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serve my best thanks. I should have been happy in their 

 services, had the enemy continued in the Jerseys; but as 

 they have evacuated this State, and as the necessity is 

 over which called them out, you will be pleased to return 

 to Philadelphia." 



In September 1794, the services of the good old troop 

 were again put in requisition by the general government, 

 to assist in quelling the whiskey insurrection in western 

 Pennsylvania. Fifty -two in number marched at a short 

 notice, under Captain John Dunlap, who with the rank and 

 title of Major, commanded a squadron of Cavalry. 



In April 1799, under the same commander, they again 

 took the field, and marched to assist in quelling the re- 

 bellion in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, against 

 the laws of the Union. 



In both of these memorable expeditions, some of the 

 troop who had served in the revolutionary war, and 

 several gentlemen, at those later periods, who had become 

 members of the Fishing Company, patriotically served the 

 cause of the Union. 



It is at least some evidence of the excellence of these 

 institutions, when temperance and discretion preside at 

 the festive board, and wholesome exercise and innocent 

 amusement are sweetly blended. They serve to dispel 

 the enervating influefice of corrosive care. Very many of 

 the members of the Fishing Company, have been remark- 

 able for longevity. 



The first Governor was for thirty -four years, and his 

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