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MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-See also:Sea) , a township of See also:Essex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 25 M. N.E. of See also:Boston, on Massachusetts See also:Bay. Pop. (1900), 2522; (1905, See also:state See also:census), 2618; (1910), 2673. See also:Area, 7'64 sq. m. It is served by the Boston & See also:Maine railroad, and is connected with neigh- bouring towns and cities by electric lines. The township, heavily wooded in parts, and with picturesque shores alternating between rocky headlands and sandy beaches, stretches for several See also:miles along the See also:coast between See also:Beverly on the See also:west and See also:Gloucester on the See also:east. It is one of the most beautiful watering-places in See also:America, and is the favourite summer See also:residence of many of the See also:foreign diplomats at See also:Washington. The " singing See also:beach " is a stretch of See also:white See also:sand, which, when trodden upon, emits a curious musical See also:sound. Manchester, originally a See also:part of See also:Salem, was settled about 163o and was at first known as See also:Jeffrey's See also:Creek. It was incorporated separately under its See also:present name in 1645. See Manchester See also:Town Records (2 vols., Salem, 1889-1891), and D.

F. Lamson, See also:

History of the Town of Manchester, 1645—1895 (Manchester, 1895).

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