. [Provincial and state papers]. t thereof tothis Court within twelve months for confirmation, for the mainte-nance & support of a Grammar School there— In Council Read & Concurred— Consented to— J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 24, 1734.] A plat containing five hundred acres of Land surveyed and laidout by order of the Court the ^th of March last by Capt. yonasHoughton Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, to satisfy aGrant made to the Town of Duxbury for the use of a GrammarSchool there, bounded southerly on Soukegan River East on theuppermost Narragansett Township on said River; was pres
. [Provincial and state papers]. t thereof tothis Court within twelve months for confirmation, for the mainte-nance & support of a Grammar School there— In Council Read & Concurred— Consented to— J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 24, 1734.] A plat containing five hundred acres of Land surveyed and laidout by order of the Court the ^th of March last by Capt. yonasHoughton Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, to satisfy aGrant made to the Town of Duxbury for the use of a GrammarSchool there, bounded southerly on Soukegan River East on theuppermost Narragansett Township on said River; was presentedfor allowance. Read and accepted, and Ordered, That the Platbe allowed, and that the Lands therein delineated and describedbe and hereby are confirmed to the Town of Duxbury for the usemaintenance and support of a Grammar School there for ever,provided it exceeds not the quantity of five hundred acres, anddoes not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Maps & Plans, Vol. 8, p. 27]. r°x ? >«.x 2IO CHARTER RECORDS. July ye 4 & 5 : 1734 Laid out five Hundred acres of Land tofulfill a Grant made by the Great and General Court or Assemblyto the Town of Duxbury March ye 4th 1733 : which Bounds South-erly on Souhegan River: East on the upermost NarragonsetTownship upon Said River, North & West upon the unapropri-ated Lands It begins at a whitoak Marked (with a heep of stonsnere to it) on the North side of said River : abought one Hundredand thirty Rods above the uper End of Chalstown Scool Farmeand Runs North two Hundred Rods from thence East four Hun-dred Rods to Said Narraganset Township from thence South twoHundred & Seventeen Rods to Said Souhegen River and then itRuns up along by Said River to where it first began Surveyd ^jjj Jonas Houghton In the House of Representatives December 24th 1734. Readand accepted and ordered That the plat be allowed and the Landstherein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed tothe town of Duxbur
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