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The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

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454 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760“You shall well and faithfully execute <strong>the</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Clerk Assistant <strong>of</strong> this<strong>House</strong> according to <strong>the</strong> best <strong>of</strong> your Skill and knowledge: And shall keep all suchMatters secret as shall be enjoined You by <strong>the</strong> <strong>House</strong>. So help you God.”Ordered (upon <strong>the</strong> Question) That an Address be prepared to be presentedto <strong>The</strong> Governor humbly to acquaint His Excellency, that, if he shallthink it expedient to send an Express by Sea to General Amherst for some<strong>of</strong> His Majesty’s Forces for <strong>the</strong> Assistance <strong>of</strong> this Province, this <strong>House</strong> willmake provision for defraying <strong>the</strong> Expence <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>.And accordingly <strong>the</strong> following One was drawn, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency,As <strong>the</strong> Express which you were pleased to send to His Excellency MajorGeneral [Amherst] for a Body <strong>of</strong> His Majesty’s Troops, to be sent hi<strong>the</strong>r,may be detained on <strong>the</strong> Road by some unforeseen Accidents, if Your Excellencyshall think it expedient to send ano<strong>the</strong>r by Sea; We humbly beg leaveto acquaint Your Excellency that this <strong>House</strong> will most chearfully make a provisionfor defraying <strong>the</strong> Expence that shall attend <strong>the</strong> same.Ordered, That <strong>the</strong> said Address be presented to His Excellency by Mr.Drayton and Mr. Moultrie.And <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> <strong>House</strong> adjourned till Three <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Clock.P.M.A Message from <strong>the</strong> Governor by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,His Excellency hath sent down to this <strong>House</strong> several Papers.And <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> Messenger withdrew.And <strong>the</strong> said Papers relating to <strong>the</strong> Murder <strong>of</strong> several Persons by <strong>the</strong>Cherokee Indians were severally read, Vizt. 47Affidavit <strong>of</strong> William Allison taken before Andrew Brown Esqr. <strong>the</strong> 2d <strong>of</strong>February Instant.Letter from Ulrick Tobler to His Excellency <strong>The</strong> Governor Dated 1stFebruary.Letter from several Inhabitants on Saludy River to <strong>the</strong> Governor Dated3d February.Letter from Captain Thomas Hamilton to <strong>the</strong> Governor dated 1st Instant.Letter from James Beamer to <strong>the</strong> Governor Dated 27th January last.47Coytmore to Lyttelton, January 23, 1760, in Francis Fauquier, <strong>The</strong> Official Papers <strong>of</strong> Francis Fauquier,Lieutenant Governor <strong>of</strong> Virginia, 1758–1768, ed. George Reese (Charlottesville, VA, 1980–83), 1: 312–17. Certificate<strong>of</strong> John Downing, James Butler, and Barnet Hues, sworn before John Vann, January 29, 1760; “A Copy<strong>of</strong> a <strong>Journal</strong> kept at Fort Prince George,” January 13–February 7, 1760, Lyttelton Papers, Clements Library(micr<strong>of</strong>ilm at SC Archives, reel 3). No copies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r documents have been found.

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