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" Adam Kuhn, D. M., produced the Certificate of his having taken the Oath to the United States 2d June, is to be forth coming at 1 O'Clock to-day.
"Phineas Bond on Parole, no Papers.
" Will'm Smith, D. D.
" Rev'd Tho's Combe, Prisoner, no papers.
" Sam'l Shoemaker has given his Promise not to go from his House; that he has never had any thing to do in the meetings of Sufferings, & has disapproved of the proceedings signed by Pemberton
"Chas. Jervis, Prisoner, no papers.
" Will'm Drewit Smith, Prisoner, no papers.
" Pike, Dancing master, on Parole, no papers.
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" Owen Jones, jun'r, Prisoner, no papers.
"Will'm Lenox, jun'r, Prisoner, had a Pocket Book & some papers.
"Edw'd Pennington, Prisoner, some papers.
"Jerem'h Warder, aged & very infirm, having an inflamation, has given his verbal Parole, agreeable to our instruction; we found some Papers.
" Caleb Emlen, not to be found.
" Will'm Smith, (Broker) Prisoner, his Chamber is locked up for the inspection of his Papers, & the Key in the possession of Capt. Smith.
"Chas. Eddy, Prisoner, no papers.
" Sam'l Murdock, on Parole, no papers.
"' Alx'd Stedman, Prisoner.
" Cha's Stedman, jun'r, Prisoner.
"Tho's Asheton, (Merchant,) on Parole.
" Wm. Imlay, Prisoner, no papers.
"Thomas Gilpin, Prisoner, no papers.
"Sam'l Jackson, out of Town, no search has been made for Pa- pers as yet.
" Tho's Afflick, Prisoner, no papers.
"N. B. Caleb Emlen, on being arrested, took the Oath required by Law, & was thereupon discharged."
Colo. Bradford, Colo. Will. Major Keer, & Mr. Loughead, reported That they had Arrested Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, & Sam'l Pleasants, but that they all refused to go from the house of the said Pemberton's, where they now are, unless they were arrested by some Civil Officer; thereupon,
Ordered, That Colo. Nicola, Town Mayor, do take a proper Guard & seize Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, & Sam. Pleasants, & conduct them to the Free Mason's Lodge, & there confine them un- der Guard until further Orders.
And Phineas Bond, Esq'r, having by Letter declared his renun. ciation of the Parole he has signed ; thereupon,
Ordered, That Colo. Nichola do also seize & confine him in like manner, until further orders.
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The Council met.
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PHILAD'A, Thursday Septem. 4, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Joseph Hart, &
Jonathan Hoge,.
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
John Proctor,
The Gentlemen of the Navy Board represented the necessity of some person or persons having a more immediate care of the Hospi- tal on the Province Island ; on consideration,
Ordered, That the Hospital on Province Island be put under the care & direction of the Navy Board.
Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, & Sam'l Pleasants, attended by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Robeson, (Attorneys, ) & also by Sam'l Rhoads, jun'r, sent in by the Secretary a request to be heard by the Coun- cil; To which the Council, by the Secretary, answered That the Arrest has been made by order of Congress, & that at present the Council decline hearing them. That the Secretary returned & in- formed Council that Mr. Pemberton, on behalf of himself, M'rs Hunt & Pleasants, observed, no Arrest had been made by the Town Mayor, & that one of them had not been seen or spoken to by him. That as Freemen they claimed the right of being heard in their de- fence before the Council. That nothing on their part should be said but what was decent & proper. That theirs is a case in which every Freeman in the State is interested, and that this right of be- ing heard they demanded & insisted on.
To which the Council, by the Secretary, answered, That "Council has ordered this Arrest in consequence of a recommendation of Congress, & they do not at present think proper to hear Mr. Pem- berton, Mr. Hunt, & Mr. Pleasants."
A Remonstrance from the aforesaid was presented & read.
An order was Drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Will'm Crispin, Esq'r, for the sum of Four thousand Pounds, for which he is to account.
Colo. Nicola reports, That he has executed the orders of yester- day, & had conducted Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, Sam'l Plea- sants, & Phineas Bond, to the Free Masons' Lodge, & secured them under Guard.
Ordered, That the Prisoners now confined in the Freemasons' Lodge, be sent to Stanton, in Augusta County, in the State of Vir- ginia, agreeable to the Resolve of Congress, there to be secured & treated in such manner as shall be consistant with their respective Characters & the security of their persons.
