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1742-June 28.-Address of the Eastern Council of Proprietors to

Governor Lewis Morris-relative to the partition line

between New York and New Jersey.

25.-Affidavit of James Alexander-relative to the posi-

tion of the North partition point between New Jersey

and New York..

1743-Jan.

144

145

66

June

March 8.-Letter from Secretary Hill to Francis Fane-rela-

tive to two acts of the New Jersey Assembly.

9.-Letter from John Hamilton to the Lords of Trade

-relative to the claim of Lewis Morris for salary,

while striving to obtain the Presidency of New Jer-

sey..

150

151

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66

46

Aug. 23.-Letter from Samuel Gillibrand, Deputy Secretary

of the Lords of Trade to John Hamilton-in answer

to the foregoing letter....

--Instructions from John Hamilton and Andrew

Johnston to John Lawrence for running the parti-

tion line between East and West Jersey..

22.-Letter from Governor Lewis Morris of New Jersey

to Governor George Clinton of New York....

--Petition of Abraham Vanaken and Juriam West-

phale to the Governor and Council of New Jersey—

relating to disturbances on the Northern boundary of

the Province.....

Oct.

Nov. 15.-Report of Chief Justice Robert H. Morris to the

Board of Proprietors of East Jersey-concerning the

Northern boundary -

1744-May

15.-Letter from John Hamilton to the Lords of Trade

acknowledging letter of Secretary Gillibrand of

August 23, 1743......

21.-Postscript to the New York Weekly Post-Boy-

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154

162

168

66

June
to

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66

66

172

173

... 178

containing particulars of the excommunication of a

Chief Justice in Pennsylvania..

23.-Speeches of Governor Lewis Morris to the General
Assembly, with the Assembly's address, and Abstract

July 3 of the proceedings on the Militia Bill .

Aug. 21.-Order in Council referring to the consideration of

the Lords of Trade, a petition from the inhabitants

of Elizabethtown, praying that the King would hear

and determine their controversy with the Proprietors 205

7.-Memorial of the East Jersey Proprietors to Gov-

ernor Morris-asking for the passage of an Act for

running the dividing line from New York ex parte 216

-Representation of the Council of New Jersey to

Governor Morris-containing reasons for rejecting

certain Acts, etc..

Sept.

1745-Jan.

219

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1745-Feb.

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66

66

232

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1.-Letter from Governor Morris to the Lords of Trade

-recommendations for the Council..

28.-Certificate of Governor Morris-concerning the

Proprietors' Surrender of the Government....

June 19.-Communication from the Lords of Trade to the

Lords Justices, confirming Governor Morris' recom-

mendations for the Council of February 1......... 237

20.-Communication from the Lords of Trade to the

Lords Justices-making further recommendations for

the Council of New Jersey..

Aug. 15.-Representation from the Lords of Trade to the

Lords Justices-proposing the repeal of the Act

regulating fees.....

237

238

.-Population in New Jersey in 1737-38 and in 1745. 242

-Lists of Rioters in Essex County....

66 Nov.

Oct. 3-18.-Minutes of the House of Representatives of New

A Brief Vindication of the Purchasers against

the Proprietors, in a Christian Manner".

-Communication of the Rioters to the New York Post

Boy-about the Riot at Newark..........

245

246

266

292

66

March 25.-A publication of the East Jersey Proprietors-re-

lating to the Riots....

297

66

April 26.-Speech of Samuel Nevill in the House of Assembly

on the petition of inhabitants of the Northern part of

the Province...

323

-Petition to the House of Assembly by certain of the

Rioters.....

11.-Commission to Robert H. Morris, Lewis Johnston

and Elisha Parker to run the line between East and

West Jersey...

352

66

66

66

June 4,18, 19.-Minutes of the Council of New Jersey...

30.-Letter from the East Jersey Proprietors-to a Com-

mittee of the subscribers to a proposal sent to the

Governor...

353

367

7.-Order in Council upon a petition of Richard Par-

tridge, Agent for New Jersey-requesting that the

King shall authorize the Governor to approve the

bill providing for the issue of £40,000 in Bills of

Credit..

361

11.-Notice of Nathaniel Wheeler and others to the

Proprietors of East Jersey-stating their willingness

to appear in Court, etc., to test their rights..

