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George C. T. Hillman, son of David and Ann W. Hillman, married Sallie A. Mitchell, in 12th month, 1874. They reside in Lower Penn's Neck; they have no issue. George C., son of John C. Turner, married Elizabeth Mitchell ; they have issne. Sarah Jane, daughter of John C. and Jane Clark Turner, mar- ried Nathan Steward ; they have six children-Mary E., daugh- ter of John Turner, married John Locke; they have five chil- dren, none married. Isaac H., son of John Turner, married Mary V. Linch ; they have issue. Clark C., son of John Turner, married Martha Peterson ; they have two children. Isabella, daughter of John C. Turner, married Joseph Stretch. Maria, daughter of John C. and Jane Clark, married Alexander Burt.
ELNATHAN DAVIS FAMILY.
The ancestors of Elnathan Davis, the great surveyor of West Jersey. He was the grandson of Jonathan, the eminent divine, who was born on Long Island, whose father, together with two or three other brothers, had emigrated from Wales and settled in the New England States as early as 1664. However, some of them soon afterward located on Long Island, whence Jona- than and his brother Elnathan Davis came to New Jersey in 1700, and settled at Trenton. Elnathan's occupation was that of a land surveyor. He was soon appointed surveyor-general of the State of New Jersey. Jonathan Davis, his brother, was a conspicuous Seventh-day Baptist minister. His wife was Elizabeth Bowen. Her relatives residing in Cohansey precinct, he made frequent visits in that section of country. It has been stated he preached occasionally in the Cohansey Church, sometimes among the Seventh-day Baptists that lived near the Cohansey Corners, in one of their private houses. Soon after the Church at Shiloh was organized, Jonathan Davis, Jr., was chosen their first pastor, and Elnathan Davis, the eminent sur- veyor of the lower counties of West Jersey, was the son of Jonathan Davis, 2d, the first pastor of Shiloh Church. I have no doubt his life was worthily spent in the new county of Cum- berland. He was born some years before that event of dividing Salem county. Hence he was a Salem county born. IIis phys- ical strength and great endurance excelled most men, with his great mathematical genius, which he inherited from his ances- tors. He in early life was noted, not only in his own county, but in all West Jersey and the neighboring provinces, as being the most competent and accurate land surveyor at that period of time. Hence his life was a busy one. An anecdote is extant of him as a surveyor. He was often employed in the province of Maryland. After a time his trips to that place became so frequent as to be noticed by his friends, who inquired of the business that occupied him so often. To each inquiry he would, with a smile, give the following reply : " Interest on a bond to he attended to," It is said that none of his friends suspected
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that the loadstone that drew the man of the compass over there until he came bringing home to Cohansey his bride, Susannah Bond. Elnathan and his wife had seven sons and three daugh- ters-Susannah, Margaret, Jonathan, Jacob, Ebenezer, Jededialı, Jeremiah, Samuel B., and Elnathan Davis. Most of his sons were also practical surveyors. They, too, have passed away. A few of their children are living, and a large number of grand- children and some great-grand-children. Of those seven sons and daughters from the date of their respective births, between the years of 1760 and 1776, the revolution came and passed in their carly youth.
In the late rebellion of a number of their grandsons a noble record is written. Harrison Davis, who marched with Sherman down from Atlanta to the sea, and John B. Ayres lies in a patriot's grave. Argard E. Swinney laid his young life as a sacrifice on the altar of his country. Jonathan Davis Morgan, of Illinois, volunteered during the war. Thomas B. Davis volunteered in Co. F, 3d New Jersey ; at the expiration of two years he enlisted in the service of the 2d U. S. Artillery ; was through two of the Penninsular and Bull-Run disasters; he was also in the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, six engagements in all. After which he was honorably discharged. He, at the present time, resides in Florida.
I was requested by one of my correspondents, a lady of con- siderable literary attainments, who is desirous of ascertaining the name of the Indian name of the Delaware River. The late Steven Baldwin, the eminent shipper of the city of Philadelphia, over forty years ago found an old manuscript in which he ascer- tained the Indian name of said river to be Shenangah. 67
DAVIS FAMILY.
