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*Containing the contents of six Miles square, and that the same be & hereby is incorporated into a Township by the name of WHEELOCK, And the inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit said Town, or pre- cinct, are declared to be enfranchised & entitled to all privileges & im- munities that the inhabitants of other settled Towns within this State do by Law & the constitution thereof exercise & enjoy. The sd WHEE- LOCK as president & for his successors in Office, To HAVE & TO HOLD the one moiety of sd premises as above described solely & exclusively for the use & benefit of sd School forever, and the sd Trustees & their Successors in Office. To HAVE & TO HOLD the other moiety solely and exclusively for the use & benefit of sd DARTMOUTH COLLEGE forever; All the privileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging & appertaining, are hereby also granted to the sd PRESIDENT & TRUSTEES for the purposes aforesaid,
AND WHEREAS the sd Grant of Land is for a public & important use, it is hereby declared that the Land & tenements in every part of said Township, or precinct, shall forever be free & exempt from public Taxes, that is to say so long & while the incomes & profits shall be actually applied by sd president, & Trustees & their successors, to the purposes of sd College, & School, as above expressed. IN TESTIMONY whereof WE HAVE caused the Seal of this State to be affixed this 14th Day of June, in the year of our Lord 1785, & in the ninth year of the independence of this State.
By his Excellencys command Joseph Fay Secy.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
Note .- Copied from [MIs.] Vermont Charters, 1:274-276. Another copy of this charter from pp. 347-349 of the same volume is printed on pages immediately following this.
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WHEELOCK
[*CHARTER OF WHEELOCK]
THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas Dartmouth College & Moor Charity School being Situated on the East Bank of Connecticut River have been and Still are of Important service in Dispersing Useful Literature among Mankind and thro, this State in particular and whereas the Hon. John Wheelock Esquire our well beloved Friend for and in behalf of the Hon. Trustees of said College and in behalf of said School has applied by Petition for a Grant of a Tract of Unappropriated Lands within this State for himself as President of said College & School and his Successors in Office and for the Trustees of said College and their Successors we have therefore thought fit for the Due encouragement and for the pro- moting the usefull and Laudable Designs of said College and School and for many weighty Considerations us hereunto moving we 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 Described and bounded unto him the said John Whelock as President of said School and to the Trustees of said College Viz BEGINNING at the south west Corner of Lynden being a Birch Tree Marked Lynden S. W. Corner Nov. the 16 AD 1786 which is also the Northeasterly Corner of Danville and running North 70 Degrees west in the Northerly Line of said Danville Two Miles and fifty Chains- To the Northwesterly Corner thereof which is a Spruce Tree Marked Danville Corner thence North forty three Degrees & eight Minutes west six Miles and four Chains to a Little Birch Tree Standing in the easterly Line of Greensborough Marked Wheelock Corner July the 18 AD 1788 thence North thirty six Degrees east three Miles forty six Chains & Twenty Two Links in said easterly Line of Greensborough to the Northeasterly Corner thereof which is a Birch Tree Marked Greens- borough Corner May the 29 AD 1786 then South fifty four Degrees east five miles fifty five Chains and thirty three Links to a Stake and Stones 12 Links North thirty six Degrees east from a Beach Tree Standing on the North side of a Flatt Hill Marked Sheffield S. E. Corner July the 18 AD 1788 Whee- lock T. W. then North thirty six Degrees east Two Miles Sixty eight Chains and Sixty Links to a Stake 18 Links South east from a Spruce Tree Stand- ing on flatt Land Marked Wheelock Corner AD 1788 on the South east side and Sheffield Corner on the North west side then South six Degrees 15 Minutes east one Mile & fifty four Chains to a Beech Tree Marked Lynden Corner July the I AD 1787 T. A., Billy Meads Corner AD 1788 being the Northwesterly Corner of Lynden then South Twenty Degrees West six miles
*Copied from [Ms.] Vermont Charters, I: 347-349. Another copy of this charter from pp. 274-276 of the same Volume is printed on pages immediately preceding this copy.
