. [Provincial and state papers]. •v 3oo icti3 3 tn which. a^Soiy«. Ae^^aO-Ow-. [Duxbury School Farm.][Mass. Court Records, March 4, 1733-4.] A Petition of Col. John Alden—Represent™ of the Town ofDuxbury Shewing that the said Town is obliged by Law to main-tain a Grammar School, but by reason of the fewness of the Inhab-itants & their Poverty the Charge of the School lies heavy uponthem, and therefore Praying that this Court would make them aGrant of the Province Land the better to enable them to defraythe said Charge— In the House of Represent™3 Read & Ordered that the Town ofDuxbury be
. [Provincial and state papers]. •v 3oo icti3 3 tn which. a^Soiy«. Ae^^aO-Ow-. [Duxbury School Farm.][Mass. Court Records, March 4, 1733-4.] A Petition of Col. John Alden—Represent™ of the Town ofDuxbury Shewing that the said Town is obliged by Law to main-tain a Grammar School, but by reason of the fewness of the Inhab-itants & their Poverty the Charge of the School lies heavy uponthem, and therefore Praying that this Court would make them aGrant of the Province Land the better to enable them to defraythe said Charge— In the House of Represent™3 Read & Ordered that the Town ofDuxbury be & hereby is allowed & impowered by a Survey1 &Chainmen on Oath to survey & lay out Five hundred Acres of the MILFORD. 209 unappropriated Lands of the Province, & return a Plat 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 sur
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