The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-10-19
The Western Reserve.

idea OF their meaning and how they came
into use. Those persons and AL new ciii-
zers will doubtless thank us for making
the following extract from the admirable
address OF j.. V. Bierce Of Akron delivered
to the pioneers Of Lorain county on the
4lh Of July last:
The territory now embraced in the State
Of Connecticut, was originally granted TO
two companies, Connecticut and New Ha-
ven. The old patent of Connecticut was
granted March 10, 1851, by the Earl Of
Warwick, TO Lord Say and Seal. The
New Haven COMPANY was composed OF
Lord Brook, and others. and from the un-
ion Of the names Of one OF each company,
Say and Brook, one Of the first towns set
tied by these companies. The New Haven
Company arrived in Boston in July, 1887,
and in the following April removed to
New Haven. In 1863 Charles the III, Of
England, granted a charter for :he union
of Two colonies, and defined their bounGa.
ries as follows:
From the south line Of NJ lssach usetts
on the north, TO Long Island Sound on
the south, and from the Narragansett Riv-
er on the east, to the Pacific on the west"
1t will be seen by reference TO map,
that these boundaries would enclose moi
onl 4 what is now the State Of Connecticut,
but portions Of the State OF New-York and
New Jersey, nearly one.half OF Pennsyl.
vania all Of the northern portions OF Ohio
and Indiana, and portions Of Illinois. Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, California and Oregon.
There was clause 10 the charter, how
ever, which excepts from the grant such
portions as were then occupied by prior
settlers.
The Duke D! York procured a patent
for what is now New York, conflicting
with this patent TO the Connecticut com.
pany. Pennsylvania and Virginia also
had their paper titles to portions Of this
same territory.
A dispute soon arose between New
York and Connecticut, as 10 their boanda
ries and jurisdiction, which, in 1861, was
referred 10 a commission appointed by The
King. who decided that the Western boun.
dary OF Connecticut should be line be
ginning or the east side OF Mamaranock
river, (now called Mill river, at a rlace
where the salt water meets the fresh a,
high water, and thence north. north west
TO line OF Massachusetts,. BY this decis
ion Connecticut lost all OF the territory
claimed by her within the limits Of the
Duke of York. A charter was granted
TO William Penn 10 1861. embracing all
that par, Of the territory west Of New
York, which lies within the present limits
Of PvunsJ lvanis. A dispute then arose
between these colonies as to boundarie,
and jurisdiction. Both colonies sold the
same land. and each guaranteed to the
purchasers undisturbed possession. This
excited bitter quarrels among the settlers
and resort was often had 10 iorce, TO expe
those in possession.
In l753,a company was formed in Con
necticut TO plant colony on what they
claimed as included in her charter, on thu
Susquehanna river. A purchase wa:
made Of the sachems Of the lraquois, o.
six nations, by this company, in 1854. a
Wyoming, now called Wilksbarre, and il
r l774, township was organized ther
called WestmorelaEd. which sent repre-
sentative to the Legislature OF Connecticut
! Relying on their grant, the legislature o
Connecticut, in l770, transmitted to Eng
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