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CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS.

should be Exempted I know not so Contrary to all Custom in such Cases as I served this State in—wherefore I most humbly pray a reconsideration of my accompt on your files and that I be payedone Dollar & one halfe pr Day of the Spanish kind & my Horse Hire as in my account chargedwhich was Esteemed a moderate price: then by your Excellencys own mouth to me and others & ifI am payd in Continental I Humbly pray for an Equitable Equation as things now are valued inmerchandizes Land production &c who am Sir your Excellencys & the Honorable Legislatures mostHumble & obed 1 . Servant and Ever true Loyal Subject at Command.

Charles Phelps.

To His Excellency Governor Clinton and the Honorable Legislature of the State of New York ismost Humbly presented this my second adress in the premises Hoping the prayer thereof be fullyGranted.

C. Phelps.

(Endorsed) Read in Assemy. Feby. 14 th 1780 and Committedto Mess' -3 Palmer Vrooman & Day.

The Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Charles Phelps Esq r . Praying a furtherallowance for certain servises therein mentioned Report that on the opinion of your Committee thatsaid Charles Phelps has been amply allowed and Paid for the servises alluded to in the Petition—That therefore no further allowance ought to be made him.

PETITION OF MICAH TOWNSEND AND OTHERS.

To the honorable the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, in Legislature convened.

The Petition of Micah Townsend of Cumberland County, on behalf of such of the Inhabitantsof the said County as have suffered by the Disturbance prevailing in the Eastern District ofthis State.

Sheweth,

That since the Declaration of American Independence, a great number of the Inhabitants of thesaid District have been disaffected to the Government of this State; and have contrary to theirAllegiance erected the Tract, commonly called the New Hampshire Grants, into an independantJurisdiction.

That to prevent the Disaffection from becoming general, and to encourage the Inhabitants whichthen continued loyal to this State in the Discharge of their Duty, as subjects thereof; the honorablethe Legislature in the Month of February in the year 1778, did pledge the Faith of this State “ tou concur in the necessary Measures for protecting the loyal Inhabitants of this State residing in the“ Counties of Albany Charlotte Cumberland and Gloucester in their Persons and Estates.”

That a number of the Inhabitants of Cumberland County, relying upon the Faith of the Stateso pledged for the Protection of their Persons and Estates, have continued in Allegiance to, ancremained dutiful Subjects of, this State.

That when the party who had erected a seperate Government first proceeded to take the Propertyof the loyal Subjects of this State, the latter immediately in the most earnest manner petitioned hisExcellency the Governor (it being in the Recess of the Legislature ) for Protection. That theyhave several times since repeated their Requests to the same Purpose.