Circular Letter to the Govrs of the American Colonies, to transmit Abstracts of Tracts of Land from the first Establishment &c—

Whitehall

July 13. 1764.

To the Honble James Murray Esqr. Govr of Quebec.

Sir,

It being necessary that His Majesty should be fully informed of the true State of the Grants which have been made of Lands within the Province under your Government, we desire you will forthwith transmit to us an Abstract of the Record of all such Grants, from the first Establishment of the Colony, specifying the Names of the Grantees; the time when each Grant was made, the Quantity of Acres, and the Quit Rent, if any, reserved thereon; and expressing the Situation & Location of each Grant; and we desire you will for the future be particularly careful to transmit to us, every six Months, a like Abstract of all Grants made by you of any lands within your Government.

So we bid you heartily farewell, and are,

Sir, your very loving Friends,

Hillsborough

Geo. Rice

Bamber Gascoyne

J. Dyson.

Exd.

<A like Letter was wrote to Montagu Wilmot Esqr. Govr. of Nova Scotia. Benning Wentworth, Esqr. Govr of New Hampshire. Cadwallader Colden Esqr. Lieut Govr of New York. Francis Fauquier Esqr. Lieut Govr of Virginia. Arthur Dobbs Esqr Govr of North Carolina. William Bull Esqr. Lieut. Govr of South Carolina. James Wright Esqr. Govr. of Georgia.>