Endorsed as "Letter from the Presid't of / Pensylvania, respecting the / conduct of Ethan Allen & Sol'n / Strong at Wyoming."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Concerning intelligence reports on the activity of Ethan Allen and Solomon Strong in New York; saying that they "have lately been among the Settlers at Wyoming persuading them to join in erecting a new State to be compos'd of those Settlements, those on the West Branch of Susquehanah, and a Part of the State of New York, promising the Assistance of an armed Force from Vermont, besides what may be obtain'd from the Company in Connecticut, where they are now both gone to forward the Project. Chimerical as it appears and unlikely to Succeed, we thought it nevertheless right to acquaint your Excellency with it, that Such Enquiries may be made and Measures taken as you may judge proper, to prevent these restless Spirits from exciting Disturbances, that may divert the People's Attention from their Industry, and be attended with mischievous Consequences."