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No. 91. Dec. 30, 1800. Alteration " from old rond near Maj. Ebenezer Gove's house; W. on his land, as now trodden to old road at the foot of the hill; old road taken for land." A change in the now discontinued part of No. 13, west of the present Shepard place, East Tllton.
No. 92. Nov. 28, 1810 (?) (1809). "From Burlelgh Mill bridge, E. across land of Ens. Nathl. Piper, where path is now trodden. Piper to have range on S. end of his land," three rods wide. Probably a connection between Nos. 70 and 76; or one of the numerous changes to which the highways in the vicinity of the Chapel have been subjected.
No. 93. June 21, 1811. "From N. side of road leading from John Lakin's to New Hampton line, North of Lakin's orchard, at stake and stones ; thence N. to path now trodden; thence on s'd path to Levy Chase's, and by Chase's to Edmond Rundlet's." Near the R. Cawley place, New State; the northeast spur of No. 54 to sites of Rundlet honses, near New Hampton town line. Discontinued, 1873.
No. 94. Nov. 30, 1812 (13). Alteration on " main road from 30 rods N. of Major Stephen Gale's house, N., where road Is now mnude, to old road S. of the Ilunt Brook, through land of Stephen Gale and William Dyer." The old road passed round on ridge from the present Widow Samuel Page's, Tilton, avoiding the swamp on the present more direet ronte.
No. 95. 1813. "From New Chester Union Bridge, S. E., through land of Jolin Abrams and Hezekiah Young, to Bennett's Ferry road, where path now trod." Original highway from the Hill Bridge (then lately built) to near the present P. C. Shaw's.
No. 96. March 3, 1813. "From road near Widow Judith Lane's house, where gate formerly stood, through land belonging to heirs of David Lane, to gate near Jona. Morrison, Jun.'s, house ; for which the whole of range at
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N. end of land of David Lane, west side of roud, given to suld heirs." > highway was this lakl out, and used for u bridle path, but never worked (except at Its cust extremity) from below the present Horace Sunborn's to William Lane's, and thenee west across the Gulf woods, as used in winter.
No. 95. June 28, 1813. " From 20 rods above the bridge over Salmon brook, below Jona. Cawley's, N., uts road Is newly made, to old road near N. E. corner of J. C.'s orchard, " three rods wide. The present " cut-off" opposite the Cawley house, and near the cemetery, New Hampton road.
No. 98. June 23, 1813. Alteration, "neur Stone Bridge, so called [Jona. Taylor, 3d's ], from oht road above school house, East, as newly minde, to old roud towards John luse, Jr.'s "; three rods wide. The original way of ascend- ing the hill from the Stone Bridge School-house towards the Arthur C. Taylor homestead was slightly different from the present.
No. 99. June 28, 1813. "From range road, at S. E. corner of Joseph Phil- brook's land, N., between hils and land of Stewart Hoyt, on land left by Pro- prietors of the Town for a road." Between Lots No. 15 and No. 16, Second Division; probably on path used by early settlers In upper end of Lot No. 15, und never munch used after this dute.
No. 100. Sept. 15, 1813. " From the turnpike, abont 70 rods from the South end, N. about 90 rods, - where road is now mnde, to Meredith tine"; three rods wide. " Road discontinued from South end of turnpike to Meredith line." Is to be connected with No. 80, being the present travelled highway from New Hampton stage road (turnpike) towards Meredith Ridge.
No. 101. Aug. 25, 1815. "From range at S. E. corner of David Joliston's land, W., as road now trodden, to hils W. side line," three rods wide, " he to have range at south end of his lot." As David Johnston was probably living on his father's homestead (Lot No. 1, First Division), this must have been simply a driveway from Road No. 24, near the present John M. Gilman's, to a boat landing on the Bay shore.
No. 102. May 31, 1817. "From Wadleigh rode, near the stone bridge, through James Wadleigh's land to his house." This must have been a branch or continuation of Road No. 30 (to the honse named, from near Colby Brook) after the Wadleighs began to nse No. 30 instead of No. 43 for " getting out."
No. 103. May 31, 1817. "From John Wiggins's corner to Chase Weeks's house, on the Lock farm, so called, ou land of Chase Weeks." The short road running east from the main road in Lot No. 37, Second Division (No. 21 of this catalogue), to the present homestead of S. D. Weeks.