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in the Westerly Line of Lynden to the Bounds began at Containing the Contents of six miles Square and that the same be and is hereby Incorp- orated into a Township or Precinct by the Name of WHEELOCK and the Inhabitants that Do or shall hereafter Inhabit said Tract or Precinct are Declared to be Infranchised and Intitled to all the privilidges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other settled Towns within this State Do by Law and the Constitution thereof exercise and enjoy the said Wheelock as President and for his Successors in Office to have and to Hold the one moiety of said premises as above Described solely and ex- clusively for the use & benifit of said School forever and the said Trustees and their Successors in Office to Have and to Hold the other Moity solely and exclusively for the use & Benifit of Dartmouth College for- ever with all the privilidges & Appurtenances thereunto belonging and Appertaining which are also hereby Granted to the President and Trustees for the purposes aforesaid on the following Conditions and Reservations Viz that one hundred and fifty acres of Land be reserved for the use benifit & support of the Ministry of the Gospel in said Township or precinct forever one hundred and fifty acres of Land for the use and support of an English School or Schools in said Township or precinct on good Tenable Lands as the Situation thereof will admit and whereas the said grant of Land is for a public and Important use it is hereby Declared that the Lands and Tenements in every part of said Township or precinct shall forever be free and exempt from public Taxes that is to say so Long & while the Incomes & profitts shall be ac- tually applied by the said president & Trustees & their successors to the purposes of said College or School as above expressed-
IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the Seal of this State to be affixed this 14th Day of June AD 1785 an in Ninth Year of our Independence- THOMAS CHITTENDEN
by his excellencys Command Joseph Fay Secry
THE CHARTER OF 3 LOTTS OF LAND GRANTED TO JONATHAN & ARAD HUNT ESQUIRES IN WHITINGHAM
THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
To all People to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas Jonathan Hunt & Arad Hunt Esquires our worthy friends have by petition requested & obtained a grant of Land within this State for the purpose of settlement: We have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement of their laudable designs and
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WHITINGHAM GORE
in consequence of their faithfull performance of the conditions of the grant of Land aforesaid & do by these presents in the name and by the authority of the freemen of the STATE of VERMONT give and grant unto the aforesaid JONATHAN HUNT and ARAD HUNT their heirs and assigns forever the Lotts or Pieces of Land hereafter bounded & described as follows vizt-three Lotts in the Township of Whitingham being a part of three thousand acres of Land granted to Captain John Walker a reduced Officer, said Lotts contain one hundred & ninety six Acres in each Lott &s are num- bered two three and five as expressed in a certain indenture of release made to the said Jonathan Hunt & Arad Hunt by Samuel Wells & is contained in a grant made by the Legislature of this State to Mrss. Samuel Wells and the aforesaid Jonathan & Arad Hunt on the 22d day of October 1782 of three thousand Acres of Land in the aforesaid Whitingham, the aforesaid three Lotts of Land containing in the whole six hundred Acres or there- abouts, reserving to the use of the Public the usual allowance for high- ways.
TO HAVE and to hold the aforesaid Lotts and Pieces of Land as above described, with all the privileges & appurtenances belonging thereunto the above said Jonathan Hunt & Arad Hunt & each of their respective Heirs & assigns forever, their doing & performing the settlement and duty required by Law on other grants made by this State. IN TESTI- MONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of this State to be affixed this 15thday of Oct' AD. 1787-
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
Attest Joseph Fay Secy.
