FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



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Grants of land by Massachusetts, prior to the year 1820, 

 for the aid of Literary and other pnbhc Instiutions, and chari- 

 ties. In IMassachusetts Proper. 



Number 



For what purpose granted. Acres. 

 To Literary In.stitutions. 



Leicester Academy 23 ,040 



Marblehead Academy 23 ,040 



Taunton Acatlemy 24 ,231 



Williams College 23 ,040 



Williams College 23 ,040 



Williams College 23 ,040 



Williams College 23 ,040 



Phillips Acadtmy 11 ,520 



Dummer Academy 11 ,520 



Milton Academy 11 ,520 



Monson Academy 15 ,360 



Day's Academy 11 ,520 



Sandwich Academy 11 ,520 



Berkshire Academy 11 ,520 



Derby Academy 11 ,520 



Amherst Academy 11 ,520 



Westford Academy 11 ,520 



Groton Academy 11 ,520 



Framingham Academy. ... 11 ,520 



Bridgewater Academy 11 ,520 



New Salem Academy 11 ,520 



Deerfield Academy 11 ,520 



Westfield Academy 11 ,520 



Harvard College 3 ,600 



Present designation of the land. 



Stetson Plantation, Penobscot County. 



Exeter, Penobscot County. 



Embden, Somerset County. 



Oarland, Penobscot County. 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Near Eastern boundary. 

 \ No. 3, 2d range, N. of Lottery lands, Penob- 

 ) scot County. 



Part of Greenwood. 



Part of Woodstock. 



No. 2, between Woodstock and Peru. 



Part of Monson. 



East side of Moosehead Lake. 



Part of No. 2, 1st range, north of Bingham 

 tract. 



No. 1, 6th range N. of Lot lands. 



No. 2, 3d range, on St. Croix. 



No. 5, 1st range N. of Lottery lands. 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Near Eastern boundary (now Houlton). 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Near Eastern boundary. 



Detached lots in various places. 



354 ,230 



Number 

 To what purpo.se granted, acres. 

 To other Puolic objects. 



Town of Boston for a hos- 

 pital 23 ,040 



Town of Plymouth for re- 

 pair of its harbor 23 ,040 



Town of Plymouth for re- 

 pair of its harbor 23 ,040 



Gen. Wm. Eaton reward of 



value 10,000 



Agricultural Society 23 ,040 



Agricultural Society 23 ,040 



Middlesex Canal 46 ,080 



Town of Gloucester for piers 



at Sandy Bay 23 .040 



195 ,320 

 Acres granted to Literary 



Institutions 354 ,230 



Total granted for Massachu- 

 setts 549 ,550 



Present designation of the land. 



No. 5, 9th range, N. of Waldo pat. 



On the Aroostook, near East bound. 



No. 1, 4th range N. Bingham tract. 



On the Aroostook. 



Now Linneus, near Eastern boundary. 



Uncertain. 



2 townships near Moosehead Lake. 



No. 5, 3d range, N. of Bingham tract. 



To Literary Institutions. 



Bowdoin College 



Bowdoin College 



Bowdoin College 



Bowdoin College 



Assigns of same for de- 

 ficiency 



Waterville College 



Berwick Academy 



Hallowell Academy 



Hallowell Acaflemy 



Washington Academy 



BY MAINE. 



20 ,688 Dixmont. 



92,160 Sebec, Foxcroft, Guilford and Abbot. 

 23 ,040 Etna and part of Plymouth. 



46 ,0.S0 1 Townships No. 7 and 8, 10th range, north of 

 / Waldo patent. 



11 ,520 i township, No. 2, 2d range, N. of Lottery lands. 



29,160 No 3, west side of Penobscot river. 



23,040 Athens. 



23 ,040 Harmony. 



5 ,760 Part No. 5, 5th range W. Bingham tract. 



23 ,040 Cutler. 



