CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS.
461
JUDGE LORD TO GOT. TRYON.
Short accountof the Riot
Putney January 29. A. D. 1772.
To his Excellency William Tryon Esq 1 ' Capt n General Governor & Comander in chiefin & over his majesies Province of New York in America & c &°
Joseph Lord Esq r one of the Judges of the Court of Comon Pleas for the County ofCumberland County 1 Cumberland, Beg’s leave at this time (The other Two Judges being absent) to Repre-sent.
That a Great Riot composed of Seventy or Eighty Persons on the Twenty Seventh Day of thisInstant January hapened at Putney the town of his Residence Consisting of People from the side ofNew Hampshire . The Facts are as Followeth—
One Jonas Moor of this Township in the Inferiour Court of Comon Pleas at June Term last pastRecovered Judgment against one Leonard Spalding also of this Township for aboutForty Pounds including costs—a Fieri Facias having issued to Satisfie the Judgment,on the goods and Chattels of said Spaulding, The Sherif by his Deputy Seized someCattel & Goods of said Spaulding to Satislie the Same, which he committed into the hands of said Moorto keep in his Dwelling house untill the Day by the Sherif appointed for the Sale of them. Butbefore that Day viz 4 the Evening of the Twenty Seventh Instant a Partie from New HampshireSide of the River to the number of Seventy or Eighty came to the house where the goods wereDeposited, and broke open the Door, took the goods & carried them away, after insulting in variousways, said Moors Family & c . I have taken some Depositions, relating to this matter, as many Icould, in so Short a time as I could have before M r Grout sets out on his journey to New York , bywhom I send this Letter, & transmitt the Depositions taken in this affair.
I have farther to represent to your Excellency—That I being now arrived to the Sixty Eighthyear of my age, & attended with the infirmities common to advanced years, such asResignaifJn'oUhis great Deafness, Loss of Memory dimness of Sight, and at times a paralitic tremor in myJustice of the Peace hands &° which disqualifie me for full, free & Perfect Discharge of the Offices of SecondJudge of the Inferiour Court of Comon Pleas, & Justice of the Peace, which I havesustained in the County for several years last past, and having a desire to retire from Publick busi-ness, and spend the remainder of my Days, in a calm retirement therefrom, & concern myself innothing else, but doing good to my numerous family & Neighbours, & Praying for the KING, yourExcellency, & all other the King’s Officers, & Prepare tor a Glorious Immortality ThereforeHumbly entreat your Excellency to appoint some other Person to said Offices in my room & sted—And I beg leave to Recommend Thomas Chandler jun 1 ' Esq r as the best qualified, & whoRecommended " i-U he, as I apprehend, as well accepted in that Seat on the Bench, as any person inthe County, that I have acquaintance with or knowledge of.
I have yet to crave your Excellency’s Patience & Leave to Recommend to your ExcellencysMr John Grout Favour M r John Grout attorney at Law , who hath Suffered much by persons EnemicalPavou'r tneude ' 110 to this Government, &. to him on account ot his firm attachment to it, & endeavours tomaintain good Order & Justice therein.—Truth itself Obliges me to say 7 , That his Practice as anattorney in this County, has always Entitled him to the good opinion of the Court & the best Gentle-men in the County as I apprehend, altho Riotous persons & parties, Friends to New 7 Hampshire, &enemies to good Order have given him much Trouble, which he has born with great magnenimity,