“

"If you still wish to pursue the enquiry farther, Cap ^t. Newland recommends it to you to apply to, Charles Polke & Isaac Greathouse of Shelby, Herman Greathouse & Thomas Polke of Nelson, John Sappington of Madison of this state & Joshua Baker before noted on Cumberland River of the state of Tenessee.

"If sir you will state to me particular facts of which you are to be informed respecting the said murders & the causes which produced them, I will chearfully unite with Doctor Brown my endeavours to collect every information which these men can now recollect respecting the transactions. It can be done without much trouble, & if it will render you any essential benifit I will make a personal application to each of the persons resident within this state & apply by letter to Baker.

"With respect to the authenticity of Logan’s Speech they probably know nothing about it--application made to Officers near Dunmore’s person, or the Feild Officers of his division, would be apt to give more particular information on the subject. I recollect to have seen it in 75 in one of the public prints.

"That Logan conceived Cresap to be the author of the murder at Yellow creek, it is in my power to give, perhaps a more particular information, than any other person you can apply to. In 1774 I lived in Fincastle county, now divided into Washington, Montgomery & part of Wythe, being intimate in Col ^o. Preston’s family I happened in July to be at his house, when an express was sent to him as the C ^y. Leiut. requesting a Guard of the militia to be ordered out for the protection of the inhabitants residing low down on the north fork of Holstein river, the Express brought with him a war club & a note which was left tied to it at the house of one Robertson whose family were cut off by the Indians & gave rise for the application to Col ^o. Robertson, of which the following is a Copy then taken by me in my mem ^o. Book.

"“Captain Cresap

What did you kill my people on Yellow creek for, th white people killd my kin at Conustoga a great while ago, and I thought nothing of that, but you kill’d my kin again on Yellow creek and took my cousin prisoner, then I thought I must kill too and I have been three times to war since, but the Indians are not angry only myself.

Captain John Logan

July 21 ^st. 1774

"The foregoing statement of Facts has made my letter so long that I shall forbear any observations respecting our political situation & opinions of the western country--if they shall conduce anithing to your satisfaction I shall feel myself compensated for the trouble I have had in writing them.”

This letter was not used by Jefferson in this Appendix.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on June 20: ““ I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of March the 2 ^d. and to return you many thanks for it. I am very desirous to collect all the information I can relative to the murder of Logan’s family, who were the perpetrators, & how far Cresap had counselled or ordered it; for tho’ there exists a very general belief that he was present, yet the information I have recieved seems rather that he ordered Greathouse & his party on that business & took another upon himself. of the authenticity of Logan’s speech I have the evidence of General Gibson who recieved it from Logan’s hand, delivered it to Lord Dunmore & translated it. the speech proves that Logan considered Col ^o. Cresap as the murderer; and nothing can prove it more authentically than the copy of the note you have been so kind as to send me. my statement therefore, which has been attacked is nothing more than the universally recieved account of that transaction. if mankind have generally imputed that murder to Cresap, it was because his character led them to it, numerous murders of the Indians having drawn them to fix this on him. his character becomes an object of enquiry on this account. after letting this matter remain uncontradicted for upwards of 20. years it has now been raked up from party hatred, as furnishing some [illegible] with the design of writing me down. ”