they lately Discovered that New Hampshire had since the Transactions above recited, granted upwards of Thirty, some affirm one hundred and Sixty Townships, Each six miles square, Westward of Connecticut River; a Fact which had probably been still concealed from the knowledge of this Government, had not the Grantees or persons employed by them Travelled thro' all parts of this, and in the Neighbouring, Province of New J ersey, publickly offering the Lands to Sale, at such low rates, as evince the claimants had no Intention of becoming Settlers, either from Inability, or conscious they could derive no Title to the Lands under the Grants of New Hampshire.

To prevent therefore the further progress of this Mischief, by informing the People of the true State of the claim of the two Provinces--His Majesty's Council unanimously advised me to Issue a Proclamation asserting the Antient Jurisdiction of this Province to Connecticut River, a copy whereof I have the Honour to Inclose to your Lordships.

The claim of the Government of New Hampshire to within Twenty miles East of Hudson's River, being founded solely on the Example of Connecticut and the Massachusits Bay, it will be necessary to Consider the Right of those two Governments to that Boundary.

The Limits of Connecticut were settled by the Agreement with this Province confirmed by the Crown and tho' the possession and claim of the Dutch, might have been offered as an argument to confine the Limits of that Colony to the River Connecticut, Yet as the Tract might thereby have been rendered too inconsiderable for the establishment of a Colony, and the People had so early extended their settlements Westward of the River, these considerations probably were the motives which induced the Government of New York first in 1664, and afterwards in 1683, to yield to Connecticut the Lands Westward, to the distance of about 20 miles of Hudson's River.