And That the fifth County may be calfed Pitt and that the County Town thereof be situate on Hospital Point on the East side of Lake Champlain near Crown point.

580 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

Your Petitioners therefore in behalf of themselves and their, associates Humbly pray your Honour will be favourably pleased to take the above proposal into your wise consideration and that the same may be Erected into Counties& Towns by the names above mentioned with the priviledges usually Granted to other Counties in this province and under the Restrictions appointed by his Majesty's Instructions.

And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray. ) . Thos' Chandler Isaac Man David Wooster Robert Harpur

Dan! Jones. New York 9th October 1765.

1765 Oct? 9. Read in Council and referred to a Committee.

PETITION FOR A COUNTY ON CONNECTICUT RIVER.

To the Honorable Cadwallader Colden Esq Lieut Governour and Commander in chief in and over his Maj esty's Province of New York and Territories thereon depending in America In Council Octr1765.

The Subscribers your Honors' Petitioners Humbly shew That whereas there has been a Petition preferd to your Honors desiring that the Northern part of the Province of New York may be set off and divided into five separate Counties, and as it has been represented to your Petitioners that your Honors Judge that it is unnecessary that there should be so many Counties at Present in that part of the Province of New York, considering their Infant State Your Petitioners therefore Humbly Beg leave to suggest to your Honors that Wee Imagine it will be nece:sary for y® well ordering of Government, considering the large Number of People that are setled upon the Lands upon Connecticut River and Nigh thereto within said Province, that there shoud be some Establishment made in order to detect Vice and