is paid by the vessels belonging to any other the neighboring Goverments, and that an order be issued out to the receiver or receivers, that they receive no more until further order, from and after this date. But if in case the said Great and General Assembly of the Mass do not see meet to repeal their sa Acts so farr as affects & relates to this Province, then our Act to remain in full force notwithstanding. Oct. 7th, 1721. Dan' Greenough, Cler. Assem. In Coun: Eodem die, Voted a concurrence. Ricda Waldron, Cler. Con. Hugh Banfield appeared at ye board to prosecute his petition preferred yesterday, and being heard upon it, it appeared fully, that his said father, John Banfield's estate, had [P. 210] been heretofore settled according to law: whereupon it was ordered that the said petition be dismist. R. Waldron, Cler. Con. A message to the board by Capt. Greenough with an explanatory vote upon a paragraph in the Impost & Excise Act, which was sent down by Geo: Jaffry & Rich Wibird, Esqs., to be amended, who brought back the same vote without any alteration; which is as follows: Pro: N. Hamp'. Whereas the Act of Excise past in General Assem: which was to take effect the nineteenth of July, 1721, wch interferes with the licences taken before, wch terminates y 6th day of Sept following. In the House of Represent. Voted, That the said Act should not take place until sd 6th of Sept', 1721. Ordered, That the vote of the house sent up yesterday for deferring the payment of the thousand pounds payable into the treasury this year, till 1725, be under consideration till next sessions, and that the treasurer do not Issue out his warrts for ye same in the mean time. Rich Waldron, Cler. Con. A message to the board by Capt. Greenough praying a Conference with the Honble the Lt. Gov' and Council upon the subject matter of striking and emitting more bills of creditt for defraying the dayly accruing charge of the Goverm', The request granted, and the Speak' and House came to the Council Chamber accordingly, and having fully discoursed the point, withdrew to their own apartment. MEMORANDUM. This day delivered to the Gen' Assem: by the Grand Committee for the management of the fifteen thousand pounds, one hundred and forty three pounds, four shillings and four pence, which was burnt to ashes in presence of the Gen1 Assem: of which sum the sd committee are hereby discharged. [P. 211.] His Hon' the Lieut. Gov' directed the Clerk to notify the house of Represents that they give their attenda at ye Coun: board. The Speak' and House came accordingly: And the Bill entituled an Act to prohibit trade and commerce with the Eastern Indians being past both houses to be Engrost and Enacted, the same was signed & sealed in p'sence of the Gen' Assem: & then they were, Adjorned till ye 7th day of Novem', 1721. Prorogued till Novem' 21, 1721. Pro: N. Hamp❜. At a Gen' Assem: held at Portsm by proroga" 9br 21st, 1721. Present in Coun: His Honour John Wentworth, Esq., Lt. Gov', Geo. Jaffry, Esqs. Tho' Packer, Esq. A message to the House (1) by the Clerk requiring their attend at the board; the Speak' and house came accordingly; to whom his Honour was pleased to make the following Speech: Gent. The principal reason of my further proroguing the Gen' Assembly to this day, was to give the other Government time before us to see whether they would repeal an Act lately imposed on this Government so cruel and so oppressive. I am to let you know that since our last sitting, Mr. Speaker Pierce and Mr. Treasurer Penhallow accompanyed me to Ipswich, where I mett Governour Shute according to appointment, and we (1) [From Journal of the House.] Nov. 22, 1721. Prov: N. Hampr. George, &c. Whereas sundry members of ye house were delinquent, according to ye adjournmt from Novembr 7th to 21st of sd month, a warrant was issued out from this house pr. Mr. Speakr for their appearance. discoursed matters relating to the above Act, &c., and came to this resolve, That in case the Mass will drop all their impositions [P. 212.] formerly and lately laid on this Goverment, that then and in such case we will do the same, (viz.) Drop all Dutys laid by us on them, or in such wise as they do by us; his Excelleney has promised his best endeavors shall not be wanting for the accommodation thereof. Now in case the Mass does not redress us, then we have nothing more left us but to state the case fairly, and to Address his Majesty, by our Agent, Mr. Newman; and you may be assured that I will do everything in my power for the repealing that Act. When our Act and that of Massachusetts comes before impartial Judges, ours will be thought no hardship, but w' one Goverment may lay on another: but theirs will look cruel and oppressive. I would recommend to your consideration the fifteen hundred pounds collected last year, and should have been burnt according to act of General Assembly; for what reason that mony was misapplyed, Mr. Treasurer is to account for. I hope you will consider of ways and means to bring it into the treasury again, that so it may answer the just end for which it was made. I remember last year there was a motion made for calling in the fifteen penny bills of Creditt, many of