I Presume to Give you tins Trouble to Inform you, that I am Involved In a Great Deal of trouble Occasioned by the Government of Massachusets Eay Claiming Jurisdiction in the Lands that Have been long Settled under tlie Government of New York Last Winter I turned two men out of Possession one of them iiad been first Settled under M^ Livingston and the Otlier under Mr Renselaer: But of Late Pretended to hold under the Government of Massachusets Bay.

A few weeks ago J Wuss taken Prisoner By a Great Number of Armed men and Carried to Sliiffield, and there Detained tell I gave Bail for my Personal Appearance at Springfield, at a Court there to be held the Second Tuesday of May next I am very Apprehensive if I go there to Discharge my Bail tliat they

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 785

Will Not Only Lay a heavy fine upon me, but Commence Suits against me in the Name of the two men I turned Out of Possession And by that Means lunder me to do the Duty of my Office, and tliat at a time WJien our Inferior Court, and Coui't of Sessions for this County Will Be Near at hand, and Perhaps the clrcutt Likewise, Noble Who took me Prisoner has made a kind of fort of his House, made Loop Holes in it to fire out of. and there are Continually a Number of Armed men goingtogether there Abouts, So that it is unsafe for me or any officer of this Government, to Execute Our Offices in these Parts.