ALS, 1764 February 27 : St. Georges, [Delaware], to Jasper Yeates.

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ALS, 1764 February 27 : St. Georges, [Delaware], to Jasper Yeates.

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Van Dike writes here on the subject of Quakers taking up arms to "spill the blood of Paxton Men," who had just massacred 20 defenseless and peaceable Conestoga Indians. He says: "Certainly Quakers will never dare hereafter refuse to defend their Sovereign his Crown and Dignity, their Country and Country Men by Fire and Sword ..."

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Van Dyke, Nicholas, 1738-1789

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Nicholas Van Dyke (September 25, 1738 – February 19, 1789) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, in the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation, and as President of Delaware. Born at Berwick, his family's home in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, Van Dyke was educated at home, then read law in Philadelphia where he was admitted to the Penn...

Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817

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Yeates was a lawyer from Lancaster, Pa. He served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention in 1787 and was a judge of the Pennyslvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817. From the description of [Letter] 1801 Mar. 22, Philada. [to] Sally / J. Yeates. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501843254 Pennsylvania jurist. From the description of ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to Robert Aitken, 1772 June 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347819 ...