I expect from your Excellency's justice that you will order tlie Constable & Moreso to be immediately discharged and that you will be pleased to revoke the Commission given to Noble & others who are inhabitants of this Province and have long lield their lands by title under it, Nothing could give me a greater concern tluin to be laid under tlie necessity at this time of enforcing the authority & laws of the Government against these disorderly and seditious persons who disturb the peace of the Province, I therefore hope your Excellency will discountenance them and put a stop to such evil practices as must end in confusion, the propctsal of a temporary line the west side of Housatanik River to 160 yrds West of Fort Massachusetts made by the Commissioners of this Province at Albany to your Commissioners is such as appears to me very reasonable to be embraced by Massachusetts Bay, it leaves your Government one third of Westenhook Patent which was granted under this Province in the year 1705 and purchased of the Indians in 1685, the ratlier as from the Records I have seen and tlie arguments used, it seems very evident, that his Majesty's rights extend eastv>'ard as far as Connecticut River, which is above thirty miles beyond the line proposed by this Province. I am sorry to be obliged to give you this trouble, now you are so deeply busied in other matters,

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Yonr Excellency is sensible I conld not avoid it, I sliall conclude witli wishing you success & with tlic assurances of my being