The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 9Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock H.H. Metcalf, 1886 - New Hampshire |
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... LOWELL - Editorial , . BANKS AND BANKERS OF CONCORD , A BIT OF FAMILY BRAG - P . B. Shillaber , HISTORICAL SKETCH of the TOWN OF LANCASTER - J . S. Brackett , LOCALITIES IN ANCIENT DOVER - John R. Ham , M. D. , A JAIL ADVENTURE ...
... LOWELL - Editorial , . BANKS AND BANKERS OF CONCORD , A BIT OF FAMILY BRAG - P . B. Shillaber , HISTORICAL SKETCH of the TOWN OF LANCASTER - J . S. Brackett , LOCALITIES IN ANCIENT DOVER - John R. Ham , M. D. , A JAIL ADVENTURE ...
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... Lowell , was the first constructed . The work on this canal was com- menced in 1794 , and the canal was completed and opened for public use in 1803. A very complete history of the Middlesex canal , by Lorin L. twenty - seven feet , to ...
... Lowell , was the first constructed . The work on this canal was com- menced in 1794 , and the canal was completed and opened for public use in 1803. A very complete history of the Middlesex canal , by Lorin L. twenty - seven feet , to ...
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... Lowell manufacturing compa- nies . Newburyport rafts usually con- sisted of ship - timber , masts , lumber , and wood ; and , if starting from any place below Amoskeag falls , could be made into larger shots than those des- tined to ...
... Lowell manufacturing compa- nies . Newburyport rafts usually con- sisted of ship - timber , masts , lumber , and wood ; and , if starting from any place below Amoskeag falls , could be made into larger shots than those des- tined to ...
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... Lowell in 1835 , to Nashua in 1838 , and to Con- cord in 1842 were successive steps of destruction to the whole system of river navigation , and culminated in a total abandonment of the canals soon after the Concord Railroad was put in ...
... Lowell in 1835 , to Nashua in 1838 , and to Con- cord in 1842 were successive steps of destruction to the whole system of river navigation , and culminated in a total abandonment of the canals soon after the Concord Railroad was put in ...
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... Lowell in 1874. Atis Ansart , who still resides there , in the eighty - seventh year of his age , is a son of Colonel Ansart ; also Felix Ansart , late of New London , Connecticut , and for twenty - four years an officer of the regular ...
... Lowell in 1874. Atis Ansart , who still resides there , in the eighty - seventh year of his age , is a son of Colonel Ansart ; also Felix Ansart , late of New London , Connecticut , and for twenty - four years an officer of the regular ...
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