No. 104. July 3, 1820. " From the Bay road, East side, foot of Kinneson (Keniston) hill; S. E., between land of Samuel Lakeman and John Bamford, by widow and John Bamford's house, abont 152 rods, to N. W. corner of D. C. Atkinson's mill yard; and 15 rods, across mill yard and Canal, to said Atkinson's house." Present cross road from northeast of Bela S. Keniston's to railroad depot and Burleigh's Bridge, East Tilton.
No. 105. Sept. 26, 1821. "From near Jonathan Simpson's, West, to road leading from Clark Gordon's [now Nathaniel M. Prescott's] to Thomas Mor- rison's, through land of Daniel Tilton and Clark Gordon; for which they receive the ranges and St6 (Daniel Tilton, $40)." This the cross road from near Charles Cawley's, by the late Levi Tilton's, to Brook road near Richard D. Jolmson's.
No. 100. Nov. 19, 1822. " From road a few rods N. of Stephen Prescott's land, N. W. to road near Edmund Osgood's house, through land of said
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Prescott and Osgood, - James Prescott and Abraham Fowler." A change uear the northwestern terminus of road No. 54.
No. 107. Nov. 19, 1822. " From road near Thomas Morrison's house, N. W. to a Norway pine; thence to road where now trod; thence a little East of the clay pit to the old mill road, so called, near Samuel Dustin's mill, through land of S. Dustin and Jeremiah Smith." This was doubtless the old connecting highway south of Salmon Brook (remains of which are still plainly to be seen), from the vicinity of the Jolmson clock shop to the old Dustin grist mill. Discontinued, Muy 25, 1850.
No. 108. 1824 (as per vote of town, Nov. 1). "From North part of Satchel W. Clark's mill yard, south, as now travelled, till it comes to middle of Bridge over the river"; three rods wide. A short highway at Cross's Mills, Franklin.
No. 109. May 20, 1825. " Alteration of road neur Den. Jolin Woodman's, taking three rods from Hezekiah Smith's land." Another slight change in Nos. 60 and 89 near the present Bay School-house.
No. 110. Sept. 5, 1825, entered; previously returned, 1817. "From Clark's mill yard to main road from Sanbornton Bridge to Salisbury, through land of Jolm Clark, 4th, and Abraham Cross." Same as at present, connecting bridge at Cross's Mills with road from Tilton to Franklin.
No. 111. Sept. 13, 1826. " From Jolin Abrams's to Levi Prescott's, using the old roud through Folsom Morrill's lund; also from junction with road from Win. Weeks's to Piper's Mills; but then running South of the old road up the River hill, and again up the sand hill; and finally coming to the old road a few rods North of said Levi Prescott's barn " (now Harrison White's). This is the present road from Hill Bridge, down the river and through the pine woods, using portions of Nos. 45 and 76, and causing the discontinuance of two sections of No. 70, north of the late Daniel Prescott's, and ucar the Chapel Mills.
No. 112. Sept. 13, 1826 (nearly). " From Meadow School-house to ucar Ebenezer Sauboru's, abt. 330 rods," as at preseut cuding near M. W. Ben- uett's, from same beginning. This road had been talked of the year before, und postponed by advice of a committee.
No. 113. Jan. 3, 1829. "From Capt. Jas. Prescott's to Joseph Weeks's, nearly S. abt. 132 rods from old road uear said Prescott's, to meet the road passing by said Weeks's house "; the present homestead of Eleazer D). Weeks, which road was probably a driftway to the old Cawley house from l'iper's Mills.
No. 114. Jan. 16, 1830. " Short road laid out through Joseph Wadleigh, 3d's, land, from N. E. corner of Thomas Shute's; west to said Wadleigh's dwelling- house, for which the latter received $10 compensation." This was merely a branch of No. 30, on Lot No. 35, Second Division, "to be a highway as long as J. W., 3d, shall keep it in repair, and no longer."
No. 115. Jan. 28, 1830. " From corner near Richard Prescott's, S. E. to intersect the road leading from Peter Hersey's to Sanbornton Centre, near Fullington brook so called." The well-known Chapel road, at present from Sanbornton Square to Harrison White's.
