Address in Commemoration of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary


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Excerpt from Address in Commemoration of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary: Of the Incorporation of Lancaster, Massachusetts At a meeting of the Committee appointed to make arrangements for the Celebration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Lancaster, held Dee. 20, 1852, - Voted, To invite Joseph Willard, Esq., to deliver the Address upon the occasion of the Celebration. Joseph Willard, Esq. Dear Sir, - I have the honor to transmit to you the annexed Vote, passed last evening with perfect unanimity. Permit me to express the hope that it will suit your convenience to comply with the wishes of the Committee, and that you will authorize me so to state at their next meeting, which takes place on the 27th inst. The 15th day of June, 1853, is fixed upon for the Celebration. Gentlemen, - I have received your invitation "to deliver the Address upon the occasion of the Celebration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Lancaster." Accept my thanks for this unexpected honor. I have delayed my answer, doubting whether I could adequately represent the occasion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




An Address in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Lancaster


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An Address in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Lancaster is a historical speech delivered by Joseph Willard in 1853. Willard reflects on the founding and development of Lancaster, Massachusetts, highlighting the town's place in the history of early America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




People of the Wachusett


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Nashaway became Lancaster, Wachusett became Princeton, and all of Nipmuck County became the county of Worcester. Town by town, New England grew—Watertown, Sudbury, Turkey Hills, Fitchburg, Westminster, Walpole—and with each new community the myth of America flourished. In People of the Wachusett the history of the New England town becomes the cultural history of America's first frontier. Integral to this history are the firsthand narratives of town founders and citizens, English, French, and Native American, whose accounts of trading and warring, relocating and putting down roots proved essential to the building of these communities. Town plans, local records, broadside ballads, vernacular house forms and furniture, festivals—all come into play in this innovative book, giving a rich picture of early Americans creating towns and crafting historical memory. Beginning with the Wachusett, in northern Worcester County, Massachusetts, David Jaffee traces the founding of towns through inland New England and Nova Scotia, from the mid-seventeenth century through the Revolutionary Era. His history of New England's settlement is one in which the replication of towns across the landscape is inextricable from the creation of a regional and national culture, with stories about colonization giving shape and meaning to New England life.




An Address in Commemoration of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Lancaster, Massachusetts


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Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society


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