. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. of messages and re-sponses. The curtain now rises upon thelast individual monarch of Americawith as much applause and as manyencores as had ever greeted theroyal majesty of England — almostsimultaneously appeared, Septem-ber 7, 1762, for the first time inthe House, the man who was des-tined more than any other to guidethe fortunes of Pennsylvania, andincidentally to mould those of Amer-ica as an independent sovereign-ty. John Dickinson on that day was qualified and took his seat—he had been re
. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. of messages and re-sponses. The curtain now rises upon thelast individual monarch of Americawith as much applause and as manyencores as had ever greeted theroyal majesty of England — almostsimultaneously appeared, Septem-ber 7, 1762, for the first time inthe House, the man who was des-tined more than any other to guidethe fortunes of Pennsylvania, andincidentally to mould those of Amer-ica as an independent sovereign-ty. John Dickinson on that day was qualified and took his seat—he had been returned as a memberon 12tli May preceding, at a specialsession of short duration. A public meeting was called inthe State House Yard by the Governor, on4th February, 1764, to resist what is popu-larly known as the March of the Paxtonboys against Philadelphia. This threatened invasion was occasionedby the effort to secure some Indian murderers of frontiersmen as wasclaimed, though it was believed that the inhabitants of LancasterCounty (whose appetite for blood had been whetted by some murders. 46 HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE HALL. tliey had ulread}^ committed in their own borough) were really desir-ous, in an undiscriminating retaliation against the Indians, to sacrificeto the Manes of their murdered friends a large body of inoffensivesavages. These Indians were being christianized by the Moraviansand they had placed themselves under the protection of the Province.^ This meeting duly held at the State House, resulted in the promptorganization of a large force of citizens, to assist, in case of need, theliandful of troops stationed at the barracks, where the Indians, onehundred and twenty-seven in number, men, women and children,were quartered. Even the Quakers are said to have borne their shareof these military preparations. The ajjproaching rioters were esti-mated at from seven to fifteen hundred, but on sight dwindled downto two Jiundred ; they made a halt upon their arrival on
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