History of Charlestown, NH by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson Chapter VIII, p.120 The State of Vermont, originally the New-Hampshire grants, adopted its Constitution and set up an independent government in 1778. Previous to 1749 no township had been chartered in the territory which it embraced. In that year Governor Wentworth having received a royal commission to make grants of unimproved lands within his government, gave a charter to sundry individuals of the township of Bennington...he addressed a letter to Lieutenant Governor Colden, acting chief magistrate of the Province of New-York, in which he informs him in respect to the nature of the commission which he had received; and gave a description of New-Hampshire, as the King, in his commission had determined it; and then invited Lieut. Gov. Colden to give his sentiments in relation to the manner in which it would affect the grants made by him and preceding Governors; it being his intention to avoid interference with the government of the Province of New-York, as much as might be consistent with His Majesty's instructions. To this, on the 9th of April, 1750, he received a reply from Gov. George Clinton contained in a resolve of the Council of New-York, as follows:"That this Province is bounded eastward by (the) Connecticut River, the letters patent from King Charles Second to the Duke of York expressly granting all lands from the west side of the Connecticut River to the east side of Deleware Bay." [Wentworth] commenced that series of charters which was only terminated in 1764; in which year His Majesty, to whom the two provinces had appealed to decide the matter of jurisdiction in dispute between them, made his decision in favor of New-York; from which time New-Hampshire withdrew her claims....Governor Wentworth had chartered a large number of towns, amounting in all to 138. ....etcc. The above was Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and posted to Rootsweb archives..