its limits to be notorious, & properly On this principle the Judicatories, here have grounded their determina-

York and the territories depending threupon " and supposes

FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

New York Patentees, and the N. Hampshire claimants. The original Colony of New Hampshire as it was granted by the Council of Plymouth, & confirmed by the Crown

tions, in suits

between the

about the year 1635, lay altogether on the East side of Connecticut River, which it did not reach by

20 miles.

As it was new modelled & enlarged by the Commission to Gov Benning Wentworth in

but it is, bounded to the west by the King's other west side of the Connecticut River which were and could the Lands on the Govern not comprehend already a part of New York, as established by the Grant of the Crown abovementioned Hoace on the footing of original Right, our Courts determined, that the New Hampshire Grants were void for They considered His Maj l y s order in Privy Council in want of a legal authority in that Govern 1 1742, no distance from the sea, or station is given

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1764, as a confirmation of a prior Right, & not as having altered or enlarged the ancient Jurisdiction.

am now cautious to give an opinion on the propriety of this decision, but barely mention the principles as they have been represented to me for your Lordp's information.

Whether the Dominions of the French in Canada interfered with the bounds of this Colony as anciently established by King Charles the Second, remains to be considered.