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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 53
Page 244
... Island , has , within a few years , been cut up by the necessitous inha- bitants , dried and burnt , instead of more solid fuel . Upon all the islands there are chasms in the rocks , several yards wide , and from one to ten deep ...
... Island , has , within a few years , been cut up by the necessitous inha- bitants , dried and burnt , instead of more solid fuel . Upon all the islands there are chasms in the rocks , several yards wide , and from one to ten deep ...
Page 246
... islands , consider- ing their size and situation , were populous , containing from three to six hundred souls . On Hog island , which is now without an inhabitant , there were between twenty and thirty families , who , in general , were ...
... islands , consider- ing their size and situation , were populous , containing from three to six hundred souls . On Hog island , which is now without an inhabitant , there were between twenty and thirty families , who , in general , were ...
Page 147
... island ; but for above thirty years it has joined the main land . Another change has taken place in this voluble mass of sand . In the year 1770 , during a violent storm , the sea rushed through the beach . But by degrees the breach ...
... island ; but for above thirty years it has joined the main land . Another change has taken place in this voluble mass of sand . In the year 1770 , during a violent storm , the sea rushed through the beach . But by degrees the breach ...
Contents
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 |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Albany assembly Barnstable batteaux beach Boston called Cambridge Cape Cod Captain character Chatham church College colony command commissioners corn council Court cove creek Crown-Point east Eastham Eliot enemy England English erected excellent father feet fish four French friends gave gentleman gospel Governor harbour Harvard College Harwich hath Hist honour hundred Increase Mather Indians inhabitants island John labour Lake Lake Ontario Lancey land letter Lord Lordship Majesty Majesty's manner Marblehead Massachusetts meeting house ment miles minister ministry Nauset New-England New-York Oswego Pamet river pastor persons plantation Plymouth pond preached present province Provincetown respect river sachems salt Schenectady sent sermon settlement shallop ship Shirley shore side Sir William Johnson Six Nations Society Thacher thereof things thought tion Tisquantum took town township troops unto vessels Wellfleet William Wiscasset wood