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Y. City, 330 Septuagenarian Dinner in Pittsfleld, Mass., 1870, Proceedings of,
438 Sherwin, Thomas, the school teacher, R. C. Waterstou's Address on his Life
and Character, 432 Slafter Genealogy, bv Edmund F. Slafter, Cor. Sec. of N. E.
His.
Y. City, 330 Septuagenarian Dinner in Pittsfleld, Mass., 1870, Proceedings of,
438 Sherwin, Thomas, the school teacher, R. C. Waterstou's Address on his Life
and Character, 432 Slafter Genealogy, bv Edmund F. Slafter, Cor. Sec. of N. E.
His.
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N. II., 27— Miltun, Mass., 43 College*, lloyt's Necrology of New^ England, 169
Commissions, to Kalph Hart as Lieut., 271— Timo- tliV Thornton as Ensign. 271
Connecticut. Address of the Colony to Queen Anne, in 1709, 130 — Documents ...
N. II., 27— Miltun, Mass., 43 College*, lloyt's Necrology of New^ England, 169
Commissions, to Kalph Hart as Lieut., 271— Timo- tliV Thornton as Ensign. 271
Connecticut. Address of the Colony to Queen Anne, in 1709, 130 — Documents ...
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John Shaw, who died at Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 29, 1794, and of Elizabeth-Smith
Shaw, who was a sister of the wives of Judge Richard Crauch and President
John Adams. Mrs. Shaw subsequently became the wife of Rev. Stephen
Peabody ...
John Shaw, who died at Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 29, 1794, and of Elizabeth-Smith
Shaw, who was a sister of the wives of Judge Richard Crauch and President
John Adams. Mrs. Shaw subsequently became the wife of Rev. Stephen
Peabody ...
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tion among the best libraries of this country, and a visit to those of England,
together with the overhauling of an incredible mass of old manuscripts in the
archives of Massachusetts and elsewhere — undertaken con amore, and
pursued with ...
tion among the best libraries of this country, and a visit to those of England,
together with the overhauling of an incredible mass of old manuscripts in the
archives of Massachusetts and elsewhere — undertaken con amore, and
pursued with ...
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Jonathan Belcher, the writer of the letters from which extracts are here printed,
was the son of Andrew and Sarah (Gilbert) Belcher, and was born at Cambridge,
Mass., Jan. 8, 1681-2. He was governor of Massachusetts from 1730 to 1741,
and ...
Jonathan Belcher, the writer of the letters from which extracts are here printed,
was the son of Andrew and Sarah (Gilbert) Belcher, and was born at Cambridge,
Mass., Jan. 8, 1681-2. He was governor of Massachusetts from 1730 to 1741,
and ...
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| Title | New-England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal |
| Author | Joseph Barlow Felt |
| Published | 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2006 |
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