and most Humble Servant

Abh* Yates Jun"". To the Honorable James Delancey. (Endorsed)

29 March 1755.

ROCLAMATION TO ARREST ROBERT NOBLE.

By the Hono^i® James De Lancev Esqr His aiajesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America

A PROCLAMATION. Whereas several Incroachraents have lately been made by tlie Inhabitants of the Massachusets-Bay upon the Lands and Vol. Ill, 50

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Possessions of divers of his Majesty's Subjects holding the sanae by virtue of Letters Patents under the Great Seal of this province, on pretence that the said Lands are included within that province. And many of the Inhabitants of this Government, have been taken and carried away by force, and to prevent their Imprisonment in the Goals of- that Province, have been compelled to give excessive bail for their appearance before the Ck)urts of the Government, to answer for supposed Trespasses or oifences Committed on Lands, which the people concerned in the said Riots, do aUedge are within the Province of Massachusets- Bay though the contrary be most notorious. A recent instance of which riotous and illegal proceedings, is fuUy proved in an afl&davit of Abraham Yates Jun"" Esqr High Sherif of tlie City and County of Albany of the 13 of February last, who declares that on the eleventh day of that month, being Commanded by one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace, to take one Thomas Wliitney of Claverack (a place well known to be within the province of New York) he did accordingly take the said Whitney, but that he was rescued out of his custody the same day, by one Robert Noble of Claverack aforesaid, who with a party of about fifteen or twenty Men made up to him the said Sherif, and presented his pike to his breast, whilst several of the Men in Company with the said Noble, presented their Guns at him, and by the direction of the said Noble seized and confined him to a House belonging to the said Noble, where he w^as Guarded by two Centinells from about 11 « Clock in the Morning, till 10 at Night, and then conveyed to Sheffield, where he was detained until ten "Clock the next Night, and then in order to obtain his Liberty, was obhged to give Bail in the sum of £1 50 lawfuU money, for his appearance at the Court to be held in May next.