Excerpts of the Minutes of
the
Pennsylvania Provincial Council
May 25 & August 12, 1748
At Council held at Philadelphia, 25th May, 1748.
Present:
The Honorable. ANTHONY PALMER, Esqr., President.
Thomas LAWRENCE, |
Samuel
HASELL, Robert STRETTELL, |
Esqrs. |
The Minutes of the preceding Council were read & approv'd.
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The following Officers being chosen & return'd by the Associators to the Presidt. & Council, were approv'd of & Commissions issued to them accordingly:
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Captains. |
Lieutenants. |
Ensigns. |
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| Bucks County. | ||
| Charles STEWART, | James HART, | William HART, |
| Anthony WRIGHT, | Lewis RUE, | Richard VANHORNE, |
| Robert JEMMISON, | John BEARD, | Samuel MARTIN, |
| James McLOUGLIN, | James DAVIS, | John HALL, |
| John WILSON, | Thomas BLAIR, | George OVERPACK, |
| Bernard VANHORNE, jr. | Robert CUMMINGS, | Ralph DUNN. |
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At Council held at Philadelphia, ?? August, 1748.
Present:
The Honorable. ANTHONY PALMER, Esqr., President.
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Samuel
HASELL, Robert STRETTELL, |
Esqrs. |
The Minutes of the preceding Council were read & approv'd.
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Collo. GRAYDON Inform'd the Board that Bernard VANHORN, Ralph DUNN, & some other persons belonging to the Associated Company of Northampton Township, Bucks County, had withdrawn themselves from that Company, & had presum'd, contrary to the Association sign'd by them, to form a new Company & to proceed to the Choice of Officers, and the Choice falling on the said Bernard VANHORN to be Captain, Robert CUMMINGDS Lieutenant, & the said Ralph DUNN to be Ensign, they had so far impos'd on the Board as to obtain Commissions, & as this might be attended with evil Consequences, he requested that the Affair might be examin'd into & their Commissns superseded; whereupon Orders issued from the Board to the Officers of both Companies to appear in Council on Friday the 12th instant.
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The following Officers being chosen & return'd by the Associators to the Presidt. & Council, were approv'd of & Commissions issued to them accordingly:
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At Council held at Philadelphia, 12th August, 1748.
Present:
The Honorable. ANTHONY PALMER, Esqr., President.
Thomas LAWRENCE, |
Samuel
HASELL, Robert STRETTELL, Thomas HOPKINSON, |
Esqrs. |
The Minutes of the preceding Council were read & approv'd.
Lieutenant WYNKOOP, in behalf of Captain BENNET's Company of Associators in Northampton township, Bucks County, & likewise C. BERNARD VANHORNE & Lieutenant Robert CUMMINGS, in behalf of their Company, attending with their Witnesses, both Returns were examin'd; &it appearing from thence that the said VANHORNE and fourteen more did actually belong to Captain BENNET's Company, and that, therefore, they cou'd not, consistent with their Articles, proceed within the Year to another Election, the Commisns. of the said Bernard VANHORNE, Robert CUMMINGS, & Ralph DUNN, were superseded. Such of the Inhabitants, however, as did not belong to Captain BENNET's Company & were minded to Associate might chose their Officers again, & on Return of the fit Persons & their Petition for Commissions, the Council would readily grant them.
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