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NYM(G.775.018
6 Mar 1775:323 (1221)
We have authentic advices of the 22d of last month, from
Ulster County, that on Saturday night the 18th, Mr. John
Schoonmaker being in bed overheard the following
conversation between his own Negro York, and a Negro mamed
Joe, belonging to Mr. Johannes Schoonmaker, viz. York. How
many?---Joe. A great many.---York. From where?---Joe. From
Keysereck, Hurly, and Kingston.---York. How much powder have
they?---Joe. Two pounds.---York. That is not enough, they
should have more to get through with it, and drums enough to
prevent hearing the cries. They will begin, two at your
house,. . . [24 more lines of apparent plotting to set fire
to houses, killing people leaving the houses, the Negroes
having the motive of securing freedom. At the end] . . .
besides the two Negroes before mentioned, seventeen or
eighteen more have been committed to goal.
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