An Act for erecting a new Town within the County of Essex, at a Plantation called Penny-Cook, by the Name of Rumford, 1733

Collection Name:

Broadside Collection - Government: Creation of Towns

Title:

An Act for erecting a new Town within the County of Essex, at a Plantation called Penny-Cook, by the Name of Rumford, 1733

Creator:

unidentified

Creator Role:

Printer

Accession / Call Number:

2024.066

Object ID:

2024.066

Date:

1733

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 document ; 12.875" x 8.25"

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

"An Act for erecting a new Town within the County of Essex, at a Plantation called Penny-Cook, by the Name of Rumford" page 510 from the printed laws and acts passed by the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1733. The act establishes the town of Rumford, later known as Concord, NH, and provides a description of the town boundaries. On the back is page 509, which includes "An Act for altering the Times for holding the Superiour Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and General Goal Delivery, within and for the Counties of Plyouth, Barnstable and Dukes-Couty, Essex and York."

Subjects:

New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Cities and towns, Law, Courts

Locations:

Concord, NH
Boston, MA

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Thomas Madson.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

10