Co.;  asks  instructions  as 

to  appeal- 10O-2 

To  the  Governor;  pravs  for  remiseion  of  a  fine  erroneously  imposed  on  Samuel 

Clayton,  sheriflf  of  Culpeper 118 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Govemor ;  relating  to  the  law  regulating  the  sale  of  prop- 
erty purchased  by  the  brigade  district  agents.. 126-7 

To  the  Lieut.-Grovemor ;  relative  to  judgment  against  David  Ward,  sherifif  of  Rue- 
sell  county l.il 

To  John  Dawson ;  relating  to  claims  of  certain  agents  to  ten  per  cent.  commiBsion,      197 

To  William  Patton;  relating  to  executions 227 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Govemor ;  relating  to  enclose«l  letter  from  William  Daviee, 

agent 363 

Certificate  of  the  merit  of  Temple  Elliott  as  a  collector  of  public  money 464 

To  the  Governor ;  suspects  fraud  in  sales  under  certain  executions- 401 

To  the  Lieut.-Govemor ;  relating  to  the  claims  of  the  State  on  the  General  Govern- 
ment for  defence  of  the  frontiers 427 

PENDLETON,  JAMES. 

Declined  to  act 129 

PENDLETON,  Mr 116,460,500 

PENDLETON,  PHILIP,  J.  P. 

Acting 129 

PENN,  GEO.,  Colonel  Commandant- 249 

PENN,  Mr 386 

PENNOCK 160 

PENNOCK,  Mr 459 

PENNOCK,  WM.,  Naval  Agent. 

To  the  Grovemor ;  suggesting  Goeport  as  a  proper  place  to  set  up  the  frigate  propoeed 
to  be  built  in  Virgmia 276 

PENNSYLVANIA  INSURRECTION. 

Governor  I^ee's  proclamation  relating  to 265-6 

Disturbances  in  Morgantown 267-8 

State  of  affairs  at  Morgantown 279 

Edward  Carrington's  opinion  relating  to  operations  of  militia 287-8 

Estimate  of  march  of  militia  for  suppressing 292-3 

Governor  Lee's  account  of. 318 

Goverlior  Lee's  general  orders  to  troops- 355-7 

Governor  Lee's  forces  at  Martinsburg- ^ 336 

Commands  of  Generals  Darke  and  Morgan  take  the  field 342 

Letters  relating  to  conduct  of  troops. 430-1 

PERKINS.  WM 344,365 

PERRIN 271 

PETERSBURG. 

Troop  of  Horse  formed  in 124 

Artillery  company 149 

Quarantine  against  small-pox 71-2 

Light-Horse  volunteer  service  for  Smithfield 226 

PETERS,  Mr 395 

PETITION. 

Of  the  jury  which  tried  John  Ford  in  the  court  of  Prince  Eklward  for  the  murder 
of  Joseph  Rowton «...        91 


INDEX.  569 


For  pardon  of  I-^wis  and  Armstead,  condemned  to  be  hung  by  a  court  for  King 
William  county 176 

To  the  Governor;  for  additional  troops  to  be  posted  on  the  frontier  of  Randolph 
county 262 

PETTIT,  Dr /. 401 

PETTY,  DUDLEY 65 

PEYTON,  CAPT 336,369 

PEYTON,  Mr 167,  389,  399 

PHELPS,  THCXS 496 

PHILIPS,  WM 386 

PHILLIPSON,  REUBEN 6:i 

PICKERING,  TIMOTHY. 

To  the  Governor;  informing  him  that  the  Jumeaux,  or  the  Twins,  armed  and 
equipped  as  a  cruizer  has  escaped  from  Delaware  contrary  to  our  neutrality  laws,  417-18 

PICKETT,  MARTIN 412 

PICKETT,  WM. 

To  the  Governor;  memorial  relating  to  his  liability  as  sheriff  of  Fauquier 410-12 

PIERCE.  jaSEPH 8 

PINDALE,  Scout 469 

PITTSYLVANIA  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 164, 167 

Justices  of. 196 

Recommendation  of  militia  officers. 196 

PLATE. 

Devised  by  John  Tucker,  captured  by  French  privateer 39 

POINDEXTER  JOHN,  Jr.,  AND  OTHERS. 

Petition  for  pardon  of  negro  woman  Peg 9 

POLLARD,   Mr 353 

POLLARD,  ROBT 18,129,327 

POLLARD,  ROBERT,  C.  C 120,  312 

POLLARD,  ROBERT,  J.  P 176 

POLLARD,  WM.,  C.  H.  C 384 

POLLY  AND  DAVY,  negro  slaves. 

Condemned  to  death  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged 326 

POMPHEY,    JOHN 327 

POPE,  SIMON 433,435 

POPE,  EIJZABETH 433 

PORTER,  JOHN 377 

PORTSMOUTH. 

People  of,  charged  with  refusing  water  to  British  seamen 317 

72 


670  INDEX. 


K^RTEKFIELD,  ROBERT. 

BolidtM  agency 25 

KiKEY,    BENJAMIN- 65 

POTOMACK  COMPANY. 

AmeMHwent  of  £12  Bteriiog  on  each  ebare  to  be  paid- 313 

fH/TTER.  GEORGE- 85 

HiWHATAN  COUNTY. 

JoMtices  of. 192 

POWHATAN  AND  CUMBERLAND. 

Nnniber  of  militia- 162 

POWELL,  CHARLES- 192 

mWELL. 68 

POWELL,    EDMUND- 157 

I-OWELL,  LEVIN. 

To  the  Governor ;  accepting  the  appointment  of  agent  and  sending  bond  for  same,       02 

POWER. 

Conferred  on  Ciovemor  to  remit  damages  and  fines  incurred  by  sheriffs  an<l  col- 
lectors in  certain  cases 414-15 

POYTHRI^XS.  Mr 63 

PRENTI8,  .KJHEPH 354 

To  ihe  (iovemor ;  repreffents  George  Brown,  convicted  of  horse-stealing,  to  be  of 
unbound  mind 148 

PRENTI8,  WM.,  Mayor  of  Petersburg. 

To  the  Governor ;  relative  to  quarantine  measures  adopted  to  protect  Petersburg 
against  small-pox 71-2 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

To  General  Ixje;  on  turning  over  the  anny  to  his  command  before  returning:  to  the 
the  seat  of  Government - 35<)  7 

PRESTON,  CAIT.  WM 96 

PRtXTON,  Mr 400,501 

PRF>4T0N.  R(JBKRT. 

To  the  Governor;  application  for  commission  as  sheriff  of  WaHhington  county 273 

PRICE,    ELISHA 502 

PRICE.  ROBERT. 

Not  qualified 129 

PRICE  ,TII0S. 

To  John  Dawson;  asks  opinion  as  to  percentage  of  certain  agents 105 

PRICE.  WM. 

To  the  Governor ;  solicits  connmind  of  battalion  of  militia 151 

To  Jamei)  Wooil,  Licut.-Govornor;  requesting  to  have  two  additional  clerks  for 
regihter's  office  agreeably  to  provision  of  last  General  Assembly 425 

PIMNCIXS  ANNE  COUNTY. 

Nnuiber  of  luilitiu Ifi2 

State  or  militia  of. 2:^6-7 


INDEX.  571 


PRINCE  EDWARD. 

Number  of  militia- 165 

PRINCE  <tEOR<;E. 

fTOvernor  Lee  compliments  people  of- 334 

Number  of  militia- l^ 

IVople  willing  to  do  militia  eervice- 311 

PRINCE  WILUAM  COUNTY. 

