St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-09-10

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ship when the same shall be fully settled
and improved laying the same equitable
or quality for quality, which said land
amounting to three rights last meni Toned
when located as aforesaid shall together
with their Improvements, rights, profits,
dues and interest remain unalterably
appropriated to the use and purposes
for which they are respectively assigned,
and to be under the charge, direction
and disposal of the inhabitants of said
township forever, which tract Of land is
hereby given and granted as aforesaid is
bounded described as follows, viz: Be-
ginning at the northwesterly corner
OF Barnet, being boundary contiguous to
Connecticut river then up said river as
it tends so far as to make six miles on a
right angle with the northeasterly or
headline of said Barnet, then extending
that width westerly on in the aforesaid
northerly line of Barnet and continuing
in that direction so far that to turn a
right angle across said breadth will con-
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that the same be and hereby is in
corporated into township by the name
of Littleton, and the inhabitants that do
and shall hereafter inhabit said township
are declared enfranchised and entitled
to all the privileges and immunities that
the inhabitants of other towns within
the states do and ought by the laws and
constitution of this state to exercise and
enjoy.
To have and to hold the said granted
premises as above expressed with all the
privileges and appurtenances thereto
belonging and appertaining unto them
and their respective heirs and assigns for
ever upon the following conditions and
reservations, viz: That each proprietor
OF the township Of Littleton (now Water
ford), aforesaid his heirs and assigns
shall plant and cultivate five acres OF
land and build house at least Is feet
square on the floor, or have one family
settle on each respective right within the
term OF three years next after the date OF
these presents on penalty OF the forfeiture
of each respective right or share OF land
in said township not so improved or set
tied and the same to revert to the Free
men of this state to be by their represent
tatives regranted to such persons as
shall appear TO settle and cultivate the
same. That all pine timber suitable toI
a navy be reserved TOR the use and the
benefit of the Freemen of this state.
In testimony whereof we have caused
the seal of this state 10 be affixed II
council this eighth day OF November II
} the year OF our Lord one thousand, sever
} hundred and eighty. and in the fourth
year of the independence Of this state.
Signed, THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
By His Excellency's Command.
THOMAS TALMAN,
Dept OF State Of Vermont
Secretary of State Office.
. The first meeting OF the proprietor
that have been able to find any accoun
OF, and so tar as circumstances ant
appearances tend to show it was thu
first, was called at the house of james
: Adams in Barnet, Oct. 13, 1888, nv
' days over the time granted them by tn
charter to cultivate FIVE acres and built
I: house 1S feet square. The Limitation
. in its charter had expired and the terri
. tory had reverted to the Freemen of thu
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c tier in town and no record or even {
!. tradition that tree had been cut. Th
boundaries of the town had been sur
j. viewed by the state government oil whicl
there is no date to be found, any furthe
d than at a meeting of governor and coun
s Gil at Manchester, Oct. p, 11SS, eigh
years after the charter, the town o
J, Littleton, now Waterford, was assessed
% pounds. 3 shillings, s pence for tn
/. surveying of the town lines The call
!; this first meeting was signed by Jane
Gilchrist, lanes Adams, Robert Johnson
!: Jonathan Adams and Martin Adams
!. Only two of the above names appear II
h the grant, James Adams and Martin
Adams. The fourth name, Jonathan
h Adams, was the owner or at least repre-
$ sented the right of Joseph Averill as h
n later sold lot number belonging t.
d Averill.
n Capt. Robert Johnson, the third signer
,e then resident of Newbury, as he ha
r identified himself largely in the interes
10 of matters OF this town, deserves NOR
n than a mere mention of the TACT. ii
!. was the only representative sent iron
a any town north of Bradford to the stat
If convention uClu al JN'~
al 1777, when this state declared the'
ID independence from the jurisdiction c
,e New York and adopted all necessarr
ID resolutions to carry it into effect. A
,r this meeting they changed the name,
,r the state from New Connecticut, n
,s which it had been called by previous cor
s. ventions, to Vermont.
m lanes Chemist was IRON Scotland an
- settled in Barnet on the plain near Nj
az Iudocs Falls in 1777. ames and Jona
=. than Adams were among the grantees {
IN the town OF st. Johnsbury. They, wit
r. Martin Adams and James {. Adams
a. before the boundaries of the town wer
of known made the first opening IN tina
ee territory on the Passumpsic river belo'
he the depot in 1886. These five men,
nr above stated. met at the house OF anne