Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Doc Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1451
TitleRichard Penn and [Arthur] Lee to Lord Dartmouth, 2 Garden Court, Middle Temple
Date21 Aug 1775
DescriptionEnclose copy of "an humble and earnest petition" from the Congress to the King, propose to wait on his Lordship on Wednesday next with the original for his Lordship to present to his Majesty

Enclosure, Congress to the King, petition, representing that the union between the mother country and the colonies has been broken by a system of statutes and regulations made by His Majesty's ministers and enforced by hostile measures, and beseeching him to interpose with his royal authority and influence to procure them relief from that system and to direct some mode by which the applications of his faithful colonists may be improved into a happy and permanent reconciliation
Extent9 pages
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