Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Lancaster, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Furnished for the Worcester Magazine and Historical JournalC. Griffin, 1826 - 90 стор. |
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... Sterling , south by Boylston and Berlin , and east by Berlin , Bol- ton and Harvard . The general direction of the town , in length , is northeast and southwest . The average length , is nine and eleven sixteenth miles ; the greatest ...
... Sterling , south by Boylston and Berlin , and east by Berlin , Bol- ton and Harvard . The general direction of the town , in length , is northeast and southwest . The average length , is nine and eleven sixteenth miles ; the greatest ...
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... Sterling , to Barre , Greenfield , & c . The mail arrives and departs daily , excepting on Sunday : thirty two mails are opened and closed , and the various stage coaches pass and repass the same num- ber of times , in the course of ...
... Sterling , to Barre , Greenfield , & c . The mail arrives and departs daily , excepting on Sunday : thirty two mails are opened and closed , and the various stage coaches pass and repass the same num- ber of times , in the course of ...
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... Sterling . * The southern part of this hill , is the highest and in some points of view , may pass for a distinct hill . Tradition says , it took its name from an Indian , called by the English , George ; who once had his wigwam there ...
... Sterling . * The southern part of this hill , is the highest and in some points of view , may pass for a distinct hill . Tradition says , it took its name from an Indian , called by the English , George ; who once had his wigwam there ...
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... ( Sterling ) and the other two in Lancaster proper . The old school house on the Neck , above mention- ed , was given to Rev. Mr. Prentice for a stable !! 1757 , voted , that the grammar school be kept in each precinct , ( Lancaster and ...
... ( Sterling ) and the other two in Lancaster proper . The old school house on the Neck , above mention- ed , was given to Rev. Mr. Prentice for a stable !! 1757 , voted , that the grammar school be kept in each precinct , ( Lancaster and ...
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... Sterling was incorporated ; which contained by the census of the same year 1428 inhabitants , making the population of both places 2888 , an increase of 1062 , in 26 years , viz . from 1764 to 1790 . 1800 1584 Inhabitants . 1810 1694 do ...
... Sterling was incorporated ; which contained by the census of the same year 1428 inhabitants , making the population of both places 2888 , an increase of 1062 , in 26 years , viz . from 1764 to 1790 . 1800 1584 Inhabitants . 1810 1694 do ...
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Сторінка 30 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Сторінка 79 - Blessed are the peace makers : for they shall be called the children of God, Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Сторінка 78 - In 1798, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester.
Сторінка 5 - Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're ^sleeping...
Сторінка 58 - It is said, That Men ought to have Liberty of their Conscience, and that it is Persecution to...
Сторінка 41 - young scholars whose education for their designed ministry, not being finished, yet came over from England with their friends, and had their education perfected in this country, before the College was come unto maturity enough to bestow its laurels.
Сторінка 19 - Court with twenty-six fathom more of wampom ; and the Court gave each of them a coat of two yards of cloth, and their dinner ; and to them and their men, every of them, a cup of sack at their departure ; so they took leave and went away.
Сторінка 19 - Wampum, and the court gave each of them a coat of two yards of cloth, and their dinner ; and to them and their men, every of them a cup of sack at their departure, so they took their leave and went away very joyful.
Сторінка 19 - King, who reaided there. He recommended Nashawogg to King, as a place well suited for a plantation, and invited the English to come and dwell near him. From this representation, or from personal observation, that nature had been bountiful to the place, King united with a number of others,^ and purchased the land of Sholan, viz. ten miles in length, and eight in breadth ; stipulating not to molest the Indians in their *Gov. Winthrop's history of New England, date, 3d month, (May) 1644, and relating...
Сторінка 41 - Lord would be pleased to provide : They after some search meet with a young man named Mr. Thomas Carter, then belonging to the Church of Christ at Water-Town, a reverend godly man, apt to teach the sound and wholesome truths of Christ...