Your Excellency will see by the Papers and Letters of Intelligence which I have the honour of communicating to you, that there are a Number of disorderly People collecting near the Line that divides our two States, who are impatient of regular Government, and seize upon and presume to dispose of Lands contrary to and in Defiance of the Laws. It has appeared to us by other Evidence that their Numbers are daily increasing by Vagabonds from all quarters, and that they expect Reinforcements from Shay’s late Partizans, and purpose defending their Proceedings by Force of Arms. Your Excellency will be sensible with us of the Mischief such a Body of Banditti may be capable of occasioning to both our States, if suffered to increase and establish themselves in that Country; Vicinity of the Boundary Line affording them at present an imaginary Security since if pursu’d by the Authority of one of the States, they can easily step over into the others. Your Excellency’s Readiness manifested on former Occasions, to aid the Operations of general Justice even in neighbouring Governments, leaves no Room to doubt of your concurring with us in the Measures that may be necessary to defeat the Projects of those People, some of whose Leaders are said to be Inhabitants of your State. For the Concerting such Measures the Council of this Government unanimously and earnestly request your Excellency would be pleased to permit our Delegates in Congress, to have a Conference with you. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency’s most obedient and most humble Servant.