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GREENSBORO
English school or schools within said town. And the said tracts of land are hereby incorporated into a township by the name of GOSHEN and the inhabitants who do or shall hereafter inhabit the said township are entitled to all the privileges & immunities which the inhabitants of other towns within this State do by Law exercise & enjoy.
TO HAVE & TO HOLD the said granted premises as above expressed with all the privileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto the aforesaid Proprietors their heirs & assigns forever, upon the following condition, TO WIT that each Proprietor of the town of Goshen aforesaid, their heirs or assigns shall plant & cultivate Five acres of land & build an house at least eighteen feet square on the floor, or have one family settled on each respective Right or share of land in said township within the term prescribed by the laws of this State on penalty of the forfeiture of each Right or share of land not so setled & cultivated and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their Representatives regranted to such persons as shall appear to settle & cultivate the same.
IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the seal of this State to be affixed in Council at the City of Vergennes this first day of November Anno Domini Onthousand Seven hundred & Ninety eight.
ISAAC TICHENOR
By his Excellency's command Ros. Hopkins Secy. Recorded Nov. Ist 1798 attest Ros: Hopkins Secy.
Note. The foregoing charter is recorded on pp. 355, 356, 357 of Vol. 1 [Ms.] Ver- mont Charters. An earlier charter, which does not define bounds of lands granted, is printed on pages immediately preceding this copy.
THE CHARTER OF GREENSBORO
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
L. S. To all People, to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE, that whereas Harris Colt Esquire, and his Associates, our worthy Friends, have, by Petition requested a Grant of a Tract of un- appropriated Lands within this State, in order for settling a New Plantation thereon, to be erected into a Township: WE HAVE THERE- FORE THOUGHT FIT, for the due encouragement of their laudable Designs, and for other valuable considerations us hereunto moving; AND DO, by
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these Presents, in the Name, and by the Authority of the Freemen of the State of Vermont, Give and Grant the Tract of Land hereafter more fully described and bounded, unto him, the said Harris Colt, and to the several Persons hereafter named, his sd Associates, in equal Rights or Shares, viz'; Timothy Green, Timothy Green Jun', David Jewett, Guy Richards, Edward Hollam, John Hollam, David Hillhouse, Joseph Chester, Jonathan Deming, Julius Deming, John Biggelow, Joseph Colt, Elisha Ely, Adriel Ely, Jabez Stow, Samuel Field, Zebulon Jones, Samuel Spencer, Peleg Hill, Dan Platt, Noah Platt, John Hillhouse, Dan el Raymond, Thomas Chittenden, Thomas Tolman, Lois Tolman, Job Seamans, Timothy Stanley, Beriah Brastow, Simon Pettee, Israel Hatch, John Henry Cumpston, Joseph Dagget, Ambrose Hall, Nathan Leonard, Asa Burnham, Susannah Allen, David Galusha, Jonas Galusha, Moses Robinson, Joseph Kellogg, Aaron Robinson, John Mott, Timothy Farrand, Abiathar Waldo, Joshua Burnham, Joshua Allen, James Gamble, Lyman Hitchcock, John Knight, David Robinson, Jonas Fay, Roswell Hopkins, William Williams, John May, Calvin White, Jonathan Kilton, John Lucas, Joseph May, Jedediah Hyde Jun', William Hyde, Elisha Clark, Theodore Sedgwick, Barnabas Morse, Job Harris and Arnold Colt; which, together with the Five following Rights, or equal Shares, reserved to the several public Uses in manner following, include the whole of said Tract or Township, viz'; one Right for the use of a Seminary or Colledge; one Right for the use of County Grammar Schools in said State; Lands, to the amount of one Right, to be and re- main for the purpose of Settlement of a Minister or Ministers of the Gospel in said Township, forever; Lands, to the amount of one Right, for the support of the social worship of GOD in said Township; and Lands, to the amount of one Right, for the support of an English School or Schools in said Township. Which said two Rights, for the use of a Seminary, or Colledge; and for the use of County Grammar Schools as aforesaid; and the Improvements, Rents, Interests, and Profits arising therefrom, shall be under the Controul, Order, Direction, & Disposal of the General Assembly of said State forever. And the Proprietors of said Township are hereby authorised and empowered, to locate sd two Rights, justly and equitably or quantity for quality, in such parts of said Township as they or their Committee shall judge will least incommode the general Settlement of said Tract or Township. And the said Proprietors are further empowered, to locate the Lands aforesaid, amounting to three Rights, assigned for the Settlement of a Minister or Ministers-for their Support; and for the use and support of English Schools, in such, & in so many places, as they or their Committee shall judge will best accommodate the Inhabitants of said Township, when the same shall be fully settled and improved; laying the same equitably, or quantity for quality. Which sd Lands, amounting to the Three Rights last mentioned, when located as aforesaid, shall, together with their Improvements, Rights, Rents, Interests & Profits, remain unalien- ably appropriated to the Uses and Purposes for which they are re-
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GROTON .
