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plains with the blood of those degenerate invaders of the liberties of mankind.
We, in conjunction with many others, presented a memorial to the Congress, representing the threatened encroachments of the Connecticut invaders of our Province. It was well received, and the Connecticut Delegates and those of this Province were desired to write to their people respectively, and inclosed I send you a copy of the Connecticut letter to Wyoming. Stansbury has in it charge, and it seems to be all that honorable body could do in the affair.
Our partiality for the rifle battalion is so great that we are very anxious to hear of their having distinguished themselves in some great enterprise. This partiality is natural and allowable, when, from one's personal acquaintance with many of their commanders, we can and do with martial pride celebrate their distinguished abilities as riflemen and soldiers.
We are, with great esteem, dear sir, your most humble servants, ROBERT LETTIS HOOPER, junior, REUBEN HAINES.
Captain JOHN LOWDON.
P. S .- Present our compliments to Mr. Lukens and Mr. North. Mr. Musser desires his compliments to you and them.
P. S .- August 17. Since the date of this letter Hawkins Boone has been down, and says that the Connecticut people have not attempted any encroachments lately, and, from circumstances, have little reason to think they will.
Major Ennion Williams (journal before referred to) gives the the details of a trip to the camp at Cambridge, under date October 17. He says : guns of one of our batteries, two miles from Boston, firing. One bursted, and killed one man and wounded six. I returned thence to the riflemen's camp, and stopped with Captain Lowdon over night. At daybreak I awoke, and a few minutes after the morning gun fired. All aroused directly; the men repaired with arms and accouterments to the forts and lines, and in about ten minutes the captains, with their companies, were in the fort, drawn along the sides of the fort, and in two or three minutes they began their firing.
The captain stepped on the banket or step, inside at foot of
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breastwork, and gave the word, "Make ready !" The front rank step on the banket, and second step forward. "Present !" He does not give the word "Fire !" but makes a pause. Then they recover, and face to right about, and march through the files. At the word "Make ready !" again the next rank steps on the banket, and so on continu- ually. Every man is to be sure of his object before he fires, as he rests his piece on the parapet. In about a half an hour the flag was hoisted. They ceased, and retired by regiments to their quarters, and the orderly sergeant read the orders of the day and trials by court martial, &c.
There are numerous notices of this company in the Hand papers in the possession of Mrs. S. B. Rogers, of Lancaster, the grand- daughter of General Edward Hand, who was lieutenant colonel, and afterwards colonel of the First Rifle Regiment. On the 24th of October he says : " This morning at dawn Parr, from Northumber- berland, with thirty men from us, marched for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to defend that place." On the 8th of March : "I am stationed on Cobble Hill, with four companies of our regiment. Two companies, Cluggages' and Chambers', were ordered to Dorchester on Monday ; Ross' and Lowdon's relieved them yesterday. Every regiment is to have a standard and colors. Our standard is to be a deep green ground, the device a tiger, partly inclosed by toils, attempting the pass, defended by a hunter, armed with a spear, (in white,) on crimson field. The motto, Domari Nolo."1
On the 14th of March, 1776, the company left Cambridge with the battalion which was detached by General Washington, with five other regiments, under General Sullivan, to prevent a landing of the British at New York, when they evacuated Boston. Arrived at Hart- ford on the 21st, and at New York on the 28th. The company was stationed on Long Island during May and until June 30th, when it was mustered out of service.
1This standard is still in possession of Thomas Robinson, Esquire, grandson of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Robinson, of the First Pennsylvania, and was on exhibi- tion at the Centennial, 1876. I identified it by this description, found among the Hand papers.
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Roll of Captains James Parr's company, enlisted for three year's or during the war, from July 1, 1776.
Captain-Parr, James, promoted major October 9, 1778.
First Lieutenant-Wilson, James.
Second Lieutenant -- Wilson, William, promoted captain March 2, 1777.
Third Lieutenant-Dougherty, John.
