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��gmnted to the I'roprietors or Grantees of the Townsliip hitely granted to sixty Inhab- itants of the Town of Ipswich, as an Equiv- alent for about that quantity being taken off their Plat by the Proprietors of the Common Lands of Groton, and that the Ipswich Grantees be allowed to lay out the

��shire. From that point the line ran south for six or seven miles, following the western boundary of Dunstable, until it came to the old Townsend line ; then it turned and ran northwesterly six miles or more, when turning again it made

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���same on the Northern or Westerly Line of the said new Township or on both sides. Sent up for Concurrence.

[Journal of the House of Representatives (page io8), January 12, 1736.]

The record of the grant clearly marks the boundaries of Groton Gore, and by it they can easily be identified. Dram Cup Hill, near Souhegan River, the old northwest corner of Dunstable, is in the present territory of Milford, New Hamp-

��for the original starting-place at Dun- stable northwest corner. These lines enclosed a triangular district which became known as Groton Gore ; in fact, the word gore means a lot of land of triangular shape. This territory is now entirely within the State of New Hampshire, lying mostly in Mason, but partly in Brookline, Wilton, Milford, and Greenville. It touches in no place the tract, hitherto erroneously

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