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Lord Baltimore lest the Deluded People Should thereupon See their
mistake Hastned up Into Lancaster County and with Sound of
Trumpet before him Rode Amongst the Inhabitants to Animate and
fortefie them in their Adherence to the Lord Baltimore and their
Opposition to Pensilvania but finding that Neither his own En-
deavours nor those of the aforesaid Cressap Notwithstanding the
Countenance given him Could prevent those Germans who by false
Suggestions had been prevailed on to own the Government of Mary-
land from returning to their first Proprietors of Pensilvania. The
Deputy Governour of Maryland Sent up in September last about
Three hundred men in Arms under proper Officers with Drums and
Trumpets to Support the said Thomas Cressap and Strike Terror
into the Inhabitants of Pensilvania the only Instance in America we
humbly presume where one Brittish Collony have Taken upon them
to Levy War upon Another but when the Officers who Commanded
those forces from Maryland Appeared not forward to Committ Acts
of Violence Such was the Inhumanity of the said Cressap that he
urged them with great Vehemence to fire on Some of the People of
Pensilvania who were goeing over the River in Boats to Inquire
into the meaning of Such an Armament in that part of the Coun-
try but this Attempt was no Sooner Over than another Design
was set on foot by Maryland to Dispossess those Germans, a Number
of Men were Encouraged by the Deputy Governour of That Province
to take Grants for those Lands who with an armed force were to
Throw the miserable People with their Familys Women and Chil-
dren out of their Plantations and from all the fruits of their Labours
to be Exposed without Shelter to the Rigours of the Winter Season
for no Other Reason than that they Could not in Conscience any
Longer own the Lord Baltemore for their Proprietor while They
were Seated on Lands that Cannot Possibly fall within the Limits
of Maryland and for Affecting this Cruel Purpose the Said Cressap
was furnished by the Deputy Governour of Maryland with about
two hundred Small arms and Suitable Ammunition but tho by a
Happy Providence their Project was Discovered Some of the Heads
with Others of the Confederates being Seized in Pensilvania who
have made a full Confession of the whole design as Projected by
them with the Deputy Governour of Maryland, yet the Said Cressap
was Authorized to List and Actually Listed men at the rate of Twelve
pounds a year with Diet and Lodging Swearing them to be faithfull
to the Lord Baltemore true to himselfe and to go upon all such
Enterprises against the. Pensilvanians as said Cressap Should Direct
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