CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS.
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OFFICERS FOR GLOCESTER COUNTY.
List of Judges, Assistant Justices and Justices of the peace for the County of Gloucesterappointed by Commission Dated March 1770.
John TaplinSamuel SleeperThomas Sumner
Abner Fowler 1
Samuel Penox > Assistant Justices.
Israel Smith, )
Thomas Chamberlain 1John Peters > Justices of the peace.
Jonathan Sumner S
> Judges.
HRS. AUCHMUTY AND COOPER TO LIEUT. GOV. COLDEN.
New York the 19 th of July 1770.
Sir. As your Honor has been so very obliging as to desire Judge Sleeper to call upon us for ourapprobation, of the Gentlemen he has named to you, to be appointed Military Officers in GlocesterCounty ; a Township of which is granted by your Honor to the College in this City ; we beg leavetherefore, to inform your Honor, that besides Judge Sleeper’s recommendation, we have received aLetter from a worthy Clergyman one M c Peters, the present Missionary of Hebron, who has somethought of removing to the new Settlement, recommending the following Gentlemen to command theMilitia; viz 1 Cap* John Peters to be promoted to the Rank of Coll Cap* Michael Lovell Lieu* Col 1 ,and Lieu* Henry Moore Major; and that the Captains & Subalterns officers be appointed agreeable tothe Recommendation of the Field officers.
This, we humbly Submit to your Plonors Superior Judgment; & are with the greatest respect &esteem
Your Honors much Obliged & most Obedient Servants
Samuel Auchmuty.
His Honor Lieut 4 Gov r Colden. Myles Cooper .
(Here follows the notice of their appointment.)
PETITION OF JOHN GROUT.
To the Honourable Daniel Horsmanden Esquire Chief Justice of the Province of New York .The Petition of John Grout of the County of Cumberland in the Province of New York Gentleman.
Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner is advised and doth conceive that he hath Good Cause of Action againstDavid Stone, Samuel Stone, Elisha Hawley, Enoch Judd, Ebenezer Curtis, John Benjamin, AndrewNorton, Elnathon Strong, Joseph Thompson, David Getchel and Steel Smith, for their assaulting