Nnmber  of  militia- llSS*  lHt> 

PRIOR,  A 285 

To  John  Steele;  askin)^  for  a  warrant  to  collect  money  from  shertti^ -400^1 

To  the  Governor;  asks  pay  as  contractor  for  rations  furnisheil  militia  in  Kanawha*      401 

PRYOR,  ALLEN »58, 385,390 

Bond  for  furnishing  provisions  for  militia  in  Kanawha 148 

To  James  Wood;  encloaing  contract  with  self  and  Cavendish 153-4 

To  the  Lieut.-! iovemor;  request  a  second  advance  of  money- 21H> 

To  the  ivovemor;  relating  to  the  money  conveyed  by  him  to  the  Bank  of  Alex- 
andria   U) 

^RYOR,  Mr— 500 

PRYOR,  MAJOR  JOH.V 503 

PRYOR.  MAJOR- ^ 

PRETS,  French  Privateer. 

Complained  of. 113 

PRIVATEER. 

Fitting  out  at  Smithfield- 206 

Attorney-<Teneral  Campbell,  relating  to  one  at  Smithfield— 213 

Description  of  vessel  at  Smithfield- 214 

Fitting  out  at  Smithfield...... 215-16 

At  Smithfield,  seized  by  State  authorities 21»-20,  228-9 

Ammunition  for,  at  Smithfield- 2:Vi 

Conveyed  from  Smithfield  to  Bermuda  Hundred 2:54 

President's  satisfaction  at  capture  of. 240 

Major  G.  K.Taylor's  report  of  capture  of. 240-8 

Alexander  Campbell's  opinion  relating  to  a  French 259-60 

proby,  capt 422 

pr<x;lamation  by  governor. 

For  apprehension  of  thieves  of  negro  children  of  Peggy  Howell 206-7 

Relating  to  quarantine- 238-0 

Relating  to  Banditti  in  Western  Pennsylvania. 265-6 

As  to  quarantine  revoked 404 

PROPOSALS. 

For  public  printing 424-d 

PURVIANCE,  JOHN- 459 

PUTOFF,  JOHN 118 

P . 

Recommends  Nelson  Crawford,  Alex.  Stuart,  and  Francis  James  as  agents 26 


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^ifj^itsnme&dfBix  ciC  aiAlaaaidna  ~ 1 

^^xaartsML  fatuiu»t±  ttk^- 231M 

J^ivtitfimrkgi  ctf  lifxiL^jrtJveciKr  re^acnip  to ^  23^-* 

SotIuUl --. ,^5^  3M 

ArreA  iur  rji^atius  of ~ - 325> 

ikiai  ^Qj^dovf^  jtt  Surfcilk 4SS 

<^'Aiaj0B.  KAAC  .  J.  K I7t; 

4^  h KJ 4!^.  JAJtfJEj^ — — -.— — —- —  —  -.^— ....-^^^  ^ -^  —  _-.      327 


<irjiia-£g,  Br>KEirr~ ^ I77,S3*« 

To  tiie  ^jrvrerzHA' :  isformiiif  liisi  iie  bw flem  9(H»  iiimiiti  and  lamBcOE,  liQB canl- 

n<%e  UuK<»  ttDdlvM^fiinle 1 lll^-16 

To  Ciiptiiis  fiftxiioel  Gukouais :  Iuk  «exii  Imn  arme  luentiaDed  in  ksOor  of  tiie  Uiii 

ullioKi - ^ 116 

To  iannBi  Wuud.  LieixL.^ioremor .  reUoinf  to  jDss^aamt  of  «t  for  Tnrmtn^:  iHIimii Kn- 

To  JaiiM«  Wocpd.  Lient'GvrcnKvr :  relaxing  to  the  Icmf  of  Bc^iot  FoirleranBoiirer.      J^ 

To  tbe  GoTtsriKir :  aenda  naoal  qnanerlT  remms  from  barracb- 

To  tbe  GoT«9iKir:  relatioflotbeex^mpdaDaf  isKriaaDat  Bmitt 
^atT ~ - «- — .^   .«--i-««- _..-.— . 


To  tiftf;  OoTtaxkor:  arics  iffltmctkisiE  a^  to  mnskel^loclcs,  aliiD  ac  Id  ixtionE  for  tbe 

trivef  of  artizajifi — ..^ 

To  ih/t  GoT^nKT :  petitiaD  of  diree  artizaitf  at  Fmot  cf  Fai^  for  nEdone  Sor  tbor 

W3V« ^ ^ *<» 

Toliie  Ewj^titire ;  perrtaonf  lor  an  increaae  of  hk  flalary 3S5-6 

To  Jaiikes  Wood,  Eaq^  auartcdr  return  frum  araeaial — I SU 

To  Jani€»  WocidL  lieaL^Gofemor :  n^iiting  to  last  qoanen  aagt*  and  AdmneaieotE 

at  tbe  ataenal Vf^ 

To  tiie  Exewitive;  relatiug  to  an  incTreaae  of  iiis  aalarr ^  «..,38&-rO 

To  tbe  £z49etniT^;  aendfi  qoarterij  retorns  of  onlitaij  fltom  and  paj-rallR 416-17 

To  tbe  Governor :  return  of  orduiaioe  anJ  other  militaTT  fOcvH  at  t^ouit  of  Fark_  456 
To  the  OoTtTDor:  asking tbat  wamntEbeld  br  hirn  tiniilil  tir  11  nfJTril  ■!  tin  In  11 

iirv  from  parties  bairm^  to  paj  moDer  tbensn 419 

To  ti^  ^ioveriKir :  Ibnrardb  tbe  ajstuni^j  qnarterlT  resoms  from  State  ««»«»*<*f 461 

To  tbe  <ioTeriK/r ;  muq^csting  bn<«  nKToniinj?^  for  um^ketf:  - 36 

To  Jiiaiet;  Wocid,  LdefiL-GoTerDor :  tnnsoutting  cofttoiiiarr  qnarterlT  itilmnfe  fi\an 

Point  <jf  Fork  aiaenal- ~ I ! SS 

To  <;aptaln  Haninel  Coleman:  rehit ire  to  pav  of  Cji|.«fain  John  Tinpley 8i> 

To  the  Govfiruor :  relating  to  letting  tbe  nev  oontrart   foit  fnmisbing'  pi\>Tiska»  to 

State  amfijjJ -. '.. ^ . 4W 

QUAKLF>,  M.UOK ^ ^ W 

if U A K fUJEiiy  .\~..-....— .....  -...«.... .«.^,«-.. ...... .^.....,...  309 

To  John  MarebalL  B.  G.:  ciffBrs  lii^own  and  tbeoerrii-ieF  of  other  officers  of  artil- 
lery to  make  the  first  tour  of  duty... 221 

QUAKHIEK,  CAPTAIN ..113, 14S 

QUI6KEL,  AND  CXjMPAX^* 387 

QUISLAKD,  HUGH-- ~ 377 


INDEX.  573 


R 


RAGSDALK,  DRUUY 326 

RAn.EY,  Mrs.  TOYCE 192 

RAMSAY.  DENNIS,  Mayor  of   Alexandria. 

Encloees  statement  of  French  emigrants  from  Haint  Domingo> 23 

RAMSAY,  MAJOR 40 

RANCOURT.  MATT 15 

RANDOLPH  CX)UNTY. 

Indian  outrages 262 

RANDOLPH,  D.  M.,  United  States  Marshall. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  his  mission  to  Smithfield  concerning  the  ship  Unicorn ,218-19 

RANDOLPH,  D.  M.,  AND  G.  K.  TAYU>R. 

