Author : Mitchell Mitchell
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ISBN 13 : 9781332177073
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)
Book Synopsis The Peterborough Register, 1905 (Classic Reprint) by : Mitchell Mitchell
Download or read book The Peterborough Register, 1905 (Classic Reprint) written by Mitchell Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Peterborough Register, 1905 The history of the town of Peterborough begins with the granting of the township to Samuel Heywood and fifty-nine others, by act of the General Court of Massachusetts, Dec. 8, 1737, and which became a law when Gov. Belcher affixed his signature, Jan. 16, 1738. As early as 1721 a few of these petitioners had received the grant of a township, and several other attempts had been made by them but the first attempt was thwarted by the Indian wars, and later attempts lacked legislation. By the Act of 1737 a grant of a township six miles square was made in the northern part of Massachusetts (as was supposed) in any locality, providing only that it should not encroach upon any former grant. The location seems to have been selected by Joseph Wilder, surveyor, and Joseph Richardson and Zacheus Lovell, chainmen, who were sent by the grantees to choose a suitable location, and lay out the township. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
