The Bay State monthly : a Massachusetts magazine . , visitedthese tribes in 1674; but he did not fully reclaim them to peaceful habits,although many of them professed Christianity. In 1713 the inhabitants, not discouraged by their former experience, THE CITY OF WORCESTER, one after anotherreturned again totake possession oftheir property;and this t i m ethey returned tostay. They werejoined by others,and the popula-tion began to in-crease. In 1722Worcester wasincorporated as atown, and hence-forth assumed itsshare of respon-sibility with theother towns inadopting meas-ures for the gen-eral wel
The Bay State monthly : a Massachusetts magazine . , visitedthese tribes in 1674; but he did not fully reclaim them to peaceful habits,although many of them professed Christianity. In 1713 the inhabitants, not discouraged by their former experience, THE CITY OF WORCESTER, one after anotherreturned again totake possession oftheir property;and this t i m ethey returned tostay. They werejoined by others,and the popula-tion began to in-crease. In 1722Worcester wasincorporated as atown, and hence-forth assumed itsshare of respon-sibility with theother towns inadopting meas-ures for the gen-eral welfare, andcontributed itsproportion ofmen and sup-plies for the com-mon thestormy periodpreceding theWar of the Rev-olution, the pub-lic sentiment ofWorcester sus-tained the rightsof the Colonies,and when, on the19th of April,1775. the mes-senger of war, onhis white horse,dashed throughthe town, shout-ing, To arms!to arms ! the war is begun, the response was immediate ; the bell vand the minute-men, true to name, rallied on the Co:. ung, cann, where non fired,they were
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