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1/72. Dec. 3. Report of the Board of Trade to the Lords Committee of the Privy Council , with a plan
for the settlement of the difficulties respecting the New Hampshire grants,. 488
9. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Tryon, discountenancing the interposition of any military force
in the existing dispute relative to the grants,. 494
23. Petition of the freeholders of Cumberland county praying for the privilege of electing
representatives to the Assembly, .... 495
1773. Feb. Petition of the freeholders of Charlotte praying that Skenesboro be the county town,.. 496
Petition to the king from the inhabitants of Gloucester and Cumberland counties pray-ing that the grants from New Hampshire in said counties, be confirmed by New York , 49820. Affidavit of Capt. Wooster setting forth his experience in endeavoring to eject intruderson his lands on the east banks of Lake Champlain , and the determination of the peo-ple there to resist his majesty’s troops should they be sent to support the authority of
April 10. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Tryon communicating the propositions made by the Board of
Trade, and approved by his majesty,. 502
28. Deposition of Philip Nichols setting forth the destruction of his fences and his own eject-
ment from his farm at Socialboro’ by the mob, and the order of council thereupon, . . 503
July 1. Gov. Tryon to Lord Dartmouth, setting forth the objections to the report of the Board
of Trade, and submitting his recommendations,.. 504
Aug. 12. James Henderson to Mr. Mackintosh; Col. Reid’s mill and settlement on Otter
creek destroyed by the mob,. 510
22. ’Squire Munro to Gov. Tryon ; the mob has broke loose; all his pot and pearl ashery
destroyed,. 510
31. Order in council that the governor request the commander of his majesty’s forces to oc-cupy forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point with a sufficient body of troops for the pur-pose of aiding the civil magistrate in the execution of the laws,... 511
Sept. 1. Gen. Haldimand to Gov. Tryon, declining to furnish troops as required, unless he per-sist in his request; in such case demands that the expense attendant on their transpor-tation be provided for,. 511
8. Minute of council in answer to Gen. Haldimand’s letter; a court of common pleas and
general sessions established near Fort Edward for the county of Charlotte,. 512
25. Sundry affidavits detailing the outrages committed by the mob on Col. Reid’s lands ; the
destruction of his mill, crops, &e.,. 512
27. Adolphus Benzel to Gov. Tryon, giving an account of a man having been unmercifully
whipped by a party of New Hampshire rioters,. 517
29. Opinion of the council on receipt of a letter from Gen. Haldimand offering to station
troops at Crown Point and Ticonderoga for a limited period. 517
Oct. 14. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Tryon disapproving of his requisition on Gen. Haldimand for
troops,...:. . 518
1774. Feb. 2. Petition of Benj. Hough, giving details of various illegal acts committed by the Ben-
nington rioters and asking protection, (with,).. ;. 518
1773. Dec. 6. Deposition of Benj. Spencer, Jacob Marsh, Benj. Hough, and others, as to various in-
dignities they suffered at the hands of Ethan Allen , Remember Baker, Seth Warner,
&c.,... 520
1774. Feb. 4. Report of the committee of Grievances to the New York Assembly on the preceding
papers,.. .... . 525
Mar. 9. Proclamation of Gov. Tryon offering a reward for the arrest of Ethan Allen , Seth War-ner, Remember Baker, and other rioters,. 526
Aug. 4. Affidavit setting forth that Amos Chamberlain had been cited before the judgment seat
of the Bennington mob,.. ®^7