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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851. 379 words

when every man should be Judged according to his works, with much other Language of that kind; and told the deponent that the people of Durham frequently had warning enough; That if they ever had come to Durham again they would Lay all Durham in Ashes and leave every person in it a Corpse. That finally both the said Alleh & Baker assigned as the reasons of their conduct that the people of Durham had submitted to the Laws and: Government of New York which they would not permit or suffer them to continue to do. «That they both declared they would whip the said Benjamin Spencer Esq* and burn his House. That the said Remember Baker told the Deponent they would whip Spencer and burn his House and they the people of Durham would go to York and Complain to the Governor and Council; and they might go to York and Complain and be damned for that the Governor would not help them-- That the deponent left the said Benjamin Spencer Esquire in Custody of the said Mobb which consisted of Twenty-six men armed ; and, that the said Mobb by Order of the said Baker and Allen took into their Custody and detained Amos Marsh who went there with him the deponent. That on Monday the Twenty-second day of November aforesaid the Deponent returned to Durham to see what was become of the said Spencer and as he came near to Spencers House saw a large Number of Men Armed amounting in Number to about One Hundred and thirty men as the deponent believes besides a number of Spectators who were not armed. That as the Deponent with three other persons were approaching to the Mobb he was met by the said Baker and by Peleg Sunderland and Asa Johnson, and the said Baker beat one of the persons who came with the Deponent several Blows with a pole and insisted that the Deponent should call together all the people of Durham to their Judgment seat-- That on some Conversation with Seth Warner about their proceedings Warner said such affairs as were got into the Mobb, must be determined by the Mobb for they could not be got out of the Mobb.--That soon afterwards Remember Baker erected