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Published: 2016-06-25

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ISBN-13: 9781332931255

Excerpt from The State of the Lands Said to Be Once Within the Bounds of the Charter of the Colony of Connecticut, West of the Province of New-York, Considered HE Affair of the Sufquehannah' Land, hath become a Matter confiderablyg interefting, both in the Affembly, and in the Colony in general, both to the Adventurers, and'to thofe Inhabi tants of the Colony that are not: Much hath been faid, and much hath been written and publi xed oh the Subject particularly in Part of a Letter fent by Dr. Gale, to W. Efq; I and a' fmall Pamphlet, entitled, Remarks on the aforefaid Letter, fubfcribed E. D. From which lall Piece I had my Expectations fomething raifed, that I Ihould find in it fome thing fatisfying, 'that it would be fafe and prudent for the Govern ment to grant, and reafonable for the Adventurers to expee't, that they fnould have a Conveyance made to them of the Land they; feem t0 be defirous'of; but on reading the fame, found my Expec tation-s fadly difappointed; and in ead of a clear, calm, and. Difpa ionate Difplay of the Government's Right to gfant, and alfo of the'merit, or fome di ingui xing Defervings of the Adven turers, that would jullly give them the Preference to the roll of the Inhabitants of the Colony, ' to take the fame, I found the Piece replenifhed with very opprobriou's lnvee'tives againll the poor Dottor (to borrow one among many of his. Epithets) as tho' it would fully anfwer his own End, if he could bht fet him in an odious, contemptible, and ridiculous Light; and alfo, as if he imagined it mull be taken for granted, that it mull be tight and prudent for the Government to*grant, and for the Adventurers to take, if he'could make the Dottor, who oppofes it, appea; to'b'e 'a'bad Man {but will not the impartial Enquirer'ibe prone to uf peet, n0t only that the Doetor is abufed, but alfo that the Can e is really bad, when fuch Weapons are ufed to defend it? And I am fincerely ferry, that a Gentleman of f0 dignified and'di inguifhoed a Charafter, {hould write on'fuch an interefiing'subje, in fach a Manner. Indeed he clofes his Piece with a C ether}, thatif it is not to be underflood a mere Compliment to h own Performance, would afford' fome Foundation to believe', that 'he himfelf thought the Thing deferved to be treated at hall with this Freedom: But' then why did he publifh it? Hence I fhb'uld difniifs the Remarken' and his Remarks, if it was not for a grofs' Mifreprefentation of {dine very material Fae'ts (asi apprehend) which he lays down as the Bafis on which he builds his greatelt Arguments in the Cafe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."