By Act of the 20 March 1788 are to have grants for the Lots N° 45 & 61 in Clinton Township on their applying for the

same.

1020 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

The following persons also had grants, viz :--Isaac Crosby ; Israel Smith ; Henry Morgan; Col. Seth Smith--780 acres ; James . Comins, William Pierce, Francis Comins, James Cummins Junr. 500 acres. Obadiah Wells, Capt Joseph Elliot 450a.; Joshua. Lindes, Samuel Lindes, Judathan Roberts, Giles Roberts, John Sherburn, Ensign Rutherford Hays, Amariah Parks, Zephaniah Shepardson. :

PETITION OF COL. PATTERSON AND HIS FELLOW SUFFERERS.

[From Ass. Pap. Vermont Controv.]

To his Exelency George Clinton Esquire Governor of the State of New York and the Honourable the Senate and Assembly of the same State &c.&ca.&c,

The Petition of the Subscribers in behalf of themselves and their associates Most Humbly Sheweth,

That during the continuance of the Controversy which Subsisted between tlie State of New York and the Frinds and Supporters of Vermont your Petitioners and their Associates were uniformly Loyal to the State of New York Supported the rights and Interests thereof having not only, frequently risqued their Lives but expended large sums of money, and Lost an abundance of time in Defence of the said State, in consequence of which many of your Petitioners were imprisoned and others dispoiled of Property to a considerable amount, by the Vermonters ; all which facts were abundantly proved to your Excellency an the Honourable Legislature unanimously Resolved "that they would indemnify and support your Petitioners and associates in their Rights Liberties and Properties," recommending to them at the same time to, persist in supporting the Interest of the State of New York as will appear by your Excellencys letters and Proclamations--That in Obedience thereto as well as from real Inclination your Petitioners and their associates, at Great risque expence, trouble and loss of time, continued to exert themselves in Support of the State of New York until they were left totally abandoned to the fury of their Enemies, who again and