Lancaster on the Nashua, picturesque and historical; (1904) (14598390328)

Identifier: lancasteronnashu00emer (find matches)
Title: Lancaster on the Nashua, picturesque and historical;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Emerson, W(illiam) A(ndrew), 1851- (from old catalog) Clark, John Calvin Lawrence, 1871- (from old catalog) joint author
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Publisher: Leominster, Mass., M. A. Tolman
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



Text Appearing Before Image:
Woods on the Thayer Estate, midway between the Old Burying Field and the Middle Cemetery.On the highest ground in the Middle Cemetery, just beyond the hedge and pine tree which appear tothe extreme right and above the railroad in the picture, is the site of the first and second meeting-houses,both burned by the Indians, 1676 and 1704-.
Text Appearing After Image:
The Site of the Third Meeting-House, on the UiidII at the right and opposite the Old CommonCemetery. Built in 1706 on land donated In- John Houghton. When the fourth meeting-house was builtat Lancaster Center this church building was torn down and the material divided up and used towardsthe construction of school-hou.ses. The Old Common Cemetery was located on a lot given by the second Thomas Wilder about thetime the meeting-house was built opposite, proliably in ITO.i.