spectively assigned, and be under the Charge, Direction and Disposal of the Inhabitants of said Township forever. Which Tract of Land, hereby Given and Granted as aforesaid, is bounded and described as follows, viz'; "BEGINNING at the North Easterly Corner of Hardwick; Thence North Fifty four Degrees West, in the Line of Hardwick, six Miles, (N. 54° W. 6 Miles); Thence North Thirty six Degrees East, Six Miles, (N. 36° E. 6 Miles); Then South Fifty four Degrees East, Six Miles, (S. 54º E. 6 Miles); Then South Thirty six Degrees West, Six Miles, (S. 36° W. 6 Miles,) to the Bound began at." And that the same be, and hereby is incorporated into a Township, by the Name of GREENSBOROUGH. And the Inhabitants that do, or shall hereafter inhabit said Township, by virtue of these Presents are declared to be infranchised, & entitled to all the Priviledges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within this State do, and ought, by the Laws and Constitution of this State, to exercise and enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Granted Premises, as above expressed, with all the Priviledges and Appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining, unto them and to their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions and Reserva- tions, viz'; That each Proprietor in the Township of Greensboro' afore- said, his Heirs or Assigns, shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land, and build an House, at least Eighteen Feet square on the Floor, or have one Family settled, on each respective Right, within the Term of Three Years, next after the circumstances of the present War will admit of a Settlement with Safety; on penalty of the forfeiture of each respective Right, or Share of Land in said Township, not so improved or settled; and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State, to be, by their Representatives, regranted to such Persons as shall appear, to settle and cultivate the same. That all Pine Timber, suitable for a Navy, be reserved for the use and Benefit of the Freemen of this State. IN TESTIMONY whereof, We have caused the Seal of this State to be affixed, In Council, this Twentieth Day of August in the Year of our LORD, One Thousand seven Hundred & Eighty one; And in the 5 th year of our Independence.
By His Excellency's Command.
