And further the Deponent saith that the day before the above Transaction happened one Thomas Rowly a Constable of Danby in the said County came to the house of the said Steven's having three Summonses, issued for Civil Debts by Benjamin Hough one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County. That a Mob to the Number of Seven, of which the said Sunderland, Stevens, & Lymen were three, threatned the said Constable greatly, declaring that if he would not deliver vp the said Summonses they would whip him ; upon which the said Constable promised that if they would not whip him, he would not return the 'said Summonses, & then they let him depart. And further the Deponent saith not.
Sworn this Twenty 4th Day of Amos CHAMBERLAIN.
August 1774. Before me Dan Horsmanpen.
FORTIFICATIONS ERECTED ON ONION RIVER AND OTTER , CREEK BY THE BENNINGTON MOB.
To the Honorable Cadwallader Colden Esq' his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories thereon depending in America. In Council. .
The Petition and complaint of Benjamin Hough one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County of Charlotte, in behalf of himself, other Officers of Justice, and many of the Inhabitants of the said County ; and particularly of the Townsbip of Durham and Soscialborough.
Most Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioners, to their inexpressible Grief, find ¢hemselves again reduced to the Necessity of imploring the Compassionate attention of Government to the