ll*h That both the Patents under which the Petitioners claim, the Committee find were granted under the great Seal of this Province, that of the Manor of Livingston in 1686, and that of Westenhook in 1705 : And that the Lands contained in the said Grants are, the Committee apprehend, within the Jurisdiction of this Province, tliey being both West of Connecticut River.

12^'' That the Committee are of opinion, the Attempts of the Inhabitants of tlie Massachusets-Bay, to make Encroacliments upon any Lands granted ])y Letters Patent under the Great Seal of New- York, or upon any Lands within the Jurisdiction of this Province, are disrespectful to his Majesty's Authority, tend to the disturbance of his Subjects of this Province, and may be the cause of great Misciiiefs and Disorders.

13'^' That the Steps taken by tlie said Inhabitants, even were the Bounds of this Province doubtful and unsetled, are Intrusions and disrespectful to his Majesty's Authority.

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And lastly the Committee are of opinion, that a Copy of so much of this Report, as shall be approved of by your Excellency and the Council, be transmitted to the Lieutenant Governour ©f the Province of Massachusets-Bay, requesting that he would take effectual measures, that all encroachments and Disturbances by the People of that Colony on his Majesty's Subjects of this province, be stayed, and that he would lay this matter before the next General Court, that they may inform your Excellency by what warrant they claim or exercise any Right to Soil or Jnrisdiction, Westward of Connecticut River j that the same may be considered, and such steps taken, towards removing all Causes of Encroachments or Disturbances for the future as may be agreeable to Equity and Justice : To the End that good understanding may be preserved, which ought to subsist between fellow Subjects and neighbouring Provinces.