J. Pownall, Secretary to the Board for Trade and Plantations, to Lieutenant Governour Colden

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Whitehall, March 15, 1775;

SIR: I am desired by the Lords Commissoners for Trade and Plantations, to send to you for your information, the inclosed Extracts of the Minutes of their Lordships' Proceedings upon several Petitions and Memorials referred and presented to them, relative to the pretensions of sundry persons to the District, commonly called King' s District, and other lands adjacent thereto, in the Province of New-York, heretofore claimed by Mr˙ Van Rensselaer.

I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

J˙ POWNALL.