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 113
... land rises , and less than a mile from it the High Land commences . On the first elevated spot , the Clay Pounds , stands the Light House . The shore here turns to the south ; and the High Land extends to the Table Land of Eastham . This ...
... land rises , and less than a mile from it the High Land commences . On the first elevated spot , the Clay Pounds , stands the Light House . The shore here turns to the south ; and the High Land extends to the Table Land of Eastham . This ...
Page 157
... land in the county . Three cedar swamps on the west of it , three quarters of a mile in length , still guard it in a great measure against the irruptions of the sand . This good land will yield , with manure , thirty - five , and ...
... land in the county . Three cedar swamps on the west of it , three quarters of a mile in length , still guard it in a great measure against the irruptions of the sand . This good land will yield , with manure , thirty - five , and ...
Page 169
... land lying at the mouth of the harbour . For this tract they paid a valu- able consideration , and allowed the Indians besides a piece of land at Gesquoquaset , * which they were to enclose themselves . But Not long after this they ...
... land lying at the mouth of the harbour . For this tract they paid a valu- able consideration , and allowed the Indians besides a piece of land at Gesquoquaset , * which they were to enclose themselves . But Not long after this they ...
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 |
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