pense and guardianship, Mason, accompanied by the usurped Mahomet, 
in 1735 journeyed to England, 77 where the Duke of Newcastle was memorialized 
by Mahomet upon the failure to enforce the earlier commission determination 
and upon the injuries received by the Mohegans at the hands of the 
Connecticut subjects. 78 
The Board of Trade at first intended to represent that the 1705 judgment 
be ordered executed or cause shown, 79 but upon discovery of the appeal therefrom, 
it advised the granting of a new commission of review invested with 
the same authority and power for rehearing and determining all matters in 
dispute as were granted by the earlier unexecuted commission. 80 The Committee, 
after hearing the Mohegan and Connecticut agents in March, 1736/7, 
accepted the Board of Trade advice and ordered laid before it a draft of such 
commission, with a list of commissioners. 81 A commission was then prepared 
and approved by the Committee; on April 21,1737, an Order in Council issued 
directing Newcastle to cause a warrant to be prepared for the King's signature 
to pass a commission under the Great Seal to the Governor and Council of 
New York and to the Governor and Assistants of Rhode Island, five of whom 
were to be a quorum. No appeal was reserved from the determination of 
these commissioners. The charge of passing the commission and all other 
expenses were to be defrayed by the crown in view of the Indian poverty. 82 
After issuance of the commission, Connecticut sought to improve its position 
plaint of the Mohegans (1 Talcott Papers, 
360). In October, 1730, Wadsworth, Samuel 
Lynde, and Stephen Whittlesey became guardians 
(7 Pub. Rec. Col. Conn., 300). In May, 
1732, John Richards replaced the deceased 
Whittlesey (ibid., 378). See also ibid., 519, for 
additional guardian authority. 
77 De Forest, op. cit., 323. Cf. the Connecticut 
view of Mason's actions (1 Talcott Papers, 
328-29, 331-33). An application by Mason 
to the Commissioners of the Society for the 
Propagation of the Gospel in New England to 
recommend him to the home organization 
was rejected (ibid., 330-31, 342, 352). The 
colony attempted to prevent the Rhode Island 
seal from being affixed to Mason's papers and 
Mahomet from going to England (ibid., 
345-46). 
78 ]CTP, 1734/5-41, 105-6; 1 Talcott Papers, 
368-72. 
™ JCTP, 1734/5-41, 109. 
80 Ibid., 109-10, 116. Hopes expressed by 
agent Francis Wilks that the death of Mahomet 
in August, 1736, would end the affair were 
not fulfilled (1 Talcott Papers, 374), but his 
decease rendered unnecessary a vigorous defense 
by the colony (ibid., 376-77, 380-81). 
John Mason also died in England. 
81 PC 2/94/135; JCTP, 1734/5-41, 168. 
Mason petitioned against Connecticut or New 
England inhabitants being in the commission 
(ibid., 168-69). Cf. Governor Belcher on the 
composition of the commission (2 Talcott 
Papers, 24-25). The Committee gave four 
reasons for issuance of the commission in 
reply to Wilks' objections: (1) the Council 
Board never made an order in vain; (2) the 
issuance of a new commission was only a 
revival of the old dormant one; (3) such 
issuance would not raise the question of rightful 
sachem, since Mahomet was dead; (4) 
the issuance favored Connecticut, since as 
matters stood judgment had been given against 
the colony (ibid., 14-17). 
82 PC 2/94/185, 204. For the commission see 
2 Talcott Papers, 18-23. Governor Talcott 
optimistically hoped for revocation of the commission 
(ibid., 30-32), but agent Wilks found 
it impossible to put a stop to execution of the 
commission. He advised the colony to have