WALDO PATENT
\wˈɒldə͡ʊ pˈe͡ɪtənt], \wˈɒldəʊ pˈeɪtənt], \w_ˈɒ_l_d_əʊ p_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n_t]\
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In 1630, Beauchamp and others of Massachusetts obtained from the Council for New England a grant of thirty square miles on the Penobscot Bay and river. This was afterward called the " Waldo Patent," and is still in part held by the heirs or assigns of the grantees.
By John Franklin Jameson
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