The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827Dutton and Wentworth, 1827 - 146 pages |
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... Building mills . Corn mills . Water mills . Saw mill . Introduction of trades . Modes of cultivating the land . First articles carried to Boston market . Stock of cattle . Horses . Swine . Sheep . Wolves . Wild cats CHAPTER V. 37 First ...
... Building mills . Corn mills . Water mills . Saw mill . Introduction of trades . Modes of cultivating the land . First articles carried to Boston market . Stock of cattle . Horses . Swine . Sheep . Wolves . Wild cats CHAPTER V. 37 First ...
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... build a water mill in the first year of the settlement and a committee was appointed to designate the place . Shaw soon after died , but the committee suggested the measure of forming this new stream , which is recorded in these words ...
... build a water mill in the first year of the settlement and a committee was appointed to designate the place . Shaw soon after died , but the committee suggested the measure of forming this new stream , which is recorded in these words ...
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... building , thirty six feet long and twenty wide , twelve feet high , with a thatched roof , and a large ladder resting on it . This was the first meeting house . Near by was the school house stand- ing on an area of 18 feet by 14 , and ...
... building , thirty six feet long and twenty wide , twelve feet high , with a thatched roof , and a large ladder resting on it . This was the first meeting house . Near by was the school house stand- ing on an area of 18 feet by 14 , and ...
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... build their houses near each other . The necessity of adhering to this law , continued more than 50 years . In 1682 complaints were made in town meeting , that some had built houses a mile and an half from the meeting house . It was ...
... build their houses near each other . The necessity of adhering to this law , continued more than 50 years . In 1682 complaints were made in town meeting , that some had built houses a mile and an half from the meeting house . It was ...
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... buildings are three houses for public worship , a stone jail and a new stone court house . It may be esti- mated that ... building a new one thereon , so appropriately applied to it the text of his discourse , " Our Fathers worshipped on ...
... buildings are three houses for public worship , a stone jail and a new stone court house . It may be esti- mated that ... building a new one thereon , so appropriately applied to it the text of his discourse , " Our Fathers worshipped on ...
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