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Ordered, That Jared Ingersoll, Esq'r, be directed immediately to depart to the State of Connecticut, in conformity to kis Pa- role.
Ordered, That Thirty Waggons be sent from the upper part of Bucks County ; Forty from the County of Philadelphia; Thirty from the County of Northampton, & Twenty-five from the County of Lancaster, to rendezvous at Philadelphia, & to be subject to the orders of the Council.
N. B. The Twenty-five from Lancaster Ordered to be sent to Camp.
Ordered, That the Lieutenants of the respective Counties do furnish proper guards of Militia for Prisoners, whether Tories or others, when application shall be made to them for such purposes.
Resolved, That Tho's Ashleton, now a Prisoner at his own House, on Parole, be indulged with liberty of going at large within the bounds of the City.
Resolved, That the Militia of this State who are now in the Field, or who shall hereafter go into the Field & take with them their Arms or Blankets, & the same be taken by the Enemy or otherwise, be unavoidably lost, on producing a Certificate of such Loss, & the time it shall have happened, signed by a Field Officer, or Commanding Officer of the Battalion to which the losers may at the time belong, shall have the value thereof paid by the State ; and for this end the respective Colonels or Commanding Officers of the Battalions now in the Field, are hereby authorized to have all such Arms & Blankets justly appraised; And the Lieutenants or Sub-Lieutenants of the respective Counties, are hereby directed to appoint a suitable number of proper persons in each County, to appraise the Arms & Blankets belonging to the Militia who may hereafter go into the Field.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Friday Septem'r 5, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, Jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President. John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & )
Jonathan Hoge, John Proctor,
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
Ordered, That Will'm Lenox, Esq'r, now confined in Goal, be enlarged, on James Craig engaging his Word & honor to see him forthcoming, when called for by Council, & be answerable for the good behaviour, in the mean time, of the said Wm. Lenox.
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The Secretary reports that James Craig had pledged his Honor for the good behaviour of the said Will'm Lenox, & that he shall be forthcoming when called upon; and also that he will in form enter into Bonds for his good behaviour.
The President laid before the Council a Remonstrance delivered to him last Evening, by John Reynell, James Craig, & Owen Jones, signed by the Gentlemen confined in the Masons' Lodge, which was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That the said remonstrance be laid before Congress, & that application be made to Congress to know whether they had any objections to such of the afcresaid Gentlemen as should now take an Oath or Affirmation of allegiance to this State being en- larged; to which Congress return the following Resolve, Viz't .:
" In Congress, September 5, 1777.
" Resolved, That the Supreme Executive Council be informed that Congress have no objection to the enlargement of such Persons Dow confined in the Lodge, as will swear or affirma allegiance to this State."
"Extract from the Minutes.
"CHA'S THOMPSON, Sed'y."
Thereupon,
Resolved, That such of the Persons now confined in the Lodge as shall take & Subscribe the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance re- quired by Law in this Commonwealth, or that shall take & Sub- scribe the following Oath or. Affirmation, to wit: " I do Swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful & bear true allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a free & independent State," shall be thereupon discharged.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Ess'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of the Hon'ble George Bryan, Esq'r, for the Sum of Two Hundred & Fifty Pounds, for Six Months' Service as Vice President : Ordered, That the Secretary write to Colo. Bradford & request him to communicate the last mentioned Re- solve to the Gentlemen confined in the Lodge ..
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9 Council Met.
PHILAD'A, Saturday Septem'r 6, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEGRGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Jonathan Hoge, & John Proctor,
Joseph Hart, &
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
. An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Ja's Worrell, Evan Evans, & Rob't Allison, for the Sum of One hundred & forty-eight Pounds Seventeen Shillings & Six Pence, for taking down the Spouts, &ca, to be charged to account of Congress.
Congress by their Resolve of the fourth ins't, having recom- mended this Council to give orders that all the Militia of this State hold themselves in readiness to march at a Moment's warning, & that they see that their Arms be put in as good condition as possi- ble, & that the Council call out five thousand Militia from the City & County of Philadelphia, & the Counties most adjacent, &ca.
On consideration,
Ordered, That one Class of the Militia, in addition to those al- ready in Service, be ordered into Service from the City of Philadel- phia, & the Counties of Philadelphia, Chester, York, Cumberland, & Northumberland.