. No. 11C. Sept. 18, 1830. "From house of Jeremiah Swain, S. W. to land of Dudley Swain, 24 rods; to land of Nathaniel S. Calley, 89 rods; thence to the highway now leading from Dea. Joseph Wadleigh's to the Salmon Brook mill, 82 rods. J. S. freely gives his land; D. S. receives $16.69; N. S. C.
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receives 820." The present cross-road southwest from Win. R. Morrison's, on Lots 32 and 33. Second Division.
No. 117. March 10, 1834. "A connecting link of road through Henry Shaw's land, abt. 46 rods, from N. E. corner of Rhoda Bean's land, South Westerly to town line of Sanbornton and Franklin"; three rods wide. This was from near the late homestead of Putnam Batcheller, southwest to Frank- Il town line, In southeast corner of Lot No. 2, Second Division.
No. 118. May 20, 1835. "Return of road made wider from Simon Rowe's honse to the brook near David Robinson's." At the foot of Colby IIII, towards Clark's Corner, on road No. 10.
No. 119. Nov. 19, 1836. "From near John Abrams, Jr.'s, and New Chester Bridge, up the brook N. and E. to road near David Dustin's, at Intersection" of Nos. 54 and 59, over land of Lydia Head, the Abramses (John and John, Jr.), Asa Prescott; and David Dustin. This the original highway from Hill Bridge to near the present L. B. Hathon's.
No. 120. . Nov. 19, 1836. Alteration " from South side of road as now travelled, near foot of hill at corner of Levl Prescott's pasture," with a cir- cult of ulity-seven rods, resulting In the present sand-hill ou the Chapel road. Third alteration near this place. (See Nos. 70 and 111. )
No. 121. May 15, 1837. Road "lald out" from near " Samuel Dustin's orchard, and by his inills and brick-yard till it strikes the old road from Salmon brook to the Ist Baptist meeting-house." We have It on good authority that the old Dustin inlll road and bridge were both built and kept up as private property for many years; leaving the main road, No. 15, at foot of hill, west of the new Brook School-house, at the orchard above mentioned; thence down to the brook, across the gorge at the mill (see No. 107) ; and thence through the pine woods, striking No. 4 at top of the hill towards Crockett's Corner. This " return " marks simply the time when this piece of road was formally " taken" by the town; though with the decay of the mill a few years afterwards, it was no longer kept open.
No. 122. July 15, 1837. " Road straightened near the Kelley Ledge so as to pass on the West side of the school-house," avolding hill north of ledge.
No. 123. Feb. 10, 1838. " Road straightened between Burleigh's Bridge and Union Bridge," East Tilton.
No. 124. April 2, 1838. " Road between Sanboruton Square and Sanborn- ton Bridge widened and straightened at several points, from the lower end of Sanborn road to the Gulf road." Probably the corners at that time " rounded " just below the then Bartlett Hill's garden (great house), now Amos M. Baker's, at the Square. Cost of widening to the town, $350.35.
No. 125. Sept. 15, 1838. Road " turned a few rods to avoid a very bad hill" near David Brown's; forty-six rods. Old New Hampton road.
No. 126. Oct. 18, 1838. "New highway from Noah Eastman, Esq.'s, round the so-called Lovejoy hill," - Daniel Sanborn's and Thomas Taylor's lands, - about 32 rods; costing the town $60.75. The obvious change in old road just below the "Pound."
No. 127. Oct. 13, 1838. "Sanborn Road further widened and straightened above Joseph 1[. Lane's and Jonathan Sanborn's."
No. 128. 1838. "From old road near Moses F. Cass's, S. W. by Piper's Mills, to Franklin line; also from Piper's Mill Bridge, 7 rods, S. 20° E., to centre of same highway." This road and Piper Bridge cost the town $1,229.95. Same as now travelled, by the old chapel.
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No. 129. Dec. 22, 1840. From six rods south of the " covering of Ford's Bridge, so called," through land of Win. Ford, Joseph Richardson, and Hiram and Joli C. Gilman, one hundred and forty-three rods, to a point three rods West from new bridge over Sauboruton Bay. Present highway to Mosquito Bridge from the north.
