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

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in a friendly manner To see By what authority they Run in our Possession and claim : they say they will not Take any advantage against us upon their words and say if we will go with them to Mr Perces where their things was they would show us; accordingly we went, they shew us an act of the Assembly to Divide their Great Pattens so that his Majesty might have his Quit-rent : and an act of the Pattentees of the wallumsack grant who had apointed them to make Partition of said Grant to Each Grantee we told them there Grant lay within the County of Albany and they were out of said County infringing on our Grants made By New Hampshire and we understood his Majesty had forbide them making any Grants on ours or hindering onr Settlement : they say we are forbide Making any Grants and stop: we Told them we did Not see as they had any Right To Run over the Twenty mile Line Breakinridge Desired they would Not Run in his Possession and Told them we ware appointed as Committee for Bennington and were Large Proprietors of Shaftsbury we therefore as such Did forbide there Running for we held our Lands By our New Hampshire Charters and had it in Possession and Supposed a good Right to it; and if they Run they must Run it as Disputed Lands they answered then Stop us or Break our chain: we Told them we would not Pake any unlawful methods But told them if they would not stop for what we had Sed they must Run it as Disputed Land and we would go home about our Bussines so parted: after we had got Some.