234 Assembly Proceedings, July 18-August 5, 1721.

L. H. J.

James Bowles Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers M^r
Speaker John Talbot's account thus Endorst viz :

By the Upper House of Assembly July the 31^st 1721.

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Gentlemen. Whereas the within John Talbot Merchant
was Desired by the Governor & Council to Attend at An-
napolis in Order to be sent on a Journey to Conustogoe with
a Message from the Govern^r to the Indians, for the Countreys
Service; which was prevented upon hearing from the said
Indians Yet Nevertheless by Occasion thereof the within
Expences have Accrued. We therefore referr the said John
Talbot to your House for An Allowance for the same as also
for his Own trouble & Loss of Time and for his Men and
Horses.
Signed p Order. John Beale Clk Up. Ho

Which was Read and ordered the Committee of Accounts
Allow him four pounds thirteen Shillings in full.
The House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning Eight a
Clock.

Tuesday Morning August the 1^st 1721
The House meets According to Adjournment
Yesterdays Proceedings are Read.
On the Representation of the Committee of Accounts,
Resolved that his Hon^r the Govern^r be Allowed forty five
pounds Current Money for his Rent the year past
A Bill for the Relief of John Connoway a Languishing
Prisoner was Read the first & Second Times by Especial
Order and past.
Which was so Endorst and sent to the Upper House by M^r
Hill and M^r Warfield.
They Return and Say they Delivered it.
Coll Addison from the Upper House Delivers M^r Speaker
Francis Bowes account amounting to Nineteen pounds ten
Shillings for Entertaining Sundry Indians by order of the
Govern^r and Council thus Endorst Viz :

By the Upper House of Assembly August the I^st 1721.

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Gentlemen.

The within Indians (among which was Towena a Great
man of the Sinequas and the King of the Tusqueroras) for
which the within Account was Charged were sent to the within
ffrancis Bowes by Order of the Governour and Councill;