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Tuesday, August 29 -- This morning I left Kash's and went down the Maqua country. Towards night I passed through Canajoharie and came
Wednesday, August 30,-To William's Fort. Here I learned that Conrad Weiser's son had returned to learn the Indian language I would have visited him but he was not at home.
Thursday, August 31 -To-day I passed through Schenectady to Albany and came
Sunday, September 3,-To imy father. in law's (55), with whom I remained two days.
Wednesday, September 6 .- I reached Pachgatgoch, where I met Bro. Sense- man and his wife. The Indian brethren and sisters, when they heard of my ar- rival, came running to see their old Mar- tin once more among them (56). I re- mamed six days with them and kept many meetings.
Wednesday, September 13 .- This morn- ing I set out for Bethlehem.
Saturday, September 23 -Between 10 and 11 o'clock this morning I reached Bethlehem well and happy and was re- ceived by my Brethren right heartily. I thanked my dear Saviour for all the grace and protection he had shown me and my brethren on our journey and for my safe return home. Glory be to the Lamb ! (57)
Notes.
40. Count Zinzendorf. Under what circumstances or on what occasion he re. ceived this name from the Indians is not determined.
41. Bishop Spangenberg.
42. Bishop J. von Watteville, who was adopted into the Six Nations.
43. It is a Seneca word signifying "the head," and naine given to Nathaniel Seidel by Shikellimy in April of 1748.
44. Bishop J. C. F. Cammerhoff, who was so named by Shikellimy.
45. Cammerhoff died in April of 1751. 46 David Zeisberger. He was so named by Shikellimy in June of 1745.
47. Bishop von Watteville, who was a son-in-law of Zinzendorf's. Nathaniel Seidel and David Zeisberger returned
from Europe in September and Spangen- berg in December of 1751.
48. John Martin Mack. It is a Cayuga word meaning "one who beads a troop," and was given to Mack at Bethlehem by Shikellimy in April of 1748.
49, While a resident of the town, he was adopted into the tribe of the Tortoise receiving the name of I haneraquechta.
50. Teatachtonti, south of Onondaga.
51. They had extensive orchards.
52. Probably the same as Otsinonghy- atta, who attended the Council at Fort Johnson in 1757.
53. Probably same as Oanatsyagaya who attended the Fort Johnson counci in 1757
54. Butternut Creek in the present country of Onondaga.
55 John Rau, a Palatine farmer, in the John Foster do Pant Kelly.
"Obiong." Mack married his daughter Jeannette, September 14, 1742. She died at Gnadenhutten, on the Mahoning, De- cember 15, 1742. Rau died June 2, 1768, and is buried in the graveyard of the English meeting-house.
56. Mack was stationed here as assist- ant missionary in 1743.
57. Zeisberger and Rundt returned to Bethlehem in December, of 1752. "Wed. nesday. January 31, 1753, Bro-Van Vleck must have credit for cash which he paid on account of Z isberger & Rundt to Captain Egbertse at Albany, which they borrowed of the latter on their re- turn from Onondaga, £ 2, N. Y. cur- rency."
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PRICES IN 1808 .- In that year, judg- ing by the following quotations, the cur- rency was mixed:
Wheat, 14 shillings per bushel.
Buckwheat, 7s. 6d. per bushel. Flour, $4.25 per barrel.
_'ye, 53 cents per bushel.
Oats, 2s. 6d. or 33} cents per bushel. Beef, 3 pence per pound.
AN OLD TIME LETTEK.
[The original of the following letter
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from James Tilghman, Secretary of the Proprietaries Land Office, in 1770, to John Lukens, the Surveyor, is in our possession. It is worth preserving in Notes and Queries. ]
SEPT'R, 7th, 1770
MR. LUKENS : I request you will, as soon as you arrive at Fort Augusta, get the best intelligence you can of the ac tions of the N. Englanders on the West Branch, especially of their dispossessing any of our People there by Violence, and have a Deposition or two taken of the particulars before Capt. Hunter and sent down to the Governor; and I shall be obliged it you'l make Inquiry if posses- sion be taken of my Land by those Peo- ple. I remain,
Y'r most h'ble Serv't, JAMES TILGHMAN.
Pray get particular information if you can of any transactions wherein Major Durkee is concerned.
Pray make it known to any purchasers under Wallis' Patents in the New Pur- chase before the purchase made, that those patents are fraudulent & good for nothing.
