. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. i HtisiDKNT Washingtons li^j ly Uiin in Federal Hall, New York.) 438 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. route of march lay through Newtown, Norristown,Reading, Harrisburg, and Carlisle, at which pointthe army was reviewed by President the road led through Shippensburg,Strausburg (where the Blue Mountains werecrossed to Bedford), Parkinsons Ferry, BrownsFerry, and lastly to Pittsburg. At Bedford Gov-ernor Henry Lee, of Virginia, was appointed com-mander of the troops. Although the local militia of Western Pennsyl
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. i HtisiDKNT Washingtons li^j ly Uiin in Federal Hall, New York.) 438 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. route of march lay through Newtown, Norristown,Reading, Harrisburg, and Carlisle, at which pointthe army was reviewed by President the road led through Shippensburg,Strausburg (where the Blue Mountains werecrossed to Bedford), Parkinsons Ferry, BrownsFerry, and lastly to Pittsburg. At Bedford Gov-ernor Henry Lee, of Virginia, was appointed com-mander of the troops. Although the local militia of Western Pennsyl-vania had joined the mob, which numbered be-tween six thousand and seven thousand men, andhad connected itself with Republican secret so-cieties, President Washington determined to meetforce with force. Summoning the governors ofPennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Vir-ginia to lend the effective fighting aid of theirStates, about thirteen thousand men were at onceprepared for action. Commissioners to arrangeterms of settlement were sent forward and metthe insurgent leaders at Parkinsons Ferry, wherea conference was held at a liberty pole uponwhich was a pla
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