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Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Historical Sketch of the old Middlesex Canal. (search)
Historical Sketch of the old Middlesex Canal. By Herbert Pierce Yeaton. Navigation on the Merrimac River. the Canals of the Merrimac River had their day and active existence in the first half of the last century. They have been referred to as the earliest step towards a solution of the problem of cheap transportation between Boston and the northern country; but perhaps they may be more properly classed as the second step in that direction, the turnpikes having been in the field. James Sullivan and his associates, the original projectors of the canal system, undoubtedly had in mind, not only to connect Boston with the Merrimac River country, but also to extend their canals from the Merrimac to the Connecticut River, and from the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain, and through its outlet to the St. Lawrence, thus bringing Boston into island water communication with Montreal and the lower Canada. The project was too vast, and the physical obstacles too formidable to admit
eston, Samuel54, 55 West Somerville Baptist Church76 White, Gideon102 White, Dr. Horace Carr101, 102 White, Rhoda (Springer)102 Whittemore, Joseph61, 62 Whittier, John G.5, 17 Williams, Charles44 Willoughby, Francis17 Wilmington, Mass.64 Wilson, Henry104 Wilson, Martha14 Wind-mill Hill, Charlestown17 Windsor, Vt.52 Winter Hill Congregational Church2 Winthrop, Governor1 Winthrop, James53 Wiscassee Falls, Canal at50, 57 Wiscassee Locks50, 57 Wissell,—, Schoolmaster61 Wiswell, Rev. Ichabod62 Wiswell (Wiswall), Peleg, Schoolmaster, 170562 Wiswell, Priscilla (Peabody)62 Witherell, Rev. William, Schoolmaster, 163661 Witherell, Rev. William, Compensation of16 Woburn, Mass.14, 53, 54 Wood, Alexander, Place of45 Woodbridge, Col.94 Worcester Academy100 Wordsworth31 Wyer, Robert62 Wyman, Constant (Starr)19 Wyman's History of Charlestown19, 20, 61, 65 Yeaton, Herbert Pierce49 Yorkshire, England11 Young Men's Christian Association, Boston4 Youth's Compani