The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-06-04


.@NNy@S upon them, With that iree-
dom and candour, which
matters 70 interefing to the well being OF
70 many thod[ands demand.
| have long foFefeen the troubles OF the
province of New York, as inevitably grow
ing out of its very contribution, and the flrtt
acts of administration in granting the Toll
ia 70 layifh and inconfderate manner,
as to ihVeR fonie two or three men with
territory fafficisnt for county. The firf
proprielors of many Of t1ote enormous
tracts were mild and gentle men fond of
encouraging fettlement and cultivation on
terms very advantageous to the huiband-
man. They fueceeded to their win and
cot their Baronies well inhabited, but alas J
in-too many inffsnees, by tenants whole
fole dependence was upon the honour Of
their Lord. Elective wealth and power
being the mutual cohfequences OF fuch ex-
seniiys domains, il is fo1 to be wondered
at, if the iuccefors of thole plain and honeh
men became naughty and ambitious, icorn-
ing their interiors, rivalling their equals
and envying their fuperiors thefe terms
however, being confined only to the IDEAS
of properly. Lord Bacon's MAXIM, ksesU-
Essrs !, bssOty, being well undefftOod BY the
Lawyers az leaf, not few OF them fet
their hearts upon engro0ing lands, and
drove the trade to fuch length that though
the celebrated Councillor Smith faid theirs
nieht be accounted an unlimited province,
il feens they could not be conttnted with
the whole Of il, without conTpinng with
ov0yitiSss FOX for the inVafions of ano-
ther province, then aPpfopriating to the
nsfayaiaI1 of THE GROUND, the :" frss
Gad esna@Os jsccegt'' Of the fihtr.
To form juii Ultimate of the cver-grown
wickednefs Of theie nonopclizers, il will
be necsAary to point out the condition OF
the great tfsa of territory which is become
the icehe of their bufy operations. In or
der 10 which the reader il led back TO the
reign of lanes the fisR, who BY his letters
patent, bearing date at Wefmihiter the
thirteenth day of November, in the eigh-
teenth year ofhis reign, did give and grant
unto the council Of Plymouth, ali that part
or America lying and being in breadth,
from forty degrees Of nOrtherly latitude,
from the Cd uifSoxizl linr, to forty eight de-
prees ofthe faid northerly latitude iuclufive-
", and in length Of, and, within all the
breadth aforelaSd throughout tbs main land
from lea to Tea, or, a. IL is after exprehed,
from the Atlantic or Weffen ocean,on the
eaff part, TO the iouth Tea on the WEB part
with the Hands, &c. Provided always that
the faid iilands, or any the PTrmifes, by faid
letters patent intended to be granted were
not then 0e5S0ily psDs0td or inhabited by the
lubisas Of any other chriffian Prince or
fate, nor within the bounds OF the fouthern
colony before granted. On the 10Th day of
March I61S the council of Plymouth, un-
dertheir common feal, did grant, bargain. aud
fell unto fir Henry RofweIl, FIR John Dung,
and Others, their heirs and aHociates forever,
all thar part of America, lying between
the great river there, commonly called Mo-
nomack, alias Merimaek, and Charles River,
within the fbace Of three miles to the north
ward Of the fame river called Monomack,
alias Merimack or to the northward and a
nv or every part thereof. and in length and
latitude Of and within all the breadth afore-
faid, throughout the main lands there,
from the Atlantic or Wefern fea or ocean
On the ear part, 10 the foufh fsa on the wsit
part. This deed Of faie At the fuit Of the
grantees, with charter of incorporation
was granted and conffr5ed, by King
z. ca a L.