There are two distinct families of Davises in the county of Cumberland, the descendants of Jonathan and Elnathan Davis, who were born on Long Island. Their parents were natives of Wales. There were also John Davis, native of the same; he first resided on Long Island. He, some years afterwards, to- gether with his sons, came to West Jersey, and purchased a large tract of land in Pilesgrove township within the Salem tenth. I have written the history of this large and interesting family in another part of this work. Daniel Davis, which I have no doubt belonged to the same family of John and Jona- than Davis, emigrated to America with his wife, Mary Johnson. She was a native of Ireland. They landed and settled in the State of Connecticut about 1660. Benjamin Davis, their son, was born in Connecticut, in the year 1670 ; he was probably the only one of Daniel Davis' children who ever emigrated to West Jersey. Benjamin soon after he became of age, enlisted in the British service in the war against the French and Indians, com- monly called King William's war, which began in the year 1690, and ended in 1697. It is related that Benjamin deserted from the army, and traveled through the wilderness to the State of New Jersey, and finally located within Fenwick's Tenth, now Cumberland county. By the account he left behind him, he must have endured great suffering by hunger and cold; for nineteen days during his travels in the wilderness, part of the time he subsisted on the head of a horse which he found by the road- side in his travels. Within a short period of time after he ar- rived within the Salem Tenth, he married Margaret Riley, she being a native of Ireland. They settled between Morris river and Cohansey, on the Delaware Bay. It is called at the pres- ent time, Ben Davis' Point; at which place he and his wife re- sided for twenty-eight years; during that time, they had five sons and two daughters born; their names were Margaret, Ben- jamin, Uriah, James, Daniel, Esther and Arthur Davis. About 1725 Benjamin Davis purchased one thousand acres of land in North Cohansey precinct of Daniel Cox, the great land specu- Jator, a resident of Burlington, for which he paid ten shillings
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per acre. The price which he paid Cox was considered by the inhabitants of the precinct very dear, hence they called it Dear- field; why the name has been changed to Deerfield, I can't im- agine. In after time, that and other lands adjacent, was set off as a township called Deerfield. It is as a fertile tract of high table land as can be found in West Jersey. It was truly a wil- derness country when Benjamin Davis and family moved from Ben Davis' Point to Deerfield, in 1726. At that time their nearest neighbor was two miles distant, next nearest, four miles. Margaret, eldest daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Davis, was born in 1700; she married William Clark; they had one son and three daughters; their names were James, Sarah, Margaret and Percilla Clark. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Margaret Davis, was born in the year 1702 ; he married and had four sons and two daughters; their names were Benjamin, John, Rufus, James, Margaret and Esther Davis. Uriah, son of Benjamin and Margaret Davis, died when a young man. James, son of Benjamin and Margaret Davis, married Mary Lummis; they had five sons and five daughters; their names were Abisha, Sarah, Othaneal, Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan, Johanna, Esther, James (grandfather of the late Edmund Davis, of Bridgeton), and David Davis. Daniel Davis, son of Benjamin and Marga- ret Davis, married Mary Bradway; they had two daughters- Mary and Patience Davis; by his second wife he had four sons; their names were Amon, Uriah, Joseph and Arthur Davis. Esther, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Johnson Davis, married Benjamin Perry; they had two children, son and daugh- ter. Arthur, son of Benjamin and Margaret Davis, was born 13th of 6th month, 1713; married Martha Moore, in 1736; they had four children-Phebe, Jeremialı, Elijah and Daniel Davis.
Phebe, daughter of Arthur and Martha M. Davis, was born 18th of 8th month, 1737. Jeremiah, son of the same parents, was born 2d of 9th month, 1739. Elijah, son of Arthur and Martha M. Davis, was born 2d of 9th month, 1740, and Daniel, son of Arthur and Martha M. Davis, was born on the 2d of Ist month, 1743. Martha Moore, first wife of Arthur Davis, de- parted this life in the 1st month, 1743, aged 37 years. Esther Preston was born 20th of the 6th month, 1723, and married Arthur Davis, in 1743, being his second wife; they had nine children ; their names were Levi, Martha, Ruth, Arthur, Esther, Charles, Naomi, Benjamin, and Abijah Davis. Phebe, daugh- ter of Arthur and Martha M. Davis, married Benjamin Thomp- son, and had nine children-Amon, Jeremiah, Phebe, Patience,
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Benjamin, Esther, Samuel, Elijah and Persilla Thompson. Phebe Davis Thompson died in the Sth month, 1771, in the thirty-fourth year of her age. Elijah, son of Arthur Davis, mar- ried Patience Thompson ; they had no issue ; he died 23d of Stli month, 1810, in the seventieth year of his age.
