In all humble manner complaining, sheweth unto your Excellency your Petitioner John Rattoon as well for himself as all other the Creditors of Samuel Hodgson of the Township of Oxford in the County of Philadelphia Dealer and Chapman, that whereas the said Samuel using and exercising the trade of a Dealer and Chapman by way of bargaining Exchange bartering and Chevisance seeking his trade of living by buying and selling upon just and good Causes being indebted unto your petitioner in the sum of two hundred pounds and upwards in and by a certain bond or obligation bearing date the second day of November in this present year, of late that is to say about the third day of November instant did become bankrupt within the several acts of Assembly of Pennsylvania made against Bankrupts; to the Intent to defraud and hinder your said Petitioner and others his Creditors of their just Debts and duties to them due and owing, that is to say within the Act of Assembly of this Commonwealth passed the sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty five entitled an act for the regulation of Bankruptcy.
In tender Consideration whereof may it please your Excellency to grant unto your Petitioner the Commonwealth’s most gracious Commission to be directed to such and so many wise honest and discreet persons as to your Excellency shall seem meet authorising them thereby not only concerning the said bankrupt his body Lands Tenements goods Chattles debts and other things whatsoever; but also concerning all other persons who by Concealment Claim or otherwise do or shall offend touching the premises or any past thereof contrary to the true Intent and meaning of the said Acts of Assembly, to do and Execute all and every thing and things whatsoever as well for and towards satisfaction and payment of the said Creditors, as towards and for all other Intents and purposes, according to the Ordenance and provision of the said acts of Assembly and of any other acts in force concerning Bankrupts, And your Petitioner shall ever pray &c