A Gazetteer of Massachusetts: Containing Descriptions of All the Counties, Towns and Districts in the Commonwealth; Also, of Its Principal Mountains, Rivers, Capes, Bays, Harbors, Islands, and Fashionable Resorts. To which are Added, Statistical Accounts of Its Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures; with a Great Variety of Other Useful Information |
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... Indians , . 173 , 196 , 219 , 232 , 297 Indian Names , · 224 Indian Pot and Well , 129 Insurance Companies , 441 ... Name of State , origin of , United States Statistics , Valuation , by Towns and Counties , 58 , 59 . 330 401-408 ...
... Indians , . 173 , 196 , 219 , 232 , 297 Indian Names , · 224 Indian Pot and Well , 129 Insurance Companies , 441 ... Name of State , origin of , United States Statistics , Valuation , by Towns and Counties , 58 , 59 . 330 401-408 ...
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... Indian name was Mana- mooskeagin , which signifies many bea- vers . The boot and shoe manufacture is the most extensive business done in the town ; -by a statistical account lately made , it is found that over one In the year 1775-6 ...
... Indian name was Mana- mooskeagin , which signifies many bea- vers . The boot and shoe manufacture is the most extensive business done in the town ; -by a statistical account lately made , it is found that over one In the year 1775-6 ...
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... name was given in honor of the patriot , Samuel Adams . The Hoosack river passes through this town , and affords a ... Indian warfare . Traces of old Fort Massa- chusetts are still found . Saddle Moun- tain , the summit of which is ...
... name was given in honor of the patriot , Samuel Adams . The Hoosack river passes through this town , and affords a ... Indian warfare . Traces of old Fort Massa- chusetts are still found . Saddle Moun- tain , the summit of which is ...
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... 1681 , Æ 66 . She died June , 1711 , Æ 82 . Their descendants , in reverence for their moral worth and Christian virtues , erected this monument , A. D. 1843 . wealth and fame . The Indian name of Andover was 26 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS .
... 1681 , Æ 66 . She died June , 1711 , Æ 82 . Their descendants , in reverence for their moral worth and Christian virtues , erected this monument , A. D. 1843 . wealth and fame . The Indian name of Andover was 26 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS .
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... Indian name of Andover was Cochichewick , the present name of a brook which issues from Great Pond . It derived its name from Andover , in England , and the church in the north parish was formed , and the Rev. John Woodbridge was ...
... Indian name of Andover was Cochichewick , the present name of a brook which issues from Great Pond . It derived its name from Andover , in England , and the church in the north parish was formed , and the Rev. John Woodbridge was ...
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Page 11 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 127 - God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will as God wills; God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years.
Page 255 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither and to our benefit; but...
Page 203 - Producing change of beauty ever new. —Ah ! that such beauty, varying in the light Of living nature, cannot be portrayed By words, nor by the pencil's silent skill; But is the property of him alone Who hath beheld it, noted it with care, And in his mind recorded it with love!
Page 396 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 244 - Sir, the circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly dispositions of the United States, but that I am very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.
Page 245 - The king then asked me, whether I came last from France ? and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity ; and, smiling, or rather laughing, said, " There is an opinion among some people, that you are not the most attached of all your countrymen to the manners of France.
Page 244 - I have the honour to assure your majesty of their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your majesty's health and happiness and for that of your royal family.
Page 276 - They waste us — ay — like April snow In the warm noon, we shrink away ; And fast they follow, as we go • Towards the setting day, — Till they shall fill the land, and we Are driven into the western sea.
Page 245 - That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your majesty I have no attachment but to my own country.