assume, forfeit either his own self-respect, or the confident regard of
his fellow-men.

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BOUNDARY LINES OF OLD GROTON.--IV.

BY THE HON. SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN.


About this time it was proposed to form a new township from Groton,
Lancaster, and Harvard, including a small parcel of land, known as Stow
Leg, a strip of territory perhaps two hundred rods in width and a mile
in length, lying west of the Nashua river. This "Leg" had belonged
originally to Stow, but by the incorporation of Harvard had become
wholly detached from that town. The proposed township covered nearly the
same territory as that now occupied by Shirley. The attempt, however,
does not appear to have been successful. The following covenant, signed
by certain inhabitants of the towns interested in the movement, is on
file, and with it a rough plan of the neighborhood; but I find no other
allusion to the matter either in petitions or records.

We the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the Extream Parts of
Groton Lancaster and Harvard as allso the Proprietors of the Land
belonging to the Town of Stow (which Land is Scituate, Lying and
being Between the Towns above said Namely Groton Lancaster and
Harvard) Do Covenant and Promise to and with Each other And We Do
Hereby of our own Free Will and Motion In the Exercise of Love and
Charity Towards one another with Mutual Consent in the strongest
Manner Binding our Selves the Subscribers each and every of us