The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827Dutton and Wentworth, 1827 - 146 pages |
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... Indian titles . Treaty with king Philip and other sachems . Measures to establish other plantations . Medfield in the records called Bargarstowe . Wrentham called Wollomonopoag Deerfield called Petumtuck . Natick Indians principally ...
... Indian titles . Treaty with king Philip and other sachems . Measures to establish other plantations . Medfield in the records called Bargarstowe . Wrentham called Wollomonopoag Deerfield called Petumtuck . Natick Indians principally ...
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... Indian titles . Treaty with king Philip and other sachems . Measures to establish other plantations . Medfield in the records called Bargarstowe . Wrentham called Wollomonopoag . Deerfield called Petumtuck . Natick Indians principally ...
... Indian titles . Treaty with king Philip and other sachems . Measures to establish other plantations . Medfield in the records called Bargarstowe . Wrentham called Wollomonopoag . Deerfield called Petumtuck . Natick Indians principally ...
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... Indian titles . - The land was granted to the first settlers , subject to the Indian title . They were bound by a law of the colony , as well as by their own sense of right , to extinguish that title , by equitable contract . It is ...
... Indian titles . - The land was granted to the first settlers , subject to the Indian title . They were bound by a law of the colony , as well as by their own sense of right , to extinguish that title , by equitable contract . It is ...
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... Indian titles to Dedham and Medfield . The sachems of the Neponset tribe claimed the territory west of the river Neponset , bounded northerly by Charles river , and south- erly on king Philip's land . I find no deed nor treaty for the ...
... Indian titles to Dedham and Medfield . The sachems of the Neponset tribe claimed the territory west of the river Neponset , bounded northerly by Charles river , and south- erly on king Philip's land . I find no deed nor treaty for the ...
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... Indian village at Natick ; it granted at the same time to the pro- prietors of this town , as a compensation therefore , 8000 acres of any unlocated lands within the jurisdiction , where- ever they might chose to have the land . In 1663 ...
... Indian village at Natick ; it granted at the same time to the pro- prietors of this town , as a compensation therefore , 8000 acres of any unlocated lands within the jurisdiction , where- ever they might chose to have the land . In 1663 ...
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