in Albany.
But they were afterwards bailed and not further prosecuted. Gov-
ernor Wentworth being informed of this transaction, wrote to
Governor Golden, remonstrating against it, and requesting him to
release the prisoners. To which the governor, with the advice of
the council, replied, that as the offence was committed " wdthin the
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undoubted jurisdiction of Xew York, he could do no further therein,
than to recommend that the bail be moderate," and added that the
controversy respecting the boundary "already lies with His Majesty."
As soon as the boundary was settled by the king's order, a large
number of grants were made by the governor of New York, to re-
duced officers and disbanded soldiers, and others, who made appli-
cation for them, and soon extended over nearly the whole territory
chartered by New Hampshire. Thevalleys of Lake Champlain
and Otter Creek, were 'granted principally to reduced officers, and
a large territory, north of Addison County, was reserved for non-
commissioned officers and soldiers. A small tract was also reserved
for them in the County of Addison, near the bend of the creek in
Weybridge and New Haven, and perhaps some contiguous territory.
At first the governor and council of New York, seemed desirous
to encourage actual settlers under the New Hampshire grants to
take out new charters under New York, in confirmation of their
former titles. On the 22d of May 1765, the following order was
adopted :
'' The council taking into consideration the case of those persons,
who are actually settled on the grants of the governor of New
Hampshire, and that the dispossessing of such persons might be
ruinous to themselves and their