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The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Hessians Committing suicide. (search)
ded by Colonels Lee and Jackson, shall be considered as part of the proportion of each town for which they shall so in list. Sent up for concurrence. J. Warren, Speaker. In Council, May 8, 1777. Read and concurred. John Avery, Dep. Sec'y Consented to by the major part of the Council. A true copy. (Attest,) John Avery, Dep Sec'y. On the other is a manuscript letter, still distinct and legible, written in a bold and manly hand: Sunbury, John Avery, Dep Sec'y. On the other is a manuscript letter, still distinct and legible, written in a bold and manly hand: Sunbury, May 18, 1777. Col. Jackson-- Sir: --I have been through five or six different towns, and have seen the committees and militia officers, who informed me that the men who were drafted chose rather to pay the fine of 10 pounds than go themselves into the service. I have left no stone unturned. Wherever I have heard of a man that had the least inclination to in list, I have rode after him; but to very little purpose, for I have not been able, with all my endeavors, to engage a single