When at Fort Augusta he p'eas'd to look about the Forks for a proper Situa- tion for a Town, whether directly at the Forks or a small distance up either Branch.
If you go near my Land at Chilles- .quaqua or Loyal Sock, I shall be obliged to you to take a look at it.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF DR. DAVID SHOPE.
A correspondent sende us the follow- ing relating to Dr. David Shope, one of the earliest practitioners of medicine at Hummelstown, who died in December, 1842:
Dr. Shope was a man of fine appear- ance, nearly six feet in height, with fair complexion, a keen grey eye, broad fore head, and hair of a light brown. He was a close observer of Nature, and a man of no ordinary accomplishments. Although a gentleman of correct habits, he was an excellent sportsman, an expert with the rifle or fishing rod Fox hunting in his day was a favorite pastime, and one of his fellow practitioners, Dr. William Henderson, kept a small pack of hounds,
and many a fine chase was indulged in by these M. D.'s, the late David Earnest, Joe Spidler, the dog fancier and tailor of the village, accompanied by other lovers of the chase who lived in the neighbor- hood at that day.
As an angler, Dr. Shope carried the palm. The first pike of the season were shot in the meadow on the west bank of the Swatara, near Earnest and Shearer's bridge, at the Harrisburg turnpike, when the stream had slightly risen, and the pickerel came out from under their icy beds to sun themselves in the open pools. While other fishermen sat patiently for hours waiting for "bites," on the Derry side of the Swatara, that skillful Wal- tonian would lift the finest pickerel out of their native element on the Swatara and Hanover township boundaries of the creek, along the deep water formed by the slope-walls of the Union canal.
The writer has known that patient fisherman to spend two or three hours in the early part of the day or evening, with rod and line, and tempting bait, endeav- oring to lure the huge snapping turtles from the muddy bottom of the Swatara, and he invariably succeeded in landing "a whopper," much to the wonderment and envy of other anglers who prided themselves on their piscatory accomplish- ments.
Dr. Shope was well versed in Natural History, and was clever with the; pencil as a sketcher whenever inclination led him to pass a leisure hour in that way.
The Doctor was the successor in medi- cine ot Dr. Benjamin Ryner Rice, whose property on Main street, Hummelstown, he purchased, and most of whose practice he retained after that gentlemen removed to Hamburg, Berks county, this State. As a "regular" Dr. Sbope was a success ful practitioner. His contemporaries were Dr. William Henderson, of Hum- melstown, Dr. William Simonton, of Hanover, and Dr. John A. Shuster, of the homeopathic school. He was a deep thinker, a devout student, and a man of fine conversational powers. He was of an easy, kind, lenient disposition, and consequently did not amass a fortune, leaving but little worldly goods when he died, in the very prime of life. He was unmarried. A H.
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OUR EARLY SETTLERS.
South End of East Side of Derry-1757,
John Chesnut,
Jacob Longnecker, Jacob Starratt,
John McAlnster,
John McQueen,
William Boyd,
John Hall, Thomas Logan, Christian Swikley,
Moses Potts,
Robert Allison, David Wray,
John Meabing, John Meabing, jr.,
Jacob Martin,
Pa rick Kelley,
Abraham Reiner,
Widdow Duncan,
Samuel Moore,
Archibald Walker,
Lambard Shelley, Widdow Foster, Joseph Berry hill,
John Wray,
David Foster,
Neal McAllister,
Andrew Moore, And. Burckholder,
Wendel Bon,
Michael Bittner,
Philip Reiner,
Michael Tanner,
Patrick Hays,
Robert Hays,
James Mitchell,
John Hays,
William Miller,
David Johnson,
Rev'd John Roan,
Robert MeLery,
Hans Carmony,
James Willson,
Jacob Groves,
Robert Mordach,
James Foster,
Jacob Leamen,
John Logan, John Moore, Josiah McQueen,
Daniel Tavler,
Widdow Sloan,
George Kelley,
Robert Boyd,
Widdow McAllister, Robert Foster, John McQueen,
David McCord,
John Campbell,
Wm. McCord,
Felty Delabach,
John Craig,
Peter Delabach,
Joseph Crain,
Andrew Roan,
Robert Mordach.
Freemen.
