The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 . not to make any new Settlementon the said Lands or any improvements whatsoever thereon and to desistfrom all prosecutions in the Law till the further order of this Governmentor the settlement of the said Line, Provided the Government of NewHampshire do give the like or some other effectual directions to the Inhab-itants of that Province for the end aforesaid; And that His Excellency bedesired to write to the Lieut Governor of the Province of New Hampshireon this affair. ••^ ?^ From the same reeorJs
The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 . not to make any new Settlementon the said Lands or any improvements whatsoever thereon and to desistfrom all prosecutions in the Law till the further order of this Governmentor the settlement of the said Line, Provided the Government of NewHampshire do give the like or some other effectual directions to the Inhab-itants of that Province for the end aforesaid; And that His Excellency bedesired to write to the Lieut Governor of the Province of New Hampshireon this affair. ••^ ?^ From the same reeorJs, of the same year, we learn that Nathaniel Peasley was twice allowed moneyfrom the Province Treasury to defend himself against suits in New Hampshire, (ten pounds and thirtypounds); and that John Wainwright and Eichard Saltonstall were also granted twenty pounds to prp-Becute trespassers on Province Lands in Methuen. 37 290 HISTORY OP HAVERHILL. Accompanying Hazzens petition was a plan, showing the portion ofHaverhill claimed hy Londonderry. The following is a reduced copy ofthe plan:. From this plan, it will he seen, that the land in dispute between thepeople of Haverhill and LondondeiTy, was principally confined to that partof Haverhill known as the fifth division laud. The southern part ofit, however, included a part of the fourth division land. The fifthdivision lots were laid out by the Haverhill Proprietors in January, 1721,and it was the entrance of the gTautees upon, and their improvement ofthese lauds, that led to the commencement of active contentions at thisparticular period. The bounds of Londonderry, as given in AMieelwrights deed, of 1719,was as follows:—Down the ^lerrimack until it meets the line of Dunstable ;thence eastward on Dunstable line, until it meets the line of Dracut;thence eastward on the line of Dracut until it meets the line of Haverhil;and extending northward upon HaverhiU line until it meet with the line ofCheshire. From this we see, that,
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