Household Goods of sa Joseph and then said Nath! Davis who was then Called the Cap of sa Rioters, delivered the Possession of said house and Tract of Land, to said Ja Hampton and s William Breestead, part thereof to s James Hampton as Tenant to John Cross, Late A Prebiterian Minister of Baskingridge af and the other part thereof to WTM Breestead in his own Right; And then Ordered sa Joseph, not to molest or Disturb said James & William in their Possession; and s Deponts farther say, that they verily beleive, from the Discourse they heard from said Riots and since, that said John Cross prompted encouraged and requested s Rioters to Committ said Riots, having heard and believe that sa Jn Cross treated sa Rioters with three Gallons of Rum, When on their way to committ s Riots, and further say not SWORN this fifteenth day of April Anno Dom. 1747 Before Me Joseph Bonnel THOS MILLER THO M° CONNELL SIR. After a due Consideration of our Information to you, in refferance to the Mobe we allow all to be right, only them few words relateing Mr Cross (Late prisbiterian Minister of Baskingridge) which if it be not blotted out, altho it be truth, is a reproach to that Sec of people now amongst us, which we humbly request to be done, which will greatly Oblidge April the 15th 1747. Sir. Your humble Servts THO MILLER THOM CONELL Representation of the Lords of Trade-respecting the Partridge Petition for liberty to issue Bills of Credit in New Jersey. From P. R. O. B. T., New Jersey, Vol. XV, page 153.] To the King's Most Excellent Majesty May it Please your Majesty IN Obedience to your Majesty's Order in Council, of the 7. of August 1746, We have had under Our Consideration the humble Petition of Richard Partridge, Agent for the Colony of New Jersey in America, setting forth, "That the said Colony is greatly distress'd "for want of a further Supply of Bills of Credit which "the late Governor Morris, by the Royal Instructions "was prohibited from emitting, without the Royal "Licence. That now, in time of War, the said Colony "is destitute of a sufficient Supply of Arms, Ammu"nition &c for their Defence against the common "Enemy, and cannot readily raise the money for pur"chasing the same, without a further Emission of "Paper Currency, as well as for the paym! of divers "other publick Emergencies, for support of the said "Government: That it would be greatly for the Ser"vice of your Majesty, as also of the said Province, if "Leave was granted to the Governor, to give his As“sent to the passing a Bill for the emitting the sum of "£40,000, in publick Bills of Credit, on Condition that "the Value of the Bills to be emitted, be agreeable to "an Act of Parliament, made in the sixth Year of the "Reign of Queen Anne, for ascertaining the Rates of "foreign Coins in America; The Petitioner therefore prays, that your Majesty would be graciously pleased "to grant an Order of Leave to the said Governor, or "the Commander in Chief for the time being, to give 66 66 "his Assent to the passing an Act for emitting the "Sum of £40,000 in Paper Bills of Credit; " And having upon this Occasion been attended by the said Petitioner, We humbly take Leave to represent your Majesty, That, in order to prevent inconveniencies that might arise, from passing Acts in your Majesty's Colonies & Plantations in America, for striking Bills of Credit and issuing the same in lieu of Money, Instructions have been given by your Maj from time to time, to the several Governors of the said Colonies and Planta. tions; directing them not to give their Assent to, or pass any Act in their respective Governmts whereby Bills of Credit might be struck or issued in lieu of money, without having a Clause inserted in such Act declaring that the same should not take Effect, until approved and confirm'd by your Majesty your Heirs or Successors. That an Instruction to this Effect, was given by your Majesty to Lewis Morris Esq! late Governor of the Colony of New Jersey, and has been further continued by your Majesty to Jonathan Belcher Esq' the present Governor of the said Colony. That the said Petition sets forth, that the said Colony is greatly distress'd for want of a further Supply "of Bills of Credit, which the late Governor Morris, "by the Royal Instructions was prohibited from suffering to be emitted, without the Royal Licence," which is not agreeable to the true intent and Meaning of the said Instruction, for as much as your Majesty's Governor is not thereby restrain'd from giving his Assent to the passing any Act, upon any Emergency, for emitting such a Sum of Money in Bills of Credit, as he shall judge the Circumstances of the Province may require, provided he take Care, that there be a suspending Clause inserted therein, to the End that your Majesty may judge of the Necessity of the Service, for which the said Bills are emitted, and that there are proper Funds settled in the said Act for calling in and sinking the Bills to be thereby emitted. And as it does not appear to Us that the said Petitioner had any particular Authority or Instructions from the Legislature of the Colony of New Jersey to make such Application to your Majesty, and as the altering the Tenor of the said Instruction may be attended with Inconveniencies, We see no Reason why your Majesty should comply with the prayer of the said Petition. Which is most humbly submitted Whitehall April 29. 1747 MONSON J. PITT B. L. GowER R. PLUMER. Proceedings of the Council, May 6th and 9th, 1747, and Message of President Hamilton to the House of Assembly of New Jersey, with their answer. [From the Papers of James Alexander in Rutherfurd Collection, Vol. III., No. 4 and No. 20.] At a Council held at Perth Amboy in the Province of New Jersey May 6th 1747 PRESENT The Honble John Hamilton Esq Presid John Reading John Rodman } Robert Hunter Morris Esq His Honour the President Laid before the Board the Draught of a Message he Proposed to Send to the House of Assembly & Desired their Advice upon it, And the s Message being taken into Consideration the same was Approv'd of & his Honour was Advis'd to Send it to the Assembly by the Clerk which he did & the s Message is in the following Words Viz! Gent. of the Assembly His Majesty's Service & the Safety of the Province made it Absolutely necessary for me to Call you together at this Time & my own bad State of Health Oblidges me to Meet you at this Place. The Provisions Supplyed to the Forces Raised in this Province now Quarter'd at Albany have been for some Time Expended & the Cloaths that were furnish'd them with the money Lent the Government are for the most Part worn out as You will Observe from Col: Schuylers Letters to me which I have Ordered to be Laid before You. By an Express from Col: Schuyler which Arrived on Monday Last I have Received Information that the five Jersey Companys have Mutined & taken a Resolution to Go off with their Arms & Baggage, if they do not Receive his Majesty's Pay that was Promis'd them at their Inlistment, I have Ordered this Letter to be Laid before you & the two Officers that Col: Schuyler has Sent Express on this Occasion to Attend you And by them you will find it next to impossible to keep those men longer together without at least some Part of their Pay. As these Troops were Raised in Pursuance of his Majesty's Orders & have been kept together to wait his further Directions I must Recommend it to you to make such Provision for the Paying, Subsisting & Cloathing them as may be necessary to keep them in a Readyness to march whenever his Majesty shall think it fit for the Interest of his Dominions to Give Orders for that Purpose. The Distracted State of the Province, Occasioned by the many great Riotts, Oblidges me again to Call on you, to Take some Vigorous Measures, to Punish |