365

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1746-Aug. 13.-Proceedings of the Council of New Jersey-relative

to the raising of troops, the erection of a Beacon on

the Highlands of Neversink, etc

29.-Letter from Elisha Parker, Attorney for the Pro-
prietors of East Jersey, to the Committee making
the proposals under date of August 11.

Sept. 27.-Minutes of the Council of New Jersey-relative to

the embarkation of troops, etc..

371

392

376

Sept. 27.-Letter from President John Hamilton to the Coun-

cil of New York-relating to the destruction by fire

of the Beacon on the Highlands of Neversink...... 379

1.-Letter from Captain Joseph Espinoza to Governor
Clinton, of New York-complaining of his imprison-
ment at Perth Amboy, on alleged infractions of the
privileges of a flag of truce...

Nov.

380

395

—.—Petition from Captain Joseph Espinoza to Gov-

ernor Clinton-connected with the preceding charges 381

Dec. 23.-Affidavit of Elisha Parker-relative to legal pro-
ceedings of the Committee of the Rioters...

24. -State of the facts concerning the late Riots at New-

ark, and in other parts of New Jersey, from Sep-

tember 19th, 1745...

66

66

-Letter from James Alexander and Robert Hunter

Morris, of the New Jersey Council, to the Lords of

Trade-giving an account of the condition of the

Province...

1747-Feb. 17.-Letter from Ferdinand John Paris to James Alex-

ander-about Governor Belcher's delay in obtaining

his Commission.....

397

419

422

424

426

March 19.-Proceedings of the Council of New Jersey -

April 22.-Letter from David Ogden to President Hamilton

transmitting affidavits respecting the Riots.....

29.-Representation of the Lords of Trade to the King

respecting a petition of Richard Partridge to author-

ize the Governor of New Jersey to issue Bills of

Credit....

433

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66

66

May 6 & 9.-Proceedings of the Council and message from

President Hamilton to the House of Assembly of

New Jersey, with their answer.

435

66

May

6.-Letter from Governor Clinton, of New York, to

Colonel Schuyler of the New Jersey forces-about

the paying of his troops....

441

66

9. Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council

upon a petition of Jonathan Belcher, appointed Gov-

ernor of New Jersey-relative to his salary

443

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446

447

1747-May 10.-Letter from James Alexander and Robert H. Mor-

ris, of New Jersey, to the Lords of Trade, written at

the request of President Hamilton...

11.-Letter from President Hamilton to Colonel Peter

Schuyler, commanding the New Jersey forces..

19. Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council,

referring to the Lords of Trade, a petition of Jona-

than Belcher, appointed Governor of New Jersey-

for permission to be absent from his Government for

two or three months, to visit New England.
449

23.-Letter from Governor Clinton, of New York, to

the Duke of New Castle-relating to the payment of

troops...

28.-Report of the Lords of Trade on the petition of

Jonathan Belcher, submitted on the 19th of May.... 453

--List of Rioters in Somerset and Middlesex Coun-

ties, New Jersey.

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

June-Judge Nevill's charge to the Grand Jury of Mid-

dlesex County, about the Riots...

25.-Letter from John Reading, eldest Councillor of

New Jersey, to the Lords of Trade-informing them

of the death of President Hamilton, and that he had

assumed the Government..

July 18.-Letter from John Deare to Chief Justice Morris,

informing him of the Riot at Perth Amboy...

20.-Affidavits relating to the Riot at Perth Amboy,

July 17th...

66

46

44

28.-Letter from Chief Justice Robert Hunter Morris to

James Alexander-about New Jersey affairs

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455

456

462

463

465

471

NEW JERSEY

COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.

From the Lords of Trade to the King, with Draft of a Commission for Lewis Morris as Governor of New Jersey.

[From P. R. O. B. T. New Jersey, Vol. XIV, p. 400.]

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELL MAJTY.

May it please your Majesty.

In Obedience to Your Majesty's Commands signified to Us by a Letter from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle dated the 13th Instant, We have prepared the Draught of a Commission for Lewis Morris Sen! Esq to be Your Majesty's Governor of New Jersey in America, Which being in the usual Form, We herewith humbly lay the same before your Majesty, and shall prepare the necessary Instructions for him with all possible Dispatch.

Which is most humbly submitt'd

Whitehall 25. Jan'ry 1737-8

MONSON
T PELHAM

EDW! ASHE

R. PLUMER
M. BLADEN