To the Honble Esek Hopkins Esqr

The Humble Petition of the Company of they Sailors and Marines on Board the Brigg Cabot, Most humbly Sheweth—

That your Petitioners having served faithfully on Board the said Brig in Defence of America Since her departure from Philadelphia; and her first Cruise being now Out; They humbly hope that your Honr (According to the Usual Custom observed in Board Vessels of War) will advance them Some Money as They are much in want of Necessaries which they Cannot proceed On another Cruise without. ー They Humbly hope that your Honour will pardon this Liberty, and impute it to the real necessity which they Now labour under for the want of Cash, to procure them what's necessary for their Health & preservation; and your petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever Pray—

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