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tect  the  colony's  western  frontier.  This  post,  which  was
called  Fort  Dummer  in  honor  of  the  lieutenant-governor,
was,  in  1741,  still  in  her  possession.  As  it  was  north  of
the  line  then  run,  and  consequently  no  longer  Avithin  her
jurisdiction,  she  called  upon  New  Hampshire  to  provide
for  its  support  and  maintenance,  but  this  the  latter  refused
to  do.  Thereupon  complaint  was  made  to  the  home  gov-
ernment, as  a  result  of  which  an  order  in  Council  was
issued  in  1744  commanding  New  Hampshire  to  take  pos-
session of  the  place  and  provide  for  its  defence  for  the
reason  that  it  was  now  within  the  limits  of  that  province.
Again,  in  a  report  drawn  tip  in  1752  by  the  attorney  and  the
solicitor  general  of  England  respecting  some  lands  which  had
been  originally  granted  by  Massachusetts  to  Connecticut
and  then  sold  by  the  latter  to  private  individuals,  it  was
stated  that  the  lands  in  question  had,  by  the  determination
of  the  boundary  line,  become  a  part  of  New  Hampshire.^
From  these  two  cases  it  is  evident  that  the  authorities  in
England  then  regarded  the  territory  west  of  the  Connecticut
as  within  the  limits  of  New  Hampshire.
