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That Tour Majesty might be pleased, to grant, to such Persons, as were willing and able to settleand cultivate and to whom we should be inclined to sell, Tracts of Land sufficient to erect Townsand Forts thereon, under the Restrictions and Conditions, to settle thereon in Towns, and not in soscattered a Manner as is done in other Parts of the Country, to Fortify, Garrison and defend suchTowns, to settle and maintain Ministers of the Gospel and Schoolmasters, both for themselves andthe Indians living about them: and to free such Towns and Precincts from all other public TaxesExpenses and troubles, wherein they should not particularly be concerned.

And whereas we find John Christopher Hartwick minister of the Gospel inclined and conceivehim able to promote both the kingdom of Christ and that of Your Majesty: therefore after lie hadobtained Your Majestys Lycence to purchase, we have sold to him in Your Majestys Name a Tractof Land the remotest, that hath been purchased yet. And whereas both by Reason of the greatDistance from markett and because of the Nearness to the Enemies Country and the AdjoiningWilderness of the people that would undertake to settle it must labour under great Hardships andDifficulties, arising from the above mentioned Circumstances easily to be conceived and too tediousto mention to Your Majesty and whereas the far greater part of the Tract of Land aforesaid is notimprovable, and what is so is much interrupted by Hills, so that the good cannot be seperated fromthe bad, without putting the undertaker to insupportable Charges, the Land must either remainwaste to the Detriment of Your Majesty’s Interest because it cannot make good the charges andFees of Surveying and Patenting , wich are great, or bring up the Quitrent, wich is now r higher thanthat wich is paid from good and conveniently and savely situated Land, or an Exemption must begranted.

For these Reasons and from such Considerations as these, as also from the Confidence we put inthe Grace and Favour, wich Your Majesty hath allways been wont to bestow upon us We havetaken upon us to intercede to Your Majesty in Behalf of the aforementioned John ChristopherHartwick humbly praying Your Majesty, to grant to the said John Christopher Hartwick the Tractsof Land sold to him by us; and more particularly described in the Deeds of Conveyance andReturns of the Surveyor, on such easy Terms as to Your Majesty in Your Grace and Wisdom shallseem most fit and expedient for the Intents and Purposes aforementioned, wich we forbearmentioning at Large being confident Your Majestys Wisdom will from this Hint easily inferthem.

If Your Majesty shall be pleased to grant these our Prayers we shall thanckfully acknowledgeit, as a Token of Your Majestys especial Grace and Favour towards us, and use our best Endeavoursby a Faith full Attachment to Your Majestys Crown to deserve it allways praying to the HeavenlyFather to support Your Majesty in Your old age, with continual Supplies of Heavenly and RoyalGifts,Graces Power and Strength to the longest Period of Life, and to crown Your Endeavors for theHappiness of Your People and maintaining Peace among Christian Princes, with Success , and atlast when Your Majesty shall be full of Days to leave Your Crown to a Prince of Your Royal Blood,w T ho shall not be unworthy to be Son to such a Father and Successor to such a king, and to receivea Crown of Glory in the Heavenly kingdom that fadeth not.

Finally, we pray, That Your Majesty would be pleased to continue that fatherly Care and Pro-tection wich we have hitherto injoyed towards us and our Brethren the Six Nations and to receiveinto the same also the Nation of wich by the Care of our Brother Johnson hath been

joined with us and linck to the Covenant Chain in particular we pray That Your Majesty would bepleased to provide for us, to the Glory of God and our Souls Wellfare a Church and a Minister resid-ing among us; that we may more fully enjoy the Light of the Gospel, wich hath begun to dawn upon