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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 21
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Harris, Robert Harris, and Others, first disswaded the Recruits from
going with the said Officer, and afterwards seized him by the Throat
and took his Cutlass from him to oblige him to discharge them, which
he did, being over powered, and received back the enlisting Money ;
that Gerard Jordan drank the Pretender's Health, damned him that
would not Pledge him, and Huzzaed for the tartan Plad and white
Cockade; that he also sung several disloyal Songs, and was joined
by Joseph Broadway and Others, that they damned King George's
Soldiers, and said that they had no Business to fight for him, for that
they were my Lord's Men, and had their Lands from him; that then
the said Serjeant seized his Halbert and made a Pass at Jordan, by
which Means he cleared the House of the Rioters, locked the Doors,
and placed some other Recruits as Centinels, and that he was obliged
to keep in the House from about One o'Clock in the Afternoon, till
the Evening, when some Gentlemen, coming by, reprimanded the
Mob, who had all that Time beset the House with Clubs and Stones.
John Hamwood and William Swallow, being sworn, confirm the
Deposition of Serjeant Willis, and they add, that the said Gerrard
Jordan cursed King George and his Soldiers.
John Willis,
John Hamwood,
Sworn before me, April 30,
John Colvill.
William O Swallow.
Mark,
We have examined this with the Original, and do affirm it to be a
true and faithful Copy,
Henry Addison,
John Addison,
William Murdock.
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Reverend Sir. Alexandria, April 29, 1754.
I have examined Mr. John Willis, the Serjeant who was recruiting
in Maryland, and he says, that he had enlisted two Men, named
William Bullock and William Tub, at a Public House kept by William
Harris, at the Cool Spring; that the said William Harris, Robert
Harris, and Others, first dissuaded the Recruits from going, and
afterwards seized the Serjeant by the Throat, and took his Cutlass
from him to oblige him to discharge the Men, which he did, being
over powered, and received back the enlisting Money; that Gerard
Jordan drank the Pretender's Health, success to the tartan Plad and
white Cockade, and damned him that would not Pledge him, that he
was joined in it by Joseph Broadway, and Others; they damned
King George's Soldiers, and said they had no Business to fight for
the King, for they were my Lord's Men, and had their Lands from
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