" (N. Y., 1896), and Willis, "Northern
Appalachians," in "Physiography of the United States" (N. Y., 1896), pp.
73-82, 169-176, 196-201.

[70:1] See Osgood, "American Colonies" (N. Y., 1907), iii, chap. iii.

[70:2] See chapter ii, _ante_.

[70:3] Sheldon, "Deerfield" (Deerfield, Mass., 1895), i, p. 288.

[70:4] Parkman, "Frontenac" (Boston, 1898), p. 390; compare his
description of Deerfield in 1704, in "Half Century of Conflict" (Boston,
1898), i, p. 55.

[72:1] Hanna, "Scotch Irish" (N. Y. and London, 1902), ii, pp. 17-24.

[72:2] "Half Century of Conflict," ii, pp. 214-234.

[72:3] "American Husbandry" (London, 1775), i, p. 47.

[73:1] For the extent of New England settlements in 1760, compared with
1700, see the map in Channing, "United States," ii, at end of volume.

[74:1] Schafer, "Land Grants for Education," Univ. of Wis. _Bulletin_
(Madison, 1902), chap. iv.

[75:1] On New England's land system see Osgood, "American Colonies" (N.
Y., 1904), i, chap. xi; and Egleston, "Land System of the New England
Colonies," Johns Hopkins Univ. _Studies_ (Baltimore, 1886), iv. Compare
the account of Virginia, about 1696, in "Mass. Hist. Colls." (Boston,
1835), 1st series, v, p. 129, for a favorable view of the New England
town system; and note the probable influence of New England's system
upon Virginia's legislation about 1700. See chapter ii, _ante_.

[76:1] Amelia C. Ford, "Colonial Precedents of our National Land
System," citing Massachusetts Bay, House of Rep. "Journal," 1715, pp. 5,
22, 46; Hutchinson, "History of Massachusetts Bay" (London, 1768), ii,
p. 331; Holland, "Western Massachusetts" (Springfield, 1855), pp. 66,
169.

[76:2] "Conn. Colon. Records" (Hartford, 1874), viii, p. 134.

[77:1] Holland, "Western Massachusetts," p. 197. See the comments of
Hutchinson in his "History of Massachusetts Bay," ii, pp. 331, 332.
Compare the steps of Connecticut men in 1753 and 1755 to secure a land
grant in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, for the Susquehanna Company, and
the Connecticut governor's remark that there was no unappropriated land
in the latter colony--"Pa. Colon. Records" (Harrisburg, 1851), v, p.
771; "Pa. Archives," 2d series, xviii, contains the important documents,
with much valuable information on the land system of the Wyoming Valley
region. See also General Lyman's projects for a Mississippi colony in
the Yazoo delta area--all indicative of the pressure for land and the
speculative spirit.

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