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Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

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SPRINGFIELD, <strong>1636</strong>-lSSO. 127<br />

the power to grant allotments <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong> was again taken from the select-<br />

men <strong>and</strong> given to Captain Pj'iichon, Ensign Cooper, Benjamin Coole}-,<br />

Creorge Colton, Rowl<strong>and</strong> Thomas, Miles Morgan, <strong>and</strong> Eliznr Holyoke,<br />

'' for the present." A brisk apportionment <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong>s followed.<br />

We cannot bnt think that behind these short orders, changing the<br />

pri\'ilege <strong>of</strong> dividing <strong>and</strong> assigning l<strong>and</strong>s from tlie town-meeting to<br />

the selectmen, then back to the town-meeting, then to the selectmen<br />

aided <strong>by</strong> a committee, <strong>and</strong> finally t

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