Chester County and its people .. . ers pub-lished in the first quarter of the present century: SIX CENTS REWARD! Kan away from the suscribers, living in Sadsbury, ChesterCounty, about five months ago, an apprentice boy turned seven-teen years old, named .John Watson McCord. I do hereby warn allpersons not to harbor said runaway servant about their houses,and any person bringing him home .shall be entitled to the above reward, but no expenses paid. WILLIAM BKIGGS.* THREE CENTS REWARD! Ran away from the subscriber, living in West BrandywineTownship, on the ith of this instant (March, 1819), an i
Chester County and its people .. . ers pub-lished in the first quarter of the present century: SIX CENTS REWARD! Kan away from the suscribers, living in Sadsbury, ChesterCounty, about five months ago, an apprentice boy turned seven-teen years old, named .John Watson McCord. I do hereby warn allpersons not to harbor said runaway servant about their houses,and any person bringing him home .shall be entitled to the above reward, but no expenses paid. WILLIAM BKIGGS.* THREE CENTS REWARD! Ran away from the subscriber, living in West BrandywineTownship, on the ith of this instant (March, 1819), an indenturedservant girl of color, named Hannah AAaits, near seventeen yearsof age. Whoever takes her up and brings her home shall receivethe above reward, but no charges. HUMPHREY MARSHALL. As has been stated elsewhere in this work, it was customary inthe early history of the province for many who could not pay theirpassage to this country, to bind themselves out for a term of yearsto anyone that would pay tlieir way across the CHAPTER V. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. CHAPTER V. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR THE REVOLUTION ACTION OF THE COLONISTS —PRELIMINARY STATEMENT WAR MEETINGS IN CHESTER COUNTY RESOLU-TIONS ADOPTED THE CONTINENTAL COMMITTEE—ITS PROCEEDINGS—WAR MEASURES MUNITIONS OF WAR CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES—THE RAIS-ING OF TROOPS—GREAT HARDSHIPS MILITARY CAMPAIGNS—BRANDY-WINE LAFAYETTE WOUNDED MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES—THE PAOLI MASSACRE DEPREDATIONS OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS OTHER ENGAGEMENTS—THE VALLEY FORGE ENCAMPMENT CLOSING SCENES OF THE REVOLUTION HOSTILITY TO TORIES FORFEITURE OF ESTATES THE TORYs SOLILOQUY THE PAOLI MONUMENT THE WHISKY INSURRECTION LAFAYETTES VISIT TO CHESTER COUNTY THE LA-FAYETTE AND THE MC CLELLAN MONUMENTS. ASIDE from the difficulties connected with the boundary linesettlement between Pennsylvania and Maryland, which difficul-ties occurred mainly to the westward of Chester County, therewere no warlike demonstrations of interest until the b
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