20 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
In the Introduction considerable space has been given to the 
negotiations which led up to the original arrangement with Talbot for 
the settlement of Dunwich and Aldborough, and to the subsequent dis- 
putes between him and the Executive Council over its interpretation. 
For permission to publish the Talbot Papers acknowledgments are 
due to His Honor Judge Macbeth, who some years ago entrusted them 
to the editor, with authority to publish them in his discretion. Under 
this authority the editor has from time to time permitted portions to 
appear in the newspaper press and elsewhere. 
It has been thought desirable to print the papers now as a collection. 
This will facilitate their citation, and is warranted by the importance 
of Colonel Talbot as a historical personage and by their inherent interest. 
Unless otherwise intimated, all the documents are from the collection 
left by Talbot. 