Francis Bishopp,
Thomas Kennedy,
John McQueen, Robert Kennedy,
John Carson, John MeClure,
Wm. McCord, Michael McGerety,
Jobn Mordach,
Mich. Tanner's Son.
SOME GENEALOGICAL NOTES.
[ From our note books we cull the fol. lowing genealogical data. Ifany of our readers can furnish us information re- lating to any of these families we will be under many obligations. ]
ZENT.
Jacob Zent, of West Hanover, in d.
1809, leaving children as follows: i. Elizabeth, m. Valentine King, and . had a daughter Susanna. ii. John iii Phoebe (Pevey), m. Christian
Kish.
iv. Mary. m. Abraham Houser. D. Catharine, m. Jobn Snyder. vi. Susanna, m. Jacob Moyer. vii. Jacob.
MILLER Susanna Miller, widow of Daniel Mil- ler, of Londonderry, d. January 1811, leaving children:
i. Mary.
ii. Abraham. iti. Peter. iv. Daniel. v. Susanna, m. Frederick Hoover.
MEYRICK Samuel Meyrick, "Doctor of Physick," of Middletown, d. June, 1811. He di. rected his wife and somn to continue "the apothecary shop." The children were- 2. Samuel. iz. Ruth. iii. Esther.
BORDNER. John Bordner, of Lykens, d. June, 1812, leaving a wife Susanna, and chil- dren as follows:
¿ Peter. ii. Anna, m. Adam Heller. iii. Susanna. iv. Elizabeth.
WETHERHOLD. Susanna Wetherhold, widow, of Har -- risburg, d. July, 1812, leaving children as follows: i. Margaret, m Barnett. ii. Elizabeth, m. - Wingert, and had Charles and Jobn. iii John, of Hummelstown, m. and had Elizabeth m. Peter Snyder, Charles and. Susanna. 20. George.
REEL.
Philip Reel, of Paxtang, d. July, 1812,
Hugh Hall,
Niclous Evert,
William Moore,
Wm. Robison,
Hugh Hays,
Philip Fishborn,
John McCord,
John Espy,
Joseph White,
John Duncan,
Christy Snyder,
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leaving a wife Catharine, and children as follows:
i. Peter.
ii. Mary.
iii. Jacob.
iv. Sarah.
D. Catharine.
vi. Benjamin.
HARRISON.
Sarah Harrison, widow, of East Han- ·over, d. September, 1806, leaving chil- dren as follows:
i Elizabeth, m. - Martin
ii. Sarah.
iri. Jean. iv. Mary.
v. John.
SHOPE.
Bernard Shope, of Paxtang township,
d. August, 1813, leaving issue as follows: i. Barbara, m. Henry Michael.
ii. Julianna, m. George Silsel.
iii. Jacob.
iv. Margaret.
v Mary.
vi. Christianna.
vii. Magdalena. viii. Adam.
ix. Bernhart.
x. Eve, deceased.
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MONTGOMERY -David Montgomery, of Lower Paxtang, d. in January, 1805, the executors of his estate being Thomas Bennett and James Montgomery. Mr. Bennett's wife was a Montgomery. What was the relationship existing be- tween the former and his executors ?
PURCHASES FROM THE INDIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA PRIOK TO THE COMING OF PENN.
1621 .- First settlement on Delaware . River by and under West India Co.
July 15, 1630 .- Director General and Council of Manhattan, purchase of In- dians 8 large miles, from Cape Hinlop, along Delaware Bay, and land wards half a mile-[a large mile was equal to 4 Eng- lish miles. ]
May 5, 1631 .- They made another pur-
chase of Indians at Cape May, four miles on the Coast, and four miles on the Bay.
1633. - Arent Corasen purchased a tract of land on the Schuylkill, on which a fort was erected, called Beversrede.
1638 .- The Swedes, early after their arrival, purchased all the lands from Cape Henlopen to Santickan, Trenton "alls.
March 27, 1642 .- New Haven people purchased large tracts of land.
Sept. 25, 1646 -Hudde purchased land from Savages, one Dutch mile (four Eng- lish). North of Fort Nassau, present site of Philadelphia.
April 27, 1648 .- Hudde's purchase con . firmed by Savages.
May 23, 1649. - Peter Stuyvesant writes to Hudde expressing surprise at the bold enterprises of the Swedes in purchasing the lands all about Fort Nassau and on the Schuylkill.
