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Bullock, Elias
Gibson, Alexander
Reed, Widow
Avery, Richardson, Junr.
xGore, Asa
Allington, Thos.
xGore, George
Annis, Charles
xGore, Hannah 2d
*See "Pennsylvania Archives", Fourth Series, III: 876.
+The original agreement was written by Obadiah Gore, Jr. The names of the subscribers to it having been secured, they were arranged alphabetically by Mr Gore, and the names of all minors were indicated thus: "x". In March, 1907, this document came into the possession of Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads of Philadelphia.
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Gibson, Thomas
Roads, Isaac
Gallup, Thomas Gordon, Samuel
Roases, Dan'l Reynolds, Eli
Gregory, Jehiel Grimes, James
Reynolds, Eli, Junr. Richard, Henry
Richard, Casper
Bennet, Asa Bennet, Ishmael
Bennet, Ishmael, Junr.
Hollenback, John Harris, Elijah
xRogers, Jonah, Junr. xRogers, Joseph, Junr.
Brockway, Sarah
xHarris, Charles
Bark, Thomas, (? Buck)
xHopkins, Joseph Hopkins, Timothy
xRogers, Joel
Blanchard, Mary
Hawks, Thos.
Ross, Wm. Root, Jesse
Blanchard, John
Houk, Wm.
Blanchard, Peggy
Heberd, Ebenezer
Blanchard, Andrew
Hamilton, Gurden
Bidlack, James
Hartsoff, Zechariah
Bidlack, Benjn.
Hurlbutt, John
Bidlack, James, heirs
Hurlbutt, Christopher
xSlocum, Ebenezer
Bidlack, Shubael
Hurlbutt, Napthali
xSlocum, Benjn. Slocum, Wm. Slocum, Jonathan, heirs
Billings, Matthew
Hallet, Samuel
Brockway, Richd.
Hewlet, Samuel
Smith, Benjn.
Baldwin, Isaac
Holister, Samuel
Smith, Abel
Baldwin, Waterman
Halstead, Richard
Smith, Frederick
Baldwin, Thomas
Halstead, Richard, Junr.
Smith, Oliver
Baldwin, Isaac, Junr.
Harding, Henry
Smith, Oliver, Junr.
Budel, Frederick
Harding, Thos.
Smith, Lockwood
Bigelow, Oliver
Harvey, Benjn.
Sutton, James
Bickford, Jeremiah, heirs
Harvey, Elisha
Stevens, Uriah
Buck, William
Harvey, Lucy
Stevens, Uriah, Junr.
Buck, Elijah
Hammond, John
Stevens, John
xBuck, Asahel
Hammond, Joseph
Stevens, Phinehas
Brown, Moses
Hammond, Issac
Stoddard, Thomas
Brown, Thomas
Hammond, Lebbens
Sweet, Lois Harvey
xBrown, Ezekiel Bailey, Benjn.
Hammond, Josiah
Satterlee, John
Butler, Lord
Ingersoll, Daniel
Satterlee, Elisha Sullivan, Dan'l
Bates, Caleb
Sawyer, Thos. heirs
Brokaw, Abraham
Sheppard, Stephen
Coe, Samuel
Shippard, Sam'l.
Corey, Joseph
xInman, Elijah, heirs Johnson, Rev. Jacob
Spencer, Edward Spencer, Walter
Corey, Jenks, heirs
Johnson, Wm.
Spencer, Caleb
Cary, Elnathan
Johnson, Turner
Sprague, Joseph
Cary, Barnabas
Johnson, Sabin Johnson, Saml. Wm.
Sanford, Ephraim
xCary, John
xJohnson, Jacob, Junr.
Stanbury, Josiah
Cary, Nathan Cary, Elihu Cary, John
x Johnson, Wm.
Spalding, John Stafford, John
xCary, Baranabas, Junr.
Jameson, Abigail
Smith, James
xCary, Comfort
Jacobs, John
Smith, John Smith, Wm.
Cooper, Price
Jackson, Frederick
Terry, Parshal
Cook, Reuben
Joslan, Thos.
