From its First Settlement in 1651 to the Present Time: With Notices of the First White Families, and also an Account of the Centennial Celebration, Oct. 16, 1851, Rev. Mr. Hunt's Address at the Consecration of Dell Park Cemetery
The town of Natick is located in the southern part of Massachusetts in Middlesex County, approximately 16 miles from Boston and 24 miles from Worcester. This work contains 16 chapters covering a vast assortment of topics including Name and Signification, Original Boundaries, Construction of the First Village, Sketch of the Life of Eliot; Care of Indians; Rev. Mr. Hunt's Address; Natick Indians; Oppression by the Whites; Eliot Monument; Extracts from Records of Town; Bicentennial Celebration; Resolution of the Town on the Declaration of Independence; Muster Roll of the Natick Company at Bunker Hill; Proprietors of Town in 1719, 1782, and in 1800; Ecclesiastical History; Indian Bible and other Indian Translations by Mr. Eliot; Rev. Oliver Peabody and Organization of his Church; Publications of Mr. Peabody; First Meeting-House; Funds; Settlement of Rev. Freeman Sears; List of its Ministers; List of Deacons; Other Religious Societies; Climate; Geology; Botany; Boundaries; Roads; Railroads; Post Offices; Consecration of Dell Park Cemetery; Statistical History; Population; Taxation; Education; Official History; Town Officers; Agriculture; Manufacture of Shoes; Social History: Charitable Associations; Libraries; Slavery. Accentuated with illustrations of people and buildings, this work contains an appendix with extra information about the town, a new subject, and a full name index.
Oliver N. Bacon
(1856), 2024, paper, 263 pp.
ISBN: 9780788421464
101-B2146
