Research

Scope and Content Note

Records of this controversy and its settlement include petitions from New Yorkers in the disputed area complaining of the conduct of Vermonters and requesting help in defending their land rights; minutes and resolutions of local and congressional committees concerning actions or proposed actions to be taken to solve the dispute; correspondence of government officials and local committees regarding use of armed forces to protect New York's land claims, actions taken against New York by Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, and Congressional response to the dispute, sometimes criticizing the ineffectiveness of Congress; surveys, receipts, and correspondence regarding surveys of and patents for land granted by New York State to compensate property holders for land lost to Vermont in the dispute; and lists of names of "Vermont sufferers" entitled to land.