This discription and [?] of the South Line of the Massachusetts Province which divides between the said Province and the Colony of Connecticut was made and Taken the Twenty Sixth day of October 1713 In Presence of Col. Samuel Partridge, Col. John Pynchon and [?] William Dudley Commissioners for the Massachusetts, and William Pithkin and William Whiting Esqrs for Connecticut wherein is discribed and Set down the Sain Line from Woodward and Saffery Station [?] to Connecticut River with the Several Towns farms and grants adjacent and Lying near the Same

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Title:

This discription and [?] of the South Line of the Massachusetts Province which divides between the said Province and the Colony of Connecticut was made and Taken the Twenty Sixth day of October 1713 In Presence of Col. Samuel Partridge, Col. John Pynchon and [?] William Dudley Commissioners for the Massachusetts, and William Pithkin and William Whiting Esqrs for Connecticut wherein is discribed and Set down the Sain Line from Woodward and Saffery Station [?] to Connecticut River with the Several Towns farms and grants adjacent and Lying near the Same

Associated name:

Bissell, Henry W.
Partridge, Samuel, 1645-1740
Saffery, Solomon
Saltonstall, Gurdon, 1666-1724
Woodward, Nathaniel, -1685

Surveyor:

Chandler, John, active 1731
Thaxter, Samuel

Name on Item:

Made and Done by the Said Commissioners Samuel Thaxter and John Chandler Surveyors.

Date:

1713

Format:

Maps

Location:

British Library

Collection (local):

British Library Collection

Subjects:

Connecticut--Boundaries--Massachusetts--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Connecticut--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Massachusetts--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

Places:

Connecticut
Massachusetts

Extent:

1 map on 3 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink ; 130 x 65 cm

Permalink:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hx11z5659

Terms of Use:

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Publisher:

[Boston] : Made and Done by the Said Commissioners Samuel Thaxter and John Chandler Surveyors,

Scale:

Scale 1:79,200

Language:

English

Catalog Record:

http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-002087248

Notes:

Shows map at left identifying the Connecticut River and "Bissell's House".
Shows red wax seal at centre (the Public Seal of the Colony of Connecticut) with the signatures of George Wyllys and Roger Walcott.
Shows multiple title statements and signatures.
Signed "Boston July 12th 1714" by J. Dudley and G. Saltonstall.
Shows title "The Continuation of the Line of Partition between the Governments of the Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut as Underneath Protracted and Delineated [?] the Riding Commissioners Named Samuel Partridge, John Pynchon and William Dudley Esqrs on the Parts of the Massachusetts and William Pithkin and William Whiting Esqrs on the parts of the Connecticut is hereby Rectified and Confirmed. Witness Our hands and Souls hereunto Sett and affixed at Boston July the 12th 1714. Elijah Hutchinson and a Soul. J.sa Addington and a Soul. William Pitkkin and a Soul. William Whiting and a Soul".
Shows title "This Chart and Platt of the Line between His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay and the colony of Connecticut signed [?], Ratified and Confirmed by us Underwritten, Governors and Commissions for both the said Governemtns and the Towns and Lands and Farms [?] which the Said Line pases and which are adjacent thereunto, as Confirmed unto [?] before [?] to [?} for those Severally their heirs and assignors and the Equivalent accordingly [? ?] to the Act be signed by the commissioners on both sides made and concluded heretofor the 13th day of July [?] present [?] 1713 as a Record, Witness out hands and souls hereunto Sett the thirty first day of December Elijah Hutchinson and a Soul. J.sa Addington and a Soul. William Pitkkin and a Soul. William Whiting and a Soul".
Copy at Add Ms 15,487.27. Manuscript annotations to verso show "Patent Line" and other inscriptions. Laid on linen.

Notes (date):

9999

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