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1774. Sept. 1. Petition of Benj. Hough in behalf of himself and the other settlers of Durham and

Soeialboro’, setting forth other violent outrages bj the mob, and stating that the riot-ers had commenced erecting forts, &c., (with,). . . ..... 529'

Aug. Sundry depositions in support of the said petition,.. 539

Sept. 1. Minute of council advising the governor to apply to Gen. Gage for a military force to

support the civil magistracy and keep the peace in Charlotte county, ............. 534

ID. Gen. Gage to Lt. Gov. Colden declining to furnish the required troops,.. 534

Oct. 4. Lieut . Gov. Colden to Lord Dartmouth with an account of the events above narrated,. 535Dec. 1. Petition of the freeholders of Charlotte county, praying to be allowed to elect represen-tatives to the New York Assembly, . 536

10. Lord Dartmouth to Lieut . Gov. Colden, expressive of the hope that things will mend,. 537

1775. Mar. 9. Petition of Benj. Hough, with an account of a most cruel whipping and other barbarous

treatment he received at the hands of the mob,. 537

7. Depositions in support of the statements contained in the above petition, one of which

has the certificate of Hough’s punishment signed by Ethan Allen and Seth Warner,. 53921. Minute of council relative to a riot attended with loss of life at Westminster, in Cum-berland county,. 544

Sundry affidavits containing the particulars of the above occurrence. 545

April .5. Lieut . Gov. Colden to Lord Dartmouth, communicating an account of the whipping of

’Squire Hough, and of “ a dangerous insurrection ” in Cumberland county,. 550

7. Petition of Benj. Hough and Daniel Walker, praying for leave to solicit relief from the

humane and benevolent. 551

May 4. Petition of Samuel Wells and others ; “ Had it not been for the late unhappy difference

in Massachusetts Bay,” peace had been restored to the county of Cumberland,. 552

June 7. Lieut . Gov. Colden to Lord Dartmouth ; His Majesty’s forts at Ticonderoga and CrownPoint seized, and the garrison taken prisoners by the lawless people called the Ben-nington mob,. .. . 553

July 20. Ethan Allen to the Provincial Congress of New York [from Ticonderoga,] expressiveof hopes of reconciliation, thanking them for their respectful treatment not only of

Mr. Warner and himself, but of the Green Mountain boys in general,.'.. 554

Sept. 25. Declaration of a Convention held at Dorset, . 554

1776. Memorandum of the opinions of some members of Congress respecting the establish-

ment of a new state on the Connecticut river,. 555

Sept. 26. Mr. Clay to the sub-committee at Putney, directing that the opinions of the people of

Cumberland county on revolting from New York he sent to the Provincial Congress , 555Nov. 20. Minute of a conversation which took place at Windsor, with the delegates from the west

side of the Green Mountains,. 556

[Ivo date.] Remonstrance against the appointment by Congress of Cols. Allen and Warner to raise

troops independent of New York . 556

1777. Jan. 20. Report to the New York Conimitt e of Safety on the appointment of Seth Warner as

Colonel in the service of the Continental Congress , and protesting against the same,, 557

20. Hon. A. Ten Broeck to the president of Congress , enclosing the aforesaid report,. 559

Eeb. 19. Gen Bayley, of Newberry, to the President of the New York Convention ; a number

bas declared independency of tbe State of New York, . . 560

Mar. 1. Hon. A. Ten Broeck to the president of Congress in opposition to the pernicious project

of those who have fomented insurrection in the State of New York, . 561

[No date.] Brief considerations on the subject of the independence of Vermont, . 562

April 11. Thomas Young to the people of the grants, recommending the constitution of Pennsyl-vania as a model for that of the new state, and that they send delegates to Congress , 562