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This town is situated E. N. E. from Worcester , 54 miles from the Court House ,
and 37 miles from Boston by the way of the old post road . It is a post town , and
the tenth in age , twentieth in population , and eighteenth in valuation in the
County ...
This town is situated E. N. E. from Worcester , 54 miles from the Court House ,
and 37 miles from Boston by the way of the old post road . It is a post town , and
the tenth in age , twentieth in population , and eighteenth in valuation in the
County ...
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through the town east and West : the north one is the old post road from Boston to
Worcester ; which , passing through the thickest settled part of the town and over
the head of Long Pond , forms a junction with the other , which is the Worcester ...
through the town east and West : the north one is the old post road from Boston to
Worcester ; which , passing through the thickest settled part of the town and over
the head of Long Pond , forms a junction with the other , which is the Worcester ...
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In May , 1775 , “ voted that each parish raise as many men , as possible , to hold
themselves in readiness to reinforce our army , near Boston , if needed , with
such officers , as they should think proper ; " : they also chose a committee to ...
In May , 1775 , “ voted that each parish raise as many men , as possible , to hold
themselves in readiness to reinforce our army , near Boston , if needed , with
such officers , as they should think proper ; " : they also chose a committee to ...
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In the war with Philip , this little tribe was entirely broken up ; their Sachem
Shoshanim or Sagamore Sam was taken prisoner , confined in Boston gaol , and
afterwards ignominiously executed on Roxbury neck , in 1676. His possessions ...
In the war with Philip , this little tribe was entirely broken up ; their Sachem
Shoshanim or Sagamore Sam was taken prisoner , confined in Boston gaol , and
afterwards ignominiously executed on Roxbury neck , in 1676. His possessions ...
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His biography deserves an abler pen , and a more complete detail than we have
been able to give He was the son of Daniel Henshaw , who was an early
proprietor of Leicester , and removed there in the year 1748 , from Boston , where
he ...
His biography deserves an abler pen , and a more complete detail than we have
been able to give He was the son of Daniel Henshaw , who was an early
proprietor of Leicester , and removed there in the year 1748 , from Boston , where
he ...
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