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ON THE BALD EAGLE June 21, 1778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wee, your humble petitioners, the Inhabitance of Bald Eagle Township, on the West Branch of Susquehannah, Northumberland County, &c., &c., humbly Sheweth: that, Wherease, wee are Driven By the Indians from our habitations and obblidged to assemble ourselves together for our Common Defence, have thought mete to acquaint you with our Deplorable situation. Wee have for a month by past, endeavoured to maintain our ground, with the loss of near fifty murdered and made Captives, still Expecting relief from Coll. Hunter; but wee are persuaded that the Gentleman has done for us as mutch as has layd in his power; we are at lenth surrounded with great numbers on every side, and unless Our Honourable Council Does grant us some Assistance wee will Be obblidged to evaquete this frontier, which will be great encouragement to the enemy, and Bee very injurious to our Common Cause. We, therefore, humbly request that you would grant us as many men as you may Judge sufficient to Defend four small garrisons, and some ammunition, and as we are wery ill prowided with arms, we Beg that you would afford us some of them; for particulars we refer to the Bearer, Robert Fleming, Esq'r, and Begs leave to Conclude. Your humble petitioners, as in Duty Bound, shall ever pray.
| Sined by us:
| ROB'T FLEMING, (Blacksm.)
| ALEXD'R HAMILTON
| DANIEL CRUGER
| SAMUEL HORN
| JAMES McMICHAEL
| HENRY McCRACKEN
| JOHN CARSON
| JOHN JACKSON
| MICHAEL HARE
| ROBERT LOVE
| ANDREW DONALDSON
| ABR'M DEWITT
| JOHN MANNON
| ROBT. FLEMING, Jun'er
| JOHN HALL
| GARSHAM HUFF
| ISIAH SUTTON
| JOHN FLEMING
| DAVID DELONG
| ADAM CORSON
| WILL'M CAMPBELL
| JAMES JACKSON
| JAMES ERWIN
| ALEXANDER DONALDSON
| ROBERT DONALDSON
| HUGH MACFADDEN
| WILLIAM DEWIT
| JOHN BAIRD
| JOHN McCORMICK
| WILLIAM BAIRD
| BENJAMIN BAIRD
| JOHN KINKEAD
| JOHN FLEMING
| ZACHARIAH SUTTON
| JOHN HAMILTON
| WILLIAM BAIRD
| JOHN LOVE
| HENRY ELLIS
| ABRAM DEWIT, Jun'er
| JOHN McMICHAEL
| ROBERT HAMELLTON
| JOS. FLEMING
| WILLIAM JACKSON
| JAS. FLEMING
| WILLIAM HORN
| SAMUEL FLEMING
| ANDREW HORN
| Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. III, PP. 188-89; E. K. Meyers, State Printer, 1890 | | ||
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