To  Captain  Weisiger;  urging  an  immediate  transmission  by  express  of  their  letter 
to  the  Governor 220 

RANDOLPH,  EDMUND,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States. 

To  the  (jovemor ;  relating  to  settlement  of  public  accounts  between  Virginia  and 
the  United  States 22 

RANDOLPH,  EDMUND. 

ToW.  D 56 

To  ;  relating  to  violation  of  treaty  with  France  by  a  British  frigate  carrying 

a  prize  into  Norfolk  harbor 338 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  treatment  of  French  prizes  in  our  ports 351 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  conflicting  views  of  himself  and  the  British  min- 
ister as  to  the  right  of  belligerant  nations  in  the  waters  of  Virginia 487-8 

To  the  Governor ;  transmits  six  copies  of  President's  proclamation  recommending  a 

day  of  thanksgiving 415 

Tu  the  Governor;  relating  to  a  declaration  and  affidavit  of  Thomas  Butler 495 

RANDOLPH,  EDMI'ND.  Secretary  of  State,  United  States. 

To  Mr.  Hammond,  British  mmisttT ;  subjects  treated  in  Secretary  Randolph's  letter 
of  May  8th.  1795 492 

To  Mr.  Hammond,  Britinh  minister;  informing  him  that  the  letter  of  his  prede- 
cessor of  9tli  of  September,  will  be  adhered  to 494-5 

RANDOLPH,  GOVERNOR  B. 

ToW.  D.;  relating  to  salary.... 57 

RANDOLPH,  Mr 220 

Marshal 223 

Secretary 279,486 

RANDOLPH,  RICHARD,  of  CurPs 258 

RANDALL,  JOHN 160 

RAYBOURN 428 

RAYBORN,  DAVID 365 

RAYBOURN,  DAVID 422 

BAYNOLDS 160 


674  INDEX. 


RAYNOLDS,  JOHN 385 

READ,  Dr.  J.  K 348 

READ,  J.  K. 

AndJames  Russell  to  James  Wood;  ask  for  compensation  as  health  officers 2 

To  James  Wood  ;  relating  to  the  health  of  crew  of  schooner  Federal 34o 

READ,  THOS. 

Recommends  Col.  Thos.  Spencer  as  agent IG 

REBURN,  DAVID 467 

RECOMMENDATIONS. 

Of  county  court  of  Sussex  for  Justices  of  the  peace 415 

REDD,  JOHN,  Capt 240 

REED,  THOS 295 

REID,  ANDREW. 

Solicits  agency 9 

REID,  ANDREW,  Clerk 105 

REDMAN ., 160 

REVELEY,   GEORGE 254 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  a  deed  to  be  signed  by  Ballentine  &  Reveley 361 

REVELEY,  JOHN 254 

REGNAULT,  MAD 23 

RENAULT,  CAPT 417 

RENOE,  DAVID 65 

RENNOLDS,  JOHN 33 

RESOLUTION. 

Of  Council;  relating  to  reduction  of  Col.  Davies'  salary • 57 

Of  House  of  Delegates;  commending  the  patriotism  of  the  army  in  suppressing  the 

whiskey  insurrection 368 

Of  thanks  of  House  of  Representatives  of  United  States  to  troops  raised  for  sup- 
pression of  whiskey  insurrection - 391-2 

Of  House  of  Delegates;  asking  for  statement  of  sum  expended  in  defence  of  fron- 
tiers for  the  last  year 394 

REVISED  CODE. 

Letter  of  Charles  Hay  relating  to 291,  310 

Printing  of 366-7 

REYNOLDS,  JOHN 368,  390 

RETURN. 

Of  all  the  ordnance  in  Richmond  and  vicinity 121 

RICHARDS,  WM. 

Dead 129 

RICHARDSON,  CAPT 121 

RICHARDSON,  HOLT,  J.  P 176 

RICHARDSON,  Mr 127,147 


INDEX.  675 


RICHARDSON,  SAMUEL. 

Solicits  an  agency 17 

RICHARDSON,  WM. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  informs  him  that  the  Richmond  Light  Infentry 

have  determined  to  change  their  red  uniform  to  blue 99 

And  George 391 

RICHKSON,  HOLT 190,  396 

RICHERSON,  COL 132 

RICHMOND. 

Small-pox  in , 16 

Return  of  militia  company  in ' 100 

Capt  Giles'  militia  company  in 113 

Captain  DuvalFs  militia  company 119 

Grenadier  company  in 120 

Number  of  militia.. 162 

Troop  of  Horse  tender  services  to  State 197-8 

Artillery  company 221 

RICHMOND  AND  WESTMORELAND  COUNTIES. 

Number  of  militia : 164 

RICHMOND  LIGHT  INFANTRY. 

Relating  to  change  of  uniform 99 

RIDDICK,  Mr 416 

RIDER,  JAMES t 157 

RINKER,  JACOB. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  resolution  of  Executive  directing,  escheator  for  Shen- 
andoah, to  collect  all  the  back  rents  due  Denny  Fairfax  in  tnis  county 471 

RIOT. 

Apprehended  on  Hospital  at  Ferry  Point 13-14 

RIVARDI,  J.  J.  ULRICH. 

To  the  Governor;  informing  him  of  his  appointment  as  engineer  to  construct  for- 

tifiaitions  at  Baltimore,  Alexandria,  and  Norfolk 91-2 

RIVARDI,  J.  J.  U. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  progress  of  the  work  on  fortifications  at  Norfolk 184-5 

To  the  Governor;  statinj^  reasons  for  being  in  Baltimore  instead  of  Norfolk 110-11 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  fortifications  of  Fort  Nelson  and  Crany  Island 173-4 

To  the  Ciovernor;  relating  to  work  on  Fort  Nelson 221 

To  the  Governor ;  forwarding  a  map  of  Elizabeth  river 212 

RIVARDI,  MAJOR 87,138,183 

ROANE,  JOHN,  J.  P 176 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 149 

ROANE,  JOHN,  Jr 327 

To  the  Governor;  applies  for  copies  of  revised  laws  for  King  William  court  and  for 

himself. 461 

ROANE,  SPENCER , 399 

Chosen  judge  of  court  of  appeals 386,  389 

ROANE,  THOS. 

I>eclined  to  act 129 

ROANE,  WM 120,456 

Acting  J.  P 129 


676  INDEX. 


ROBERTSON,  CAPT 497 

ROBERTSON,  LIEUT 263 

ROBERTSON.  GILBERT 504 

ROBERTSON,   WM 363 

ROBINSON.  BENJAMIN 179 

ROBINSON,  CAPTAIN 189 

ROBINSON,  KINNEY*. 249 

ROCHESTER,  CAPT.  JOHN,  of  Westmoreland. 

Inquest  on  the  body  of. 377-8 

ROCKBRIDGE  COUNTY. 

Escheator  appointed 105 

Number  of  militia 161 

Company  of  Light  Infantry  formed 501 

ROCKINGHAM. 

Number  of  militia 165 

RODERIGUE,  Mrs 24 

RODERIGUE,  Widow 23 

ROGERS *. 102 

ROGERS,  COMMODORE 362 

RONALD,  ANDREW. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  lots  in  Manchester  claimed  by  Andrew  Donald 26 

ROOTES,  THOS.  READE. 

To  the  Governor ;  solicits  arms  for  Light  Infantry  company 149 

To  Samuel  Coleman ;  relating  to  receipt  for  arms 154 

ROSS,  ALEX 65 

ROSS,  DAVID 54 

Recommends  Benjamin  Day  as  agent. 6 

ROaS,  jaSEPH 68 

ROSS,  Mr 88 

ROW,  THOS. 

