Title: Petition from the Inhabitants on the Waters of the Ohio, to the Governour and Assembly. Prefer the Government of Virginia to that of Pennsylvania. State their grievances, their fears of the neighbouring Indians, and request the Assembly to extend to them relief.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 1, Page 0275
Author/Presenter: Pennsylvania, Ohio River Inhabitants
Type: Petition; Proceedings
Themes: Economy: taxation; Key people, events, and institutions: colonial government; Key people, events, and institutions: Virginia-Pennsylvania conflict; Social reality: class; Social reality: government organization; Social reality: Indian-white relations; Social reality: internal disorder, civil war; Social reality: population movement, refugees, confiscation; Social reality: the poor, poverty
Date Presented: 1774-05-13
Before Whom: Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia; Pennsylvania, Ohio River Inhabitants
Where Presented: Williamsburgh, Virginia, North America
Date Composed: 1774
Where Written: Pennsylvania, North America
Recipient: Dunmore, John, Governour of Virginia; Pennsylvania, Ohio River Inhabitants
Document ID: S4-V1-P03-sp03-D0006
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