Daniel, son of Arthur Davis, married Hannah Foster, in the 12th month, 1768; they had nine children ; their names were Ruhana, Jemina, Elijah, Hannalı, Isaac, Aaron, Phebe and Daniel Davis. Hannah his wife, died in the 4th month, 1798, and in the same year Daniel Davis married Susanna Leake; they had no issue ; she died in the 3d month, 1803, and he died on the 6th of 12th month, 1805. Martha, daughter of Arthur and Esther P. Davis, married Jonathan Ogden, in the 12th month, 1769; they had six children-Hannah, Ruth, Esther, David, Naomi and Rebecca Ogden. Martha, wife of Jonathan Ogden, departed this life on the 25th of 7th month, 1813, in the sixty-sixth year of her age.
Ruth, daughter of Arthur and Esther Preston Davis, married William Garrison; they had four children ; their names were Ruth, William, John and Abigail D. Garrison. Ruth, mother of those children, died 15th of 12th month, 1797, aged 47 years. Her husband, William Garrison, departed this life 3d of 5th month, 1813. Arthur, son of Arthur and Esther P. Davis, married Mary Tullis, in the 11th month, 1774; they had eleven children-Levi, John, Ruth, Abigail, William, Arthur, James, Joel, Benjamin, Mary and Esther Davis. Naomi, daughter of Arthur and Esther P. Davis, married Reuben Shull 15th of 1st month, 1783; they had two children-Ann and Jacob Shli. Reuben Shull died in the 4th month, 1790, and his wife died in the 11th month, 1792, aged abont 3+ years. Abijah, son of Arthur and Esther P. Davis, married Mary Meeke, in the 10th month, 1784 ; they had three children-Jolin, Virgil and Abijah Davis. Mary, the wife of Abijah, Sr., died in 10th month, 1812. His second wife was Ruth Ogden, a widow ; they had no issue. Abijah died in Sth month, 1817, in the 54th year of his age. He was a Presbyterian minister. Benjamin Davis, son of Arthur Davis, married Thomasin Lummis, 23d of Ist month, 1785; they had three children-Jeremiah, Esther P., and Jane Davis. Thomasin, his wife, died 17th of 7th month, 1797. Benjamin's second wife was Ruth Reeve; they were married 13th of 6th month, 1798. They had three children- Richard, Alfred and James Davis. Ruth, Benjamin's second wife, died 2d of 9th month, 1803. Benjamin's third wife was Amy Dare ; they were married 18th of Sth month, 1804; they
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had one son-Benjamin Davis. Amy died 10th of 6th month, 1823. Benjamin's fourth wife was Deborah Fithian; they were married 24th of 10th month, 1827; they had no issue. Benjamin Davis departed this life 25th of 2d month, 1837, in the 75th year of his age. Deborah, his fourth wife, died 21st of 2d month, 1873, in the 93d year of her age. The following gives the time when Benjamin Davis' wives were born : Thon- asin Lummis, his first wife, was born 4th of 5th month, 1758. Ruth Reeve, his second wife, was born 3d of 10th month, 1772. Amy Davis, his third wife, was born 22d of 10th month, 1771. Deborah Fithian, his fourth wife was born 12th of 9th month, 1780.
Marriages of the children of Benjamin Davis : Jane, daugh- ter of Benjamin Davis, married George Bush, 17th of 10th month, 1818 ; they had five children-Franklin, Mary Jane, Anna Maria, Martha and Sarah Jane Bush. Esther Preston Davis married Ephraim Carll 6th of 5th month, 1820, and had three children-Hiram D., Richard D., and Robert Bruce Carll. Alfred Davis married Sarah Steelman, of Tuckahoe, 7th of 1st month, 1830, and had seven children-Emiline, Ben- jamin, Ruth Reeve, Sarah, Ellen, Maria, Eleanor and Mary Davis.
