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We have no accounts from the army that can be depended on ; a packet boat is expected hourly.
[To Colo. G. Bleakney, Washington. Pa., Dec. 6th, 1793.]
Emanuel Conrod, the bearer, is Express with dispatches for the Commander-in-Chief, and in order that he may reach Wheeling, previous to the arrival of Captain Crawford at that place, who set off last evening on board a barge for Fort Washington, I have most earnestly to request you to send a man, (and horses if required,) as pilot with Conrod in order that no delay take place till their arrival at Wheeling. Any expences attending this business shall be cheerfully paid.
[To James O' Hara, Dec. 12th, 1793.]
Mr. Rosegrants and Stiff-knee are now on their way to Head-quarters. I have furnished Stiff-knee with a canoe, two blankets, a hat and a few other articles to help him on his way ; also two muskets.
We have not heard any official accounts from Head Quarters since the 8th of October and there the utmost anxiety prevails. Myer's Packet boat. in charge of Captain Ward, which ought to have arrived a month ago, we have yet no account of.
The detachment from Carlisle is expected next week; it is commanded by Captain Cook. It is propable this detachment will come too late to descend the Ohio before it is closed by ice.
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Letter-Book of Major Isaac Craig. [To Gen. Knox, Dec. 13th, 1793.]
Your letter of the 7th instant I have received, together with a packet for Gen. Wayne and one other for Caleb Swan en- closed. These dispatches shall be sent forward by a safe hand this evening.
The packet received by last post for General Wayne, was instantly sent by Express to Wheeling and arrived there in time to be delivered to Captain Crawford on his way to Head Quarters.
The river is still open, but should the present weather con- tinue the navigation must soon be obstructed by ice.
I have to request your permission to visit Philadelphia, for a few days on business of my own which requires my presence.
Stiff-knee, a Seneca chief, and Nicholas Rosegrantz, interpre- ter, are here on their way to Head Quarters.
[ To Colo. Francis Mentges, Greensburg, Dec. 17th, 1793.]
I am sorry your horse is disabled from performing the jour- ney, and therefore have sent you my own riding horse, which I have to request you to be particularly careful of and return him as soon as possible, as I expect to want him for a like journey.
A Mr. Creigh, who arrived here by land from Wheeling last night, says he left Fort Washington on the 17th of November, on board the Packet boat, which is now on its way from Wheeling to Pittsburgh, but will not reach this place before the 20th as most of the boatmen are sick. He met Captain Crawford in the Long Reach on Tuesday last all well. He says that on the 16th of November all the Cavalry arrived at Fort Washington in order to be sent to winter in Kentucky, and that General Wayne was establishing a Post six miles in advance of Fort Jefferson, there to winter part of the army, the Kentucky Militia were returning and no further opperations were to take place this season. The public letters, (if any,) are still on board the Packet. I expect they will arrive in time for next post.
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[To Gen. Knox. Dec. 20th, 1793.]
I have received your letter of the 14th instant together with several packets and letters for officers with the army, which shall be sent forward in charge of Lieut. Underhill, who is to descend to Fort Washington, as soon as the ice will admit a passage, on board a barge just arrived with Governor St. Clair and Colo. John Smith.
I have provided for Capt. Cook wintering here, as I presume it will be impossible for his detachment to descend the Ohio, on their arrival at Pittsburgh.
The Quarter Master General is on his way to Philadelphia through the wilderness.
[ To John Toomy, Sergt. Major, Commandant, Beaver Block House, Dec. 23d, 1793.]
The Secretary of War having remitted to me money to pay the troops at the upper post on the Ohio for the months of May, June and July, 1793, I have to request you to repair to this place, bringing with you such documents as will enable you to make out authentic muster and pay rolls of the detachments under your command, for the months above mentioned, agree- able to the enclosed forms.
[To John Finley, Wheeling, Dec. 25th, 1793.]
This evening the barge on which Gov. St. Clair came up went adrift in the ice by means of some person making a raft of boards fast to her; there was one man on board of her, but the river was so full of ice it was impossible to give him any assistance. I am in hopes you will be able to take her up at your post to-morrow, if not taken up before that time please to make the necessary inquiry concerning her. Major Cass in- tended to descend the river on board of her. She has an an- chor and cable, but neither oars nor poles on board her.
