. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . ), a noted physician and author; Wil-liam Wake (1797-1852), an author and clergyman ; Joseph An-drews (1806-1873), one of the best line-engravers in the country;James Hall (1811), New-York State geologist; Winckworth AllanGay (1821), a fine landscape-painter; Chaules Henry Bromedgb 262 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. Caldwell (1823), an efficient captain U. S. N.; Richard HenryStoddard (1825), a prolific writer and popular poet; and Lincoln, an able writer. A History of Hingham, by Solomon Lincoln, was published in1827, pp. 183. yy -l-i 1
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . ), a noted physician and author; Wil-liam Wake (1797-1852), an author and clergyman ; Joseph An-drews (1806-1873), one of the best line-engravers in the country;James Hall (1811), New-York State geologist; Winckworth AllanGay (1821), a fine landscape-painter; Chaules Henry Bromedgb 262 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. Caldwell (1823), an efficient captain U. S. N.; Richard HenryStoddard (1825), a prolific writer and popular poet; and Lincoln, an able writer. A History of Hingham, by Solomon Lincoln, was published in1827, pp. 183. yy -l-i 1 is a new and delightfully-situated town in the JrXOllJl OOiv south-eastern part of Norfolk County, 14 milessouth of Boston, with which it has ready communication by the Old-Colony Railroad, passing along its whole western border. It has 283dwelling-houses, about 1,566 inhabitants, 457 voters, together with avaluation of $1,369,550, and a tax-rate of per $100. It has forits boundaries Braintree on the north, Weymouth on the east, Abington. THE HOLBROOK ESTATE, UOLBROOK. on the south-east, and Randolph on the west. The principal rock issienite. The land is elevated and uneven. It forms the water-shedbetween Massachusetts and the Mount-Hope Bay; the waters in thenortherly part of the town flowing into Cochato River, in the southerlypart into Beaver River, running in an opposite direction. There isa beautiful sheet of water near the depot, giving opportunity for skatingand for ice-cutting in the winter, and for boating and fishing in theBummer. The elevated situation of Holbrook renders it remarkablyhealthful, and gives it commanding views of charming local some of the more prominent points, the ocean, dotted with canvas,may be seen. The principal street, which bears the name of Franklin,is one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the county. It runs along HOLBROOR. 263 southerly from Braintree towards North Bridgewater, nearly three miles,on elevated land, and
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