To his Excellency Colo Benjamin Fletcher Esq' Cap" Gen" Gov®"" in Chief & Vice Admirall of y® Province of New York & dependencyes in America, & y^ hon^ie Councel of ye Same.

The humble Peticon of Gerardus Beekman Joannes Vermelye, Thomas Williams, Mydert Coerten, Abraham Brasher & Abraham Gouverneur, Prisoners in ye Comon Goale of this City. -- Humbly Sheweth,

That yo^ Peticon®"- being condemned at a Court of )yer & terminer held in Aprill 1691 for treasonable &

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follonlous crimes wc'^ God knowes we have not comitted obstinately but meaning well & Ignorantly nevertheless we are highly Sensible, Si, Sorry for y® Same, & cannot but Implore their Mat'^s Mercy, & Comiseracon for our lives, & estates, your Peticon"^^ therefore humbly desire your Excelly to make applicacon for y*' Same to their Ma*'^^ & In y® meanwhile that you would be pleased to Consider our miserable condicon (having been Imprisoned for upwards of seventeen monetlis and caused us to be set at liberty & peaceable enjoym* of our estates & families untill their Ma^'es Pleasure shall arrive.

And yo"" Peticoni"s as in duty bound, shall ever Pray &c.-- Gerardus Beekman Johannes Vermelle Thomas Williams Meyndert Corten Abraham Brasher Abraham Governeur . Endorsed

The Peticon & submission of the prisoners Condemned to His Exeye the Govern^' & Council.

To his Excellency Benjamin fletcher Esqr Capt: generall . . ,. and governour jn Chiefe of y® province of New Yorke

The humble petition of gerardus Beekman jn habitant of y^ toAvne