History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . of tlie territories of the Gospel of our LordJesus Clirist, and the common utility of the Common Weal, are therefore em-bv)ldened to present these few lines to your Judicious consideration, and theirrequest therein that you would be i)lcased to give and grant Liberty to yourPetitioners whose names are subscribed, ami such a^ sii join with them, accord-ing to your wonted clemency, power, right, and authority, from, by, and underyou to plant, possess, and i
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . of tlie territories of the Gospel of our LordJesus Clirist, and the common utility of the Common Weal, are therefore em-bv)ldened to present these few lines to your Judicious consideration, and theirrequest therein that you would be i)lcased to give and grant Liberty to yourPetitioners whose names are subscribed, ami such a^ sii join with them, accord-ing to your wonted clemency, power, right, and authority, from, by, and underyou to plant, possess, and inhabit the place, being ou C«->netiqnot River, al»oveSpringfield, called Nonotuck, iis their own inheritance, according t^i theirdivisions by estate, and to carry on tiie affairs of the phice by erecting a townthere, to he governed according to the laws, directions, and instructions theyshall receive from you. Tour Petitioners having some knowledge of the placeby reason of the propinquity of our habitation, to be a place desirable to erect a § Subsequently Lnited States Senator. II No election of ofticere in 1831,1874, and SHOWING THE COURT-HOUSE, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ETC., AS SEEN FROM THE ROAD IN A NORTHEASTERN DIRECTION.
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