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of twelve on the subject. Having been carefully examined and 

 approved, it was formally recommended to " the overseers of 

 the Press at Philadelphia." The approbation of this tribunal, 

 after some delay, was secured, shortly after which the Welsh 

 edition of the book was published under the authority of the 

 quarterly meeting. This is probably the first work ever pub- 

 lished in America for the especial benefit of the mother country, 

 and perhaps the only one printed in the Welsh language. This 

 book was published in the English language in 1727, having 

 been translated by Rowland Ellis, and corrected by David 



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Disputes in respect to the line between Pniladelphia and 

 Chester Counties, north of Radnor, commenced in 1720, and 

 were continued for several years. 



The road leading from Philadelphia to Conestogo, through 

 Merion and Radnor, was confirmed as far as Thomas Moore's 

 mill, on the Brandywine, by the Governor and Council ; but 

 two roads having been laid out beyond the Brandywine, by order 

 of the Chester Court, all orders for opening them were for the 

 present superseded. 



Two brothers, John and Edmund Cartlidge, who were born 

 and brought up in what is now Upper Darby township, after the 

 death of fheir father, removed to the neighbourhood of the Cones- 

 togo, and became Indian traders. Unfortunately, these men 

 became embroiled with a drunken Seneca Indian at some point 

 west of the Susquehanna, and in some way the Indian lost his 

 life. The brothers, and especially John Cartlidge, were accused 

 of the homicide. News of this unpleasant event having reached 

 the ears of the Governor and Council, they regarded it a 

 matter of sufficient moment to require prompt investigation, and 

 accordingly James Logan and Colonel French proceeded imme- 

 diately to Conestogo, with the Sheriff of Chester County, 

 arrested the parties, and, upon Indian testimony, brought the 

 brothers to Philadelphia. John Cartlidge held a commission as 

 Justice of the Peace for Chester County at the time, from which 

 office he was immediately removed; and the Government felt it 

 necessary to enter into long and expensive negotiations with the 

 Five Nations, as an atonement for this serious injury and insult 

 offered to their nation." 



This year, the Particular Meetings of Newtown, Goshen, and 



1 A copv of each edition of this book is in the possession of the author. 



« The apprehension that the death of this Seneca Indian might incite the Five 

 Nations to make war upon the Province, induced the Governor and Council to prose- 

 cute this affair much bevond its real merits. If the Indian lost his life by the hands 

 of the Cartlido-cs. it was in self-defence. They never had a trial— in fact, no reliable 

 evidence was"brought ajiaiust them. What became of John is not known to the 

 author, but Edmund returned to the Conestogo, and maintained a respectable sUnding 

 in society. He was a member of the first Grand Jury of Lancaster County. 



