Whereas sundry persons, proprietors under titles derived from the Crown of France when that Crown was in possession of Canada, of lands on that part of Lake Champlain now lying within our Province of New York have humbly represented unto Us that several parts of the said lands so claimed have already been granted to pother persons by Letters Patent under the Seal of Our said

FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

Province of New-York, and have therefore humbly prayed that a proceeding so prejudicial to their rights and pretensions may receive Our Royal disapprobation & whereas it appears both just & ;

equitable that the claims of persons under such titles as aforesaid should not be affected without the fullest

examination thereof.

It is therefore Our Will and Pleasure

& you are hereby directed & required in no case to make any grants of lands so claimed, as aforesaid, upon Lake Cham plain to the

northward of Crown Point, within Our Province of New York, until the petitions & proposals for grants of any part or parts of such lands shall have been transmitted to one of Our principal Secretaries of State, in order to be laid before Us, & until Our approbation thereof shall have signified to you Our said Governor or to the Commander in Chief of Our said Province for the time being.

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N. Y. Council Minutes XXVI. ]

At a Council held at Fort George in the City of New York on Wednesday the fourteenth day of August, 1771. Present His Excellency William Tryon Esq Capt. Genl. &c.