Tilbury, Abraham
Cooke, Nathaniel
Tyler, Ephraim Tyler, Joseph
Cooley, Preserved
Thomas, Joseph
Cole, Benjn. Cole, James Cole, John
Kelsey, Abner
Tubbs, Lebbens Tubbs, John
Comstock, John
Kingsley, Nathan Kingsley, Wareham
Tuttle, Benjn.
Clark, Benjn. Clark, Joseph Clark, Elias Carpenter, Benjn.
xKingsley, Chester Kinne, Joseph Kerney, Samuel
Treadway, Sam'l Travis, Absalom Tripp, Job
xTripp, John
Cuysar, Benjn. (or Cussar) Carr, John Crow, Roger
Kenedy, John xLane, Daniel Lane, Nathan
xTripp, Wm. Trucks, Wm.
Burnham Asel Barnum, Richd. Bennet, Solomon Bennet, Andrew Bennet, Sarah
Bennet, Thomas
xGrimes, Shawne xGreen, Willard Hollenback, Math.
Rogers, Jonah Rogers, Josiah
Benjamin, Isaac
xRogers, Joze x Rogers, Elih11
Beach, Zerah
Stark, Henry xStark, Wm. Junr. xStark, Nathan Stark, James
Bingham, Augustus
Hover, Samuel
Hammond, Oliver
Sheldoni, Stephen
Butler, Zebulon
xIngersoll, Francis Inman, Richard Inman, Elijah xInman, Edward
Stewart, George
Corey, Gabriel
Corey, Jonathan
xJohnson, Jehoida
Sanford, David
Cary, John
xJohnson, Nehemiah
Spalding, Simon
Jameson, Alexander
xCary, Benjn.
Jewel, Joshua
Cady, Manasseh
xJoslan, Thos., Junr. Jenkins, John Jenkins, Benjn. Judd, Wm.
Tubbs, Samuel
xKingsley, Roswell
Terril, Matthew
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Chapman, Abigail
xLane, Nathan, Junr.
Upson, Asa, heirs
xLane, David
x Upson, Dan'l.
Church, Gideon Church, Jonathan
Landon, Nathaniel
Utley, Oliver
xChurch, Joseph
Leonard, Joseph
Underwood, Isaac
xChurch, Almon
Lewis, Benjn.
Underwood, Timothy
Drake, Elisha Denison, Nathan
Louterman, John
Van Norman, Isaac
x Denison, Lazarus
Lewis, Mary
Van Norman, Ephraim
xDrake, Eliphalet
Leffingwell, Elisha
Van Gorden, Jeremiah
Decker, Henry
Leffingwell, Andrew
Woodward, Park
Decker, Andrew
McClure, Thomas
Woodworth, Jonathan
Draper, Amos
xMcClure, Thomas, Junr.
Williams, Nath'l.
Draper, Simeon
McClure, Wmn.
Williams, Asher
Draper, Simeon, heirs
xMcClure, John
Williams, Wm.
Dorrance, John
Minor, John
Walker, Ed., heirs
Dorrance, Widow Betty
Myers, Lawrence
Walter, Ashbel Waller, Nathan
Dyer, Eliphalet
McDowel, Robert
Westbrook, Abraham
Eveland, Frederick
McDowel, Dan'1.
Westbrook, Richard
xEveland, Frederick, Junr.
Marcy, Zebulon
Westbrook, James
Evans, Nathaniel
Marcy, Ebenezer
Westbrook, Leonard
xEvans, Luke
Murphy, John, heirs
Watrous, Walter
Elliott, Joseph
Northrop, Nathan
Winship, Jabez
Elliott, Henry
Nelson, William
West, Eleazer
Franklin, Roasel
Nash, Phinehas
West, Clement
Franklin, Sam'1.
Nash, Asel
West, Richard
Franklin, John
Nisbitt, James
Warner, William
Fairchild, Ebenezer
Nisbitt, Abraham
Whitney, James
Forsyth, Jonathan
Nobells, James
Young, John
Fish, Jabez
Nobells, John
Young, Robt.
Fitch, Elnathan
Nobells, Timothy B.
Yarrington, Abel"
[Total, 396.]
