. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . Duquesneduring the previous July. Subsequently some ofthe troops were discharged, small garrisons beingretained at Forts Edward and William Henry. In April, 1756, another armed force under Colo-nel Schuyler was sent to Albany, the atrocities ofthe savages having drawn New Jersey, New York,and Pennsylvania into a close bond of union. InMay the Indians again appeared in Sussex Coun-ty, at Paulins Kill, from which place sixty fam-ilies removed to Amwell. To protect the provinceand to aid its neighbors the Legislature, in Jun
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . Duquesneduring the previous July. Subsequently some ofthe troops were discharged, small garrisons beingretained at Forts Edward and William Henry. In April, 1756, another armed force under Colo-nel Schuyler was sent to Albany, the atrocities ofthe savages having drawn New Jersey, New York,and Pennsylvania into a close bond of union. InMay the Indians again appeared in Sussex Coun-ty, at Paulins Kill, from which place sixty fam-ilies removed to Amwell. To protect the provinceand to aid its neighbors the Legislature, in June,passed an act raising £17,500 for supporting itsseven hundred and fifty men then in pay, the col-ony already having contributed £57,500 to thewar. For the first and last time in the historyof New Jersey a proclamation was issued uponJune 2d, 1756, declaring that as the Lenni-Lenape had violated their treaties and become al-lies of other hostile Indians they were Enemies,Rebels, and Traitors to his most sacred Majesty.^To every one not in the Province Pay a reward. 8CHXTYLER ARMS. 380 NEW JERSEY AS A COL
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