Dead 129 

ROWAN,   ROBERT 440 

ROWTON,  JOSEPH. 

Munieredby  John  Ford 91 

ROY,  BEVERLEY 129 

ROYSTER,  THOS. 

Recommended  as  agent 11 

Solicits  agency 15 

RUFFIN,  EDMUND. 

Recommends  Francis  Ruffin  as  agent 26 


INDEX.  577 


RUFFIN,  FRANCIS. 

Recommended  as  agent 26 

RUFFIN,  JAMES. 

Recommended  for  vacancy  in  court  of  directors  in  Williamsbarg  Hospital 361 

RUFFIN,  WILLIAM. 

To  the  Governor ;  informing  him  of  the  departure  of  Mr.  Brooke  for  Frederick 

county  on  State's  business 36 

RUFFIN,  WILLIAM,  Lieutenant 314 

RUSSELL 169 

RUSSELL  COUNTY. 

Judgment  against  sheriff  of. 151-2 

Number  of  militia 165 

Memorial  of  inhabitants  of. 451 

Memorial  of  inhabitants  praving  for  a  return  of  the  volunteer  militia  under  the 

same  officern  as  guard  for  that  cx>unty 451 

RUSSELL,  JOHN Ill 

RU&SELL,  JAMES 2 

RYAN 160 

RYAN,  JAMFi^ 299 


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ST.  CIAIR,  JOHN , 206 

ST.  CLAIR,  ALEX. 

Recommends  Wm.  Patton  as  agent 8 

SAINTGASSEIN,  PPTTER 257 

SALLY. 

Brigg 87 

SALMON,  GEORGE. 

To  the  Governor;  requests  a  discontinuance  of  quarantine  against  Baltimore 350 

SAM. 

Negro  man,  the  property  of  Charles  Burton,  condemned  by  the  county  court  of 
Chesterfield  to  be  hanged  for  rape 499-500 

SANFORD,  CHARLES 378 

SANFORD,  DANIEL 378 

SARAH,  Negro  woman  slave  of  Ellyson  Young. 

Petition  for  pardon,  numerously  signed 328 

SAUNDERS 160 

SAUNDERS,  DAVID. 

To  the  Executive  ;  states  failure  of  Cbas.  (luatkin,  coroner  of  Bedford,  to  return  an 
execution  in  due  time 391 

SAUNDERS,  JACOB 271 

SAUNDERS,  ROBT 271 

73 


678  INDEX. 


SAUNDERS,  THOMAS 271 

SAYERS,  JOHN  THOMI'SON 210 

SAYERS,  ROBERT^ 380 

SCOLL,    GUS 364 

SCXXTT 169,437 

SCXXTT,  ANDERSON,  J.  P. 

Acting .*. 129 

scxyrr,  general 273, 3rM 

SCOTT,  GUSTAVUS 6^> 

SCOTT,  Mrs 4») 

SCOTT  RICHARD  MARSHALL. 

To  the  Ciovemor;  sending  memorial  of  Richard  Brigtow  of  Great  Britain 03-4 

SCOUTS. 

Pay-roll  of. 469 

SCRUGGS 254 

SELDON,  WILSON  CARY 293 

SEMPLE,  JOHN  W, 

To  the  Governor;  polidts  agency^ 1 

Acting  justice  of  the  peace- 129 

SENATOR  OF  UNITED  STATES. 

James  Monroe  resigns- 211 

Patrick  Henry  appointed  by  Governor 211 

8ILBUT,  ROBERTSON   AND  MUNRO 5(V4 

SIZER,    BARTLETT 192 

SHACKELFORD,    FRANCIS 271 

SHACKEI^ORD,  GEORGE 271 

SHACKELFORD,  LYNE,  Jr. 

Declined  to  act 129 

SHACKELFORD,  WM 129 

SHAW- 285 

SHAW,  WM 262 

SHEARMAN,  Mr- '. 400 

SHELBY,  OLD  GENERAI^ - 112 

SHELDRAKE,  Mr 437 

SHELL,  G 3!>7 

8HELT0N,  CHRISPIE 196 

8HELT0N,  JOS- 187 

8HELT0N,   VINCENT 19r. 


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SLAUGHTER,  BOBEBT. 

Appointeii  «!ollector  of  taxes  in  Colpeper  cooatr ...s v ^,.^.... U 

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PetttkHi  for  pAnJOQ  of  woman »>.  \^ 

Jack,  i^entenced  fio  *leath.  reoommcnded  for  iueff\*v^ ^ .^^.^.^K^..^.^. ^ 

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MiniKO.  coniicted  of  pobaoning .«.*.. ^ ^^..,^^,.,^»^..,^       |^^ 

Lewis  and  ArmstetA  aentenc^  to  death  for  bui|:UrY^.v. .^..^.x.....^^^<^ ^ {Txi 

Petition  for  pardon  of  Lewis  and  .Vrmistead '...  *. ^..,.... \7^ 

Petition  for  pardon  of  ftiul v......v.v.*.  .,^.,.,.,^,       \\^ 

Joe.  convicted  of  morder- ..»»^.vx.*^..,.^ »., \\^ 

Ned  and  Harnr  convicted  of  morder^ »»,,».,,*,»**  ,^^»^...,^,^.,      )X^ 

Ben  iientenced  for  borglarj  and  recomniemted  R>r  UMMvy. ».»**»•» ....»* .^.^.t)W^*  H^ 

Kiuanuel  convicted  of  niorder «««%.^«<«•.^..<.........^v. )X\H 

Polh- and  Davy  sentenced  to  death  for  poiscmin^ ««««.^ <  H^k  7 

Petition  for  pardon  of  Sarah. * »..o,,»»,,,v, .....i,      ^jCd^ 

George  sentenced  for  borglary  and  recommended  «>r  \MlkX^\i%n^.^^^^^.^^ MU 

Garrell  sentenced  for  barglary  and  recommendei)  dur  |)anUm»  .«%%%«««««%<%t«%%.i.i.^- •«  <  M\l  M 
Sam  sentenced  to  death  for  rape.. «,..,««,« ...,.,.,, i\^^  MHI 


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SMALL-Pf)X ,  ,„ ,M»M..M^  m 

Prevalent  in  Richmond ..,.,.,. , m  1*,  Itt 

In   Manchester ......,,.,.  .......itMiM in  WS 

Meeting  of  jostices  of  Chesterfield  relating  to. ...M......M<,i«<..M.«iMMttin«  i^  W 

SNOW   VENUS ...., IU7  « 

SOUTHGATE , .,  l«0 


580  INDEX. 


SPALDING 271 

SPENCER,  EDWARD. 

Recommended  as  inspector  at  Shepherd's  warehouse 129 

SPENCER,  COL.  TH08. 

Recommended  as  agent 16 

SPENCER,  THOS 119 

SPIERS,  JAMES 480 

SPIERS,  Mr 123 

SPILI.ER,  HICKMAN 192 

SPRAlilNS.  MELCHIZEDECK. 

Solicits  agency 27 

SPRINGER,   NATHAN 380 

SMITH 160 

SMITH,  ALEX- 

Recommended  as  floar  inspector  for  Alexandria. 68 

SMITH,    COLONEL 297 

SCOIT,  Dr 297 

SMITH,  EDWARD. 

Relating  to  insurgents  in  Pennsylvania.. ^ 268 

SMITH,  Mr.  EDWARD., 289 

SMITH,  GRANVILLE 42-3 

SMITH,  GEO.  W. 

