CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS.

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That your Petitioners are not desirous of any Change of Jurisdiction but are perfectly satisfied andearnestly wish to continue under the Government of New York, and are only anxious to havetheir Titles made valid and secure by confirmations under the Great Seal of the said Provincewhich have been hitherto suspended as your Petitioners are informed by your Majesty’s RoyalInstructions.

That the Inhabitants of the said Counties whose Titles remain unconfirmed suffer the greatestInconveniencies on that Account That they cannot carry on their Improvements with spirit andvigour from the uncertainty whether they may not be finally deprived of them and loose theirLabour. That they are not entitled to the Rights and Privileges of Freeholders from the Defectsof their present Charters, nor can they for the same Reason support any Action for their LandedProperty when it is injured or withheld from them, That while these distressing Circumstances fallheavy on Individuals they at the same Time obstruct the Growth and further Cultivation of theseNew Counties impede the equal Administration of Justice, and prevent the payment and Augmen-tation of your Majesty’s Revenue from the Quit Rents.

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty to take their case into your Royaland Paternal Consideration and Graciously to direct that the Several Townships which they holdunder the Charters of New Hampshire within the said Counties of Cumberland and Gloucestermay be forthwith granted and confirmed to them under the Great Seal of the said Province of NewYork on the usual Quit Rents and half the Fees of Office agreeable to the generous Plan formedby his Excellency the Governor of the said Province.

And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray & ca

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