A few days before the Petitionrs left this Place I had some imperfect information of their Intention & endeavoured to get a sight of the Petition and the Names subscribed to it but could not succeed:in either as it was kept so very secret I thought it my duty togive what information I could of some Persons concerned in it to. the Lords Commrs for Trade and Plantations and wrote a Letter to the Board of Trade dated Dect 234 1766 a copy of which I have here inclosed for your Lordships Perusal as it states some Facts necessary to be known relative to the Petitioners.
The six first Paragraphs of the Petition relating to Transactions before my arrival I could not take upon me to answer myself, but having wrote to Lieut. Gov. Colden desiring him to give me the best Informations he could on those Heads, I have herewith transmitted his letter, together with the Copy of the Proclamation he issued, and likewise the Extract of a Letter James Duane Hsqr¢ a Barrister at Law here, and a man of so good a Character that his Testimony carries the greatest weight With it, who being acquainted with some of the Proceedings of Robinson, and having rendered him some services I thought it proper to apply to him for a further confirmation of what I have already advanced in this Letter in regard to a Number of Townships being granted by New Hampshire within the acknowledged Bounds of this Province.