Messrs Jennes, Knight & Levit from the House bro't up a vote for Paying to his Excelency £250 in full Discharge of any arrears or deficiencies in his Excelency's sallary for the year 1747 to the 12th of December Last.

Adjourned till tomorrow 10 o'clock a. m.

Saturday May 28th 1748. Met according to adjournment.

[P. 524.]

Present

[Councilors as before.]

Mr. Israel Gillman from the House bro't up the following Papers & votes, viz.

An allowance to the Secretary as a Sallary for the year 1747 to the 25th of March last.

An allowance to Benja Acreman for D° as Doorkeeper for D°. An allowance to Tho' Packer for Do as high Sheriff for D°. An allowance to Mr. Langdon (1) for Praying in the House of Representatives for Do.

Alsoe the Petition of Joseph Pudney as entred yesterday & vote of the House thereon granting the prayer thereof.

Alsoe the Petition Joseph Newmarch & Matthew Livermore Esq. as agents to the Town of New Castle Praying to be Enabled to receive an allowance formerly voted to the sd Town &c.

Alsoe a vote for the Trustees for managing the £25000 Loan to lay the state of that Loan before the Gen" Assembly.

Alsoe for the Comittee for repairing Fort Wm & Mary to lay their accts before the Gen" Assembly.

Alsoe a vote for the Comittee for managing the £15000 Loan Directing the sinking of that sume as soon as may be.

Alsoe that the Louisbourg & Canada Comittees of Warr Lay their several accts before the General Assembly.

Adjourned till Monday next at '10 o'clock A. M.

Monday May 30th 1748. Met according to adjournment. [P. 525.]

Present

[Councilors as before.]

There not being a Quorum of the House his Excelency adjourned the General Assembly till tomorrow 10 o'clock a. M.

(1) Rev. SAMUEL LANGDON, afterwards President of Harvard College, was ordained as pastor of the First Congregational Church in Portsmouth, February 4, 1747, and dismissed October 9, 1774.-ED.

Tuesday May 31, 1748.
Present

[Councilors as before.]

The Council took under consideration the several votes of the House for sund' allowances as sent up & Entered on Saturday last & concurred the same.

Adjourned till tomorrow 10 o'clock a. M.

Wednesday June 1, 1748. Met according to adjournment.

Present

[Councilors as before.]

Mr. Knight from the House bro't up the report of the Comittee for Telling & burning the money in the Treasury viz.

That they had recd from George Jaffrey Esq. Treasurer as part
of the Tax for the year 1742 old Ten
Alsoe from sd Jaffrey as Part of the £15000 Loan old Tent
Alsoe from Do. being Part of the outstanding Debts of the
Province Tax for the years 1743-1744-1745 & 1746 being of
ye N. Ten

Alsoe from Do. as Part of ye Tax for the year 1747, N. Ten'

£278:14: 3

64: 4: 9

£209: 15: 10

713:10: 0

Which several sums were burnt to ashes in the sight of the General Assembly & a vote of the House for Discharging the s Comittee of the above sa sums which vote was read at the board & concurr'd.

Adjourned till tomorrow 10 o'clock a. M.

Thursday June 2d 1748. Met according to adjournment.

Present

[Councilors as before.]

Mr. Knight bro't up a Bill for Prescribing a method to be observed in guaging Cask as Passed in the House which was read at the board a first time.

Mr. McMurphy from the House bro't up a vote for makeing the Parish of Somersworth a Town by itself,- which was read and Debated & ordered to Lay for consideration.

Maj' Davis from the House bro't up a vote granting a further allowance or bounty on Indian scalps &c. which was read at the board & concurred & assented to by the Governour.

Jotham Odiorne, Henry Sherburne & Ebenez' Stevens Esq. bro't in to this board a rect signed by Mr. Treasurer Jaffrey for 2368 sheets of money of the great Plate & 1670 sheets of the small Plates & 2 6 other money being part of the money Impressed for

:

the Canada Expedition & put into the Treasury by the above s Persons as Part of the signing Comittee for said money the rect being Entered the sd Odiorne &c. withdrew the original rec'. Adjourned till tomorrow 10 o'clock a. M.

Fryday June 3 1748. Met according to adjournment.

Present

[Councilors as before.]

