Richard Butler A.L.S., Fort Pitt, 11 April 1776 : to Colo [James] Wilson, Member of the Honourable the Continental Congress, Philadelphia
1776
MSS L1983.119.1 M
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Title
Richard Butler A.L.S., Fort Pitt, 11 April 1776 : to Colo [James] Wilson, Member of the Honourable the Continental Congress, Philadelphia
Published
Fort Pitt 1776
Description
[4] p. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call Number
MSS L1983.119.1 M
Note
"I would have sent these dispatches by Mr. [John?] Gibson, but as he says he thinks he will come back by the way of Williamsburgh & I hope for Answers ..., I thought it best to send [them.]
"I hope ... you will think on our situation here, as it seems we have everything to dread that is in the power of the officers of the Crown both at Detroit and Niagara & their influence I doubt is not small ...."
"Mr. Gibson thinks hard to be blamed for the disaster of the unhappy affair of Mr. Smith & Ashton but you may depend Sir that this absenting himself can be proven, & he was in ye house when enquired for a second time & was denied & it is not that alone for he saw Messrs Spear, Willson, & Smith [setting off?] to Weelin [Wheeling?]& never interposed & Doctor McKenzie aplied to him when his horse was stolen & I found [it] in custody & he would give no sattisfaction[.]"
"[I]f this be acting like a magistrate or a man in authority God keep us from such."
"I crave the liberty of laying these facts before you as he may mention it there also & probably may attempt to justify himself when there is no one to confront him."
"I find that the junto sticks together as usual, yet I hope to see the jurisdiction settled soon & then I hope that these that have been such enemys to the publick quiet will see their error & be brought to justice."
Docketed on verso: Col. Butler April 11th 1776
With red wax seal partially intact
Richard Butler was an original member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati.
Purchased with funds contributed by Harry Ramsey Hoyt, Esq. in memory of W. Barclay Lex of the Pennsylvania Society.
"I hope ... you will think on our situation here, as it seems we have everything to dread that is in the power of the officers of the Crown both at Detroit and Niagara & their influence I doubt is not small ...."
"Mr. Gibson thinks hard to be blamed for the disaster of the unhappy affair of Mr. Smith & Ashton but you may depend Sir that this absenting himself can be proven, & he was in ye house when enquired for a second time & was denied & it is not that alone for he saw Messrs Spear, Willson, & Smith [setting off?] to Weelin [Wheeling?]& never interposed & Doctor McKenzie aplied to him when his horse was stolen & I found [it] in custody & he would give no sattisfaction[.]"
"[I]f this be acting like a magistrate or a man in authority God keep us from such."
"I crave the liberty of laying these facts before you as he may mention it there also & probably may attempt to justify himself when there is no one to confront him."
"I find that the junto sticks together as usual, yet I hope to see the jurisdiction settled soon & then I hope that these that have been such enemys to the publick quiet will see their error & be brought to justice."
Docketed on verso: Col. Butler April 11th 1776
With red wax seal partially intact
Richard Butler was an original member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati.
Purchased with funds contributed by Harry Ramsey Hoyt, Esq. in memory of W. Barclay Lex of the Pennsylvania Society.
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