To  John  Warden ;  relating  to  tobacco  inspected  at  Bowler's  warehouse 306 

SMITH,  JAMES 327 

SMITH,  JOHN 85,410 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 1J)5 

SMITH,  LARKIN,  J.  P 120,  334, 502 

Actinjj 129 

Qualined  as  member  of  the  Privy  Council 173 

SMITH,  MAURICE 123 

SMITH,  Mr 167,  226,  480 

SMITH,  THOS 85-6,467 

SMITH,  THOS.,  Jr. 

To  the  Governor;    relating  to  Thos.  Tabb's  refusal  to  give  bond  as  sheriff  of 

MathewH  for  1792 184 

SMITH,  WILLIAM 123,451 

SMITHFIELD  EXPEDITION. 

Auditor  directed  to  prepare  statement  of  expenses  for 423 

SMOCK,  JAMES,  Second  Lieutenant 61 

SMOCK 169 


INDEX.  681 


SNEIi^N 271 

SOUTHAMPTON  COUNTY. 

Delinquency  of  sheriffB 102-3 

Nambier  of  militia 165 

SPOTSYLVANIA  COUNTY. 

Namber  of  miUtia. 162 

8TACKERS0N,  JAMES 337 

STAFFORD  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia. 164 

STAGCt,  JOHN,  Deputy  Clerk 392 

8TALNAKER,  BARTON 262 

STARUNG,  RHODERICK. 

Not  qualified 129 

STARR.  SETH 378 

STALEN,  Mr.. 116 

STALEN,  WM 115 

STATE  CAPITOL. 

Defective  condition  of  roof  of....> 211-12 

Duties  of  keeper  of 230 

Condition  of  roof.... 249-50 

SURRY  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia. 165 

Hheriffa  of. 280 

Opposition  by  militia  of,  to  service  in  Pennsylvania 306-9 

Opposition  to  draft  of  militia 314-15 

Letter  of  Governor  Lee  relating  to  disturbances  in 330-1 

STATE  LANDS. 

Condition  of  Buckingham  furnace 254 

Buckingham  furnace 262-3 

STATUKER,  Scout. 469 

STEDMAN,  CHRISTOPHER. 

Recommended  as  inspector  at  Shepherd's  warehouse 129 

STEDMAN,  CHRISTOPHER 149 

l^ys  remission  of  fine 149 

Inspector  at  Shepherd's  warehouse,  removed  from  county 128-9 

STEED,  ROBERT 437 

STEED,  ROBT.  E 438 

STEELE,  COL 371,  381,  390,  481 

Report  for  terms  for  public  printing 423 

STEEL,  HON.  JOHN 130,192 

To  the  (iovemor;  the  mouth  of  Greenbrier,  Walker's  Meadow,  and  Strowd's  coun- 

tiy,  points  not  secured  against  savages 104 

To  James  Wood ;  informs  him  that  the  settlement  of  the  public  accounts  progresses 
to  his  satisfaction 464 

STEELE,  CX)L.  JOHN .400,408,  477 


682  INDEX. 


STEELE,  JOHN. 

To  the  Ciovemor ;  relating  to  the  appointment  of  commissioners  to  run  the  bound- 
ary line  between  Virginia  and  Kentucky 450 

To  tne  Governor ;  informs  him  that  his  letter  to  Col.  Monroe  had  been  forwarded 

through  the  hands  of  Mr.  Swan 453 

To  the  (fovernor;  relating  to  the  settlement  of  public  accounts 454 

To  the  (fovernor;  relating  to  public  printing  in  Philadelphia 454-6 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  settlement  of  pubKc  accounts 459 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  Captain  Hawkin's  company 460 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  tardy  progress  in  the  settlement  of  the  public 

accounts 476 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  relating  to  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Simmons  to 

succeed  Mr.  Howell 477 

To  the  Governor ;  informs  him  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  can  give  drafts 

on  Virginia  collectors  of  the  revenue  of  the  United  States 479 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut  .-(fovernor;  relating  to  different  rates  of  charge  for  rations..  479 
To  the  Governor :  suggesting  the  propriety  of  sending  to  the  war  department  all 

vouchers  formiiitary  claims 480 

To  the  Governor ;  acknowledging  receipt  of  vouchers  pertaining  to  settlement  of 

public  accounts 500 

To  the  Governor;  no  progress  made  in  the  settlement 501 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  rolls  of  Clendinen's  and  Mann's  companies 503 

STEELE,  Mr 405,446,469 

STEGAR,  SAMUEL 192 

STEPHENSON,  MAJOR 323 

STEUBIN'S  MILITARY  TREATISE 31 

STEUBIN'S  MIL.  EXERCISE 90 

STEWART r 160 

STEWART,  JOHN 390 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  his  appointment  of  six  scouts  on  the  frontier 175 

To  James  Wood,  lieut.-Ciovernor;  relating  to  court-martial  on  Col.  Wells 278 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  compilation  of  the  manuscript  Journal  of  the 

House  of  Delegates  for  1794 462 

STEWART,  N. 

Recommended  as  agent 22 

STEWART,  THOS. 

Charged  before  county  court  of  Charlotte  county  with  stealing  two  children  of 
Peggy  Howell,  remanded  for  trial  to  the  next  district  court  to  be  held  in  IMnce 

Edward  county 230-2 

STILLWALL,  ELIAS 290 

STILLWELL,  Mr 294,304 

STINER,  Printer 454-5 

STOCKDILE,  C 23 

STONE,  EDWARD 378 

STONE,  JOSHUA 1% 

STONE,  J.  H. 

To  the  Crovernor;  relating  to  the  delivery  of  men  charged  with  the  abduction  of 

a  negro  woman  and  children  from  Maryland 376 

STONE,  W.  S 144 


INDEX.  583 


STOVER,  JAMES 429 

STRAW,  LEONARD 210 

STROTHER,  DANIEL. 

Recommended  as  agent 7 

8TR0TIIER,  DAVID. 

Recommended  aa  agent 7 

STUART,  ALEXANDER. 

Recommends  William  Patton  as  agent 9 

Recommended  as  agent 17,  25 

STUART,  ARCHIBALD. 

Recommends  William  Patton  as  agent 8 

STUART,  DAVID 196 

Federal  commis^doner 22 

STUART.  JOHN  73 

To  John  Steele;  peace  on  the  frontier  of  ( Jreenbrier  county , 217 

STUBBS.  COLEMAN 271 

STUBBS,  JAMES 271 

STUBIiS,  SAMUEL 271 

STRICKER,  CAPT 95 

SUABILITY  OF  STATES- 3 

SUKEY,  Sister Ill 

SUSSEX  COUNTY. 

Number  of  militia 162 

Recommendations  for  sheriff. 415 

SUTHERLAND,  Mr 181 

SUSANNA Ill 

SWAN,  Mr 453 

SWAN,  SAMUEI 119 

SWItT"  PACKET,  Schooner 138 

SYME,  JOHN 482 

T 

TABB,  JOHNSON. 

To  clerk  of  council ;  relating  to  Mr.  George  Booker's  continuance  in  oflSce  of  sheriff 

of  ElizalKJth  City  county 293 

TAPP,  VINCENT,  C.  C.  M 449 

TATE,  W 140 

To  the  Governor;  Kent  contractor  asks  for  $1,500  for  rations  for  volunteer  militia 

on  frontier .59 

To  the  Governor;  praying  for  a  remission  of  fine 132 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  disbursement  of  money  for  the  payment  of  troope 

on  the  frontier 277-8 


584  INDEX. 


To  the  Governor;  reciueets  f^y  for  Mefisrs.  Wilaon  and  Cavendish  as  assistant  pay- 
master of  the  volunteer  mihtia 407-8 

TATE,  GENERAL 299,  337,  446,  481,  503 

TATE,  Mr 372,  399 

TAXES. 

