You are therefore hereby Required in his Majestys Name to Apprehend the body of the Said Cyprian Jeffry and him bring forthwith before the House of Representatives aforesaid to be dealt with according to the Said Laws & Customs And As to Justice doth Appertain and for your so doing this shall be your Sufficient Warrant Given Under My hand And Seal at Portsmouth aforesaid the 15th Day of February in the 18th Year of his Majestys Reign N Rogers Speaker Prove of New Hamp I have taken the body of the within Named Cyprian Jeffery And brought him before the Honorable House Thos Packer Shr [Mr. Jaffrey was released on making an apology before the House. See Vol. V., p. 305.- ED.] [3-113] [Bill for Powder Furnished a Detachment, 1744] In obedance to His Excelences order to me for Twenty five men to march to Exeter Thay forth with marched, but found no powder Sent for them, nor not any to be Bought upon applycation to the Select men of Hampton town thay waire Emmedatly Supplyed with halfe a pound for Each man amounting to Twelve pound & a halfe which I Recd and Sent to Exeter by m' John Hobs thair Commander Hampt June 13th 1744 Recd Joshua Wingate Dr The Province of New Hampse to the Select Men of Hampton 1744 To 12 Pound & 1/2 of Powder Deliverd for his Maj estys Service By Order of Coll Wingate at 3s/ pr £1: 17: 6 Prove of N Hamp' In the House of Reptives Apl ye 10th 1745 Voted that ye acct be allowd & paid out of the money in the Treasury to defray the Charge of the war it amounting to one pound Seventeen Shillings & 6 Hen Sherburne Clerk In Council Eodm Die read & Concurred Eodm Die Assented to Theod Atkinson Secry B Wentworth [3-114] [Bills for Repairs at Fort William and Mary, 1744] 1744 Province of Newhamps To John Robinson Jun' to 4 Large Carriages & 4 prs Wheels @ £12 Pre 3 pre Do Smaller @ £9,, pre 4 Large Axeltrees @ 8/ 4 D° @ 5/ Mending Rings 10/ to 10 dayes Work @ 15/ to 10 Do @ 15/ Expences in Drink to 2 Small axeltrees @ 5/ Each £48,, £7,, 10,, £7,, 10,, £-,, II,, £92,, 18 ΙΟ £93,, 8 July 3d 1744 John Robinson John Robinson & Richard Calley made oath that the Wheels Carriages & axeltrees above Charged were delivered at his Majtys Fort Wm & Mary - before — Samel Gilman Jus of peace July 31744 allowd In the House of Representatives July 4th 1744: Voted/ That the within accompt be allowed and paid out of the Publick Treasury, the Sum of Nienty three pounds Eight Shillings (old tenor) in full of the within accompt and that it be paid out of the Money Laid in for Repaire of Fort Wm & Mary James Jeffry Cler assm Prov. New Hamp In Council July 14th 1744- read & Concurrd B Wentworth [3-115] Stretham June ye 181744 Then Received of And Wiggin Esq' five pear of wheels and five pear of Carriges and five Exeltrees Which I promas to Deliver at the forte William and Mary at newcastel in Newhampshire for His Majestys Use Received by me Joseph Miller [3-115] 1744 Province of N Hamps' to And Wiggin Esq June 18 to 1 pre Large Wheels Carria & axel Trees to 4 axeltrees 2 at 8/ pre & 2 @ 5/ to making 4 Carriages to 2 dayes my Self & Horse to Expences to the Workmen & Gundulow to pd Mr Pottle for mending Hoopes for ye Carriages Dr £12,, 8,, £ I,, 6,, £ £62,, 13 Andr Wiggin 1744 In the House of Representatives July 2d Voted/ That the above acct be allowed and paid out of the Publick Treasury out of the Money Laid in for Repair of Fort Wm & Mary the Sum of Sixty two pounds thirteen Shillings (old Tenor) July 14th 1744 In Council read & Concurrd Eodm Die Assented to James Jeffry Cle' assm Theod Atkinson Sery B Wentworth [3-116] [Letter from G. Clinton to Governor Wentworth.] New York 2 July 1744 S I am favd with yours of the 15th June & am obliged for your Compliments upon My Safe arrival here, I am glad to find your Governmt So readily inclin'd to Support the common Cause, to which I Shall not faile to contribute all I can My Interview with the Indians was calculated for the advantage of his Majties Collonies in Gen" and I hope my meeting them So early, will answer the Expections I had therefrom, But to prevent the Excursions of the French in to any of the Northern Provinces from their Fort at Crown Point, it