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Dorset -- Here New Hampshire Grants First Voted Independence

Dorset -- Here New Hampshire Grants First Voted Independence is a Vermont historical marker in Dorset, Bennington County.

Bennington County · Route 30, at Village Green, Dorset

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At Cephas Kents Tavern on the West Road, four Conventions were held, 1775-76, where finally the vote to form a separate District was passed by the delegates from the East and West sides without one dissenting vote.

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