Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society and Papers Relating to the History of the Town, Volume 3The Society, 1902 - Fitchburg (Mass.) |
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... hill country about Mount Wachusett and tarried for a rest in the village of Fitchburg . At the hospitable " great house of the ' Squire ' " he would have been courteously received as guest . The host would have impressed him as a man of ...
... hill country about Mount Wachusett and tarried for a rest in the village of Fitchburg . At the hospitable " great house of the ' Squire ' " he would have been courteously received as guest . The host would have impressed him as a man of ...
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... hills , and Cowden is the name of an old estate there . I conceive Cowden to be a name of local origin from den or dene , the Anglo - Saxon for valley , and Cowden may signify cow - valley . Cowden - knowes , Cowden - heath , etc. , I ...
... hills , and Cowden is the name of an old estate there . I conceive Cowden to be a name of local origin from den or dene , the Anglo - Saxon for valley , and Cowden may signify cow - valley . Cowden - knowes , Cowden - heath , etc. , I ...
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... Hill and the Sconce ; the waving of handkerchiefs and bidding " God- speed " by all Boston as the city faded from sight . Their motto , given by Whitefield , was graven on the hearts of many of his followers in the ships , giving the ...
... Hill and the Sconce ; the waving of handkerchiefs and bidding " God- speed " by all Boston as the city faded from sight . Their motto , given by Whitefield , was graven on the hearts of many of his followers in the ships , giving the ...
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... Hill a substantial memorial to his grandparents , Capt . Thomas and Hannah Cowdin . The monument is a plain shaft of Quincy granite , with highly polished tablets . The one toward Rollstone street bears the inscription : " Thomas Cowdin ...
... Hill a substantial memorial to his grandparents , Capt . Thomas and Hannah Cowdin . The monument is a plain shaft of Quincy granite , with highly polished tablets . The one toward Rollstone street bears the inscription : " Thomas Cowdin ...
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... hill is seen most distinctly , and further to the south and east the hills of Lunenburg , and so on in the same direc- tion till the view takes in the Bolton hills in the distance . The present structure is a good looking , substantial ...
... hill is seen most distinctly , and further to the south and east the hills of Lunenburg , and so on in the same direc- tion till the view takes in the Bolton hills in the distance . The present structure is a good looking , substantial ...
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Page 293 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.