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He declares that the confederation of states had its inception there, and adds: "The appointment for this joint commission for the settlement of this intercolonial difficulty was the first step of federation that culminated in the Colonial Congress and then blossomed into the United States." HE DECLARES THAT A CONFEDERATION OF STATES HAD ITS INCEPTION THERE AND ADDS THE APPOINTMENT FOR THIS JOINT COMMISSION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS INTERCOLNIAL DIFFICULTY WAS THE FIRST STEP OF FEDERATION THAT CULMINATED IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THEN BLOSSOMED INTO THE UNITED STATES
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. 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. THOUT 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 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
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