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" The Petition of the Lieutenant non-commissioned officers & Privates "belonging to Capt" Micah Townsend's company raised to be under the "Direction of the Committee of Westchester County, Humbly Sheweth,

"That the Honorable the Provincial Congri'ss of this Colony when " they gave Instructions for raising Capt" Townsend's (Company allowed "the liieutenaiit Via. per weels, and the non commissioned officers and " privates Ss. per week in lieu of liatioiis and Subsistence.

'•That at ami near the White i'lains ^which is the head Quarters of " the Company) the allowance for their subsistance does not amount to "near enough to supiiort them, they being unable to get victuals for "less than Is. i)er Meal, or to hire their lioaid at any tolerable rate but "by the week ; that your I'etitiouei-s entered the Company & Did duty "in the most busy season of the year before Si during Harvest time A " have hail a harder share of tluty than the Troops who were allowed by "your hoiKjiable House 2U Dcdiars Bounty & who have generally "received near 4(i Dollars.

" Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your honorable House " will be pleased to increase the I'ay for their Subsistance so fur as to " enable them when they live with Frugality to support themselves by it "in the part of the County where they may reside, or be ordered. And "your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray, &c.

"Zephaiiiah Miller, I.,ieutenant, M'illiain Freilenborongh,