Historical Collections: Being a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts, with Geographical DescriptionsDorr Howland & Company, 1839 - 624 páginas |
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... yards ; value , $ 137,000 ; males employed , 51 ; females , 41 ; capital invest- ed , $ 86,000 . Two calico print works , which printed 4,561,680 yards of calico , employing 93 hands . The population of the town exceeds any other in the ...
... yards ; value , $ 137,000 ; males employed , 51 ; females , 41 ; capital invest- ed , $ 86,000 . Two calico print works , which printed 4,561,680 yards of calico , employing 93 hands . The population of the town exceeds any other in the ...
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... yards of cotton goods manufactured , valued at $ 64,600 ; there were 2 woollen mills , which consumed 32,000 lbs . of wool , and 52,500 yards of cloth manufactured . There were in the town 2,657 merino sheep , which produced 6,642 lbs ...
... yards of cotton goods manufactured , valued at $ 64,600 ; there were 2 woollen mills , which consumed 32,000 lbs . of wool , and 52,500 yards of cloth manufactured . There were in the town 2,657 merino sheep , which produced 6,642 lbs ...
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... yards , a span of horses and 52 horned cattle may be stabled . The covering of the stables forms the barn floor , on to which from an offset there is but one large doorway for teams , which make the circuit of the floor , and pass out ...
... yards , a span of horses and 52 horned cattle may be stabled . The covering of the stables forms the barn floor , on to which from an offset there is but one large doorway for teams , which make the circuit of the floor , and pass out ...
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... yards of cotton manufactured ; 6 woollen mills , consuming 315,000 lbs . of wool ; 233,000 yards of cloth manufactured , valued at $ 547,000 . There were 2,135 Saxony sheep ; 10,534 merino sheep ; other kinds of sheep , 293 ; the value ...
... yards of cotton manufactured ; 6 woollen mills , consuming 315,000 lbs . of wool ; 233,000 yards of cloth manufactured , valued at $ 547,000 . There were 2,135 Saxony sheep ; 10,534 merino sheep ; other kinds of sheep , 293 ; the value ...
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... yards of cotton goods were manufactured , the value of which was $ 1,678 , - 226. Population of the county in 1837 was 58,152 . The follow- ing is a list of the towns . Fairhaven , Attleborough , Norton , Somerset , Berkley , Fall River ...
... yards of cotton goods were manufactured , the value of which was $ 1,678 , - 226. Population of the county in 1837 was 58,152 . The follow- ing is a list of the towns . Fairhaven , Attleborough , Norton , Somerset , Berkley , Fall River ...
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Página iii - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Página 11 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Página 11 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página 289 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Página 263 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Página 163 - William and Mary, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King and Queen, defenders of the faith...
Página 221 - And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Página 328 - This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave ! This is creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom ; The land of apparitions, empty shades ! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance ; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Página 419 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Página 324 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.