No. 130. Dec. 26, 1840. Road made "wider and straighter from Daniel Burleigh's, through James Osgood's land, Easterly to Joseph Lock's." Caler Hill, as approached from the west.
No. 131. Feb. 20, 1841. Road changed "over Copp's hill, for its improve- ment, across John Copp's land"; to whom paid $15. . Probably near Mohawk Point, at the Bay.
No. 132. Feb. 1, 1842. " Main road leading from Clark's Corner to Mere- dith line widened and straightened" ut expense, for sums paid to owners of land, of $163. This included the cut-off on meadow south of Cawley Bridge.
No. 133. Feb. 25, 1842. A short road from Widow Polly Judkins to new road near Cawley Bridge, twenty-four rods ; and $11 damage. Rendered neces- sary by and connecting with No. 132.
No. 134. June 10, 1842. Road widened " from David Shaw's to top of hill in the pine woods." An improvement of No. 111.
No. 135. Oct. 24, 1842. " From Jolin Hammond's [near the present Kins- ley H. Batchelder's] to road lending from John Abram's to David Dustin's," or No. 119, two hundred and twenty-eight rods; involving discontinuance of two other ronds (No. 64 and part of No. 54) above Benjamin Cawley's.
No. 136. Oct. 29, 1842. Change in road " running N. from N. E. corner of Joslah Osgood's field, 46 rods, S. and W. of former road towards John Hammond's."
No. 137. June 12, 1845. " From Amos S. Williams's [now A. II. Robin- son's], North, over drift way, to Jesse Sanborn's, 100 rods." As at present, south of Ilerman T. Hale's.
No. 138. Dec. 6, 1845. "From Union Bridge to River road made wider and straighter." An improvement of No. 65.
No. 139. Oct. 2, 1847. A "widening of the road [ Franklin and New Hamp- ton] ten rods south of Ist Bap. m. h., and towards Piper's Mills, to 3 rods." Damage, $18.50; mostly awarded to George W. Prescott.
No. 140. Nov. 12, 1847. "From stake in road neur Joseph Richardson's, N. W. corner of William Ford's land, [and demolishing his old mill site !] to sine in road leading by Richard Durgin's, near Meadow School-house," down Sucker Brook.
No. 141. April 8, 1849. " Road made wider and crookeder [ !] * between Moses W. Weeks's and Piper's Mills; $11.67 to Nathaniel Piper." North of Chapel Mills.
No. 142. July 30, 1849. " From the Burley Bridge, over Jolin L. Perley's land ($25), Jacob Bamford's ($26), and Moses Lakeman's ($80), to the U. B. and S. B. roads." In part, modification of No. 104; from near Capt. J. B. Sanborn's, as at present, by the East Tilton railroad station.
No. 143. Oct. 19, 1849. " From brook near Belknap [llill] Bridge, round the Bow [through the then Abbott (now I. N. Lane) farm] to road 30 rods
* This expression actually occurs in some of the returns for changes of highways on the Town Records. It designates, less euphoniously than coucisely, a more cir- cuitons route around a hill.
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cust of Samuel Pike's house. Highest damages to Widow Louisa Abbott, >376." Somewhat changed the next year, - probably to run nearer the river. As at present, north from the Hill Bridge, by 1. N. Lane's.
No. 144. June 8, 1850. "From Gulf road, nenr Hunt place, East to Jona. E. Morrisou's, to be kept In repair by him." No. 67, continued a few rods cast.
No. 145. Feb. 1, 1831. " Road changed from R. R. bridge to J. L. Perley's well curb." This, with No. 142, occasioned by the buthling of the railroad at East Tilton.
No. 146. June 14, 1851. "Lower end of Sanborn road - Nathaniel Gil- man's to Benjamin Pullbrick's - made wider and straighter."
No. 147. May 12, 1859. "From point near n bridge [on road from the U'nion to the New Bridge] to old road, near N. W. corner of Aaron Hill's meadow "; Involving a discontinuance of part of No. 25, near his house.
No. 148. Nov. 3, 1852. " Road from Sanbornton Bridge to Union Bridge made one rod wider and straighter" below Alder Heath.
No. 149. June 17, 1854. "Between the Square and Chase Perkins's made wider, aud turned round the point of the hill."
No. 150. May 4, 1855. "From near the Intersection of the Cawley and Asa Prescott road towards the Hilary Kuox hill." A short road.
