The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties, Cities and Towns in New England; Also, Descriptions of the Principal Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Capes, Bays, Harbors, Islands, Fashionable Resorts, Etc., Within that Territory, Alphabetically Arranged; with Numerous Statistical Tables and Appropriate EngravingsO. Clapp, 1857 - 704 pages |
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... Haven , Ct . View of the Webster Mansion - House . See Marshfield , Ms. View of the Birth - place of Amos and Abbott Lawrence . See Groton , Ms. View of the Landing of the Pilgrims in 1620. See Plymouth , Ms. lington , Vt . View of the ...
... Haven , Ct . View of the Webster Mansion - House . See Marshfield , Ms. View of the Birth - place of Amos and Abbott Lawrence . See Groton , Ms. View of the Landing of the Pilgrims in 1620. See Plymouth , Ms. lington , Vt . View of the ...
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... haven't a man that is afraid to go ! and immediately marched his company from the left to the right of the line , and led on this first organized attack upon the troops of George III . , in that memorable war , which , by the help of ...
... haven't a man that is afraid to go ! and immediately marched his company from the left to the right of the line , and led on this first organized attack upon the troops of George III . , in that memorable war , which , by the help of ...
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... Haven Railroad , Huckle Hill , and was the first meeting- and is about 11 miles S. of Hartford , house built in Fall Town . In October , and 23 N. from New Haven . It was 1740 , it was voted that there be twenty formerly called ...
... Haven Railroad , Huckle Hill , and was the first meeting- and is about 11 miles S. of Hartford , house built in Fall Town . In October , and 23 N. from New Haven . It was 1740 , it was voted that there be twenty formerly called ...
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... HAVEN Co. , was incorporated as a town in 1832. It was previously a parish in the town of Woodbridge . It lies about 10 miles W. by N. from New Haven , and about 28 S.W. from Hartford , and the inhabitants of the town are mostly farmers ...
... HAVEN Co. , was incorporated as a town in 1832. It was previously a parish in the town of Woodbridge . It lies about 10 miles W. by N. from New Haven , and about 28 S.W. from Hartford , and the inhabitants of the town are mostly farmers ...
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... Haven colonists , in 1638 , a few days after they had bought New Haven of the sachem of Quinipiac . It lies on Long Island Sound , about 7 miles E. from New Haven . Bran- ford is a place of resort during the sum- mer , particularly that ...
... Haven colonists , in 1638 , a few days after they had bought New Haven of the sachem of Quinipiac . It lies on Long Island Sound , about 7 miles E. from New Haven . Bran- ford is a place of resort during the sum- mer , particularly that ...
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