The Cumberland County Committee of Correspondence
to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety
Text printed in Samuel Hazard et al., eds., Pennsylvania Archives
(1st series;12 vols., Philadelphia and Harrisburg, 1852-56), IV, 693.
<Carlisle, December 29, 1775: We understand that troops are to
be raised in this province, and believe that we can recruit a complete
battalion in this county; we enclose a list of officers whom
we recommended. Having officers and men acquainted, when a
corps is raised in a small district, serves the common cause and
prevents discord, “too often prevalent amongst promiscuous
Crowds of men.” Addressed to Franklin as president of the committee
and signed by John Armstrong, Jno. Byers, Robert Miller,
John Agnew, and James Pollock, the committee of correspondence
of Cumberland County.>