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Judge of the Election to Mulford, late collector for the County of Cumberland. Pay request for "Choosing Representatives in Congress for the Constitution of the United States of America." Payment received, signed by eleven members.

Certifies Salter's performance as a guide on Staten Island. "Daniel Slater was recommended to me as a good Friend to the American Cause" and proper to guide Maj. Gen. Lord Stirling [William Alexander] when he was on Staten Island in 1780. Mersereau took him touring with his brigade and "behaved with Propriety."

Regarding Native Americans in the South East, particularly the Creek Nation, and Spanish ambitions in the area. Discusses land rights and issues related to westward expansion. References the Proclamation of 1763 and the Treaty of Paris [1783].

Revolutionary War land grant in New York, in the townships of Cincinnatus, Sempronius, and Scipio containing a total of eighteen hundred acres.

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Regarding soldiers' pensions. Howard had been informed by Williams that "invalid officers" who have received half pay from Maryland would apply to Williams for payment, and Williams has refused to pay them. "I therefore request the favor... to state your objections."

Unable to comment much on “our giving away Lands out of the shares of the Proprietors at large,” but assures Turner they are working to add value to the land. Will work on matters relating to General [James Mitchell] Varnum’s (1748-1789) estate using his Power of Attorney. Mentions the Order of Cincinnati and his efforts to prove Rhode Island appointed him Pay Master for Colonel [Christopher] Greene’s (1737-1781) Regiment. Awaiting news from a recent “expedition carried into the Indian Country our Army marched Thirty five days from Myamma Twenty five Hundred Stronge for their Towns upon the Head Waters of that River.” Notes Native Americans’ numbers and lack of provisions. “…I am anxious for the event as it will exceedingly effect our Settlements in the Western Teritory.” Mentions production and profitability of corn. Delivered by Captain [Jonathan] Haskell (d. 1814). See also the Peter Turner Papers.

Regarding soldiers' pensions. Responds to the October 21st letter, reaffirming what he told Howard before and that he has yet to receive any applications. "And as to 'objections' I have none to state." Forwards message from the Secretary of War [Henry Knox] addressing those who are not entitled to a pension consistent with the laws of Congress.

Mifflin's reply to the council on the subject of the Federal Constitution; "The expectation... that Union of political Sentiments, and the Advancement of the Happiness of the Citizens of Pennsylvania, will be the result of the Constitution... is a striking Proof of the Merits of that Constitution."

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