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| | Cow Hampshire :: Weare, NH 1772: Rebellion Before the Revolution |
 | | Within the Royal Province of New Hampshire, when grants were written which created new townships, Governor Benning Wentworth included a clause that reserved "all white pine trees" fit for creating masts for the royal navy, to be restricted to the King of England. |
 | | An advertisement was placed in the New Hampshire Gazette, Feb. 7, 1772, at Portsmouth, libelling the offenders, and the log-cutters were cited to come in and show cause why these logs should not be forfeited. |
 | | He was associate judge of the supreme court of judicature of the state of NH from 1772 to October of 1785. |
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