. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . ost. Col. Nathaxiel Cushixg, captain in Rufus Putnams regiment from1777 to the close of the war, was born here April 8, 1853; and died atMarietta, O., August, 1814. He bore a gallant part in many actions. 404 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. TD/-k-r\-r\^v»^ll *s a busy an(^ beautiful town in the north-west- JT OppGI till erly part of Middlesex County, originally knownas the Second Precinct of Groton, but incorporated, and named fromSir William Pepperell, on the 6th of April, 1753. It has Brooklineand Hollis, , on the north, Dunstable and Groton on
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . ost. Col. Nathaxiel Cushixg, captain in Rufus Putnams regiment from1777 to the close of the war, was born here April 8, 1853; and died atMarietta, O., August, 1814. He bore a gallant part in many actions. 404 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. TD/-k-r\-r\^v»^ll *s a busy an(^ beautiful town in the north-west- JT OppGI till erly part of Middlesex County, originally knownas the Second Precinct of Groton, but incorporated, and named fromSir William Pepperell, on the 6th of April, 1753. It has Brooklineand Hollis, , on the north, Dunstable and Groton on the east,Groton on the south, and Townsend on the west. The number of in-habitants is 1,842; of dwelling-houses, 414 ; of voters, 512. The postalcentres are Pepperell and East Pepperell; and the area of the towncovers 22-^ square miles. The geological structure is the St. Johns• group, or Andalusite slate. About two and a half miles west of the Centre there is a remarkablechannel, or canon, from 75 to 150 feet deep, and 250 wide, extending. THE PEPPERELL PAPER-MILLS, PEPPERELL. north and south, and cutting through high grounds and a ledge of sides have an inclination of from 45° to 70°; and a streamlet flowsthrough the chasm. It presents the appearance of a large ship-canal;and, whether it be the work of nature or of art, it is not easy to deter-mine. Healds Mine, near the southern opening of this canon, wasprobably commenced about the year 1780, and extends more than 100feet into the rock. What mineral the miners hoped to find is not nowknown. The Nissitissit Hills are prominent twin-eminences in the north-eastsection of the town; and Oak Hill and Lakins Hill, near the Centre,add much to its scenic beauty. PERU. 405 The Nashua River (here a swift and noble stream), together withits tributaries, of which the Nissitissit is the largest, furnishes amplewater-power for four manufactories of paper and five saw and three gristmills. The Pepperell Mills, of which a pic
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