The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of All the States, Counties and Towns in New England: Also Descriptions of the Principal Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Capes, Bays, Harbors, Islands, and Fashionable Resorts Within that Territory. Alphabetically ArrangedI.S. Boyd and W. White, 1839 - 512 pages |
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... extends S. about are Mount - Major and Prospect Hill 1500 rods into this town , where it receives the waters of Merrymeet- ing river . Half - moon pond , be- rods long and 150 wide . tween Alton and Barnstead , is 300 This town ham Gore ...
... extends S. about are Mount - Major and Prospect Hill 1500 rods into this town , where it receives the waters of Merrymeet- ing river . Half - moon pond , be- rods long and 150 wide . tween Alton and Barnstead , is 300 This town ham Gore ...
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... extends its base along the W. The soil is in many parts of good quality , and pleasant villages are formed in dif- erent parts of the town . This town was granted in 1746 , and was called New Breton , in honor of the captors of Cape ...
... extends its base along the W. The soil is in many parts of good quality , and pleasant villages are formed in dif- erent parts of the town . This town was granted in 1746 , and was called New Breton , in honor of the captors of Cape ...
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... extending about 500 feet , are of the same height as the Canal walls , and 8 feet thick at the base . On the upper side of the Dam is a sheet of timber - piling , tongued and grooved , and either resting on the bare ledge , or driven as ...
... extending about 500 feet , are of the same height as the Canal walls , and 8 feet thick at the base . On the upper side of the Dam is a sheet of timber - piling , tongued and grooved , and either resting on the bare ledge , or driven as ...
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... extending from tide water to Mad- awaska , is compared with that of older settlements of a less fertile soil , of less navigable facilities , and in nearly as high a degree of lati- tude , the mind is favorably struck | vessels ...
... extending from tide water to Mad- awaska , is compared with that of older settlements of a less fertile soil , of less navigable facilities , and in nearly as high a degree of lati- tude , the mind is favorably struck | vessels ...
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... extending E. and N. into the At- lantic ocean , and which Gosnold discovered in 1602. It is bounded N. W. by Plymouth county , and W. by Buzzard's bay . Cape Cod lies in the form of an arm , half open ; the elbow is at Chatham , 20 ...
... extending E. and N. into the At- lantic ocean , and which Gosnold discovered in 1602. It is bounded N. W. by Plymouth county , and W. by Buzzard's bay . Cape Cod lies in the form of an arm , half open ; the elbow is at Chatham , 20 ...
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Page 7 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 7 - ... court, register's court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time establish.
Page 1 - Shop, included among the 28 mills, can furnish machinery complete for a mill of 5,000 spindles in four months, and lumber and materials are always at command, with which to build or rebuild a mill in that time, if required. When building mills, the Locks and Canals Company employ directly and indirectly from a thousand to twelve hundred hands.