History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918, Volume 1Louis Atwood Cook S.J. Clarke publishing Company, 1918 - Norfolk County (Mass.) |
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... roads or for railroad ballast . Diorite is sometimes called " greenstone . " In 1875 William O. Crosby began a study of the rocks in the vicinity of Boston , including Norfolk County , and the result of his investigations was pub ...
... roads or for railroad ballast . Diorite is sometimes called " greenstone . " In 1875 William O. Crosby began a study of the rocks in the vicinity of Boston , including Norfolk County , and the result of his investigations was pub ...
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Louis Atwood Cook. on the east side . He also observed outcrops along the road east and west of Charles River Village in the Town of Needham . In the Town of Brookline the Shawmut amygdaloid resembles felsite , though it is not so hard ...
Louis Atwood Cook. on the east side . He also observed outcrops along the road east and west of Charles River Village in the Town of Needham . In the Town of Brookline the Shawmut amygdaloid resembles felsite , though it is not so hard ...
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... roads , in severe winter weather , the white men surrounded the swamp and the assault was made on December 19 , 1675. What followed is thus told by John Davis in the " New England Memorial . " " The attack on the enemy's fort was ...
... roads , in severe winter weather , the white men surrounded the swamp and the assault was made on December 19 , 1675. What followed is thus told by John Davis in the " New England Memorial . " " The attack on the enemy's fort was ...
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... Road to Cross Street , so far as the extreme southeast side of the Mansion House . " The Hartford Road is now High Street and the name of Cross Street has been changed to Norfolk . Mr. Bullard asked $ 800 for his lot and the Ames heirs ...
... Road to Cross Street , so far as the extreme southeast side of the Mansion House . " The Hartford Road is now High Street and the name of Cross Street has been changed to Norfolk . Mr. Bullard asked $ 800 for his lot and the Ames heirs ...
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... Road from Boston to Providence , beginning ten feet west of the southwest corner of said Gay's garden near his dwelling house , thence measuring fifty - four feet south- westerly , on said Gay's land 88 feet , two sides in said Gay's ...
... Road from Boston to Providence , beginning ten feet west of the southwest corner of said Gay's garden near his dwelling house , thence measuring fifty - four feet south- westerly , on said Gay's land 88 feet , two sides in said Gay's ...
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History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918, Volume 2 Ed 1847 Cook,Ed 1847-1918 Louis A. (Louis Atwoo Cook No preview available - 2012 |
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