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PAXTON AND DERRY OFFER THEIR SERVICES" "Hon.
Valentine Hummel, Sr., of Harrisburg, has in his possession,
carefully preserved in a frame and glass, a manuscript containing
the original agreement of certain settlers residing in Derry Twp. to
serve in the battalion commanded by James Burd. The first name attached to
it is that of Judge Hummel's father, then a very young man. The document reads
as follows: "July 25th, 1776 - This is to certify that we, the
Associates of Derry Township, in Lancaster County, Province of
Pennsylvania, in the fourth Battalion, commanded by James
Burd, Colonel, do bind ourselves in all the rules and
regulations made by the Honorable Congress in convention,
for the militia of this Province."" The following is of the same
date, and written immediately under, in in German, and
then the names are attached: ""Derry Township,
July 25, 1776 - We, the undersigned' are willing to serve
in the fourth Battalion, commanded by Col. James Burd, agreeably to order
of Congress, and agree to serve until the first day of November, 1776, in
the land service of the country, in favor of the flag of Liberty. Frederick
Hummel, Alexander Montgomery, David Hummel, Philip Blessing, Philip
Fishburn, Henry Miller, Nicolas Zimmerman, Samuel Ramsey, Peter Grove,
Mathias Hoover, John M'Farlane, George Lower, Thos. Roulin
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