With this document in his possession Mr. Gore* proceeded to Kingston, Ulster County, New York, where the New York State Legislature was then sit- ing. (Kingston is some thirty miles up the Hudson from Newburgh, where, from April, 1782, until August, 1783, General Washington had his headquarters.) There Mr. Gore drew up the following petitiont :
"To the Honble. the Legislature of the State of New York. In Senate and Assembly met : "The petition of OBADIAH GORE, in behalf of himself and a number of Inhabitants of Wyoming on the Susqh. river, humbly Sheweth that your honours memorialist and those he represents have been at Great Expense and Trouble in settling an Extent of Territory on sd. Susquh. under the claim of Connecticut with the most honest Intentions, &c., but being a Frontier and upward of Two hundred of our ablest men Engaged in the Service of the United States, either for During the war or three years, whereby our settlements were left weak against the Unexpected attacks of the Savages and Others of more Savage Natures. Whereby we have suffered almost a Total loss of our property by the calamity of War, and the Hon'ble board of commissioners appointed to Settle the Controvercy between Connecticut and Pennsylvania have given their Opinions in favour of the latter, which renders us still more miserable, having to leave the premises in about one year.
"And Whereas there is an Extent of Territory lying on the waters of the said Susqh. river and within the limits of the State of New York the most Easy of access to us, which is not yet appropriated or located;
"These are therefore to pray your honours of your abundant goodness to take the matters aforesaid into consideration, and grant that the lands on the Susqh. river beginning near the mouth of Owego Creek, or where the Pennsylvania line crosses the said Susqh. river, and extending up said river (and including the waters of the same) to Onoquagat, be appropriated and surveyed, and a grant thereof of five hundred acres to each of your honours memorialists for an Encourage- ment to make an Immediate settlement so soon as the situation of the times will permit (with restrictions of the like nature to enforce complyance on the part of your honours memorialists) as an Immediate settlement of those lands will open a Door for a large Increase of Inhabitants into this flourishing State. It will add to its wealth and strength, and Inhance the value of the other Unappropriated lands, &c.
"Or, we pray that land may be granted us in such Quantitys and on such Terms as your honours in your wisdom shall think fit.
"And your memorialist as in Duty bound shall ever pray.
"Dated at Kingstown, March 10th, 1783." [Signed} "OBADH. GORE, in behalf of the inhabitants of Wyoming."
*At this time Obadiah Gore was Clerk of the County Court of Westmoreland, and shortly after his departure for Kingston John Jenkins, Sr., was appointed Clerk pro tem., "and sworn to serve only until the Return of Obadialı Gore, who is now absent."
+The original became the property of Samuel N. Rhoads of Philadelphia in March, 1907.
#Oghwaga. See pages 257 and 667.
Lester, Betty
Van Campen, Isaac
Durkee, Robert, heirs
McDaniel, James
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This petition and the agreement signed by the Wyoming inhabitants (as previously mentioned) were presented to the Senate of New York on March 12, 1783, and, having been read, were referred to a committee composed of Senators Scott, Schuyler and Duane. Friday morning, March 21, 1783, the Sen- ate met pursuant to adjournment, when Senator Scott, from "the Committee on the petition of Obadiah Gore and others, delivered a report, which was read etc., and then the Senate resolved":
"WHEREAS, It appears that the tract of country on which the inhabitants of Wyoming are settled has furnished a quota of fighting men, who have served in the United States Army; that they suffered a great loss of property during the war; that their settlement was made under the government of Connecticut Colony; that it now appears the land is not within the jurisdiction of Connecticut; that the inhabitants are directed to remove from the land within one year.
"And Whereas the said settlers have asked for the grant of a suitable tract of latid to which they may remove, and have pointed out the desirability of the waste and unappropriated lands north of the division line between New York and Pennsylvania.
"Resolved, That Obadiah Gore and his associates shall be permitted to locate on any of the waste and unappropriated lands within this State on the like terms and conditions as the immediate citizens of this State may be entitled to, whenever the Legislature shall determine to grant the lands; and that in the meantime O. Gore and his associates, or any of them, may explore the said lands in order to determine their future choice.
