The petition of Leonard Crast of ?London, 9 April 1645
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To ye Right Wor[shipfu]ll the Committee for ye Associat[i]on att Hartford.
The humble petic[i]on of Leonard Crast an Ingeneer under the Parliam[en]t service.
Most humbly sheweth that whereas the said Leonard Crast hath beene an Ingeneer in ye service of the Parliam[en]t, as may appeare by the passeport heerto annexed, and is now in greate want, and destitute of all meanes to supply his pr[e]sent necessities, and beinge wounded in the head, humbly beseecheth the Right Wor[shipfu]ll Committee to take his poore condition into consideration, desiring that somethinge may bee allowed him for his releife in his journey to London.
And he shall daily pray, &tc