1814 1814 1814 1814 Links West of three small Elm Trees branching from one trunk about one foot above the ground the Southernmost of which is marked M. 39 At thirty nine miles Eleven Chains and forty Links a hewn marble Stone marked on the West side NEW YORK and on the East side VERMONT and set up on the North side of a high way leading from Pawlet to North Granville Village At thirty nine miles twenty four Chains and seventy five Links a White Oak Stake and Stones on the East side of a Stone wall at the North West corner of the Town of Pawlet and the South west corner of the town of Wells five Links West of a large flat stone laid on other Stones sunk in the ground and inscribed on both sides with the Letters W. P. Then North seven degrees and thirty minutes East - At forty miles a soft maple stake marked M. 40 At forty one miles a large flat stone set in the ground and marked M. 41 At forty one miles twenty five Chains and fifty Links a hewn marble Stone marked on the West side NEW YORK and on the East side VERMONT and set up on the North West side of the Turnpike Road leading from Granville to Hubberton At forty two miles a point fourteen Links east of a black Ash Sapling in a Swamp and marked M. 42 At forty three miles a red Elm stake marked M. 43. South of a Hemlock Tree marked in like manner At forty-four miles a point four Links West of a small black Birch Tree standing on level ground in woods and marked M. 44 At forty five miles a black Ash Tree standing in a swamp and marked on the South side M. 45 on the West side N. Y. and on the East side V At forty five miles and thirty one Chains a large White Pine Tree marked on the South side O. M. A. H. E. M.- Wills and on the North side S. B. Poultney October. 1764 and standing at the Northwest corner of the Town of Wells and the Southwest corner of the Town of Poultney & Then North seven degrees East At forty six miles a point fifteen Links West of a small Elm Tree marked M. 46 At forty six miles five Chains and Eighty Links a hewn Marble Stone marked on the West side NEW YORK and on the East side VERMONT and set up on the Side of a high way leading out of Poultney into Hampton And at forty six miles forty three Chains and fifty Links a bunch of Hornbeam Saplings on the South bank of Poultney River the Northernmost of which is marked on the West side 1813 and the next on the East side I. B. and on the West side W. M. M. Whence a large Butternut Tree bears North seventy degrees West thirty Links a large hard Maple Tree South two Chains and Eighty six Links and a White Ash Tree on the North side of said River North Seventy seven degrees East All which courses are according to the present Magnetic Meridian In Testimony whereof the said Commissioners have hereunto set their hands and affixed their Seals on 1814 1814 the twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand -[Miscellaneous Files, v. 4, p. 1 (in office of N.. Y. Se'cy of State); Deeds, v. 39, p. 124; Portfolio Map, No. 227. [STATE OF VERMONT.] No. 201― An Act annexing that portion of the town of Fair Haven lying west of Poultney River to the State of New York. It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: SEC. 1. All that portion of the town of Fair Haven, in the county of Rutland, and State of Vermont, lying westerly from the middle of the deepest channel of Poultney river as it now runs, and between the middle of the deepest channel of said river and the west line of the State of Vermont, as at present established, is hereby ceded and relinquished to the State of New York in full and absolute right and jurisdiction. SEC. 2. This act shall not take effect until the State of New York shall have assented to the same, nor until the same shall have been approved by an act of the Congress of the United States. Approved, November 27, 1876. Full effect was given to the foregoing cession by Ch. 93 of Laws of New York, passed March 20, 1879, and by Ch. 49 of the Statutes of the 46th Congress, 2d Session, approved April 7, 1880. DETERMINATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK JOINT BOUNDARY LINE. [IN MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT.] [November 19, 1719.] Whereas the divisional Line and Bound In the House of Represent ary between this Province & the Province of New York have never been run, marked out & stated; And new Plantations are issuing forth from that Governm, as well as this: Ordered, that Samuel Thaxter, William Dudley & John Stoddard Esq'* be a Committee to join with such as the Governm of New York shall appoint to run and settle the Divisional Line and Boundary between the s Provinces, Pursuant to their respective legal grants. In Council; Read & Concurred, Consented to. (Signed) SAM'L SHUTE. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, July 18, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Records of the General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay of the vote passed Nov. 19th 1719 in relation to the New York boundary line. HENRY B. PEIRCE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. S: The General Assembly of this Province have past a Vote that the Divisional line between this Government and New York Shall be run according to their respective Legal Grants that so there be no Trespassing from or on either Government, and have appointed a Committee to join with a Committee of your Province for that Purpose; They have likewise requested me to acquaint your Government with the said Vote and to desire you to impower and Send Comissioners to proceed in and proform the abovesaid Service as soon as may be with Convenience. I must therefore pray you to informe me wither your Government think proper to join with us and what Time you think will be Suitable for the Performing the Said Business. I am St Your Humble Servant BOSTON Novr. 23: 1719. SAMLL SHUTE [Endorsement.]-3d Dec. 1719 Recd and Referred to the Consideration of the Court of this Board or any five of them. -[N. Y. Col. MSS., lxii. 33; N. Y. Council Minutes (MS.), v. 12, p. 77. Saturday, Novem! 26, 1726. In Council Ordered; That a Message be sent down to the Honble House of Representatives, To inform them that in y: Recess of the Court His Honour the Lieut. Govern receiv'd from His Excell William Burnet Esq Govern of New York a Copy of a Memorial presented to him by Divers Inhabitants of the said Province complaining of Settlements made on some Land of which they claim the Property, by some persons belonging to this Province with a Proposal (which he makes) That no Innovations be made on the Boundaries of the Provinces till they be settled either by Agreement or by Order from Home. And that his Honour had by Advice of the Board acquainted Govern? Burnet, That upon meeting of the General Assembly he would lay the said Memorial and proposal before them. Wednesday, Decem: 28, 1726. The Committee of the Board appointed to confer with a Committee of the House on the Subject Matter of the several Votes respecting the Line between this Governm! & the Governm of New York informed the Board that they had attended the said Conference & that they had proposed an Expedient in the Matter, in which they supposed the two Houses would agree, and soon after the Committees Report was sent up with the Vote of the House thereon; To which the Board agreed: And the said Report and Vote of both Houses thereon are as follows; viz, The Committee are of Opinion that Commissioners be appointed on the Part of this Governm! & impowered to confer with such Commissioners as shall be appointed by the Governm of New York concerning the Claims of Land which may be made by either Goverm! in order to have the Line or Boundary settled between the Provinces, and that the meeting of the Commissioners may not prove ineffectual, that they come furnished to the Conference & fully prepared & produce their respective Grants, Patents or any other papers which may be thought proper then to be produced and that the said Commissioners be directed to report their doings to the Governments respectively in Order for the settling of the Boundaries of the Provinces as aforesaid. Dec. 12, 1726. By order of the Committee. NATH BYFIELD. Read and Ordered that this Report be accepted, & that all Persons belonging to this Province be prohibited from making any further settlements near the Dividing Line between the two Provinces till the further Order of this Court, and that all actions already commenced against the People residing at Housatannuck cease, & they be put to no further Trouble in the Law till this Affair be settled, Provided the Governm of New York give the like Orders to the Inhabitants of that Province, and that His Honour the Lieuten! Govern! be desired to agree with His Excellency Governor Burnet as to the Place of the Commission Meeting; the number of the Commissioners to be three. I certify the foregoing to be true extracts from the Records of the General Court of Massachusetts. HENRY J. COOLIDGE, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth. HIS EXCELLENCY communicated to the Board the paragraph of a Letter from the Lieutenant Governour of Boston to his Excellency dated the ninth of January last in answer to his Excellency's Letter to the said Governour and the petition of some of the Inhabitants of New York to his Excellency respecting their Lands at Westenhook. HIS EXCELLENCY Likewise communicated to the Board the Resolutions of the Assembly of the Massachusets Bay thereupon in order to have the Lines run between this Province and that Colony. WHEREUPON it is the Opinion of this Board that a Copy of the said Resolutions be sent to some of the patentees of Westenhook residing at Albany in order for their observations thereon. UPON his Excellency Laying before the Board the answer of the patentees of Westenhook to the Resolutions of the Assembly of the |