further saith not. Amos Ture.

Province of New Hampshire.

December the Thirtieth day Anno Domini 1769. Amos Tute of Hinsdale in the County of Cumberland the Within deponent appeared personally before the Subscriber One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Province of New Hampshire being first Cautioned to Testify the whole Truth made Solemn Oath that the written Deposition by him subscribed is the Truth and

nothing but the Truth, Dant Jones Jus: Pac®s,

(Endorsed) Deposition of Benjamin Whiting Benjamin Waite & Amos Tute. 1770 March 14: Read in Council.

634 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

ORDER IN COUNCIL FOR ERECTING THE COUNTY OF GLOCESTER.

Ar a Council held at Fort George in the City of New York on Wednesday the twenty eighth Day of February 1770

PRESENT The Hono"le Cadwallader Colden Esq Lieut : Gov" & M' Watts M Smith M: DeLancey M' Cruger Mr: Reade M' Wallace M: Morris M? White

The Petition of the Proprietors or Inhabitants of the Lands on the West Side of Connecticut River, to the Number of one hundred and twenty Persons in the whole, was presented to the Board and Read. Setting forth, among other things, that there is avast and valuable Country between Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, and extending from the County of Cumberland on the South, to the Latitude of forty five Degrees North, capable of subsisting many Inhabitants, to the great Increase of the Strength and Prosperity of the Empire in general, and the Province of New York in particular. That the Establishment of the County of Cumberland, as it conduced to the Maintenance of good Order, has greatly promoted the Improvement of that District, which is daily advancing and will soon become an important and flourishing County: That such of the Petitioners as live to the Northward of Cumberland are exposed to Rapine and Plunder from a lawless Banditti of Felons and Criminals who fly thither from other Places.