Ordered, That on the present emergency, when the Enemies' Army endeavouring to penetrate to this City, may be aided by a Fleet in the Delaware, the actual Command of the Naval force be committed to John Hazlewood, Esq'r, as Commodore in this Depart- ment, on account of the Age & infirmities of Tho's Seymour, Esq'r, his superior Oficer, as it is manifest to Council that Commodore Seymour, in the present State of his Health, cannot be capable of of that vigour & activity which are essential to the service at this time of danger, in which the most strenuous efforts of the stoutest will be necessary.
A resolve of Congress of this date, recommending to this Coun. cil to hear what Israel Pemberton, & divers others therein named, can alledge to remove the suspicion of their being disaffected or dangerous to the United States, being read & considered,
Resolved, That the President do write to Congress & let them know that the Council has not time to attend to that business, in the present alarming crisis, & that they were, agreeably to the re- commendation of Congress, at the moment the said Resolve was brought into Council, disposing of every thing for the departure of the Prisoners.
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The Council met.
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PHILAD'A, Sunday Septem. 7, 1777. PRESENT : His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Joseph Hart, &
Jona'n Hoge, John Proctor,
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
And completed the Business relating to the calling of the Militia ordered out yesterday.
The Council Met.
PHILAD'A, Monday Septem. 8, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, Jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Joseph Hart, &
Jonathan Hoge, John Proctor,
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
The Council being informed that there is great uncertainty of a supply of Wood for the Salt Works now erecting in New Jersey ; thereupon,
Ordered, That the Hon'ble John Coxe, Esq'z, be requested and authorized to purchase a Tract of Wood Land, in the neighbourhood of the Salt Works in New Jersey, belonging to this State, on the best terms it can be obtained, for the use of the said works.
Jonathan Mifflin, Esq r, D. Q. M. G., having applied to Coun- cil by Letter for a number of Waggons, & there appearing to be a necessity of a considerable number for various purposes ; there- upon,
Resolved, That one hundred Waggons be ordered to be sent in from Berks County, & one hundred Waggons from the County of Lancaster.
A Remonstrance from the people confined in the Mason's lodge, was presented by the Secretary, & read; thereupon, the Secretary was ordered to acquaint Doct. Hutchinson, one of the Gentlemen, who delivered the said Remonstrance to him, that Council had re- ferred their case to Congress.
Resolved, That John Morris, jun'r, Esq'r, be appointed and au- thorized to appear at the next Court of Quarter Sessions of the:
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Peace, for the County of Bucks, there to Prosecute in behalf of this Commonwealth.
Congress, by their resolve of this day, having recommended to Council to discharge Will'm Imlay, now a Prisoner, on his Parole, that he will forthwith repair to Kingston, in the State of New York, & take the Oath of Allegiance to the said State, of which he is & citizen ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the Council do agree to the discharge of the said William Imlay accordingly. .
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Tuesday Septem. 9, 1777. PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, John Proctor, Jonathan Hoge,
Joseph Hart, & ) .
Jacob Morgan. Esq'rs.
The Secretary reports, that he waited on Will'm Imlay, and gave to him the Resolve of yesterday, but that he had not Signed the Parole offered him by the recommendation of Congress.
Colo. Will'm Bradford now attended the Council & reported, That he had on Friday Evening last, waited on the Prisoners now confined at the Masons' Lodge, & shewn to them the Certified Copy of the Resolve of Council relating to them of the 5th inst, and had given them a Copy thereof, but that the Prisoners had given him no reason to expect a compliance with the terms proposed them. The following Resolve of Congress was read, to Wit :
" In Congress, Septem. 8, 1777.
" Resolved, That it would be improper for Congress to enter into any hearing of the Remonstrants or other Prisoners in the Masons' lodge, they being inhabitants of Pennsylvania, and therefore, as the Council decline giving them a hearing, for the reasons assigned in their Letters to Congress, that it be recommended to said. Council, to order the immediate departure of such of the said Pri- soners as yet refuse to swear or affirm allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, to Stanton in Virginia.
" Extract from the Minutes, "CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'y."
