. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. Marlborough,Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, North Reading, Pepperell, Read-ing, Sherborn, Shirley, Stoneham, Stowe, Sudbury, Tewksbury,Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Watertown, Wayland, West-ford, Weston, Wilmington and Winchester. The shire towns areCambridge and Lowell. Portions of the county are included inthe 5th Congressional District with certain wards of Boston ; in the6th with Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, and certain wards of Bos-ton ; in the 8th with four towns of Essex county, and four of Wor-cester Co
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. Marlborough,Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, North Reading, Pepperell, Read-ing, Sherborn, Shirley, Stoneham, Stowe, Sudbury, Tewksbury,Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Watertown, Wayland, West-ford, Weston, Wilmington and Winchester. The shire towns areCambridge and Lowell. Portions of the county are included inthe 5th Congressional District with certain wards of Boston ; in the6th with Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, and certain wards of Bos-ton ; in the 8th with four towns of Essex county, and four of Wor-cester County ; in the 9th with several towns of Worcester andNorfolk counties. It is in the 3d Council District with parts of Suf-folk County and in the 6th with parts of Essex County. It consti- 78 GAZETTEEB OF MASSACHUSETTS. tutes a State Senate District, excluding ward 3 of Cambridge ; and ithas 43 representatives in the House. This county has 528 public-school buildings, valued, with appurte-nances, at $3,232,781. There are also 30 private schools, including lUIHSilliJliil. one university, three theological schools, one college, several each ofclassical schools, academies and young ladies seminaries, and twolarge commercial schools. There are 346 churches, and 429 publicand association libraries, containing 001,505 bound volumes. Of NANTUCKET. 79 periodicals, there are 7 daily newspapers, 1 semi-weekly, 33 week-lies, 2 bi-weeklies, and 2 monthlies, — a total of 45. Perhaps no single county in the State contains more points ofinterest to the historian and scholar. Here are Concord and Lexing-ton, and the classic and patriotic Cambridge, with her ancient, nobleand far-famed university. The list of notable scholars, scientists,inventors, divines, statesmen and soldiers which this county hasgiven to the world is long and admirable. The first settlement was at Watertown early in 1630, by one of thethree divisions of the company, whose other two made the firstsettlements in Boxbury and
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