By His Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, captain general, and governor in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas sundry persons under titles derived from the government of France, while in possession of Canada, claim property in lands situate on that part of Lake Champlain, which lies within the limits of the province of New-York ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort-George, in the city of New-York, the seventeenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one ...