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Cooneflicat Boundary had been reduced by new
confines, which reflored the Lands, bejond those
Settlements weHw&rJ to the Crown ; and laid
then open to a new Grant. Ihe State of the
Country in Dispute, is a material State Reason
why the Crown ought to interpole in the prelect
G fe, and put a Step to this growing Mifchlef.
But I doubt this BoGncfs cannot be adj oiled ve
ry loon, because Mr Peen muG apply to the
Crowe for Relief, which Method of Proceeding
will nect {fonty take up Ttrae, as the Province
of Coaucflcut moG have Notice and be heard.
C. PRATT.
* Since the Appearance of this Opinion, Con
neTcut has said, that the Dutch was excepted
out of their Chat ter ■ and therefore there was no
Deception put upon the Ct own in the Grant —
But it is net true that there is any Exception rs
the Dutch Country cut of the Charter, either ex
prefifed ar imp ied.
To the Printer of the Connsflicut Gazette.
S I R,
npHERE is now between 2000 and 3000
* people at Sufquehannah under Conncfli
eut claim. People perhaps as regular and
orderly as any under Heaven, but in the reso
lutions of Peaufylvaoia, inferred in your paper
of the aS.h uh. I find them reprefeottd as
riotous, lawless, tumultuous and diGarbers of
the peace. They arc branded with these odious
epithets, I imagine, by the instrumentality of
Mets J— red I 1, and old Pl nk t. Efqrs.
two bitter and implacable enemies to this Colo
ny, the former of which has betrayed Lis coun
try and the latter been guilty of highway rob
bery, so that their united tuTmooy is not fuf-
Ihicat to cervix a rat of trcfpafs. Such pro
With refpefl to the prefeut Dispute, the Wes
tern Boundary of Con-neGicut wts barred at the
Time of the original Grant, by the Dutch Set
dement ; and the* Crown were deceived when
they were prevailed upon to convey a Territory
which be longed to looihcrStatc. then in Amity
with the Crown of England. BeGdes this Ob
jeflion, the Settlement of the new Boundary
under the King’s Commission 1664 and what is
Gill Wronger, the hew Line marked out by A
gr terns nt between this Province and New York,
has now canc’uGvely precluded Conneflicut from
advancing ore Foot beyond these Limits.
It was abfolutefy necefTtry for the Crown,
after the Ceffiaacf New Netherlands, to decide
the clafhiog Rights of the Duke of Yoik and
the adjoining Colonies ; and therefore all that
was done by Virtue of that Commission, then a
warded for that Purpose, mult at this Day be
deemed valid ; as the Nations have ever Gncc
that Time, submitted to those Determinations,
and the Colonies of New York and Jcrfcy fub'
mit on'y upon Authority of ihcfe Zcls.
I am of Opinion, therefore, that the Provirce
of Cjnoe&icut has no Right to resume their an
cieat Boundary, by overleaping the Province of
New Yoik ; cr to encroach upon the Pennfyl-
Qpuilan sf tht Attorney Genera!, now Lord
GAiMUDEN, w?# Regard to the Right of the
Colony sfCguns&icut to the Lands lately fettled
at Wyoming. taken from a Pamph et fame Time
Jtnce puhlifbtd in Philadelphia, f&id io be wrote
by Dr. Smith.
IF all the Cotanies to North (America were to
remaio at -this Day bounded, in point of
Right, ai they are described io the original
Graatt of each, I do not believe there is one
Settlement in that Pm of the Globe, that has
not, io fame Mesfure, either been encroached
upon, or else usurped upon its Neighbours ; so
that, if rhe Gnats were of themlelves the only
Rale between the contending Plantations, -there
never could be an End of their Dilates, without
unsettling large Trads of Land, where the loha
bitants have no better Title to produce, than
cither Pcdcffioo or poGerior Grants, which, in
Point of Law, would be luperfeded by prior
Charters. Hence I conceive that many other
CircumGances mad be taken into Cocfideration,
beGdes the Parchment Boundary ; for that may
•t this Day be extended or narrowed by
on, Acqwfctnct, or Agreement ; by the Situa
tion and Condition of the Territory at the Time
of the Grant, as well as by various other Mat
ters.
vania Grant, which was cot made till after the
CONNECTICUT'
HEREAS the General AJJembly cf
this Colony, have resolved, that
they will aftert their Claim, and in fame
proper Way support such Claim to those
Lands contained within the Limits and
Boundaries of the Cha: ter of th's Colo
ny, which are Weft ward of the Province
as New-York. .And,
IT here as, purjuant thereto, the Gene
ral Assembly of this Colony, by an Aft
passed at their Sejftons held by Adjourn
ment, at Hartford, on the feccnd PTednef
day of January, 1774, unacted, That
the Governor be authorized and difired to
iftue a Proclamation, forbidding any
Person or Persons whatsoever, taking up,
entering on, cr fettling any of tht Lands
contained and included in the Charter of
this Colony lying ITeft ward cf the Pro
vince of New-York, without Liberty
firft had and obtained from the General
Assembly of this Colony.