[WHITINGHAM GORE]
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas that whereas our worthy Friend M' AMOS GREEN and Company to the Number of Sixteen have by Petition requested a Grant of Unlocated Land within this State for the purpose of Settlement We have therefore thought fit for the Due encouragement of their Laudable Design and for the other Valuable Causes and 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 grant unto the said Amos Green & Company the Tract of Land hereafter bounded & Described to be Divided into equal Shares as follows Viz,-
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Samuel Moulton, Thomas Day, Samuel Day, James Howard, Seth Howard Benjamin Nelson Benjamin Blodgett Benjamin Blodget Jun, Samuel Nelson Solomon Moulton Asaph White William Nelson, Thomas Blodget Abisha Blodget & Daniel Wallace reserving three hundred Acres out of said Tract of Land for the following Public uses Viz One hundred acres for the use and Benifit of a College within this State One hundred Acres for the use and support of a School or Schools within said Tract & One hundred Acres for the use and support of the first settled Minister of the Gospel within said Tract of Land to be Disposed of for the sole & exclusive purposes aforesaid in such way and manner as the Proprietors or Inhabitants of said Tract shall Judge proper the same to remain unalienable & the Rents profitts & moneys Arising therefrom shall be appropriated to the several uses aforesaid and the said three hundred acres shall be Divided into three equal parts & be so Laid out within said Tract as to be equal in Quality and in such situation as will best answer the purposes for which they are reserved-Which Tract of Land hereby given and granted as aforesaid is bounded & Described as follows Viz-BEGINNING at the Southwest Corner of Whitingham at a Maple Tree standing in the North Line of the State of Massichusetts Bay 24 Perches west of the west Bank of Deerfield River & running South 81 Degrees & 30 Minutes East 290 Chains to a Spruce Tree Marked then [North] 8 Degrees 30 Minutes east 174 Chains 55 0 Links to a Maple Tree Marked standing in the South Line of Col. Fitches Grant then North 81 Degrees & 30 Minutes West 290 Chains to a Stake & Stones then south 8 Degrees & 30 Minutes west 174 Chains & 50 Links to the bounds began at Containing five thousand & sixty Acres & eighty Perches Bounding South on the State of Massichusetts Bay East on Col. Whitings Patent North on Col. Fitches Patent and West on Reedsborough and that the same & hereby is Incorporated into a District by the Name of WHITINGHAM GORE and that the Inhabitants that Do or shall hereafter inhabit said District are Declared to be enfranchised and entitled to all the privileges and Immunities of Citizens & exercise all Legal power & Authority in support of their Internal right as fully & amply and other Incorporated Districts within this State Do by Law exercise and enjoy- To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted premises as expressed in the aforesaid grant with all the privilidges & Appurtenances thereunto be- longing & Appertaining to them & their respective heirs & Assigns for- ever upon the following Conditions Viz that each proprietor of the said District of Whitingham Gore his Heirs or Assigns shall plant & Cultivate five Acres of Land & Build a House at Least eighteen feet Square on the floor or have one Family on each respective right within the Term of four years from the time of surveying the out Lines of said Gore on the Pen- alty of the forfeiture of each Respective Right or Share of Land not so settled & Improved as aforesaid and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their Representatives regranted to such persons as
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WHITLAW, SAVAGE & COIT
shall appear to settle and Cultivate the same that all pine Timber suitable for a Navy be reserved for the use and benifit of the Freemen of this State-IN TESTIMONY whereof WE HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THIS STATE TO BE AFFIXED at Rutland this 20 Day of October Anno Domini 1796 & in the 20th year of our Independence Witness our well beloved Thomas Chittenden Esquire Governor of our said State Captain General & Commander in Cheif of all the Militia of the same
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
By his Excellencys Command Truman Squier Secretary
CHARTER OF LANDS GRANTED TO WHITELAW, SAVAGE, & COIT
