On Reading and due Consideration Whereof, [20th October 1769] his Honour the Lieutenant Governor was pleased to require the opinion of the Couneil, whether his Majesty's said order extended to restrain the Granting of any Lands formerly claimed by New Hampshire, but which have not been granted by that Government: the Council thereupon"declared they were of opinion his Majestys said order prohibited only the granting of such of the said Lands as have actually been granted by the Government of New Hampshire, and does not extend to any part of the said Lands which have not been granted by that Government.

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List of Judges, Assistant J matiees and Justices of the Peace for the County of Cumberland appointed by Commission bearing date the 7th day of April 1768. Thomas Chandler Joseph Lord (Resigned) 3 udges ._ Samuel Wells . Thomas Chandler Junior

Assistant

Samuel Stevens (never lived in the county) Justices

Nathan Stone ; William Willard 3

Thomas Bridgman (Dead)

Bildad Andros

Israil Curtis Justices of the Peace. Henry Wells (never Qualified) Simon Stevens

GOV. MOORE TO LORD HILLSBOROUGH. [Lon. Doe. xlii.] 4

_ New York 10 Aug. 1769. My Lord, If I thought it incumbent on me to make an apology to your Lordp in my last letter at the time I transmitted two petitions,

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concerning the Lands on the 'Connecticut River, with much greater reason should I do it now in offering any thing more on the same subject. The inclosed petitions were preparing at the time the last Pacquet sailed, and notwithstanding I have informed the persons concerned in it, of what your Lord? was pleased to mention in your letter by ¢his last, Packquet concerning those lands, they still think it an injustice done to them not to forward their case to'your Lordp if their grants are refused to be made out by me on their application for them.