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HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND,

CONTAINING

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES

OF THE

COUNTIES, CITIES AND PRINCIPAL TOWNS

OF THE

SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES,

INCLUDING, IN ITS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, MORE THAN SIXTY LITERARY MEN AND WOMEN,
REPRESENTING EVERY COUNTY IN NEW ENGLAND.

EDITED BY

REV. R. H. HOWARD, A. M., AND PROF. HENRY E. CROCKER.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS,

EMBRACING VIEWS OF CITIES, NATURAL SCENERY, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND PROMINENT LANDMARKS,
OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST.