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The Certificate of JOH,Y JlJVDEBSO.Y, a merchant 

 ill Frtdericksburmr, Virsrinin ; covimunirated by Mann 

 Pas^f, Esq. of Mansfeld., near Fredericksbnre;, who, 

 in the letter accowpavyi?ig it, says, ' Mr. John Jln- 

 derson has for many years past bee?! settled in Frede- 

 ricksbvrsr, in the mercantile line. I have known him 

 in 'prosperous and adverse situations. He has al- 

 ways shmvn the g-reatest degree of cipianimity, his 

 honesty and veracity are nnimpeachalle. These 

 things can be attested by all the respectable part of the 

 ioion and ne'ghbourhood of Fredericksburg.'' 



Mr. .Toll n Anderson, n merrliant in Frederirkshiirg, 

 says, tliat in the year J774, being a trader in the In- 

 dian rniintry, he was at Pittshnrg, to which plare he 

 had a eargo hronglit nj) the river in a boat navigated 

 1 by a Delaware Indian and a white man. That on 

 their retnrn down the i-iver. with a cargo, belonging 

 to Messrs. Bntler, IMichael Ciesap fired on (he boat, 

 and killed the Indian, after which two men of the 



3 name of Gntewood and others of tbe name of* Tnm- 

 l)lestnne, who lived on the opposite side of the river 

 from the Indians, Avith whom tliey were on the most 

 friendly terms, invited a party of them to come over 

 and drink with them ; and that, wiien the Indians 

 were drnnk, they mnrdered them to the nmnber of 



4 six, amonir whom was Logan's mother. That five 

 other Indians uneasy at the absence of their friends, 

 come over the river to encpiire after them; when 

 they were fired upon, and two were killed, and the 

 others wounded. This was the origin of the war. 



I certify the above to be true to the best of my re- 

 collection. 



JOHN ANDERSON. 

 Attest — DAVID BLAIR, 30th June 1798. 



* The popular pronunciation of Tomlinson, which ivas 

 Ike real name. 