Tho. Tolman Depy. Secry.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
THE CHARTER OF GROTTON
THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING-
KNOW YE that whereas Lieuftenant THOMAS BUTTERFIELD and his Associates have by Petition Requested a Grant of a Tract of Land that is
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unappropriated within this State in Order for settling a new Plantation to be erected into a Township WE HAVE therefore thought fit for the Due encouragement of their Laudable Designs and for other Valuable Causes and Considerations us hereunto moving AND Do by these Pre- sents in the name and by the Authority of the Freemen of the STATE OF VERMONT GIVE & GRANT the Tract of Land hereafter Discribed and Bounded unto the said Lieuf. Thomas Butterfield and the several Persons hereafter named his associates in equal Shares Viz Nathaniel Douglas Jun, Aaron Horsford Joseph Haskel Gideon Spencer Asa Douglas Thomas Tolman Thomas Tolman Jun, Joseph Fairbank John Payne Jun, Elijah King Ebenezer Curtis Ezra Fellows Joshua Stanton Daniel McArthur Benjamin Watsworth John Stewart, Nehemiah Lovewell Nehemiah Lovewell Jun James Whitlaw Elijah Galusha Noah Chitten- den Shadrac Hatheway Jedediah Hide Lemuel Bradley Asa Burnham Isaac Andrus Isaac Andrus Jun, Roswel Andrus Ethan Allen Joshua Webb John Sibley John Knickerbacor Leonard Robinson John C, Williams Benjamin Sumner John Sill Samuel Lothrop Samuel Elmer Caleb Smith Thomas Jewitt Hezekiah Hutchinson Jonathan Fassett John Fassett Jun, Samuel Robinson Benjamin Fay Abraham Vanden- burgh Levinus Vandenburgh William Dyre Peter Wright Jonathan Child Nathaniel Tisdale Payne Heber Allen Paul Dewey David Beebe Jun, Eliakim Stoddard Moses Robinson David Fassett David Beebe Robert Johnson Samuel Comstock Jabez Bingham Mary Bingham Mabel Mitchel Ebenezer Wallis Robert Lovewell Sarah Chittenden James Abbott Polly Fay Benjamin Ray Joseph Fay Two rights or equal Eighty one parts John Strong John Taplin Jonathan Arnold Lyman Potter John Johnstone Jun Oliver Ashley, & Jonathan Hunt Thomas Chittenden in Lieu of Ephraim Bailey which together with the five following rights or equal shares reserved to the several public uses in manner following Include the whole of said Tract or Township Viz One right for the use of a Semenary or College one right for the use of County Grammer Schools throughout this State One right for the first settled Minister of the Gospel in said Township forever One right for the support of the Ministry in said Town and one right for the support of an English School or Schools in said Town-Which Tract of Land hereby Given and Granted as aforesaid is bounded and Described as follows Viz BE- GINNING at a Spruce Tree Marked Peacham Corner 1786 being the South- westerly Corner of said Peacham & running south sixty eight Degrees East six miles in the Southerly Line of Peacham to the Southwesterly Corner thereof which is also the Northwesterly Corner of Rygate being a Beach Stump and Stands Twenty one Links South from a Maple Tree Marked Rygate Northwest Corner 1786 thence Southerly in the Westerly Lines of Rygate and Newbury to the Northeasterly Corner of Topsham Then westerly in the Northerly Lines of Topsham and Orange so far that extending a Strait Line Northardly to the bounds began at will Contain Twenty eight thousand Acres And that the same be and is hereby Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Grotton & the Inhabitants that Do or shall hereafter
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HAMILTON'S GORE
inhabit said Township are Declared to be Infranchised and Intitled to all The Privileges and Immunities which the Inhabitants of other Towns in this State do & ought by the Laws & Constitution thereof to exercise & enjoy-
To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted Premises as above expressed with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or Ap- pertaining unto them and their Respective Heirs and Assigns forever Upon the following Conditions & Reservations Viz that each Proprietor in the Town of Grotton aforesaid his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and Cultivate five Acres of Land and Build an House at Least eighteen feet Square on the floor or have one Family settled on each Respective Right within the Term of three years next after the Bounds of said Township shall be fully Assertained & known on Penalty of the forfeiture of each respective Right or Share of Land in said Township not so Improved or settled and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their Representatives regranted to such persons as shall appear to settle and Cultivate the same-
IN TESTIMONY whereof we have hereunto Caused the Seal of this State to be Affixed this 20 Day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred & Eighty Nine-
By His Excellency®
Command
Joseph Fay Secretary
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
[CHARTER OF HAMBLETONS GORE] [ALIAS HAMILTON'S GORE]
