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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company)	326	326	Browse	Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley)	37	37	Browse	Search
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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)

f water having its outlet through the meadow into Chester Brook. The name Chester was probably given very soon after Governor Winthrop's visit, as Mr. Leonard Chester arrived in 1633 and left Watertown in 1636. Some modern improvers, says Bond, have given the name Clematis Doubtless with the same desire for improvement, and with about as much authority as attended the change of the name of the brook, this word is mispronounced; the accent is put upon the second syllable, instead of on the first. to the middle portion of the ancient Beaver Brook, and a Railroad station has now that name. Masters' Brook, which Winthrop states was greater than the former, is described by a writer in 1815, as known by that name to the oldest inhabitants then consulted by him. It is one mile and a half west of Beaver Brook, and nearly a mile this side of Stony Brook. At present, he says, this brook can hardly be recognized by this description, on account of its smallness. . . . If the summer be dry

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