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 84
Page 4
... side , for foot - passengers . The sides of the causeway are stoned , capstand , and railed ; and on each side there is a canal , about 30 feet wide . A toll is granted to the proprietors for 70 years . The distance from the first ...
... side , for foot - passengers . The sides of the causeway are stoned , capstand , and railed ; and on each side there is a canal , about 30 feet wide . A toll is granted to the proprietors for 70 years . The distance from the first ...
Page 141
... side of Bass river there are six ON wharves , three near the mouth of the river , and three a mile north of it . There are here twenty - one vessels . One brig sails immediately to the West - Indies . Ten coasters , from thirty to forty ...
... side of Bass river there are six ON wharves , three near the mouth of the river , and three a mile north of it . There are here twenty - one vessels . One brig sails immediately to the West - Indies . Ten coasters , from thirty to forty ...
Page 146
... side ; so that now the island , as it is still denomi- nated , is nearer to the ocean , than it was formerly to the eastern side of the strait . At the same period there was , from slightly downy root creeping striking deep in the earth ...
... side ; so that now the island , as it is still denomi- nated , is nearer to the ocean , than it was formerly to the eastern side of the strait . At the same period there was , from slightly downy root creeping striking deep in the earth ...
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