Births of the children of Ephraim Carll and Esther Preston Davis : Hiram Davis Carll, their eldest son, was born 23d of 10th month, 1821; Richard D. Carll, was born 2d of 9th month, 1824; and Robert Bruce Carll, was born 16th of 6th month, 1829.
Births of the children of George Bush and Jane Davis: Franklin Bush, son of George Bush and Jane Davis, was born 8th of 11th month, 1819; Mary Jane Bush was born 22d of 8th month, 1821; Annie Maria Bush was born 23d of 10th month, 1825; Martha Carrall Bush was born 4th of Ist month, 1831; Sarah Jane Bush was born 30th of 5th month, 1833; Mary Jane Bush, daughter of George and Jane Davis Bush, died 2d of 2d month, 1832, in the 11th year of her age; Martha Car- rall Bush died 2d of 10th month, 1852, in her 21st year.
Births of children of Alfred Davis: Emiline, daughter of Alfred and Sarah Steelman Davis, was born 14th of 4th month, 1831; Benjamin Davis, son of Alfred Davis, was born 27th of 7th month, 1833; Ruth Reeves Davis was born 29th of 11th month, 1835 ; Sarah Ellen Davis was born 2d of 2d month, 1838 ; Maria Riley Davis was born 25th of 3d month, 1841; Eleanor Steelman Davis was born 6th of 10th month, 1843; Mary Anna Davis was born 28th of 12th month, 1849.
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Sarah Ellen Davis died 6th of 5th month, 1838 ; Ruth R. Davis died 32d of 2d month, 1856; Benjamin Davis, Jr., died 3d of 6th month, 1835, in the 28th year of his age, and was never married ; Jane Davis, wife of George Bush, died 23d of 11th month, 1852, in the 62d year of her age; Esther Preston Davis, wife of Ephraim Carll, died 10th of 12th month, 1860, in the 72d year of her age.
Alfred Davis, in the year 1843, gave the boundaries of Ben. jamin Davis, his great ancestor's tract of land of 1,000 acres that he purchased of Daniel Cox, of Burlington, in 1725. This said tract of land commenced at the intersection of the streams on which the grist and saw mills now stand, known as Seeley's Mills. The grist mill was then owned by William Null, and the saw mill by Samnel W. Seeley. It followed the saw mill stream now known as the parsonage stream to the head thereof, and the grist mill stream up to where the stream leading from Deerfield church empties into it, thence up the above streams until they come to the foot of a small branch above the house where I, Alfred Davis now lives, and from thence on a straight line east until he got his number of acres, on which some of his descendants remain to this day, and have inherited it in a direct line from their ancestors.
LANING FAMILY.
The family of Lanings are of Welsh origin. David Laning, their ancestor, emigrated from Wales in 1705, and settled in Burlington county, New Jersey. He married a young woman of the same place about the year 1732 or 1733. They had two or more sons-Samuel and John Laning. A tradition in the family is,-" That David Laning, their father, was killed by a tree falling upon him." Samuel, the oldest, was born about 1735. He subsequently married and had children. His son, James Laning, was born 15th of 6th month, 1770 ; he married Hannah Trench, born 20th of 2d month, 1774. James and his wife had thirteen children, ten of them lived to mature age, married, and had children. William, the eldest son of James and Hannah T. Laning, born 27th of 2d month, 1797; he married Ann Pe- terson, of Philadelphia ; she was born 4th of 10th month, 1794. They had three sons and three daughters; their names were- Charles, John, William, Jane, Locera, and Ann Laning. Charles, the eldest son of William and Ann P. Laning, was born 24th of 4th month, 1824. He married Hope Allen, of Gloucester county; she was born 28th of 3d month, 1828; they have had eleven children, nine of them are living at this time. Emma, the eldest, was born 10th of 12th month, 1850; S. Allen Laning, born 10th of Sth month, 1852; Janey Laning, born 28th of 9th month, 1854; C. Howard Laning, born 4th of 8th month, 1856 ; Mattie Laning, born 17th of 9th month, 1858 ; May, born 3d of 6th month, 1860 ; William and Fran- cis Laning, born 23d of 9th month, 1862 ; Elmira Laning, born 5th of 3d month, 1866; Lizzie Laning, born 20th of 12th month, 1870. Charles, the father of these children, is a house carpenter, and resides in the city of Bridgeton.