State of Vermont THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT
L. S. To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING :.
KNOW YE that whereas it has been Represented to us by our Worthy . friend Silas Hammilton and associates, that there is a Certain tract of vacant Land within this State which has not been heretofore granted which they pray may be granted to them, We have therefore thot fit for the due encouragement of settling a New plantation within this State, and other valuable considerations us hereunto moving, AND Do by these presents in the Name and by the authority of the freemen of Vermont, give and Grant unto the said Silas Hammilton and the Several persons hereafter Named his associates, viz, Thomas Sterms, John Butler, James Roberts, Abner Moor, James Angel, Charles Dodge, and Eliphalet Hyde;
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Bounded as follows, viz, BEGINING at the Southeast of Wilmington, and Northeast corner of Whitingham at a Beach tree Marked PPM, thence Bounded on Wilmington north eighty degrees west 176 chains and 25 links to a small Maple tree Marked & P. M., Thence south 10 Deg' West 171 chains and 25 links to a large Beach tree Marked M. C.# Thence south eighty degs East 176 chains and 25 links to a Large Hemlock tree on Halifax line, Thence Bounded on Halifax line North 10 Degs East 171 chains and 25 links to the first Mentioned Bounds containing three thousand acres. AND the said tract of Land is hereby Declared to be joined to the Town- ship of Whitingham, and intitled to receive equal priviledges and im- munities in connection with said Town, as other corporated Towns within this State do by Law Exercise & enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Granted premises with every appurtenence and priviledge to them and their respective Heirs & assigns as above discribed to their free and full Enjoyment forever, IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the seal of this State to be afixed this 15 th day of March A. D. 1780 and In the third year of the Independence of this State .
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
Joseph Fay Secy.
Note .- The foregoing charter from page 21, Vol I of [Ms] Vermont Charters is again recorded on page 20 of "Vol II" [Ms] Vermont charters, without substantial change.
THE CHARTER OF HANCOCK
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT.
L. S. To all People, to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE, that whereas Messieurs Samuel Willcox, Daniel Kinne, and Josiah Wright, and their Associates, our worthy Friends, have, by Petition, requested a Grant of a Tract of unappropriated Land, within this State, in order for settling a new Plantation, to be erected into a Township: WE HAVE THEREFORE THOUGHT FIT, for the due encourage- ment of their laudable Designs, and for other valuable considerations us hereunto moving: AND DO, by these Presents, in the name, and by the Authority of the Freemen of Vermont, Give and Grant the Tract of Land hereafter described and bounded, unto the said Samuel Willcox, Daniel Kinne, Josiah Wright, and their Associates, viz'; Jeremiah Cady, Zebulon Norton, Asa Whitcomb, Ezra Norton, Benjamin Sawyer Jun', John Norton, James Goodrich, Josiah Wright Jun', John Wright, Jason Robbins, Joshua Robbins, Enoch Wright, Grove Wright, William
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Brattle, James Brattle, Joseph Durkee, Stephen Holt, Abiel Holt, Daniel Kimball, William Martin Jun', Woodbridge Belcher, Warren Cady, John Cady, Ambrose Norton, William Norton, Nathan Chitten- den, Dorothy Martin, Nathaniel Rawson, Charles Button, Stephen Morse, Israel Frink, Ephraim Sawyer, Nathan Watkins, Ephraim Sawyer Jun', Josiah Sawyer, John Lessuer, Ebenezer Bacon, Ebenezer Pierce, Stephen Tracy, Jeremiah Smith, Jonathan Smith Jun', Stephen Carpenter, Daniel Morse Jun', Nathaniel Mason, Asa Roper, Samuel Lessuer, Joseph Bennett, William Clark, William Clark Jun', Mark Watkins, Samuel . Willcox Jun' Nathaniel Morey, Daniel Brown, Ben- jamin Sawyer 2nd, Joshua Whitney, Ephraim Whitcomb, Joseph Lessuer, Abraham Norton, Samuel Belcher, Silas Winchester, Andrew Belcher, Eliezur Burnham, Ebenezer Couch, John Barber, Benjamin Sawyer, Jared Smith, Timothy Meach, Russell Kellogg, John Baker, Peabody Kinne, Enoch Clark, Elijah Clark, Nathaniel Wright, Perez Graves, Elnathan Graves, John James, Jacob Kinne, Christopher Minor, Lyman Kinne, Ephraim Minor, David Stoddard, Obadiah Dickenson Jun', Israel Chapin, Henry Champion Jun', Edward Convers, Elisha Brown, Joseph Mason, James Russell, Joel Holton, Wales Cheney, John Norton Jun', Calvin Burt Belcher, Samuel Winchester, Abigail Belcher, Charles Goodrich, Charles Goodrich Jun', Jacob Ward, Josiah Ward, James Barber, Eliphalet Huntington, Seth Minor, Joseph Huntington, Joseph Huntington Jun', Joseph Strong, Noah Edwards, Israel Stoddard, Thomas May, Solomon Stoddard, Luther Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Solomon