southward of the 45 th Degree any French grants are to be allowed, for they have no settlements to claim under (which I am informed was an absolute condition of their Grant, as they have paid no Quit-Rent) k the quantity of Land in most of their Grants far exceeds that which His Majesty has been pleased to allow to those mentioned in the 2 d proviso which was not to exceed 20,000 Acres to each Person where an actual settlement had been.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION TO OUR TRUSTY AND WELL BELOVED SIR HENRY MOORE BARONET, OUR CAPTAIN GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF OF OUR PROVINCE OF NEW YORK & THE TERRITORIES DEPENDING THEREON IN AMERICA.
GIVEN &C.
DATED
JULY 1769. [
N. Y. Council Minutes XXVIj Lond. Doc. XLII. ]
Whereas sundry persons, proprietors under titles derived from the Crown of France when that Crown was in possession of Canada, of lands on that part of Lake Champlain now lying within our Province of New York have humbly represented unto Us that several parts of the said lands so claimed have already been granted to pother persons by Letters Patent under the Seal of Our said
FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
Province of New-York, and have therefore humbly prayed that a proceeding so prejudicial to their rights and pretensions may receive Our Royal disapprobation & whereas it appears both just & ;
equitable that the claims of persons under such titles as aforesaid should not be affected without the fullest