No. 151. June 16, 1855. " Road from the Bridge to Tin Corner wideued and straightened." Ditto, May 25, 1861.
No. 152. June 16, 1855. Road "between the Alms House and Bay meeting house, foot of' Knowlton IIIII, widened and straightened."
No. 153. Oct. 25, 1856. "From foot of the Jacob Sinith hill [in Meredith] towards " the then " Reuben Giles," afterwards Burden place, "till it strikes the Meredith line," with gate.
No. 154. June 20, 1857. "Short road to and across the Lower [or Sus- pension ] Bridge [Tilton village], near the B., C. & M. R. R. track and Bridge ; to which corporation, $1 damage."
No. 155. July 7, 1857. " Bay road between Alder Heath and Union Bridge made wider and straighter."
No. 150. May 4, 1858. " From near Person C. Shaw's to near Daniel K. Abrams's." Change of No. 111.
No. 157. June 11, 1858. "Street at the Bridge, between the two railroad crossings, widened and straightened."
No. 158. June 26, 1858. " From C. B. Perley's to A. J. Taylor's made new," to avoid Mr. Perley's door-yard. (See Nos. 8 and 42.)
No. 130. Sept. 14, 1858. "From foot of Hersey hill, near R. R. bridge [Tilton village], west to near the R. R. station." Back street opened near railroad.
No. 160. June 5, 1859. "From the Amos Pinmer house to Meredith town line, - Driftway." A branch of the present David Smith road, "to be kept with bars and gates, so long as petitioners comply with conditions." North- east corner of the town lot No. 21, Second Division.
No. 101. Sept. 26, 1859. From No. 159, " N., and then E. to the Square road, on Academy hill." Streets opened north from near railroad station, up the hill, and then east, back of the present Conference Seminary buildings.
No. 162. April 28, 1860. "From Benja. Cass's, 2d, N. to near B. T. Brown's dwelling; thence East over his driveway to Synare road " ( village).
No. 163. November, 1800. "Driftway laid out from New llamptou road, ubove Cawley pond, to the former Samuel C. Dudley place."
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No. 164. June 8, 1861. " From D. K. Abrams's to Hilary Knox's " altered ; damage relinquished.
No. 165. Nov. 16, 1861. " From Shaker Bridge to U. Bridge road widened and straightened."
No. 100. Nov. 7, 1803. "From near Putnam Batchelder's, N. E." to inter- seetion with No. 111, in the pine woods.
No. 167. Sept. 20, 1864. "From Hill Bridge to I. N. Lane's made wider and straighter," with $28 damage to Benjamin F. Lane.
No. 168. June 7, 1866. "Near Corban Curtlee's, at the Bridge" (street opened) ; also, same dny, " widened and straightened highway N. of the R. R. station, by James P. Tilton's."
No. 169. Oct. 12, 1867. "From David Shaw's, S. to Franklin Town line, near the river." Since so damaged by the high water at the sand-hill as to be relinquished by the town. (See p. 13.)
No. 170. June 30, 1868. "Main road, above Eben. F. Plumer's, to old school-house site of District No. 24, made wider and straighter."
No. 171. May 27, 1809. " Road on Steele's hill made wider and straighter." No. 172. Jan. 16, 1870. "Neur David Shaw's, from foot or hill, to inter- sect No. 109, at the new bridge over brook." A new road.
No. 173. Jan. 29, 1870. "Round Jeremlah Weeks's hill, N. of old road,", striking the same again near the Caverly (present Rowe) place.
No. 174. March 1, 1870. "On the Prescott brook, from 2d bridge above the school-house, near Gustavus B. Wadleigh's." The three latter were occasioned by the great freshet of October, 1869, - so damaging the old roads correspond- ing as to render it inexpedient, in the eyes of the petitioners, to renew them.
No. 175. Oct. 23, 1875. "Rond for Winter, with gates and bars, from near Rufus Howe's to main road beyond top of hill," Lot No. 27, Second Division.
No. 176. October, 1875. "New road around the Stairs hill, from the okl Moses Silver place, und intersecting the Chapel road at two points" on Lot No. 17, First Division.