Stoddard Jun', David Parsons, Obadiah Dickenson, Elihu Dickenson, Solomon Williams, John Stoddard, Epaphoditus Champion, Henry Champion, Elijah Wait, Abel Willcox, James Sims, Elisha White, David Osgood, Ephraim Whitcomb Jun', Levi Pierce, Nathan Norton and Benjamin Winchester, which, together with the Ten following one Hundred and Fortieth Parts of said Land, reserved to the several uses in manner following, include the whole of said Township, viz'; Two 140 th Parts for the use of a Seminary or Colledge; Two 140 th Parts for the use of County Grammar Schools in said State; Lands, to the amount of Two one Hundred & Fortieth Parts to be and remain for the Purpose of Settlement of a Minister and Ministers of the Gospel in said Town- ship; Lands, to the amount of Two 140th Parts for the support of the social worship of GOD in said Township; and Lands, to the amount of Two 140th Parts for the support of an English School or Schools in said Township. Which said Four 140th Parts, for the use of a Seminary or Colledge; and for the use of County Grammar Schools as aforesaid, and the Improvements, Rents, Interests and Profits arising therefrom, shall be under the Controul, Order, Direction and Disposal of the General Assembly of said State forever: And the Proprietors of said Township are hereby authorised and empowered to locate said Four 140th Parts justly and equitably, or Quantity for Quality, in such Parts of said Township as they or their Committee shall judge will least incommode the general Settlement of said Tract or Township. And the said Prop-
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rietors are hereby further empowered to locate the Lands aforesaid, amounting to six 140th Parts; assigned for the settlement of a Minister and Ministers,-for their Support; and for the use and Support of En- glish Schools, in such, and in so many Places as they or their Committee shall judge will best accommodate the Inhabitants of said Township when the same shall be fully settled and improved; laying the same equitably, or Quantity for Quality. Which said Lands, amounting to the Six 140th Parts last mentioned, when located as aforesaid, shall, together with their Improvements, Rights, Rents, Profits, Dues and Interests, remain unalienably appropriated for the uses and Purposes for which they are respectively assigned; and be under the Charge, Direction, and Disposal of the Inhabitants of said Township forever. Which Tract of Land, hereby given and granted as aforesaid, is bounded and described as follows, vizt; "BEGINNING at the North westerly Corner of (Nº 3.) Rochester; then Southerly in the Westerly Line of (Nº 3.) Rochester, about six Miles, to an Angle thereof; then North Sixty one Degrees West (provided this Course should strike the north Easterly Corner of Philadel- phia; then northerly in the Line of Philadelphia, to an Angle thereof; then South westerly in the Line of Philadelphia, so far as to intersect said Line North . 61º West; Then North 61º West) so far that to turn North Thirty three Degrees East, until turning South 61 Degrees East, to the Bound began at, will contain the Contents of Six miles square." And that the same be, and hereby is incorporated into a Township, by the name of HANCOCK. And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit said Township, are declared to be infranchised, and entitled to all the Priviledges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within this State do, and ought, by Law and Constitution, to exercise and enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted Premises, as above expressed, in equal Shares, that is to say, one one Hundred and Fortieth Part of said Township to each Proprietor, with all the Priviledges and Appurtenances thereto belonging and appertaining, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever; upon the following Conditions and Reservations, viz; That each Proprietor of the Township of Hancock aforesaid, his Heirs or Assigns, shall plant and cultivate Three Acres of Land, or build an House at least Eighteen Feet square on the Floor, or have one Family settled on each respective Share, or 140th Part of said Township, within the Term of Three Years next after the Circumstances of the war will admit of a Settlement with safety: on Penalty of the For- feiture of each Share, or one Hundred and Fortieth Part of the Land in said Township, not so improved or settled; and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State, to be by their Representatives, regranted to such Persons as shall appear to settle and cultivate the same. That all Pine Timber suitable for a Navy, be reserved for the use and Benefit of the Freemen of this State. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused the Seal of this State to be affixed this 31st Day of July Anno Domini 1781. And in the 5th Year of our Independence. THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
By His Excellency's Command. Tho. Tolman Depy Secry.
