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In 1630 Blaxton wrote an historic letter to
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Blaxton negotiated a grant of 50 acres (200,000 m) for himself in the final paperwork, around 10% of the peninsula's total area. However by 1633 the new town's 4,000 citizens made retention of such a large parcel untenable and
Blaxton sold all but six acres back to the Puritans in 1634 for £30
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451:In 2021, a stainless steel statue was erected in
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317:The area that Blaxton settled was part of the
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