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 1William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin Charles Griffin, Printer, 1826 |
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Page 129
... plantation at Nashua , some 15 miles N. W. from Sud- bury . A tract was purchased of the natives , restricted by a due regard to their wants , and the cultivation of the land commenced . But the inhabitants did not permanently reside ...
... plantation at Nashua , some 15 miles N. W. from Sud- bury . A tract was purchased of the natives , restricted by a due regard to their wants , and the cultivation of the land commenced . But the inhabitants did not permanently reside ...
Page 130
... plantations at the breaking out of the Indian war in 1675. It would , perhaps , be interesting to take a brief review of the state of the Indian tribes , upon our territory at that period . Unfortunately our annalists have left but ...
... plantations at the breaking out of the Indian war in 1675. It would , perhaps , be interesting to take a brief review of the state of the Indian tribes , upon our territory at that period . Unfortunately our annalists have left but ...
Page 133
... plantations of this County were entirely broken up . The houses were laid in ashes , and the whole region abandoned to savages and wild beasts . It was a contest of no ordinary character , not a his- tory of seiges and battles , not a ...
... plantations of this County were entirely broken up . The houses were laid in ashes , and the whole region abandoned to savages and wild beasts . It was a contest of no ordinary character , not a his- tory of seiges and battles , not a ...
Page 144
... plantation about Seekonk , nothing more is known of the noble Sachem until his appearance at the Court at Plymouth , in 1639 , with his eldest son and successor , Mooanam or Wamsitta , ( afterwards nicknamed Alexander by the English ...
... plantation about Seekonk , nothing more is known of the noble Sachem until his appearance at the Court at Plymouth , in 1639 , with his eldest son and successor , Mooanam or Wamsitta , ( afterwards nicknamed Alexander by the English ...
Page 163
... plantation , containing above fifty families , was destroyed.— Most of the houses were burnt . A quarter part of the men were instantly killed or reserved for torture . About twenty of the wo- men and children were carried into ...
... plantation , containing above fifty families , was destroyed.— Most of the houses were burnt . A quarter part of the men were instantly killed or reserved for torture . About twenty of the wo- men and children were carried into ...
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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.
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