William Tillou

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NEW-YORK, June 8, 1776.

William Tillou, of this City, Joiner, from the decay of trade, is under the necessity of laying his case before the honourable the Provincial Congress, imploring them, upon an impartial survey of his situation, to afford him the aid he requires, which is to grant him a certificate to the Committee of Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess County, that he may be permitted to reside in that Precinct, (as he is promised a good deal of work there,) and endeavour by honesty and application to maintain himself and small helpless family. The aforesaid William Tillou has a wife, who is a lunatick, by which she is rendered utterly incapable of serving herself, much more of minding her two small children. In this condition, beside the want of employ, should the Ministerial troops invade this city, this poor family must undergo all the miseries of war, not having wherewith to sustain themselves, nor able to assist one another.

WILLIAM TILLOU.

The above is attested as a truth by the subscribers,
PETER HOGER,
JOHN WYLLEY,
PETER TILLOU.