Seventeenth Century Place-Names of Providence Plantations, 1639-1700;
The book Seventeenth Century Place-Names of Providence Plantations, 1639-1700; was written by author Brigham, Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963 Here you can read free online of Seventeenth Century Place-Names of Providence Plantations, 1639-1700; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Seventeenth Century Place-Names of Providence Plantations, 1639-1700; a good or bad book?
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A tract of wooded country comprising practically the northern two-thirds of the present town of Lincoln. Mentioned as early as 1646. {P. R. iii : 26, 245 ; v: 108; and R. I. Col. Rcc. i : 32.) Now spelled Louisquisset. Mameawequate. Apparently a boundary of the Mashan- tatuck purchase. {Harris Papers, p. 63.) Many Holes. A boggy meadow on the west side of Mashapaug Brook, a few hundred feet north of the present Park avenue. {P. R. ii : 13; v : 62 ; xiv : 268; xvi : 334; and plat in Field Papers..., p. 84, in R. I. Hist. Society.) The Cun- 13 liffs Pond of to-day is chiefly artificial, being merely an en- largement of Mashapaug Brook. (See the Stevens Map of 183 1 and plat in Riders' Hist. Tract, ser. 2, no. 4, p. 100.) Martins Wading Place. A ford on the Blackstone River, a little south of the present village of Ashton, and about 100 feet north of the present Berkeley bridge. (P. R. ii:86; Wilkinson Genealogy, pp. 53-54 ; and Walling Map of 1862.) Mashackqunt. A tract of land beyond Wesquadomeset.
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