The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 . ^f = The earaest and frequent demand for a new History of Ilaverhilt,induced the compiler of the following pages to enter upon the task of itapreparation, and in February, (12th) 1859, public notice to that effectwas iven through the columns of the local j^ress. The original design wasto include the history of the town from its first settlement, in lG-10, toJanuary, ISGO, in one octavo volume, of about five hundred pages; buttwelve months of almost constant application to the work, rev
The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts : from its first settlement, in 1640, to the year 1860 . ^f = The earaest and frequent demand for a new History of Ilaverhilt,induced the compiler of the following pages to enter upon the task of itapreparation, and in February, (12th) 1859, public notice to that effectwas iven through the columns of the local j^ress. The original design wasto include the history of the town from its first settlement, in lG-10, toJanuary, ISGO, in one octavo volume, of about five hundred pages; buttwelve months of almost constant application to the work, revealed sucha mass of valuable and interesting material, that a proposition was madeto the town, at its annual ^March meeting, in 18G0 — • To see if the town will make an appropriation toward the publicationof a History of the town, and if so, how much, as requested by Geo. \ The i)roposition met with a most hearty approval, as may be seen fromthe following extract from the town records : — It was tutainiHoiislij voted. That the sum of five hundred dollars beappropriated and paidhistoryofhaverhi01chas
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