History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854 ... Including the Present Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a Part of Oxford and Middlebury, Volume 2Bronson Brothers, 1872 - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) |
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Page 842
... beautiful valley , divided by its lovely , meandering river , seeking with the eye , even in this first moment of enraptured vision , the sequestered nooks in which they would build their happy , moral abodes , and erect their family ...
... beautiful valley , divided by its lovely , meandering river , seeking with the eye , even in this first moment of enraptured vision , the sequestered nooks in which they would build their happy , moral abodes , and erect their family ...
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... beautiful Indian names which abound in our territory . This may , in part , be accounted for by the fact , that Capt . John Minor , the leading man among the colonists , had been educated as missionary to the Indians , understood well ...
... beautiful Indian names which abound in our territory . This may , in part , be accounted for by the fact , that Capt . John Minor , the leading man among the colonists , had been educated as missionary to the Indians , understood well ...
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... beautiful sheet of water , and point of much attraction . It is one of the principal boasts of the present town of Litchfield , the County seat , which is now in somewhat pleasant repute as a " summer resort , " claiming attention ...
... beautiful sheet of water , and point of much attraction . It is one of the principal boasts of the present town of Litchfield , the County seat , which is now in somewhat pleasant repute as a " summer resort , " claiming attention ...
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... beautiful stream is fed and formed by the Nonnewaug river , coming in from the north - east , and joining it near the central village ; the " Wecup- peme " river , as it is called in one of the earliest Indian deeds , which rises in the ...
... beautiful stream is fed and formed by the Nonnewaug river , coming in from the north - east , and joining it near the central village ; the " Wecup- peme " river , as it is called in one of the earliest Indian deeds , which rises in the ...
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... beautiful ravine beyond , while the crest is covered by a beautiful grove of pine trees , in the midst of which a tower , thirty feet in height , has been erected , from which views of six surrounding towns may be obtained . It has been ...
... beautiful ravine beyond , while the crest is covered by a beautiful grove of pine trees , in the midst of which a tower , thirty feet in height , has been erected , from which views of six surrounding towns may be obtained . It has been ...
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