Showeth, that upon the late happy revolution Your Petitioners said Father was very Instrumental in Securing the said Province for your Majesty & being of Known integrity to your Majesties ilitierest & the protestant religion, Captain Francis Nicholson then deputy Govenor having withdrawn himself from the said Province Your Petiti's said father upon the 16*^ August 1689 was by the freeholders & inhabitants, elected & Constituted Commander in Chief untill Your Majesties Royal Pleasure should be declared concerning the province & Accordingly he entered upon the governnlent & was Acknowledged for such by the People, & was in possession of the fort & Garrison which till that time were ruinate & incapabel of defence, & did proclaim Your Majesty & Your Royal Consort, to be our Sovereign Lord & Lady & caused the ^tne to be done, in other provinces that on the 10*^ of xber 1689 Your Majesty's Most gracious letter, dated the dO^^ July before, arrived there the same being directed to the said Captain Nicholson & in his absence, to such for the time being, take care for preserving the peace & administring the Laws within the said IProvince whereby Your Majesties was graciously pleased to Authorize the person then commanding in Chief As Aforesaid, to take upon him the government, calling to his Assistance in the Administration thereof the principal Inhabitants or as many as he should think fit, willing & requiring him to do & perform all things whch to the place of Lieut, Govenor and Commander in Chief did Appertain as he should find necessary for Your Majesties Service & the good of the said Subjects until further orders from Your Majesty that Your Petitioner's Said Father, being so con-