[¿µ¹®Åº¿ø¼] The Olive Branch Petition / The Olive Branch Petition July 8, 1775 To the King¡¯s Most Excellent Majesty. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN: We, your Majesty¡¯s faithful subjects of the Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Nor¡¦