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Amo T)otn» 1^25 • Mr. Robert Gorge ^ Sir 
Ttfdimndo Gorges brother had for his good 
fervice granted him by Patent from the 
Council of Vlimouth all that part of the 
Land commonly called Maffachufiac]^ fitua« 
ted on the Norch-fidc of the Bay oi Maffa-^ 
thufets. 
Not long after this Sir Terdinando Gorges 
had granted to him by Parent from the 
middeft of MmimAch^Kwtt to the great 
River Sagadehock^y then called Lacoma, 
In iSi'y^C^pt.lFiHiam Gorge y Sit Ferdl- 
nando's Nephew^ was fent over Governour 
of the Province oi Main^ then called Ner^'- 
Summerfetfhire* 
Sir Ferdiftando Gorge received a Cbarter- 
Hoyal from King Charles the firft the third 
of April in the Fifttenth of his Raign^grant- 
ing to him all that part and portion of 
New-England^ lying and being between the 
River of Pafcatar^^ay^xhzt is, beginning at 
the entrance of PaJ'cataway'harbourt and fo 
to pafs up the fame into the River of New* 
ichavt^anoe or Neqhecher^ane]^^ and through 
the fame unto the farthelV head thereof 
aforefaid, North-eaftward along the Sea* 
cotfts, for Sixty miles to Sagadehoc-Kwtt 
to Kenehcck^^evtn as tar as the head thereof^ 
and up into the main land North- weft ward 
for the fpice of one hundred and twenty 
N miles. 
