RELATIVE TO THE

COLONIAL HISTORY

OF THE

STATE OF NEW-YORK;

- PROCURED IN

HOLLAND, ENGLAND AND FRANCE,

BY

JOHN ROMEYN BRODHEAD, ESQ.,

AGENT,

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO APPOINT AN AGENT TO
PROCURE AND TRANSCRIBE DOCUMENTS IN EUROPE RELATIVE TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY
OF THE STATE," PASSED MAY 2, 1839.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLISHING OF

PUBLISHED UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, ENTITLED
CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE," PASSED MARCH 30, 1849, AND AN ACT ENTI-
TLED "AN ACT IN RELATIVE TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE, AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION
THEREOF, PASSED APRIL 12, 1856.

EDITED BY

E. B. O'CALLAGHAN, M. D., LL. D.

VOL. VIII.

ALBANY:

WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, PRINTERS.

1857.

Volumes III., IV., V., VI., VII. and IX. of this work were published under the direction of the GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE and COMPTROLLER of the State of New-York; and the publication has been completed under the authority of the REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, in virtue of the Act of the Legislature to that effect, passed April 12, 1856.

The Documents in Dutch and French were translated by E. B. O'CALLAGHAN, M. D., LL. D., who was employed for that purpose, and to superintend the publication generally.

TRANSCRIPTS OF DOCUMENTS

IN THE

QUEEN'S STATE PAPER OFFICE; IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL; IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM; AND IN THE LIBRARY OP THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AT LAMBETH, IN LONDON.

LONDON DOCUMENTS: XLI-XLVII.

1768-1782.

CONTENTS.

1768.

January 3. Letter of Governor Moore to the Earl of Shelburne-bills of credit, &e,

January 5. Letter of the Earl of Shelburne to Sir William Johnson-Indian boundary,

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January 16. Letter of Governor Moore to the Earl of Shelburne-Massachusetts boundary-Canada line, &c.,.

January 21. Letter of Lieutenant-Governor Colden to the Earl of Shelburne-difficulties and embarrassments he is

subjected to,......

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January 23. Letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors in North America, on his appointment as Colonial

Secretary,

January 26. Letter of Governor Moore to the Earl of Shelburne-New-York acts,..

January 27. Letter of Governor Moore to the Earl of Shelburne-militia regulations,.

February 20. Letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors in North America, inclosing the address of the

House of Commons,..

February 25. Letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to Governor Moore-general affairs of the Province,.............

February 26. Letter of Governor Moore to the Lords of Trade-acts of the Assembly, &c.,....

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March

5. Letter of Governor Moore to the Earl of Shelburne-difficulty arising out of claim of the Commander

of the Forces to precedence on all occasions, &c.,. . . . . .

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March

7. Letter of the Lords of Trade to the Earl of Hillsborough,

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March

7. Representation of the Lords of Trade to the King, upon the general state of Indian affairs, and the

establishment of posts, &c., with a map,..

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1765.

March

26. Extract from a treaty made at Mobile, in West Florida, with the Chickasaws and Choctaws, settling a

boundary line between them and the English,...

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November 15. Extract from a treaty made at Picolata in East Florida with the Lower Creek nations regulating the

boundary between them and the English,.....

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1763.

November 10. Extract from a treaty made at Augusta, Georgia, with certain Indian tribes regulating the boundary line

between them and the English,...

10. Extract of a letter from Alexander Cameron, Commissary for Indian Affairs, to John Stuart,

Superintendent, relative to the line between the Cherokees and North Carolina,

15. Extract of a letter from Governor Tryon to the Lords of Trade on the Indian boundary line,.....

February 1. Extract of a letter from John Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the southern district, to

the Headman of the Cherokees, informing him of the settlement of the boundary line between

Indians and English, all around the two Floridas and Georgia,....

12. Letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to Governor Moore-Canada boundary line-Lieutenant-Governor

Colden's pamphlet-New-York iron works,......

12. Letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to Sir William Johnson-Indian boundary,.............

14. Letter of Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Shelburne-Indian affairs,.....

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