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Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger (1856)

Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894, Andrew, John, 1815-1875, egr., Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1875, egr., Hill George W., 1815-1893, egr., Barry, egr. · John P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor & Worthington · leaf 103

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topping at Roxbury, which is two miles from the city,Jamaica Plain, three and a half miles. Canton, fourteen miles from Boston, is a beautifully- (81) 82 BOSTON SIGHTS. diversified and picturesque town, watered by the NeponsetRiver, which, with the numerous ponds in its vicinity,gives it an… … three feet above the foundation, resting on six arches, witha succession of arches on top. Its cost exceeded ninetythousand dollars. Sharon, seventeen and a half miles from Boston, occu-pies the highest land between Boston and Providence. PUBLIC LIBRARY. 83 Its natural scenery is exceedingly fine.…

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