History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ey;Rev. Wm. S. Coggin, of Boxford: Rev. J. C. Webster,of Illinois, son of a former minister of this parish ;and a letter peculiarly interesting in reminiscenceand full of heart, from Rev. Michael Burnham, writ-ten while travelling abroad and dated at Paris. EssKX RAiLHOAn.—Until 1872, no rail-road track crossed any part of the territory of thistown ; and the nearest railroad station wjis at Man-chester, on the line of the Gloucester branch road,upwards of four miles distant, t
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ey;Rev. Wm. S. Coggin, of Boxford: Rev. J. C. Webster,of Illinois, son of a former minister of this parish ;and a letter peculiarly interesting in reminiscenceand full of heart, from Rev. Michael Burnham, writ-ten while travelling abroad and dated at Paris. EssKX RAiLHOAn.—Until 1872, no rail-road track crossed any part of the territory of thistown ; and the nearest railroad station wjis at Man-chester, on the line of the Gloucester branch road,upwards of four miles distant, the next in point ofnearness, in the direction of Salem and Boston, beingthat at Wenham,a distance of about six miles, on themain line of what what was then the Eastern road,but is now the Eastern branch of the Boston andMaine road. On the 1st of July of that year, the first train ofcars was run over the track of the Essex Railfoad,which extended from Wcnham to this town, and thebuilding of which, just then completed, had beencommenced in the preceding year. It was built by the Essex Railroad Company, of.
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