INDEX

TO THE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE CONTROVERSY WITH

NEW-YORK AND NEW-HAMPSHIRE, AND THE ADMISSION

OF VERMONT INTO THE UNION.

Correspondence between the Governors of New-Hampshire and

New-York, relative to the jurisdiction of those provinces, com-

mencing

November, 1749,

List of grants made by the Governor of New-Hampshire, west

of Connecticut river, previous to the year 1765,

Grant from Charles II to the Duke of York, by virtue of which

the territory called the New-Hampshire grants, was originally

claimed by the province of New-York,

Proclamation of the Governor of New-Hampshire, asserting the

claim of that province to the grants, west of Connecticut

river,

March, 1764,

Order of the King in Council, establishing the west bank of Con-

necticut river as the boundary between the provinces of New-

York and New-Hampshire,

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21

May, 1772,

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June, 1772,

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24

July, 1764,

Order of the King in Council, prohibiting the Governor of New-

York from making grants of land in the disputed terri-

tory,

July, 1767,

Continuance of grants by the Governor of New-York, and vio-
lent proceedings, thereupon,
Communication from the Governor of New-York to the inhabi-
tants of Bennington and its vicinity,
Answer of the inhabitants of Bennington, &c. to the foregoing
communication,
Communication of Ethan Allen, Seth Warner, Remember Baker
and R. Cochran, to the Governor of New-York, June, 1772,

Order of Governor of New-York, suspending prosecutions in be-

half of the crown, against the inhabitants of the New-Hamp-

shire grants,

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Augt. 1772,

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Communication of the Governor of New-York to the inhabi-

tants of Bennington and the adjacent country, relative to their

dispossessing certain settlers in the vicinity of Otter Creek,

claiming under grants from New-York,

Answer to the foregoing communication,

Report of the Lords of trade to his Majesty's Privy Council, on

the subject of this controversy,

Review of the controversy,-violent proceedings on the New-

Hampshire grants,

Dec. 1772,

Violent proceedings of the General Assembly of New-

York,

February, 1774,

April, 1774,

Meetings and resolutions of committees from sundry towns on

the New-Hampshire grants,

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33

Act of the Legislature of New-York, "for preventing tumultuous
and riotous assemblies" on the New-Hampshire grants," and
for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters"
passed,
March, 1774,
Spirited remonstrance of Ethan Allen, Seth Warner and others,
against the proceedings of New-York,
April, 1774,
Proceedings in the county of Cumberland, and massacre at the
Court-House, in Westminster,
March, 1775,
Proceedings at a meeting of committees from sundry towns, on
the east side of the mountains, held at Westminster, evincing
their determination to resist the administration of New-
York,
April, 1775,
Petition and remonstrance to the Continental Congress, of Repre
sentatives from the towns on the New-Hampshire grants, a-
gainst the proceedings of New-York, praying for permission
to do duty in the continental service, independent of New-
York,
January, 1776,
Resolutions of Congress on the subject of the foregoing petition,
Proceedings of the Convention which declared the independence
of the New-Hampshire grants, at their sessions at Dorset,
Sept. 25, 1776, and Westminster, January 15, 1777, together
with that declaration,
Declaration and petition of the inhabitants of the New-Hamp-
shire grants, to the Continental Congress, announcing the dis-
trict to be a free and independent State,

Letters from the President of the Convention of New-York, to
the President of Congress, relative to the assumed indepen-
dence of Vermont,
January and March, 1777,
Address of Thomas Young of Philadelphia, to the inhabitants of
Vermont, recommending the formation of a Constitution and
the election of Delegates to Congress,
April, 1777,
Resolution of the Continental Congress recommending the as-
sumption and establishment of government in certain cases,
Letter from the President of the Council of Safety of New-York,
to the President of Congress, relative to the proceedings of
Vermont,
May, 1777,

Resolutions of Congress, on the subject of the assumed indepen-
dence of Vermont,

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June, 1777,
July, 1777,

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Constitution of Vermont formed,
Correspondence between the Council of Safety of Vermont and
the Governor of New-Hampshire, relative to the surrender of
the fortress at Tyconderoga, and the exposed state of the
frontier,
July, 1777,
Address of the Council of Safety, to the people of Vermont, re-
lative to the Constitution,
February, 1778,
Proclamation of the Governor of New-York, containing certain
overtures to the inhabitants of Vermont, February, 1778,
Answer of E. Allen to the foregoing proclamation, Augt. 1778,
Admission of sixteen towns, east of Connecticut river, into
union with Vermont,
June, 1778,

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92

94

Communications of the President of New-Hampshire to the De-
legates of that State in Congress, and to the Governor of Ver-
mont, on the subject of the above union,
Appointment of Ethan Allen to repair to Philadelphia to ascer-
Augt. 1778,
tain the views of Congress relative to Vermont; and his report
to the Legislature,
Important proceedings of the Legislature of Vermont relative to
Oct. 1778,
the union,
Protest of sundry members of the Legislature against the above
Oct. 1778,
proceedings, in which they renounce all political connection
with the State,
Proceedings of a convention of Delegates from sundry towns in
Oct. 1778, 100
the vicinity of Connecticut river, at Cornish,
Dissolution of the union with the sixteen towns, east of Connec-
Dec. 1778, 102
ticut river,
Application of sundry inhabitants in the vicinity of Connecticut
river to the Legislature of New-Hampshire, proposing a union
of Vermont with the State of New-Hampshire, March, 1779,
Proceedings of the Legislature of New-Hampshire, on the above
application, claiming jurisdiction over the whole of Ver-
mont,

