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1770. Aug. 9. Affidavit of S. Wells, with an account of a riot in Cumberland county,. 394
Sept. 29. Report of His Majesty’s Prov. Council of New York on Gov. Wentworth’s accusation
against Judge Wells, (with,)....... 396
June to Sept. Affidavits of sundry individuals in defence of Judge Wells,... 397
Nov. 1. Proclamation of Gov. Dunmore for the arrest of Hatheway, Robinson and other rioters,
for obstructing the partition of the Wallumsehack patent... 405
1. Petition to the king of the inhabitants of the counties of Cumberland and Gloucestercomplaining of the riotous obstructions of the courts of law and other irregularities
by the government and people of New Hampshire, ... 406
Dec. 3. Petition of the inhabitants on the west side of the Connecticut river to the Earl of Dun-
more, praying a confirmation of their patents on reduced fees,. 409
18. Order in council for the prosecution of Silas Robinson,.... 411
1771. Jan. 27. Petition from New Hampshire to the king complaining of the oppressions experienced
from New York by the people on the grants, and requesting that the latter be annexed
to New Hampshire , . k i.. *... 412
Mar. 9. Extract of a letter from Gov. Dunmore to Lord Hillsborough, stating that the disorderswhich prevail in the grants are designedly created and fomented by persons in NewHampshire ; forwards report of the Attorney-General, (with proofs,) in answer to theNew Hampshire petition and calls for a revocation of the order suspending grants ofland in that quarter ; from the people of which he now transmits a petition praying
to be continued under N. York , (covering,)... 414
4. Certificate, of the Surveyor-General that reservations have been made in favor of the
New Hampshire occupants settled before the 22d May, 1765,... 415
Feb. to Mar. Sundry affidavits in support of the statements contained in Gov. Dunmore’s letter and
the Attorney-General’s report... 416
May 15. Return of the number of inhabitants in the county of Cumberland,. 432
17. Return of the number of inhabitants in the county of Gloucester. 432
A list of the heads of families in the several towns in the county of Gloucester,.433
30. ’Squire Munro to Secretary Banyar, giving an account of ill treatment recently expe-rienced by the “ Yorkers ” from the settlers of Princetown, with affidavits in support
of his report,. 433
June 6 . Report of the Board of Trade to the Lords of the Privy Council , enumerating the diffi-culties attendant on the settlement of the various claims to the lands in the northeast
part of the province of New York , and submitting their decision thereupon,. 435
Aug. 24. Gov. Tryon to Major Skene and other magistrates, ordering them to grant legal relief toDonald Mclntire and others, recently dispossessed of their lands by Robert Cochrane
and other rioters,. 439
Sept. 18. Judge Wells to Attorney-General Kemp, acquainting him of a fraud committed by thepersons employed by the N. H. government to survey the upper Connecticut River ,(with,). 439
18. Affidavit of Nehemiah Howe in support of the same. 440
20. Memorial of John Munro praying to be appointed sheriff of the city and county of
Albany,. 444
23. Deposition of Samuel Gardenier, a settler on the Wallumsehack patent giving a detail ofthe ill usage he received from sundry persons disguised as Indians, who destroyed his
crops and threw down his fences, as he did not hold under New Hampshire, . 442
30. Order of the Council of New York for the apprehension of Seth Warner and others of