Sergeants-Hammond, David, (promoted second lieutenent, Sep- tember 14, 1777; first lieutenant, May 12, 1779,) McCormick, Alexander ; McMurray, William ; Dougherty, Cornelius.
Privates-Allen, David ; Bacher, Michael ; Bradley, John ; Calla- han, Daniel ; Campbell, Daniel ; Condon, Peter; Conner, James ; Coons, Mansfield; Davis, David ; Dubois, Richard ; Delling, Cor- nelius ; Donahue, Patrick ; Edwards, William ; Griffin, John ; Hag- erty, William ; Hammond, John ; Henry, Philip ; Hinson, Aquila ; Hutchinson, John; Jones, Lewis; Leech, William ; Lochry, Michael; Loughrey, James ; McCleary, James ; McConnell, Cornelius; Mc- Cormick, Henry; McGaughey, Hugh; Malone, John ; Meloy, Charles; Moore, James ; Moore, William; Morgan, William ; Murphy, John ; Murray, Patrick ; Noishen, John ; Norton, George ; Oliver, John; Paine, Thomas; Peltson, Thomas; Peter, Philip; Rankin, John; Ray, John; Ryan, William; Saltman, George ; Scott, Samuel; Scott, William; Sprigg, James; Speddy, James ; Stewart, Thomas; Sullivan, Maurice ; Thompson, Alexander ; Toner, John; Warren, George; Washburn, Jonathan ; Wilson, Matthew ; Willson, Samuel; Whiteneck. Joseph; Youse, John.
Road from Bald Eagle to Sunbury.
The viewers reported this road at November sessions. I copy so much as relates to our Valley, as it indicates the names and resi- dence of early settlers :
" From a white oak in the Narrows, between White Deer and Buffalo Valleys, two miles ninety-nine perches, to Smith's mills, (now Candor's ;) thence to white oak, west side of Blythe's mill (which was probably nearer the mouth of the creek;) thence to McClures, (who lived on Blythe's land ; ) thence to a white oak oppo- site the lower end of Marcus Huling's island, (Milton bridge
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island ;) thence to a plumb at Peter Swartz's, (Miller's place ;) thence to a stone at Clark's, (late John Kling's ;). thence to a post at Robert Fruit's, (Hinely's ;) thence to a post at William Gray's, (now Paul Geddes' ;) thence to Buffalo creek, (where the iron bridge now spans the creek ;) thence to a pine near the head of Derr's dam ; thence to a pine, corner of Abel Reese's, (i. e. through the University grounds, to Adam Gundy and William Brown's corner ;) thence to a post at Aurand's barn, (Jenkins' ;) thence to John Lee's, (Winfield ;) thence to Andrew Gibson's; thence to the gum near Reuben Haines' road ; thence down the same to the black oak on the west bank of the river, opposite Sunbury."
At the same sessions, the great road up the Valley was extended, through the Narrows, to the Great Plains, now in Centre county.
25th December occurred Plunket's expedition to Wyoming. Colonel Kelly and some others from the Valley were along. Jesse Lukens, Surveyor General Lukens' son, was killed. The history of this expedition, taken from the records at Harrisburg, I will give in brief :
On the 23d of November, the Speaker laid before the Assembly a letter from Samuel Hunter, and others, stating that two of the magistrates and the sheriff of the county had an interview with Zebulon Butler and some others of the principal men among the Connecticut settlers at Wyoming, and read the resolves of the Assembly to them, and inquired whether they would peaceably submit to the laws of Pennsylvania. They answered that they despised the laws of Pennsylvania, and never would submit to them unless compelled by force. The magistrates received a great deal of abuse, and returned a different road from that in which they had gone, on account of the risk of their lives.
