To Isaac Norris; Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Accounts:
Report (III)
In Obedience to the Order of the House, we have examined the
Account of Benjamin Franklin, Esq; with the Vouchers to us produced
in Support thereof, and do find the same Account to be just, and
that he has expended, in the immediate Service of this Province,
the Sum of Seven Hundred and Fourteen Pounds, Ten Shillings and
Seven-pence, out of the Sum of Fifteen Hundred Pounds Sterling, to
him remitted and paid, exclusive of any Allowance or Charge for his
Support and Services for the Province. We have also examined the
Account of Robert Charles, Esq; against this Province, and find the
same is reasonable and just, except a Charge of Sixty Pounds for
his Share of Commissions on the Money received from the Crown by
Benjamin Franklin, Esq; which we submit to the Consideration of the
House.
The House taking the foregoing Report of the
Committee of Accounts into Consideration, and having spent some
Time therein,
That the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds Sterling
per Annum be allowed and given to Benjamin Franklin, Esq; late
Agent for the Province of Pennsylvania at the Court of
Great-Britain, during his Absence of Six Years from his Business
and Connections, in the Service of the Public; and that the Thanks
of this House be also given to the said Gentleman, by Mr. Speaker,
from the Chair, as well for the faithful Discharge of his Duty to
this Province in particular, as for the many and important Services
done America in general, during his Residence in Great-Britain.
That the Account of Robert Charles, Esq; late
Agent for this Province, be allowed, and discharged.