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Letter- Book of Major Isaac Craig. [ To Gen. Knox, Dec. 26th, 1793.]
I have received your letter of the 21st instant together with several others for the Commander-in-Chief and officers of the army which shall be sent forward by the first boat that descends the river; at present the navigation is obstructed by ice, but as the river is high a few moderate days, (which we have now the prospect of.) may again render it safely navigable.
Capt. Cook is not arrived, but expected in a few days. Boats are provided to carry his detachment on their arrival, should the weather be favorable: should it be otherwise, barracks are prepared for their accommodation.
The building at Wheeling consists of a Block-house, Store- house and barracks. The Block-house is twenty-two feet by twenty-two feet, two stories high : in the upper story a six pounder is mounted : the lower story may be used as a store- house. The Store-house is thirty-two feet by twenty-two feet, two stories high. The Barracks one story high, consists of five rooms, four rooms fifteen feet square and one room fifteen feet- by twelve, the whole is enclosed with a stockade. I shall en- 1 deavor to send you a plan of the whole by next post.
[To Gen. Knox, February 1st, 1794.]
I am just returned from settling the accounts of buildings at Wheeling and expect to set off for Philadelphia on the 4th or 5th instant in company with the Quarter Master General.
It is expected that Captain Crawford has ascended the Ohio to Marietta and there waits the river opening. Ensign Clay- burn arrived here on the 29th ultimo.
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THE WHITEHILLS OF LANCASTER.
BY SAMUEL EVANS.
I. JAMES WHITEHILL, the ancestor of this family, who set- tled on Pequea Creek, was born February 1. 1700, in the north of Ireland. He located near the head of a stream of water which has its source a short distance north of Pequea church, and about two miles from the old Lancaster and Philadelphia road, in the year 1723. His name appears for the first time on the Pequea assessment list for the year 1724. As the roll was made in the early part of that year, it is presumed he came there in the fall or summer of the preceding year. The orig- inal draft indicates that he took out his first warrant, for one hundred acres, on the 2d of December, 1734. The date of the birth of his son James would seem to indicate that he married in the year or the one following his emigration. He was a rigid Presbyterian and located in the heart of a Scotch-Irish settlement, and it is quite probable that his first wife was a daughter of one of his neighbors. He gradually accumulated five hundred acres of land further down this small stream, which was known for more than a hundred years as " White- hill's Run," now generally known as " Henderson's Run." He also purchased several large tracts of land, on the west side of the Susquehanna river, in Cumberland county. His first ap- pearance in public affairs was in the year 1736, when he was chosen an assessor, who, at that time, were elected upon a gen- eral ticket-the board of assessors and county commissioners constituting what was called, in Provincial times, the "County Board." As was the custom at that period, he was promoted from the board of assessors and elected a county commissioner for the years 1739-11, and was again promoted by the appoint- ment of judge in the year 1745, a position he held with honor for a number of years. He died on the 2d of February, 1766. James Whitehill was twice married. By his first wife, name unknown, he had issue :
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2. i. James, b. January 1, 1725; m. Abigail Miller.
Mr. Whitehill m. secondly, Rachel Cresswell, who d. June 29, 1795; and there was issue :
3. ii. John, b. December 1, 1729; m. Nancy Sanderson. iii. Jane, born June 23, 1731 ; d. March -, 1840. .
iv. Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1733; m. November 1, 1752, Col. James Moore.
4. v. Robert, b. July 24, 1735 ; m. Eleanor Reed.
vi. Sarah, b. June 19, 1737; d. May 12, 1778; m. March 13, 1760, George Stewart. He was Lieut. Colonel of the Seventh Battalion of the Lancaster County Associators, 1777.
vii. Rachel, b. June 18, 1739; d. May 12, 1812; m. January 18, 1772, Thomas Irvine.
