called into duty for the protection of the inhabitants of the County of Fincastle.

Resolved, That Mr. Thomas Madison be appointed Paymaster and Commissary to the said Militia.

Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Randolph be added to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in an Ordinance pursuant to the Resolutions for raising the sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds.

Mr. Richard Lee, from the Committee of Publick Claims, reported, that the Committee had, according to order, had under their further consideration the Petition of George Wray, John Jones, Alexander and George Graham, and Henry Sinclair, respecting the allowance to be made them for their several vessels which were taken to stop the channel of Hampton River; and that they had come to the following Resolution thereupon; which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s table, where the same was again twice read, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the following allowances be made, to wit: To the said John Jones, the sum of £ 160; to the said Henry Sinclair, the sum of £40; and to the said Alexander and George Graham, inhabitants of Great Britain, the sum of £125, for the said vessels.

On a motion made, Ordered, That the last-mentioned sum of £125 be not paid to the said Alexander and George Graham till the further order of the Convention.

Mr. Richard Lee, from the Committee of Publick Claims, reported, that the Committee had, according to order, had under their consideration several Petitions to them referred, and had come to the following Resolutions thereupon; which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s table, where the same were again twice read, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Petition of Augustine Packer to be paid for his services as a butcher in the late expedition against the Indians, exclusive of his pay as a soldier, which has been allowed him by the Commissioners, is reasonable, and that he ought to be allowed the sum of £3 for the same.

That on consideration of the Petition of William Johnson, praying to be allowed the value of his Negro slave Gloster, it appears that the said slave, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer held for the County of Caroline, the 3d of July, 1775, was by judgment of the said Court convicted of burglary, sentenced to be hanged, and valued at £75; but before the day appointed for his execution he broke Jail, made his escape, and has not been since heard of.

Resolved, That the said Petition is reasonable, and that the Petitioner ought to be allowed the sum of £75 for the said Slave.

Resolved, That the Petition of William Finnie, to be allowed for his extraordinary services in collecting the publick Arms, which were taken and delivered out of the Magazine, is reasonable, and that the Petitioner be allowed the sum of £10 for the same, exclusive of the sum of £25, already paid him by the Committee of Safety, as keeper of the publick Magazine.

On a motion made, Ordered, That the sum of £10 be paid to each of the three captives lately returned from the Shawanese Nation, and also to the person who conducted them down; and that Mr. Henry, Mr. Wood, Mr. Hite, Mr. Harvie, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Simms, be a Committee to prepare an Address to be sent by the said captives to the Shawanese Nation.

The Order of the Day, for the Convention to resolve itself into a Committee on the state of the Colony, being read,

Ordered, That the same be put off till to-morrow.

Adjourned till to-morrow, ten o’clock.

Saturday, June 15, 1776.

Mr. Cary, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the Committee had, according to order, examined several Certificates of the election of Delegates to serve in this present Convention, and compared the same with the form prescribed by the Ordinance, and come to the following Resolutions thereupon; which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s table, where the same were again twice read, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Certificates of the election of Delegates to serve in this present Convention for the Counties of Amelia, King and Queen, Norfolk, and the Borough of Norfolk, are made in the form prescribed by the Ordinance.

Resolved, That the Certificates of the election of Delegates to serve in this present Convention for the Counties of Frederick, Princess Anne, and West-Augusta, are not made in the form prescribed by the Ordinance.

A Memorial of Wilson Miles Cary was presented to the Convention, and read; setting forth, that he received a letter from Lord Dunmore, then Governour of this Colony, dated Ship William, off Norfolk, the 14th of October last, requiring him, as Naval Officer of the Lower District of James River, to repair to Norfolk or Portsmouth, and promising him protection; that, on his stating an objection to the said requisition, on account of Captain Squire’s very ungenteel and rancorous behaviour, his Lordship sent another letter, dated ten days after the former, renewing the requisition, and promising protection either to the Memorialist or his Deputy, Colonel Selden, if it should be more agreeable to send him; that, though his own opinion was rather against complying with his Lordship’s commands, yet on the advice of such of his friends as the time limited gave him an opportunity of consulting, and among them some of the officers of the Army and Members of the County Committee, he did send his Deputy aforesaid, with the books of entry and clearance, and for that purpose hired a boat and two slaves of Mr. John Jones, who, suspicious of the event, insisted on an indemnification from him, which he readily agreed to, under faith in the assurances contained in the aforesaid letters; notwithstanding which, as soon as Colonel Selden had arrived at Norfolk, the said boat and hands were perfidiously seized and detained by his Lordship, and have never since been returned; and praying that out of such effects of the said Lord Dunmore as are within this Colony he may be allowed to receive an indemnity, in such manner as the Convention shall judge reasonable.

Ordered, That the said Memorial, together with the exhibits, be referred to the Committee of Propositions and Grievances; that they inquire into the allegations thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the Convention.

A Petition of John Crookshanks was presented to the Convention, and read; setting forth, that he boarded many men in Captains Campbell and Clark’s Companies, for which Mr. Sniggers would pay him only six-pence per day for each man, by means whereof he is greatly loser, having found them three meals a day; and praying such further allowance as shall be thought just and reasonable.

Also, a Petition of Lucretia Pritchett, Executrix, and William Churchill, Executor of Joseph Pritchett, deceased, setting forth, that in a late attack on a piratical tender in Rappahan-nock River, Minny, a Negro man slave belonging to the estate of the said Joseph Pritchett, voluntarily entered himself on board a vessel commanded by Mr. Hugh Walker, and being used to the water, and a good pilot, bravely and successfully exerted himself against the enemy, until he was unfortunately killed, whereby the estate of the said Joseph Pritchett was deprived of a valuable slave; and praying that the Convention will take the matter into consideration, and, as the said slave was lost by means of a meritorious act, in defence of the country, that she may be allowed the value thereof.

Also, a Petition of Thomas Barnes, setting forth, that he was an Assistant Commissary to Colonel William Inglis on the late expedition against the Indians, and that he received satisfaction for all his services on that account, but that he also assisted the said Inglis in settling the accounts and collecting the country’s horses from the different parts of Fincastle County, and was employed in this service from the 27th of December, 1774, to the 6th of February following, for which he has received no satisfaction; and praying to be allowed what shall be thought just and reasonable.

Ordered, That the said several Petitions be referred to the Committee of Publick Claims; that they inquire into the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the Convention.

A Petition of James Johnson was presented to the Convention, and read; setting forth, that he was appointed a Captain to recruit a Company of Minute-men in the County of Lunenburgh, and, being greatly desirous to expedite the same, he spared neither labour nor activity, but found it