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Excerpt from Early History of Vermont, Vol. 4 The unique place that Vermont held in the country in its early days, the difference in sentiment of her people and their clashing political interests caused them to be exceedingly watchful while several parties claimed her territory. When New Hampshire withdrew her claim to the Grants and protection of the people dwelling there, the Green Mountain Boys, the inhabitants of the Grants, declared themselves independent of all other earthly power or jurisdiction. This declaration seemed to whet the appetites of all the surrounding powers. New York redoubled her energy to subdue the people of the Grants; Massachusetts would absorb her; New Hampshire would resume her jurisdiction that she had so timidly surrendered to New York or would divide Vermont between her and New York, while the British attempted, by her army and persuasion, to retain her jurisdiction over this land. Vermont seemed to have no friends on either side, and relied on the strength and courage of her people to maintain the independent stand she had taken. To add to what would seem an overwhelming odds against Vermont, her own people were divided. For a time Tories were numerous and did what they could to prevent the people of Vermont maintaining their independence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.