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- GLC#
- GLC05541
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- February 8, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Billinger, Peter, fl. 1781
- Title
- [Petition to New York Governor George Clinton for help against Indian attacks]
- Place Written
- Fort Herkimer, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Signed by fifteen inhabitants of German Flats and Kingsland during the American Revolution. Describes previous attacks, claiming that the "enemy have already burnt two hundred and twenty buildings" and "reduced from 450 to 139 capable of bearing arms." Seeks assistance immediately. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from "Life of Brant" about Indian raids on Little Falls, New York in 1780.
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