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Date: | Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:05:51 -0400 |
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Believe this relates to the rather involved & lengthly controversy
between NY and NH over the "Hampshire Grants"-the area that later
became Vermont.
Some general sources you might try are:
Dow, Peter E.: Bucking the tide : Charles Phelps and the Vermont
land
grant controversies, 1750-1789, 1990.
Jones, Matt Bushnell: Vermont in the making, 1750-1777. [Hamden,
Conn.]
Archon Books, 1968 [c1939]
Middleton, Lamar: Revolt U.S.A. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries
Press [1968]
Interestingly enough, Ethan Allen began his career as leader of a
band of terrorists regularly looting and burning the homesteads of
settlers in the 'disputed territories' holding land grants from New
York.
--
Greg Furness
Research Associate
NY State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation
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