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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... mill streams . It lies about 15 miles N. of Newfane , and about 90 S. of Montpelier . Population 1830 , 176 . Acton , Mass . Middlesex co . This is a pleas- ant farming town of good soil . The Assabet river passes through it . It is 5 ...
... mill streams . It lies about 15 miles N. of Newfane , and about 90 S. of Montpelier . Population 1830 , 176 . Acton , Mass . Middlesex co . This is a pleas- ant farming town of good soil . The Assabet river passes through it . It is 5 ...
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... mill privileges . here in 1731 ; the same year that they erected a fort at Crown Point . The English came here about 1770 . Otter Creek passes into the town , but affords no important mill sites . The surface of the town is low and level .
... mill privileges . here in 1731 ; the same year that they erected a fort at Crown Point . The English came here about 1770 . Otter Creek passes into the town , but affords no important mill sites . The surface of the town is low and level .
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... Mill and Warm brooks , and Roaring branch which fall into the Batten- kill , at the north part of the town . These streams afford excellent mill sites , and on their banks are large bodies of superior meadow land . West and Red ...
... Mill and Warm brooks , and Roaring branch which fall into the Batten- kill , at the north part of the town . These streams afford excellent mill sites , and on their banks are large bodies of superior meadow land . West and Red ...
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... mill privileges . Inexhausti- of the Mattacheeset Indians . The ble quantities of granite are found celebrated ... mill seats . At one of these mill seats , Barton , Vt . on the Isinglass river , is NEW GAZETTEER . ENGLAND.
... mill privileges . Inexhausti- of the Mattacheeset Indians . The ble quantities of granite are found celebrated ... mill seats . At one of these mill seats , Barton , Vt . on the Isinglass river , is NEW GAZETTEER . ENGLAND.
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... mill sites , but none of great im- brackish and unpleasant . A stream portance . The waters are generally issues from a ' swamp in this town , and after running a short distance , passes through the base of a high hill , a distance of ...
... mill sites , but none of great im- brackish and unpleasant . A stream portance . The waters are generally issues from a ' swamp in this town , and after running a short distance , passes through the base of a high hill , a distance of ...
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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.
Page 16 - Mills, can furnish Machinery complete for a Mill of 5000 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 1000 to 1200 hands.