Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV
Leut James Breakenridge went with his hired men To his Field and Some others to'gathering corn and Some more People asembled a few of whitch had guns: & John Munro Esq Come their & in a friendly manner told him the S4 Breakinridge the Gentlemen from Albany were acoming to Run a Line their and Told him not to Stop them By Force if he Did he would Expose him Selth to the Law and Read the Law To him upon whitch said Breakinridge Desired the people to go home or with Draw out of his Field as he Saith : for the Gentlemen from Albany were then within about Eighty Rods a Running their Line into S¢ field Instantly Sam!! Robinson Returned from Albany with advice from MF Silvester the. King Atourney and a Notter gentleman of Note whitch Breakinridge and Robinson again Desired the people to withDraw and if they would not we would go home upon whitch the people withDrew Some Distance :, Said Breakinridge and Robinson went to the Surveyor and Chainman after they had come into the field over the Twenty mile Line so called : and ask them By what authority they Run in our Possessions and Desired them Not to Run: they Told us we must ask the commissioners whitch we Desired they would call them the Surveyor Spoke to them and Sed he was Stopt Mr Bleeker made - answer have they Broke your chain they Sed No he answered Run then then we Desired he would Let them Stop which was Done for we wanted Some Talk together and they came to us Namely John R. Bleeker Peter Langsing Esq? and Thomas hun . Commissioners: and after compliments M". Lansing Saith Robinson I am glad to see you But what means so many People together and some with arms our People Being in Sight about Sixty Rods off we told them we could not tell we had no connection with their Being together and had Desired them to withDraw out of the field : and hoped they would not take any advantage : for our People Did Not understand Law Mr Lansing Seith we were afraid your People would Rush on us and Do us some mischief : we Told them they would Not and we Two had come