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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... known for their intelligence and worth . They were the parents of Charles H. Burns . The father died of fever January 25 , 1857 . The mother , Elizabeth ( Hutchinson ) Burns , born in Milford , June 18 , 1816 , and now living , traces ...
... known for their intelligence and worth . They were the parents of Charles H. Burns . The father died of fever January 25 , 1857 . The mother , Elizabeth ( Hutchinson ) Burns , born in Milford , June 18 , 1816 , and now living , traces ...
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... known as Middlesex Village , about two miles above 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 ...
... known as Middlesex Village , about two miles above 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 ...
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... known in his day as the " justice , " inher- ited the family mansion and home farm , where he had lived with and assisted his distinguished father during the last forty years of the life of the old patriot , and where he spent the re ...
... known in his day as the " justice , " inher- ited the family mansion and home farm , where he had lived with and assisted his distinguished father during the last forty years of the life of the old patriot , and where he spent the re ...
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... known as the evangelical test , and at the Portland convention of 1869 the definition of the term evangelical ; they are as follows : : - " As these associations bear the name of Christian , and profess to be engaged directly in the ...
... known as the evangelical test , and at the Portland convention of 1869 the definition of the term evangelical ; they are as follows : : - " As these associations bear the name of Christian , and profess to be engaged directly in the ...
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... known Boy and Bird ; a Cupid - like figure , holding a bird closely against its breast . These ex- ercises , however , seem to have been , as it were , accidental , and had little or no effect in leading him to the practice in which he ...
... known Boy and Bird ; a Cupid - like figure , holding a bird closely against its breast . These ex- ercises , however , seem to have been , as it were , accidental , and had little or no effect in leading him to the practice in which he ...
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