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��Groton Plantation.

��spring of 1741, with reference to the settlement of this dispute.

The new boundary passed through the original Groton Plantation, cutting off a triangular portion of its territory, now within the limits of Nashua, and a very small corner of Mollis, and went to the southward of Groton Gore, leav- ing that tract of land wholly in New Hampshire, (pp. 37-39.)

��GREEN S GROTON BOUNDARIES.

No town in Massachusetts has a more loyal son, or one who has done more to illustrate her history, than Groton has in Dr. Samuel A. Green. His numer- ous publications, designed to preserve the perishable records or memories of the past, have been true labors of love, and have left nothing to be desired as respects thoroughness of research and accuracy of statement. The latest of

��his Groton monographs deals with the original boundaries of the town, and with the repeated partitions of the township, by which her area has been reduced to a mere fraction of what it was two centuries or more ago. His narrative is clear and succinct, and is made perfectly intelligible to every one by three excellent plans. The value of the publication is greatly enhanced by the very large number of petitions and legislative orders, which are now printed for the first time ; and it is only fair to add that it is just what such a publica- tion ought to be. It will make every reader impatient for the time when Dr. Green shall gather his materials into a well compacted history of Groton.

\_The Boundary Lines of Old Groton. By Samuel A. Green, M.D. Groton, Mass., 1885. 8vo, pp. 105.]

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