distance from the North Line of the County of Cumberland, and on a spot neither granted by New Hampshire nor claimed by any persons whatsoever. I then made public my Intentions of giving the Land in certain proportions to the Families inclined to settle thereon, and that no rents or profits should be reserved for myself, but that the whole of them should remain with the proprietors on condition of manufacturing so much Pot Ash yearly and that a certain quantity of acres according to the abilities of each family should be constantly planted with Hemp. These conditions being fulfilled, the Fee of the Lands was to be vested absolutely in the Possessors of them; no sooner were these Terms made known but applications were made by different Persons for Grants and no less than 14 Families are already settled on it, and I have had proposals made from Ten more now living in this Town who will be settled there during the course of the Summer, besides several others as well from Connecticut as the Massachusets Bay, so that there is the greatest probability of a considerable Settlement being made there in a very short space of time. But as the giving of Lands alone to these people was not sufficient without other assistance I have at their request ordered a Saw Mill and Grist mill to be built for their use, and as their is no building in that part of the Country yet appropriate for divine Worship, I have directed a Church to be built at my sole expence in the Centre of the Township, and shall set apart a large Farm as a Glebe for the Incumbent ; These measures I am persuaded will contribute greatly to the peopleing of that part of the Province, for many wealthy Persons, inhabitants of this Town, on seeing what I have done and still propose to do, have associated themselves together in sufficient Numbers to be entitled to Townships there, and have taken all the necessary steps to carry their Plans into execution, many People being actually emploped in Surveying and dividing into different Lotts the Lands they have taken up.