On consideration,
Resolved, That James Pemberton, Henry Drinker, Israel Pem- berton, John Pemberton, Sam'l Pleasants, Tho's Wharton, Sen.,
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Tho's Fisher, (Son of Joshua,) Sam'l Fisher, (Son of Joshua,) Myers Fisher, 10 Elijah Brown, 11 John Hunt, 12 Phineas Bond, 13 Rev'd Tho's Coombe, 14 Cha's Jarvis, 15 Will'm Drewitt Smith, 16 Cha's Eddy, 17 Tho's Pike, 18 Owen Jones, jun'r, 19 Edw'd Pennington, 20 Will'm Smith, Broker, 21 Tho's Gilpin, 22 Tho's Afflick, apprehended by Council as persons who have uniformly manifested by their general conduct & conversation a Disposition highly inimical to the cause of America, imprisoned in the Free Masons' lodge in this City, they refusing to confine themselves to their several dwellings, & thereby making the restraint of their persons in another manner necessary, & having refused to promise to refrain from corresponding with the Enemy, & also declined giving any Assurance of Allegiance to this State, as of right they ought, do thereby renounce all the priviledges of Citizenship, & that it appears they consider themselves as subjects of the King of Great Britain, the Enemy of this, & the other United States of America, & that they ought to be proceeded with accordingly.
Resolved, That persons of like Character, & in emergencies equal to the present, when the Enemy is at our Door, have in the other States been Arrested & Secured upon suspicions arising from their general behaviour & refusal to acknowledge their Allegiance to the State of which they were the proper Subjects ; and that such proceedings may be abundantly justified by the conduct of the freest Nations & the authority of most judicious Civilians; there- fore,.
Resolved, That the persons whose names are mentioned above, be without further delay removed to Stanton, in Virginia, there to be treated according to their Characters & Stations, as far as may be consistent with the securing of their persons.
Also Resolved, That Will'm Imlay, said to be a Subject of the State of New York, having behaved in like manner as the persons above mentioned, & in particular declined to give Assurance of Allegiance to the State of New York, be removed and secured with the rest.
Ordered, That Colo. Nicola, Town Mayor, secure the Prisoners above named in the Masons' lodge, & assist in removing them out of the City.
The representation of the Corporation of the rector, Church Wardens & Vestrymen of the United Episcopal Churches of Christ Church & St. Peter's Church, in the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, was read.
Will'm Imlay now solicited by the Secretary, that he may be permitted to sign a Parole agreeable to the Resolve of Congress, & that he be enlarged thereupon; and the Secretary reports that he has signed the Parole accordingly.
Sam'l Murdoch having petitioned to be enlarged from his present confinement, & be allowed the bounds of the City in order to take care of his private affairs ; thereupon,
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Ordered, That Sam'l Murdoch be enlarged from his present confinement in his House, & allowed the bounds of the City, in order that he may take care of his private Affairs.
Several Accounts of Provisions furnished by George Henry & James Wilkins to the Westmoreland Militia, being laid before Council,
Ordered, That the same be examined by Mr. Howell, & paid if found right, a 2s 6 $ Ration.
Resolved, That William Scott be appointed paymaster of the Militia of the County of Bucks.
The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Wednesday Septem. 10, 1777.
PRESENT :
His Excell'y THO'S. WHARTON, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble GEORGE BRYAN, Esq'r, Vice President.
John Bailey, Joseph Hart, & )
Jonathan Hoge,
Jacob Morgan, Esq'rs.
John Proctor,
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Jac. S. Howell, for the Sum of One Thousand Pounds, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Rob't Towers, Esq'r, Commissary of Stores, in favor of Colo. Lochry, Lieutenant of the County of West- moreland, for Three hundred weight of Gunpowder & Eight hun- dred weight of Lead.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of Colo. Archibald Lochry, Lieutenant of the County of Westmoreland, for the Sum of One thousand and five hundred Pounds, for the purpose of purchasing riffled barrel Guns, for the use of the Militia of the said County, and for hiring substi- tutes, for which he is to account.
An order was drawn on Dav'd Rittenhouse, Esq'r, Treasurer of the State, in favor of James Carter, for the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, to Pay Workmen for repairing Arms, &c., & for which he is to account.
Resolved, That Will'm Fullerton, Warwick Coats, Ratcliffe Albertson, in the South part of the City & Suburbs, & that Jacob Miller, Sam Brewster & Israel Castle, in the North part of the City & suburbs, be appointed to collect & detain all the boats, flats, Canoes & Batteaus & other embarkations whatever, in the Dela- ware near this City, provided that no hindrance be given to the removal of families by Water in Shallops or other Craft, that leave Town & proceed to a distance, or to Ferries.
