It is Now near Six months since to our knowledge, we became inhabitants of this Province, and have been ever since without Law, Notwithstanding we have made application to be protected, but as yet are not answered, Should we be annexed to the County of Albany, as proposed by some, we shall still lye under such a Disadvantage that Justice Cannot be had, and to appoint Justices in some few of the Towns, without proper Officers to Execute Warrants &*, we Humbly Conceive will never answer ye end, and which way any officer (if they should be appointed) can Execute their Office, so far as to carry a Delinquent to Albany, for our part we are at a loss, as there can be no passing from Connecticutt River to Albany, without going Thro' the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and as soon as an Officer gits across the line of the Province, his Office leaves him, and the Delinquent makes his Escape, and which way any Constables can be chosen to Execute any Small Precept &¢ till the Towns are Incorporated, we must Confess we cannot tell.
We would Inform your Honours, that there has been one Murder Committed, between the Upper and Lower Cowass, and one man more missing, that is supposed to-be murdered, by the same Villin.
We would further Suggest to your Honours, that unless there be a County made as prayed for, instead of good wholesome Inhabitants comeing and Settling amongst us, the Land will be filled with Nothing, but Villins and Murderers, as being an out Law'd place, and the present Good Inhabitants must be obliged to forsake their Habitations & Improvements, we can assure your Honour, that many good worthy men have made Improvements on some of said Land and wait for Nothing but a County to be made, and when it is made will forthwith move with their Families.