Provincial Commissioners: Orders for Payment, [11 May–16 June 1756]

Provincial Commissioners: Orders for Payment

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After Franklin’s return from Virginia he resumed attendance at meetings of the provincial commissioners on May 11 and continued regularly until he left for New York about June 18. The sixty-six orders for money payment signed during this period are listed below in the same form as those signed earlier (see above, pp. 392–6). Orders which Franklin did not sign are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Date	Payee	Purpose	Amount
May			£	s.	d.
11	John Carson of Paxton Township	Rum, planks, etc. for fort at Hunter’s Mills	4	6	0
11	William Pyewell	15 bbls. of pork	50	12	6
11	Joseph Richardson	14 half-bbls. of powder	66	10	0
12	Susanna Cavel	Widow of Richard Cavel killed at Penn’s Creek	5	0	0
12	William Clinton	Horseshoes and nails	4	10	0
12	Capt. Edward Croston	Advance for forces going to Shamokin	160	0	0
12	Caleb Evans	Horseshoes and nails	4	8	4
12	Mary Haselton	9 blunderbusses	11	5	0
12	John Hughes	Account with the province	165	16	2
[12]	Joseph Lycock	Allowance for Indians burning his house and barn	5	0	0
12	Samuel McCall, Sr.	Balance for cannon, arms, etc.	95	5	0
12	John Smith	To Wm. Buchanan to be accounted for	543	0	0
13	George Bryan	757 shirts for provincial troops	391	14	4
13	Joseph Fox	For wagoners, ship’s carpenters, etc.	300	0	0
13	Dr. Urban Friebels	Medicine and attendance on those wounded at engagement at Allemängel	12	0	0
13	William Rush and John Hall	Further payment for guns	50	0	0
14	William Edmonds	To pay John Hays, John Soltz, Andrew Geering, and Ephriam Colver	36	6	8
14*	Joseph Morris	Ohio road cutters, per I. Norris	16	4	10
15	Capt. Christian Busse	Pay for co., Apr. 9–May 8	143	5	0
15	Conrad Weiser	Victualling Capt. Busse’s co.; 53 men, 4 weeks; 5s. 6d. per man per week	57	6	0
17	Patrick Reynolds	179 logs at 7s. 6d. per log	67	2	6
[19]	James Ennis and Thomas Apty	Conducting Capt. Newcastle and other Indians to Ft. Allen on way to Wyoming	15	8	6
19	Barnabas Hughes	Dieting Capt. Shippen’s men and others	6	9	8

19	Barnabas Hughes	Provisions for troops in Lancaster Co.	198	0	0
[19]	Hughes & Galbraeth	Wheat for forces going to Shamokin	37	10	0
19	John Imlay	76 bbls. of pork, I bbl. of beef for troops	277	17	0
19	John Ord	448 soldiers’ coats and 17 sgts.’ coats	1138	11	6
19	James Pierson	Pay, Ens. Wm. Johnston’s detachment at Reading	139	11	0
19	James Sharpe and others	For 31 men of Capt. Culbertson’s co. in Sideling Hill engagement	174	0	0
19	Capt. Frederick Smith	Pay for self and co. to May 15	143	5	0
20*	Capt. Thomas McKee	Pay and sundries for self and co. in full	257	5	6
[20]	John Redman	Medicine and surgical instruments for use of Dr. John Morgan of Clapham’s regt.	40	15	11
22	Capt. George Croghan	In full: purchase of Ft. Shirley, tools delivered to Capt. Mercer, and for a scalp taken by John Baker on the Ohio	200	0	0
[22]*	Capt. Charles Foulk	2 months’ pay for his co.	277	11	9
22	Henry Keppele	40 bbls. beef and 2 “Waggon skrews”	109	0	0
22	Richard Peters	Indian expenses	73	13	0
22	Samuel Powell	200 lbs. swan shot for use of Moravians	5	0	0
22	Capt. John Welsh	Pay, 21 men he enlisted and stationed at Ft. Granville	114	6	6
22	William West	For Adam Hoops to be accounted for	500	0	0
22	William West	For Wm. Buchanan to be accounted for	65	0	0
27	Ens. Daniel Harry	Pay for Capt. Morgan’s co.	150	0	0
28	Adam Deshler	Provisions for Capt. Wetterhold’s co.	47	15	2
28	Capt. John Nicholas Wetterhold	Pay to May 21; allowance for 36 guns found by his men	166	5	6
June
1	Preserve Brown	40 bbls. of pork	145	0	0
1	John Correy	214 pr. leather breeches for soldiers	256	8	0

1	William Henderson	107 pr. buckskin breeches and packing them	128	13	0
1	Benjamin Loxley	Boards, scantling for guard house at powder magazine	12	12	2¼
1	Michael Newbold	31 bbls. of pork	112	7	6
2	Alexander de Rodehan	Administering physick to French Neutrals	15	0	0
[2]	Conrad Weiser	To pay Newcastle, Jegrai, and Delaware Wm. Lockwis for taking message to Delaware and Shawnee on Susquehanna	46	17	6
4	Alexander Hudson	14 bbls. of pork for troops	50	15	0
4	Leonard Melchior	2 rifle guns for use of province	6	0	0
4	John Smith	To Wm. Buchanan to be accounted for later	159	0	0
4	Joseph Turner	22 casks of peas for forces	33	4	11
5	Capt. William Morton	Freight of arms and ammunition from Boston	35	0	0
5	Samuel Neave	Goods for Indians, delivered to C. Weiser	66	12	9
7*	Capt. Jacob Morgan	Pay and for building blockhouse on Northkill, Bern Twp., Berks Co.	340	18	9
9	Capt. Samuel Mifflin	Cash advanced to 11 men engaged for King’s Navy and passage of Wm. Fisher and co. to Halifax	79	15	0
11	Preserve Brown	20 bbls. of pork	72	10	0
11	Capt. Christian Busse	Pay for co. May 8 to June 7	143	5	0
11	Michael Newbold	29 bbls. of pork	105	2	6
16*	Capt. Charles Foulk	Subsistance and pay of his co.	189	11	0
16	Joseph Fox	Sundry small accounts	100	0	0
16	Christian Spiegel	Medicine and attendance on 3 men wounded Jan. 1756	12	0	0
16	Jeremiah Warder	Sundries furnished to province	248	6	6
16	Wharton & Story	2 accounts for sundries	42	8	1

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Title: Provincial Commissioners: Orders for Payment, [11 May–16 June 1756]
Author: Provincial Commissioners
Date: 11 May 1756 – 16 June 1756

Reference

Cite as: “Provincial Commissioners: Orders for Payment, [11 May–16 June 1756],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-0190. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 6, April 1, 1755, through September 30, 1756, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1963, pp. 437–440.]