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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851. 274 words

Wentworth complains of the arrest of sundry inhabitants of the town of Pownal by the sheriff of Albany, and signifies his disposition to submit the question of jurisdiction to the king; the Lt. Governor of New-York advised to decline interfering in the matter, as the question

is already before his Majesty,....-++..+++ ois) s:0 4:0) s]olainieveterele Order of the government of New-York in favor of the occupants under New Hampshire who settled before this date,..

. Petition praying that the northern part of the Province be

divided into five counties, ...-cececeveeeseeves BO DHE e

. Another praying for the erection of a new county on the Connecticut river, ..--.e.seeee nevetstatetstatertate Btigedabdse Seleie/sie

. Another on the same subject, ...... Bisis sisi sletsiessaioiows eens ove .

Report of the Council of New-York on the preceding petitions, Return of the names of the several persons living in the townships of Pownal, Bennington, Shaftsbury, Arlington, Sunderland, Manchester, Droper and Danbey,.........++- Thomas Chandler to Gov. Moore, with a return of the number of men in his and Col. Bayley's districts fit to bear arms,... Order of the Governor and Council .of New-York that the claimants under New Hampshire sue out their grants by a Timited dimers. ste cies aiects oe wnatelace ereislecsie erayarelevatale veel smn algal Ordinance establishing courts in the county of Cumberland in the Province of New-York. (Title only given.).....+. Nomination of the civil officers for said county,.....+sssseees Order of the Goy. and Council of New-York suspending all proceedings on petitions for land on the west side of the Connecticut river already granted by New Hampshire, until one or more of the proprietors of such townships appear,...+