G[oldsbro]w Banyar DS Copy, January 19, 1763; Fort George, New York

At a Council held at Fort George in the City of New York on Wednesday the Nineteenth day of January 1763 ~ Present His Excellency the Honourable Robert [Monchton?]~ Captain General [?] ~

Mr [Horsmanden?]	Mr Watts
Mr Chambers	Mr Walton
Mr Smith	Mr DeLancey

Claiming under the Connajoharie Patent, in answer to the Complaint of the Connajoharie Indians respecting the said Patent, William Livingston Esq: {unclear punctuation here} of Council for the said Claimants was Called in and being fully heard thereupon, The Board were of Opinion and advised his Excellency to transmit to Sir William Johnson a Copy of the Declaration signed by the Indians, dated in Decem= =ber last and now produced to the Board on the part of the said Claimants, as also Copies of two Indian Deeds or Quit Claims to [Ielles Fonda?] and George Klack, one, Dated Twelfth December 1761, and the other Dated the, Twenty third February 1762, and to desire sir William Johnson would, as soon as Conveniently may be Convene, all the Sachems and Indians of the Connajoharie Castle at such place as he shall think fit and where it is~ probable the meeting will be most complete. And that~ he do at such meeting in the presence also of as many of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the County of ~ Albany as can be assembled, particularly the Justices~ before whom the Declaration aforesaid was made, explain to the Indians do met, the purport of the said Declaration And

19th January 1763

CopyMinute of Council relative to the Complaint of the Connajoharie Indians,

Entd. in vol VIII Indn. Records~ Page 363~