To the inhabitants of the state of Vermont. Friends and fellow-countrymen, Pursuant to instructions received from the governor and council of this state, to wait on the hon. the General Assembly of the state of New-Hampshire ... I now publish a short and concise account of some matters that concern this state.

People / Organizations

• Ira Allen (Author)

Imprint

[Dresden, Vt., i.e., Hanover, N.H.: Printed by J.P. & A. Spooner, 1779]

Publication year

1779-1779

ESTC No.

W35004

Grub Street ID

345682

Description

1 sheet ; 1/2⁰

Note

Recounting matters in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Council that concern the boundary with the state of Vermont. Signed on p. 2: Ira Allen. Norwich, April 19th, 1779.

Includes a petition dated Newbury, March 17, 1779, signed by Jacob Balley [i.e., Bayley] and Davenport Phelps, and an extract of the proceedings of the Cornish Convention, both proposing that the inhabitants of the New Hampshire grants unite with the state of New Hampshire.

Imprint supplied by McCorison. Hanover, N.H., was in 1778 and 1779, acknowledged by its inhabitants to be Dresden, Vt.Citation/references Bristol, B4841

Shipton & Mooney, 43599