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- Cuthbert Combs
- Joseph Cartmell
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- Labor under many grievances on account of not being formed into a separate
- Virginia in the County of Kaintucky and Illinois Humbly Sheweth - That we the Subjects
- The Petition and prayer of the people of that Part of Country now Claimed by the State of
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Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of Independence and the first national government. The Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) followed. Read important papers, letters, treaties, and reports--famous and obscure--relating to the formation of the new nation, as penned by the founding fathers.
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If anyone can locate Paul Froman's signature on this document sent by inhabitants of Illinois and Kentucky to the Continential Congress, I would appreciate it. He is my 5th great grandfather, who married Elizabeth Hite/Heydt.
May 19th, 1750 is written under the line " Shall ever Pray"