Book excerpt: Excerpt from Official Program of the Commemorative Exercises of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Abington, Massachusetts, June 10, 1712: Participated in by the Towns of Abington, Rockland, and Whitman, Comprising the Original Town of Abington; To Be Held June 9 to 15 Inclusive, 1912 Ordered, That the prayer of the petitioners be granted. The tract of land within mentioned to be erected into a town, and that the town be named Abingdon. Tuesday, June 10, 1712. Concurred by the House of Representatives. Consented to. J. Dudley. 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.