The History of Portland, from its First Settlement1833 |
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... acre house lot , " where his house stood , " which included the land in Middle - street , where the late Judge Freeman's house now is ; we conjecture that his early habitation was erected near that spot . * The first notice however ...
... acre house lot , " where his house stood , " which included the land in Middle - street , where the late Judge Freeman's house now is ; we conjecture that his early habitation was erected near that spot . * The first notice however ...
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... acre each ; those on the Fore - street , as it was then called , were one acre , being 8 rods front and 20 rods deep ; on the Middle - street , they were an acre and a half , being 12 rods front , and running north to the back or Queen ...
... acre each ; those on the Fore - street , as it was then called , were one acre , being 8 rods front and 20 rods deep ; on the Middle - street , they were an acre and a half , being 12 rods front , and running north to the back or Queen ...
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... acres respectively , from the common land , making to each 104 acres . It was designed to grant in addi- tion to these lots 100 acres to each proprietor ; but it was found that after deducting land sold for common charges , and that to ...
... acres respectively , from the common land , making to each 104 acres . It was designed to grant in addi- tion to these lots 100 acres to each proprietor ; but it was found that after deducting land sold for common charges , and that to ...
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... acres R. Collier D.Jordan Claim . GRANTS made by the Proprietors of FALMOUTH ( on the Neck ) now PORTLAND : principally between 1720 & 1728 inclusive- For Williss History of Portland . Pendletons Lithog Best 1 who had applied for ...
... acres R. Collier D.Jordan Claim . GRANTS made by the Proprietors of FALMOUTH ( on the Neck ) now PORTLAND : principally between 1720 & 1728 inclusive- For Williss History of Portland . Pendletons Lithog Best 1 who had applied for ...
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... acres to each proprietor , to wit , old and new , shall be deferred until each proprietor hath gotten the other ... acre lot or house lot , according to town vote , a 3 acre lot , a 10 acre lot , a 30 acre lot and a 60 acre lot , after ...
... acres to each proprietor , to wit , old and new , shall be deferred until each proprietor hath gotten the other ... acre lot or house lot , according to town vote , a 3 acre lot , a 10 acre lot , a 30 acre lot and a 60 acre lot , after ...
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Page 128 - Majesty's dominions in America for making a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of the administration of justice and the support of civil government in such provinces where it shall be found necessary...
Page 128 - The government also established a board of commissioners for the receipt and management of the customs in America, and fixed the salaries of certain officers which Massachusetts had refused to do. The passage of these acts occasioned at first no violent outbreakings like those which followed the stamp act, but rather...
Page 191 - Portland, to which place he was elected die years. He was also a member of the convention which adopted the constitution of the United States.
Page 345 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Page 201 - It has been truly said, that there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Page 174 - ... fishery. Voted, unanimously, that Stephen Hall, our representative to the General Court, be directed and he hereby is directed to use his utmost endeavors at the approaching session of said court, that an application be made from the whole court to the Honorable Congress, requesting that they would direct their commissioners for negotiating a peace to make the right of the United States to the fishery an indispensable article of treaty...
Page 136 - For on what principle does it stand ? This famous revenue stands, at this hour, on all the debate, as a description of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive (but too comprehensive !) vocabulary of finance — a preambulary tax.
Page 130 - THAT the sole right of imposing taxes on the inhabitants of this his majesty's colony and dominion of Virginia is now, and ever hath been, legally and constitutionally vested in the house of burgesses...
Page 136 - The perusal of these documents excited violent indignation ; it was unanimously resolved, " that the tendency of the said letters was to overthrow the constitution of this government, and to introduce arbitrary power into the province...
Page 286 - Deane was presented by the company with two hundred and thirty-six seven knotted skeins of excellent cotton and linen yarn, the work of the day, excepting about a dozen skeins which some of the company brought in ready spun. Some had spun six, and many not less than five skeins apiece. To conclude and crown the day, a numerous band of the best singers attended in the evening, and performed an agreeable variety of excellent pieces in psalmody."1 Some of the ante-revolutionary customs "more honored...