IDO therefore, pursuant to the said
Ad of the General Aflembly,
hereby flri&ly- forbid all and every
Person or Peifons whatsoever, taking
up, entering on,or fettling anyof the
Lands contained and included, in the
Charter from King CHARLES
II to this Colony, lying West
ward of the Province of New-York,
on any Pretence whatever, without
Liberty firft had and obtained from
the General Aflembly of this Colony,
for that Purpose.
Given under my Hand,at thcCoun
cil Chamber atHa'tford theTwen
ty seventh Day of January, 1774 ;
in the Fourteenth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord
GEORGE the Third, of Great-
Britain, France, and Ireland,King,
Defender of the Faith, &c.
Jonath. Trumbull.
GOD save the King.
By the H O N O R A B L E
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esq ;
Governor of the l&fglilh Colony of
Connefticut, in New-England, in
America.
A PRO CL A M ATI ON.
voking language, bswever, is cot evidential of
Mr . Pean’s title but of the weakness of his
cause, and are ofed on'y for want of ratienal
arguments in fopport and vindication of his
claim. Heaping foch uomeritrd insult on the
people of Cooceflicut may tend to extfptrate
their (pints but oot frighten them out ol their
rights, or convince them of the invalidity of thfc
Connecticut title——As this colony have Uken
up the cause, they have too much wisdom and
fortitude to be intimidated by a few imitating,
menacing, and provoking refutations ; our peo
ple protefl no villians, as mentioned in the
Pcnnfylvania refutations, unlcfs luffcriog o'd
Pta kt and his cemrads to live there will come
under this denomination, it is true he it a vil
lain of the firft magnitude, and by all the laws
of God and roan ought to have been hanged
before he came unto this country.
Last Thuifday came to Town (via
New-York,) James Sandiman, late
Master of the Schooner Polly, of this
Port, which was unfortunately dri
ven ashore in a hard Gale of Wind,
near the Harbour of Cape Francois,
on the Island of Hispaniola, on the
19th of December last ; .the Veflel is
entirely loft, and but a (mail Part of
NEW-HAVEN, Feb., u.
The unnatural Mother, who left
the helpless Infant at Wethersfield,
as mentioned in this Paper a few
Weeks since, is one Abigail Clark,
of Wallingford, who about three
Years ago s indided by the Grand
Jury for Adultery sand on which Ac
count. her Husband at that Time ob
tained a Bill of Divorcement.) but es
caping rom Goal, (he has never had
a Trial, but has been fuffered to ef
eape with Impunity, notwithstanding
a handsome Reward was offered to
anyone who fliould apprehend her.
But by her late unnatural Ad, has
so far raised the Indignation of fame,
that Ihe has been taken up and com
mitted to New-Haven Goal on an
Advertisement publiflied at theTime
of her Escape.
On Saturday the sqth jilt. Capt,
Angel in a Sloop was drove ashore in
Fairfield Harbour, but hasfince been
got off without much Damage, and
failed for New-London, where (he Is
owned.
NEW-LONDON, Feb. n, *
The Aflembly of Maryland have
come into Resolves 'fimilar to those
of the other Colonies.
We hear that a Cow fatted by Mr.
Expetience Robinson .in Windham,
was last Week fold in Boston for 60
Dollars.
We hear stem Sharon, that last
Monday night fe’nnight a man and
his wife in that place went to bed in
good health, and were heard by the
family to talk together about break,
of day; but at about 8 o’clock in the
morning they were both found dead
in their bed.-- They were aged
persons.
HARTFORD, Feb. i 5.
Last WednefdayEvening was mar- •
ried, Capt. Abel Merrell, of
New-Hartford, to Miss Pclly
Adams of this Place, a young Lady
poflefled of every Qualification ne
cessary to render the marriage State
most agieeable and happy.
The Freemen of the Towns of
Newport and Providence have en
tered into Resolutions similar to th r fe
of the other Colonies, and have cho
sen Committees to correspond with
them on all such Matters as Ihall be
thought to affedt the Liberties of
America.
the Cargo saved. At the fameT^e.
Captain Atwell, in a Schooner be*
longing to Connedicm River, was
cast away, the Veflel aAd Cargo loft,
but the Crews belonging to bothVef
fels were saved.
WE the fubferibers being appointed (by the
h©o. court of probate for the dillrifl of
Middletown) commi/Honen to examine the fe
ver*! claims ard demands of the creditors to
thee Gate of WaitSil! Smiih, late *f Chatbarw
deceas’d, represented info! re nt ; Do hereby
give notice to said creditors, that we (hall at
tend on the buGecfa on the second and last tuef
days in March, also the second tuefday of April
next, at one of the clock in the afternoon on
said days, at the dwelling heufe of David Smith*
in said Chatham, then and there to examine the
fevcral claims, &c. 77
Hczckhh Sean, 7
David Smith, j A Saert *
Chatham, February 8, 1774