Submission of Johannes Ziglin

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In Committee, Eastoh, March 1, 1776,

"We, the subscribers, inhabitants of Chestnut-Hill and Hamilton Townships, in the County of Northampton, being conscious of our misdemeanour and accumulated guilt, as well in entering into a written agreement and unlawful combination, to, bid defiance to the laws of our country and to resist the authority of the civil Magistrates, as also in wickedly and maliciously defaming and slandering the honourable Continental Congress: We therefore acknowledge ourselves highly culpable, and ask pardon of our offended countrymen, promising in the most solemn manner, as a token of our sincere repentance, to yield and deliver up into the hands and custody of the Committee-men of the said respective Townships, within ten days from this date, all our arms, to be by them kept and detained, until, both by our words and actions, it shall evidently appear that we merit the favour and confidence of our fellow-citizens.

"JOHANNES ZIGLIN, SEN.,
"JOHANNES ZIGLIN, JUN˙,
"THOMAS JAMES,
"JACOB HIPGE,
"EDWARD EVANS."

Resolved, That the above be published in the English and German Newspapers.

Extract from the Minutes:

ROBERT TRAILL, Clerk.