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12018-03-02T14:28:09-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001(annotation)plain2018-03-02T14:28:09-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe kingdom is still ushered in with the angelic acclamation. Glory to God in the Highest, Peace on Earth, & Good will to men, we dare not actively consent on measures Judgment to this we cannot use dare not disperse with ourselves in [illegible] we believe ourselves obliged to the observance of the doctrines of peace do neccesarily flowing from this declaration --- We have painfully beheld the offering of observed under considered the Hostile measures pursued which we have been efficacious to end proposed, nor as we aprehend contributed to the desirable ends of restoring peace, and as we are informed the governor is about to Proclaim war against the Indians we dare not be silent in this important conjuncture But earnestly entreat he would please to turn his mind again to the pursuit of Pacifick measures, and search whether some deviation from the integrity of conduct towards the Indians [illegible] so conspicuous in our first establishment here may not have contributed in some degree to the alteration in this conduct towards us we dare not as fall (illegible) of (illegible) Indian War, All war is attended with fatal effects, but with the Indians with consequences superlatively miserably their minds, not softened by Christianity, but rendered obdurate by the false notions of manly fortitude comitt they comitt Barbarity with pleasure & delight in those scenes which other civilized nations detest. revenge is amongst them deemed a virtue & [?] able in their executing it. With these enemies our former friends & Guardians. We aprehend our selves upon the Brink of a desolation [&] War and most earnestly entreat the governor to endeavour to avert it by a [illegible] [illegible]rial of peaceful measures with them, which we hope might [illegible] with [illegible].
[Transcribed by Stark Harbour]
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12016-10-31T04:40:14-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aFriends' Address to the Governor, April 1756 - 21Friends' Address to the Governor2016-10-31T04:40:14-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
