History and description of New EnglandVermont . I 4 TO 111 1 f. VEKMONT — TOWX OF BRIDGEWATER. 7o7 lature until 1780, and as there were people in this section whose sym-pathies were with New York, the town might, for some reason not nowapparent, have delayed its organization some years. It was then aflourishing settlement, and prosperity has since attended it. The sur-face is considerably broken. The principal streams are West river andWhetstone brook, the latter of which affords many excellent waterprivileges, already occupied by a great variety of mill and othermachinery. Connecticut river f
History and description of New EnglandVermont . I 4 TO 111 1 f. VEKMONT — TOWX OF BRIDGEWATER. 7o7 lature until 1780, and as there were people in this section whose sym-pathies were with New York, the town might, for some reason not nowapparent, have delayed its organization some years. It was then aflourishing settlement, and prosperity has since attended it. The sur-face is considerably broken. The principal streams are West river andWhetstone brook, the latter of which affords many excellent waterprivileges, already occupied by a great variety of mill and othermachinery. Connecticut river forms the eastern boundary, and iscrossed at the lower part of the east village by a substantial bridge,built in 1804, comiecting this town with Hinsdale, N. H. The VermontAsylum for the Insane is located here. This institution was foundedin 1804 by the beneficence of iNIrs. Anna Marsh of Hinsdale, N. H.,who bequeathed the sum of ^10,000 for this purpose. This sumwas afterwards increased to 8^6,000 by the legislature of Vermont, anda large, commodious buildi
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