Collection  of,  in  Augusta  brigade  district 127-8 

Collection  in  Mathews 184 

James  Innes  relating  to  land 258-9 

John  Marshall's  opinion  relating  to 347-8 

TAYLOR 100,169 

Of  Petersburg 204 

TAYLOR,  CAPTAIN 182-3 

TAYLOR,  C 328 

TAYLOR,  Dr ., 440 

TAYLOR.  0.  K 220 

To  the  Governor ;  military  force  necessary  to  hold  the  vessel 219 

TAYLOR,  GEORGE 497 

TAYLOR,  GEORGE.  Jr..  C.  Clerk 491 

TAYLOR,  GEORGE,  Jr.,  C.  C.  Dep't  State 494 

TAYLOR,  GEORGE,  Jr « i 496,498 

TAYLOR,  GEORGE  K. 

To  the  Governor;  account  of  expenditures  on  expedition  to  Smithfield.. 264-5 

TAYIX)R,  JOHN 152^ 

Bond  as  agent 35 

To  the  Grovernor;  relating  to  two  resignations  of  officers  on  the  frontiers- 142 

Relative  to  date  of  judgement  against  David  Ward  sheriff  of  Russell 152 

To  the  Governor;  recommends  Thomas  Mitchell  as  a^ent 249 

To  the  Executive;  informs  them  what  public  money  is  in  his  hands 402 

Of  Mt.  Airy 128 

TAYLOR,  JAMES 168,170,192 

TAYLOR,  JAMES,  Sr. 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  a  hospital  for  disabled  seamen  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Norfolk 392 

TAYLOR,  LIEUTENANT 263 

TAYLOR,  MAJOR «219,  223,  224,  228 

TAYU)R,  MAJOR  G.  K. 

Report  to  the  (iovernor ;  detailing  the  events  connected  with  the  arrest  of  ship  Uni- 
com   240-9 

TAYLOR,  WILLIAM « 142 

TA  YIX)R,  ROBERT,  Mayor  of  Norfolk. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  French  emigrants 12 

To  the  Governor;  asking  instructions  on  tiie  power  of  magistrates  in  aiding  in  the 

arrest  of  deserters  from  ships  of  war 28-9 

To  John  Hamilton,  British  Consul ;  relating  to  seamen  escaped  from  British  vessels 

of  war 29 


INDEX.  585 


To  the  (xovernur;  relating  to  a  letter  from  the  Commander  of  the  ship  DoedaluH 

and  the  reply  of  said  Taylor 75 

To  Sir  Charles  Henry  Knowles;  res^HJcting  an  understanding  had  between  the  offi- 
cers of  the  French  fleet  and  Sir  Henry  Knowles,  as  to  the  sailing  of  the  ship  Doeda- 

liis  out  of  Norfolk  harbor   7()  8 

TAYrj)R,  ROHKUT 168 

To  the  (iovernor;  relating  to  the  money  borrowed  for  use  of  French  emigrants 201 

TAYI^)R,  Mr 40,88 

Brass  founder  in  Richmond )56 

TALIAFKRRO,  COLONEL 123 

TALIAFERRO,  JOHN 123,144 

TALIAFERRO,  PHILir. 

Declined  to  act 129 

TARLTON. 

Capture  re|X)rted 63 


TART,  ROBERT 15 


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TAZEWELL,   HENRY 386,  389 

To  the  (Governor;  desires  his  credentials  as  Senator  of  United  State** 393 

TEAS,  WM 187 

TEAYS,  STEPHEN 399 

TEBERGHIN,  CIIARLFX 

Accounts  against  commonwealth  as  provost  martial  on  trial  of  Capt.  John  McCul- 

lock 274 

TEMPLE,   B , 374 

TEMPLE.    BENJAMIN 176,327,389 

Solicits  agency 7 

To  the  Governor ;  respecting  the  collection  of  taxee 131-2 

To  the  (Governor ;  relating  to  a  compromise  between  C^l.  Holt  Richardson  and  Wm. 

Dandridge .'. 396 

Recommends  Temple  Elliott  as  collector  of  public  taxes 4(>4 

TEMI'LE,  Mr 190,  399 

TILLBALL,  JOSEPH 74 

TIGRE. 

French  ship  of  war 76 

TKiER. 

Ship 107 

TINSLEY,  CAPT 349 

TINSLEY,  CAIT.  JOHN 89 

TINSLEY,  JOHN. 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Governor ;  solicits  appointment  as  captain  of  militia 159 

TINSLEY,  THOS 86 

TINSLEY,  PETER,  C.  H.  C.  C 66 

To  the  <  iovemor ;  relating  to  cases  depending  in  the  High  court  of  chancery  upon 

injunctions 117 

74 


586  INDEX. 


THANKSGIVING. 

Proclamation  for,  by  the  President  of  the  United  States 415 

THOMAS,  GEORGE 85 

THOMAS,  PETER. 

To ;  waives  his  right  to  sheriffalty  of  Surry,  and  recommends  Wm.  Edwards 

for  same 280 

THOMPSON,  PHIL.  R. 

Recommends  David  Strother  as  agent 7 

THOMPSON,  WILLIAM 210 

THORNTON 271 

THORNTON,  BEVERLY. 

To  the  (lovernor;  solicits  api)ointment  as  major  in  the  militia 156 

THORNTON,  CAPT.. 121 

THORNTON,  WILLIAM 3M 

THOROGOOD 160 

THRUSTON 271 

THRUSTON.  C.  M. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  his  duties  as  escheator 21 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  course  of  escheators  in  collecting  rents  on  lands 
claimed  by  commonwealth 28() 


) 


THWEATT,  JOHN 463-4 

TODD,  SAMUEL. 

Recommended  as  asent 2 

To  the  Exei!utive  soliciting  agency 9 

TODD,  HENRY. 

Dead» 129 

TOMLIN,  WALKER. 

Recommends  James  Pierce  as  agent 8 

TONEY,  JOHN 192 

TOWLES,COL 1215 

TOWLES,    HENRY 123 

TOWNLEY,    SERGEANT 273 

TREAKLE 271 

TREASURER. 

Election  of  Jaquelein  Ambler :W 

Of  hospital  at  Williamsburg;  application  for  £300 342 

TREASURY. 

Amount  of  money  in 279 

Statement  of  disbursements  and  discounts ^..,  329 

Report  on  condition  of. 334 

Statement  of  cash  balance 342 

Embarrassed  state  of 349 

TRIMBLE,  JAMES 414 


INDEX.  587 


TRIGG,  JOHX. 

To  the  Ciovernor;  relating  to  raising  companies  of   Light   Infantry  in  Bedford 
county 205-6 

TRIGG,  Mr 399 

TRiPLprrr i69 

TRUINS,  Mr 14 

TUCKER  &  CALVERT 157 

TUCKER,   ELIZA 39 

TUCKER,  JOHN ; 39 

TUCKER,  Miss 71 

TUCK,  THOS 405 

TUFT,  MARY 423 

TUNSTALL,  WM 147 

TUPPER,  EDWARD 442 

TURBEVILLE,  GEO.  LEE. 

To  the  Lieut.-Governor ;  protests  against  the  appointment  of  CoL  Wm.  Peachey  as 

sheriff  of  Richmond  county 350 

TURNER,  (iEORGE 120 

TURNER,  JACOB 483 

TWO  SISTERS,  Schooner^ 238 

TYLER,  JOHN. 

Recommends  Hamilton  Wilcox  as  agent 16 


u 

UNDERWOOD,  JOHN 478 

UNICORN,  Ship 223,228 

De^icription  of. 214 

UNITED  STATES. 

