measure calculated to divest the Crown of the right of Soil in that very large and extensive Territory, which lies Westward of the Colony of New York to the South Sea. This claim had it been considered as well grounded would long since have been prosecuted and brought to a decision. The Massachusetts General Court or Assembly assert it in a Resolve they paused on the 23d of January 1768, but whether with an intention to maintain it, Time must dis-

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so long dormant, can hardly be expected under any circumstances to be now revived

with a prospect of success, & whatever Judgment the Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay may have formed certainly their present Governor had no opinion of its solidity, when at a late Meeting of the Commissaries of both Provinces at Hartford in 1773 he declared " That it was a mere Ideal, Visionary project, in which he believed Nobody to be sincere," and discovered an anxiety least

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sV n!d interrupt the progress of the Treaty. Question No. 3.

What is the size and extent of the Province, the number of Acres supposed to be contained therein What part thereof is cultivated and improved and under what Title do the inhabitants hold their ;

possessions 1

Answer.

The Extent of the Province from North to South is about 300 Statute miles. Nassau Island (commonly called Long Island) is situated to the South, its length from East to West, is province, about 150 miles, and its breadth on a medium fifteen miles; The breadth of the Province Northward of this Island is various. From the City of New York North about 20 miles up the Country, size and exthe breadth does not exceed 14 miles, and