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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... causes or effects , are comparatively speaking , of no importance . In this essay I have endeavoured , so far as my ... cause of offence , by an improper narration of private affairs , having no relation to the general character . I ...
... causes or effects , are comparatively speaking , of no importance . In this essay I have endeavoured , so far as my ... cause of offence , by an improper narration of private affairs , having no relation to the general character . I ...
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... caused by man . When I discovered the record of its being an artificial work , a natural , but ground- less fear was excited , that it would do harm to publish the truth concerning it . Abraham Shaw had been encoura- ged to build a ...
... caused by man . When I discovered the record of its being an artificial work , a natural , but ground- less fear was excited , that it would do harm to publish the truth concerning it . Abraham Shaw had been encoura- ged to build a ...
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... cause way at Dwight's brook , when the water thereon was as high as the horses belly , so late as the year 1700 . A law of the colony as well as the dangers of the people , compelled the first settlers to build their houses near each ...
... cause way at Dwight's brook , when the water thereon was as high as the horses belly , so late as the year 1700 . A law of the colony as well as the dangers of the people , compelled the first settlers to build their houses near each ...
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... caused much difficulty . In 1642 , the proprietors , then forty - seven in number , agreed that 200 acres of the land where the houses now stand south of high street , should be made a common til- lage field ; and that each proprietor's ...
... caused much difficulty . In 1642 , the proprietors , then forty - seven in number , agreed that 200 acres of the land where the houses now stand south of high street , should be made a common til- lage field ; and that each proprietor's ...
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... cause the 8000 acres to be located there . Captain John Pynchon , of Springfield , was employed by the town to purchase those lands of the Indians . He soon after performed that duty , and procured four deeds from the Indians , 4 CHAP ...
... cause the 8000 acres to be located there . Captain John Pynchon , of Springfield , was employed by the town to purchase those lands of the Indians . He soon after performed that duty , and procured four deeds from the Indians , 4 CHAP ...
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