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. Lancaster on the Nashua, picturesque and historical;. The ?Beaman Oak. (ine i> laruest white oak trees in Massachusetts. Cireumlereiice at basetweiitv-nine tVet. Five Ieet above, eighteen feet, five inches. Height seventy-eight feet. Spread of l)ranchesseventv-five feet. Between the Nortli \illase and Lanes Crossing. Ganiahel Beaman settled here in Memorial Hall Library Building. Erected as a monument to those men who ;iaYe their livesl<ir their (.(iiintrv during the Rebellion. This edifice contains shelving for over 30,000 volumes, and areading room in which is a talilct
. Lancaster on the Nashua, picturesque and historical;. The ?Beaman Oak. (ine i> laruest white oak trees in Massachusetts. Cireumlereiice at basetweiitv-nine tVet. Five Ieet above, eighteen feet, five inches. Height seventy-eight feet. Spread of l)ranchesseventv-five feet. Between the Nortli \illase and Lanes Crossing. Ganiahel Beaman settled here in Memorial Hall Library Building. Erected as a monument to those men who ;iaYe their livesl<ir their (.(iiintrv during the Rebellion. This edifice contains shelving for over 30,000 volumes, and areading room in which is a talilct liearing the names of the towns soldiers who died in the \ fire-proofroom is used by the town officers, and contains the town records. The upper hall is devotedto the natural history collection, liistorical relics, portraits of Lancaster celel)rities, etc. The Rowlandson Locker. This historical relic, according to well authenticated tradition, wasl)rought from lingland about KiHS by John and Joanne White, the parents of Mrs. Mary Rowland-son. It was probably left in Wenham with liis daughter Joanna or son Thomas. When Mary (theirsister Mrs. Rowlandson) after her captivity si-t u]) iiousekceping with Ijare walls in Boston, there is nodoubt thev gave her this piece of furniture. It remained in the possession of her descendants forseveral generatio
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