Identifier: newenglandgazett00lchayw (find matches)
Title: The New England gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers, lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands, and fashionable resorts within that territory. Alphabetically arranged
Year: 1839 (1830s)
Authors: Hayward, John, 1781-1869
Subjects: New England -- Gazetteers
Publisher: Boston, J. Hayward Concord, N. H., Boyd & White
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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hip was granted Octo-ber 21, 1780, and chartered to Tim-othy Bigelow and others, August14, 1781, containing 23,040 acres.It was recharfered February 6,1804. In the spring of 1786, JoelFrizzle erected a log house on thebank of Onion river, in the south-west corner of this township, andmoved his family into it from Cana-da. This was the first family intown. Early in the month of May,1787, Col. Jacob and Gen. ParleyDavis, from Worcester county,Mass.began improvements near the placewhere the village now stands, anderected a log house, into whichCol. Davis removed his family thewinter following. The village of Montpelier is sur-rounded by hills of considerable el-evation; and although it is too lowto command an extensive prospect,is very pleasant, and quite roman-tic in its appearance. It is locatedvery near the centre of the state :it is a great thoroughfare from alldirections, and commands a largeand valuable interior trade. Thebuildings are in good style; someof which are very handsome-
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER. We take pleasure in presenting to the public a well executed en-graving of the Vermont State House, at Montpelier; designed bj A. B.Young, Esq., a native of New England, and executed under his imme-diate superintendence. The engraving represents a southeast front view of the building, whichstands on an elevated site, about 325 feet from State street, on which itfronts, and is alike beautiful in design and execution. The yard andgrounds pertaining to it are large and spacious, and, in the manner theyare laid out, give great importance to the building. Through the wholedesign, a chaste architectural character is preserved, which, combinedwith the convenient arrangement of the interior and the stability of itsconstruction, renders this edifice equal in every respect to any in NewEngland, and probably to any in the United Stales. The building is inthe form of a cross, showing in front a centre, 72 feet wide, and twowings, each 39 feet, making the whole length 150 fe

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