Gentlemen

We the Subscribers inhabitants of Barrington in the Province of Nova Scotia, Haveing hired and partly Loaded the Schooner Hope with Fish and Liver Oyl bound for Salem or Newbary In the Province of the Massachusetts Bay ー Earnestly Pray and Request of you the Honble Congress or those whose business it may be to see to it, To permitt and Suffer the said Loading to be disposed of by Herman Kenney and part of the amount to be Lay'd out in provissions for the Support of us the Subscribers which are Intirely Destitute of any for the Support of them or their Children and it is Impossible to get any Any where, ー And a Long Winter Approching God only knows what will become of us; We Look on ourselves as Unhappyly situated as any People in the world; being Settelers from the Massachusetts bay for whose wellfare we Earnestly pray having Fathers Brothers and Children living there; And we have in the Course of these Unhappy Times done every thing in our power to Assist those Unfortunate people that have been Taken and come into this place from Halifax to help them over the bay on their way home. And have not at any Time done any thing Either by Supplys or men to Injure our native place and Country; ー In the above Vessell are Three Families with their Effects which have Left this place and gone to the places in your province where they formerly came from, And we the Subscribers dont see but that we must follow them for we don't think we can Live Quietly here for our Imployment is such for the Support of our families Vizt Fishing as you look upon as a Disservice to the great cause you are imbarked in and we cannot but follow it while we are thus Situated; Therefore we Earnestly pray and Request of you in your great Goodness and Wisdom to Assist us with provisions as we the subscribers shall want for this winter and till such time as we can remove ourselves from this place to our former homes Unless these Tremendus Times are Settled, Which God grant may be soon; We have Authorised and Appointed our Friend Mr Herman Kenney to Answer and Reply to any Questions and to represent our Deplorable Situation to you the Honble. Congress or others who he may be call'd before; And we are ready to keep up a Correspondence with the Inhabitants of your province to Exchange fish for other provisions if you should see fit to Incourage such a Trade untill such Time as we can Remove ourselves from this place, provided you are Determin'd to prevent our fishing on this Shore, For the privaters have taken Several of our Schooners from us and the fish caught in them to the great Distress of the fishermen which have not done any Thing but fishing to Injure you which they could not help being the only way they have to maintain their families, For all which causes and Reasons we cannot but flatter ourselves that you will Receive this Memoriall Erom us And Answer our Request which will Enable us to Support our Wifes And Children, and we cannot think the Request being Granted any Damage to you, We mean not to Offend you in any thing but should be glad to know our Destiney if any of us should tarry at this place dureing these times for we have not seen nor heard from you anything who are in Authority, but only from some of the men on board the privaters that have made this, a place of Rendevous who tell us all the Dreadfull Things that can befall any People, to Vizt That the Indians are Commission'd to come on the back of us to kill burn and Destroy, A picture, this drawn by them, that we the Decendants from America Cannot think ever Enterd into the breasts of the free and Generous sons of America. We are Gentlemen your most humble petitioners and very humble Servants ー

NB. We hope and Desire you will not give this a place in your News papers tho you should think it worthy, which may be of Damage to us if we should remain at this placeー²