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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Express from Genesee Country reports Col. Simcoe's order to remove US settlers from disputed lands in Upper Canada per Treaty of Peace; settlers led by Capt. Williamson vow to resist.
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An express arrived at the War Office on Saturday last from the Genesee Country, within the State of New-York, with dispatches for the Executive of the United States, which were immediately laid before the President. Several private letters received by the same conveyance advise that a peremptory order had been issued by Col. Simcoe, the governor of Upper Canada, requiring an immediate removal of the inhabitants who have been for some time settled on a tract of land in that country, within the bounds of the United States, agreeably to the Treaty of Peace. They likewise inform that Capt. Williamson, and the rest of the citizens of the United States, who are principally concerned in the settlements of those lands, were determined to resist the said order, and were preparing to oppose any force that may be sent to deprive them of their lawful rights and property.
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Upper Canada
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Saturday Last
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An express arrived at the War Office with dispatches for the US Executive about a peremptory order issued by Col. Simcoe, governor of Upper Canada, requiring immediate removal of US inhabitants settled on a tract of land in Upper Canada within US bounds per the Treaty of Peace. Capt. Williamson and other US citizens involved in the settlements are determined to resist the order and prepare to oppose any force sent to deprive them of their rights and property.