The Assembly, on the 25th, requested the Governor to issue orders for a due execution of the laws of the Province in North- umberland county, which the Governor did in a letter of that date to the justices and sheriff. The report of the latter to the Gover- nor is dated Sunbury, 30th December, 1775, and states that pursu- ant to his orders, a number of warrants for the apprehension of a number of persons residing at Wyoming, charged on oath with ille- gal practices and crimes, were placed in the Sheriff's hands. He judged it prudent to raise the posse of the county, and a body of
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near five hundred men accompanied him to the neighborhood of Wyoming. They were met by some of the people ; one of whom was said to be an officer. The intentions of the sheriff and his posse were explained, and that no violence or molestation would be offered any one submitting to the laws. The sheriff had proceeded but a little further when he was fired upon, and Hugh McWilliams was killed and three others dangerously wounded. It was found impossible to force a passage on that side of the river, as the Nar- rows had been fortified with great care, and were lined with num- bers of men, to which ours bore no reasonable proportion. An attempt was then made to cross the river in the night, for greater secrecy, to reach the settlements of the persons against whom the process had issued. When the boats had nearly reached the oppo- site shore, and were entangled in a margin of ice, too thin to bear the weight of a man, they were, without previous challenge, repeat- edly fired upon by a party on top of the bank. Jesse Lukens received a mortal wound, of which he is since dead. As a landing could not be effected, the boats returned. Baffled in the second attempt, and the weather being intolerably severe, and receiving information that the parties he desired to arrest were chief in com- mand in the breastworks, it was deemed advisable to desist from any further attempt. A constant fire was kept upon our men from the opposite side, while they retreated through a long narrows. One man only, however, was wounded in the arm, &c.
This report is signed by William Scull, sheriff; Samuel Harris, coroner ; and the justices, William Plunket, Samuel Hunter, Michael Troy, and John Weitzel.
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WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP ERECTED-ASSOCIATORS-SECOND BATTALION -- COLONEL POTTER-INHABITANTS OF PENN'S-CHURCHES OF THE VALLEY- CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-INCIDENT AT DERR'S TRADING-HOUSE- MINUTES OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE-ROLL OF CAPTAIN WEITZEL'S COMPANY-FOURTHI BATTALION OF ASSOCIATORS-ROLL OF CAPTAIN JOHN CLARKE'S COMPANY-ROSTER OF TWELFTH PENNSYLVANIA.
OHN PENN, Governor, until September 28, when the New Constitution went into effect. The surveys, made under John Penn's warrants, until December of this year, were afterwards legalized. James Potter, addi- tional Member of Assembly. Colonel Samuel Hunter, member of the Committee of Safety, at Philadelphia. William Maclay, Prothon- otary ; William Scull, Sheriff; County Commissioners, Thomas Hewitt, William Gray. 22d January, John Weitzel sworn in as County Commissioner. Attorneys admitted, William Price Gibbs, and William Lawrence Blair.
Officers of Buffalo township : Constable, Christian Storms ; Over- seers, John Clarke and John Pontius; Supervisors, Joseph Green and Jacob Fought.
At February sessions, White Deer township was set off from Buf- falo, by a line beginning at the upper side of Buffalo creek, at its mouth ; thence up the same to the mouth of Spruce run ; thence up the same to the forks thereof ; thence up the north-east branch to the head thereof; thence by a straight line to the four-mile tree, on Reuben Haines' road, on the line of Potter township. Its first officers were: Peter Swartz, constable; Walter Clark and Matthew
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Brown, overseers; Hugh Caldwell and Robert Fruit, supervisors. Henry Iddings bought the Parsons' place, adjoining Colonel Kelly's, and moved into the Valley. During the summer of this year Widow Smith added a boring-mill to her other mills, near the mouth of White Deer creek. Here a great number of gun- barrels were bored for the Continental army.
NORTHUMBERLAND, January 24, 1776.
I do hereby certify that at an election for field officers, held at Ludwig Derr's, on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, on Tues- day, the 12th day of September last, the following gentlemen were regularly chosen for the upper division, of the county of Northum- berland, viz : James Potter, Esquire, colonel; Robert Moodie, Esquire, lieutenant colonel ; Mr. John Kelly, first major ; Mr. John Brady, second major.
WILLIAM SCULL, Chairman of the Committee.
A Return of the Names of the Captains and other Officers of the several Companies, in the Upper Division of the County of Northumberland, with the Ranks of said Companies and number of Men.
