CollectionsMassachusetts Historical Society., 1810 - Massachusetts For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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... Settlement of Nantucket , & c . Births , Marriages , and Deaths , in Nantucket Progress of the Whale Fishery at Nantucket Letters from Granville Sharpe , Esq . on the subject of American - Bishops , 1785 A Topographical Description of ...
... Settlement of Nantucket , & c . Births , Marriages , and Deaths , in Nantucket Progress of the Whale Fishery at Nantucket Letters from Granville Sharpe , Esq . on the subject of American - Bishops , 1785 A Topographical Description of ...
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... settlement of them which descended from the ancients of Namaskett , which inhabit a part of said town , known by the name of Betty's - neck ( which place took its name from an ancient Indian woman by the name of Betty Sasemore , who ...
... settlement of them which descended from the ancients of Namaskett , which inhabit a part of said town , known by the name of Betty's - neck ( which place took its name from an ancient Indian woman by the name of Betty Sasemore , who ...
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... settlement , and in 1653 , all their lands were confiscated by virtue of a commission from the Commonwealth of England to Captain Underhill , and sold . A point of land , which formed a part of their possessions , is still called Dutch ...
... settlement , and in 1653 , all their lands were confiscated by virtue of a commission from the Commonwealth of England to Captain Underhill , and sold . A point of land , which formed a part of their possessions , is still called Dutch ...
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... settlements began in this place about the year 1630 ; the name by which it was first known and called is Agamenticus , from a mountain in the north - westerly part of it , in latitude 43 ° 16 ′ north , and 70 ° 39 ′ west from the ...
... settlements began in this place about the year 1630 ; the name by which it was first known and called is Agamenticus , from a mountain in the north - westerly part of it , in latitude 43 ° 16 ′ north , and 70 ° 39 ′ west from the ...
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... settlements and im- provements are within a mile and a quarter of the largest inlet , and upon each side thereof . There are in the town several saw - mills and corn - mills , which are rather convenient and necessary , than any profit ...
... settlements and im- provements are within a mile and a quarter of the largest inlet , and upon each side thereof . There are in the town several saw - mills and corn - mills , which are rather convenient and necessary , than any profit ...
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