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1750. June 22. Gov. Wentworth to Gov. Clinton, is not disposed to have any dispute with New York ;
proposes a reference of the matter to England, .... 333
July 25. Gov. Clinton to Gov. Wentworth ; accepts the reference, proposes to exchange repre-sentations with New Hampshire, ... 334
Sept 2. Gov. Wentworth to Gov. Clinton ; accepts the offer to exchange, and promises to com-municate a copy of his representation when perfect, . 334
1751. Oct. Report of the Attorney-General of New York on the case between the latter province
and New Hampshire respecting their boundary,.. .. 334
Oct. 14. Cadwallader Colden ’s observations on the Attorney-General’s report,.... 339
1752. Aug. 14. Extract from the report of the Attorney and Solicitor-General on the state of the case
with respect to certain townships in New England, ....... 340
Dec. 22. Secretary of the Board of Trade to the agent for the Province of New York , (enclosing,). 340
1751. Mar. 23. Extract of a letter from Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire , to the Boardof Trade, containing his proposal that the line of New Hampshire run as far west asthat of Massachusetts, . 341
1753. Nov. 14. Report of the committee of the Provincial Council, and the commissioners on the eastern
boundary, of New York, in answer to Gov. Wentworth ’s letter to the Board of Trade, 341
1759. Sept. 31. Proclamation of the Lieut. Governor of New York for forming settlements between Fort
Edward and Lake George,...... 345
1763. Mar. 15. Affidavit of Alex. McLean to the effect that New' Hampshire is laying out lands at Crown
Point and on the east of Lake Champlain, . 346
Dec. 28. Proclamation of Lieut. Gov. Colden, assorting the Connecticut River to be the east
bounds of the Prov. of New York , .... 346
1764. Jan. 20. Lt. Gov. Colden to the Board of Trade, reviewing the dispute between New York and
New Hampshire , and sustaining the claim of the former to the territory in question,. 348
Feb. 8. The same to the same ; remonstrating further against the most surprising and extrava-gant encroachments of New Hampshire , which has already granted 160 townships
west of the Connecticut River ; encloses copy of his proclamation,. 351
Mar. 13. Counter proclamation of Gov. Wentworth in vindication of the New Hampshire grants, 353April 12. Lt. Gov. Colden to the Board of Trade, enclosing copy of Gov. Wentworth ’s proclama-tion whose grants are hawking around New' Jersey, &c., at low rates for the purposeof raising money, asks for a speedy decision, as he wishes to settle the discharged sol-diers in the vicinity of Lake Champlain. 354
July 20. Order .of the king in council declaring the Connecticut river the boundary between New
Aug. Sheriff Schuyler to Lt. Gov. Colden ; the New Hampshire people have ejected several
farmers in Iloosic out of possession of their lands; some of the aggressors arrested,. 356Sept. 4. Minute of council ; Gov. Wentworth complains of the arrest of sundry inhabitants ofthe town of Pownal by the sheriff of Albany , and signifies his disposition to submitthe question of jurisdiction to the king; the Lt. Governor of New York advised todecline interfering in the matter, as the question is already before his Majesty,. 356
1765. May 22. Order of the government of New York in favor of the occupants of New' Hampshire
who settled before this date, .... 357
Oct. 9. Petition praying that the northern part of the Province be divided into five counties,. . 358
15. Another praying for the erection of a new county on the Connecticut river. 359
22. Another on the same subject. 360
Report of the Council of New York on the preceding petitions,. 361
Dec. 18. Return of the names of the several persons living in the townships of Pownal, Ben-nington, Shaftsbury, Arlington, Sunderland, Manchester, Draper and Danbey,. 361