5. viii. Margaret, b. July 1, 1741 ; m. Robert Craig.
ix. David, b. May 24, 1743; m. April 3, 1770, Rachel Clemson, daughter of James Clemson, (No. 2,) Esq., of Salisbury township. She was b. February 19, 1753. David received the one half of his father's land in Salisbury, about three hundred acres. He resided upon the mansion farm. During the Revolutionary war he was second captain in Col. John Boyd's battalion of Lancaster County Asso- ciators, and served a tour of duty in the Jerseys during 1777.
x. Joseph, b. August 2, 1746 ; m: May 20, 1780, Mary Kennedy. He received the other half of his father's land, amounting to about three hundred acres.
xi. Hannah, b. December 13, 1749; m. October 19, 1760, Pat- rick -
II. JAMES WHITEHILL, (James,) b. January 1, 1725; d. December 26, 1757; m. ABIGAIL MILLER, daughter of John Mil- ler. The latter died August 7, 1772, at the remarkable age of one hundred and two years; his wife, Esther Miller, died May 15, 1779, aged eighty-nine years. From an old deposition in our possession, we have the following quaint account of the marriage of James Whitehill and Abigail Miller :
" Mrs. Miller says that she being invited to the marriage of James Whithill the younger, to Abigaiel Miller, she accord- ingly attended at the house of the said Abigail, and found she (the Bride) was fled from her sd. fathers house-that John Miller, the husband of this informant rode off to Mr. Whit- hill's, the father of the afors'd James the Younger for the pur-
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pose to prevent the same Mr. Whithill & family to leave their house on ace't of the proposed weding, as the Bride was de- parted from her father's house that morning, & was in private unknown where -- In consequence, no preparation was made at that time for an entertainment : - however after some time Mr. Whithill the elder, his son (the groom) and several of his family came notwithstanding they were told the Bride was gone away. Soon after the arrival of this Company, informa- tion was bro't that the Bride was at a neighbor's house, upon which, John Miller (the husband of this Informant) with two young Women went and brot her home, handed her upstairs in her father's house, promising solemnly to use no arguments to persuade her to marry James Whithill the younger but leave her to her own will & option. Soon after James Whit- hill the older, hearing she was come home. asked to see her, & was accordingly directed to her Room; soon after, she heard them speak loud, and after some time he came down & sent up his son, the prepared Groom & he also returned & asked for J. Miller (her husband) & asked him who would go for parson Allison to celebrate the nuptils. that J. Miller afors'd offered his service, that old J. Whithill sent his son, & to the best of her recollection, his son Robert, went with J. Miller to conduct Dr. Allison to the house for the purpose afors'd & that the said Abigail's father give her horses, cows, & calves. sheep and swine & Beds with their furniture, tables and chairs, Kitchen utensils & tea. Anmpage chest and Drawers, and two bound servants four years each and £ in cash." Their children were:
i. Margaret : b. June 18, 1752 ; m. March 9, 1773.
6. ii. John ; b. May 20, 1754; m. Mary Middleton.
iii. Jane ; b. July 1, 1756; d. 1836; m. February 17, 1780.
ABIGAIL MILLER WHITEHILL, married. secondly. Cuthbertson. They resided upon a farm which belonged to Mrs. C's first husband.
III. JOHN WHITEHILL, (James,) b. December 1, 1729, d. in 1815. He was an ardent patriot, and came into prominence at the commencement of the Revolution. The Supreme Execu- tive Council appointed him, March 31, 1777. one of the justices of the common pleas court, and. in the years 1778, 1779, and
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1780, he was elected a member of the Assembly, resigning his commission as judge. In October, 1783, he was chosen one of the council censors, and, in the year following, was elected for three years to the Supreme Executive Council, succeeding Col. Samuel John AtLee. Under the constitution of 1790, he was appointed an associate judge of the county of Lancaster. He was a trustee and elder of the Presbyterian church at Pequea for many years. He left a large landed estate in Salisbury town- ship. The Revolutionary war brought him to the front, and he proved to be, like his compeers, a person of indomitable cour- age and vigor of intellect, and was ever tenacious of Republi- can principles. He belonged to the Jeffersonian school of statesmen. There were a number of persons from various branches of this family in public life, all of whom were opposed to the Federal party. He married, August 13, 1755, NANCY SANDERSON, and they had issue :
7. i. John Sanderson, b. 1768; m. Mary Ann AtLee.
