To His Most Royal Majesty, George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Archtreasurer of the Holy Roman Empire, Sir, My mummy, Lady of the Bedchamber to Her Royal Highness Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, enjoins me to petition you humbly and respectfully in regards to a matter of no little to distress to one such as I, a maiden of tender years and delicate sensibilties. I refer to the disquieting placards, numerous beyond calculation and of a most unsavory and mean nature, which are belike to cover every exposed inch of façade throughout Your cities of London, Boston, New York and Philadelphia and which, moreover, treasonously call into question Your Wisdom in the impostion of the altogether noble, fair and fiscally necessary Stamp Act.
Surely appropriate correction for these Mean Signs lies with the fearful power of Your August Majesty's dread Arm of Justice, expressed, if I may be so bold as to suggest, in the application of the scourge, pillory, gallows, oubliette or rat-filled, reeking, diseased prison ship? Or, by your leave, if the press or rack be still employed by your Administors of Law, or even, as I thrill to hope, disembowelment and quartering, I pray your indulgence that I may attend such executions of sentence for the Increase of my Civic Knowledge and Advancement of my Moral Education. Your most Obedient, Loyal and Humble Servant,
Miss Julia Hall
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
