Council of the third day of July last, to refer the Subject matter of your said Memorialists petition, to a Committee of this Honourable Board' who, in Consequence of such your Excellency's Reference, did, on the twenty Eighth day of February last, as your Memoriahst iiath been informed, among other tilings, make Report unto your Excellency, " Tliat they apprehended the " Claim of the said Massachusets Bay Colony, to the said Mannor " of Livingston, was not well founded," for the reasons contained in the said Report.

That your Memorialist hath been informed. That on or about the twenty Second day of November last. One William Bull and fifty Seven other persons (as was pretended) of whicli number many (as was also pretended) were Tenants of your Memorialist, petitioned tlie General Court of the said Massachusets Bay Colony for a Grant of a certain Tract of Land, included within the said Mannor of Livingston and described by the said petitioners as follows " Beginning at the Top of the first great " Mountain, west of Sheffield, running nortluvesterly W'ith the " General Course of the Mountain about nine or Ten Miles, and " thence turning and running West about six Miles, thence " running Southerly to the North Line of Connecticut, out, " thence running Easterly to the first mentioned Boundary."

That thereupon, as your Memorialist hath been informed, a Committee was appointed by the said General Court to take under Consideration the petition of the said V/illiam Bull and others, Who made Report that they " were of opinion that a ^' Committee should be appointed by the said General Court to " repair to the Lands petitioned for, and to make full Inquiry " into the Circumstances thereof, What number of Settlements " were begun, the Number of Acres as near as they should be " able to judge in each Settlement, tlie names of tlie Settlers, the " Value of each Settlement under all its Circumstances, and also " the Quality and Quantity of the province Lands compreliended " within the Bounds of tlie whole Tract, upon whicli there had " as yet been no Intruders " and that the Committee should make Report thereof at the following Sessions, in order to a Conveyance of the said Lands to the setlers or such person as would purchase the same Which said Report being read and a^.cepted in