1st Voted that the sum of seventeen shillings shall be expended at this meeting. 2ly Voted, that this meeting be adjourned to the sixteenth day of March next to the House of Mrs Ann Harvey Taverner in Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire at two of the clock in the after noon Nath' Rogers Modr A true copy from the original minutes transcribed and compared by Matthew Livermore Proprietors Clerk. Province of March ye 16th 1737-8 The Proprietors met according to adjournment, and voted 1st that forty shillings shall be expended at this meeting. 2ly Voted that this meeting be adjourned to Fryday the Thirty first day of March Instant at two of the clock in the afternoon at the usual Place. Nath Rogers, Modr A true copy from the original minutes transcribed and compared by Prov. of March 31st 1738. 2ly That this meeting be adjourned to Tuesday the Twenty fifth day of April next at two of the clock in the afternoon at the usual Place. Nath Rogers, Mod A true copy from the original minutes transcribed & compared by Matthew Livermore Proprietors Clerk. LANCASTER AND OTHER TOWNS BORDERING ON IT. [Lancaster was granted to Capt. David Page and others, July 5, 1763. ED.] Minutes of Council. At a council held at Portsmo by his Excellency's Summons on Friday March 13th 1772, Present, His Excellency the Gov The petition of the proprietors of Lancaster Northumberland, Shelburne, setting forth the utility of a Road from Conway to Connecticut River on the East of the White hills, and praying his Excellency would be pleased to order the Surv' General of Lands to mark out a proper Road & Issue such further order thereon as will effectuate the same: Whereupon the council took under consid" the premises and the matter therein contained appearing to be reasonable & tending much to advance & facilitate the settlem' of that part of the Country, as well as for the general benefit & advantage of the province it is tho't expedient & his Excellency is accordingly advised, When he thinks proper, to issue orders for the surv' gen' to Enter on the Said Business: and that this Petition be referr'd to the Gen' Assembly at their next meeting in order that provision may be made to defray the Expence thereof. Copy from the Minutes of Council. Examined by Geo: King D. Sec Petition for soldiers. Whereas we the Inhabitants of Lancaster Northumberland, Guildhall & Stratford are fully sensible of the Danger of being attacked by the Canadians which are the Worst of Enemys & although some of our neighbours have Quit the ground yet we the Subscribers Do Jointly & severly promis & ingage to Stand our ground providing the Hon" Counsell sees Fitt to grant our request That is this, that you will pleasure us your petitioners so far as to apoint Mr Jere Ames of Northumberland our friend and Neighbor, Commander of our fort which with a great Deal of fetage we have almost acomplished and Likewise for him the sd Ames to have orders to inlist as many men as the Hon' Cort in their Wisdom will see fit, we do ingage to inlist our selves and obey his orders as long as he is stationed in the uper Coos and Commander of the fort. Northumberland July 6th 1776. Thomas Blogget Emmens Stockwell Ward Bailey James Blake Nathan Caswell Archippas Blogget Josiah Blogget David Larned Abner Barlow LANDAFF. [Landaff was first granted, Jan. 3, 1764, to James Avery and others; but failed for not fulfilling the conditions. It was then granted to the Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1774; but subsequently to the Revolu tion, the first grantees renewed their claim, in law, and the grant was restored to them. ED.] Petition of Trustees of Dartmouth College. To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire & and to the Honorable his Majestys council in said Province. The Petition of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, in said Province. Humbly Sheweth That there are ten Families settled & settling in the Township of Landaff in the county of Grafton and Province aforesaid, and a number of others are expected very soon to enter and settle there. That the Inhabitants have already suffered many disadvantages for want of an Incorporation of the same and must soon suffer many more and greater Inconveniences unless an act of Incorporation of said Township be soon obtained. We therefore earnestly request your Excellency and Honors to take the matter into your wise and Judicious Consideration and that you will please to incorporate said Township of Landaff. Granting to the Inhabitants of the same all such powers and priviledges as are usual and Customary to be granted to Incorporations of Townships, and any other privileges and advantages as your Excellency and Honors in your great Wisdom shall Judge Expedient for the benefit of the same under its peculiar situation and relation to this College. And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c. By order of the Trustees, BEZA WOODWARD, Clerk. Dartmouth College Aug. 26th 1774 Names of Persons settling & Settled as heads of Families in Landaff. Nathaniel Hovey Elisha Cleveland Joseph Warner George Mineham Alpheus Hill Joseph Cleveland David Wodward James Hovey John Bedel Minutes of Trustees of Dartmouth College. At an Annual Meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College held at said College Aug. 25 1774, Present, The Reverend Eleazer Wheelock D. D. President. The Reverend Benj Pomeroy D. D. John Sherburne Esq Voted, and resolved, To present a petition to his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Governor of this Province and to the Honorable his Majestys Council for an Incorporation of the Inhabitants of the Township of Landaff and that the Clerk of this Board be directed to draw and sign the same. A true Copy of Record. Attest Beza Woodward, Clerk. LEMPSTER. [This town was granted by charter January 5, 1767. Settlements were made about 1770, by immigrants from Connecticut. ED.] Petition of Capt. Joseph Spencer for an extension of the Province of New Hampshire charter. To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq. Captain General, Governour & Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Prov. of New Hampshire aforesaid and Vice Admiral of the same, In Council. The petition of Joseph Spencer Esq' in behalf of the Major part of the Grantees and proprietors of the township of Lempster in the said province, Humbly shews, That the Charter of the said Township of Lempster was granted on the 5th January 1767 on Certain Terms of Culture & Expressed to be performed within 5 years from the date of the Grant, and your petitioner begs leave to represent, That as there are many difficulties which unavoidably attend the settlement of a new plantation Especially one that is at a remote distance from any Inhabitants many of the Petition have abundantly Experienced the discouragements arising therefrom, particularly in being obliged to cut Roads thro' the woods to their respective Lots at their own Expence, which has principally retarded their compliance with the duties of the Grant; it has been peculiarly hard upon them as sundry of the Original Grantees have not to this day contributed in the least degree towards the settlement thereof, whereby those who have used their endeavours tho' not to full effect are liable to share the Fate of the (totally) delinquent, notwithstanding which inconveniences there are Eight Families actually resident on the premises, and Eight more that have improv'd so as to able to go on in the spring besides other Improvements, which affords a fair prospect to settle the same without delay, but as the Charter is so near expiring Your Pets are thence induced to request that your Excelley & honours will be pleased to lengthen out the said Charter for the Term of Four years, In which time the petitioners hereby promise & Engage to fulfill the Conditions required by their said Grant, and to Exclude, if your Excelly & honours think proper those Grantees who have been entirely negligent as aforesaid, whose Names are as follows, Viz Alexander Steward, Alex' Steward Jr. Daniel Gates Nathan Gates, Dudley Woodbridge, Oliver Woodbridge, John Steward & John Steward Jr And grant them to such of his Majestys Subjects as are willing to settle their respective Rights or shares in the said Township or otherwise as to your Excelle and honors shall seem just and right. And your Petition" as in duty bound will ever pray. Portsmo 28th Decemb. 1771. JOSEPH SPENCER. [This town was early granted by Massachusetts as a plantation to William Brenton, and for a long period called Brenton's Farm. It was afterwards included in the Old Dunstable Grant, and belonged to that town until 1734, when it was set off and made a distinct Township, as appears from the following Petition. It remained under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts until 1741, when the establishment of the line between that Province and New Hampshire separated it from that Government. It was incorporated under the administration of Gov. Benning Wentworth, 5 June, 1749. JOHN FARMER.] Petition of the Inhabitants of Litchfield for a township. To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain General, Governour and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England and To the Honorable his Majestys Council for said Province. The petition of the Inhabitants of that Tract of Land lying and being in the Province of New Hampshire by the late settlement of the Boundary between the said Province and the Province of the Massachusetts Bay by his Majesty in Council, Called and known by the Name of Litchfield most humbly |