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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... nearly resembling those at home as the nature of the case admitted . The adventurers who sought their fortunes beyond the sea , in those golden tropical regions , carried the vices and the virtues with the laws and the manners of their ...
... nearly resembling those at home as the nature of the case admitted . The adventurers who sought their fortunes beyond the sea , in those golden tropical regions , carried the vices and the virtues with the laws and the manners of their ...
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... nearly through its centre ;the sea , is of easy ascent . A view by Mad and White rivers ; and by from Gray lock probably gives an Lake Champlain , which affords it idea of vastness and even of im- many navigable privileges . The mensity ...
... nearly through its centre ;the sea , is of easy ascent . A view by Mad and White rivers ; and by from Gray lock probably gives an Lake Champlain , which affords it idea of vastness and even of im- many navigable privileges . The mensity ...
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... nearly through its centre ; - by Mad and White rivers ; and by Lake Champlain , which affords it many navigable privileges . The soil is good , particularly in those towns below the mountains , and bordering the lake and rivers . This ...
... nearly through its centre ; - by Mad and White rivers ; and by Lake Champlain , which affords it many navigable privileges . The soil is good , particularly in those towns below the mountains , and bordering the lake and rivers . This ...
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... nearly per- pendicular , at the foot of which is a cavern of some extent , inclining up- wards . The first settlers were Rob't Buntin and others . In 1748 , while at work on the western bank of the Merrimack river , opposite the mouth ...
... nearly per- pendicular , at the foot of which is a cavern of some extent , inclining up- wards . The first settlers were Rob't Buntin and others . In 1748 , while at work on the western bank of the Merrimack river , opposite the mouth ...
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... nearly completed . The canals are each a mile in length , and will , when com- Upper and Lower . The Upper Amonoosuck rises in the ungranted Jands north of the White Mountains , and passing N. E. into Dummer , approaches to within a few ...
... nearly completed . The canals are each a mile in length , and will , when com- Upper and Lower . The Upper Amonoosuck rises in the ungranted Jands north of the White Mountains , and passing N. E. into Dummer , approaches to within a few ...
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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.