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STONEHAM , a township of. See also:Middlesex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A. Pop. (189o), 6155; (1900), 6197; (1910, U.S. See also:census), logo. See also:Area, 6.6 sq. m. In the township is Spot See also:Pond, a large See also:lake with islets, so named in 1632 by See also:Governor See also:John See also:Winthrop and others who then first discovered it; it is a storage See also:basin for the See also:Metropolitan See also:Water See also:District, and supplies See also:Medford, See also:Melrose and Stoneham. A large See also:part (730 acres) of the Middlesex Fells See also:Reservation of the Metropolitan See also:Park See also:System is in Stoneham. The See also:village of Stoneham, with the only See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in the See also:town-See also:ship, is about 9 M. See also:north by See also:east of See also:Boston, and is served by the Boston & See also:Maine railway and by inter-See also:urban electric lines; it has a public library. See also:Steam See also:power was first used in the manufacture of shoes in Stoneham by John See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill & Co., who introduced many labour-saving devices, notably the heeling See also:machine (1862). Stoneham, See also:long a part of See also:Charlestown and first settled about 1668, was incorporated as a township in 1725, but its boundaries have been frequently changed since then.
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