8. ii. James, m. Elizabeth Bickham.
iii. Margaret, m. - Armor, who owned a farm adjoining Pequea church.
ic. Mary A.
v. Elizabeth, m. Nathan L. Bolden.
vi. Christiana.
viii. George, b. 1760: received a good education, entered mer- cantile pursuits, and began the hardware business at Harrisburg about 1800, and was quite successful; was appointed by Governor Snyder one of the associate judges of the county of Dauphin October 20, 1817, but, on the 30th of July, 1818, with his colleague, Obed Fahn- estock, resigned, owing to the commissioning of Judge Franks as president of the court by Governor Findlay that year. Judge Whitehill died at Harrisburg on the 7th of January, 1821. His wife, Abigail, born in 1762, died April 12, 1825. They are both buried in Paxtang church graveyard. A daughter, Eleanor, m. Philip Frazer, a lawyer of Harrisburg.
IV. ROBERT WHITEHILL, (James,) b. July 24, 1735, in Sal- isbury township, Lancaster county, Penna. ; d. April 8, 1813. in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland county, Penna. He was a pupil of the Rev. Robert Smith, who was called to preach at Pequea church in the year 1750; purchased a farm adjoin-
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ing the Whitehills and established a classical school. Robert was also a pupil of Rev. Francis Alison's school at New Lon- don Cross Roads. About the year 1772, he removed to Cum- berland county, two miles west of Harrisburg. In December, 1779. he represented that county in the Supreme Executive Council, and in the year 1784 was elected to the General As- sembly. He was one of the commissioners to examine the Sus- quehanna river and devise means to make it navigable. In the newspapers published when he was a member of the Legis- lature his speeches have been reported in brief, which display more than ordinary elocutionary powers, and great tenacity of purpose in debate. He married ELEANOR REED, daughter of Adam Reed, Esq., of Hanover township. She and her hus- band are interred in the burial ground of Silvers Spring church. They had issue :
i. Adam; b. February 27, 1760.
ii. Mary; b. February 7, 1762 ; m. John Kean.
hiii. Rachel; b. May 6, 1764: m. Alexander MacBeth.
. je. James; b. May 6, 1766; d. March 13, 1832.
v. Robert; b. September 13, 1768; d. August 24, 1829, at Waynesburg, Pa.
vi. Elizabeth; b. November 6, 1770 ; d. October 2, 1848 ; m. Co: Richard Moore Crain.
vii. Eleanor: b. February 9, 1773 ; d. November 28, 1818.
viii. John; b: April 10, 1776 ; d. November 30, 1816.
ix. Joseph ; b May 29, 1778; d. April 29, 1797.
V. MARGARET WHITEHILL (James) b. July 1, 1741; d. February 14, 1777 ; m. January 1, 1765, ROBERT CRAIG, son of David Craig, who had settled along Conoy creek near the present boundary line of Conoy and West Donegal townships in Lancaster county. Robert Craig was captain of the fifth company of Col. Alexander Lowrey's Battalion of Lancaster County Associators, and was in active service at the battle of Brandywine, in September, 1777. He inherited his father's land, which he sold, at the close of the Revolutionary war, to the Lindemuths and Nissleys, and removed seven hundred miles west to settle among friends, eventually going farther westward. Margaret Whitehill and Robert Craig bad issue (surname Craig:)
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i. Darid.
ii. James Whitchill.
iii. Robert.
ir. Rachel.
r. Margaret.
ri. Elizab.th.
VL JOHN WHITEHILL. (James. James, ) b. May 20. 1754: d. December 10. 1806. He was appointed a justice of the peace by Governor Mifflin in 1798, and was elected a county commissioner in 1801. In 1790. he and Peter Byard & Co. established a shad fishery in the Susquehanna one mile below " Wild Cat.". He married. in 1783, MARY MIDDLETON. only daughter of John Middleton. who owned several hundred acres of land adjoining Donegal Church. Their children were :
i. Ann; b. 1784: d. 1860.
ii. James : b. 1786: d. 1860: m. Mary Curren, daughter of Brice Curren : left no issue.
iii. John Mililleton : b. 1755: d. 1866: m. Elizabeth Cameron. daughter of William Cameron, who came from Virginia and settled in Maytown : and they had : Jane, m. S: muel Redsecker of Elizabethtown: Willion: Ann M. ; John M. : and James C.
ir. David C .: b. 1790.
v. Abigail ; m. -- Mclivain, and had Mary, m. James Mehaffy. junior. of Marietta : s. p.
vi. Margaret : b. 1796: d. 1844: m. - 'icDowell; s. p. vii. Jine: b. 1799 : d. 1916: m James Wils a: s. p.
riti. Suruk : m. Rev. William Houston, son of Dr. John Hous. ton of Columbia, a surgeon of the Revolution ; s. p. i.c. Robert : d. s. p.
c. Cutharine.
