great seal of this province a Committee of the Councill of the said province did in their report of the Twenty Eighth of ffebruary Last set in a clear light his Majestys right To the Jurisdiction and soil of the Lands westward of Connecticut river and northward of the Colony of Connecticut as part of this his Majesty's province of New York and then pointed out and Considered all the Grants within their Knowledge, by which the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay have pretended To claim, and showed that they could not under any of them rightfully claim any soil or Jurisdiction west of Connecticut river and proposed that the Generall Court of tlie Massachusetts Bay should Inform this Government " By what Warrant they Claim or Exercise " any right To soil or Jurisdiction west of Connecticut river " To which the Generall Court of the Massachusetts Bay after Considering the said report made no answer. But Instead thereof proposed the appointment of Commissioners by Both provinces for settling the Bounds Between the said Colonies.

That the Councill of this province on the first of May Last Exhibited Sufficient reasons why Commissioners ought not To be appointed on the part of this province for that purpose. But that the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay ouglit to answer the former plain request made Concerning their Warrant, to Claim Westward of Connecticut River.

That on the Twelftli of June Last the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay gave a Generall But no particular answer To the said Question Twice proposed to tliem But Instead thereof resolve to proceed in the matters first Complained of by this Government.