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Express sent to Virginia

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At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Thursday, 21st April, 1774:

Present, the Honorable John Penn, Esquire, Governor, Richard Peters, Andrew Allen, James Tilghman, Edward Shippen, Jun˙, Esquires.

The express sent to Williamsburg being returned without any answer from the Government of Virginia, the Governor recommended to the Board the consideration of the subject relative to the disturbances and violences committed by the people of that Colony within the county of Westmoreland, and laid before them three letters he received two days ago by express AEneas Mackay, Devereux Smith, and Andrew McFarlane, Esquires, Magistrates of that county, each dated the 9th of April instant, which were severally read, and Messrs˙ Mackay and Smith' s letters follow in these words, viz:

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Title

Express sent to Virginia returned without any Answer from the Governour

Creator

Pennsylvania Council

Editor

Pennsylvania Council

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1774-04-21

Presentation Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America

Before Whom

Pennsylvania Council

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: colonial government
Key people, events, and institutions: Virginia-Pennsylvania conflict
Social reality: government organization
Social reality: internal disorder, civil war

Document ID

S4-V1-P03-sp02-D0011

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V1

Part

S4-V1-P03

Sub-Part

S4-V1-P03-sp02

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