more, consisting of 153 persons, being all Protestants, from North Britain to this Province.

And in the month of August in the year 1739, your petitioner did also (at a very great expense, on the aforesaid encouragement) transport from North Britain aforesaid to this Province, forty-one families more, consisting of 180 persons, who are also Protestants.

That in the month of November last, your petitioner, at a further great expense, did transport and bring into this Province from North Britain aforesaid, twelve more Protestant families, which consist of 94 persons.

That your petitioner, since his arrival in this Province, has been at a very great expense in supporting many of the persons so by him brought over, besides the charge of their transportation aforesaid.

That since your petitioner's arrival here, he has not obtained any grant of lands, either for himself or any of the families or persons so by him brought over.

That the settlement of your petitioner and families so by him brought over, upon the lands so proposed to be settled by the late Governor Cosby and your Honor and Council, will not only encourage many other Protestant families to come over and settle there, but will also be a good barrier and safeguard to all those already settled in the county of Albany, and to the whole Province.

Your petitioner, therefore, most humbly prays your honors to grant to your petitioner and persons by him brought over, in fee simple, his Majesty's letters patent, under the great seal of this Province, for one hundred thousand acres of vacant and unpatented lands, in the county of Albany, proposed to be granted to Protestant families as aforesaid, next adjoining to the lands already patented, under such moderate quitrents, reservations, and provisos as other lands are usually granted in this Province, but free of all other charges and expense, agreeable to the aforesaid encouragement, and your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray, &c.

The Report of the Committee to whom the Petition of Laughlin Campbell was referred.

In pursuance of an order of Council, referring to us the petition of Laughlin Campbell, the Committee having read and considered thereof, proceeded to examine the petitioner as to the first allegation of his petition, who did confess that from North Britain he arrived first in the year 1737, in Pennsylvania, where, upon inquiring concerning the terms on which he could obtain grants of lands in that Province, he found that they were rated at £15 per hundred, besides officers' fees for the grant and quitrent, &c. That then in the same year he came to this Province, to make inquiry concerning the terms on which he could get

lands granted here, and on discoursing thereupon with the Governor and Surveyor General, he was informed 100,000 acres advertised in the time of the late Governor Cosby, to be granted to any Protestant that should come over to settle, in pursuance of that advertisement and encouragement therein, were then already granted; but that they would engage that the petitioner should have lands granted here at the rate of £3 per hundred, inclusive of the charges of Indian purchase, survey, and all officers' fees and other ex

penses.

The petitioner did likewise further confess, that after this he took a journey to Maryland, to inquire upon what terms he could obtain grants of land in that Province.

But at last did determine to transport a number of families into this Province, upon the encouragement of the foregoing discourse with the Governor and Surveyor General. Accordingly, in the year 1738, he brought over thirty families. Whereupon the proposals in a printed paper, produced to the said Committee, whereof a true copy is hereunto annexed, were made to the petitioner by his honor the present Governor.

The petitioner did likewise further confess, that after his said arrival, he was offered a grant of 19,000 acres, free of all fees, except survey and quitrent, which the Committee finds the petitioner neglected to take.

That afterwards, he returned to Europe, and in August, 1739, brought over forty-one families more (as in second suggestion in his petition) several of which have left him without paying their passage; that some have paid, but that all the said families were bound for the payment thereof.

It appears to this Committee, that on the 17th October, 1738, a petition from Alexander Montgomerie, Alexander NacNaught, Peter McArthur, and Daniel Carmichael, in behalf of themselves and twenty-six other heads of families, praying 7200 acres of land; also a petition from John McNeal, for 1000 acres of land; and a petition from Ronald Campbell, for 1000 acres (the said petitioners being all of them persons brought over by the said Campbell,) were presented in Council, and the Council advised the granting the prayer thereof. But the petitioners neglected to proceed further thereon. Since which time, it does not appear to this Committee, that any further application has been made by the petitioner, or any persons brought over by him, to the Governor and Council on such account,

The Committee observes that in the list annexed to this petition, there are inserted the names of several persons for 2000 acres each, whom this Committee well know to have resided long in this Province before the petitioner ever transported any person hither, or came himself into this Province.

The Committee observes further, that in the said list annexed to the said petition, that there are thirty-four persons nominated for 2000 acres each, and twenty-three persons for 1000 acres each, and only one for 500 acres. Whereas, as this Committee conceives, it was the intention of the Government to grant to each family, at the rate of about fifty acres for each person therein.

Upon the whole, it is the opinion of the Committee, that the allegations in the said petition contained, with regard to any expectation concerning the 100,000 acres advertised in Governor Cosby's time, or with respect to any discouragement that the petitioner, or any others brought from North Britain hither, have received from the Government, are false and groundless.

However, that when proper application shall be made to the Government by the petitioner, or the persons already brought over, or that shall hereafter be brought over, by him, all due encouragement should be given to their settlement in this Province, upon their giving satisfactory assurance, that they will immediately after a grant passed, enter upon and settle the lands.

All of which is humbly submitted, by order of the Committee.

DANIEL HORSMANDEN, Chairman.

NEW YORK, APRIL 18, 1741.

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[ADVERTISEMENT.]

Encouragement given for People to remove and settle in the Province of New York, America.

The Honorable George Clarke, Esq., Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-chief of the Province of New York, hath, upon the petition of Mr. Laughlin Campbell, from Isla, North Britain, promised to grant him thirty thousand acres of land, at the Wood Creek, free of all charges ex

cepting the survey and the King's quitrent, which is about one shilling and nine pence farthing sterling, for each hundred acres; and also to grant to thirty families already landed here, lands in proportion to each family, from five hundred acres unto one hundred and fifty, only paying the survey and the King's quitrent; and all Protestants, that incline to come and settle in this colony, may have lands granted them from the Crown, for three pounds sterling per hundred acres, and paying the yearly quitrent.

GEORGE CLARKE.

Dated in New York, this 4th day of December, 1738.