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all between the 40th and 48th parallels of latitude. Afterward 

 the Earl of Sterling had a grant of all the State as far west as 

 Pemaquid, now the town of Bristol. It was surrendered in 

 1688 to the Province of Massachusetts, and a few years after 

 conlirmed to her. In 1783^ some twenty years after settlements 

 were begun here, it was secured to her by the treaty of that year, 

 and that fully established her ownership." 



By resolve of March 22, 1786, Deer Island and Sheep Island^ 

 were granted conditionally as follows : One hundred acres each 

 to Joseph Tyler and eighty settlers ; the remainder to Joseph 

 Tyler and fifty-eight others. 



By resolve of March 24, 1788, the conditions not having 

 been complied with as specified in the previous resolve "the 

 whole of islands aforesaid excepting as hereinafter mentioned 

 be and hereby are granted and confirmed under Joseph Tyler 

 and George Tyler." 



A resolve of March 7, 1791, repealed the resolve of 1788, the 

 conditions of payment not having been complied with. 



By resolve of February 22, 1796, all of both islands was con- 

 firmed to settlers before January, 1784, and January, 1786. 



A deed of these islands from Massachusetts to Joseph Tyler 

 et als was given February 20, 1810, recorded Vol. 4, Page 45, 

 Mass. Deeds, Maine Land OlHce. The description in this deed 

 is as follows : "All the right, title and interest of the said 

 Commonwealth in and unto the residue of Deer and Sheep 

 Islands in the County of Hancock aforesaid which remain after 

 quieting the settlers on said islands in one hundred acres each 

 who settled before the first day of January, 1784. . . ." 



This deed is based on Putnam's plan, and from the descrip- 

 tion would, on casual inspection, appear to grant those two 

 islands as there shown. But the grantees are described as 

 "Joseph Tyler of Deer Isle and fifty-eight others named in the 

 said resolve of the 22nd day of March, 1786, their heirs and 

 assigns forever." Moreover the deed describes all of the above 

 resolves mentioned, as being made pursuant thereto. 



The resolve of March 22, 1786, to which the other three 

 resolves refer for a description of the land granted, contains 

 a very much different description of these two islands than 

 appears from the plan as they are designated thereon. As the 

 deed is made pursuant to these several resolves, it would appear 