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HARDWICK
THE CHARTER OF HARDWICK
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
L. S. To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that Whereas Colonel DANFORTH KEYES. The Honble. JONAS FAY Esquire and M' ELIAKIM SPOONER, & their associates, our worthy Friends have by petition requested a Grant of a Tract of Unap- ropriated Lands within this State in order for setling a New plantation to be erected into a Township. we have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement of their Laudable Designs, and for other valuable con- siderations us hereunto moving, & do by these Presents, in the name and by the authority of the Freemen of the State of Vermont. give and grant the Tract of Land hereafter discribed and bounded unto them the said Danforth Keyes Jonas Fay & Eliakim Spooner, and to the several per- sons hereafter Named their associates in equal Shares, vizt, Elijah Dewey, Nathaniel Brush, Eldad Dewey, Timothy Brownson, Thomas Chittenden, Moses Robinson, Moses Robinson Ju'. Aaron Robinson, Mary Robinson, Thomas Brown Jur, Samuel Robinson, the Second, Nathan Robinson, Leonard Robinson, Samuel Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, David Robinson, Jonathan Robinson, Silas Robinson, Asahel Billings, Jonas Marsh, Aaron Morse, John Fasset, John Fasset Jur. Hannah Fasset, David Fasset, Nathan Fasset, Amos Fasset, Ben- jamin Fasset, Samuel Underwood, Roswell Mosley, Josiah Fay, Lydia Fay, Ruth Brush, Heman A. Fay, Challice Safford, Challice Fay, Paul Spooner, Daniel Spooner, Paul Spooner Jur. Amasa Spooner, Jedediah Fay, Thomas Lawton, Betty Spooner, Jeremiah Richardson, Anna Spooner, John Knickerbacor, Jonathan Warner, Daniel Warner, Charles Doolittle, Lucius Doolittle, Jonathan Lynde, Bathsheba, Spooner, Alfred Spooner, Zurashaddai Doty, Moses Dooty, Martin Kinsley, Daniel Warner Ju' Jonathan Warner, 2ª, Jonathan Safford, Timothy Ruggles, Timothy Fay, Richard Doyle, Clark Laughton & Moses Cham- berlin, which Together with the five following Rights reserved to the several uses in manner following include the whole of said Tract or Township vizt, READ, which Tract of Land hereby given & Granted as aforesaid is bounded & discribed as follows vizt BEGINNING, at the North Westerly Corner of Woodbury, then North thirty six degrees East six Miles, then south 54 Do East, six miles, Then south 36 Do West, in the line of Walden, six Miles, Then North 54 Do West, in the Line of Woodbury to the bounds Began at-And that the same be & hereby is incorporated into a Township by the name of HARDWICK and the Inhabitents, that do or shall hereafter inhabit said Township, are declared to be infranchised & Rights entitled to all the Priviledges & immunities, that the Inhabitents of other Towns within this State, do & ought by the Laws & Constitution of Sd State to Exercise & enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said Granted
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