Servant and Ever true Loyal Subject at Command. Cuarues) Puetps.

To His Excellency Governor Clinton and the Honorable Legislature of the State of New York is most Humbly presented this my second adress in the premises Hoping the prayer thereof be fully Granted. C. Puewps.

(Endorsed) Read in Assemy. Feby. 14t2 1780 and Committed to Mess's Palmer Vrooman & Day. :

The Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Charles Phelps Esq'. Praying a further allowance for certain servises therein mentioned Report that on the opinion of your Committee that said Charles Phelps has been amply allowed and Paid for the servises alluded to in the Petition--That therefore no further allowance ought to be made him.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 1003

PETITION OF MICAH TOWNSEND AND OTHERS.

To the honorable the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, in Legislature convened.

The Petition of Micah Townsend of Cumberland County, on behalf of such of the Inhabitants of the said County as have suffered by the Disturbance prevailing in the Eastern District of this State.

Sheweth,

That since the Declaration of American Independence, a great number of the Inhabitants of the said District have been disaffected to the Government of this State ; and have contrary to their Allegiance erected the Tract, commonly called the New Hampshire Grants, into an independant Jurisdiction.

That to prevent the Disaffection from becoming general, and to encourage the Inhabitants which then continued loyal to this State in the Discharge of their Duty, as subjects thereof ; the honorable the Legislature in the Month of February in the year 1778, did pledge the Faith of this State "to conenr "in the necessary Measures for protecting the loyal Inhabitants "of this State residing in the Counties of Albany Charlotte 'Cumberland and Gloucester in their Persons and.