To the King's most excellent Majesty
May it please Your Majesty
Arthur Dobbs Esq. Governor of Your Maj. Province of North Carolina having in a letter dated the 9th Nov. last requested us to represent
to Your Majesty the weak and defenceless state of the said Province for the want of ammunition & stores of which it is quite destitute and the necessity of having an independant Company of one hundred men established there not only to protect the back settlements but support the Surveyors and Custom House Officers in their respective duties and to prevent illicit Trade We think it our duty to lay before Your Majesty the annexed extract of the said letter for Your Majesty's directions thereupon. Which is most humbly submitted