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 123
... feet , being built of logs from 20 to 30 inches diameter , and the outer wall fourteen feet high . Round it was to be a ditch fourteen feet broad and ten deep . Within , a square log - house to overlook the walls , and barracks for 300 ...
... feet , being built of logs from 20 to 30 inches diameter , and the outer wall fourteen feet high . Round it was to be a ditch fourteen feet broad and ten deep . Within , a square log - house to overlook the walls , and barracks for 300 ...
Page 142
... feet of water , in common tides . North of it the depth is nine feet at full sea ; but there are many holes , in which the water is a little deeper . Fifteen or twenty vessels , containing on an average forty tons each , and about half ...
... feet of water , in common tides . North of it the depth is nine feet at full sea ; but there are many holes , in which the water is a little deeper . Fifteen or twenty vessels , containing on an average forty tons each , and about half ...
Page 147
... feet in the mouth at high water , common tides rising here four feet ; but within there are twenty feet at low water . The anchorage is good , on a muddy bottom . This , as well as Old harbour , is completely land locked . Oyster pond ...
... feet in the mouth at high water , common tides rising here four feet ; but within there are twenty feet at low water . The anchorage is good , on a muddy bottom . This , as well as Old harbour , is completely land locked . Oyster pond ...
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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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