The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 . epetitioner (J. D.) objected, and to avoid all future trouble, requested the proprietors to give him theirquit claim to the land,—which they did. 104 HISTORY OF HAVEBHILL, We do not learn that the Haverhill people made any objection to thiscourse, and as it more than made up the difference between their boundsas given in the original deed, and that in the order of the Court, we pre-sume they were quite willing to keep quiet. From the point eight miles west of the meeting house, a line was rundue no
The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 . epetitioner (J. D.) objected, and to avoid all future trouble, requested the proprietors to give him theirquit claim to the land,—which they did. 104 HISTORY OF HAVEBHILL, We do not learn that the Haverhill people made any objection to thiscourse, and as it more than made up the difference between their boundsas given in the original deed, and that in the order of the Court, we pre-sume they were quite willing to keep quiet. From the point eight miles west of the meeting house, a line was rundue north and south, extending to the Merrimack on the south, and to theintersection of the northwest line from Holts Eocks on the north. Thisgave the township nearly the form of a triangle. The length of the north-east angle was about fifteen miles ; of the west line rather more; and anair line from Holts Eocks, to the southwest corner, would have been alsoabout fifteen miles. The following engraving is made from the original plan, as drawn byJonathan Danforth, from this survey by Ensign this platform of the town of hauerill hegan hy ensign Noise of Sudbury and finished by Jonathan Danforth 16. 3d m. 1667. The General Court approved of the report of the commissioners, and,for the first time, the bounds of the town were apparently well definedand understood. From the foregoing, it will be seen that the original area of the townwas much greater than the present. This difference is not, however, gen-
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