That yor Peticon''^ was and had allowance and Priveledge to build and erect a Church for our pubUcke y®use on Ground without y® Gate of this Citty and in ord^ thereunto Did erect and build thereon ; and afterwards when Gou"" Colue came was forst to Remove and Breake Down w^" was erected and built on s'l Ground, and in Lew thereof, yo"" peticon^rs -^^ras allotted and Allowed ye Peice of Ground within y^ Gate where y® Erected Church now Stands and house adjacent and had a Patent thereon, but it happens to bee mislay ed Yo"" humble Peticoni'^ most Humbly Requests a Letter or

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Patent of Confirmation for y^ Premises and for y« Charge thereof shall willingly Compute and Pay ye Same

And yor Peticon'^ as in Duty bound shall euer Pray &c Hejjdrick Williamson. in behalfe of y^ Whole Partys Conserne'i

%* The Church mentioned in the latter part of the above petition stood at corner of Broadway and Rector, a little South of Trinity, on the Site of the late Grace Church. Greenleaf states (Hist, of the Churches of New York, 1846.) that it was erected in 1702, but this is evidently an error as appears by the above document.

PETITION OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH AT NEW YORK. TO BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES.

To the Rt Honorable Thomas Dongan Lieu* and Governor Vnder

his Royall High^s of New Yorke and Dependencies in

America.

The humble Peticon of the Lutheran Congregacon in 'the Citty of New York Sheweth