Benj* Butterfield Esq", Richard Hill, and Samuel Knight; were brought away from home withont having any time to collect monies for their expences, and are unable to return, without some small assistance; and have therefore requested your Petitioners to lay their case before your Honor, Humbly Praying that your Honor would be pleased to grant them Thirty Shillings each, making Seven Pounds Ten Shillings ; to enable them (with what little money they have with them) to bear their Expences home.

That from the present circumstance of the case, your Petitioners are under an absolute necessity of making this application to your Honour.

Your Petitioners Therefore Humbly pray, That your Honour would be favourably pleased, to issue your warrant to the Treasurer for the amount of the several sums aforesaid, making in the whole the sum of One hundred and Ninety two Pounds Nineteen Shillings and one Farthing, out of the sum of One Thousand Pounds, voted by a Resolve of the General Assembly, being so much already expended for the purposes mentioned in the said Resolve

And your Petitioners will ever Pray &« j Sam: WELLS

May 4th 1775 Wm Paterson

S. Gaur.

(Endorsed) 1775 May 5 Read in Council and ordered that a warrant do Issue for the amot of the accounts within.

NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 919

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LT. GOV. COLDEN TO LORD DARTMOUTH.

CAPTURE OF TICONDEROGA BY THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.

[Lond. Doc. XLV.] New York, 7 June,.1775.

Exrracr. While these transactions engrossed the attention of the City [of N. York] a matter of greater importance was carried on in the Northern part of this Province No less than the actual taking His Majestys Forts at Tienonderoga and Crown Point, and making the Garrison Prisoners. I have not any account my Lord of this affair, but what I have collected from the current Reports, for all intelligence to Government, thro' the Country is effectually cut off.