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Revolutionary Petition of Patriots in Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey
[May] 1776
We, the Subscribers, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the township of Pequannock, in the county of
Morris and the province of New Jersey, having long viewed with concern the avowed design of the
ministry of Great Britain to raise a revenue in America, being deeply affected with the cruel hostilities
already commenced in Massachusetts Bay for carrying that arbitrary design into execution,
convinced that the preservation of the rights and privileges of America depends, under God, on the
firm union of its inhabitants, do, with hearts abhorring slavery, and ardently wishing for a
reconciliation with our parent state on constitutional principles, solemnly associate and resolve under
the sacred ties of virtue, honor and love of our country, that we will personally, and so far as our
influence extends, endeavor to support and carry into execution whatever measures may be
recommended by the Continental and Provincial Congresses for defending our constitution and
preserving the same inviolate, according to the resolutions of the aforesaid Continental and Provincial
Congresses, firmly determined by all means in our power to guard against the disorders and
confusions to which the peculiar circumstances of the times may expose us.
We do also further associate and agree, as far as shall be consistent with the measures adopted for
the preservation of American Freedom, to support the magistrates and other civil officers in the
execution of their duty agreeable to the laws of the colony, and to observe the directions of our
committee acting.
John Harriman, Joseph Harriman, Richard Harriman
