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 ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 805
grant away a very considerable number of Townships of six
miles square each in this County to the Westward of Connecticut River (This proceeding accompanied as it was with other
disreputable Circumstances was fully stated in a Representation
made to His Majesty by this Board in 1764 wherein it was
recommended that His Majesty by his Royal Adjudication and
authority should put a period to these animosities and disputes
by declaring what should be the Boundary between the Provinces of New York and New Hampshire and in consequence
thereof His Majesty was pleased by his Royal order bearing
date the 20 day of July 1764 with the advice of this Privy
Council to declare that the Western Branch of the River Connecticut from where it enters the Province of the Massachusets
Bay as far north as to the 45th degree of Latitude should be the
Boundary between the said two Provinces Immediately after this
decision which was accompanied with the usual Reservation
in Respect to private property M' Colden upon whom the administration of the Government of New York had devolved, granted
warrants of Survey and issued Patents for lands within the
limits of several of the Townships granted by the Governors of
New Hampshire and several of those Surveys and Patents
extending over Land under actual Improvement and settlement
the Parties who conceived themselves injured by such proceedings not being able as they alleged to obtain Redress in New
York brought their complaint before His Majesty in Council.)
Upon a full hearing of those Complaints His Majesty was
pleased by his order in Council of the 24 of July 1767 to declare
that no part of Lands lying'on the Western side of the River
Connecticut, within that district before claimed by New Hampshire should be granted until His Majesty's further pleasure was
known and an Instruction was accordingly given to the Governor
of New York directing him upon pain of His Majestys highest
displeasure not to presume to make any Grant whatever or to
pass Warrants for the Survey of any part of the said Lands until
His Majesty's pleasure should be signified concerning the same
which Instruction has been ever since continued in force and
now forms the 49th article of the Code of General Instructions
given to Mr1 Trybn His Majesty's present Governor of New York.