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State of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY:
To the honourable the Council of the said State:
The Petition of HUGH WALKER, ARCHIBALD BOG, and ROBERT PARK, humbly shows:
That your petitioners were taken in different ships belonging to the inhabitants of Great Britain and brought into this State; that they have families in Great Britain suffering for want of their assistance while they remain here without the least employment, and must soon suffer for want of the necessaries of life, or become an unwilling burthen upon their friends; your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Honours will take their distressed circumstances into your wise consideration, and grant them a permission to leave this State with Mr˙ Ross on his intended voyage, or
HDGH WALKER,
Boston, August 22d, 1776.
In Council, September 25, 1776.
Read, and Ordered, That liberty be hereby granted to the within petitioners to depart this State in the Ship Creighton, Benjamin Moore Master, lately purchased by Mr˙ Ross, for the purpose of transporting himself and others to Great Britain.
JOHN AVERY, Deputy Secretary.
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any other opportunity under the directions of your Honours, or make such order and grant them such relief as in your Honours' wisdom may seem fit. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.
ARCH' D BOG,
ROBERT PARK.