We have that Honor of inclosing to you a Memorial which most deeply interests us, we presumed that cases of a Similar kind had been laid before you, but upon enquiry we are led to believe that there is something so Special in our Situation, as not to suffer any decision which has yet been made in any case to be applicable to ours—Permit us therefore to intreat you Sir to consider the embarrassment into which we have been thrown and to extend to us such relief as your attention to the Wellfair of your fellow Citizens justifies us in expecting. We are with due Respect Sir Your Most Humble Servts