Author: Solomon LincolnPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528068796
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Hingham, a Post Town, in the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, has the Bay, North, - Cohasset, East, Scituate and Abington, South, and vveymouth, West. The greatest extent of the town from North to South, is seven miles and three quarters, and from East to West, about five miles - containing square acres. The original limits of Hingham embraced the present town of Cohasset, which was set 'off and incorporated April 26, 1770. Until March 926, 1793, Hingham formed a part of Suffolk County at that time, it was annexed to the new County of Norfolk. By an act of the Legislature, pass ed June 20, 1798, repealing the former act, so far as it related to Hingham and Hull, Hingham again became a part of the County of Suffolk; and by an act passed June 18th, 1803, Hingham was annexed to the County of Plymouth, Of which it now forms a part. The dis tance from Hingham to Plymouth is 26 miles, and from Hingham to Boston, about 14 miles by land, and between 12 and 18 by water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
