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Oovernor Tuton bad before tbat, ontbe 81st of August, 1773,
called on Gen. IIaldimand, commander of tbe British forces, for
a suiBcient number of regular troops to quell the riots, and after-
Avai'ds, September 1, 1771, a similar application was made to Gen.
Gage, both of which were declined. Application was also made to
the home government for regular troops and declined.
The iirst open and forcible collision, arising out of this contro-
vorsv", subserpient to the occurrence of the Hoosick patent, as men-
tioned above, occurred on the Walloomsic patent. This patent was
granted to James Dslancy, Ge rap.dus Stuyvesaxt and others,
July 15, 1739, about ten years previous to the first charter granted
by New Hampshire, and was the field on which Bennington battle
was fought, August 16, 1777. The charters of Bennington and
Shaftsbury covereda part of this tract, and the fiirm of James
Breckenridge was laid on this interfering territory. "Commis-
sioners and a surveyor were appointed to make partition of certain
lots," on this tract, "for the more effectual collecting of his Majes-
ty's quit rents." Lieut. Governor CoLDExin his proclamation of
December 12, 1769, states that " the said commissioners, bemg
employed in surveying the said lots, were on the 19th day of
October last past, interrupted and opposed by a number of armed
men, tumultuously and riotously assembled for the declared pur-
pose of preventing the said partition, who by open force compelled
the commissioners and surveyor to desist from their survey, and
by insults and menaces, so intimidated tho said commissioners,
that, apprehensive for the safety of their persons, they found it
necessary to relinquish any further attempt to perform