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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 1 1 Browse Search
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roups of trees that have been preserved in various parts of the town, especially upon the Gore and Lyman estates. The following is an extract from a letter written in 1686 by John Dunton, a careful observer, to his father-in-law in England, describing a ramble made by a party from Boston to attend the annual sermon preached to the Indians at Natick. The men rode upon horseback, each having a lady companion upon the pillion of his saddle as luggage. Dunton was fortunate in escorting the Widow Brick, a fair lady, whom he calls the flower of Boston. They started early and arriving at Watertown alighted and refresh't our Luggage, and while others were Engaged in Frothy Difcourfes, the Widow Brick and I took a View of the Town, which is built upon one of the branches of Charles River, very fruitful, and of large extent: watered with many pleasant Springs, and small Rivulets: The Inhabitants live flatteringly. Josselyn in his Two Voyages, 1663, from which our Dunton borrows this par