Collection of evidence in vindication of the territorial rights and jurisdiction of the State of New York against the claims of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and the people of the grants who are commonly called Vermonters : transcript, [18--].

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Collection of evidence in vindication of the territorial rights and jurisdiction of the State of New York against the claims of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and the people of the grants who are commonly called Vermonters : transcript, [18--].

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Nineteenth century copy of documentation assembled ca. 1780 by state commissioners James Duane, John Morin Scott, and Egbert Benson with the aim of substantiating New York's boundary claims in boundary disputes respecting properties on both sides of the Connecticut River, commonly called the New Hampshire Grants. Printed in New-York Historical Society Collections, 1869.

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Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784

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John Morin Scott (1730 – September 14, 1784) was a lawyer, military officer, and statesman before, during and after the American Revolution. Born in Manhattan, Scott attended public school in New York before graduating from Yale College. After graduation from Yale and further study, he was admitted to the New York bar association in 1752, and practiced law in Manhattan. In 1752, along with William Livingston and William Smith, he founded a weekly journal, the Independent Reflector. From 1756 ...