History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855 |
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... the example . I have received great help from the Massachusetts Colony Records ; and Dr. N. B. SHURTLEFF's beautiful edition of them is a noble monument to a } faithful student and public benefactor . I have also gathered.
... the example . I have received great help from the Massachusetts Colony Records ; and Dr. N. B. SHURTLEFF's beautiful edition of them is a noble monument to a } faithful student and public benefactor . I have also gathered.
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... received aid from CALEB SWAN , Esq . , of New York ; from Mr. JOSEPH P. HALL , the accurate town - clerk ; from Rev. SAMUEL SEWALL , Mr. W. B. SHEDD , and several other friends . To each and all I would here offer my sincere thanks . To ...
... received aid from CALEB SWAN , Esq . , of New York ; from Mr. JOSEPH P. HALL , the accurate town - clerk ; from Rev. SAMUEL SEWALL , Mr. W. B. SHEDD , and several other friends . To each and all I would here offer my sincere thanks . To ...
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... received the name of Meadford from the adventurers who arrived at Salem , in May , 1630 , and came thence to settle here in June . When these first comers marked the flatness and extent of the marshes , resembling vast meads or meadows ...
... received the name of Meadford from the adventurers who arrived at Salem , in May , 1630 , and came thence to settle here in June . When these first comers marked the flatness and extent of the marshes , resembling vast meads or meadows ...
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... received a visit from the Atlantic waters . It is about three miles in circumference , half a mile in width , and no- where more than eighty feet in depth . It is divided into nearly equal parts by a shoal called the Partings , where ...
... received a visit from the Atlantic waters . It is about three miles in circumference , half a mile in width , and no- where more than eighty feet in depth . It is divided into nearly equal parts by a shoal called the Partings , where ...
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... received the name of Labor in Vain . It often became necessary for men to drag boats round a part of this narrow strip of land , by means of ropes stretched to the shore . In 1761 , inhabitants of Medford proposed to cut a canal across ...
... received the name of Labor in Vain . It often became necessary for men to drag boats round a part of this narrow strip of land , by means of ropes stretched to the shore . In 1761 , inhabitants of Medford proposed to cut a canal across ...
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