In obedience to your Excellency's order in Council referrmg to me & the Attorney Generallthe Petition of Robert Livingston junr that we separately report thereon what we shall thmk proper to be don I humbly conceive that the reference to me as Sui-veyor General must only be on one single point viz whether ye Mannor of Livingston be within the Boundary of the Province of New York I can add nothing to what has been reported to yom- ExceUency with respect to the Eastern Boundaries of this Province by a Committee of the Council to whom a claim made by the Government of New Hampsliire was referred For the reasons given in the report of that Committee I am of opmion that the lands claim'd by the Government of the Massachusets Bay within the Mannor of Livingstone are evidently within the Boundaries of the Province of New York which is humbly Submitted by

Your Excellency's

Most obedient and

most humble servant

Cadwallader Golden (Endorsed) The report on ye order of the Governr in Council on ye 4^^ May 1 752 upon ye Petition of Robert Livingston Jun> By M"- Colden Sui-ve"^ Geni delivered to me 5 June Read Li Council 3d July 1 752 and referred to a Comm'ee

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KEPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON THE ABOVE.

May it please your Excellency

In obedience to your Excellency's Order in Council of the 3^ day of July last, Referring to a Committee thereof, the Petitions of Robert Livingston Juni" Esq^ and of the Owners of a certain Tract of Land called Westenhook, Complaining of new Claims and Encroachments made upon their Lauds, by the Inhabitants of the Massachusets Bay ; And also the Surveyor GeneraPs and the Attorney GeneraPs Reports on the said two Petitions. The Committe having maturely weighed and considered of the same, humbly beg leave to Report to your Excellency :