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Title: New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: New Bedford Board of Trade Pease, Zeph. W. (Zephaniah Walter), b. 1861 Hough, George A Sayer, William L. (William Lawton), 1848-1914
Subjects: New Bedford (Mass.)
Publisher: (New Bedford) Mercury publishing company, printers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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years after the arrixal (A the Mayflower at Plymouth,the dwellers in that colony began to look with covetous eyes on thepleasant land which had delighted Gosnold and his companions.The general court of March, 1639, passed an order that the pur-chasers or old-comers should make choice of two or threeplantations for themselves and their heirs by the December court.The selections were duly made, and one of them, known as the 3> o z O CD 3D HIO o o en zO(—o o3 T3 3or
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12 NEW BEDFORD. second place, included the locality which is now the city of NewBedford. But not until 1652 was the right acquired hy purchasefrom the Indians. On the 29th of November, 1652, a conveyancewas made by Wasamequin, an Indian chief, and Wamsutta, his son,of the territory now included in the city of New Bedford and theneighboring towns of Fairhaven, Acushnet, Dartmouth, and West-port. For this large tract of land, the consideration was as Ibllows :Thirty 3ards of cloth, eight moose-skins, fifteen axes, fifteen hoes,fifteen pair of breeches, eight blankets, two kettles, one cloak, £2 inwampan, eight pair stockings, eight pair of shoes, one iron pot, andten shillings in another commoditie. It has been supposed thatthis other commoditie meant rum and tobacco. On the con-trary, it is urged that the purchasers of this land were not afraid tosay rum when the)^ meant rum, and that the consideration is as likelyto have been something else as liquor. But this aside, the buyers ofthe

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