Your Petitioners therefore humbly, and in the most earnest manner, intreat that your honorable House will commisserate the unhappy and distracted situation of the Inhabitants of the New Hampshire Grants in the State of New York, and as speedily

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as possible restore Peace to them (which we are confident will effect it) by recommending in the most explicit manner that they yield their Allegiance to the State of New York, until Congress shall take some further Resolution upon the subject.

And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.

Signed by order of s¢ Committees, SamueLt Miyorr, Chairman. Brattleborough, 234 July, 1779.

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Ata Meeting of the Convention of Committees for the Uounty of Cumberland at Col'. Serjeants in Brattleborough the 234 July, 1779.

Voted that this Convention presenta Petition to the honorable the Congress praying them to interfere in settling the Disturbances upon the Grants ; and that Charles Phelps Esq'. be desired to carry the same to the Legislature of New York State, and if they approve the measure, and will be at the expence of it, that Mr". Phelps go forward to Philadelphia to wait upon Congress with it :--and as an Agent to sollicit a speedy Determination.

By Order' Attest. SamMueL Mrvnort, Chairman.

Micah Townsend, Clk.

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INSTRUCTIONS OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE .

TO ITS DELEGATES IN CONGRESS RELATIVE TO THE DISORDERS PREVAILING IN THE NORTH EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE OF

NEW YORK. Kingston, August 27, 1779. Gent".