Copy of a Letter From Charles Read - 2
Copy of a Letter from CHARLES READ, Esq; to the Hon. JOHN LADD, Esq; and his Associates, Justices of the Peace for the County of Gloucester.
GENTLEMEN,
SOME Persons of good Character, at Philadelphia, having applied to his Excellency the Governor, for his Licence for some Indians, who have been always in the English Interest, to reside in your Town, he has been pleased to grant his Licence, and the Protection of this Government, by his Order of this Day, directed to all Officers civil and military.
The late Outrage committed in Lancaster, is such a notorious Violation of the Rights of Government, and a Grime of so black a Dye, that I have not the least Doubt but that the Perpetrators of it will, in good time, suffer the Punishment the Law inflicts upon Murderers; for altho’ their Consciences may be hardened, or they at present in a State of Infatuation, yet the Time must come when these Heats will subside, and Mat-
