Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-25
An Interesting Book.

All Interesting DUN
We find in the " New England Historical
and Genealogical Register" for january, a
well-written and complimentary notice of
the volume lately published by the HlstorI-
cal Society of this State, and we cannot bet
ter serve our readers and the society than by
reprinting this notice
COLLECTIONS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICAL
SocrErY.-Prepared and published by the
Printing and Publishing Committee in
pursuance of a vote of the Society.
! The State Of Vermont, springing, as 1t
were from the ashes of an old controversy
between the colonies of New hampshire and
/ New York, has a history OF peculiar and OF
engrossing interest. This history can be
most satisfactorily studied by perusal Of
such documents, IN the shape of letters, pc
/ titions, protests and proceedings OF conven-
tions, as the process of bringing the State
into existence actually produced The His
torical Society has undertaken, IN this vol
ume, the important work OF laying these
documents before the historical student.
Both the State and the citizens OF Vermont
are laid under deep obligations by the issue
of these papers. They unfold the history OF
the Green Mountain State IN It's plth and
marrow. The character of the early settlers,
! IuciT PATRIOTISM, stiL-IClioHSO 'sA4N oCNA -
| shine out at every point
Among the important papers contained In
this volume is full account Of the conyen-
tions OF the Inhabitants OF the New lamp
shire grants, in opposition To the claims OF
/ New York held at different times from ! Z %
/ TO III. These set forth very clearly the
gradual steps by which the territory was
finally erected into independent State.
\ valuable paper is contributed by the
/ Hon uiland Hall, Ii. ID. the venerable his
toriau of the State, on the New FORK land
= grants in Vermont from 1868 to 1870. The
location of each grant is given approximate
ly. an entirely accurate statement OF the
exact boundaries could not, we presume, be
made, nor indeed would il be of any historl-
cal Importance, since these grants only ex-
isted ON paper, ever having been realized
bv the unfortunate grantees. The number
OF acres, however, covered by each patent ls
accurately given The whole number Of
acres covered by the grants, including mill
tarv patents. appears 70 have been two mil
lion, one hundred and fifteen thousand, siI
hundred and ten. The estimated fees accru
ing to the governors and other officials wa,
one hundred and ninety thousand, nine hun
bred and thirty three dollars. and seventy
three cents. Tins granting OF lands wa'
plainly lJurishIng business for the roya
GOVERNOR. and other officials, especially AZ
the lands were situated in territory oyel
which the State of New York had no actual
and at best but a very doubtful legal luris
dictiOn.
The volume contains a series of origina
documents relating to a. Burgoyne : Invasion
in III" We commend these TO the atten
ton of the reader as replete with interest
ana a. containing an admirable history o
the battle OF Bennington, an event of PR
he nf rtV
dictionary war.
A paper on the e. Coinage OF Vermont,
contributed by the Rev. Edmund F. Slater
Corresponding Secretary of the New Eng
land Historic, Genealogical Society, contains
full history of the copper coinage of Yer
mont, and deals at length with the erroneou
charge which appears To have crept into tn
works Of several writers, that vermont Il
sued COINS bearing the image OF George Ill
This carefully prepared and very valuable ar
ticle will be read with great interest, as It d
indeed the only exhaustive history Of tn
Vermont coinage which has ever been pub
lished. Ii is accompanied by full engrave'
illustrations of the Vermont coins.
The volume closes with reprint OF tn
=. History OF the State OF Vermont. by lr'
: Allen. ESQ written in England and pTinte,
} in London in l79S This work had become
: exceedingly rare, and, we are told, that tn
committee of publication were obliged t
seek for copy to print from, beyond tn
limits of the State The history, though
containing errors incident to the clrcumstan
: ces in which it was written. Is exceedingl
5 important as the author was promlnen
actor in the scenes which he describes
These are only part OF the contents Q
this first volume of the Collections of tn
5 Vermont Historical Society The other pa
: pers are also of great interest and value
= We most cordially congratulate the Commit
tee OF Publication on the achievement &
this important work, and we hope this Wi
: be the first of noble series of volumes
which the Society shall put forth, illustratiy
: of the history of Vermont and of other kin
: bred topics We must not omit to say tina
! the rich heavy paper, the beautiful letter
c press, and the whole mechanical execution {
o the volume do credit TO the Society as we
5 as to the press from which 1t comes
We understand the Society have fe'
copies of this interesting volume of colleC
tions for sale, and they may be procured a
= the bookstore in this village, or by applica
i ton to Hon. Charles Reed of Montpelier
1t is also probable that any officers of til
society would, by being applied to, aid
j, securing copies for such persons as desir
I them The price of the book we understan
has been fixed at 80 so, and the present tim
is the best, and it may be the only, oppol
e tunity of securing a copy of this work.