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW that whereas James Whitlaw, James Savage & William Coit, our worthy friends have by petition requested a grant of a Tract or Tracts of unappropriated Lands within this State in Order to settle and cultivate the same, We have therefore tho't fit for the due en- couragement of their Laudable designs and for other valuable con- siderations us hereunto moving, And do by these Presents in the name and by the authority of the State of Vermont, give & grant the Tracts of Land hereafter described and bounded unto them the said James Whitlaw, James Savage and William Coit in Manner and in the several proportions as follows viz To the aforesaid James Whitlaw, Twelve sixty Nine parts thereof To the said James Savage sixteen Sixty nine Parts thereof & to William Coit thirty Seven Sixty Nine Parts thereof, Which together with the four following sixty nine parts to be reserved for the several uses in manner following contain the whole of said Tract, namely, Two sixty nine Parts thereof for the support of the social wor- ship of GOD to be laid one sixty ninth part in each of the Ten thousand acre Tracts hereinafter described; Two sixty ninth parts for the support of English Schools to be laid one sixty Ninth part in each of the said Ten Thousand acre Tracts, & the four sixty Ninth Parts last mentioned together with all interests, profits rents & emoluments therefrom arising shall be unalienably appropriated to the uses and purposes for which they are granted & shall be under the care, direction, and at the disposal
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of the inhabitants that shall hereafter be settled upon the said Ten Thousand Acre Tracts respectively, Which Tracts of Land hereby given & granted as aforesaid are bounded & described as follows, to wit: One Tract, BEGINNING at a Hemlock Tree standing in the southovest corner of Marshfield Marked Marshfield S. W. corner 1788 Thence South 54 Do east four Miles and Twenty seven chains to a Beach Tree marked St Andrews Corner August 12th 1788 Thence South 36 Do West three Miles and seventeen Chains to a Spruce Tree Marked I. W. Corner 1788 standing in the North Line of Orrange; Thence North 57 Do West in said Line to the Northwest Corner of said Orange, Thence in a Strait line to Southeast corner of Montpelier, Thence South thirty six degrees East [West] in the Easterly line of Montpelier to the bounds began at containing Ten thou- sand Acres. One Other Tract BEGINNING at a Stake and Stones standing in the westerly side Line of Johnson which is the Northeasterly corner of Cambridge Thence North 54 D° West in the Northerly side line of Cam- bridge Two hundred & Twenty four Chains & 50 Links to a Stake & Stones in the Easterly corner of Fletcher, Thence North 20Do and thirty Minutes East two hundred Chains & Eighty Eight Links to a Birch Tree spotted standing in the [In the] northeasterly corner of Fletcher thence north sixty nine Degrees & 30 Minutes west 100 chains to a beach Tree spotted standing in the Southeasterly corner of Fairfield, Thence North Twenty degrees East in the Easterly side Line of Fairfield two hundred and sixty two Chains Twenty five Links to a soft Maple Tree spotted in the northeasterly corner thereof, Thence South Seventy Degrees East two Miles and thirty three Chains to a Stake & Stones; Thence a Strait [line] to the Northeasterly corner of Cambridge the bounds began at containing Ten Thousand Acres. Also one other Tract of Land BEGINNING at a little Birch Tree in the Northeasterly side Line of Caldersburgh & running north 45 Degrees West two hundred & sixty seven Chains & Eighty two Links to a Stake & Stones; Thence South Eighty two Degrees ~ 20 Minutes East to a Stake & Stones fifteen Links West of a Beach Tree marked Nº 3, Nº 4 1785; Thence South Seventeen degrees West to the bounds began at containing fifteen hundred Acres of Land. Also all & singular the Islands in Waters of Lake Champlain lying East of the deepest Channel of said Lake within the Limits of the State of Vermont and not heretofore granted under the Seal of the same containing one thousand five hundred & Eighty five Acres. And all the Isleands in the river Otter Creek which are not included in Grants heretofore made from the Mouth of said Creek to the South Line of Weybridge con- taining thirty Acres, Including in all the above Tracts parcels & Isleands the contents of Twenty three thousand and forty Acres of Land-To HAVE & TO HOLD the said granted Premises as above expressed with all the Privileges and appurtenences thereunto belonging and appertaining unto them & their respective Heirs & Assigns forever, Upon the following conditions & reservations, viz, that each of the Grantees aforesaid his heirs or Assigns shall plant & cultivate five Acres of Land & build a House at least Eighteen feet square on the floor or have one family settled on each respective Share on penalty of the forfeiture of each respective
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WILDERSBURGH
share of Land 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 & Cultivate the same. That all Pine Timber suitable for a Navy be reserved for the use & benefit of the free- men of this State-
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused the Seal of this State to be affixed in Council this 26th day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Eight
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
By His Excellency Command Joseph Fay Secy.
