Your Petitioners Humbly pray that if it be agreeable to your Honors that there may be a County Erected within that part of the Province of New York aforesaid which lies adjoining to Connecticut River and to Extend as far West from said River. til it comes to the Height of Land about twenty six miles West of said River and to Extend as far North as ye 45th degree of North Latitude and to Extend as far South as the Province of Massachusetts Bay and that the same be Erected into a County by the name of Colden and that the County Town may be at a place known by the Name of New Hamsteed and Vested with such Priviledges as other Counties in this Province Enjoy, or, otherwise grant Relief as your Honor shall Think proper all of which is Humbly Submitted by your Petitioners.

Thos Chandler John Katham Zedekiah Stone Elijah Williams Jun Sam! Wells Nathaniel Powars Dan! Jones Josy® Wait

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Jas Roger Simon Stevens

1765 Oct 15%. Read and referred to the same Comme. to whom the former Petition on the same Subject is referred.

PETITION ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

To The Honourable Cadwallader Colden Esq? Lieutenant Goyernour and Commander in Chieff, in and over His Majestys, Province of New York & And to the Hone His Majesty's Council] now Convened.

May it please your Henours, , We the Subscribers for our Selves and the Rest of the Inhabitants of the North Easterly part of this Province, Humbly Pray