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 1800 rods into this town , where it receives the waters of Merrymeet- ing river . Half - moon pond , be- tween Alton and Barnstead , is 300 rods long and 150 wide . This town was originally called New Dur- ham Gore ...
... extends S. about 1800 rods into this town , where it receives the waters of Merrymeet- ing river . Half - moon pond , be- tween Alton and Barnstead , is 300 rods long and 150 wide . This town was originally called New Dur- 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- Essex co . This town lies on the erent parts of the town . This town south side of the Merrimack river , was granted in ...
... extends its base along the W. The soil is in many parts of good quality , and pleasant villages are formed in dif- Essex co . This town lies on the erent parts of the town . This town south side of the Merrimack river , was granted in ...
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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- rior elegance . Conveyances for awaska , is compared with that of travellers from the city are frequent older settlements of a less fertile and comfortable ; both by land and soil , of less navigable ...
... extending from tide water to Mad- rior elegance . Conveyances for awaska , is compared with that of travellers from the city are frequent older settlements of a less fertile and comfortable ; both by land and soil , of less navigable ...
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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 1 - I seized upon. They were all of one nation, but of several parts, and several families. This accident must be acknowledged the means, under God, of putting on foot and giving life to all our plantations.
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