CollectionsMassachusetts Historical Society., 1846 - 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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Page 144
... beach . The beach has thus been extended , above a mile , within the course of the past forty years . In the year 1626 , there was an entrance into Monamo- yick harbour , opposite Potanumaquut , six miles north of the present mouth ...
... beach . The beach has thus been extended , above a mile , within the course of the past forty years . In the year 1626 , there was an entrance into Monamo- yick harbour , opposite Potanumaquut , six miles north of the present mouth ...
Page 145
... beach . * Not far south from James ' head commences a long beach , the extremity of which at present is called Sandy point ; but in ancient maps , Cape Malebarre . As there is also a Sandy point in Nantucket , to prevent confusion ...
... beach . * Not far south from James ' head commences a long beach , the extremity of which at present is called Sandy point ; but in ancient maps , Cape Malebarre . As there is also a Sandy point in Nantucket , to prevent confusion ...
Page 146
... beach , if untrodden by the feet of man and beast , would at the end of a few centuries be covered with wood , and in time with vegetable mould . On the western side of this beach there are pieces of salt marsh , the greatest part of ...
... beach , if untrodden by the feet of man and beast , would at the end of a few centuries be covered with wood , and in time with vegetable mould . On the western side of this beach there are pieces of salt marsh , the greatest part of ...
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HISTORY of Cambridge by Abiel Holmes A M a member | 1 |
Review of the military operations in NorthAmerica | 67 |
Description of Wiscasset and of the river Sheepscot by | 163 |
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