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DEDHAM , a township and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of See also:

Norfolk county, See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., with an See also:

AREA

area of 23 sq. m. of comparatively level See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. Pop. (189o) 7123; (1900) 7457, of whom 2186 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 U.S. See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 9284. The township is traversed by the New See also:

York, New Haven & See also:

HARTFORD

Hartford railway, and by interurban electric lines. It contains three villages, Dedham, See also:

East Dedham and Oakdale. Dedham has a public library (1854; incorporated 1871). The Dedham See also:

HISTORICAL

historical society was organized in 1859 and was incorporated in 1862. The See also:

FAIRBANKS, ERASTUS (1792–1864)

Fairbanks See also:

house was erected in See also:

PART

part as See also:

early as 1654. Carpets, handkerchiefs and woollen goods are manufactured, and a pottery here is reputed to make the only true crackleware outside the East. Dedham was " planted " in 1635 and was incorporated in 1636. It was one of the first two inland settlements of the See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, being coeval with See also:

Concord. The See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation, about 20 M. See also:

long and 10 m. wide, extended from See also:

ROXBURY

Roxbury and See also:

Dorchester to the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

state See also:

LINE

line of Rhode See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island: from this territory several townships were created, including Westwood (pop. in 1910, 1266), in 1897.

A See also:

FREE

free public school, one of the first in See also:

AMERICA

America to be supported by See also:

DIRECT

direct See also:

taxation, was established in Dedham in 1645. In the See also:

Woodward See also:

TAVERN

tavern, the birthplace of See also:

Fisher See also:

Ames, a See also:

convention met in See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1774 and adjourned to See also:

Milton (q.v.), where it passed the See also:

Suffolk Resolves.

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