Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-04-06
whi,inghnm-CumberInnd Maps.

while the territory now Vermont was an un.
questioned pact Of the province Of New York,
General IryOn caused a map Of that province to
be made The title to the map IL: "a Chorograph-
ica map Of the Province OF New York, etc d-
vdcd into Counties Manors, Patents and Town
ships, exhibiting likewise all the private grants Of
land made and located In that Province Compl-
ed from actual surveys deposited IN the Patent
Ofilce at New York By order of His EXcpllcncy
Major General William Tryon BY Claude Joseph
Sauihier. Esq. London Engraved and published
BY William Fadden, Charing Cross, January f.
lO9' On IL the towns about here are laid down
with the names they bore then. I referred to IL
and stated that the town now Whitinghant bound
ed north by Draper, now Wilmington, easthy Hall
TAX, south by the province OF Massachusetts Bay
now the state of Massachusetts,, and west by
ReadsbOrough, was laid down uuon II hy the name
OF Cumberland Thertupun Mr.. CLARK Jillson
stated that he happened ITO own that same map. q"
and that ReadshOrough was not on il. In his last
communication he states that he has IAN accurate
tracing Of that same map, and It is the one upon
winch the charter was based. and to which II re-
iers There is no Cumberland about II" These
statements unchallenged might lead some persons
10 the conclusion that the map does not show
what stated that il showed. marlborough is on
II, where 1t belongs as il exists now. except that
Searsburgl has since been taken from the norther
ly end Of IL. There is a Cumberland about II as
the name OF the town now Mhtingham. The
charter Of Whitngham was granted March H.
80 teneral Iryon was not Governor OF New
York until after that. The charter could not very
well d. based upon, and refer to, map not made
nor directed 10 be- made until long after it was
granted.
Their, is a map entitled "a chorographical Map
of the Northern department Of North America !"
Of which copy, Reduced from the original In
the office of the STATE Engineer and Surveyor, ,'
has been published. On that Whitingham IL laid
down a. Cumberland and Wilmington as Draper:
aud ReadsborUugh is not On il. On the margin
this explanation is printed: The townships or
grants east Of Lake Champlaiu are laid down a.
granted by the state Of New HAMPSHIRE except
those that are marked Y. which were granted by
the state Of New York ON INDICATED ground where
they did not Interfere with the New Hampshir.
grants The spurious New York Grants that IN.
terterr with the older ones are marked with dotted
llnes, aud as they are mostly granted to officers in
the Regular Army, except a few which have the
name Of Wallis, Kemp and some such favourites
Of these Princes Of Land JObbers MOORE. Dun
not thought worth while 10 note them Especial
" as the inhabitants Of the state of Vermont now
mold them by the triple title Of honest purchase,
industry in settling, and now lately that of con
quest" Cumberland IL marked "Y Officers on
this map. 1t is included by Dr. O'Callaghan in
his compilation of the Documentary History of
New York, and il was probably mistaken by Mr..
JillsOn for the other.
The conquest referred to was the overthrow Of
the claims of title under the grants Of the rdyal
governors of the Province OF New York named.
and afterwards Of the jurisdiction Of New York.
NO one should suppose that the people of the Prov
ince Of New York had anything to do with the
making Of these grants They wer,. made by the.
governors alone under the authority and preroga.
tive OF the king. Neither was the king. George
III, to blame about this He directed that the set
tiers on the New Hampshire grants be not mo-
h'sted ON account Of territorial differences or dis
tiers may be- found to belong TO should make no
difference in their property The settlers were
disturbed without his knowledge, and resisted and
accomplished this conquest. The state Of Vermont
was wrought by these sturdy yeomanry them
selves, out Of the conflict. They had no help from
any lawyers In these proceedings except from
John Buruam OF Bennington, and he was a lnrr-
chant and furmer rs well as lawyer There were
lawyers at Marlborough, GuiltOrd, BrattebUruugh
aud Westminster, but none Of them were in the
Manchester, Dorset Westminster or Windsor con
ventiuns The physicians rendered more assist
ance. Doctor Jonas Fay Of Bennington. Doctor
Reuben Jones Of Rockingham, and Solomon Har.
yey OF Dummerstou. Practitioner Of Physc. ''
were foremost among them, IN adopting meas
ures for forming the new state. nm W