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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. 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
hey under the same local government. The obscure little stream which to-day lies between Scituate Harbor and Cohasset marks the line of two conflicting grants--the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the early days of New England royal grants from the throne or patents from colonial councils in London were deemed necessary before settling in the wilderness. The strong, inherited respect for landed estates must have given such charters their value, as it is 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 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. E TOWNSHIP NOR WERE THEY UNDER THE SAME LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE OBSCURE LITTLE STREAM WHICH TO DAY LIES BETWEEN SITUATE HARBOR AND COHASS IT MARKS THE LINE OF TWO CONFLICTING GRANTS THE PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF NEW ENGLAND ROYAL GRANTS FROM THE THRONE OR PATENTS FROM COLONIAL COUNCILS IN LONDON WERE DEEMED NECESSARY BEFORE SETTLING IN THE WILDERNESS THE STRONG INHERITED RESPECT FOR LANDED ESTATES MUST HAVE GIVEN SUCH CHARTERS THEIR VALUE AS IT IS 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
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