The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 5William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller Connecticut Magazine Company, 1899 |
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... town upon the Avon to which it is indebted for a name , having but recently celebrated its hundredth anniversary , which occurred in 1885. Prior to its incorporation as a town it enjoyed the distinction of being an ecclesiastical parish ...
... town upon the Avon to which it is indebted for a name , having but recently celebrated its hundredth anniversary , which occurred in 1885. Prior to its incorporation as a town it enjoyed the distinction of being an ecclesiastical parish ...
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... Town LIKE Bristol 47 12 48 149 60 51 50 52 51 ༥ 53 53 52 53 54 63 30 ROD HIGHWAY 30 ROD $ 5 55 54 56 53 54 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 40 ROD HIGHWAY 13 14 ROD HIGHWAY 30 ROD HIGHWAY 30 ROD HIGHW 62 63 64 65 64 66 67 48 69 16 48 69 70 TO 17 ...
... Town LIKE Bristol 47 12 48 149 60 51 50 52 51 ༥ 53 53 52 53 54 63 30 ROD HIGHWAY 30 ROD $ 5 55 54 56 53 54 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 40 ROD HIGHWAY 13 14 ROD HIGHWAY 30 ROD HIGHWAY 30 ROD HIGHW 62 63 64 65 64 66 67 48 69 16 48 69 70 TO 17 ...
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... town . It was kept for forty years by the Barnes and Pierce families others came from Wallingford , Hartford , and other towns. SECOND MEETING HOUSE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY . SECOND MEETING HOUSE , AFTER ALTERATION . CARRINGTON ...
... town . It was kept for forty years by the Barnes and Pierce families others came from Wallingford , Hartford , and other towns. SECOND MEETING HOUSE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY . SECOND MEETING HOUSE , AFTER ALTERATION . CARRINGTON ...
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... towns in Connecticut , Massa- chusetts , and even New Hampshire , and built upon Fall Mountain , Chippen's Hill , and various other localities . It is noteworthy that the early settlers regarded what is now the center of the town as ...
... towns in Connecticut , Massa- chusetts , and even New Hampshire , and built upon Fall Mountain , Chippen's Hill , and various other localities . It is noteworthy that the early settlers regarded what is now the center of the town as ...
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... town . The spirit of independence was in the air . Nor was the cause of complaint ENOS IVES HOUSE . less reasonable ... town was sent to the General Assembly and granted in May , 1785 . The first town meeting was held in the meeting ...
... town . The spirit of independence was in the air . Nor was the cause of complaint ENOS IVES HOUSE . less reasonable ... town was sent to the General Assembly and granted in May , 1785 . The first town meeting was held in the meeting ...
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