Isaac, son of James and Hannah Laning, married Ann Miller ; they had four children-John M. Henry, Isaac and Henry Laning. John M. and Isaac are clock and watch makers, both in Bridgeton ; Henry Laning is a dentist.
John, the son of David Laning, the emigrant, was born in the county of Burlington 19th of 1st month, 1738. He married
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Rhoda Izard about 1774; soon after their marriage they re moved to Cumberland county, and resided in the town of Greenwich. He followed the trade of chair-making at that place. In 1781 he purchased a large and productive farm of Mark Reeve, the grandson of Mark Reeve, the emigrant, in Fairfield township. The said property belongs at this time to his grandson, Richard Laning. Samuel, the son of John and Rhoda Laning, born at Greenwich 22d of 2d month, 1776; he died in 1779, aged three years. Richard, son of John and Rhoda Laning, born 2d of Sth month, 1777. The best infor- mation the family have of Richard, after he became of age : He went to sea, and was lost on the coast of Africa. His father received a letter from him, dated 12th month, 1798,- " That the ship was then at Charleston, South Carolina, but in a few days Captain Connelly intended to sail for the coast of Africa."
John, the third son of John and Rhoda Laning, was born 16th of 10th month, 1780; Rhoda, the first wife of John Lan- ing, departed this life 26th of 10th month, 1780, her son John being four days old. The second wife of John Laning, Sr., was Ann Ewing, born 12th of Sth month, 1748. Anna, daugh- ter of John and Ann Ewing Laning, was born 6th of Stli month, 1786. Rhoda, the daughter of John and Ann E. Laning, was born 18th of 11th month, 1787. George, son of John and Ann Laning, was born 29th of 3d month, 1789. Ann, the second wife of John Laning, departed this life 27th of 6th month, 1824, aged about 76 years. Her husband, John Laning, died 14th of 1st month, 1826, in the 89th year of his age, maintain- ing throughout his long life an excellent character among his neighbors and associates ; a steady attender of Friends' meeting of which he was a consistent member. John, the son of John and Rhoda Laning, married Judith, the daughter of David Westcott, of Fairfield. They had six children-Mary Ann, Richard, David, Westcott, Julian, Rhoda and Phebe Laning. John, the father of these children, possessed physical and men- tal abilities above ordinary men.
John inherited the valuable farm in Fairfield township that belonged to his father. He transacted a large amount of public business, was a member of the State Legislature, also Sheriff for the county of Cumberland; he departed this life 11th of 12th month, 1850, in the seventy-first year of his age. Anna, daughter of John Laning, Sr., and Ann his wife, married Jacob Wheaton; they had seven . children ; their names were Ruth, Rhoda, Reuben, Anna, Caroline, Isaac and Mary Wheaton,
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Anna Wheaton, the mother of these children, died March 1st, 1829, in her forty-fourth year. Rhoda, daughter of John and Ann Laning, married Ephraim Mulford ; she was his second wife; they had issue, four children-Ruth, Alford, Ellen and John Mulford; the latter deceased. George, son of John and Ann Laning, married Rebecca Webb; they shortly after re- moved to Steubenville, Ohio ; they had several children ; George and his wife Rebeeca Laning are deceased. Richard, the eldest son of John Laning, Jr., and Judith his wife, married Violet, daughter of John and Elizabeth Whitacar. John, her father, was a lineal descendant of Richard Whitacar, who landed at Salem in 1675, in company with John Fenwick. Richard and Violet Laning have had eight children, six of whom are living- John W., Samuel, Elizabeth, Julian, Richard, Rhoda, Ebenezer W., and William Westcott. Samuel, son of Richard Laning, married Ann Eliza, daughter of Joab and Mary Sheppard ; they had two children-Saria B., and Jerusha Laning. John Whitacar Laning, the eldest son of Richard and Violet Laning, married Emily, daughter of Jehiel and Phebe Westcott ; they have four children-Elizabeth W., Milton W., Enos W., and Franklin N. Laning.