We add a short list, including most of the uureturned roads which, for various reasons, were not entered upon our Town Records, or if so, not in the same manner as the foregoing. A few of them are described more at length in Chap. XVIII., pp. 198-205. The num- bering is continued for convenience.
No. 177. "From Willlam Weeks's to Republican Bridge." 1807. (See p. 204.)
No. 178. "From Shaker Bridge to River road." 1807. (See p. 198. )
No. 179. " From near Jonathan Eaton's, South, till it strikes Salmon brook road, near William Rundlet's." First named and " permitted " in 1809. Prob- ably opened in 1814 (see p. 201); between which years and onward till the building of the Clark Gordon bridge (the present N. M. Prescott's), the path, as at first permitted and travelled, evidently kept on the north side of the brook, and south of the Rundlet homestead, till It struck No. 15, at a point a few rods northwest of Turkey Bridge.
No. 180. "From the river [Pemigewasset], near Win. Abbott's, to south- West corner of Asa Prescott's land." Time of building unknown. Discon- tinned, 1832.
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No. 181. From Tilton village towards Franklin, striking the old Tla Coruer road (No. 9) at the base of Lot No. Gs, Second Division. Sald to have been built by subscription, about the year 1825.
No. 182. From the Square to Clark's Corner. 1838-40. (See pp. 203-205.)
No. 183. Articles of agreement recorded on the town books, Muy, 1839, between True W. Philbrook and other purtles residing on the range, north, givlug passageway for travel through his pasture and door-yard us at present between William Burleigh's and Barnard 11. Burleigh's.
No. 184. Mosquito Bridge roud, west, till meeting No. 25. Before or about 1840. (See No. 120, und pp. 199 und 249 [45 ].)
No. 185. From turupike at Wiggin S. Gllinun's, north end of town, to the Samuel Caverly place. Discontinued, 1873.
No. 186. Range road east from the late Jesse Sanborn place to connect with No. 37, at base of Lot No. 49, Second Division. Dates of openiug the two last unknown.
To which might be added a few other highways, returns of which are not clearly recognized in the above catalogue, and are either not to be found upon the Town Records, or if so, have been overlooked by the author of this history ; instance : -
No. 187. Road north of the Chapel to the present E. D. Weeks's (ulluded to under Nos. 113 and 141) ; unless the old "driftway to Andover" (No. 76), from the Chapel Mills to the William (late Jerry) Weeks place Included it, going thus far to the east before turning northwest.
No. 188. Roud north of O. S. Sanborn's and Perry Colby's to the range; unless included lu No. 82.
No. 189. North end of the lower Bay road, from the late John Sanborn's to Deu. Daniel Huse's, connecting No. 41 (or 86), east end, and No. 74.
No. 190. The branch of No. 74 that runs northeast to the David Smith place and Meredith town line, with which No. 160 wns connected.
Several changes of highways have also failed to be noticed on the Town Records, like that in No. 7, on the Shute ITill, east of Clark's Corner ; and that in No. 13, near the late Jerry C. Silver place, south- east of the Square.
APPENDIX E.
(See p. 257.) .
DIVISION OF SANBORNTON.
AN address, with the above caption, to the New Hampshire State Legislature was drawn up during the June session of 1869, being virtually a remonstrance of the citizens of the old town against the division as at first proposed, - viz., on the fourth range line from Winnipiseogee River, yet so deflecting to the south, at the eastern extremity of that line, as to leave the Mosquito Bridge with the town of Sanbornton.
The address was printed on three pages of a sheet six and one half by ten inches, at McFarland & Jenks's Steam Printing Works, Con- cord, and in this form circulated among the. members of the Legisla- ture. That it had its influence, not indeed in preventing the division of the town, but in modifying the proposed boundary line, is shown ou p. 257. Had the division been made as at first contemplated, the south part of the Square village would have been assigned to Tilton ; the line running, as remarked in this remonstrance, only about sixty rods south of the old town house. Being divided as it was upon the third range line, at least seventeen hundred-aere lots above that line remain to the old town which would have fallen to the new, making the area of Tilton some 1,800 acres less, and of Sanbornton 1,800 acres more than that named in the remoustrance; or, assuming that the basis in that document is correct, leaving about 10,000 acres for the area of the present Tilton, and 24,689 acres for the area of the present Sanbornton.
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