To the most High and Mighty Prince Wm. the 3d, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Fayth, &c.

Your Ma'ties Humble, Loyall and obedient subjects, the Governo'r and councill of your colony of Connecticutt in most humble wise, upon our bended knees doe thankefully acknowledge your Ma'ties grace and goodness to your subjects in this colony, your Ma'ties speciall favour expressed in her late Ma'ties princely Letter of the twenty-first of June 1694, in the sixth yeare of your Ma'ties reigne in granting such restrictions to Col. Fletchers commission as in your wisdom you saw meet, as allso therein was manifested to us your Royall intentions to continue your Royall protection to this colony in the mayntayning of all our just rights and priviledges; your Ma'ties grace and bounty to us therein layes a firm obligation upon our hearts to manifest our duty and loyalty to your Ma'tie, according as we are allways bownd; and by reason of the providence of God frowning upon, us this last year by frosts and unseasonable weather thereby taking from us our most principle graine, cuting us so short that we canot fetch in such supply as in other yeares, as allso the constant expence of ammunition we are under in mayntaining our Fortes and in the necessary reliefe we often affoard to our frontier towns and your Ma'ties Government of New Yorke, we humbly pray that of your Royall bounty your Ma'ties would please to bestow some arms and ammunition, upon us, whereby we may be inabled to defend ourselves with other of his Ma'ties good subjects and destroy your Ma'ties enemies, which is the end for which we desire them, and the onely way we shall improve them, and your petitioners shall ever pray for your Ma'ties prosperity, long life and the increas of your glory here and forever. Hartford Octob'r 28, 1695.