{"id":399,"date":"2010-07-27T18:46:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T18:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infj.net\/smith\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2010-08-07T22:06:07","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T22:06:07","slug":"letters-of-gov-william-penn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smithrebellion1765.com\/?page_id=399","title":{"rendered":"Letters of Gov. John Penn"},"content":{"rendered":"

6\/16\/1765 Thomas Gage to Gov. Penn<\/span><\/h1>\n

A Letter from General Gage to the Governor. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNEW YORK, June 16, 1765.
\n\u201cSir:
\n\u201cI have the honor to transmit to you some Extracts of Letters
\nwhich I have received concerning the Proceedings of the Inhabitants
\nof Cumberland County, who appear daily in Arms, and seem to be
\nin an actual State of Rebellion. It appears, likewise, that the
\n\u201cRebels are supported by some of the Magistrates, particularly one
\nSmith, a Justice of the Peace, and headed by his Son. Unless
\nthese Insurrections are immediately quelled, and the Authors and
\nAbettors of them brought to punishment, it is impossible to say
\nwhen they will end. If the King\u2019s Troops are fired upon, and his
\nForts threatned with Assaults by Men in Arms, headed by Magis-
\ntrates, who refuse the ordinary Course of justice demanded of them
\nby the Officers. I can\u2019t pretend to answer for the Consequences. It
\nbelongs to you to point out the Measures proper to be taken in such
\nCircumstances, but it is my duty to represent these matters to you,
\nand to offer you every assistance in my power for the suppport of
\nGovernment, and to enforce an Obedience to the Laws, both which
\nseem in danger of entire Subversion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is proper to acquaint you that a very large Convoy of Goods
\nwent from New Orleans for the Illinois last February, & that it is
\nprobable they are by this time arrived there. This makes it neces-
\nsary for us to open the Trade at Fort Pitt as soon as it is possible,
\n& that the Officers commanding there should be made acquainted
\nwhen the Traders may be expected, that he may give notice of it to
\nthe Indians of Ohio, and prevent their going to the Illinois for their
\nnecessarys. If the Trade is postponed at Fort Pitt, the Indians will
\nsoon discover where supplys are to be had, & we shall drive them
\nagain into the Arms of the French.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am, with great regard, Sir,
\n\u201cYour most Obedt<\/sup> humble Servt.<\/sup> ”<\/p>\n

THOs<\/sup> GAGE.
\n\u201cHonble.<\/sup> Govr.<\/sup> PENN.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania Volume IX<\/p>\n

6\/27\/1765 Gov. Penn to William Smith<\/span><\/h1>\n

John Penn<\/em><\/p>\n

A Letter from the Governor to Justice Smith, at Conegocheague.<\/em><\/p>\n

PHILAD 27th June, 1765.<\/p>\n

\u201cSIR:
\n\u201cI am to inform you that you have been lately charged with hav-
\ning encouraged and protected the rioters in Cumberland County, in
\ntheir illegal and disorderly proceedings, and that you have suffered
\nyour House to be made their place of Rendezvous; This was com-
\nplained of by Lieutenant Grant & Justice Maxwell to Lieutenant
\nCol\u201d Reid, who communicated the same to General Gage; and his
\nExcellency has represented the matter to me, & sent me extracts
\nof the Colonel\u2019s Letters, Copies of which I have sent inclosed
\nin a Letter this day wrote to the Magistrates of Cumberland upon the
\nSubject, and I desire to refer you more particularly to them for
\nthe Complaint made of your Conduct. As it is necessary for your own
\nhonour and my satifaction, that you should clear up the matter if
\nit can be done, I do require you, to appear before me at Philadel-
\nphia, on Tuesday the 30 day of July next, to anwer these new
\nCharges; on which Occasion I have, also, required Justice Maxwell
\nto be here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am, Sir,
\n\u201cYour most Obed humble Servant,
\n\u201cJOHN PENN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWILLIAM SMITH, Esq\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania Volume IX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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