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�Tuesday the 28th of Aug 1781 the Proprietors of a certain
Tract of Land Laying in the Province of Maine holden
under the Will of Bridget Phillips late of Boston
deceased met According to adjournment at the Coffee
House in Boston
Present SN! Jonathan Mason Jun.
Honible Jereh Powell Col. Josiah Waters
SN! William Powell SN! William Phillips
Col Henry Bromfield SN! John Avery Jun.
SN! Cowen Brown
[?] of the doingd of a meeting of the Proprietors called
the [?] Proprietor, (claiming and holding lands
in the County of York Aug 6th. 1781 was communicated
to the Proprietors which was read and the said Proprietors
thereupon voted to adopt Similar Measures which are as follows -

Whereas diverse Constructions have been

made respecting the right, Title, Boundaries, Quantity and
Extent Land in the County of York claimed by the Proprietor
holding Land under the Will of Bridget Phillips - the
Proprietors Claiming Land under the Heirs of Francis Small
and the Proprietors claiming Land under Majoer Nicholas
Shapleigh by diverse Antient[?] Deeds - And the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts under the heirs of Liz Ferdinando
gorge[?] a for the Amicable Settlement to which its [?]
voted that Col Josiah Waters be and he hereby is
appointed, impowered and dirested to apply to the General
Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid requesting
Them to authorize and Impower the Honible Jedidiah
Prebble Esq the Honible Jonathan Greenleaf Esq the
Honible David Sewall Esq. John Lewis Esq + William
Lithgow Esq (a Committee of the General Court
appointed by a Resolve of the 2d March last ascertain
the Lands of the Commonwealth and to examine
an Opinionate[?] Claims) Thereas and finally to ascertain
determine and establish the right Title and boundary
Lines of the several Claims aforesaid - The Determine

Needs Review