William  Davies  relating  to  the  claims  of  Virginia 43 

Amount  of  debt  of.  to  Virginia  with  account 53 

Virginia  militia  called  out  for  service  of. 145-6 

Clamifl  of  Virginia  against 319-20 

To  establish  an  arsenal  in  Virginia 367 

URIE 271 

VANBIBBER 380,385 

VANBIBBER,  CAPT 395 

VANBIBBER,  JOHN 33,429 


588  INDEX. 


VANHIBHKU,  JAMES 188-9 

VANBIBHER,   LIEUT 130 

VANSTABLE,   ADMIRAL 76,106,214 

To  John  (Vopper;  relating  to  Snow  Venus 107 

VANSTABLE,  REAR  ADMIRAI 489 

VANSTABLE,  Ship 108 

VAUGHAN 160,271 

VAUGHAN,  TIIOS 188,388 

Recommended  as  agent 10-11 

Solicits  agency 2o 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  bond  for  collection  of  arreare  of  taxes 396 

VAUGHAN,  \VM 157 

VERMONET,  JOHN. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  fortification  of  Annapolis  and  Alexandria 186 

VERMONET,  Mr 138 

VERIKER,  J. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  Day-rolls  and  rations  for  scouts  on  the  frontiers 67 

VICK,  JOSIAH,  Collector  of  Southampton. 

To  the  Governor ;  prays  for  remission  of  fine 447 

WADDY,  SAMUEL. 

To  the  Executive;  prays  remission  of  fine 156 

WAIN,   GENERAL 304 

WALLACE,  CAPT.,  AND  CREW. 

Carried  to  Algiers 38 

WAGONER,   S 270 

WALKER,   HUMPHREY 129 

WALKER,  JOHN,  Clerk 228 

WALKER,   MERRY 227 

WALKER.  THOMAS. 

To  the  Governor;  forwarding    recommendations  of  court  of  Princes  Anne  for 
militia  orticers  soliciting  arms,  &c.,  for  20th  regiment 23(>-7 

WALKER,    WM 227 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  instructions  to  commandant  of  militia  of  James  City,      138 

WALTHALL,    ARCHIBALD 500 

WARD 402 

WALTON.   TILMAN 187 

WARD,  Mr 486 

WARD,  WM 147 


INDEX.  589 


WASHINGTON,  COKBIN. 

Recommend  8  J  am  08  Pierce  as  agent S 

WASHINGTON  COrNTY. 

Indian  outrages  in ni-l,> 

Number  of  militia lt>5 

Indian  incursions 108-9 

Opposition  to  excise  law  in • 249 

List  of  persons  who  settled  in 397 

WASHINGTON,  (iEORGE,  President  United  States g4 

To  (general  Henry  I^e;  in  relation  to  the  Pennsylvania  insurriH^tion 3.V>-7 

WARDEN,  JOHN X27 

WARE,  LIEUT.-COLONEL 470 

WARIN(i,  WM :....  123 

WARMAN,  JOSHUA 443 

WARREN,  COI 123 

WARWICK,  WM 187 

WATKINS,  JOEL. 

Recommends  Peter  liarksdale  as  agent 18 

WATKINS,  F. 

Recommends  Major  Bibb  as  agent 21 

WATKINS,  T 328 

WATKINS,  T.,  C.  C 500 

WATKINS,  THOS 405 

Recommends  Peter  Barksdale  as  agent 6 

WATSON,  JOHN 328 

WATTS,  COL..  Indian 208 

Progress  last  fall  small 7 

Marching  into  the  enemy's  country 34 

WEBB.  CAPT.  TARPLEY,  of  the  Venus 32t)-:W 

Relating  to  violation  of  quarantine  niles  by  Captain  Ainsworth 329-30 

WEBB,  JAMF.S .'. 120 

WEBLEV.  JOHN. 

Recrommended  as  inspector  at  Shepherd's  warehouse 129 

WEDDERBURN,  J.  P 129 

WEDDERBURN,  JOHN. 

Acting 129 

WEDDERBURN,  WM. 

Recommended  as  Captain  of  .\rtiller\' 187 

WEISKJER,  .JOS. 

To  the  <iovemor;  sergeant  and  eight  men  to  assist  Mr.  Randolph... 224 

WEISIGER,  CAPT 228,265 


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to  aeeoont  agftinst  the  United  Stmtei- 423 


WE^TFaU^  Q¥J).,  ?y»fiU ~ 460 

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WHI«fKKY  LVfcTRRFXTIOX. 

Relating  to ~ 372 

WHITE,   ELIi?HA ^ 383-1 

WHITF>i.%R,  CAPT ^ ^. 121 

WHITE,  Dr -.-. 448 

WHITE,  WHITTLE  A  CO lOH-9 

WIHTTLE,  Mr. 329 

WHITIXO,  HEXRY 271 

WHITIXO,  HORATIO ^ 271 

WHITIXii,  LEWLS- 271 

WHITIXO,  raAXCI.S. 

To  Xichola^  Blair;  propoein^  to  raise  a  troop  of  Cavalry- ^ 371-2 

WHITIXii,  PETER  B. 

Recommended  at)  agent 7 

WHITIXiJ,  TII08 271 

WHITL4X'K,  TIIOS. 

Recommended  as  a  jnatice  of  the  peace 359 

WHITI/X'K,  WM. 

To  the  (rovemor ;  Bolicits  email  arms  and  accoutrements  for  artillery  company 149 

WHITWORTH,  JOHN ^ 327 


INDEX  591 


WIATT,  PITTMAN. 

Petition  of  people  of  King  &  Queen  against  his  becoming  a  pensioner 133 

WILCOX,  GEORGE 109 

WILCOX,  HAMILTON. 

Recommended  as  agent 16 

WILKINS,  GENERAL 180 

WILKINSON,  WM 196 

WILKINSON,  Mr 399-400 

WILLIAMS 109,100 

WILLIAMS,    BRIGADIER 203 

WILLIAMS,  ENSIGN 109 

WILLIAMS,  GEORGE 169 

WILLIAMS,  JAMPX 

To  the  Governor ;  asking  cannon  and  arms,  &c.,  for  the  artillery  company  at  Freder- 
icksburg   110 

WILLIAMS,  JESSE 169 

WILLIAMS,  JOHN 271 

Encloses  list  of  men  com[X)6ing  independent  volunteer  company l()8-9 

WILLIA>LSMr .-. 372 

WILLIAMS,    MAJOR 315 

WILLIAMS,  PHILIP,  AND  R.  PASLEY. 

To  the  Governor;  petition  for  relaxation  of  discipline  in  Henrico  county  jail 217 

WILLIAMS,  WM.  C,  Agent  for  7th  Brigade. 

To  the  Governor;  asking  that  an  agent  be  appointed  for  ascertaining  the  amounts 

collected  by  the  sheriffs  on  account  of  revenue  for  1785  and  1786  not  returned...  127-8 

WILLIAMS,  WM.  C. 

To  the  (lovernorj  declines  to  receive  the  allowance  made  by  the  Executive  for  ser- 
vices in  attendmg  an  escheator's  inquest  in  the  county  of  Berkeley 428 

WILLIAMS,  WM 271 

WILLIS,  COL.  HENRY 65 

WILLIS,  Mr 386 

WILS,  Mr 261 

WII>ON,  BENJAMIN. 

