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Author Smith, Matthew.

Title A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania [microform] : presented by them to the Honourable the governor and Assembly of the province, shewing the causes of their late discontent and uneasiness and the grievances under which they have laboured, and which they humbly pray to have redress'd.

Imprint [Philadelphia] : Printed [by W. Bradford?], 1764.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets  LAC 40012.    ---  Available
Description 18 p. ; 20 cm.
Series Hazard pamphlets ; v. 3, no. 4
Library of American civilization ; LAC 40012.
Note "Signed on behalf of ourselves, and by appointment of a great number of the frontier inhabitants. Matthew Smith. James Gibson."
Relates to the massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the "Paxton boys", and to the Indian policy of the Pennsylvania authorities.
Master microform held by: LrI.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 40012).
Subject Paxton Boys.
Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

 
    
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