The Documentary history of the state of New-York; arranged under direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, secretary of State. By E. B. O'Callaghan ...

596 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE
distance from the North Line of the County of Cumberland, and
on a spot neither granted by New Hampshire nor claimed by any
persons'whatsoever. I then made public my Intentions.of giving
the Land in certain proportions to the Families inclined to settle
thereon, and that no rents or profits should be reserved for
myself, but that the whole of them should remain with the proprietors on condition of manufacturing so much Pot Ash yearly
and that a certain quantity of acres according to the abilities of
each family should be constantly planted with Hemp. These
conditions being fulfilled, the Fee of the Lands was to be vested
absolutely in the Possessors of them; no sooner were these
Terms made known but applications were made by different
Persons for Grants and no less than 14 Families are already
settled on it, and I have had proposals made from Ten more now
living in this Town who will be settled there during'the course
of the Summer, besides several others as well from Connecticut
as the Massachusets Bay, so that there is the greatest probability
of a considerable Settlement being made there in a very short
space of time. But as the giving of Lands alone to these people
was not sufficient without other assistance I have at their request
ordered a Saw Mill and Grist mill to be built for their use, and
as their is no building in that part of the Country yet appropriate for divine Worship, I have directed a Church to be built at
my sole expence in the Centre of the Township, and shall set
apart a large Farm as a Glebe for the Incumbent; These measures
I am persuaded will contribute greatly to the peopleing of that
part of the Province, for many wealthy Persons, inhabitants of
this Town, on seeing what I have done and still propose to do,
have associated themselves together in sufficient Numbers to be
entitled to Townships there, and have taken all the necessary
steps to carry their Plans into execution, many People being
actually emploped in Surveying and dividing into different Lotts
the Lands they have taken up. I have likewise had a Township
laid out and vested in Trustees for the use of the Ministers of
the Gospel according to the Communion of the Church of
England, and another for the use of' the College here, that the
opportunity' might not be lost of improving the morals as well as
fortunes of the New Settlers in so distant a part of tle Province.