. The New England magazine . rril The Senators from Vermont. the New Hampshire jurisdiction. Claim-ants and their surveyors were in a few in-stances whipped with the twigs of theforest, which the settlers called affixingthe beech seal to theirtitles. A citizen of Arlington,whose loyalty to the settlershad weakened, was suspendedin a chair for two hours at thetop of the tall sign-post ofthe tavern at BenningtonCentre, by the side of thestuffed catamount whichgrinned defiance towards NewYork. This exaltation curedhim and many others. On the 9th of March,1774, acts of outlawry werepassed by the N
. The New England magazine . rril The Senators from Vermont. the New Hampshire jurisdiction. Claim-ants and their surveyors were in a few in-stances whipped with the twigs of theforest, which the settlers called affixingthe beech seal to theirtitles. A citizen of Arlington,whose loyalty to the settlershad weakened, was suspendedin a chair for two hours at thetop of the tall sign-post ofthe tavern at BenningtonCentre, by the side of thestuffed catamount whichgrinned defiance towards NewYork. This exaltation curedhim and many others. On the 9th of March,1774, acts of outlawry werepassed by the New York as-sembly, which authorized thehanging without trial of EthanAllen, Seth Warner, Remem-ber Baker, Robert Cochran,Peleg Sunderland, SilvanusBrown, James Breakenridgeand John Smith, and suchother punishment short of lifeand limb for their followersas the court might see fit to inflict. This act was accompaniedby a proclamation from Gov. Tryon,offering a reward of oi»e hundred poundseach for Allen and Warner, and fifty. Maple Sugar Camp. 688 THE STATE OF VERMONT.
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