"Ordered, That Mr. Duane carry a copy of the preceding resolution to the House of Assembly, and request their concurrence."
The same day the Assembly resolved to "concur with the Honorable the Senate" in its action on the Gore petition.
At Philadelphia, February 20, 1783, the Pennsylvania House of Repre- sentatives, acting upon the petition which had been presented a month previously by Capt. John Paul Schott, in behalf of the inhabitants of Wyoming, passed the following preamble and resolutions *: *
* * "That the persons now settled at or near Wyoming, yielding due obedience to the laws, are undoubtedly entitled, in common with other citizens of the State, to the protection and the benefits of civil government. That the new and extraordinary circumstances in which they stand, renders it expedient for this House to take proper measures therein, without loss of time. And they having declared the appeal which they have made to this House their only resource, it becomes the dignity of this House to be very circumspect in its conduct towards them, and to act upon the best information.
"Therefore, Resolved, That Commissioners be appointed to make full inquiries into the cases respectively, and report to the House. .
"Resolved, That in order to make the inquiry effectual, the Commissioners have authority to send for persons, papers and records.
"Resolved, That they be instructed to confer with all or any of the claimants under Penn- sylvania of any land now in the possession of, or claimed under, the State of Connecticut, by persons now being actual settlers, as well as with the said settlers, or any of them; and to endeavor, as much as possible, by reasonable and friendly compromises between the parties claiming (and where this cannot be done, to consider of and report such plans of accommodation as may be most advisable), for accomplishing an equitable and final adjustment of all difficulties.
"Resolved, That as soon as may be, after the Commissioners shall report, an Act be passed providing fully for the cases of the inhabitants of the said country-more especially for the ex- tending to them of the advantages of civil government; for authorizing and directing the choice of Justices of the Peace; for appointing places for holding their annual elections; for giving time for entering their slaves, if any, according to the spirit of the Act of Assembly for the gradual abolition of slavery; for consigning to oblivion all tumults and breaches of the peace-by whatso- ever name they may be called-which have arisen out of the controversy between the Colony, or State, of Connecticut and the settlers, on the one part, and the Province, or State, of Penn- sylvania and the inhabitants thereof, or any of them, on the other part; and for such other purposes as circumstances shall appear to require.
"Resolved, That an Act be immediately passed for staying proceedings at law, during said inquiry, against the settlers, for dispossessing them by writ of ejectment or otherwise, until this House shall decide upon the report so to be made by the said Commissioners.
"And as the guard of Continental troops, which has been stationed at Wyoming, is about to be withdrawn, it is necessary, for the protection of the said settlement against the savages, to replace the guard immediately with the two companies of Rangers commanded by Captains Robinson and Shrawder."
*See "Pennsylvania Archives" Old Series, 1X: 754.
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Two days later, (to wit; February 25, 1783) the House elected by ballot William Montgomery,* Moses McCleant and Joseph Montgomery# to serve as Commissioners under the foregoing resolutions.
*WILLIAM MONTGOMERY was born in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1736 , the third child of Alexander and Mary (Nevin) Montgomery. Alexander Montgomery (born about 1700 and died in 1746) was a descendent of Alexander Montgomery (born in 1666) who was an officer under William of Orange, and who, for bravery displayed at the battle of the Boyne, was promoted a Major in the British army.
William Montgomery was between ten and eleven years of age when both his parents died. He grew to manhood on the family plantation in Londonderry, and soon came to be recognized as a man of character and ability. When the difficulties with the mother country became serious, Mr. Montgomery was at a large county meeting held at Chester December 20, 1774, appointed a member of a committee "to aid in organizing an acceptable Government" to super- sede the old provincial establishment.
January 23, 1775, he was one of the ten delegates from Chester County io the convention which assembled at Philadelphia, which substantially took charge of the affairs of the Province, and which in the Spring of 1776 appointed members of Congress from Pennsylvania who had nerve enough to vote for the Declaration of Independence. In June, 1776, Mr. Montgomery was commissioned Colonel of the 4th Battalion of Chester County Associators, composed of about 450 men, rank and file. During his absence in the field his place in the Convention was filled by his brother- in-law, Thomas Strawbridge. After the battle of Long Island-in which Colonel Montgomery's battalion participat- ed-the battalion was attached to the "Flying Camp".