will be necessary to build a Fort Some little distance from it, and Garrison it at the Common Charge of the neighbouring Provinces, till measurs can be taken Jointly to demolish that Fort & drive the French to the other End of the Lake againe I am verry truly Sr your Excellys most obedient humble Servant His Excelly Ben Wentworth Esq' Copy G Clinton [3-117] [George Jaffrey, Jr., relative to Records of Court.] Province of New Hampshire, Portsmouth July ye 13th 1744 To the Honourable The General Assembly of said Province now Sitting at Portsmouth The Memorial of George Jaffrey Jun' Clerk of His Majesty's Superior Court of Judicature &ca Sheweth That on or about the Tenth Day of May last past, Mr Benjamin Gambling being Clerk of said Court was then, by Sickness, rendered unable to officiate in said Office, when the Honourable the Justices of said Superior Court of Judicature did Appoint, and did Administer the oath of Office of His Majesty's Superior Court of Judicature to, your Memorialist; and Sent a written Order to M' Gambling late Clerk, to deliver all the Records Files and Minutes belonging to the Said Clerk's Office to me which were received Since Mr Gambling's Decease. And that upon looking into the Record-Book the following Omission of Recording in Said Book plainly Appear'd; (viz1) That there is no Judgement Recorded from February Term 1720, untill August Term 1735, and none from August Term 1738, to this time - which may be evident to the Honourable Assembly on viewing Said Record-Book, which is ready to be produced before them if they See meet. And that ye vacant Pages in Said Record-Book will not Contain the Judgements unrecorded in ye Minute Books and Files now in Said Office; and there is in the Office, only the said Book for Records And that all the Files and Minutes, with Said RecordBook, your Memorialist Received (which at the Reception, were declared to be the whole Number & Quantity that did Appertain to the Clerk of the Said Superior Courts Office) all which are now carefully Reposited in the Office of your Memorialist. Which State and Condition of the said Office as I now find it, I think myselfe in Duty bound to make known to the honourable General Court Sitting in General Assembly; as also to produce or relate anything further appertaining to Said Office for their Consideration, which they shall think meet to require All which is humbly presented to the Honourable General Assembly now Sitting at Portsmouth By George Jaffrey Jun' Clerk of His Majesty's Super Court of Judicature &ca within and for the Province of New Hampshire— [3-119] [List of Men Sent to Manage Gondolas.] Portsmouth July 17th 1744 Sir, I have your order of the 7th Ultimo Acquainting me that His Excellencey desired I would send down propper men to manage the Gondulo's for Transporting Sods to the Fort William & Mary, which I have done Accordingly & here returne a list of theire Names as below, And am, Sir, Your most hble Servt the Above men being Sent to the Fort As Above Served Seven Days Each James Clarkson Servt Jona Boothby was pressed by Major Greenleaff's order to ye Fort as a Sold' and Served fifteen Days - July 19th there time is up [Endorsed] On His Majesty's Service To The Honble Theodore Atkinson Esq In Portsmouth [3-120] [Matthew Livermore's Memorial, 1744.] } Province of To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' GovNew Hamp ernour and Commander in Chief in and over his majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England and Captain General of the same To the Honorable his majestys Council for said Province and House of Representatives in General assembly convened The Memorial of Matthew Livermore of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire most humbly shews That Since your Memorialist has had a Commission to be Attorney General for sd Province, there have been Sundry Persons Indicted for Capitall offences and Sundry for Counterfeiting the Paper Bills of Credit on this or the neighbouring Governments — That at one Term one Thomas Molony was Indicted for the Murder of one John Demedis and tryed for his life-at another Term one Stephen Pendergast |