Justin Hitchcock's Remarks and Observations

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parties of Cavalry sent out to bring in the insurgant
In attempting to thake Jason Parmeter of Barnardston
he fired and killed Jacob Walker from Whately.
Parmeter was taken and one Mr Culler ? Ware
tryed and convicted and sentenced to the Gallows
But wase pardoned at the place of execution. Mr
John Hancock was chosen Governor this year Who
was for lenient measures [ ] there ware none
executed for their treason against the state

On the 14^th of Feby this year the Rev John
Taylor was ordained to the work of the Ministry
in Deerfield after the people had been without a
setled Minister ever since Sept 1780 six years and
a half Mr Taylor was a son of Eldad Taylor
of Westfield Whose patriotic exertions during our
contest with Great Britain are well known His
son John who setled here was well established
in the doctrines of grace or those called [ ]
and preached the same to the people

He taught the doctrin of the intire moral depravity
of all mankind. The nead of a special divine
influence in their regeneration that the regenerated
were elected before the world was made That so
fatal was the fall of all mankind that none short
of a Devine Person could satisfy Gods Law and
Justice for them He therefore tayght that Christ
was God as well as man And that those whom he
called by his grace and were born agan would
acoording to his promis never be lost