Arthur Taggart, first captain, Cornelius Atkinson, first lieutenant, James McClung, second lieutenant, James Wilson, ensign.
85 privates.
William Gray, second captain, William Clark, first lieutenant, James Murdoch, second lieutenant, 90 privates. William Thompson, ensign.
David Berry, third captain, William Hammond, first lieutenant, Israel Parsels, second lieutenant, 45 privates.
Benjamin Burt, ensign.
Samuel Dale, fourth captain, William Bennet, first lieutenant, Hawkins Boone, second lieutenant, Jesse Weeks, ensign.
67 privates.
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Cookson Long, fifth captain, William Mucklehatton, first lieutenant, Robert Fleming, second lieutenant, Robert Fleming, junior, ensign. Samuel Wallis, sixth captain,
59 privates.
John Scudder, first lieutenant,
Peter Jones, second lieutenant,
91 privates.
James Hampton, ensign.
James Murray, seventh captain, William Murray, first lieutenant,
Thomas Plunket, second lieutenant,
60 privates.
Andrew Robinson, ensign.
Henry Antes, eighth captain,
Thomas Brandon, first lieutenant,
Alexander Hamilton, second lieutenant, Simon Cole, ensign.
58 privates.
John McMillan, ninth captain,
John McConnol, first lieutenant,
John McCormick, second lieutenant, Charles Wilson, ensign.
43 privates.
David Hayes, tenth captain,
Charles Clark, first lieutenant,
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4I privates.
Thomas Gray, ensign. Philip Davis, eleventh captain,
James Aspey, first lieutenant,
John Nelson, second lieutenant,
74 privates.
Jacob Fulmore, ensign.
NORTHUMBELRAND, 24th January, 1776.
I do hereby certify the above to be a true return, of the several companies, which, form the battalion in the upper division of the county of Northumberland, as delivered in to me.
WILLIAM SCULL, Chairman of the Committee.
To the COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The following imperfect list of the inhabitants of Penn's town- ship is taken from the duplicate of Christian Seecrist, collector for this year, duplicate being mutilated : Adams, George ; Albright,
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Jacob; Albright, Frederick ; Arnold, Casper ; Arnold, Lawrence ; Augustine, Hieronimus ; Ault, Michael; Balt, Adam; Bander, Adam ; Baker, William ; Berst, Peter ; Bear, Jacob ; Bickel, Tobias ; Bomberger, John; Bower, Peter; Bower, Henry; Bright, John ; Bressler, Nicholas ; Brouse, John ; Brau, Martin ; Bombach, George ; Crean, John ; Hassinger, Jacob; Hosterman, Peter ; Hosterman, Jacob, junior ; Jacobs, Joseph ; Jorday, Peter ; Jordan, Philip; Jost. Casper ; Kerstetter, Michael ; Kerstetter, Bastian ; Keller, Michael ; Kebler, John; Kline, Andrew; Kline, Jacob; Kline, George ; Kline, Stophel ; Kroo, Godfrey ; Kremer, Peter ; Kremer, Daniel ; Graybill, (Krebill,) John ; Kreger, Henry ; Krail, Michael; Laudenslager, George; Seiver, Adam, inmate; Lewis, John, in- mate ; Lepley, Michael ; Leist, David; Lemley, Leonard ; Livin- good, Jacob ; Lively, John ; Livengood, F. ; Livey, Peter ; Lowrey, George ; Long, Christian; Livengood, George; Maurer, Law- rence ; Maurer, Peter ; Manning Richard ; Markley, Peter ; Mark- ley, Simeon ; Martin, Frederick ; Mensch, Charles; Menich, Simeon; Meiser, Michael; Meiser, John ; Meiser, John ; Meese, Thomas; Miser, Henry ; Miller, Henry ; Miller, Christian ; Miller, Frederick ; Miller, Dewalt ; Miller, George ; Moon, William ; Moon, Casper, junior ; Motz, George, inmate ; Motz, John ; Moore, Andrew; Moon, Casper, senior ; Motz, Michael ; Mull, Anthony ; Murray, Alexander ; Myer, Charles; Myer, Jacob, junior ; Myer, Jacob, senior ; Myer, Alexander ; Myer, Stophel ; McQueen, John ; Mc- Kean, William; Newcomer, Francis; Nees, William; Newman, Jacob ; Neff, Jacob ; O'Brien, Patrick ; Puff, Dewall ; Pyle, Peter ; Reger, Michael; Reed, John; Reager, Adam, junior; Reichen- bach, John, senior; Reichenbach, John, junior; Reed, Casper ; · Ream, John; Riddle, Yost ; Richart, Henry; Righter, Christian ; Right, Ellis; Row, George; Row, George, junior; Row, John ; Row, Martin; Roush, Casper ; Roush, George ; Robert, John ; Rush, John; Ryne, Henry ; Sense, Frederick; Seecrist, Christian ; Schrock, John; Schrock, George; Shaffer, Peter ; Shaffer, Andrew ; Shaffer, Ludwig; Sharrett, Jacob; Sherrick, John; Shedderly, Andrew ; Shallenberger, Lawrence; Shock, Mathias; Simeon, Joseph ; Smith, John ; Smith, Nicholas ; Snyder, Harman ; Snyder, Simon ; Snyder, Anthony; Snider, John; Snevely, Abraham ; Swift, John; Spayd, Jacob; Spees, Jacob; Stees, Jacob; Steel,
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John ; Stephen, Adam ; Stinley, Daniel ; Stigleman, Jacob ; Straup, Peter ; Strayer, Mathias ; Strump, Casper; Stroam, Christian ; Stock, Melchior; Summeronser, Henry; Sutton, Stephen ; Swengle, Michael; Swartz, John; Swift, John; Swoab, George; Trester, Martin, junior ; Trester, Michael; Truckenmiller, Peter ; Trout- ner, George; Ulrich, George; Wales, John; Wallace, Samuel ; Walter, Ludwig; Walter, Jacob; Warfel, Henry; Weaver, Michael ; Weiser, Peter, senior ; Weiser, Benjamin, Esquire ; Weirich, Peter ; Weirich, William; Whitmer, Peter; Whitmore, Michael; Witten- myer, Andrew ; Wittenmyer, Ludwig . Wing, Hugh ; Wise, George ; Worrah, or Woodrow, Ludwig; Zellar, John; Zerbach, Bartel ; Zimmerman, Stophel ; Zanzinger, Adam. Single men-Bickle, Simon ; Dellman, Andrew ; Dill, Leonard ; Dunkle, Charles; Gar- ret, Henry ; Havelock, Jacob; Isenhower, Frederick; Kremer, Daniel ; Kerstetter, Martin; List, Andrew ; Maxwell, James ; Me- shall, Daniel ; Miller, Conrad ; Myst, John ; Rickert, John ; Stroup, John; Snider, Stophel; Stock, Peter; Weaver, John; Zeller, Henry.
The churches in what was called in general Shamokin, on both sides of the Susquehanna, about the junction of the North and West Branches, namely, Mahony, Sunbury, Middle Creek and Buffalo Val- ley, were in existence as early as 1776. In the minutes of Cœtus, held in Lancaster, May 1, is a minute " that different congregations in Shamokin having asked for such an arrangement as to have min- isters visit them, it was resolved that ministers should visit them occasionally during this year, and preach to them," &c. Harbaugh's Fathers of the German Reformed Church, 3d vol., 34th page. The German Reformed Church was under the supervision of the church in Holland until about the year 1791, and only such ministers were received by the church as were either sent over by the Fathers in Holland, or had their indorseinent. Ibid., 2d vol.
Convention of 1776.
