268 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. [1761. 



was there in person, he was dismissed. Sower had resided in 

 the Province thirty-four years, and urged, in his defence, that he 

 had been instrumental in inducing many persons to settle in the 

 Province, and therefore was in duty bound to support its welfare. 

 The General gave him " a serious warning, for the future, not 

 to print anything against the King or Government." 



At the time of his interview with the German printer, Gene- 

 ral Forbes was probably on his Western expedition, which re- 

 sulted in the recapture of Fort Du Quesne. 



The war was still more vigorously prosecuted in 1759, in the 

 autumn of which year Quebec was captured by the British and 

 provincial forces under General Wolf. In carrying out the plans 

 of the campaign, a large number of wagons was required to be 

 furnished by the several counties in the Province. The number 

 required from Chester County was sixty-six. 



William Denny was superseded in the office of Lieutenant- 

 Governor of the Province by James Hamilton, who for a second 

 time was appointed to that office, and assumed the duties thereof 

 in November, 1759. 



The degree and kind of punishment inflicted upon criminals 

 have varied very much at different periods. In very early times 

 the infliction of fines for ordinary offences was generally resorted 

 to. From 1714 to 1759, most of the sentences embraced whip- 

 ping, as the chief or only item of punishment for such offences, 

 and usually consisted of " twenty-one lashes on the bare back 

 well laid on." In a few instances, the number of stripes was a 

 few more or less. Standing in the pillory was rarely adopted 

 as a punishment during this period, and imprisonment not at all. 

 The wearing of the Roman T ceased about the year 1720. 



The subject of buying and selling negroes, and the treatment 

 of those held by members of the Society of Friends, now begins to 

 claim the special attention of the meetings of that sect. A member 

 of Chester Meeting is dealt with for having bought and sold a 

 negro ; but having made the proper acknowledgment is not dis- 

 owned. In reply to the query on the subject, Haverford Meeting 

 says, that *' one friend hath purchased a negro, and we believe 

 those who are possessed of them, supply them with the necessaries 

 of life, but we fear the necessary duty of instruction and infor- 

 mation in this important affair, is too much neglected by some of 

 our members." 



The death of King George II. occurred on the 25th of Octo- 

 ber of this year ; but his grandson and successor, George III., 

 was not proclaimed in Pennsylvania till the 21st of January of 

 the following year. In the new Commission for Justices, that 

 it became necessary to issue, the following is the list for Chester 

 County: Thomas Worth, Samuel Flower, John Miller, Isaac 