Early in 1773 Colonel Montgomery had been induced to visit Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to look over some land concerning which he had heard favorable reports. He purchased 180 acres of this land from J. Simp- son, November 26, 1774. It lay along Mahoning Creek, on the north side, or right bank, of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, some twelve and a-half miles north-east of the village of Northumberland. (For a better under- standing of the location of these lands, see page 1090, Vol. II, and the "Map of Luzerne County" in Chapter XXIII. post.) Having disposed of his property in Chester County, Colonel Montgomery removed with his family in 1777 to his Northumberland lands; but about the time of the battle of Wyoming he was obliged, owing to fear of Indian in- cursions, to seek refuge with his family at Fort Augusta, Sunbury.
As soon as he deemed it safe to return to his home at Mahoning Creek, he did so, and immediately began to clear more land and make various improvements. Other people settled near him, and, as early at least as 1778, the settle- ment was known as "Montgomery's Landing" and as "Montgomery's."
Colonel Montgomery soon became known in Northumberland County as an enterprising and energetic man, and ere long became one of the leading citizens of the County. In 1779 and 1780 he represented the county in the Pennsylvania Assembly. In September, 1783, the Assembly appointed William Maclay, Gen. James Wilkinson (Ad- jutant General of the State) and William Montgomery, Commissioners, to examine the navigation of the Susque- hanna, and also ascertain where the northern boundary of Peoosylvania would fall, and "particularly whether any part of Lake Erie is within the State"-as noted on page 759, Vol. II. In October, 1783, Colonel Montgomery was elected a member of Pennsylvania Council of Censors, and in November, 1784, he was elected by the Assembly a delegate to the Continental Congress, in which body he served until February 7, 1785 when he resigned. He was at once appointed President Judge of the Courts of Northumberland County.
In 1787 Colonel Montgomery was appointed by the Assembly one of the commissioners to carry into effect the Confirming Law-referred to at length in Chapter XXV, post. In 1791 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in and for Northumberland County, and in the Autumn of the same year was elected a State Senator from the county, under the new constitution of the State. In 1792 he was elected a Representative to the 3d Congress of the United States, and served in that capacity for two years. April 17, 1793, he was commissioned Major General of the Division of Pennsylvania Militia composed of the militia of the counties of Northumberland, Northampton and Luzerne. His commission expired in 1800, whereupon he was recommissioned for a further term of seven years.
The Duke de la Rochefoucault-Liancourt, in the journal of his travels through the United States in 1795, '96 and '97, states under the date of Monday, May 18, 1795: "We halted at Mr. Montgomery's, twelve miles from Northum- berland. Mr. Montgomery is a surveyor. He does not keep an inn, but supplies both men and horses with food and provender for money."
In 1801 General Montgomery was appointed and commissioned by Governor Mckean an Associate Judge of the Courts of Northumberland County, and this office he held until 1813. In 1808 he was a Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket in Pennsylvania, When, in 1806, the first Post Office was established at Danville, Pennsylvania (see below), General Montgomery was made Postmaster, and, with the assistance of his son Daniel, conducted the office until 1813. He was the first man at Danville to use anthracite coal. This was as early as the year 1813.
General Montgomery died at Danville May 1, 1816, in his eightieth year. He had been married three times, and had eleven children. His sixth child and third son was Daniel Montgomery, born in Londonderry Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, in 1765. In 1790 General Montgomery started a store at his "Landing", which was managed for a number of years by his son Daniel.
In 1792 Daniel Montgomery laid out on his father's lands at "Montgomery's" a town-plot, which was named, after him, "Danville" (now the county-seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania).
In 1800 Daniel Montgomery was sent to the Pennsylvania Legislature as one of the Representatives from North- umberland County. He was commissioned Lieut. Colonel in the Pennsylvania Militia in 1805, and July 27, 1809, was commissioned Major General of the 9th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (comprising the militia of the counties of Northumberland and Luzerne), to succeed his father. His commission was renewed July 4, 1814, and, in the re-arrange- m nt of the State militia, his Division became the 8th-comprising the militia of the counties of Northumberland, Union, Luzerne, Columbia, Susquehanna and Wayne. In 1807 Daniel Montgomery was elected a Representative to Congress from the District which comprised the counties of Northumberland and Luzerne.
