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- GLC#
- GLC03535
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 12 September 1777
- Author/Creator
- McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817
- Title
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Lewis Nicholas, Alexander Nesbit and Samuel Caldwell.
- Place Written
- East Fallowfield, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 32 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Warrant ordering them to arrest Thomas Gilpin, Thomas Afflick, Charles Jervis, William David Smith, Thomas Pike, and Charles Eddy. The individuals were prominent Quakers, who were suspected of Loyalist sympathies. Signed as the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, one day after the Battle of Brandywine.
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