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        "\"The reputed distance to Boston Market 12 miles, to E. Cambridge 11 miles, to Concord 16 miles. There are 4 Houses of Public Worship, 2 Grist Mills, 3 Saw Mills, 2 Private Academies, 7 School Houses. No. of inhabitants in 1830 - 1806. From actual survey by Edmund Parker. Published Feb'y 1831.\"-- Text from map."
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