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History of Milton, A by Edward Pierce Hamilton Hard Cover
History of Milton, A by Edward Pierce Hamilton
Hard cover
Copyright 1957
275 pages Indexed Illustrated
Contents
To the Reader
Introduction
The Story of the Town
The Beginnings 1662 1700 1770 1831 1857 1888 The New Century
The River The Schools
The Church
Town Meeting
The Poor
The Highways
The Police
The Firemen
The Library The Wars
First Things Appendices
1. The Possessions of our Ancestors
2. Milton Houses Built Before 1805 and Still
Standing in 1955
3. Statistical and Financial Figures
4. Biographical Sketches of Prominent Milton
Residents 1634-1929
5. Suggested Further Reading
6. Major Changes and Events Since 1929 Bibliography
Index
Introduction
THIS is the story of a town of old New England and its gradual progress from the camping ground of the Indian, through its various transitions, to its ultimate fate, a residential suburb of a great city. The Indian gave way to the Puritan farmer, intent upon following his chosen creed into a new and unsettled land, and yet, probably in many cases, most willing to better his economic condition in so doing. The tide of immigration was abruptly cut off by the Parliamentary wars of the 1640's and for many years this initial homogeneous population of Englishmen remained largely isolated. It bred and multiplied greatly, mellowing as the years went on from the relative narrowness of the initial theocracy, and yet retaining many of the old characteristics. Thus was the old-time New Englander produced, with his faults it is true, but also with his balancing virtues. Of such a stock, always with the occasional exception, the Scot, the Scotch Irishman, and the Negro, were the inhabitants of Milton for nearly all of its first two hundred years, while the hamlet of little farms grew into the prosperous country town.
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