40. Mason's Patent |
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| located on the west side of NH 4A, just south of the Spingfield-Wilmot town line, Andover, NH |
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"New Hampshire, as granted by authority of the
English Crown to Captain John Mason in 1629, was bounded on the west and north by a curved line
60 miles distant from the sea. The course of this proprietary boundary, called the 'Masonian Curve',
coincides with the nearby town line between Wilmot and Springfield." erected 1966 |
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Stalking New Hampshire's Historical Markers Historical Markers of the Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee Region |
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All text and images on this website (c)2001/2002 Mary Lizie and Robert Marville |
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