My Lord,
As agent for the Assembly of North Carolina, I do myself the honor to lay before Your Lordship, the Petition of the Assembly of that Province to His Majesty; your Lordship having been pleased to inform me, that the proper mode of presenting it was thro' you as Secretary of State for American Affairs.
I have received several matters in charge from the Assembly, which I shall hope for the Permission of laying before your Lordship,
in perfect confidence of meeting your Lordship's favor & assistance in every proper exertion which I may use on behalf of the Province.