The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-11-14
st. JOhnsburN Vt. November Ia, 1913.

hehern Lincoln, consulted win The Cabinet Council
ofthe Green Mountain Boys at the period alluded to
Yet il is fact not to be denied. am fully jus
titled when say this important negotiation, between
the Commanding General and Cabinet Council of Thu
State, was not made known TO the Governors or As
sembes Of the New England States or New York, no
the commanding officers of tho northern or eastern
| departments, or to Congress ...
This negotiation pending when the Command
ing General was officially informed by dating uished
public officers in the department that Concort
J and Charesown, New Hampshire, must, under GER
tain contingencies, be made The northern line Of de
! fence; and officially informed by commanding of
fcers in the northern department that they must he
rc.inforced, Otherwise Albany and Schenectady mus
be mnde the northern line of defence At the same
time the Cabinet of this Stnte on the floor Of the Con
tinentn Congress, were denounced as rebellious in
surGcnIs MS pirates upon the rights OF community and
traitors 10 the American cause
After arranging the papers discovered visited the
State department nj Concord New Hampshire, Bos.
ton, Massachusetts. Hartford, Connecticut, and tho
State department. Washington. At these several De-
pnrlmenls the manuscript papers are bound in vol
umes, each volume with index | selected docu-
menis at cnch department. such in my opinion had
bearing far or against the claim which we then had
against the Colonies and have against the Gencr-
al Government; also such documents and correspon-
dence as went directly TO show the part that the New
Hampshire Grants were not subject TO 'he jurisdiction
Of New York, New Hampshire or Massachusetts; and
such documents as go codclusivey to show that this
Commonwealth was never fairly granted by his Ma
jesty and CounciI-"1'hat we received our Charter
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man. ........ .
have forwarded all documents put forth on the
part Of this State from time to lme approx ed Of by
the Governor and Council, and ordered TO be publish
ed TO The world, as 10 the right of jurisdiction and in
dependence Of this State. Also all such docu ents
put forth on the part ofNew Hampshire, New York
and Massachusetts TO jurisdiction and claim on the
New Hampshire Grants. Also the first printed Jour
nails of the Continental Congress. from Sept. An.
I774 10 lT7s. Also MarshaIl's life Of Washington,
Madison's papers, Gov Morris, John Jay, James
Duane, Richard Henry Lee, History of New York,
History Of Tryon County, Memoirs OF Gen WIN
Heath, Gen James Wilkinson, Gen John Starkc
Trial ofGen Philip Schuyler FOR evncuating Ticonder-
oga, General nurgoynr's documents laid before the
British Parliament, Reidscl's Letters, Ambury's
Travels, "a British officer in America,) Graham's
History Of Vermont, Gen. Aliens History Of Vermont,
and series oC pamphlets published by said General
Allen ut Philadelphia, and journals Of the Provincial
Congress Of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New
York These interesting documents all needed
in order to sustain certain points connected with the
part the New Hampshire Grants took in the Reyolu-
tionary War, and thereby will better enable us 10
sustain our claim, 10 connection with the documents
relating to expenditures in State Department
These several documents are herewi th transmitted
to your Excellency for consideration have no hes
itancy in expressing it my decided opinion tina, the
documents herewith transmitted exhibit on the pari of
this State an account OF the expenditures during tho
Revolutionary War, five hundred thousand dollars.
exclusive Ofinterest and value of r.operty DESTROYED
by the enemy. large proportion orthis expenditure
occnsoned by request on the part of the
Coniincn al Congress-, by request Of com-
handing officers in the northern department. with an
assurance Of payment These requests were made
by the Cabinet of New Hampshire Grants. n SOW
eIegn and independent community. Numerous are
the instances in which CONTINENTAL Congress- or Off
GERS by them appointed requested troops to be rails
ed TO protect the frontier inhabitants in the northern
department. meaning Albany, Ticcnderogn, Crown
Point, and its dependencies in New York Request
made by the conmissary Of the northern delart-
ment, TO the General Assembly of This State, buy
provisions in this State for the Continental Troops in
The northern. department Application made by
the commanding General of tho northern depart
ment to the Cabinet OF this State arrest deseuers
from the Continental army. Application was also
made by the commssary. of provisions in the
department. FOR liberty pass through this State 10
Canada, Tor the purpose ofnegoiiatng exchange Of
prisoners, well many other requests of similar
nature, all of (which promptly granted on the part
Of this Statc.-Thc Cabinet of this State, several
times, during the war, made application 10 the COM
maHding officers in the northern department, for
troops to aid in garrisonng frontier posts and
were denied. We.applied on n certain occasion, TO
buy or borrow few barrels of beef, pork and -four,
of the commissary ofthe northern department. We
were denied the ground that he had no authority
to furnish troops excep, those off, thirteen Aneri-
can colonies. We applied to the commissary Of
prisoners in the northern department to borrow one
of the British prisoners(as we had previous TO this