Report to the House of Burgesses, 10 November 1759
Report to the House of Burgesses
[Williamsburg, 10 November 1759]
Mr Washington reported,1 That the Committee to whom the Petition of Daniel M’Neil was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true; and had come to a Resolution thereupon, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the same was again twice read, and agreed to by the House. . . . 2
, 1758–1761, 143.
1. On 9 Nov. Speaker John Robinson appointed GW and Francis Lightfoot Lee, burgesses from Frederick and Loudoun counties respectively, to “examine into . . . and report” on “A Petition of Daniel M’Neil, setting forth, That in November, 1758, he received a Wound in a Skirmish with the Enemy at Fort Ligonier [see GW’s Orderly Book, 12 Nov. 1758, n.1], which has rendered him incapable of procuring a Livelihood for himself and his Family, consisting of a Wife and three small Children, and praying the Consideration of this House” (, 1758–1761, 142). In August 1757 Daniel McNeil was a 38–year-old soldier from Norfolk in Robert Stewart’s company of light horse in GW’s Virginia Regiment.
2. The House passed a resolution stating: “That the said Daniel M’Neil ought to be paid the Sum of ten Pounds by the Publick, as an immediate Relief to his present Necessities; and that he be also paid the Sum of five Pounds per Annum for his future Support, and the Subsistance of himself and Family” (ibid., 143).