In consequence of a circular letter from the Committee of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, inclosing the resolution of the Con- tinental Congress of the 15th of May, recommending the adoption of the State Government in each of the Colonies, a provincial con-
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ference was held at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, June 18. For the committee of Northumberland county appeared Colonel William Cooke, Alexander* Hunter, Esquire, John Weitzel, Robert Martin and Matthew Brown. This conference met at Carpenters' Hall, and chose Colonel Thomas Mckean, President. It was resolved unanimously that a convention should be called to form a new Government. Qualifications of an elector were fixed as follows : He must be twenty-one years of age, have lived one year in the Province, and paid either a provincial or county tax, and further, swear that he would no longer bear allegiance to George III. 'T'o be a member of the convention required like qualifications, and further, that he must swear that he would oppose any measure that would interfere with or obstruct the religious principles or practices of any of the good people of the Province ; and still further, sign a declaration of faith in the Trinity and in the Divine inspiration of the Old and New Testament.
It was determined that each county should have eight Represent- atives or members, the election for whom should be held on Monday, the 8th of July, and it passed resolutions to raise four thou- sand five hundred militia, to join a flying camp to consist of ten thousand men in the middle Colonies, &c.
The election for Northumberland county was held at George McCandlish's,1 (Turbutt.) Thomas Hewitt, William Shaw and Joseph Green were the judges. The members elected were : William Cooke, James Potter, Robert Martin, Matthew Brown, Walter Clark, John Kelly, James Crawford, John Weitzel. The convention met on Monday, the 15th of July, in Philadelphia, and Doctor Franklin was chosen President. It continued, by adjournments, until the 28th of September, when the Constitution was adopted and signed.
A short statement of its salient points will be of interest, and serve to explain the political statistics of these Annals. The law-making power was vested in a House of Representatives, the members of which were to be chosen annually, by ballot, on the second Tuesday of October, to meet on the fourth Monday of the same month. No member could serve more than four years. It was to choose the
1McCandlish Ilved in a log house just back of Milton, on the late Samuel Hepburn, - Esquire's, farm. In July, 1779, Marcus Hulings sold him his tavern stand on the river, at the end of Broadway street. Milton, Hulings returning to his old home. Duncan's Island .- J. F. Wolfinger, Esquire.
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State Treasurer and Delegates to Congress annually, of which no one could be a member more than two years successively, nor be capable of re-election for three years afterward. Each county was to be entitled to six members until a proper apportionment could be made. There was also a provision for the election of a council of censors in 1783, and every seven years thereafter, two persons from each city and county, whose duty it was to inquire whether the Constitu- tion had been violated.
The execution of the laws devolved upon the President and Supreme Executive Council. This consisted of twelve persons, one for the city of Philadelphia, and one from each of the eleven coun- ties into which the Province was then divided. They were, however, chosen by districts. Northampton, Bedford, Northumberland and Westmoreland constituting one district, the embryo of the present senatorial representation. Every member of Council was a justice of the peace for the whole State. The President and Vice President of the State were chosen of members of the Council in joint conven- tion of the Assembly and Council. The President had the power of appointing and commissioning judges, &c., and of sitting as judge in impeachment cases, and could grant pardons, &c. The judges of the Supreme Court held office for seven years. Two or more persons were chosen in each township as justices, and the Council commissioned one or more of them for seven years. These justices held the several courts. It did not follow, as remarked by Judge Duncan, in Albright's case, who was both associate and justice in 1813, the legality of holding both offices at the same time being then tested and affirmed, that the Council should appoint the justices of the sessions from the justices elect, though they generally did. Two persons were to be voted for for sheriff, one of whom was commissioned by the Council. The county commissioners and assessors of taxes were to be elected by the people, thus embodying in the Constitution the principles for which the Revolution was inaugurated, the right of the people to tax themselves.
The convention, by an ordinance dated September 3, created a new Council of Safety, of which Samuel Hunter and John Weitzel · were the members for Northumberland county. It also appointed the following justices : Samuel Hunter, James Potter, William Ma- clay, Robert Moodie, John Lowdon, Benjamin Weiser, Henry Antes, and John Simpson.
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John Lowdon, of Silver Spring, near Mifflinburg, became member of the Supreme Executive Council by choice of the Delegates from the district of Northampton, Bedford, Westmoreland, and Nor- thumberland counties.
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