The world: historical and actual . first settlement to date its importance has beenmaintained. Beginning this record with the emer- -<-\e jfc r*!^ STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 605 ueuce of the state from its colonial dependence wefind that its first governor was John Hancock, elect-ed in 1780. From 1775 to 1780 the executive de-partment of the state was in the hands of TheCouncil. That small vet great commonwealth has severalimportant rivers, the Connecticut, Merrimack, IIou-satonic and Hoosic being the chief. Along itsstreams of sufficient magnitude to form water-pow- merce
The world: historical and actual . first settlement to date its importance has beenmaintained. Beginning this record with the emer- -<-\e jfc r*!^ STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 605 ueuce of the state from its colonial dependence wefind that its first governor was John Hancock, elect-ed in 1780. From 1775 to 1780 the executive de-partment of the state was in the hands of TheCouncil. That small vet great commonwealth has severalimportant rivers, the Connecticut, Merrimack, IIou-satonic and Hoosic being the chief. Along itsstreams of sufficient magnitude to form water-pow- merce and wealth, but in the higher ranges of activ-ity there has been no falling back. Among theother cities of the state may be named Worcester,Lowell, Cambridge, Lawrence, Lynn, Springfieldand Fall River. Harvard College dates back to163G; Williams College to 1793; Amherst to 1827;Andover Theological Seminary to 1808, and TuftsCollege to 185-2. It has a highly creditable list ofinstitutions for special education, such as schools for. er, mills of almost every conceivable kind are found,the manufacturing interest being largely in excessof the agricultural. Its great achievement in en-gineering is the Hoosic Tunnel, begun in 1855, com-pleted in 187-1, at a cost of $13,000,000. But theproudest achievements of the state have been in theline of political and intellectual superiority. In thecause of human rights and mental improvement ithas always been foremost. Its list of statesmen, fromWinthrop to Sumner, is long, and of its authors andinventors is still longer and more creditable. Bos-ton has indeed been eclipsed by New York in com- niE CITY AND HARBOR OP BOSTON. deaf mutes, the blind, idiots and young home of the Puritans is gradually becomingthe home of the foreigner. The bleak and rockyfarms of Massachusetts are being deserted by theYankees, and going into the hands of Irishmen andCanadians to an almost revolutionary extent. Thereare a few of the original Indians
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