New Hampshire Grants

The New Hampshire Grants were land grants, including 131 towns, made between 1749 and 1764 by the governor of the Province of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth (they are thus also known as the Benning Wentworth Grants). The land grants, totalling about 135, were made on land claimed by New Hampshire west of the Connecticut River, but which properly belonged to the Province of New York. The resulting dispute led to the eventual establishment of the U.S. state of Vermont.

Sources

• {{Book reference | Author=Robinson, Rowland | Title=Vermont: A Study of Independence | Publisher= Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company (American Commonwealths Series) | Year=1892 | ID=(No ISBN)}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Thompson, Charles Miner | Title=Independent Vermont | Publisher=Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company | Year=1942 | ID=(No ISBN)}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Van de Water, Frederic | Title=The Reluctant Republic: Vermont 1724-1791 | Publisher=New York: The John Day Company | Year=1941 | ID=(No ISBN)}}