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... Richardson's first shelter was partly formed by digging into the bank . The people were not long content to occupy such rude struc- tures , and very soon negotiated with the enterprising Samuel Adams to erect a saw mill , and also a ...
... Richardson's first shelter was partly formed by digging into the bank . The people were not long content to occupy such rude struc- tures , and very soon negotiated with the enterprising Samuel Adams to erect a saw mill , and also a ...
Page 40
... Richardson being chosen a committee to Joyn with Groton committee to Lay out a High- way from Town to Town the work is performed by them and the way is Laid out from Beaver Brook Bridge over the North side of Robbins - hill and thence ...
... Richardson being chosen a committee to Joyn with Groton committee to Lay out a High- way from Town to Town the work is performed by them and the way is Laid out from Beaver Brook Bridge over the North side of Robbins - hill and thence ...
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... Richardson . The picturesque John Webb , alias Evered , the former mer- chant of Boston , was the first man to cross over and plant himself on the opposite bank of the river . The first road which accommodated this section was called ...
... Richardson . The picturesque John Webb , alias Evered , the former mer- chant of Boston , was the first man to cross over and plant himself on the opposite bank of the river . The first road which accommodated this section was called ...
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... Richardson located upon what is now the road leading from Westford to Lowell where , his descendent , the late Edward F. Richardson lived . The farm had been continuously in the family to the time of the death of the latter * . STONY ...
... Richardson located upon what is now the road leading from Westford to Lowell where , his descendent , the late Edward F. Richardson lived . The farm had been continuously in the family to the time of the death of the latter * . STONY ...
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... Richardson pr . Benj . Adams Town Clerk Committee The original petition for this road was preserved in the house of B. O. Robbins until recently . The house is a very old one and it may have formerly been Jacob Warren's house . Of those ...
... Richardson pr . Benj . Adams Town Clerk Committee The original petition for this road was preserved in the house of B. O. Robbins until recently . The house is a very old one and it may have formerly been Jacob Warren's house . Of those ...
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Adams alarm of April April 19 April 25 Benj Benjamin Benjamin Walker Billerica born Boston Bowers Bridge brook Butterfield Byam Cambridge Captain Chamberlain Chelms church Clark Clerk company receipt company return dated Concord river Continental Army Court Daniel dated Ticonderoga David died discharged Dracut Dunstable Edward Emerson enlisted April Fiske Ford Foster George given to Capt Green's Regt Groton Henry Hildreth Hill Hinchman Indians James John Ford's Jonas Jonathan Joseph Joseph Warren Josiah July June land Lieut Lowell Mary Massachusetts Archives meeting house Merrimack Merrimack river Middlesex Middlesex Canal miles mill Moderator Moses North Chelmsford Oliver Barron Parker Parkhurst Pawtucket falls Peirce Perham Private Proctor records Regt residence Richardson road Saml Samuel Samuel Chamberlain Sarah Selectmen Sept Simeon Spaulding street Thomas town of Chelmsford Treasurer Tyng voted Wamesit Warren Westford wife
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