The Northern Boundary of Massachusetts in Its Relation to New Hampshire

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Excerpt from The Northern Boundary of Massachusetts in Its Relation to New Hampshire: A the of the Council's to Made to the American, Antiquarian Society at Worcester, October The Colonial Charter of Massachusetts Bay, granted by Charles I., under date of March 4, 1628-9, gave to the Governor and other representatives of the Massachusetts Company, on certain conditions, all the territory lying between an easterly and westerly line running three miles north of any part of the Merrimack River and extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, and a similar parallel line running three miles south of any part of the Charles River. To be more exact, and to quote the ipsissima rerba of the original instrument, the hounds of this tract of land were as follows: - All that parte of Newe England in America which lyes and extendes betweene a great river there comonlie called Monomack river, alias. Merrimack river, and a certen other river there called Charles river, being in the bottome of a certen hay there comonlie called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts baj : Ami also all and singuler those landes and hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the space of three Englishe myles on the south parte of the -aide river called Charles river, or of any or every parte thereof: And also all and singuler the landes and hereditaments whatsoever lyeingand being within the space of three Englishe myles to the southward of the southermosl parte of the said baye called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts bay: About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.