1From George Washington to Lord Dunmore, 2 November 1773 (Washington Papers)
GW was referring to the Order in Council of 7 April barring the colonial governors from granting further lands in the West except to officers qualifying under the royal Proclamation of 1763 (The “Ministerial Line” was the line drawn under the Proclamation of 1763.
2From George Washington to Lord Dunmore and Council, 3 November 1773 (Washington Papers)
...council of 4 and 6 Nov. of the record of the actions that the governor and council took with regard to his letter of 2 Nov. to the governor in which he inquired about land grants under the royal Proclamation of 1763 and to this letter of c.3 Nov. to the governor and council