ISBN: 9780217002486

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... The Causeivay, across the meadows at Dwight''s bridge, does not appear to have been distinguished by any local name, other than The Causeway. It was a work of much labor, on account of its length and the depth of mud where it is built, and was not completed until within a recent period. In the early days of the settlement, a plank bridge extended the whole length of this causeway, for the convenience of foot passengers. In 1666, sergeant Ellis is required to repair the foot bridge at this causeway with planks and rayles from end to end, and to clear away a tree fallen in the way betwixt south plain and south meadow--and all in satisfaction for his defect in his highway work. In 1677, liberty is granted by the town to deacon Aldis, to set his fence down into the highway at the gravel pit at the end of the causeway, provided he maintains two pair of bars for the town''s use to fetch gravel for the town''s use, under the direction of Nathaniel Colburn and sergeant Ellis. Colburn lived adjacent to the causeway on the west side of Little river, and Ellis on the east side. The gravel pit is now covered by the buildings at the railroad depot. In 1685, the town voted to raise the causeway at the Little river to such a height as that carts may pass ordinarily without difficulty notwithstanding the water, and to do it on account of highway work. The Canoes, a place so named, on the Needham road, where a passage or ferry across Charles river was formerly made with boats or canoes, before the building of the New Bridge on the spot. It was a more convenient and direct way from the town to the wheat fields on the great plain than the road across Dedham Island. The Elder''s Causeway, is built across the meadows on the old post road leading from... Herman Mann, Books, History, Historical Annals Of Dedham; From Its Settlement In 1635 To 1847 Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Printed and published by H. Mann in 1847 in 143 pages; Subjects: History / North America; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Law / Legal History; Political Science / Government / Local; Social Science / Sociology / Urban;<