A Declaration and Remonstrance of the Distressed and bleeding Frontier Inhabitants of the Province of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia], 1764



8vo (7 1/2 x 5 in.; 190 x 130 mm). Backstrip, gutters, and fore-edges reinforced, 2 marginal tears repaired, resewn into a plain wrapper; red cloth folding case.

Evans 9630; Hildeburn, Pennsylvania 1969; Sabin 19163; Siebert sale 1:175; Streeter sale 2:967; see Hindle, "The March of the Paxton Boys" in The William & Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., vol. 3, no. 4

First edition. Matthew Smith and James Gibson vigorously attacked the pro-Native American policies of the Philadelphia government and defended the actions of the frontiersmen responsible for the Conestoga atrocities, claiming that the perpetrators believed the Conestogas aided other Native Americans in planning raids against the white settlers. "Renewed hostilities between East and West were touched off by the submission of the Declaration and Remonstrance that Smith and Gibson had stayed behind to write ... After having promised to consider a petition, the government refused to take any action whatever" (Hindle).