John Downing & John McMurphy Esqs. & Mr. John Sanburne Part of the signing Comittee of the £6000 made for the Canada Expedition Produced a rect from Mr. Treasurer Jaffrey for 1666 [P. 527.] sheets of the great Plate which s Jaffrey acknowledged to have received as part of s money of the sd Persons.

Mr. Wear from the House bro't up an acc' of Capt Mark Langdon & vote of the House thereon for an allowance which was read at the board & concurr'd & assented to by the Governour.

Alsoe a Bill for amending High ways &c. read ye first time. Alsoe a Bill for rating the Land in Nottingham West for & towards the building a meeting &c. read & concurr'd and assented. Mr. Wallingford from the House bro't up a Bill relateing to the choice of Town officers &c. read a first time.

Alsoe sund acets of Coll. Gillman supplying several scouts &c. with Provision & vote of the House thereon.

Alsoe Sund Aces for Delivering Provisions &c. to scouts by John Gage Esq. & vote of the House thereon.

Alsoe an acet of Wm. Parker Esq for Drawing Acts making fair copys &c. of sund' Papers and vote of allowance thereon read & concurr'd.

Alsoe a Bill for setting aside the Proceedings of a Town meeting at Dunstable & Directing the sd Town in holding another meeting for choice of officers &c. read & concurr'd at the board & assented to by the Govern

Adjourned till to morrow 10 o'clock a. M.

Saturday June 4th 1748. Met according to adjournment.
Present his Excelency the Governour.

[P. 528.]

Mr. Gage from the House bro't up his own acct for transporting Provisions to the frontiers & Delivering the same to the soldiers

Posted there & vote of the House for an allowance thereon which was read at the board & concurr'd.

Mr. Mcmurphy from the House bro't up a vote for appointing a Comittee to treat with the claimers of Mason's right to the Province & to purchase the same - which was read at the Board & concurr'd.

Mr. Levit & Bell from the House bro't up the Treasurer's & Comittees Accts of the Expenses of the Louisbourg Expedition & vote of the House thereon-which was read at the board & concurr'd.

The Council took under consideration the vote of the House of the 20th May last appointing Mr. Daniel Pierce one of the Trustees for managing the £5000 Loan in the room of Joseph Pierce Esq. Deceased & concurr'd the same which was alsoe assented to by the Governour.

Alsoe a vote for Printing several Acts &c, Passed this session there not being Time for reads & considering of the sa acts &c. Ord That the vote Lay upon the Table.

His Excelency sent the Secretary to the House to Enquire of the Speaker weither there was anything now before the House that would come up this forenoon- The Speaker gave for answer that there was nothing before the House-which Being delivered by the Sec to his Excelency he was pleased to Disolve the General Assembly & to send the Sec to the House to acquaint them thereof-which was accordingly Done.

DISSOLVED

Haveing set three years.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.

COMPRISING

LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO PRECEDING MATTERS IN THIS VOLUME.

NOTE BY THE EDITOR.

[At the time when the following Addresses to the King were written the government of New Hampshire was in a very distracted state-particularly with regard to Governor Belcher, who had a strong party in his favour, but a stronger one against him. The two Petitions or Memorials which follow, were evidently written by persons in Mr. Belcher's interest; but Mr. Thomlinson's petition discloses the ground of opposition to him.]

Petition to the King.

[Copied from MS. "Addresses to the King" in Secretary's office, pp. 16-33.] To the King's most Excelent Majesty.

The Memorial of the major part of your Majestys Council for the Province of New Hampshire in New England.

Most Gracious Sovereign

WE, your Majesty's most Loyall & Dutifull subjects humbly implore your gracious permission to lay before your Majesty both our gratefull and dutifull acknowledgment of your Majesty's Royal Grace and Favour, of which we have long felt the happy effects; and some of our publick grievances the weight of which greatly oppress us and tend much to interrupt our attention to the many invaluable Blessings we enjoy under your Majestys most clement and auspicious Reign: To alleviate which burden we most earnestly beseech the Royal Interposition and that your Majesty would vouchsafe your gracious aid.

The long experience that all your Majestys subjects have had of your tender regard to their happiness and readiness to hear and remove the ground of their complaints and which we of this Province notwithstanding our diminutive figure among your Majesty's Dominions, and remoteness from the Royal Presence have had reiterated Instances of gives us undoubted hopes of being patiently heard while we discover the source of our present grievances, and seasonably relieved in the way that Royal Wisdom and goodness shall direct.