amongst them who Declare Against their Proceedings, & here
Signifie the Same

That many of us now are at Least Seven miles from Our meeting And
the Only Encouragement to Settle there was the undeniable
Accomodations to make An Other town without w'ch. We Should by no
means have undertaken

That if this their Pet'n. Should Succed--Our hopes must
Perish--thay by no means benifitted--& we put to all the Hardships
Immaginable.

That the whole tract of Land thay pray may be Taken Out of groton
Contains about Six or Seven Thousand Acres, (the Quantity and
Situation may be Seen on y'e. plan herewith And but Ab't. four Or
five hundred Acres thereof Owned by the Petit'rs. and but very
Small Improvements On that. Under all w'ch. Circumstances wee
Humbly conceive it unreasonable for them to desire thus to Harrase
and perplex us. Nor is it by Any means for the Accomodation of
Dunstable thus to Joyn who have land of their Own Sufficient and
none to Spare without prejudicing their begun Settlement Wherefore
we most Humbly pray Y'or. Excellency & Hon'rs. to compassionate Our
Circumstances and that thay may not be set off and as in Duly bound
&c

Benj'a. Parker John Woods
Josiah Sartell Samuel Shattuck iu
Joseph Spoaldeng James Larwance
Juner Jonathan Shattuck
Nath'll. Parker James Shattuck
Jacob Lakin John Chambrlen
Thomas Fisk John Cumings
Isaac Lakin Henery Jefes
John Shattuck David Shattuck
John Scott Seth Phillips
Benj'n. Robines Samuel Wright
Isaac Woods John Swallow
Enoch larwance William Spoalding
John Blood Jonathan Woods
James Green Wiliam Cumings
Joseph Blood Nathaniel Lawrence iu

[Massachusetts Archives, cxiv, 282-284.]

Wee the Sub'rs: Inhab'ts: of y'e Town of Dunstable & Resident in
that part of it Called Nissitisitt Do hereby authorize and Fully
Impower Abraham Taylor Jun'r. and Peter Power to Represent to
Gen'll. Court our unwillingness that any Part of Dunstable should
[be] sett off to Groton to make a Township or Parish and to Shew
forth our Earness Desire that a Township be maide intirely out out
[_sic_] off Dunstable Land, Extending