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Title: History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Subjects: Norfolk County (Mass.) -- History Norfolk County (Mass.) -- Biography
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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^ > i^- ^f! ^A r?:;i^ > RHODE ISLAND ^^ ^ MAP OF NORrnLM CnUNTT MASS. Knijrtiwd Ejytivss/v fitr fhh liorlt. w INTRODUCTION. BY NAHUM CAPEN, LL.D. That divisions and subdivisions of extended terri- Itory, of increasing population and the multiplying wants of society are necessary for safe and economicefficiency, are truths almost too obvious to requireelucidation. In these are to be found the outlines ofrepublican strength necessary to a permanent union.Their importance was fully exemplified in the reignof Alfred the Great of England.^ The Puritans andthe Pilgrims had no choice but to adopt such a system that they might hold their possessions as they ac-quired them by purchase or otherwise, and preserve Itheir authority .as they had means to establish it withan increasing population. No individual nor familywas recognized as a part of their community withouta registered permit. The terms first adopted weremodified from time to time, according to their grow-ing importance. Under thistoryofnorfolk00hurd

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