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every endeavour of mine will be rendered ineffectual, if the Lands on the side of the Lake
are not permitted to be granted, for those tracts which are now in tire possession of officers andsoldiers, not being charged with any quit Rent for the first ten years, remain still in the sameuncultivated state, as when they [were] first granted, and of course will be always an obstructionto the making of Roads on the side of the Lake till some settlers can be fixed there. Our precariouscommunication with the province of Quebec at certain seasons of the year, requires that the advan-tage of a Public Road should be procured as soon as possible, but it is not in the power of Manto engage those who proposed settling in those parts in any such undertaking till they have propertitles to their Lands.
The accounts which have been given to me of the falls on the Connecticut River vary so much,as there objects are seen in different lights by different people, that I was determined to seethem myself, and in expectation of receiving His Majb s commands relative to that part of theCountry had made the necessary preparation for my expedition, by ordering some Boats to be builtin the uppermost inhabited Township on that River . My intention was to have taken a view of thewhole stream from Newberry to the Massachusetts line, and to have made an attempt to renderthose falls and rapids (if possible) less dangerous and inconvenient for the floating of Timber down,for, I have been informed, that several Masts have been so far shattered either by the mismanage-ment of the Conductors or by choosing improper seasons for such a work, as to be totally unfit forservice. As the Province of New Hampshire is equally interested in the improvement of this Navi-gation, M r Wentworth has declared his readiness to cooperate with me in any plan which couldmade it a public benefit, and I only waited for your Lordps orders to empower me to proceed in thisundertaking. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect. My Lord
Your Lordp’s most obedient
and humble Servant,
H. Moore.
RECOMMENDING PARTRIDGE THATCHER, ESQ., AS FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE N. H. GRANTS.
New-Haven 14 Sep 1 ' 1769.
May it please your Excellency Whereas it has been expected, that the Lands to the Westward ofConnecticut River , which were granted by Benning Wentworth Esquire late Governor of NewHampshire, (in which the Society for propagating the Gospel & Ca have considerable Interest) wouldbe erected into a new Government and considerable Interest has been made in Favour of PartridgeThatcher Esq 1 ' the Bearer hereof, that he might be made the first Governor thereof, and Appli-cation being made to this Convention in May last, to interest themselves, in this Gentleman’sFavour, we (knowing his Worth, and firm Attachment to the present Establishment both in Churchand State) did then write to the Society requesting their Interest with Administration in his Favour,should said Lands lie erected into a Government.