Excerpt from Two Chapters in the Early History of Groton, Massachusetts In early times, as a rule, the proceedings of the General Court were not dated dav by day, - though there are exceptions to it, - but the time of the beginning of the session is always given and in the printed edition of the Records this date, in the absence of any other, is frequently carried along without authority. For this rea son it is often impossible to tell the exact day of legislation in the early history of the colony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.