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GEN. GAGE'S LETTER TO CAPT. MACPHERSON.
remains solely in the King, and that no purchase can be made of Indians, * but with the King's permission and authority. It may be needless after the above explanation, to inform you that all grants made by Lieutenant Colonel Gladwin, Major Bruce, or any other British commander, are nul and void, and of no value.
As for the French grants in general, unless approved by the Governor General of Canada, and registered accordingly, they were not valid; but as for Monsieur Belestre's grants in the the year 1760, they cannot be deemed any other than fraudulent,
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