History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
VOLUME I
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 1
CHAPTER II
EARLY EXPLORATIONS 7
CHAPTER III
INDIAN HISTORY 13
CHAPTER IV
THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS 23
CHAPTER V
PIONEER LIFE AND CUSTOMS 29
CHAPTER VI
ORGANIZATION OF NORFOLK COUNTY 35
CHAPTER VII
PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF NORFOLK COUNTY 42
CHAPTER VIII
THE NEW ENGLAND TOWNSHIP 51
CHAPTER IX
THE TOWN OF AVON 55
CHAPTER X
THE TOWN OF BELLINGHAM 60
CHAPTER XI
THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE 71
CHAPTER XII
THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE 83
CHAPTER XIII
THE TOWN OF CANTON 99
CHAPTER XIV
THE TOWN OF COHASSET 1O7
CHAPTER XV
THE TOWN OF DEDHAM 117
CHAPTER XVI
THE TOWN OF DOVER 134
CHAPTER XVII
THE TOWN OF FOXBORO 145
CHAPTER XVIII
THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN 153
CHAPTER XIX
THE TOWN OF HOLBROOK 163
CHAPTER XX
THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD 17O
CHAPTER XXI
THE TOWN OF MEDWAY 185
CHAPTER XXII
THE TOWN OF MILLIS 197
CHAPTER XXIII
THE TOWN OF MILTON 203
CHAPTER XXIV
THE TOWN OF NEEDHAM 213
CHAPTER XXV
THE TOWN OF NORFOLK 220
CHAPTER XXVI
THE TOWN OF NORWOOD 225
CHAPTER XXVII
THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE 233
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE CITY OF QUINCY 239
CHAPTER XXIX
THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH 250
CHAPTER XXX
THE TOWN OF SHARON 257
CHAPTER XXXI
THE TOWN OF STOUGHTON 265
CHAPTER XXXII
THE TOWN OF WALPOLE 272
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY 278
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE TOWN OF WESTWOOD 285
CHAPTER XXXV
THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH 289
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE TOWN OF WRENTHAM 3O1
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE REVOLUTION 31O
CHAPTER XXXVIII
WAR OF 1812 — MEXICAN WAR 327
CHAPTER XXXIX
WAR OF THE REBELLION 333
CHAPTER XL
FINANCIAL HISTORY 344
CHAPTER XLI
MANUFACTURING 352
CHAPTER XLII
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 362
CHAPTER XLIII
THE BENCH AND BAR 37O
CHAPTER XLIV
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 380
CHAPTER XLV
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 389
CHAPTER XLVI
NORFOLK COUNTY PRESS 398
CHAPTER XLVII
LIBRARIES AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES 404
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHURCH HISTORY 421
CHAPTER XLIX
CHURCH HISTORY, CONTINUED 435
CHAPTER L
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES, ETC 447
CHAPTER LI
ILLUSTRIOUS SONS 459
CHAPTER LII
MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY 467
CHAPTER LIII
STATISTICAL REVIEW 476
CHAPTER LIV
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 480
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VOLUME II
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Norfolk County is situated in the eastern part of the state. Two of its towns — Brookline and Cohasset — are segregated, the former being entirely surrounded by parts of Suffolk County, and the latter by parts of Plymouth County and Massachusetts Bay. With these exceptions the county is bounded, generally, on the north by the counties of Middlesex and Suffolk and the Massachusetts Bay; on the east by Massachusetts Bay and the County of Plymouth; on the south by Plymouth and Bristol counties; on the southwest by the State of Rhode Island, and on the west by the counties of Worcester and Middlesex. The county is irregular in shape, straight lines forming the boundaries between Norfolk and Plymouth, Bristol and Worcester counties and the State of Rhode Island, while the other boundaries are represented by lines that do not follow the points of the compass, among them being the curves of the Charles River and the ragged coast line of Massachusetts Bay. Its greatest extent — from Cohasset Harbor to the southwest corner of the county — is about thirty-six miles, and from the most northern point of the Town of Wellesley to the Bristol County line the distance is seventeen miles.
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