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along to the eastward of them And in lieu of that to add to this Government Connecticut @ Rhode Island, Connecticut being so conveniently situate in its adjacing to us and soe inconvenient for the people of Boston by reason of its being upwards of two hundred miles distance from thence, all

Besides Connecticut as it now is takes away from us almost all the land of value that lies adjoyneing to Hudsons River

@ the best part of the river itself, Besides as wee found by experience if that place

bee not annexed to that Government it will bee impossible to make any thing considerable of his Ma l y s customs revenues in Long Island they carry away with 1 entring all our oyles which is the

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greatest part of what wee have to make returns of from this place

up the river

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And from Albany and that way

our Beaver & Peltry.

This Government too has an undoubted right to it by charter which his late Maty

f Blessed Memory

granted to our present King, and indeed if the form of the Government bee altered these people will rather choose to come under tins than that

Goverm 4 of Boston as y r Lo'p s will p'ceive by their present Gov ,s Ires directed to me

And as for East Jersey it being situate on the other side of Hudsons river @ between us @ where the Enst ana

west jersey.

@ having likewise the advantage @ most of the settlers there out of this Governm*. Wee are like to