. A history of Pennsylvania. The Association Battery, Philadelphia delphia. They were given quarters in barracks, and theirneeds wTre supplied by the Quakers. The news of the return of the Indians convinced the Pax-ton Boys that they could repeat the scene of Lancaster. Abody of two hundred or more frontiersmen started for Phil-adelphia. Rumor magnified their numbers four or five times,and the Philadelphians were greatly alarmed. At the re-quest of Governor Penn the Assembly passed a Riot Act. Thepeople were called upon to take arms, and extensive prepara-tions were made for defence. The court
. A history of Pennsylvania. The Association Battery, Philadelphia delphia. They were given quarters in barracks, and theirneeds wTre supplied by the Quakers. The news of the return of the Indians convinced the Pax-ton Boys that they could repeat the scene of Lancaster. Abody of two hundred or more frontiersmen started for Phil-adelphia. Rumor magnified their numbers four or five times,and the Philadelphians were greatly alarmed. At the re-quest of Governor Penn the Assembly passed a Riot Act. Thepeople were called upon to take arms, and extensive prepara-tions were made for defence. The court house and other publicbuildings were opened for the benefit of the volunteers, andeven the great Friends meeting-house was made use alarms were given, but the enemy did not appear. 114 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA Heavy rains had so swollen the Schuylkill River that theattacking party could not get across, and so went up theriver to Swedes Ford, and approached Philadelphia by wayof Germantown. It was soon seen that th
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