David, second son of John Laning, Jr., married Catharine Ewing, daughter of Thomas Ewing; she was born 18th of 1st month, 1816. David and his wife Catharine Ewing Laning, have one son-Charles Ewing Laning. David resides in the city of Bridgeton; has an iron foundry ; his eldest brother, Richard Laning, is a farmer, and is one of the most successful agriculturalists in the county of Cumberland. Ruth, the daugh- ter of Ephraim and Rhoda Laning Mulford, married Dr. Ben- jamin Rush Bateman, of Cedarville ; they have no issue. Alfred, son of Ephraim and Rhoda L. Mulford, married a young wo- man by the name of Flanigan ; they reside in Hopewell town- ship; have three children. Ellen, daughter of Ephraim and Rhoda Laning Mulford, married Mahlon Dickinson, of Piles- grove, Salem county ; they have issue.
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The name of More, it is said, originated as a surname in a Scottish Highland clan, eight centuries ago, signifying in the Scotch dialect, Great in prowess and reprisal. Down through the times of the Covenanters, and the scenes in which Popery received such telling blows, we follow the name ever in the van of Protestantism. In the troublesome times of James II., Jacob More, it appears, was a native of the north of Ireland, and emi- grated to America in the first decade of the eighteenth century. He first settled on Long Island, and from there he came to the North Cohansey precinct, now Cumberland county. He soon afterward married Abigail Peck. Jacob More purchased a considerable tract of land, being part of the Wasse survey. I think at that time it belonged to Daniel Cox, of Burlington. Said land that Jacob purchased lay on the north side or head of the stream that has long been known as Beebe Run; said run empties in the lower branch of Unknown or Stoe creek. About twenty years afterwards Cumberland county was set off from Salem, and the township where Jacob More's land was located in Hopewell township, Cumberland county. In the year 1738 Jacob built himself a large log dwelling. Jacob and his wife, Abigail P. More, had six children ; their names were . John, Azariah, Joseph, Martha, Bathsheba and Mary. The last named died young.
Bathsheba, daughter of Jacob and Abigail P. More, married Preston Hanna. They had one son, the late Dr. Charles Hanna, of Salem. Martha, the daughter of Jacob and Abigail More, lived to advanced age, and died unmarried. Joseph More, son of Jacob and Abigail More, died in 1800, having been a ruling elder in Deerfield Church a number of years. Azariah, son of Jacob and Abigail More, was a weaver by trade; by his strict attention to business he soon accumulated a sufficiency to secure him a good home. When the revolutionary war commenced Azarialı More was an ardent Whig, and highly approved of the measures of the Continental Congress. He early enlisted
JACOB MORE'S LOG RESIDENCE. Built 1740.
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, in the army. The following letter he sent home to his friends, dated Haddonfield, at 11 o'clock at night.
" 25th of November, 1777.
" DEAR BROTHER-We have had an engagement with a party " of the enemy this evening, near little Timber Creek, in which "we have lost Lieutenant Mulford, as brave a man as ever lived. " He was mortally wounded first, as the action began, which "was about 4 o'clock, was brought to this place, and died about " 7 o'clock at our quarters. We have no other loss in our " Company, except Thomas Harris, who had his arm broken. " What our loss is in general is uncertain. It was night when " we left the ground, but I am certain it was small compared " with what the enemy has lost. We must have killed many of " them in the time of action, for we took the ground on which " they first engaged. We have ten or twelve prisoners with " three artillery horses branded G. R .; our light-horse took " nine grenadines yesterday, with no loss on our side. We have "Col. Morgan's Riflemen with us, I believe as fine a body of "men as any on earth. We have been expecting re-enforce- " ments several days, sufficient for a general action, but they have " not arrived, and it's now reported, and I am ready to believe, " that the enemy are crossing the river at Gloucester Ferry, and " that it is expected we shall have none of them in Jersey by " to-morrow morning. If it should prove true, I shall conclude " they have taken a fright at our torpedoes. If you received " my letter of the 22d instant, you will soon have the opportu- "nity to send me the money I wrote for, which I shall be glad " to have, with a line or two to let me know how you all are, " and what is come of our deserters, and why they are not sent "to us. I think they are proper persons to make examples of. " Remember me to all friends.
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