To his Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet, Captain

General and Governor in Cflief in and over the Province

of New-York and the Territories depending thereon in

America ; Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same ;

And to his Majesty's Honourable Coimcil of said Province

in Council Assembled.

Whereas several Persons appointed to Act, as well for

themselves as many other Members of the Reformed protestant

Dutch Church of the City of New York in North America did

by their Petition and humble Remonstrance presented to your

Excellency and his Majesty's Honorable Council of the said

Province the sixth Day of December 17G6, shew and set forth

the Eighth article of Capitulation on the Dutch sui-rendering this

Colony to the Crown of Great Britain in 1664 ; King William

the Third's Charter or Letters patent dated the Eleventh Day of

May 1696 Confirming the said Article and Granting unto the

said Dutch reformed Church other Liberties and Privileges than

those contained in the said Capitulation ; and also an Act of the

Lieutenant Governor Council and General Assembly of the said

Province, confirmed at S* James's the Twenty-fifth Day of

February 1755 by King George the second in Council, whereby

the said Liberties and privileges were furtlier established and

confirmed and others granted to the Ministers Elders, Deacons

and ]\Iembers of the said Church, together with other matters

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and divers Grievances tlierein contained and complained of. And thereby prayed {inter alia) speedy Relief &c. as by tlie said Petition and Remonstrance Relation being tliereunto liad will more at large appear.