Middle Grants bicentennial
Biography
The New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the colonial governor of the Province of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth. The land grants, totaling about 135 (including 131 towns), were made on land claimed by New Hampshire west of the Connecticut River, territory that was also claimed by the Province of New York. The resulting dispute led to the eventual establishment of the Vermont Republic, which later became the U.S. state of Vermont.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Middle Grants bicentennial collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-188
MS-188
Date(s):
1958 to 1961
Abstract
Middle Grant Bicentennial. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, clippings and printed matter, including maps and photographs relating to the bicentennial observances of towns in the Middle Grants (Vermont and New Hampshire).