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    The Equivalent Lands were several large tracts of land that the Province of Massachusetts Bay made available to settlers from the Connecticut Colony after...
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    Vermont. This was in the heart of one of the three main sections of the Equivalent Lands. The fort was the first permanent European settlement in Vermont. It...
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    This was in the area encompassed in the relatively newly acquired Equivalent Lands. After being designated a part of the Province of New Hampshire in...
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    from portions of Pelham and New Salem, and was partially built on Equivalent Lands. It was named in honor of Colonel William Prescott, who commanded the...
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    the Equivalent Lands were sold by Connecticut Colony to residents who reside in present-day Connecticut and Massachusetts. Some of these lands were granted...
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    jurisdiction, leading to land exchanges such as those regarding the Equivalent Lands and New Hampshire Grants. By 1784, all of the states in the region...
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    lectures on religion at Harvard University. Dudley was an investor in the Equivalent Lands. Along with his brother, William, he was the first proprietor and namesake...
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    the eastern shore) including much of what would become known as the Equivalent Lands. In the following century, these were broken off into precincts and...
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    63 settlers who paid £5 each (equivalent to US$1,358.9 in 2023).: 21–22  It was settled after 1736 on Equivalent Lands. In 1747, during King George's...
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    served by Ware Junior Senior High School. Ware was first settled on Equivalent Lands in 1717 and was officially incorporated in 1775. Its name derives from...
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    after adoption of the federal Constitution. List of towns in Vermont Equivalent Lands Fritz, Christian G. (2008). American Sovereigns: The People and America's...
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  • line was more than 20 miles away in the north, granting New York “equivalent lands” in largely unpopulated areas. However, the 1683 agreement was never...
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    set aside a plot of land (called the "Equivalent Lands") to compensate Connecticut for this error. These lands were auctioned off, and the proceeds were...
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    municipalities have changed names. Administrative divisions of Massachusetts Equivalent Lands Lists of cities in the United States List of villages in Massachusetts...
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    proprietors' petition for a Putney charter to be established in the Equivalent Lands. The charter was issued that day by Governor Benning Wentworth – issuer...
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    West Dummerston, and East Dummerston. Dummerston was part of the Equivalent Lands—several large sections of land given to settlers in the early eighteenth...
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    Granby was once part of Hadley, as were other towns, as part of Hadley Equivalent Lands. Old Hadley was first settled in 1659 by people from Hartford and Wethersfield...
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    - indicates failed legal entities Acadia Dominion of New England† Equivalent Lands King's College Tract Provinces of Maine† Territory of Sagadahock Popham...
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    was first settled by Europeans as part of the Equivalent Lands (specifically, the "Berkshire Equivalent"). Most of what is now the town of Florida, Massachusetts...
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    which took part in King Philip's War. Northampton was part of the Equivalent Lands compromise. Its territory was enlarged beyond the original settlement...
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    Area. Pelham (/ˈpɛləm/ PEL-əm; the "h" is silent) was part of the Equivalent Lands compromise, and was first settled in 1738 by mostly Presbyterian Scotch-Irish...
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    his 2.4 mile daily walk to and from his office. New Hampshire portal Equivalent Lands The Great Attack, the burning of American ships on the Connecticut...
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    330 at the 2020 census. Dalton was first settled in 1755 on former Equivalent Lands, and officially incorporated in 1784. The town was named after Tristram...
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    considered unnecessary. Although the area was originally part of the Equivalent Lands, the township became one of the New Hampshire grants, and was chartered...
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    Thanage refers to the tenure by which lands were held by a thane as well as the rank; an approximately equivalent modern title may be that of baron. The...
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    In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative subdivision of a state or territory, typically with defined geographic boundaries...
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  • Valinor (redirect from Undying Lands)
    part of the Undying Lands to the place dreamed of in the Middle English poem Pearl, and stated that the closest literary equivalents of Tolkien's descriptions...
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    spelled as Suthfield. Suffield and the surrounding area were part of the Equivalent Lands compromise with Massachusetts in 1715–1716. Suffield's native and adopted...
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  • Israel's independence in 1948, approximately 800,000 Jews were living on lands that now make up the Arab world. Of these, just under two-thirds lived in...
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  • various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher...
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