Request to Gov. Clinton for more forage for the army's horses; response on reverse

              To His Excellency George Clinton Esq Whereas Col. Bedelel have Demanded from the Magistrtes of Ulster County so Large a quantity of Hay that it is not in ye Power of us to Colect - We your Petitioners therefore Humbly Beg that if your Excelleny should think proper to Colect the Magistrates of the Adjoining County in some Convenient Place with us in order to Aportion the Reasonable [ ] which in [ ] Each County	should furnish, and also that the Magistrates might be inabled to Lay a Proper quantity on the Precincts from the [ ] of the
County or to fall on Some other Method whereby the Army may be Supplyed and one County not wholly Ruined Your Complyance [ ] Sir Will oblige your Humble Servants
Patrick Barber
John Nichols
Arthur Parks
John Robinson
Henry Smith
James Hunter
Dan [ ]
Benj. Smedes Jr.
Johannis Jansen Jr.
Anthony Smith
Wolbert Ecker
Abel Belknap
James [ ]
Next to the above list of signatures is the following:
Request of some of the
[ ] of Ulster County
for the Gov to convene
them to [ ] the prices of 
forage -- & Dr
answer - 15 July
1779