York-Town, June, 1767 : Sir, by directions of the Committee of the late Pennsylvania officers, I am to inform you, that, at their meeting at Lancaster, on the 27th of last month, they framed a set of articles of agreement to be signed by such officers of the Pennsylvania regiment, who served in 1758 or 1759 ... for liberty to take up ... a large quantity of land for a settlement on the branches of the Susquehanna, as soon as the next purchase shall be made from the Indians .

Form letter to officers of the Pennsylvania regiment who served in 1758 or 1759, giving them the option to join an application by petition to the governor to buy in to land on the branches of the Susquehanna River if they agreed to sign the articles of agreement.