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CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS.

PETITION FOR THE ERECTION OF CERTAIN COUNTIES.

To the Honourable CacUvallader Colden Esquire his Majesty’s Lieutenant Governorand Commander in Chief of the Province of New York and the Territoriesthereon Depending in America in Council.

The Petition of Thomas Chandler, Isaac Man, David Wooster, Daniel Jones, andRobert Ha.rpur in behalf of themselves and their associates Inhabitants of theNorthern part of this Province

Humbly Sheweth

That your Honour having this Day been pleased to signify to some of us that it is necessary forthe better administration of Justice as for the Convenience and encouragement of the Settlers thatthe Northern part of this province should be Divided into Several Counties your Petitioners thereforeHumbly beg leave to propose five Counties, To wit, Two Counties on Connecticut River , and threeCounties on the West side of the Hight of the Mountains , That is to Say, Beginning at Massacliusetsline on the West Bank of Connecticut River and thence running due West with said line aboutTwenty Six Miles from thence running North about twelve Degrees East keeping the Hight of theLand to Latitude forty five degrees North, and then Beginning at the North East Corner of a Townshipcalled Norwich and running a Westerly line to the North and South line on the Hight of the Landaforesaid which is to be the division line of the two Counties on Connecticut River aforesaid, Thethird County Beginning at the South West Corner of the first mentioned County upon Massachusetts line and running with said line to the North West corner of the province of the Massacliusets Bayand from thence Westerly to the Northern Branch of the Mohawk River where it disembogues intoHudson’s River at the half Moon , and from thence westerly as far as your Honour shall think proper,And from thence Northerly until a due East line will cross Hudson’s River at Fort Miller and tocontinue the said line to the West line of the first mentioned County aforesaid. The fourth County running thence Northerly along the said line so far as that a Due West line from thence will strickthe waters of the North end of Lake George and to continue as far Westerly as your Honour shallthink proper And for the fifth County from thence running North to Latitude forty five, from thenceEasterly along said line of latitude untill it stricks the Western line of the Second County aforesaid,And your Petitioners Farther Humbly propose that for the Convenience of said Counties to mentionthe following places for the respective County Towns, Colden in the Township formerly called NewFlamsted in the first County on Connecticut River and the same to be called the County of Colden,That the Second County on Connecticut River may be called Sterling and that the County Townmay be called Newbury and be in the Township of Newbury,

That the third County may be called Manchester and that the County Town may be at StillwaterThat the fourth County be called Kingsbury and that the County Tow r n be called Kingsbury inthe Township of Kingsbury «

And That the fifth County may be called Pitt and that the County Town thereof be situate onHospital Point on the East side of Lake Champlain near Crown point.