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half by Cambridge ; Wooburne ; Redding Meadford and Maldon 

 in proporcon as Aforesayd. 

 8 Wee Conceiue & Conclude that the Towns of Concord ; Sudbury ; 

 Lancaster; Billerica Chelmsford and Groton shold be free from 

 Charges to all Bridges Extant saue their own Bridges as before 

 Specified, as allso from such Bridge as shal be made in Wipsuf- 

 fridge way aforesayd. 



Lastly if this our returne be not Satisfactory wee haue Appointed 

 Cap' Norton Capt' Mason and Joseph Hills on notice giuen them ; 

 to Attend any farther Agitacoh respecting this thing. 



At A meeting of the Comitte Appointed by the Francis Norton 



generall Court (i. e) Cap' Lusher Lieu' Clappe 



Deacon Parks it was Agreed and Ordered that Hugh mason 



the Conclusions Afore recited shall stand firme 



and be An Absolute and final determinacon in Edmund Goodenow 



respect of Concord & all other the Towns in 



the Countie of Midlsex and for the Town of Edward Conuers 



Concord Thomas Brooks and John Smedly doe 



bind themselues and Successors in one hundred Joseph Hills : 



Pounds to John Stedman Treas er of the Countie 



that their Inhabitants shall rest in the determi- 



naco Aforesayd which bond they shal be 



Accquitted of on Certifficate to the Treas er 



signified vnder the hands of their Select- 

 men ; of their inhabitants acceptacoh of 



the foresayd determinacon. 



(witnes our hands 

 Signed 

 William Park Joseph Hills : Thos Brooks Jonathan Danforth 

 Eleazer Lusher Hugh mason John Smedly James Parker. 

 Roger Clap 



THE DARK DAY OF 1780. 



The following description of the famous Dark Day, and of 

 its effects as seen in the neighborhood of Groton, is taken from 

 " The Independent Chronicle. And The Universal Adver- 

 tiser " (Boston), June 1, 1780. The article is signed "A 

 Peripatetick," a signature used by James Winthrop, who was 



