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L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
March 2
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kees paricularly shewn, by sending above a Hundred of their War-
riors some Time since to join some Companies of the Virginia
Rangers, and with them to attack one of the Shawanese Towns.
Hor.o Sharpe.
The Order of the Day being read ;
In Pursuance of the Resolve of this Day, the House Resolved itself
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of Ways and
Means to raise a Sum of Money towards his Majesty's Service.
M.r Speaker left the Chair.
M.r Speaker re-assumed the Chair.
M.r Lloyd, Chairman of the Committee of the whole House,
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reported to M.r Speaker, That the Committee had proceeded to take
into Consideration the Matter referred to them by the Honourable
Lower House of Assembly; but not having had Time to compleat
the same, prays Leave of the House, that they may sit again to pro-
ceed further on the said Affair.
On Consideration of the said Report, Resolved, That this House
will, on the Morrow Morning, Resolve into a Committee of the whole
House, to consider of Ways and Means to raise a Sum of Money
towards his Majesty's Service.
His Excellency communicated to M.r Speaker the following Mes-
sage, viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
A Few Days before you met, I was informed that some of the
Inhabitants of that Part of Pennsylvania which lies on Conoco-
cheague, had been cut off by a Party of Indians, and their Habita-
tions destroyed; and at the same Time I received a Petition from a
great Number of the back Inhabitants of Frederick County, wherein
they set forth their unhappy Situation and Circumstances, and most
earnestly intreated me to send them some Assistance, which might
preserve them from the Miseries that their neighbours in Pennsyl-
vania had experienced, and were still suffering: I thereupon gave
Lieutenants Baker and Shelby Commissions and Instructions to raise
each of them a Party of Twenty Men for the Protection of such
Inhabitants, till I could recommend their deplorable Case to your
Consideration, and until more effectual Measures could be taken for
their Preservation. As I doubt not but the inclosed Letters and
Papers will convince you, that my Refusal or Neglect to comply with
the abovementioned Petition might have been attended with very bad
Consequences, I hope you will express your Approbation of the steps
I have taken, by enabling me to fulfil my Engagement to pay such
Parties at the Rate of forty Shillings a Month to each Man, and
that you will take such farther Measures to secure the Frontier
Inhabitants from the Dangers that threaten them, as to you shall
seem expedient and necessary.
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