I am, with the greatest respect and esteem

My Lord Your Lordship's most obedient servant Wm Tryon. <> :

JAMES HENDERSON TO MR. MACKINTOSH. THE MOB DESTROY COL. REID'S SETTLEMENT AT OTTER CREEK. Dr Sir We are Sorry To Acquaint you that Last night We Were over Poured By more Than one Hundred men Then it was Demanded That We shoud Emediatly Turn out Which We Were obliged To Doo, other Ways have all our Baggage Comited To

. The flames. Our Houses are all Brunt Doun. The Grist mill is:

All Put Down, The Mill Stones Brock and Throns in To The Creick, The Corn is all Destroed By There Horses, and When it Was Proposed That We Shoud Build houses and Keep Possion, They Threatned To Bind some of us To a Tree and Skin us Allive, Therfore We think its imposable To us To Live hear in Peace, Therefor as fast as Posable you most Acquaint The

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Colonel of the Contents and see What Most Be Done, it is imposable that We Can Stay Long hear With such'Treatment. This is all from your Humble Servant | James Henperson. Oter Creek August 12th 1773. To M® Mackentosh at Crown Point.

ESQ. MUNRO TO GOV. TRYON.

THE MOB AGAIN BROKE LOOSE, sane ins August 224 1773. May it please your Excellency

I have only time to Inform you Excellency that the Mob has broke loose, a messenger brought me word this minute that in few days the whole of my property would be burnt to ashes, few nights agoe all my Pot and Pearl ash with 20 Barrels of Pot & Pearl Ash was burnt to ashes, in the night time but how it happened I cannot pretend to say, last night one of the Mob was taken by a Constable for Stealing a Horse, but the Mob rescued him imediately and carryed him to Bennington.