That they left the City of Albany on Saturday and arrived on the Sunday at Hosick where they were again inform- _ ed of the Proceedings of the Rioters as above set forth and they were gone to Bennington and threatened to return again on Monday Morning and accordingly about the break of the Day on Monday Morning the Sheriff and his Party were informed that the Rioters were returned, and immediately the Sheriff and his Party went in Pursuit of them and found them at about two miles Distance on the said Patent called Hosick where the Sheriff arrested three or four of the Rioters among whom were Samuel Robinson, one Ashley who said he was a Sheriff and one Horseford and carried them to the City of Albany where they were committed to Goal,'and from whence they were afterwards bailed, and Indicted for their said offencesas this Deponent hath been informed and believes and this Deponent further says that he was heard and believes that the said Samuel Robinson, Ashley and Horseford have not been brought to trial for the said offences.

James V. CortTLanpr. Sworn this fourth day of March

1771. Before me Dan: Horsmanpen.

City of New York ss: Joun Kexry of the City of New York Gentleman being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, Deposeth and saith, that Benjamin Burt of Westminister in the County of Cumberland and Province of New York, one of the persons that

NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 705

Circulated a Petition addressed to his Majesty in the month of December last in Westminster to be subscribed by the Inhabitants thereof, praying that the Lands situate Westward of the River Connecticut in this Province might be reannexed to the Province of New Hampshire, shewed this-Deponent the said Petition and told him the deponent that the Sollicitors for subscriptions to the said Petition made it a general rule to take the Subscriptions thereto of persons Inhabitants of that tract down to the age of sixteen years.