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(seq. 1)
To the Honorable Corperation of Harford Colidge
The Petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Natick in the County of Middlesex Humbly Sheweth --
That the Publick meetinghouse in said Natick is in about one Hundred & twenty [rods?] of Dedham line and therefore a Considerable part of our Inhabitants are four and five miles from the said meeting house [text obscured by lower half of page being folded up over it] therefore if the said meeting [more text is obscured]
[at the right edge, at an angle of 90 degrees clockwise] The Petition of The Select men of Natick ________________
(seq. 2)
To the Honorable Corperation of Harford Colidge
The Petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Natick in the County of Middlesex Humbly Sheweth --
That the Publick meetinghouse in said Natick is in about one Hundred & twenty [rods?] of Dedham line and therefore a Considerable part of our Inhabitants are four and five miles from the said meeting house where it now stand therefore if the said meeting house was moved into the center of the {said} Town it would be a great accomadation both to the English and Indian Inhabitants --
Therefore your Petitioner Humbly Pray that this {Honourable} Corperation would consider their curcumstances and grant them liberty to remove the said meeting house into the center of the said Town of Natick as this {Honorable} Corperation having an intrest in the said meeting ouse —your Petitioner, as in Duty bound shall
Ever pray &c
Elijah Bacon Abel [?] Jason Whitney Richard Rice Selectmen
Natick June ye 9th 1778
The above Petition was referr'd to another meeting, & in the mean time to enquire of Mr Badger & of the Commissioners relative to the contents of the Petition.