THE CHARTER OF WILDERSBURGH
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF FREEMEN OF VERMONT.
L. S. To all People, to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING.
KNOW YE, that whereas Colonel William Williams, and his Asso- ciates, our worthy Friends, have, by Petition, requested a Grant of a Tract of Land within this State, of six Miles square, in order for settling a new Plantation, to be erected into a Township. WE HAVE THERE- FORE THO'' FIT, for the due encouragement of their laudable designs, and for other good 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 William Williams, and the several Persons here- after named, his Associates, Viz'; Arad Hunt, Elisha Hunt, Moses How, Abel Dimmick, Austin Dimmick, Jesse Cook, Robert Cook, Asaph Williams, Nathan Foster, John Newton, Josiah Locke. Asa Williams, Gershom Clark Lyman, Samuel King, Joseph Williams, Ebenezer Merrick, Benjamin Fuller, Jonathan Evans, Isaac Wheeler, Jonas Galusha, Elijah Galusha, John Fasset Jun', Zadock Grainger, Joseph Church, Joel Adams, Jonas Whitney, Francis Whitmore, Samuel Whit- ney, Jonathan Warren, John Chandler, Jabez Carey, John Noyce, Jonathan Underwood, John W. Dana, Isaac Dana, Benjamin Dana, Bezaleel Waist, Benjamin Perrey, Jedediah Basset, James Williams, Elijah Dewey, Eldad Dewey, Moses Robinson, Timothy Brownson, Thomas Chittenden, Benjamin Carpenter, Elijah Gore, Amos Gore, David Dennison, Ebenezer Harris, Samuel Robinson, David Robinson,
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Obadiah Noble, Isaac Andrus, Thomas Tolman, Timothy Stanley, Joseph Dagget, Matthew Lyon, Martin Chittenden, Timothy Chitten- den, Abiathar Waldo, William Fairman Jun', Hazael Shepard and Ebenezer Leonard; which, together with the five following Rights, reserved to the several Uses in manner following, include the whole of said Township, vizt; 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 remain for the purpose of Settle- ment of a Minister and Ministers of the Gospel in said Township for- ever; 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 Improve- ments, Rents, Interests & 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 au- thorized and empowered to locate said 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 hereby further impowered to locate the Lands aforesaid amounting to three Rights, assigned for the Settlement of a Minister and Ministers-for their Support-and for the Use and Support of English 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 three last mentioned Rights, when located as aforesaid, shall, together with their Improve- ments, 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 In- habitants of said Township forever. Which Tract of Land, hereby given and granted as aforesaid, is bounded and described as follows, viz'; "BEGINNING at the South Easterly Corner of Berlin; Then northerly in the Line of Berlin, about six Miles, to an Angle thereof; then Easterly, to the North Westerly Corner of Orange; then Southerly, in the Line of Orange, about Six Miles, to an Angle thereof; then Westerly, in the Line of Lands heretofore granted, to the Bound began at." And that the same be, and hereby is incorporated into a Township, by the name of WILDERSBURGH. And the Inhabitants that do, or shall hereafter inhabit the said Town- ship, 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 the Laws and Constitution of this State, to exercise and enjoy. To HAVE & TO HOLD the said Granted Premises, as above expressed, wth all the Priviledges and Appurtenances thereto belonging and appertaining, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns for-
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WILLIAMSTOWN
ever, upon the following Conditions and Reservations, viz'; That each Proprietor of the Township of Wildersburgh 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 Circumstances of the War will admit of a Settlement with Safety: on Penalty of the forfeiture of each Right of Land in said Township, not so improved or settled, & 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. That all Pine Timber suitable for a Navy, be reserved for the Use & Benefit of the Freemen of this State. I TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, & caused the Seal of this State to be affixed, in Council, this Twelfth Day of August, A: D. 1781. And in the 5th year of our Independence.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
By His Excellency's Command.
Tho' Tolman Depy Secry.
THE CHARTER OF WILLIAMSTOWN
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT.
L. S. To all People, to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:
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