I Humbly pray your Excellency's attention to this my most Humble Desire praying your most Kind & Important Influence upon the minds of the Honorable Legislature that my aceompt for my Expence to Congress in behalf of this Patriotic State in a matter of so much Importance to the Justice, the Sacred Rights of Jurisdiction, the Emolument and Lasting tranquility of this whole State; against the Lawless & Treasonable pretended Domination of such a Contumacious most violent Insulting headstrong and ferocious:People of Vermont; Rissen up in the: woods among the mountains, Snatching at the Helm of Government, wrenching the Sacred and awful Scepter thereof out of the Hands of those who were Lawfully Commissioned to wield it ; to the Infinite Prejudice of the people of the whole State and in Contempt of the authority of Congress and to the whole magistracy of this and in its Consequence to that of the whole united States ; which Every Statesman & Learned Polititian throughout these States must necessarily own without Hessitancy upon. the first Clear and Impartial yiew thereof. Wherefore the matter of my negotiations both at your Honorable Legislature and at the Honorable Continental Congress of such Grate Importance

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and my assiduity Zeal and most Engaged attention with the vonstaney and Elaborate application through out the whole Long series of that fatiguing Journey all most three months in that Important season of the year it being business of that weight & Importance Demanding my utmost attention of Body & mind to have all things Don in the best manner I was Capable in Governmental matters of such Grate weight Delicacy & Consequence to the whole State of which I have the honor of being a member--tho it seems by the wise Conduct and in the Just Esteem of this Honorable Legislature but a worthless one in their Granting me nothing but my Pocket Expence tho I was so frugal therein hereby Intimating I am the most Insignificant Subject or the Least one of the most minute members of the whole State for no Doubt the Court would Give even a Common Scavenger as much as his Pocket Expence to do any Drugery for the State--the words of the act of the State are "to go to Congress at the Expence of the State" or tantamount, nor in Common parlance they must be understood the whole Expence otherwise if the General Court meant to pay but part or only pocket expence, the act would be so worded--but I not wishing to shew my self over scrupilous of the Honour or Justice of the Court after asking his Honor the Levt.