1765 Extension
Townships No 4, 5 and 6
[MA State Archives 118:118, 12 Jun 1765]
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To his Excellency Francis Barnard Esq Governor in Chief
& over his majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay and Vice Admiral of
the same and the Honorable his majesties council and house of Representatives in
General Court Assembled
The Petition of the Proprietors of the townships Number
four, five & six Laid out to the Eastward of mount desert or Union River.
Whereas it Pleases your Excellency and Honours In Council in January the 27th 1764 to grant unto us the three above mentioned townships which we Humbly thank your Excellency & Honours for and as your Excellency and honours was Pleases to give your Petitioners Eighteen months time to get his majesties approbation and if we did not obtain the same in that time then those grants to be Void &C; and the time being almost Expired & your Petitioners has not obtained his majesties approbation your Petitioners Prays your Excellency and Honours to grant us some longer time to get his majesties approbation on these grants – also your Petitioners Desires to acquaint your Excellency & honours that there has been several Dollars Laid on each Right to defrey the charges for surveying &C and a great part of the proprietors has neglected to Pay their Part of the charges & we cannot find any means to oblige them to pay your petitioners Prays your Excellency & honours grant to us Liberty to sell the Rights of those that neglect to Pay their part of the charges Laid on each Right or direct us what we shall do in that case so that we may Recover the money that is due to Pay our just Debts. And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever Pray
??? in Behalf of No four
Sam ll Webb in Behalf of No five
David Merritt in Behalf of No six
Falmouth June the 12th 1765