July 19, 1651 .- Indian chicfs confirm title to Stuyvesant of all lands ever sold or presented to the Swedes.
June 17, 1664,-Indians confirmed title to Swedes at a meeting held in Printz Hall on Tinnicum Island.
Oct. 3, 1675 -A purchase is made in the name of Edmund Andross for the Duke of York from the truc sachems and lawful Indian proprietors of all that tract of land on west side of Delaware, at a creek next to the cold spring, somewhat above Mattineum Island, about eight or nine miles below the Falls, and as far above said falls; also, all the islands in Delaware river.
In 1677 Andross made numerous grants of land out of the territory cm- braced in above purchases on the Delaware, the Schuylkill and the Nesha- miny,
July 20, 1680 .- Indians sell John Moll lands about Christina creek and the islands.
Charter to Wm. Penn for Province of Pennsylvania, granted by Charles II., March 4, 1681.
Penn sends William Markham, his cousin, over as Deputy Governor of his Province, by commission being dated 20 April. 1681.
1682 -The first purchase of lands made for Wm Penn was made by treaty between the Deputy Governor Markham
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and the Indians, of lands near Nesbam- iny, within the bounds of the former pur- chases hereinbefore referred to. The deed was dated 15th July, 1682. Wil- liam Penn arrived at the town of New Castle, Delaware, from England 27th Oct., 1682, more than 3 months after the treaty. He embarked on the ship Wel come, Captain Robert Greenway, master, 11th Sept., 1682. At a monthly meeting held 8th of 9th mo., 1682, Gov. Wm. Penn and Friends met about half a mile from Shackamaxon, and established tbe city of Philadelphia. S. J.
HISTORICAL NUGGETS.
Extract from a letter dated Wheeling, November 12, 1789: "The spirit of emi- gration to tbe western regions rages more than ever; upwards of 3.000 persons are encamped near this place, some of whom have been here ever since July last; they are detained on account of the high freshes in the river-want of boats, pro- visions, &c. Their situation is truly de- plorable, as tbis part of the country is thinly settled. This large body of people with their horses and cattle, have raised the price of provisions to an alarming height, which has induced many of them who are able to return, while others are spending their little all in expectation to see the waters fall."
Extract from a letter dated Pittsburgb, Feb. 12, 1817 :- "Possibly you may think it strange that I have not written you be- fore this-but the sequel of my letter will furnish you with an explanation. * * On the whole we have had a prosperous journey and have enjoyed our usual heath since we have been hence. On our arrival, however, we found the City full of Yankee Horses and Chariots selling at auc ion through the streets As my wagon would live without eating I thought I had better let it stand by a while than to give it to the Crier for sell- ing. But to my astonishment the emi. grants continued to flock in from the northward, in troops, till about the first of January, and kepte the City glutted with Horses and Carriages, so you see I have been completely frustrated in my expectation of raising money from my team. This is the fifth week since the
rivers have been passable on the ice, a tbing scarsley known in the annals of this Country."
MARRIAGES .- On Thursday last, by tbe Rev. Mr Newcomb Mr. JOHN CON- RAD WINEBIDDLE to Miss OLIVE NEW. TON, daughter of Mr. B. B. Newton, of this city .- Pittsburgh Gazette, June 18, 1818.
Married, on Thursday, the first in. stant, by the Right Rev. Bishop White, WILLIAM WILKINS, Esq., of Pittsburgh, 10 Miss MATILDA DALLAS, daughter of the late. A. J. Dallas, Esq., of Philadel. phia .- Ib. Oct 13, 1818.
On Tuesday evening, the 20th inst , by tbe Rev. Mr. Stockton, Mr. DAVID PRIDE to Miss MATILDA ERWIN, both of tbis city.
On Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Newcomb, Mr. CHARLES PLUMB to Miss HANNAH H SKELTON, and Mr. GIL- BERT MCKOWN to Miss ANNA MARIA W. SKELTON, of this city .- Ib. Oct. 29, 1818:
At Philadelphia, on Friday evening,. the 4th ult , by the Rev. Mr. Janeway, DR. CHARLES LEWIS, of Virginia, to MISS MARY IRVINE, daughter of the late General William Irvine.
At Washington (Pa.), on Thursday evening, 31st ult., by the Rev. Mr. Brown, MR. DAVID ACHESON to MISS MARY WILSON, daughter of John Wil- son, Esq., all of that place.