VIL JOHN SANDERSON WHITEHILL, (John. James.) b. December 28. 1768: d. July 19, 1811 : m. February 20. 1794. MARY ANN ATLEE: b. April 2. 1775 ; d. October 25, 1865. They had issue :
9. i. Samuel At Lee, b. June 4, 1795: m. Margaret Wilson. ii. Ann Amelia. b. September 19, 1797 ; d. July 15, 1799.
10. iii. Sara !: Elizabeth, b. September 17. 1800: m. John Barber.
ir. John Flarel. b. March 1, 1506. He was surgeon's mate on U. S. sloop-of-war " Hornet." When at anchor off Pensacola bay, Florida, on the 10th of September, 1929, the officers gave an entertainment to a number of ladies and gentle- men of that place on board the vessel. After that day
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the vessel and all on board disappeared, and nothing has ever come to light to indicate the nature of the disaster. For many years it was supposed that the vessel was cap- tured by pirates. It has ever remained a mystery.
v. George Sanderson, b. April 19, 1808. He wasan accomplished teacher, and for some years taught an advanced school in Harrisburg and in Chester county. He died Decem- ber 12, 1832.
VIIL JAMES WHITEHILL, (John, James,) b. about 1770; d. in 1835 or 1836; removed in 1793 to the village of Stras- burg, where he established a store, and built up a large busi- ness. He was possessed of considerable an estate in that places and in the village of Soudersburg, and was the first burgess of the borough of Strasburg. He married ELIZABETH BICKAM, and they had issue :
i. Mary Ann, m. Shirk.
ii. Christiana B., m. - Chamberlin.
11. iii. James, b. January 13, 1801 ; m. Mary Bethel Boude. iv. George S.
IX. SAMUEL ATLEE WHITEHILL, (John Sanderson, John, James, ) b. June 4, 1795; d. August 2, 1848; married Margaret . Wilson ; b. September 13, 1848; d. December 13, 1875; re- sided in Chester county. They had issue:
i. Mary Ann, b. March 25, 1816; d. January 27, 1842. ii. John-Sanderson, b. August 3, 1818; d. October 6, 1867.
iii. Samuel- Watts, b. November 6, 1820; m. May 29, 1852, Catha- rine Owens, and had: Franklin-Pierce, m. Cordelia Con- ner ; Mary-Jane, Margaret-Ann, m. Joseph T. Palmer; Catharine-Elizabeth and Sarah- Virginia.
ir. Margaret-Eckert, b. September 29, 1822; d. in 1872; m. December 23, 1845, Dr. Willam Sutton Latta, of Chester county, and they had : Jane, m. James Crowel Pinker- ton ; Samuel- Whitehill, m. Annie Abel; Mary-Ann- AtLee, m. John Fleming Jones; William-James, Mar- garet-Douglass- Willson, Rosaline- Mc Calla, Helen-Eliza- beth, John-Sanderson and Thomas-Love.
v. Sylvester-Handford, b. February 14, 1825 ; d. September 12, 1847.
vi. Elisha-Douglass, b. March 5, 1828; d. April 16, 1829.
vii. Sarah-Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1832; d. s. p.
X. SARAH ELIZABETH WHITEHILL, (Jolm Sanderson, John, James,) b. September 17, 1800; d. January 13, 1858; m. Febru-
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ary 21, 1821, JOHN BARBER, b. February 22, 1782 ; d. Octo- ber 23, 1868 ; was a member of the Legislature in 1826, and su- perintendent of canal and railroad 1829 to 1835. They had issue (surname Barber) :
i. William-Edwin, b. April 21, 1822; d. April 13, 1SS2; was a prominent lawyer at West Chester; m. first, October 1, 1860, Anna Eliza Townsend, and they had : Edicin-At- Lec, Nellie Louise Parker: William-Townsend, m. Ann- Riegart Haldeman, and Annie-Tronsend, m. George Hepburn Watson. William E. Barber, m., secondly, in 1866, Lydia-Cresson Stiles, and they had: Eleanor-Cres- son, Walter, and Elizabeth-Stiles.
