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The New Milford North Purchase is a colonial-era property transaction that took place in 1741 in Connecticut, in the United States. The purchase, which involved a large portion of present-day Litchfield County, encompassed land north of the towns of New Milford and Woodbury, extending northward to the Massachusetts state line. The transaction was organized by a group of residents from Hartford and Windsor. [1]

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References

  1. Orcutt, S. (1882). History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882. Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company. p.  99 . Retrieved 2014-12-14.