Daniel Montgomery was married November 27, 1791, to Christiana Strawbridge (born in 1770) of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of nine children. General Montgomery died at Danville, December 30, 1831.
. +MOSES McCLEAN was born in Upper Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1737, the son of William and Elizabeth McClean. He was elected Major of the 2d Battalion, York County (Pennsylvania) Associators, July 28, 1775. Under authority of a resolution of Congress passed January 4, 1776, the 6th Pennsylvania Battalion was raised in the counties of Cumberland and York. William Irvine of Carlisle was commissioned Colonel January 9, 1776, and the same day Moses McClean was commissioned Captain of the 6th Company. Thomas Hart- ley (see pages 1107 and 1108, Vol. II) was the original Lieut. Colonel of this battalion.
In May, 1776, the 6th Battalion was at Albany, N. Y., forming a part of the forces commanded by General Sullivan; and, as stated in the note on page 1108, it took part in the attack on Three Rivers, June 8, 1776. Eleven days later the "6th" was encamped with other Pennsylvania battalions on the east side of Isle Aux Noix, at the upper end of Lake Champlain. On June 21, Captain McClean, seven other officers and four privates of the "6th", went over from the island to the western shore of the Lake, about a mile from camp, to fish. Captain McClean prudently proposed that they should take arms with them, but was over-ruled by the others of the party. Some Indians observed their movements, and, while they were at a house drinking some beer, the savages surrounded them, killed two of the officers and two of the privates, and carried off as prisoners Captain McClean and the other members of the party.
Captain McClean was held by the enemy until March 20, 1777, when he was paroled, and a week later was ex- changed. Meanwhile, the 6th Battalion had been re-enlisted for three years, or the war, as the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line.
Captain McClean was elected and commissioned Lieut. Colonel of the 2d Battalion of York County (Pennsylvania) Militia, June 17, 1779. During the years 1780, '81, '82 and '83 he represented his county in the Pennsylvania Assembly. He was married to Sarah Charlesworth, and their daughter, Margaret McClean, became the wife of Abram Scott, the son of Hugh Scott, who was born in Ireland in 1726 and came to America in 1730 with his parents, who settled in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pa. Colonel McClean died at Chillicothe, Ohio, August 25, 1810.
#JOSEPH MONTGOMERY was born in Paxtang Township, in what was then Lancaster, but later became Dauphin, County, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1733. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1765, and then
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Miner, referring to the matters covered by these resolutions, says ("History of Wyoming", page 318): "Notwithstanding the recall of the Continental guard, and the doubtful measure of sending the companies of Robinson and Shrawder to Wilkes Barré, the proceedings were received at Wyoming by many with no little satisfaction; by the sanguine, with joy; by a few, with misgivings and distrust, for the two military companies-as the war with Great Britain was regarded at an end, and the danger of Indian incursions no longer existed- awakened the jealousy of the more sagacious old men, who remembered the in -. vasion of Plunket, and who saw, or thought they saw, in this array, not pro- tectors, but agents of a hostile interest experience had shown them they had great reason to dread. But the highly respectable names of the Montgomerys were pledges of honor and fairness, that on the whole inspired confidence, and hope of an honorable adjustment."
Col. Timothy Pickering, commenting on the sending of the companies of Robinson and Shrawder to Wilkes-Barré, wrote *: "Early in the year 1783 Council ordered two companies of Rangers to repair to Wyoming Whether really to protect that country against the Indians, or to curb the Connecticut settlers, may perhaps admit of a question. If for the latter purpose, it will not be difficult to guess at whose instance those troops were sent thither. Certain it is that the Connecticut settlers did not send for them for one purpose or the other. But these Rangers were enlisted only during the Indian war."
At Philadelphia, under the date of March 4, 1783, the Supreme Executive Council wrote to Capt. Philip Shrawder and Capt. Thomas Robinson, in part as follows:t
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