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The settling of the dispute was not referred back to England, but was settled by the colonists themselves. The author of the "Narrative History of Cohasset" calls this an event of only less historical importance than that of the pact drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower. THE SETTLING OF THE DISPUTE WAS NOT REFERRED BACK TO ENGLAND BUT WAS SETTLED BY THE COLONISTS THE AUTHOR OF THE NARRATIVE HISTORY OF COHASIT CALLS THIS AN EVENT OF ONLY LESS HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE THAN THAT OF THE PACT DRAWN UP IN THE CABIN OF THE MAYFLOWER
e now how any one in England could have prevented the pioneers from settling where they pleased. The various patents and grants of the two colonies (indefinite as they seem to us now, as some granted "up to" a hundred acres to each emigrant without defining any boundaries) brought the two colonies face to face at Bound Brook. The result was a dispute over the harvesting of salt hay. All boundary streams attract to themselves a certain amount of fame--the Rio Grande, the Saint Lawrence, and the Rhine. But surely the little stream of Bound Brook, which was finally taken as the line of division between two colonies of such historical importance as the Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay, is worth more than a superficial attention. The dispute lasted many years and occasioned the appointing of numerous commissioners from both sides. That the salt grass of Bassing Beach should have assumed such importance reveals again the sensitiveness to land values of men who had so recently left England. HARD FOR US TO SEE NOW HOW ANY ONE IN ENGLAND COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PIONEERS FROM SETTLING WHERE THEY PLEASED THE VARIOUS PATENTS AND GRANTS OF THE TWO COLONIES INDEFINITE AS THEY SEEMED TO US NOW AS SOME GRANTED UP TO A HUNDRED ACRES TO EACH EMIGRANT WITHOUT DEFINING ANY BOUNDARIES BROUGHT THE TWO COLONIES FACE TO FACE AT BOUNDBROOK THE RESULT WAS A DISPUTE OVER THE HARVESTING OF SALTE ALL BOUNDARY STREAMS ATTRACT TO THEMSELVES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FAME THE RIO GRAND THE SAINT LAWRENCE AND THE RHINE BUT SURELY THE LITTLE STREAM OF BOUNDBROOK WHICH WAS FINALLY TAKEN AS THE LINE OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE TWO COLONIES OF SUCH HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AS THE PLYMOUTH AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY IS WORTH MORE THAN A SUPERFICIAL ATTENTION THE DISPUTE LASTED MANY YEARS AND OCCASIONED THE APPOINTING OF NUMEROUS COMMISSIONERS FROM BOTH SIDES THAT THE SALT GRASS OF BASSING BEACH SHOULD HAVE ASSUMED SUCH IMPORTANCE REVEALS AGAIN THE SENSITIVENESS TO LAND VALUES OF MEN WHO HAD SO RECENTLY LEFT ENGLAND
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