(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.