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we dismissed; and I rejoice, and am heartily glad, that I have been one 

 of those who are thought worthy of displeasure. 



"And now to conclude, I take my leave in the words of a judge in 

 Israel. ' Here I am, witness against me ; whom have I defrauded ; whom 

 have I oppressed ; or, of whose hands have I received any bribe to blind 

 my eyes withal ? and I will restore it.' " 



During the war between France and Great Britain, declared by the 

 two powers respectively on the 20th and 21st of March, 1744, the public 

 mind was much agitated by the hostile disposition of the Indians, which 

 had been awakened by several unpleasant rencontres with the whites, 

 and affected alike Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Governor 

 Thomas, through the instrumentality of Conrad Weiser, the provincial 

 interpreter, brought about a conference at Lancaster in the spring of 

 1744, which was attended by the Governor of Pennsylvania and agents 

 from Virginia and Maryland. It was very satisfactory to all parties; 

 differences were composed and the alliance of the Indians against the 

 French with the Indians in league with them was secured. The minutes 

 of this conference are very interesting, particularly from the circum- 

 stance that it was held at Lancaster, and are given in full in Division 

 X., No. 7. 



James Webb complained to the General Assembly [1749] of the undue 

 election and return of a member from Lancaster County, stating that 

 recourse was had to violence and fraud, many persons voting five to ten 

 times each, making 2300 votes out of 1000. The election was confirmed, 

 but the managing officers were brought to the house and reprimanded. ^ 



On August 19, 1749, an act was passed erecting all and singular the 

 lands lying within the Province of Pennsylvania, west of the Eiver Sas- 

 quehanna and South and East of the South Mountain, into a County, 

 called YOEK, bounded Northward and "Westward by a line to be run 

 from the Sasquehanna, along the ridge of the said South Mountain, until 

 it shall intersect the Maryland line. Southward by the said Maryland line, 

 and Eastward by the said Eiver Sasquehanna. 



On January 27, 1749-50, an act was passed erecting all and singular 

 the lands lying within the Province of Pennsylvania to the Westward of 

 Sasquehanna, and Northward and Westward of the County of York, into 

 a county, called CUMBE ELAND, bounded Northward and Westward 

 with the line of the Province ; Eastward partly with the Eiver Sasque- 

 hanna, and partly with the said county of York, and partly by the line 

 dividing the said Province from that of Maryland. 



Much destitution prevailed in the County during 1750 and 1751, and 

 led to the following action : "In pursuance of a resolution passed at a 

 large and respectable meeting of the freemen of Lancaster County, in the 



1 Watson. 



