The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Towns of Shrewsbury, Sterling, Leicester, Northborough, West Boylston, Paxton, Lancaster, and Other Paper Illustrating the Past and Present Condition of the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 1 |
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the Father of the Human Race . The trunks are siout and firmly rooted , shooting
out strong horizontal branches , closely interwoven , and forming an almost
impenetrable barrier . At about the distance of a mile from the summit , the thicket
...
the Father of the Human Race . The trunks are siout and firmly rooted , shooting
out strong horizontal branches , closely interwoven , and forming an almost
impenetrable barrier . At about the distance of a mile from the summit , the thicket
...
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Their father was from England , married a Mercie Hurd also from England ,
settled in Sudbury , where he died probably in middle life , as his widow had
buried a second husband by the name of Hunt , before her sons removed to
Marlborough .
Their father was from England , married a Mercie Hurd also from England ,
settled in Sudbury , where he died probably in middle life , as his widow had
buried a second husband by the name of Hunt , before her sons removed to
Marlborough .
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Ashur was redeemed by his father , and returned in about four years . He
afterwards settled in Spencer . Adonijah remained in Canada , cultivated a farm
in the vicinity of Montreal . His Indian pame was Asaunaugooton . The other two
lived ...
Ashur was redeemed by his father , and returned in about four years . He
afterwards settled in Spencer . Adonijah remained in Canada , cultivated a farm
in the vicinity of Montreal . His Indian pame was Asaunaugooton . The other two
lived ...
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Jotham and Jonathan , in this town ; John , in Princeton ; Isaac , in Holded : and
Jonas , father of Deac . Jonas B . in this town . A brother of Daniel settled in
Western or Brookfield , probably the Benjamin Bartlett , whose daughter Mary ,
born ...
Jotham and Jonathan , in this town ; John , in Princeton ; Isaac , in Holded : and
Jonas , father of Deac . Jonas B . in this town . A brother of Daniel settled in
Western or Brookfield , probably the Benjamin Bartlett , whose daughter Mary ,
born ...
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Thomas Rowlandson , who , I think , was his father , died in Lancaster , Nov . 17 ,
1657 . At the County Court in Middlesex , April , 1658 , “ Mr . Joseph Rowlandson
brought into Court the inventory of his father ' s estate , and had Administration ...
Thomas Rowlandson , who , I think , was his father , died in Lancaster , Nov . 17 ,
1657 . At the County Court in Middlesex , April , 1658 , “ Mr . Joseph Rowlandson
brought into Court the inventory of his father ' s estate , and had Administration ...
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Page 158 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast ; And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 236 - Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance. Then and there, was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born.
Page 277 - The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one, He lies where pearls lie deep : He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep.
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Page 213 - Yet more, the Depths have more! — What wealth untold Far down, and shining through their stillness lies! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies.
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Page 26 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
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| Title | The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Towns of Shrewsbury, Sterling, Leicester, Northborough, West Boylston, Paxton, Lancaster, and Other Paper Illustrating the Past and Present Condition of the County of Worcester, in ..., Volume 1 The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Towns of Shrewsbury, Sterling, Leicester, Northborough, West Boylston, Paxton, Lancaster, and Other Paper Illustrating the Past and Present Condition of the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Christopher Columbus Baldwin |
| Contributor | William Lincoln |
| Publisher | Charles Griffin, Printer, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
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