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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 1: civil History. (search)
jected; and a long and earnest controversy ensued. The Newton people triumphed at last, as will be fully related in another place, and in 1688 became a separate township. The northwesterly portion of the territory remaining in Cambridge was for many years called The Farms, and a church was organized there Oct. 21, 1696. The Farmers, as they were styled, subsequently agreed with the town upon terms of separation, and by an order passed in Council and concurred by the Representatives, March 20, 1713, they were incorporated as a separate and distinct town by the name of Lexington, upon the articles and terms already agreed on with the town of Cambridge. Mass. Prov. Rec., IX. 258. From this period Cambridge was not curtailed of its proportions for nearly a century. Indeed, it obtained some additions. The present southwesterly portion of the city, lying west of Sparks Street and south of Vassall Lane, was set off from Watertown and annexed to Cambridge, April 19, 1754, Ibid., X