We, The undersigned, mechanics of the town of Springfield, ask of your honorable body, that an act be passed, incorporating them & their successors as the Springfield Mechanics' Union, for the following purposes, to wit;–
for affording relief to sick & disabled members, and the widows and orphans of deceased members; for the establishment of a ^common School and^ library; and for the promotion of literature, science, & the mechanic arts. And we pray that such powers as are necessary for accomplishing the foregoing objects, maybe granted to said incorporation