CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS 3
5. CHAPTER II. GOVERNOR BENNING WENTWORTH SPECULATES IN LAND 20
6. CHAPTER III. THE KING IN COUNCIL CONFIRMS NEW YORK JURISDICTION 67
7. CHAPTER IV. AFTER THE ORDER IN COUNCIL 76
8. CHAPTER V. CADWALLADER COLDEN AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS 89
9. CHAPTER VI. NEW YORK ISSUES CONFIRMATORY PATENTS 110
10. CHAPTER VII. CAPTAIN SAMUEL ROBINSON'S MISSION 132
11. CHAPTER VIII. THE SETTLERS ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS PETITION THE KING FOR AID 167
12. CHAPTER IX. THE NEW YORK GRANTEES APPEAL TO THE COURTS 191
13. CHAPTER Χ. GOVERNOR JOHN WENTWORTH TAKES A HAND 210
14. CHAPTER XI. GOVERNORS DUNMORE AND TRYON 224
15. CHAPTER XII. THE ANTI-COURT RIOTS 255
16. CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS REVOLT AGAINST NEW YORK 278
17. CHAPTER XIV. A NEW STAR RISES ABOVE THE HORIZON 345
18. APPENDICES
19. APPENDIX A. REPRESENTATION OF THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE, JULY 10, 1764, CONCERNING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE PROVINCES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW YORK 397
20. APPENDIX Β. PETITION OF SAMUEL ROBINSON FILED WITH THE KING IN COUNCIL 404
21. APPENDIX Β. PETITION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS 408
22. APPENDIX C. REPRESENTATION OF THE BOARD OF TRADE TO THE KING IN COUNCIL CONCERNING THE PETITION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, UPON WHICH WAS BASED THE ORDER IN COUNCIL OF JULY 24, 1767 410
23. APPENDIX D. JOURNAL OF MAJOR WALTER RUTHERFORD ON HIS TRIP TO PRINCETOWN IN JUNE AND JULY 1765 412
24. APPENDIX E. JOURNAL OF JAMES DUANE ON HIS TRIP TO PRINCETOWN IN JUNE AND JULY 1765 420
25. APPENDIX F. JOURNAL OF STEPHEN FAY AND DR. JONAS FAY ON THEIR TRIP TO NEW YORK IN JUNE 1772 TO NEGOTIATE A TRUCE WITH GOVERNOR TRYON AND HIS COUNCIL 425
26. APPENDIX G. LIST OF BENNING WENTWORTH'S TOWNSHIP GRANTS WEST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER 430
27. APPENDIX H. LIST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS THAT SOUGHT CONFIRMATION FROM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLDEN OF NEW YORK IN 1765 433
28. APPENDIX I. LIST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS WEST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS THAT SOUGHT CONFIRMATION BY NEW YORK 434
29. APPENDIX J. LIST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS CONFIRMED BY NEW YORK, OR IN LIEU OF WHICH NEW YORK MADE OTHER GRANTS 435
30. APPENDIX Κ. LIST OF GOVERNOR DUNMORE'S LAND PATENTS IN THE VERMONT AREA 436
31. APPENDIX L. LIST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS THAT SOUGHT CONFIRMATION BY NEW YORK UNDER GOVERNOR TRYON'S HALF-FEE PLAN 437
32. APPENDIX M. LIST OF GRANTS MADE BY GOVERNOR TRYON CONFLICTING WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS 438
33. APPENDIX Ν. LIST OF DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF VERMONT, JULY 1777 439
34. BIBLIOGRAPHY 441
35. INDEX 459