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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 1 1 Browse Search
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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
obtained from the Council for New England a grant of lands extending from the Atlantic to the Western Ocean, and in width from a line running three miles north of the river Merrimac to a line three miles south of the Charles. The former grant of the New England coast to the Earl of Warwick and others, six years before, was by them resigned to this company. Mr. Matthew Cradock, a prudent and wealthy citizen of London, was the first governor chosen by the company, and sworn in chancery March 23, 1628-9, Mr. Thomas Goffe being chosen and sworn deputy governor at the same time. June 20th Endicott, commissioned as agent of the patentees, sailed with a small party to take charge for the new company of the old station at Naumkeag. Called by the natives Naemkecke, by our Royal King Charles, Bastable; but now by the planters, Salem.—Capt. John Smith, 1631. Those on the spot disputed their claim at first, but the matter was amicably adjusted by the prudent moderation of Mr. Conant, agent