The Fitch Papers; Correspondence and Documents During Thomas Fitch's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1754-1766 Volume 18 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... the 1111 of May 1763 By the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation affairs. The Lords of the Committee of Council this day took into their Consideration a Re port made by the Lords Commiss" for_Trade and Plantations, upon two Letters from the Earl of Egremont, One of His Majestys Principal Secretarys of State, to Sir Jeffery Amherst, and to the Governor of Connecticut, relating to the Settlement which some People are attempting to make at Wycoming on the River Susquehannah. And the said Lords Commissioners, in order to put a Stop to the said Settlement, having proposed that Instructions should be sent to the Governors of Pensylvania and Connecticut, directing them to Proceed in like Manner with respect to the Settlers at Wycoming, as the Governors of South Carolina and Georgia had done in the year 1759 for the Removal of certain Persons who had settled themselves to the Southward of the Alatamaha. The Lords of the Committee are hereby pleased to order, that the said Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations do prepare Draughts of Instructions for the Governors of Pensylvania and Connecticut agreable to what is proposed in the said Report, and lay the same before this Committee. W: BLAIR. Indorsed. Proprieties. Order of the Lords of the Comm" of Council for Plantation Affairs dated 11"' May 1763 relating to some People attempting to make a Settlement at Wycoming & directing Draughts of Instructions to be prepared for the Gov" of Pefisylvania & Connecticut for the breaking up such Settlement. Reced Read May 27, 1763. STEPHEN HOPKINS TO THOMAS FITCH. Governor Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island wrote on May 26, 1763, to Governor Thomas Fitch, respecting the boundary line...