This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...Esq' Captain General and Commander in Chief the Hon"' The Council and Hon"' House of Representatives of the Province aforesaid in General Court assembled at Boston--Twenty ninth day of May 1754--The Memorial of the Proprietors of the Township formerly Granted by this Great and Hon"' Court to Jonathan ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...Esq' Captain General and Commander in Chief the Hon"' The Council and Hon"' House of Representatives of the Province aforesaid in General Court assembled at Boston--Twenty ninth day of May 1754--The Memorial of the Proprietors of the Township formerly Granted by this Great and Hon"' Court to Jonathan Powers and others lying on the back of North Yarmouth in the County of York Humbly Shews That your Memorialists before the last War proceeded so far in the Settlement of sad Township as to lay out Homelotts of Sixty Acres to a Right and to build a Commodious Meeting house for the Publick Worship of God & Erected houses on their Homelotts conformable to the Conditions of their Grant which was attended with very considerable Charge and were proceeding to Clear the lands but before they were Able to Accomplish the same the War broke out and the said Meeting house & other houses so built were burnt or Destroyed by the Enemy and so your Memorialists were Obliged to Leave the Settlement of the same to a future time--That your Memorialists have been at Great Charge in laying out a New division of Homelotts in said Township not more then ten acres to a lott that they Might Settle more Compact and Defenceable And have this present Year Erected A New Meeting house fifty foot long & twenty five feet Wide in said Township in the Center of the last mentioned llomelotts which has cost a Considerable sum And were Ready to proceed in the Settlement of said Township Conformable to the Conditions of their Grant and should have perfected the same before the time limitted by your Excellency and Honours--But so it is may it please your Excellency and honours the late Rumour of War with the Indians has Retarded...
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Add this copy of The Baxter Manuscripts; Volume 6 to cart. $51.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Wentworth Press.
Add this copy of The Baxter Manuscripts; Volume 6 to cart. $68.53, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Wentworth Press.
