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... side of the said harbor . In this conveyance was included all the land within these boundaries , " with all the rivers , creeks , meadows , necks and islands that lie in and before the same , and from the sea upward to go so high that ...
... side of the said harbor . In this conveyance was included all the land within these boundaries , " with all the rivers , creeks , meadows , necks and islands that lie in and before the same , and from the sea upward to go so high that ...
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... side of Assonet River , otherwise we must unavoidably be expressed to go and our children after us , for what we know , to Taunton , which will be upwards of thirty five miles distance for many of said inhabitants , which will be in the ...
... side of Assonet River , otherwise we must unavoidably be expressed to go and our children after us , for what we know , to Taunton , which will be upwards of thirty five miles distance for many of said inhabitants , which will be in the ...
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... side of the river . Near this on the opposite bank the Indians had a rude fortification . There was also a garrison for the whites on Palmer's Island . During this war Dartmouth was relieved , on account of her home defences , from fur ...
... side of the river . Near this on the opposite bank the Indians had a rude fortification . There was also a garrison for the whites on Palmer's Island . During this war Dartmouth was relieved , on account of her home defences , from fur ...
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... side of Clark's Point on the present Alms - House Farm . The others landed on the Fairhaven side a little east of the Fort , behind a point of woods and under cover of the guns of the frigates . The troops which landed on Clark's Point ...
... side of Clark's Point on the present Alms - House Farm . The others landed on the Fairhaven side a little east of the Fort , behind a point of woods and under cover of the guns of the frigates . The troops which landed on Clark's Point ...
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... side of the river advanced on the Fort . Two guns were fired at the fleet , and then , after spiking the guns , the garrison re- treated to the north and concealed themselves , leaving the colors of the Fort flying . The British ...
... side of the river advanced on the Fort . Two guns were fired at the fleet , and then , after spiking the guns , the garrison re- treated to the north and concealed themselves , leaving the colors of the Fort flying . The British ...
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14th instant Acushnet American Antiquarian Society ancient attend auld lang syne Baptist beautiful Board of Selectmen brave British called and known CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Christian church City Hall Clark's Point commemoration committee of arrangements CONGDON County street Court CRAPO Dart Dartmouth ship DEAR SIR early England Fairhaven fathers fellow-citizens Fessenden fleet gallant gentlemen glory Gosnold grateful Hathaway Historical Society Honor GEORGE HOWLAND hundred hundredth anniversary incorporation Indian inhabitants interesting invited guests JAMES John Lemuel Williams let the swelling liberty Little Compton marching Massachusetts Mayor men of Dartmouth municipal name of Dartmouth o'clock o'er occasion Old Dartmouth old town Palmer peace Plymouth Colony Ponagansett present President proceedings records religious Rhode Island river Selectmen of Dartmouth sentiment Sept settlement ships shore swelling chorus ring tion toast-master town meeting town of Dartmouth township village vote Westport William Rotch WILLIAM W
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Página 16 - I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps. His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal. Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel — Since God is marching on.
Página 16 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 16 - His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My Grace shall deal"; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel, Since God is marching on.
Página 116 - It did our sore hearts good to hear The song our pivot sang, As rushing on from wave to wave The whirring bomb-shell sprang. Brave Randall leaped upon the gun, And waved his cap in sport; "Well done ! well aimed ! I saw that shell Go through an open port...
Página 37 - the memory of joys that are past, pleasing and mournful to the soul." and prosperous business; in its growing wealth; in its public schools; in its flourishing Lyceum,* and in its goodly tabernacles of worship; in the strong moral tone, and, as I well believe, in these perilous times, the Devoted Loyalty of its people. I send to it, on its honored two hundredth anniversary, my respectful and affectionate greeting.
Página 77 - As an illustration of this peculiar and amusing feature in the presentation of the topics for town action, let me quote from the records. The sixth article in the selectmen's warrant for the March meeting, 1741, reads thus: ''That whereas such course does much abound within said town, many running about from house to house to supply their own present want miserably neglecting their families at home, which is the only cause of manys suffering who are not capable of labour, which practise is to the...
Página 76 - Whereas the Easterly and Westerly villages in said town, experience teaches, have often neglected and omitted their duty in coming to said meetings to help carry on and manage the affairs of said town, especially in the difficult seasons of the year and foul weather, (and not in danger of being chosen to troublesome offices,) and so have at such times trusted and almost entirely relied and depended on the Middle village, of which the body of the people therein inhabiting live remote from said house,...
Página 78 - Another example of this presentation of reasons in the warrant of the selectmen occurs in 1746, when an effort was made to divide the county or create a new county seat. This question both before and after this date engaged the attention of the people of Dartmouth for many years. At one time it was proposed to divide the county and join Tiverton and Little Compton with us as a new county. At another time it was proposed to change the county seat to Assonet as more central than Taunton. The question...
Página 59 - Bronson and Horatio Jones, and to their heirs and assigns, ALL that tract of land commonly called and known by the name of Little Beard's Reservation, situate, lying and being in the said county of Ontario, BOUNDED on the East by the...
Página 63 - ... in or before the same, and from the sea upward to go so high that the English may not be annoyed by the hunting of the Indians in any sort of their cattle.