tition be Granted as per their Vote
herewith humbly presented appears, with this alteration namely That
they Include the River (viz't Nashua River) over w'ch is a Bridge,
built Intirely to accommodate said Petitioners heretofore, & your
Respondents therefore apprehend it is but Just & Reasonable the
same should for the future be by them maintain'd if they are Set of
from us.

Your Respondents Pursuant to y'e Vote Aforesaid, humbly move to
your Excellency & Hon'rs That no more of Dunstable be Laid to
Groton Then Groton have voted of, for one Great Reason that Induced
Sundry of y'e Inhabitants of Groton to come into Said Vote was This
Namely They owning a very Considerable part of the Lands Voted to
be set of as afores'd were willing to Condesent to y'e Desires of
their Neighbours apprehending that a meeting House being Erected on
or near y'e Groton Lands & a minister settled it would Raise their
Lands in Vallue but should considerable part of Dunstable be set of
more then of Groton it must of course draw the Meeting House
farther from y'e Groton Inhabitants which would be very hurtfull
both to the people petitioners & those that will be Non Resident
proprietors if the Township is made.

Wherefore they pray That Said New Township may be Incorporated
Agreeable to Groton Vote viz't Made Equally out of both Towns & as
in Duty bound Shall Ever pray

Nat'ell Sartell
William Lawrence

[Massachusetts Archives, cxiv, 378, 279.]

At A Legall town Meeting of the Inhabitants & free holders of the
town of Groton assembled December y'e 24th: 1739 Voted & Chose
Cap't William Lawrance Madderator for said meeting &c:

In Answer to the Petion of Richard Warnor & others Voted that the
land with the Inhabitance mentioned in said Petion Including the
Riuer from Dunstable Line to o'r. ford way Called and Known by y'e.
Name of Joseph Bloods ford way: be Set of from the town of Groton
to Joyn with sum of the westerdly Part of the town of Dunstable to
make a Distinct and Sepprate town Ship Prouided that their be no:
More taken from Dunstable then from Groton in making of Said new
town. Also Voted that Nathaniel Sawtell Esq'r. and Cap't. William
Lawrance be Agiants In the affair or Either of them to wait upon
the Great and Generial. Cort: to Vse their Best