The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

FEBRUARY 8, 175889graph on an Order in favour of William Dalton were Severally Agreed to bythe House.And then the House adjourn’d till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 8th of February 1758.The Journal of Yesterdays Proceedings was read.Mr. Trapier reported from the Committee appointed to Audit the Accountsof the Creditors of the Public, that the Committee had ExaminedSeveral of the Accounts which were referred to their Consideration and haddirected him to report the same as they appeared to them to the House. Andhe read the Report in his Place and afterwards deliver’d it in at the Clerk’sTable where the Same was read & is as follows, Viz.Report No. 2. Containing from No. 101 to No. 257.No. 101. A Certificate of John Pearson to Henry Hartley £26 forMain[tenance] of 4 Accadians to be allowed.No. 102. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré to Josiah Horton amounting[to] £75 & Indorsed to William Henderson for Building 4 Large StoneChimneys at Fort Loudoun which as we Imagine must be done by one of thePeople belonging to the Garrison are of Opinion that it is an ExtravagantCharge & Recommend that £25 & no more may be allowed.No. 103. An Account of Christopher Holson, Warden of the workHouse, amounting [to] £3:6:3 for Confinement of a Free Negroe who was Executed,to be allowed.No. 104. An Account of William Eddings Amounting [to] £25, for makinga Flag Staff & Fr’tt 8 of Great Guns to the Look out at South Edistoe whichwe Recommend to be allowed.No. 105. An Account of William Heatley Amounting [to] £171:10, forMaintenance of Accadians, which as the Number of said Acadians is notSpecified are of Opinion ought not to be allowed till better Vouch’d.No. 106. A Certificate of Captn. John Stuart Amounting [to] £6:15 forEntertaining of Nine Indians by John Frentz for Two days, being detain’dby Rainy Weather, to be allowed.No. 107. An Account of Daniel Droze Amounting [to] £47:17:1 for Entertaining& Ferriage of Indians, Vizd., Creeks & Chickasaws, to be allowed.No. 108. A Certificate from Part of the Inhabitants of John’s Island infavor of William Matthewes for a Calf of his Kill’d for the use of the MillitiaCompany on an Alarm, amounting to £6, to be allowed.8Later entries indicate that this should be read as a clerk’s contraction for “freight.”