The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

486 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Thursday the 27th Day of March 1760.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow MorningTen of the Clock.Friday the 28th Day of March 1760.Read the Journals of Friday the 14th Instant’s Proceedings.Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter from James Wright Esqr.,Agent for solliciting the Affairs of the Inhabitants of this Province in GreatBritain, to the Committee appointed to correspond with him, dated London5th January 1760 49 Enclosing,An Account of his Disbursements from 10th of October 1758 to 7th October1759 amounting to £105:6:9 Sterling, which were severally read.Then the following Papers were severally read, vizt.A General Account of the Expence of the Battallion commanded byColonel George Gabriel Powell on the late Expedition against the CherokeeIndians amounting to £18,666:1:10 1 /2.An Account of Bernard Beekman for Pumps amounting to £52:12:6.An Account of James Verree for the use of the Fire Engines, amountingto £56:10.An Account of Richard Moncrief, for the same use amounting to £66:10.An Account of George Sheed for the same use amounting to £48:10.An Account of James Verree and Thomas Young for the same useamounting to £13:12:6.An Account of Thomas Lining amounting to £125 together with,A Petition of the said Thomas Lining, setting forth, That on the 3d Dayof September 1757, The Commissary General hired two Rooms of the Petitionerfor the Accommodation of Captain Roderic McKenzie of the HighlandBattallion which Rooms were occupied by the said Captn. McKenzie tillthe 21st May 1758; That the Petitioner hath been paid Rent for the said Roomsto the 30th November 1757, but from that Day to the said 21st Day of May hehad received no manner of satisfaction as might appear by the account attestedupon Oath. That the Petitioner could at that time have let the saidRooms to Persons who would long since have paid him the Rent for the same,which he greatly wanted being obliged to labour hard at his Trade for thesupport of himself and Family:And humbly praying the House will please to make Provision for paymentof the said Account.49This was Wright’s letter of resignation. See James Wright-Charles Garth Letterbook, 1758–1766,Clements Library (microfilm at SC Archives).