which were found to be counterfeited. It will be well worth your while to consider and raise mony for that use on a good fund, and putt into the Treasury for Exchanging sd bills, and that you will take care that his Excellency may be provided for as usual, that so the honour of this His Majties Government may be supported. Adjorned till tomorrow, 9 o'clock, A. M. Pro: N. Hamp❜. J. WENTWORTH. At a Gen1 Assem3 held at Portsm° by adjornm, 9br 22d, 1721. Present in Councill, His Honour John Wentworth, Esq., Lt. Gov', ? Sam' Penhallow, Esqs. Geo. Jaffry, Adjorned till to morrow, 9 o'clock, A. M. [P. 213.] Pro: N. Hamp'. At a General Assem: held at Portsm by adjornm', 9br 23a, 1721. Present in Coun: His Honour John Wentworth, Esq., Lt. Gov', Adjorned till Monday next, the 27th instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Pro: N. Hamp. Mett again according to adjornm. Geo. Jaffry, Present, His Honour the Leut. Gov: Shad. Walton, Esqs. Rich Wibird, A message from the House to the Lieut. Gov' praying a copy of his Honour's Speech, which was immediately prepared and carryed down by the clerk accordingly. A message from the house by Capt. Greenough and Mr. Dam, praying they might be informed whether his Excellency had recalled the New Hampshire souldiers from the Eastward, or what advice there was from the Gov' respecting that matter. To whom his Honour replyed that the last time he heard from the Gov', his Excellency acquainted him that the Mass" had reduced their souldiers to two hundred, and that N. Hamp Quota was now but twenty. [P. 214.] A message to the board by Capt. Tibbetts and Capt. Gillman with the following vote: In the House of Represents. Voted, That his Excellency be desired to order all our Province men home from their respective posts at the Eastward, they being in a suffering condition, and we neither willing nor oblidged to support them there. Dan' Greenough, Cler. Assem. In Council. 27th Nov, 1721. Eodem die. Concurred. Rich Waldron, Cler. Con. Adjorned till to-morrow, 9 o'clock, A. M. Pro: N. Hamp'. At a Gen' Assembly held at Portsm by adjornm', 9br 28th, 1721. Present in Councill, His Honour John Wentworth, Esq., Lt. Gov', Samuel Penhallow, Esqs. Shad. Walton, Rich Wibird, Esqs. Thos Packer, His Honour the Lieut. Governour laid before the board a copy of a memorial presented to the Right Honourable the Lords of trade and Plantations, by Mr. Agent Newman, (1) praying for a supply of Gun powder for his Majesty's Fort Wm. and Mary, wthin this Province, which being read was sent to the house by the Clerk. A message to the board by Capt Jno. Gillman with the following vote: (1) [From MS. Correspondence, in Sec'ry office.] A letter from the Province Agent, Mr. Newman, dated 41 Middle Temple, May 2d, 1721. Sr. I have herewith covered a copy of the memoriall which I put into the board of Trade in March last on the subject of powder for Fort William & Mary; but tho' I have attended every week since to know the pleasure of the board therein, the Parliamentary affairs, and the preparing instructions for my lord Irwin (since dead) and now for lord Belhaven, he being to proceed without delay to his govermit at Barbadoes, has obliged their Lordships to postpone the consideration of it; however I was yesterday promised . . . . . one of the com'te it should be considered to morrow, and some answer given to it, of which I shall acquaint your Excellency in the postscript of this, if I obtain my expectations, but having been often disappointed, and having delayed writing by Capt. Brown, in hopes of an answer, I write this to be ready to be Bent by Capt. Chadder[?] that your Excellency and the Province of New Hampshire may not think me negligent. As to the divisional line I find I must petition his Majesty in Council before anything will be done in it, Mr. Dummer refusing to joyn with me. And in order to set the matter in a clear light, I must have copies of the original Grant of the Council of Plymouth to Massachusetts, and of the old charter from the Crown to Massachusetts, and conveyances of the Province at Maine to Massachusetts, all which I am endearoring to get copies of here; but perhaps I may be under difficulty to prove them authentick, and therefore if I can have copies under the Province seal, attested by your Excellency or Col. Wentworth, they would have a better authority. It's true, these grants are generally recited in the present charter of Massachusetts, but that recitall omits many provisos and exceptions which may be of use to New Hampshire. May 3d. Sr. This day I attended the board of Trade, and their Lordships were pleased to admit of a reading of my memorial, and tho' they have not yet taken a resolution thereupon, I am glad to find they think the prayer of it very reasonable, and your Excelly will soon be informed of their resolution in such a manner, as I have good reason to believe, will be to the satisfaction of the Province; I mean by permitting the Revival of the duty of Impost, provided the trading ships of New Hampshire are not exempted from bearing their part of it, as well as the ships from Great Britain. [Indorsed] "A copy of agent Newman's intelligence 2 May, 1721." I remain. |