" We your humble Pertisuei's Ceiitlemen are now warned To bear "arms In Defence of our Country truly Tt is the Native place of .some of "us wich Now Gentlemen may it please your onnei-s To take it in (aui ■ "sideration we are Controld more by poverty than By our own will we " must Now beg of your honners To take it in Consideration wtu'e yiiu " In our State of Poverty yon wold not lay on us more than we can " Bare Sonu^ of this poor Cyty Now who you have yon ha^ e ('ommand. '•To hare Arms In Defence of (Hii-s Ijilx-rty and Kites Not our Kite but "such gentlemen as has got lands and Kstates liutsonie of us Now has ■'Skareely got Victuals from <me Day to another Neyther fire Nor Can- " dies our Wifesand poor Children Suffering for lireail and your honm-i-s "have pleiwoil To lay im us or some of us such things as we ('ant supply "oui-selve.q with gun Bagnet Belts Cartridge Box Powder and Ball lus "for Powder It must Plea.se your honners some of you To open a Store "of it for I have Tryd in this City To get a Snmll (Juantity hut Could " Not and our Officers says It will be a fine to neglect having any of "them BO therefore we your humble perti.souere Karnestly Beg That It " may Please your honnurs To lend us such thing a.s you have laid out " for us poor And Destrcsseil men to get Gentlemen we beg It njay be "taken in no afence we are willing to beare with with any thing It "may plca.se you to put on us if In our iH)wer some cant without liun- " ning in Deat for For them the Next go to gall for it will any one p:iy " The Det Consider it wouhl Now for you to loose All ycmr lime w ich "you sit Now making laws for us a.s one of us or some of lis to hy agun " Consider our JK)verty and as-sist the poor or make some of those with " Uullles Turn out an well as we (U- supply us with acutrcmenis I Im- " magine some of tho.se Uich w ich have lands and thou.sanils In Kstates "will not get find if neglect appearing we Beg you will think of us aa "you are our lied and parliament who Ever geto This in Desired to " Covay it to the Congress In New York.