We the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the Extream Parts of
Groton Lancaster and Harvard as allso the Proprietors of the Land
belonging to the Town of Stow (which Land is Scituate, Lying and
being Between the Towns above said Namely Groton Lancaster and
Harvard) Do Covenant and Promise to and with Each other And We Do
Hereby of our own Free Will and Motion In the Exercise of Love and
Charity Towards one another with Mutual Consent in the strongest
Manner Binding our Selves the Subscribers each and every of us
Conjointly one to another (for the Gosples Sake) Firmly Covenanting
and Promising to and with Each other that we will as Speedely as
may be with Conveniency Petition the Several Towns to which we
Respectively belong and Likewise the Great and General Court That
we may be Erected or Incorporated into a Destinct and separate
Township of our Selves with those Lands within the Bounds and
Limits Here after Described viz Beginning at the River called
Lancaster [Nashua] River at the turning of Sd River Below the Brige
called John Whits Brige & Runing Northerly to Hell Pond and on
Still to the Line Betwixt Harvard and Groton Including John Farwell
then to Coyecus Brook Leaveing the Mills and Down Said Brook to the
River and down Said River to the Rye ford way then Runing Westerly
to the Northerly End of Horse Pond & so on to Luningburg Line,
Including Robert Henry & Daniel Page and then Runing Southerly
Extendig Beyound Luningburg So far Into Lancaster as that Running
Easterly the Place on which Ralph Kindal formerly Lived Shall be
Included and so on Running Easterly to the Turn in the River first
mentioned

Moreover we Do Covenant Promise and Engage Truly and Faithfully
that will Consent to and Justifie any Petition that Shall be
Prefered in our names and behalf to our Respective Towns and to the
Great & General Court for the Ends and Purposes above Mentioned

Furthermore we Do Covenant Promise and Engage as above that we will
advance money for and Pay all Such Reasonable and necessary Charges
that may arise in the Prosecuting and Obtaining our Said Petitions
and that we will Each and Every of us Respectively Endever to
Promote and Maintain Peace Unity Concord and Good Agreement
amoungst our Selves as Becometh Christians

And now hav