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Definition of Allotters
1. allotter [n] - See also: allotter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allotters
Literary usage of Allotters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Documentary History of Chelsea: Including the Boston Precincts of by Mellen Chamberlain, Jenny Chamberlain Watts, William Richard Cutter, Massachusetts Historical Society (1908)
"[The "Allotters" were the committee appointed December 18, 1634. See infra,
Appendix 1.] * [Also, same date, " it was graunted to our brother, ..."
2. A History of Boston: The Metropolis of Massachusetts, from Its Origin to the by Caleb Hopkins Snow (1828)
"Item, that none shall sell their houses or allotments to any new comers, but with
the consent and allowance of those that are appointed allotters. ..."
3. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1826)
"Item that none shall sell their houses or allotments to any new comers, but with
the consent and allowance of those that are appointed Allotters. ..."
4. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"Special committees of this character, if not also the selectmen, were frequently
called "allotters." In Boston, as in many other towns, ..."
5. The Early Massachusetts Press, 1638-1711 by George Emery Littlefield, Club of Odd Volumes (1907)
"Item : That none shall sell their houses or allotments to any new comers, but
with the consent and allowance of those that are appointed Allotters. ..."
6. Warning Out in New England by Josiah Henry Benton (1911)
"... were subsequently termed "Allotters." In November, 1635, this order was passed
at a general town meeting:— It is agreed that noe further allotments ..."
7. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1876)
"... but with the consent and allowance of those that are appointed Allotters.
Item : That all such as have allotments for habitations alloted unto them ..."
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