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also passed an act to quiet all bona fide purchasers of lands between the straight and 

 curve lines, so far as that the state should not disturb them. This survey was made in 

 1787 by Joseph Blanchard and Charles Clapham. The line begins on the southern 

 boundary, at lot No. 18 in the town of Rindge. Its course is N. 39 E. Its extent is 

 93i miles. It ends at a point in the eastern boundary, which is seven miles and two 

 hundred and six rods northward of Great Ossapy river. This line being established 

 as the head line or western boundary of Mason s patent, the Masonians, for the sum 

 of forty thousand dollars in public securities and eight hundred dollars in specie, pur 

 chased of the state all its right and title to the unoccupied lands between the straight 

 line and the curve. The heirs of Allen were then confined in their claim to those 

 waste lands only, which were within the straight line. They have since compromised 

 their dispute with the proprietors of eleven of the fifteen Masonian shares, by deeds of 

 mutual quit-claim and release. This was clone in January, 1790. 



The following is the title of the map upon its face : 



A Topographical Map of tJie State of New Hampshire: Surveyed under the Direc 

 tion of Samuel Holland, Esqr, Surveyor General for the Northern District of North 

 America ; by the following Gentlemen, his Deputies : Mr. Thomas Wright, Mr. George 

 Sproule, Mr. James Grant, Mr. Thomas Wheeler and Mr. Charles Blaskowitz. 

 London: Printed for William Faden, Geographer to the King. Charing Crofs, 

 March first, 1784. 



ADVERTISEMENT. 



The respective parts of this Plan were arranged by the several Gentlemen concerned 

 with all pofsible accuracy, and afterwards rectified by Samuel Holland Esq. from the 

 Astronomical Observations made by him at Portsmouth, Wentworth House, Newbury 

 Port and Cape Anne and those made by M r . Wright at Hensdale and the Pine Tree 

 at Dracutt. 



By these Surveys thus adjusted the Form of the Province is exactly determined 

 except as to its Eastern Boundary Line, which is laid down with the several Parts 

 dependent thereon from such materials as were given in : Whatever relates therefore to 

 that line, must depend on their authenticity and goodnefs. 



The Bounds of the several Townships and Patents were delineated from Descrip 

 tions in the Public Offices, or Surveys made for the use of the State and the Parties 

 concerned : It is pofsible some Tracts which were granted or patented at the execution 

 of this Plan are omitted, should there be any such it must be attributed to the necefsary 

 materials for describing them not having been sent in : Which is also the reason that 

 some Townships appear more compleatly laid down than others that are perhaps as 

 well settled. 



Some of the special features of this map will be stated next. 

 Townships retaining the same names as at present, and the same, or 

 not very different, boundaries : 



