Petition of William Dusenberry to New-York Congress

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To the Honourable the Deputies of the Provincial Congress assembled in and for the Province of New-York.

The humble Petition of WILLIAM DUSENBERRY, Doctor of Physick and Surgery, sheweth:

That your petitioner hath regularly served under Doctor Peter Hugeford, of Westchester County, to acquire a perfect knowledge in that science, and hath long practised in that department, to the general satisfaction of his patients, and hopes, by his experience and the recommendation of his friends, hereunto subscribed, to be heard before the honourable Convention, that, if need be, he may be appointed Doctor, to serve in any one of the battalions, to be now raised within your Province, and the favour shall be gratefully acknowledged by his assiduity to his business.

Your petitioner therefore prays that his petition may be heard, and, as in duty bound, he shall ever pray, &c.

WILLIAM DUSENBERRY,
DAVID PYE,
GILBERT COOPER,
JOHN COE,
JAMES CHRISTIE,
JONAH HALSTED, per order.
JOHN COLEMAN,
JOHN SUFRIN, per order.

Orange County, New-York, February 13, 1776.