Misc: Petition of Defence from Cumberland, 1755: Cumberland Co, PA

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[Archivist's Note:  Anyone know what area this is today? 
jpatter@epix.net]

If you are interested in letters & instructions during the days
before the French Indian War, see this volume.

From: "Pennsylvania Archives." by Samuel Hazard, Commencing 1748. Series I,
Volume II. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Severns & Co. 1853.
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Page 385.

Petition of Defence from Cumberland, 1755.
To Honourable Robert Hunter Morris, Esqr., Governour and Commander-in-Chief
in & over the Province of Pensylvania, &c.

The Humble Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of Cumberland County,
Heartily join'd as a Company, Under the Care & Command of Joseph Armstrong,
Esq., Sheweth:
That Your Pettitioners are at present in A most Dangerous Situation, as we
live upon the frontiers, Expos'd to the Inhuman Cruelty of Barbarous
Savages, and Nothing to Impede them or Defend us, but the Sovereign
Benignity of Almighty God, for we are in A Defenceless Condition, having
Neither arms or Amunition, and in this Lamentable Case Our Only Door of
Hope (Next to the Divine Goodness) is in Your Honour's Compassion, And the
more for that you have given the Utmost assurance to us of Your Care of
this Province, and in particular by the Late Provisions made for our
Brethren in Potter's Township, who are in Equal Jeopardy with us.
May it therefore Pleas You Honour ro Consider Our Case and grant us Some
relief by Ordering to us such A number of Guns and Quantity of Amunition,
and Upon Such terms as Your Honour shall appoint, And Your Pettitioners, as
in Duty bound, shall Ever Pray.

Dated August 7th, 1755, and Subscribed by

Robt. McConnel,     Jas. McCamon,
Wm. McCord,         Jas. Mitchel,
James McCamond,     Jno. Mitchel,
Josh. Mitchel,      Robt. Colwel,
John Irwin,         Alex'r Colwel,
Jno. Jones,         Chas. Stuart,
Wm. Rankin,         Jno. Stuart,
Josh. Patterson,    Dan'l. Stuart,
James Barnet,       Saml. Brown,
Josh. Barnet,       Josp. Swan,
Jno. Hindman,       Jon. Swan,
Wm. Scott,          Robt. Shields,
Abram. Irwin,       Davd. Shields,
James Norrice,      Matw. Shields,
Jno. Norrice,       Robt. Shields,
Cristor. Irwin,     Matw. Shields,
Jas. Petterson,     Wm. McCamish,
Jas. Eatton,        Jas. McCamish,
Jno. McCord,        Jno. McCamish,
Jas. Guthrie,       Wm. Swan,
Thos. Barnet,       Jon. Rippey,
Jno. Barnet,        Jas. Dinney,
Thos. Barnet,        Wm. Dinney,
Wm. Dickson,        Jno. Eaton,
Robt. Dixson,       Jno. Machan,
Geo. Gallery,       James Elder,
Jon. McKeamey,      Josh. Eaton,
Chas. McCamon,      Wm. Mitchel,
James Scott,        Joh Armstrong,
Frans. Scott,       Thomas Armstrong,
Pathk. Scott,       John Boyd,
Barnt. Robertson,   Robt. Groin,
Jon. Wilson,        Devard Willims,
Jon. Moor,          Samuel Boun.

Indorsed. - 7 August, 1755. The Petition of the Inhabitants of the County
of Cumberland.
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