I have heard you liave sued the one, and threatned the other, which possibly may not turn out to your advantage. I should have gladly seen you and talk'd of the affau" with Calmness and in a friendly manner, wMch I hope to have an opportunity to do, in the mean time I am Sir your very humble servant 01*' Partridge" as by the said Letter superscribed and directed to your Petitioner may appear.

And your Petitioner doth further sheAv unto your Excellency, that the said land said to be laid out by the said Partridge, in the

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ftbove recited letter, is part of the said Tract of land by the said recited Letters Patent granted, and tlie said Micliael Halenbeeck and Josiah Loomis are Tenants of your Petitioners.

And your Petitioner dotli further s1iew that as it appears by the said Letter that the said Survey and Location were done by an order of the Committee of the General Court of the Province of the Massachusets-Bay, he humbly conceives it will be impossible for him, at his own private expence, to contend with the said Colony, and must be Remediless in tlie premises, without the assistance and Interposition of this Province.

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your Excellency in tender consideration of the premises to cause application to be made to the said General Court, that they may not agree to the Transactions of the said Committee, and that all further proceedings be stayed in the premises, until the true division line be settled between the two Colonies, and to issue your Orders to the Justices of the peace in and near the said Manor, to cause such person or persons as shall (till such settlement) under the pretence aforesaid disturb your Petitioner in his said Possession to be apprehended and Committed and furtlier to give to your Petitioner such other Relief in the premises as to your Wisdom shall seem meet.