Sir As soon as your Letter of the 6 instant came to my hands, I tho't it proper to have the Sense of His Majesty's Council thereon, who were unanimously of the opinion, not to commence a dispute with your Excellency's Government, respecting the Extent of Western Boundary to New Hampshire, until His Majesty's pleasure should be further known; Accordingly the Council have advised, that I shall on the part of New Hampshire make a representation of the matter to his Majesty, relying that your Excellency will do the Same on the part of New York, & that whatever shall be determined thereon, this Gov- -- ernment will Esteem their duty to Acquiesce in, without any further dispute, which I am hopeing will be Satisfactory on that

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When I first wrote you on this Subject, I tho't I had given Sufficient time to receive an Answer to my letter, before I had fixed the Day for passing the grant refer'd to in your Letter, & as the persons concern'd therein lived at a great distance, it was inconvenient for them to be Delay'd, beyond the appointed time; I was not apprehensive any Difficulty could arrise by confineing my Self to the Western boundarys of the two Charter Governments, accordingly I passed the pattent about ten Days, before your favour of the 6th of January 1749 came to hand.

There is no possibility of vacateing the grant as you desire, but if it falls by His Majesty's determination in the Government of New York, it will be void of course.