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th o s e h a v in g the a d ju iim e n t of these cla im s G IV E N in ComciU under the fU n d o f The Honill harut* orzble Charles Biddle. eser. Member of the Supreme Executive T h e Council have received your letter of the scv- Council of the Commonwealth o f Pennsylvania apenteenth and twentieth iniiant by General Bull* con- pcarcd W illiam Montgomery, 1 s< >nd took the C k taimng the important Intelligence o f fresh disturb- Oath prescribed by the Above recited A ct o f Asances at Wioroing, which will be taken into Consid- sembly in due form o f Law and the Oath o f Ateration. W e are sensible o f your attention to the legiance as prescribed by the Constiluiion public w elfare manifested in these dispatches; and N a t h a x D kn iso k. desire you would continue to send us wliat farther A T T E S T inform ation you may from time to time obtain o f Jo h n A rmstkokc, Scty. the proceedings in that part of the Country; using in »hc fw a n while whaj influence you have, lo quiei l> even iber, 1787. h e w a s a p p o in ted d ep u ty m em to treat them couitably and even w ith kindness, and t o take them uMcr its protection and to extend t o them a ll the p rivileges o f our fre e and happy C onsriiniion* on tlietr dem onstraiing by their peacea b le and o rd erly behaviour that the sentimcnis e x pressed tn their late petition t o the General Assem b ly a rc sincere, and that they are truly disposed t o b ecom e good citiecos.— W c h ^ they w i^ y l a m. w ith much Esteem Sir* Y o u r most humble servant B. FkxHKitH Presidi.

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