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To His Excellency Sir James Kempt, Knight Grand Cross[?] of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia and its Dependencies,
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The Petition of the undersigned coloured People, residing at Hammond Plains, Humbly [illegible];

That your Petitioners consist entirely of coloured people, who came to this Province during the late American War, and were settled by order of His Excellency, Sir John [Coape?] Sherbrooke, [illegible] His Lordship, the Earl of Dalhousie, at Hammond Plains, on lands belonging to Governor [illegible] [illegible] [led?] to them for that [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] a great deal of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] mostly able to support their [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [industry?].

That they have been greatly indebted to your Excellency and to His Lordship, your Predecessor for assistance and supplies on various occasions, when under the pressure of misfortune and want, or the inclemencies of the seasons, of which favour they trust they will ever retain an humble and grateful recollection.

That they are now very desirous of erecting a place for the worship of God but that owing to most of their being burdened with large families, they are unable to contribute as much as they would willingly do, to effect so desirable an object. They have therefore taken the liberty of thus humbly to address your Excellency, in the hope that you might be pleased [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]