ii. Samuel Whitehill, b. 1824; m., November 4, 1847, Mary Jane Boyd of Philadelphia. d. 1849, and they had Emma; m., secondly, Caroline S. Tilford of St. Louis.
iii. Elizabeth- Wright, b. 1826 : d. 1878; m. Dr. Sydenham-Rush Clarke, d. 1878 at Memphis, Tenn. ; and they had Lucy- Emma, Helen-Rush, Edward P. m. Maggie Stratton ; and Walter-Rush.
iv. Mury-Ann, b. 1828; m. May 15, 1849, Richard Treat Leech now of Oil City, and they had John-Frederick, m. Mar- garet Park : Richard-Treat, Jessie- Marian, Charles-Col- ton, Marian-AtLee, and Richard-Barber.
v. Emma Colton, m., June 6, 1865, James J. Creigh, formerly a lawyer, now an Episcopalian minister of Germantown, Pa., and they had Mary-Dunbar.
vi. John J., b. 1833; m. October 12, 1859, Henrietta-Malinda Worthington, of West Chester, and had Mabel W., and Carver W., m. Catharine L. C. Gilmore.
XI. JAMES WHITEHILL, (James, John, James.) b. January 13, 1801; d. May 2, 1860; was largely engaged in the iron and lumber business along Conestoga creek ; m. MARY BETHEL BOUDE, daughter of Gen. Thomas Boude and his wife, Alice Amelia AtLee. They had issue :
i. Amelia-Alice Boude, b. Nov. 13, 1823; m. Dr. John-Augus- tus Eller of Lancaster, and had Alice- Augusta, m. Joseph H. Reynolds ; John-James and William Rush.
ii. Thomas Boude, b. 1825; d. 1854.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 1828; d. 1828.
it. William, b. 1829; d. 1852.
2. Elizabeth. b. 1831.
vi. Mary B., b. 1833.
vii. Sarah B., D. 1835.
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There was a JOHN WHITEHILL of Leacock township, who died in 1778, leaving a widow, MARGARET, and children :
i. Robert.
ii. William.
iii. John.
it. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Lyon.
2. Agnes, m. William Crawford.
ri. Margaret.
One of the sons married a daughter of Capt. Stewart Her- bert of Leacock. This John Whitehill was probably a brother of the first James, and was well advanced in years at the time of his death.
A JOHN WHITEHILL died in Salisbury, in 1805, aged 71 years.
There was also a JOHN WHITEHILL who died in 1779 in Lan- caster borough. He left a son John over fourteen years of age, who selected Robert Reddick, of Lampeter township, as his guardian, and who was also appointed guardian for his sister Ruth, who was under fourteen years. John Hamilton, their brother-in-law, agreed to educate Ruth.
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THE CHAMBERS-REIGER DUEL, 1789.
Mr. Linn's brief note to "Fithian's Journal," relating to Capt. Stephen Chambers of the Pennsylvania Line of the Rev- olution, has revived the story of his unfortunate duel with Dr. Reiger, of Lancaster. In the "Shippen Papers," under date of May 18, 1789. Col. Shippen writes from Lancaster to his brother, the chief justice: "I am extremely concerned to tell you that a most unfortunate duel happened last Monday even- ing, between Doctor Reiger and Mr. Chambers, on a challenge of the former, for an effront received by him at a tavern. When each had fired one pistol without effect, the seconds in- terferred, and proposals of accommodation were made, which Reiger could not be persuaded to agree to ; each then presented a pistol; Chambers' snapped, but Reiger's discharged a ball through both his antagonist's legs His wounds bled much. but for two days were supposed not dangerous ; a mortification then ensued; its progress upwards was great and rapid till Saturday morning, when it extended to his bowels, and carried him off, to the most severe distress of the families and friends of both. The procession at his funeral, in the evening, was truly solemn and affecting. This melancholy subject has al- ready too much agitated my mind to dwell on it longer. by relating the particular circumstances." The correspondence which preceded this cold-blooded murder, for so we must char- acterize it, follows in this connection, our readers being indebted to D. McN. Stauffer, one of the editors of the Engineering News of New York, for the same. Mr. Linn's sketch of the talented and brilliant Chambers has been referred to. As to Dr. Reiger, little is known of his subsequent career.
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