| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 06_1762_00 |
Rolfe v Proprietors of Bow |
New Hampshire |
| Case Name Short |
Rolfe v Proprietors of Bow |
| Case Name Long |
Benjamin Rolfe, Daniel Carter, Timothy Simons, John Evans, John Chandler, Abraham Colby and Abraham Kimball v Proprietors of Bow |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [472] p.527 – 15 February 1762 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.2 (1 January 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.74–75: PC 2/109/74–75 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [472] p.527–530 – 29 December 1762 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.2 (1 January 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.433, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 453: PC 2/109/433, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 453 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court – September 1760 Superior Court – November 1760 |
Participants |
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Ayer, William Carter, Daniel Chandler, John Colby, Abraham Endicott, [John], former Governor of Massachusetts Evans, John Kimball, Abraham Lovewell, Capt. John Melvin, David Proprietors of Bow Rolfe, Benjamin Simons, Timothy Wentworth, John, former Governor of New Hampshire |
Description |
Land (“upon an Ejectment,” according to the Privy Council register). The conflict arises from the settling of the boundary of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. |
Disposition |
Reversed |
Notes |
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Related to another Privy Council appeal: Merrill v Proprietors of the township of Bow – Report No. 06_1754_00 (APC, v.4 [231] p.239) On the ejectment action involved here, see Additional Research. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Rolfe v Proprietors of Bow) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Rolfe) |
| Counsel | [Signed] Wm. DeGrey (spelled here DeGray); Al. Wedderburn |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.181–184 (Includes manuscript notes) |
| Library | New Hampshire Historical Society: 977.8bB784r |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Proprietors of Bow) |
ESTC: N62941 |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Yorke; Al. Forrester |
| Note | Appendix to the case of the respondent and also a map |
| Library | American Antiquarian Society: LNhL Bow Grea N762 PF (Lacks appendix and map) (Noted in ESTC? Yes.) |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.185–188 (Includes manuscript notes and appendix, f.189–190, and map, f.191–192) (Noted in ESTC? No.) |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society: 1796 Lib.-XLg.7.29 (Lacks appendix; manuscript notes limited to minor underlining and the name of Thomas Hutchinson added in a margin) (Noted in ESTC? No.) |
| Library | New Hampshire Historical Society: 977.8bB784r (Includes appendix) (Noted in ESTC? No.) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | The respondent’s printed case at the Massachusetts Historical Society is found in a folder entitled ‘Briefs respecting the Controversy between Massachusetts and New Hampshire’. The folder also includes the appellant’s case in Merrill v Proprietors of Bow, documents from the earlier royal commission to settle the boundary, and related maps. The maps at the British Library and in the Massachusetts Historical Society have not been compared. |
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| Other Documents | Andrews, Guide to Manuscript Materials, p.94, 95, references: |
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(1) British Library Additional Manuscripts 15487 f.96–103, Plans and Explanations of plans of Massachusetts and New Hampshire touching the boundary question and the bounds of certain towns as Rumford, Suncook, and Bow; and |
(2) Additional Manuscripts 15489 f.5, which is the deposition in manuscript of B. Rolfe of Rumford regarding extracts from the “Proprietors Book of Rumford”. |