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Gov. to King Beaver
(Philadelphia, Sept. 25, 1762)
Hamilton, James in: Pennsylvania
Colonial Docs., vol. 8,
pp. 778-779.
pp. 778-779.
The Honourable JAMES HAMILTON, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, & Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of Newcastle, Kent, & Sussex, on Delaware:
To King Beaver, and all the Chiefs of the Western Indians, in Alliance with His Majesty, King George:
Brethren:
I hope that agreeable to the Engagements made at the late Treaty at Lancaster, you will, by the time this shall be give you, have collected all our Flesh and Blood that still remain with any of your Tribes, and brought them to Fort Pitt, And I desire you will deliver them to the Bearers, Colonel James Burd, & Mr. Josiah Davenport, who are appointed by me to receive them from your hands, and to take due care of them.
Brethren:
Being informed that your Goods were left at Fort Loudon, I immediately ordered a Waggon, to be hired for the carrying of them up to Fort Pitt, and I hope they will be delivered to you there in good Order & without any Loss.
Brethren:
In Testimony of my having appointed these Gentlemen my Commissioners to receive from you all our prisoners, and that you may with Confidence say anything to them, as well as give entire Credit to whatever they shall say to you on this Occasion, I have to these presents put my hand & the Lesser Seal of the said Province, and likewise given them a Belt of Wampum to deliver to you in Confirmation of the same, Dated at Philadelphia, the 25th day of September, 1762.
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