Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-08-16

obtain.
Attest, DAVID SrRUUr."
To the Court, Etc,
"Thc Petition of Samn Freeman, Agent of
townships No. /, 4, ) and 6, situated at the east
ward of Mt. Desert or Union River, humbly
shows
That the said Proprictors before the late war
with Great britain were at great cNn"n=p in
running out the said townships according to
the grants thereof made and passed by the
General Court, ETC. \. D., 1864, as also laying
out particular lots and making settlements
thereon That by reason of the said war they
have been mpedcd in the performance OF the
conditions of the said grants, according to the
full intent and meaning of the same, but are
now concerning measures for that purpose.
They therefore humbly pray that your honors
would allow them II further time to complete
said settlement as required by the said grants
as in duty bound, etc.
The 18th of October of that year (I7s}1 by
resolve of the General Court a committee
appointed on the unappropriated lands in the
county OF Lincoln, in which county townships
| Ne. !. 1, ! and were then located, to which
committee was referred matters connected with
these eastern lands.
Owing to the many important questions which
| the establishment of IA new government brought
to the attention of the Massachusetts Lcgisa
ture, the matter touching the confirmation of
these township grants not fully considered
until about two years later (1sj), and the
efforts of the Proprictors to settle said lands
WERE in measure held in allegiance.
ON the 18th day of April, l1Sj the propretor7
of townships No. |, 1, ; and g. held separate
meetings in Cape Elizabeth and each passed
votes making Saml. Freeman again their Agent
20 make application to the General Court for Il
further time to fulfill the conditions of said
township"
Copies of the records of each of said
meetings, with the petition accompanying
them, are on file in the Sec'y of States
office, Boston. We insert here the
petition, with the action taken thereon by
the Gen'l Court
To the Honorable Senate and the Honorable
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Massachusetts in General Court
assembled.
Iuy r,tltiou of samuel Freeman, Agent of
! the rroprieors of the Townships No, one. four.
fre and sir situated in the County of Lincoln, at
the Eastward of Mount Desert or Union River,
humbly ~hcws.
That in the year l764 the General Court of this
Commonwealth. then Province of Ma--achu
sctts made a Grant of six Townships to a
number Of Persons therein particularly named,
on certain Conditions TO be performed unless
prevented by War within six Years after the
Kings appreciation thereof should be obtained
Although before the War, application for this
wa. made to the King icithout success. Yet
when your Honors consider his inimical Dis
position to the People of this State, fully evi
dcnCtd by his conduct towards u during the
late War. the Burdens and Di-tresses of Which
TIL" said Grantees experienced in very great
Degree. particularly in consequence of the un-
happy \ flair at Baggaducc-they hattcr them
selves your lIonors will not suffer his refusal
To approve of the said Grant to operate to the
disadvantage of the Grantees-espccially since
they have made considerable lmprOy ement- in
the said Townships and would have made great
er If the War had not prevented, and have also
been at great Expense toward settling the same
Your petitioner therefore in the name and be
half OF said Grantees humbly prays that your
iIonors would allow them Il further Time to
fulfill the Conditions of said Grants-and that
the same may he confirmed agrceahly To the In
tention of the original Grantors; And a in
Duty Bound shall eyer pray.
SAML FIREMAN.
Is THE HotsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
June Ii, l7>5.
Read Il committed to the Committee appoint
ed by Resolve of 2sth of october 1883 the
subject of the unappropriatcd lands Of the
County OF Lincoln
sent up for concurrence
NATHANIEL GoRHNM, Speaker.
In senate June Il, l7,5.
Read X conrurred
SAN'L PHILLIPS iuIi'r. prC-idt.
The Committee the SUBJECT OF unapPropr-
atcd Lands in the County of Lincoln, to whom
wa committed the Petition of Samuel Freeman
Ed \ gent of the Proprietor- oil four Town
ships Eastward of Union River which with two
other Townships No and No We're conditions
ally granted the eth Jany l7G4 to -undry
Persons named in the Grant viz No one to
Paul Thoru1ikc othcrs-No four 10 Edward
small y othcrs-No five to Josiah sawyer y
others " No siNt1 Nathl Parker y othcr7-tlk"
leave 10 Report That in their opinion it will be
cNpodient to confirm the Grant Of said Town
-hip--No one No four No five Il No -iN ON the
following Conditions viz
That the Propretor- of the same pay to COY
crnmcnt for each Of said Townships the sum of
Twelve hundred and fifty Pounds in TN, con-o
idntcd notes of thi. Commonwealth within one
Year from this Time with Interest.
That the Proprctors within six Year from
this Time complete in each Township the settle
mcnt OF Sixty good Protestant Families and
building of Sixty Houses, none to be less than
Eighteen feet square and Seven feet stud and
clear and cultivate five acres of Land on each
Share fit for moving or tillage
That in each Townships they build suitable
Meeting House for the Public Worship of God,
and settle a learned Protestant Minister and
make Provision for his comfortable and honor
able support and that in each Township there
he reserved and appropriated four whole Rights
or sixty fourth parts for quantity X quality
in the division of the same for the following
purposes viz One for the first settled Minister
hi- Heirs X Assigns foreyer-one for the use
al the MiniStry-One to Il for the future appro-
priation of Goyernment-and one Tor the use
of II School forever.
That Fifty acres { allowed X assigned to