British army during the French and Indian War, and was then a loyal Pennsyl- vanian. Later he became a General in the Revolutionary War and render- ed able service to the cause of the Colonies. His unfortunate campaign against the Western Indians is well known. In a letter to Governor Penn, dated at

; but many Germans, Irish, Dutch and French rallied under the banners of King George. Sir John Johnson's Royal Regiment, numbering 800 men, were mostly Lutherans and Presbyterians.35 THE CHURCHLY ELEMENT. In Pennsylvania, the Sect people and the Quakers were in the majority. The former opposed wars on

element, some of his warmest personal and political friends were Loyalists. For a long time, the cause in Pennsylvania was in great doubt. In addition to the fact that the ruling element of the population was almost ex- clusively British, the further fact that almost two thirds of the population were