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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... Proprietors ' - Meetings , 1759-60 . - Vote to sell the Lands of Delinquent Tax - payers . — Committees to hire a Minister . - Coì . Williams's First Election as Clerk.— High- ways and Bridges . -Highway - Surveyors ' Districts formed ...
... Proprietors ' - Meetings , 1759-60 . - Vote to sell the Lands of Delinquent Tax - payers . — Committees to hire a Minister . - Coì . Williams's First Election as Clerk.— High- ways and Bridges . -Highway - Surveyors ' Districts formed ...
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... proprietor . The name of Melville is , however , surrounded by too many pleasant and honorable associations to be lightly abandoned ; and the people cling to it with a pertinacity which promises to be lasting . Melville Lake it will ...
... proprietor . The name of Melville is , however , surrounded by too many pleasant and honorable associations to be lightly abandoned ; and the people cling to it with a pertinacity which promises to be lasting . Melville Lake it will ...
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... proprietors , and the ope for withered Mother Lilly , who used to live far up its recesses , and objurgate the mischievous anglers who disturbed her ancient solitude . But , if one inclines to romanticism , the Widow Lilly , like most ...
... proprietors , and the ope for withered Mother Lilly , who used to live far up its recesses , and objurgate the mischievous anglers who disturbed her ancient solitude . But , if one inclines to romanticism , the Widow Lilly , like most ...
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... resi- dences of the proprietors of the mills . In Stearnsville is Emanuel Chapel , an outpost of St. Stephen's ( P. E. ) Church . West of Stearnsville lies Shaker Village , or West Pittsfield 34 TOPOGRAPHY OF PITTSFIELD .
... resi- dences of the proprietors of the mills . In Stearnsville is Emanuel Chapel , an outpost of St. Stephen's ( P. E. ) Church . West of Stearnsville lies Shaker Village , or West Pittsfield 34 TOPOGRAPHY OF PITTSFIELD .
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... proprietors of the township . The deed from Wendell to Livingston , after quot- ing the grantor's patent from the Province , thus recites the mutual agreement , in brief : - " Whereas the said John Stoddard hath not only a just and ...
... proprietors of the township . The deed from Wendell to Livingston , after quot- ing the grantor's patent from the Province , thus recites the mutual agreement , in brief : - " Whereas the said John Stoddard hath not only a just and ...
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