| Description | While acknowledging themselves bound by ties of faith and allegiance to the King and considering themselves, with England, parts of one great empire, declare themselves entitled to equal rights and privileges with their fellow subjects in Great Britain, enumerate their grievances, such as the duties levied without their consent, the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Courts, the shutting of the Port of Boston etc, and appeal to their Lordships to aid and concur in redressing these grievances and to remove all causes of dissension |