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A Petition of Prince Gorham, of Barnstable, praying
COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, Aug˙ 5, 1775.
To the Honourable the General Court, now sitting at WATERTOWN:
Humbly sheweth Prince Gorham, of Barnstable, on behalf of himself and Benjamin Cobb, that your petitioners, and the Town we live in, are much in want of Powder and other necessaries, which may he obtained in the West-Indies; and that your petitioners have on hand forty hogsheads of old Jamaica Fish, forty barrels of Alewives, and two thousand bunches of Onions, which are now perishing, and which your petitioners cannot dispose of here: wherefore, your petitioners humbly pray your Honours to grant them a permit to export the same to St˙ Eustatia, and receive from them warlike stores and other necessaries. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &c.
PRINCE GORHAM, for self and Co.
Petition of Prince Goreham
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for liberty to export a quantity of Fish to St˙ Eustatia, was read, and committed to Captain Batchelder, Deacon
Plympton, and Captain Bragdon.