Journal, April 1775: Volume 82

Journal, April 1775

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Monday, April 3rd. Present:—Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Gascoyne, Mr. Keene, Mr. Greville.

The Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, attends.

Proprieties, Pennsylvania.

Their lordships took into consideration the petition of the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, praying for a settlement with Virginia of their western limits, and several letters to Lord Dartmouth from the Governor of Virginia on that subject, communicated to the Board by his lordship, having been read, Mr. Wilmot, agent for the Proprietaries, who attended without, with Mr. Baker, in behalf of the said Proprietaries, was called in, and their lordships heard what they had to offer in support of the allegations of the petition.

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Thursday, April 6th. Present:—Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Gascoyne, Mr. Keene.

The Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, attends.

New York.

The several parties interested in the matter before their lordships, respecting claims to land upon Lake Champlain and the neighbourhood thereof, attended pursuant to appointment, but the Counsel for the claimants under New York grants not being able to attend, it was agreed that the further consideration of this business should be put off to this day three weeks.

Tuesday, April 11th, Present:—Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Keene, Mr. Gascoyne, Mr. Greville.

The Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, attends.

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New York.

Read a letter from Governor Tryon, to the Secretary to this Board, dated March 11th, 1775, inclosing

Proposals humbly submitted by Governor Tryon to the Board for the settlement of the disputes between the patentees under New York Government, and the claimants under New Hampshire, to lands lying to the westward of Connecticut river.

Their lordships took the said letter and proposals into consideration, and Governor Tryon attending, and also Mr. Burke, agent for the province of New York, and Mr. Paul Wentworth, in behalf of the grantees of the townships laid out to the west of Connecticut river by the late Governor of New Hampshire, the said proposals were read, and the parties were respectively heard thereupon; after which it was agreed, that a copy of the said proposals should be given to Mr. Wentworth, and that he should state to their lordships in writing his objections thereto.

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Miscellanies.

Mr. George Pownall, one of the clerks in the service of this Board, having desired leave to resign his seat, it was ordered, that the clerks below him should be advanced according to their seniority, and Mr. John Goddard was, at the recommendation of Mr. Jenyns, admitted to the vacant seat of junior clerk.

Africa.

Read a letter from Edward Stanley, Esquire, Secretary to the Commissioners of the Customs, to the Secretary to this Board, dated March 28th, 1775, desiring to be informed, for the reason therein stated, whether Annamaboe is a colony, territory or place belonging to His Majesty.

Ordered, that the Secretary do acquaint Mr. Stanley, for the information of the Commissioners of the Customs, that Annamaboe is a town or village upon the coast of Africa, at which an exclusive trade is carried on by British subjects with the natives, under the protection of a fort erected and maintained by the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa.

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Thursday, April 20th. Present:—Mr. Keene, Mr. Greville.

The Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, attends.

Pennsylvania, Connecticut.

Their lordships, upon a reconsideration of the several matters now before them upon two petitions of the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania preferred to his Majesty in Council, relative to their boundaries and to the claims of Connecticut to lands within the limits of their Charter, were of opinion, that in questions of this nature, in which the legal rights and interests of persons are involved, it would not be advisable for them, under the circumstances of Mr. Thomas Penn's decease, to proceed upon those petitions, without an order of his Majesty in Council, upon a revival of the suit at that Board.

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Mr. Wilmot, agent for the Proprietaries, attending, with Mr. Baker, and also Mr. Life, agent for the colony of Connecticut, they were called in, and acquainted with their lordships' resolution upon this matter.

Monday, April 24th. Present:—Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Keene, Mr. Greville.

The Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, attends.

New York.

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Mr. Paul Wentworth, agent for the claimants to lands west of Connecticut river under New Hampshire grants, attended, and presented to the Board several papers containing his remarks upon, and objections to Governor Tryon's proposals for the accomodation of those claims; and Governor Tryon attending, with Colonel Read, agent for the claimants under New York grants, the parties were respectively heard upon the propositions on one side and the other; and then they withdrew.

Thursday, April 27th. Present:—Mr. Jenyns, Lord Robert Spencer, Mr. Gascoyne, Mr. Keene, Mr. Greville.

The Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, attends.

New York.

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This day being appointed for the hearing upon the reference of Mr. Lotbinière's petition, respecting his claim to lands upon and adjacent to Lake Champlain, under a Canadian title, and the petitioner attending with his solicitor, and Mr. Jackson, his counsel, and the agent for New York attending also, in behalf of the rights of that province, as involved in this question, together with Colonel Read, agent and solicitor for sundry officers having possession, under grants from the Governor of New York, of the lands claimed by Mr. Lotbinière, and Mr. Dunning, his counsel, the parties were respectively heard in what they had to offer in support of the pretensions of the several parties interested, and then they withdrew.