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That the Continental Board of War be reminded of the great number of Prisoners of War now in the New Goal.
Resolved, That Major Casdrop be directed to attend with a Ser- geant's Guard, at the Bridge over Schuylkill, in order to remove it when ordered by this Board or the Commanding officer, and that he remove the Boats from the West Side of Schuylkill.
Resolved, That no person be suffered to go over the West side of Schuylkill, unless they produce a pass signed by Benj'n Paschall, Esq'r, or W'm Heysham, or unless they produe a Certificate of their having taken and Subscribed an Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to this, or the United States of America, but persons bringing pro- visions to Market are to be permitted to pass & re-pass without interruption.
Resolved, That the Gentlemen of the Light Horse of this City, except two who are to attend the prisoners now at the Lodge to Reading, on their March to Staunton, in Augusta County, in the State of Virginia, do proceed immediately to Camp on a Tour of duty, & that the said two Gentlemen join the Corps after they have discharged the said duty, as soon as possible.
Intelligence having been received of the Enemies' motion towards the City, the following Proclamation having been read & proposed to be published, Vizt. :
" PHILAD'A, Septem. 10, 1777.
" By the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
"A PROCLAMATION :
" The time is at length come in which the fate of ourselves, our Wives, Children, & Posterity must be speedily determined ; Gen'l Howe, at the head of a British Army, the only hope, the last resource of our Enemies' has invaded this State, dismissing his ships & disen- cumbering himself of his heavy Artillery & baggage, he appears to have risked all upon the event of a movement which must either de- liver up to plunder & devastation, this Capital of Pennsylvania & of America, or forever blast the cruel designs of our implacable foes. Blessed be God, Providence seems to have left it to ourselves to determine, whether we shall triumph in victory & rest in free- dom and peace, or by tamely submitting, or weakly resisting, deliver ourselves up a prey to an enemy, than whom none more cruel & perfidious was ever suffered to vex & destroy any people. View then on the other hand, the freedom & independence, the glory & the happiness of our rising States, which are set before us as the reward of our courage. Seriously consider on the other hand, the wanton ravages, the Rapes, the Butcheries, which have been per- petrated by these men in the State of New Jersey, & on the fron-
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tiers of New York ; above all consider the mournful prospect of seeing Americans like the wretched inhabitants of India, stripped of their freedom, robbed of their property, degraded beneath the brutes, & left to starve amid plenty, at the will of their lordly Masters, and let us determine once for all, that we will Die or be Free.
"The foe are manifestly aiming either by force to conquer, or by Stratagem & Stolen marches to elude the vigilence of our brave Commander ; Declining a battle with our Countrymen, they have attempted to steal upon us by surprise. They have been hitherto defeated, but numbers are absolutely necessary to watch them on every Quarter at once
" The neighbouring States are hurrying forward their Militia, & we hope by rising as one Man, & besetting the foe at a distance from his Fleet, we shall speedily inclose him like a Lion in the toils.
The Council therefore most humbly beseech and intreat all Per- sons whatsoever, to exert themselves without delay, to seize . this present opportunity of crushing the foe, now in the bowels of our Country, by marching forth instantly under their respective officers, to the assistance of our great General, that he may be enabled to environ & demolish the only British army that remains formidable in America, or in the World. Animated with the hope that Heaven, as before it has done in all times of difficulty & danger, will again crown our righteous efforts with success, we look forward to the prospect of seeing our insulting foe cut off from all means of escape, & by the goodness of the Almighty, the Lord of Hosts & God of Battles, wholly delivered into our hands.
" Attest, THO'S WHARTON, jun'r Presid't. " TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
" GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE."
Resolved, That the foregoing Proclamation be published.
Resolved, That the Lieutenant of the City be ordered to Call out all the well affected Militia of this State, to meet on the Commons, near the centre House, to-morrow Morning at 10 O'Clock, with their Arms, Accoutrements, Muskets & intrenching tools, of all kinds.
Colo. Nichola, Town Major, representing that he could not pro- cure the horses necessary for the Guards ordered to escort the prisoners from the Masons' lodge towards Reading,
A Warrant to impress Six Horses with Saddles was issued, direc- ted to him.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer, in favor of Mr. Alexa. Nesbitt & Sam'l Caldwell, Gentlemen of the Light Horse, ordered to escort the Prisoners on their way to Augusta, for the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to pay their Expenses, as far as the present escort may go, & for which they are to account.
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