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INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

Thomas Jacobs Joseph Carr Joseph Bowers and Joseph Stillwell Ensigns — Col Clark and Mr. Gwathmey will attend to the vacancy occasioned by the death of Capt Thompson I have the Honor to be very respectfully Sir your Humble Servant Joseph Bartholomew Com manding Clark Militia Bartholomew to Harrison August 11th 1811 His Excellency William Henry Harrison Sir Inclosd you will find a general Return of the Several de- tachments of Militia from the 2d — 5th & 6th Regiments of In- diana Militia — I am sorry the are not more complete. The uncertainty whether we will March or not is very much in the way of having the companies complet in every i-espect. If we get a few days notice before we march I have no doubt but we shall appear in good order So far as Respects the Com- panies from my Regiment. The following gentlemen were Elected as Officers in the Militia of the second Regiment of Indiana Militia — viz William Kelly Captain Philip Boyer Lieut — and Daniel Stark Ensign in a new Company form-d in the upper part of the County— Tobias Miller Capt in the Jeffersonville Company — please to commission the above gen- tlemen — The light Company mentioned in my last is not completed — I have the Honor to be very respectfully Sir your Humble Servant — Joseph Bartholomew Lie^it. Col. 2d R. I. M. Petition to Harrison Comr 20th Augt 1811 His Excellency William H. Harrison Esqr Governor of the Indiana Territory Sir We the Subscriber Inhabitents of Clarksville Township beg live to State to Your Exclency that we labour Under Difficul-