To  the  (lovernor;  recommending  Wm.  Martin  as  paymaster  for  the  Western  dis- 
trict   179 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  proclamation  of  the  Governor  concerning  the  re- 
bellion in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania 289 

WIUSON,   CAPT 113 

WIUSON.  Gt>)R<iE 157 

WIUSON,  COL 99,183-4,475 


692  INDEX. 


WILSON,  JOHN  196 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  recommendation  by  the  court  of  Pittsylvania  of 
militia  officers  disapproved  by  the  (Jovernor 269 

WIIi§ON,  Mr 3Jm,  407,  4r>2,  46* 

WILSON,  THOS 279,45:^,444 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  ration  abstracts  ..  443 

WILSON,    W 478,488 

To  the  Governor;  informs  him  that  two  British  ships  of  the  Line  and  some  others 

have  arrived  within  our  Capes 459 

To  Lieut.-Governor  James  Wood  ;  relating  to  impressment  of  American  seamen...  .%l-2 
To  liear-Admiral  Murry ;  relating  to  instructions  when  belligerent  nations  shall  use 

the  waters  of  Virginia  as  a  station 472 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  delivery  of  instructions  to  the  commanders  of  the 

vessels  of  belligerent  nations  in  Hampton  Roads •  477 

To ;  tliis  letter  is  a  copy  of  that  found  on  page  472  to  Admiral  Maury 490 

To  Harvy;  forbidding  his  dei)arture  from  Norfolk 491 

To  the  Governor ;  relating  to  the  instructions  respecting  the  rights  of  belligerent 

nations  in  the  waters  of  Virginia 495 

WILSON,  WILLIS 317,475 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  capture  of  a  brigantine  in  Hampton  Roads  belong- 
ing to  Mr.  Fitzsimons,  member  of  Congress,  for  an  attempt  to  violate  the  embargo,  105-6 
To  B.  G.  Bradby  or  Col.  Cocke;  asks  for  Jesse  Clarke's  exemption  from  military 

service 311 

To  the  Governor;  asking  instructions  as  to  permitting  the  British  ships  Thetis  and 
Cleopatra  to  enter  the  port  of  Norfolk  for  repairs 416 

WILLIAMSON,  (JKORGE 192 

WILLIAMSON,    JOHN 180,182,497 

WILLIAMSON,  ROBERT. 

Solicits  an  agency 21 

WILLOUGHBY,  LIEUT 134,140 

Tried  by  court-martial 14 

WIMBISH,  J. 

To  J.  Pendleton,  Auditor;  asking  instructions  as  to  second  offering  of  common- 
wealth's lands  for  sale 61-2 

WAIDER,  Mr o(y 

WINSTON,   EDMUND. 

Recommends  Alex.  Stuart  as  agent 17 

WISE. 

Delegate 126 

WISE,  J()HN. 

To  Arch.  Blair,  C.  C;  requesting  copy  of  letter 4vS0 

WISE,  TALLY  R 327 

WITCHIE,  WM 196 

WOOD,  ARCHIBALD. 

To  Lieut.-Ciovernor  Wood  ;  relating  to  condition  of  affairs  on  the  frontier 176 

WOOD 123 

WOOD,  GAB 14 

WOOD.  GENERAL 70, 141,  216,  298,  464.  460 


INDEX.  593 


WOOD,  J.  G.,  Surgeon  in  British  Navy. 

To  the  Governor;  asks  protection 470 

WOOD,  JAMES 502 

WOOD,  JAMES,  Lieut.-Govemor 105, 123,  259,  316-17,  336 

Kevokes  proclamation  of  quarantine  against  Baltimore 362 

WOODS,  Messrs 59 

WOOD,  Mr 181 

WOODBURY,  LANGDON 53 

WOODCONE,  PATRICK 138 

WOODROWE,  ALEXANDER 148 

WOODS,  ARCHIBALD 379 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  provision  return  of  Lieut.  Well's  rangers 271 

WOODSIDE,  CAPT 228 

WOODSON,  ANDREW. 

To  the  Governor :  relating  to  appointment  of  sheriff  for  the  county  of  Hampshire,  465 

WOODSON,  BKNJAMIN 192 

WOODSON,  JOHN. 

Recommends  Stephen  Cooke  as  agent 25 

WOODSON,  FREDERICK 192 

WOODWORTH,  DUDLEY. 

To  the  Governor;  solicits  captaincy  or  first  lieutenancy  in  militia 159 

WORMLEY,  RALPH. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  sheriff's  court  to  elect  a  representative  to  ('ongress...  456-7 

WORREL,  BENJAMIN 433 

WREN,  JAMES 270 

WRIGHT,  MAJOR  JAMES 370-1 

WYXDS,  THOMAS. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  an  order  to  supply  Capt.  Laud  Carter's  company  with 

provisions 499 

WYATT,  JOHN 271 

WYTHE,  COUNTY. 

Recommendation  for  sheriff. 210 

Number  of  militia^ 163, 167 

R.  Crockett  app)ointed  clerk  of. 209 

Justices  of. 210 

WYTHE,  (iEO.,  Judge  of  High  Court  of  Chancery 65 

WYTHE,  (J 66 

Y 

YERBY,  THOMAS. 

To  the  Lieut.-Govemor;  protests  against  appointment  of  Col.  Wm.  Peachy  as 

sheriff  of  Richmond  county 339 

75 


594  INDEX. 


YANCEY,  CHA8. 

Recomnipnded  as  agent 3 

Recommended  as  colonel-commandant  of  the  county  of  Buckingham 344 

To  James  Wood,  Lieut.-Govcrnor ;  relating  to  commission  of  colonel-commandant 

of  Samuel  Allen 3(10 

To  James  Wood ;  relating  to  decision  of  the  CJouncil  between  Mr.  Allen  and  him- 
self.   3&4-5 

YANCY,  Mr 3tio 

YATE8 271 

YORKTOWN. 

Violence  committed  upon  English  vessel  by  citizens  of. 19:i 

YOUNG 342 

YOUNG'S  BRIGADE : 343 

YOUNCJ,  BRIGADIER,  President  of  Court-martial 277 

YOUNG,  DAVID 134 

Gives  deposition  in  dispute  between  Colonel  Campbell  and  Capt  Lewis 139-40 

YOUNG,  HENRY 129 

YOUNG,  RICHARD 122 

YOUNGHUSBAND,  ISAAC 258 

YOUNGHUSBAND,  Mr 41,58 

YOUNG,  SMITH. 

Prays  for  remission  of  fine 149 

YUILLE,  THOS. 

Recommends  M.  Spragins  as  agent 27 

z 

ZANE,  EBENEZER 300 

ZANE,  BRKJADIER 203 

ZANE,  ISAAC. 

To  the  Governor;  relating  to  the  Seventh  Brigade 446 

ZANE,  COL.  EBENEZER 96 


ERRATA. 

On  pages  21,  271  and  286,  for  "Thurston,"  read  "Thruston." 

On  page  193,  for  "  Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,"  read  "  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  District  Attorney  of  the  United  States  for  Virginia." 

On  page  205,  for  "Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,"  read  "Alex- 
ander Campbell,  District  Attorney  of  the  United  States  for  Virginia." 

On  page  213,  for  "Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  United  States,"  read  "Alexander 

Campbell,  District  Attorney  of  United  States  for  Virginia." 

On  page  236,  for  "Walker,"  read  "  Walke." 

On  page  426,  for  "  Alexander  Campbell,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,"  read  "  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  District  Attorney  of  the  United  States  for  Virginia." 

On  page  516  of  the  Index,  for  Alexander  Campbell,  U.S.  Attorney,"  read  "  Alexander  Campbell, 

District  Attorney  of  the  United  States  for  Virginia." 

On  page  586  of  the  Index.  "Thomas,  Peter,"  should  be  "Peter,  Thomas." 


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