On the 16th ult , at the seat of Stepben Lowry, Esq., Qneen Ann's county, Maryland, MR. THOMAS COLLINS, of this piace, to MISS SARAH LOWRY, daughter of Mr. Lowry -Pittsburgh "Common- wealth," Nov. 16, 1805.
In Maryland, Hon. Uriah Forrest to Miss Plater .- American Museum, Nov., 1789.
At Waynesborough, William Richard- son Atlee, Esq , to Miss Wayne.
In Franklin county, Dr. Wm. M. Ma gaw to Miss McDowell .- 1b. Nov., 1790. In Philadelphia, Colonel Ho:lgdon to. Miss Hodges.
At Acion, the Rev Elisha Riggs to Miss Jane Atlee.
At Pittsburgh, Mr. John Irwin to Miss Susan Parker .- 1b. Dec., 1790.
In Philadelphia, Col Williams to Miss Betsey Hulings .- 1b. Muy, 1792.
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GENEALOGICAL NOTES.
CLARK.
Walter Clark, of Londonderry town. ship, 1. in August, 1813, leaving a wife Mary, and children as follows:
i. Ann.
ii Sarah. iii. Mary.
iv. Charles.
o William; his wife Eleanor d. March 13, 1829, in the 51st year of her age.
vi. James.
In addition bequests were made to his nephews, Walter Johnson and Walter Clark.
. KOCH.
David Koch, of Lower Paxtang, d. in November, 1813. He left his estate to his mother Eva Koch, and his sisters, as fol- lows:
i. Magdalena.
ii Jane.
iii. Catharine, m. Jacob Lingle.
iv Eva, m. Henry McKee.
Fox.
Peter Fox, of Lower Paxtang, d. in May, 1814, leaving a wife Anna, and the following children:
i Henry.
ii. Peter. iii. Anna.
HOFFMAN.
John. Hoffman, of Lykens township, d. July 1814, leaving a wife Elizabeth and children :
i. John.
ii. Daniel. iii. Jacob. iv. Jonas.
NISLEY.
Esther Nisley, widow of Jacob Nisley, of Derry township, d. in December 1814. The children mentioned in her will were: i. Martin, d. prior, leaving three chil- dren.
ii. Freeny, m. Joseph Bosler.
iii. Baroara, m. Jacob Hershey.
SHENK.
Michael Shenk, of Londonderry, d. April 1815, leaving a wife Veronica, and children as follows:
i. John.
ii. Christian.
iii Michael.
iv. Catharine, m. Christian Longe- necker. v. Anna.
vi [a dau. ] dec'd , m. Abraham Mar- tin, and had a son Michael.
SMITH
Jacob Smith, of West Hanover, d. July, 1815, leaving a wife Margaret, and chil- dren as follows:
i. E izabeth, m. -- Ziegler.
ii Hannah m. Henry Balsbaugh.
iri Abraham.
iv. David.
v. Daniel
vi Jacob, dec'd.
vii. John, dec'd., leaving a son Samuel.
MCCLURE.
James McClure, of West Hanover, d. September, 1815, unmarried, leaving a mother, and brothers and sisters as fol. lows:
i. Martha, m. . Wilson, and had three children.
ii. William. m., and had James.
iii Francis
iv. Isabel, m. James Cathcart,
v. John.
vi. Mary, m. -- Snodgrass. vii. Andrew. viii. Stewart.
CATHCART.
James Cathcart, of West Hanover, d. in May, 1815, leaving a wife Isabella, daughter of James McClure, of West Hanover, and children as follows:
i. Sarah. iï Isabel.
iii. Mary.
JONES.
Isaac Jones, of Halifax, d. January, 1816, leaving children as follows: i. Jacob. ii. John. iii. George.
MATTER.
John Matter, jr., son of Michael Mat- ter, of Upper Paxtang township, d. in February, 1816, leaving a wife Anna
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Mary, and children as follows: i Simon.
ii Anna Mary. ¿ii. Elizabeth.
COL. HENRY BOUQUET.
