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A short account of the descendants of William Haskell of Gloucester, Mass. / by Ulysses G. Haskell

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William Haskell (1617-1693) emigrated from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 1637 and later moved to Gloucester. Descendants listed lived mainly in Massachusetts, New York, Maine or New Hampshire.

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

A table for measuring logs

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At the time of first settlement by white people, many towns on the Androscoggin boasted sizeable stands of white pine that thrived in the thin soils along the river’s banks. Eleazer Twitchell, a prominent Bethel resident, capitalized on this by…