Some remarks on the settlement of the line, and removal of the courts from Bristol to Taunton
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 40439
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1747
Place of publication: Boston?
Language: eng
Subjects: Courts; Poetry; Boundaries
Other titles: Upon those stirs, commissioners.
Notes: The eastern boundary of Rhode Island was settled in 1746. Tiverton, Little Compton, Bristol, Warren, Barrington and Cumberland became part of Rhode Island, and the county seat of Bristol County, Massachsuetts moved from Bristol to Taunton. The courts were first held in Taunton on Dec. 9, 1746.

Verse in twenty-four stanzas; first line: Upon those stirs, commissioners.

Date of publication suggested by Bristol.

Text in two columns.

Bristol B1362

Shipton & Mooney 40439