[Through the courtesy of the Swiss Consul at Philadelphia, R. Koradi, Esq , we have the following facts relating to the gallant and brave Bouquet who stemmed the tide of Indian war in 1764, and dictated his own terms to the red sav- ages in their homes on the Muskingum. The information was procured at our re quest. We give it as in the original translation. ]
Extract from the Cantoual Archives of the Canton of Vaud at Lausanne, ten- dered to the Prefect of Rolle, concern- ing the searches after General Henry Bouquet and his family relations by the Chief of the Department of Public Instruction.
The searches made in the Cantonal A: chives, to find some notes on the family and the biography of Henry Bouquet of Rolle, have not brought to light great re- sults. His certificate of birth could not be found in the civil State registers of the community of Rolle, but in a parochial register, kept by the minister, an entry is found, as follows: List of those, whom I have examined with a view to participate in the holy communion, March the 25th, 1735, of Rolle:
1. Louis Alexander Roncier, my nephew, aged 18 years.
2. Henry Bouquet, aged 16 year's.
As Henry Bouquet is said to have been born in the year 1719. this entry No. 2 is undoubtedly meant for him. From divers other documents it also appears, that the Bouquet family were citizens of Rolle and that one of its members was a mem- ber of the city council of that town. Entries, concerning the family of Bouquet, are found as follows:
Bouquet, Louis, General Quartermaster and Lieutenant Colonel in the Regiment Stuerler in the service of the Netherlands, renounces his citizenship of Rolle on the 14th of April, 1750, and is discharged from his duties as a citizen on the 8th of October, 1750.
Madeleine, oldest daughter of Ferdi
nand Rolas, baptized May 16th, 1645, wife of Bartholomew Bouquet, son of Peter Bouquet, hotelkceper at the Tete Noire, left Elizabeth and Jacquette Bou- quet. (This is from the family of Rolas, widow of Savoy, established in Rolle since 1549.)
In the history of the Canton of Vaud by Verdeil vol. III, page 96 and following there appears.
Henry Louis Bouquet of Rolle, the old- est of seven brothers entered the service of Holland in 1736 and afterwards passed into the service of Piedmont in the Swiss Regiment Roguin, where he distinguished himself in the office of aide-major in the war sustained by the King of Sardinia against the combined armies of France and Spain.
The accounts, which Bouquet gave to his former compagnons in Holland hav- ing come to the knowledge of the Prince of Orange, the latter called him to the command of a company of his guard. Bouquet profited of his leisure hours in the garrison, to study the military and the mathematical sciences and entered into connection with the most distin- guished persons of Holland, among others with his countryman Allamand of Lau- sanne, Professor of Physick and Rector of the University of Leyden.
Lord Middleton engaged him to ac- company him in his travels, for scientific purposes, in France, Belgium, Germany and Italy; studying with him the cele. brated battle fields of these countries
In 1754 the English Government con- fided to him and to his companion and fellow countryman Haldimand of Yoerdon (also in the Canton of Vaud) the organization of a brigade, named the Royal American, into which he drew several other fellow-citizens of the Can- ton of Vaud, among whom Du Tes of Moudon and Vullgamot of Lausanne.
After having participated in the war in Canada, Bouquet was charged to reduce the hostile Indian tribes of Canada. He disengaged Fort Pitt, which was by them invested, and afterwards was placed by Lord Gage at the head of a corps of 6, 000 men, when by a series of fights he suc- ceeded to regain the security of the country of the Ohio and to force the In . dians to peace. In the beginning of 1765
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he re entered Philadelphia, where the assembly of representants of Pennsylva- nia voted to him the following address:
In assembly of January 15th, 1765. the representants of the free men of Penn sylvania to the Hon. Henry Bouquet, chevalier commanding in chief of the forces of Great Britain in the American provin: es:
Sir: The representants of the free men of Pennsylvania having been informed of your intention to embark for England, and considering the services which you have rendered to His Majesty and to the Colonies in the course of our last wars with the French and with the savage In- dians. by the signal victories which you have gained over the savages at Bushy Run in the month of August 1763, which next to God were due to your gallantry and high capacities in command, assisted by the bravery of your officers and your soldiers (your small army), crowned at last by your late march in the country of the savage nations, by which you have spread terror among them and become the founder of a honorable peace and the restorer from captivity of more than 200 of our christian brethren-these eminent services, and the regards which you con- stantly observed for the civil rights of His Majesty's subjects, impose to all free men a just tribute of gratitudc.
Therefore the representants of the free men of Pennsylvania, in the name of the wholc people of the province, thank you for your eminent services.
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