the mhabitants of the County of Addison, and
to their successors forever," a quit claim deed of the following tract
of land in Middlebury, " viz., beginning at the southeast corner of
a half acre lot of land, that he the said Gamaliel sold to Samuel
Miller, Esq., and is the same lot Avhere the said Miller now
liveth ; thence south 30 minutes east, eight chains and ten links to
a stake standing on the east side of a road ; thence east one chain
and six Imks to a stake ; thence north 30 minutes west eight chains
and ten links to the south line of Miller's lot ; thence west one
chain and six links to the bounds begun at," "for the only expressed
purpose and use of a Common never to be divided, orput to any
other use." This tract is in the form of a parallelogram, about
four and a quarter rods wide, extending from the house lot owned
HISTOilY OF ADDISON COUNTY. 21
by the lato Edward D. Barber, Esq., in front of Mr. Warner's
lot and the Addison House, to the house lot owned by the late Ru-
FUS Wainwrigiit, and now occupied by his widoTV.
On the 22d of May 1794, Judge Painter executed another deed
to " Jabez Rogers, Joseph Cook and Eleazer Claghorn, to-
gether with all other inhabitants of the County of Addison," of a
tract of land in l^Iiddlebury, " bounded as follows, beginning at a
heap of stones at the southwest corner of an acre lot of land, which
said Painter formerly sold to Simeon Dudley ; thence running
south, 80 minutes east, on the