Lease Land
Location: New Haven
Tag(s): Early Settlement
Historical Category: Local History
Video Date: 11/4/22
Vermont Historical Society executive director Steve Perkins and Local 22 & Local 44 anchor Mike Hoey visit New Haven to examine a real estate quirk from the colonial era of the United States that's persisted up until the modern day: lease land, land that was granted by New Hampshire's colonial governor, set aside for church use.
- Browse scans from Craft's Book of Plans
- Read Title 24 : § 2409. Retention of municipal ownership of lease lands
- Read VHS's book about Lease Lands
This Place in History is produced in partnership by Local 22 & Local 44 (www.mychamplainvalley.com) and the Vermont Historical Society.
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