February, 1779, 102

May, 1779, 106

Petition of sundry inhabitants of Cumberland (now Windham)
April and June, 1779, 105
county, to the Governor of New-York, praying for protection
against the authority of Vermont,
Communication of the Governor of New-York to the President
of Congress, soliciting the interposition of Congress, in
quieting the disputes relative to the New-Ilampshire
grants,
Appointment by Congress, of a committee to repair to the New-
May, 1779,
Hampshire grants for the purpose of effecting a settlement of
the controversy,
Certain officers acting under the authority of New-York in the
county of Cumberland, made prisoners, by a force under Ethan
Allen,

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June, 1779

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108

108

109

June, 1779, 109

Oct. 1779, 113

Proceedings of Congress, thereupon,
Resolutions of Congress, recommending to the States of New-
York, New-Hampshire and Massachusetts to pass laws, refer-
ing to the decision of Congress all controversies, relative to ju-
risdiction over the "New-Hampshire grants," and appointing
a time for hearing the same, &c.
Proceedings of the Legislature of Vermont on the subject of the
Sept. 1779, 110
foregoing resolutions,
Communication of the Governor of Vermont to the President of
the Council of Massachusetts, relative to the claim of that
State, to part of the territory of Vermont,
Abstract of "an appeal to the candid and impartial world" by
the Governor and Council of Vermont,
Further proceedings of Congress relative to the proposed
Dec. 1779, 116
reference of the controversy to the arbitrament of that
body,

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Oct. 1779, 114

June, 1780, 117

July, 1780, 118

122

Sept. 1780, 124

Interesting communication of the Governor of Vermont to the
President of Congress, asserting the right of the State to inde-
pendence, and protesting against the authority of Congress to
arbitrate upon the controversy,
Congress proceed to a hearing of the controversy, and postpone
indefinitely, a decision thereon,
Sept. 1780,
Remonstrance of Ira Allen and Stephen R. Bradley, agents of
Vt. against the proceedings of Congress,
Application to the Legislature of Vermont, from a convention
holden at Charleston, for a union of the grants on both sides
of Connecticut river,
January 1781, 128
Proceedings of the Legislature of Vermont on the subject of the
above application, which resulted in the assertion of a juris-
dictional claim, indefinitely, east of Connecticut river, Feb. '81, 128
Negociation, and articles of union agreed upon, between the Le-
gislature of Vermont, and the Convention holden at Cornish,
by which the New-Hampshire grants, east of Connecticut ri-
ver and west of the "Mason line," were taken into union with
Vermont,
February 1781, 132
List of towns, east of Connecticut river, which acceded to the
above union,
Proceedings of the Legislature of Vermont relative to a union
with a part of the State of New-York, including the articles of
said union, and the names of members from certain towns in
New-York, who thereupon took their seats in the Legislature
of Vermont,
May, 1781, 138

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Reflections on the existing state of things,
Important and interesting negociation with the enemy in
Canada,
1781 and 1782,
Appointment of Agents to repair to the American Congress, to
negociate the admission of Vermont into the American
union,

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141

142

156

157

158

June 1781,
Resolutions of Congress appointing a committee to confer with
the agents of Vermont,
August 7th, 1781,
Conference between the Committee of Congress and the Agents
of Vermont,
Resolution of Congress, prescribing as a preliminary to the re-
cognition of the independence of Vermont, the relinquishment
of her claims of jurisdiction over New-Hampshire and part of
New-York,
August 20th, 1781. 159
Proceedings of the Legislature of Vermont, refusing to relinquish
her extended claims of jurisdiction,
Oct. 1781,
Proceedings of the Legislature of New-York, protesting against
the foregoing resolutions of Congress of the 7th and 20th of
August,
Nov. 1781,
Correspondence between the Governor of Vermont and General
Washington, relative to the situation of Vermont, Dec. 1781

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163

January 1782, 167

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Proceedings of the Legislature of Vermont, complying with the
condition prescribed by Congress for her admission into the
union,
February, 1782, 168
Instructions to the Agents of Vermont, at Congress, Feb. 1782, 169
Proceedings of Congress, resulting in an indefinite postpone-
ment of the question arising from the application of Vermont
for admission into the union,
April, 1782, 170
Communication from the Agents of Vermont to the President of
Congress,

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173

173

1782, 176

January, 1783, 178

Act of the Legislature of N. Y., " for pardoning certain offences
committed in the northeastern part of the State," April 1782,
Act of the Legislature of N. Y.," for quieting the minds of the
inhabitants in the northeastern part of the State," Ap. 1782,
Violent proceedings in the southeastern part of Vermont, and im-
portant resolutions of Congress, thereupon,
Spirited remonstrance of the Governor and Council of Vermont
against said resolutions, addressed to the President of Con-
gress,
Remonstrance of the General Assembly of Vermont, on the same
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Extract from Williams' history, embracing the period from the
commencement of the year 1783 to the year 1791, when Ver-
mont was admitted into the union,
Act of the Legislature of Vermont, appointing commissioners to
negociate with commissioners of the State of New-York for
the purpose of settling the line of jurisdiction between the two
States,
Oct. 1789, 192

February, 1783, 185

187

Oct. 1790, 193

Act of the Legislature of Vermont, directing the payment of
$30,000 to the State of New-York, and declaring the boun-
dary line between the two States, &c.
Act of the Convention of Vermont, approving and ratifying the
Constitution of the United States, including the names of the
members of that Convention,
January 10th, 1791, 194

Act of Congress, admitting the State of Vermont into the
union,

February 18th, 1791. 195

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