On Sunday the 16th a Committee of the mob— headed by James Charles a Constable, went to the house of Captain who lives 4 miles South East of and required him to call out his company to join the posse of to go to and arrest me and the city Council— he peremptorily refused to comply with their request— the same posse returned on the 17th with an order as they stated from the , which believed to be a forgery (and no doubt correctly) to be a forgery, and therefore still refused to go on any terms— the posse then reported his refusal to , who appointed a Committee of Twelve to lynch, tar, and feather on the 18th which Committee went that evening and arrived about midnight— who had been informed of ’ order, prepared himself for defence and kept watch, as soon as they came & he saw their numbers <​& that they were provided with tar bucket, Bag of feathers, & a bundle of wicks <​in addition to their firearms,​>​> he blew out his light and placed himself in a suitable position to defend the door <​(which he had fastened)​> and window; they went round his house, several times, tryed his door, rapped, called him by name, and consulted together, some were for breaking the door, others thought it was <​too​> dangerous, they knew he must be in there, for they were near his door when the light was blown out— finally their courage failed, and they notified him to leave the Country immediately, and they took their departure— During this trying time did not speak—

In the afternoon I gave orders to to have a picquet guard <​under ​> posted on all the roads, leading out of the , also an inner guard under Major posted in all the streets & allies in the and also on the bank. I also gave orders to have all the powder & lead in the secured, & to see that all the arms were in use, and that all vacant arms be put in the hands of those who could use them—

I insert the affidavit of , David Evans & “State of (copy on file) .”

From the best information they could learn there were 200 armed men at Rocky run precinct— 200 at and 200 in and receiving constant additions, at 9 p. m, I was at home, the all quiet, [p. 67]