The History of Pittsfield (Berkshire County), Massachusetts: From the year 1734 to the year 1800Lee and Shepard, 1869 - Berkshire County (Mass.) |
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... acres to nine hundred , are laid down upon its map ; some shimmering upon the very tops of the mountains , some reposing in the shadows of the valley . But , although they add a thousand graces to the landscape , we shall not stay to ...
... acres to nine hundred , are laid down upon its map ; some shimmering upon the very tops of the mountains , some reposing in the shadows of the valley . But , although they add a thousand graces to the landscape , we shall not stay to ...
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... acres . It now covers five hundred and seventy - five ; the increase being chiefly in Lanesborough . - - Before this change , two little islets dotted its bosom ; and the highway , after passing a noble grove of pines , the relic of one ...
... acres . It now covers five hundred and seventy - five ; the increase being chiefly in Lanesborough . - - Before this change , two little islets dotted its bosom ; and the highway , after passing a noble grove of pines , the relic of one ...
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... acres , which is now increased to six hundred and eighty - three . The elevation of its surface caused great changes in the outlines of its northern and western shores ; and destroyed its most marked feature , which was a division of ...
... acres , which is now increased to six hundred and eighty - three . The elevation of its surface caused great changes in the outlines of its northern and western shores ; and destroyed its most marked feature , which was a division of ...
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... acres . In 1865 , it was enlarged to two hundred and fifty , -the greater portion of the addition being in Pittsfield , - and lost that regular spherical figure by which it used to be pleasantly recognized from the moun- tain - tops ...
... acres . In 1865 , it was enlarged to two hundred and fifty , -the greater portion of the addition being in Pittsfield , - and lost that regular spherical figure by which it used to be pleasantly recognized from the moun- tain - tops ...
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... acres , lying east , a little to the north , of South Mountain , -a gem - like , crystal water , hidden among groves interlaced with frequent picturesque paths , that often debouch upon sunny lawns or gravelly beaches . It has for many ...
... acres , lying east , a little to the north , of South Mountain , -a gem - like , crystal water , hidden among groves interlaced with frequent picturesque paths , that often debouch upon sunny lawns or gravelly beaches . It has for many ...
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1st rate 24 perch acres Albany Allen Amos Root appointed army Arnold Ashley Barrington Battle of Bennington Bennington Berkshire Boston Canada Capt Charles Goodrich Colonies command committee Connecticut constitution Continental Continental Congress Court Daniel David Bush Deacon Eli Root enemy favor garrison Hampshire held honorable Housatonic Hubbard hundred Indian inhabitants Israel Israel Dickinson Israel Stoddard James Easton James Noble John Brown Jonathan Joseph Josiah Wright Lake lands Lanesborough Lenox letter Lieut Major Brown March Martin Bagg Massachusetts meeting meeting-house ment miles militia Mohegans mountains Nathaniel Noble officers Oliver Root Onota party patriotic persons Pittsfield Poontoosuck proprietors Province Rathbun regiment river rods Schaack Schuyler sent settlers shillings soldiers Stephen Crofoot Stockbridge Thomas Ticonderoga Timothy Timothy Childs tion Tories town of Pittsfield town-meeting township vote Whig William Williams Woodbridge Woodbridge Little
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