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Blackstone, Worcester, MA
Blackstone was settled by European immigrants in 1662 and was incorporated in 1845. The town was part of Mendon, Massachusetts, before becoming a separate municipality. wikipedia
Blackstone includes: Millerville, New City, Privilege, Waterford, and Wheelockville.
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- 1662 - Blackstone is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - Blackstone is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - BLACKSTONE. [Pop. in 1840, 2,517. Inc. 1845.]
Blackstone, was the south parish of Mendon, until its incorporation as a separate town. It was named in honor of the Rev. Mr. Blaxton or Blackston...Read MORE... 
1851 - SAD ACCIDENT.
One of the melancholy results of intemperance, transpired this morning at Blackstone. A man, with a horse and chaise, left TAFT'S stable at about 12 o...Read MORE...- 1854 - Blackstone
Blackstone, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 35 miles N. W. from Boston. It contains a bank. Population, 4391.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1869 - In the towns of Cumberland, Smithfield, Blackstone, and Bellingham, R. I.,
there are seventeen cotton and eight woolen mills, which employ 5,550 hands, run 4,480 looms, and annually use 15,300,000 pounds of cotton. Foundation...Read MORE... - Blackstone Massachusetts, 1890
Blackstone is a young, enterprising and growing town in the extreme southeastern corner of Worcester County, 36 miles from Boston on the New York and ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Blackstone / East Blackstone / Millville
Blackstone, a post-village, partly in a township of the same name, in Worcester co., Mass., and partly in Providence co, R.I., is on Blackstone River,...Read MORE... 
St. Paul's Church
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American Woolen Co., Saranac Mills, General View, Blackstone, Mass.
"...These mills were founded by Welcome & Darius D. Farnum in 1840 and were sold to Bailey Evans, Caleb Seagrave & Co. in 1850. They were burned down in 1864, and rebuilt in... Read MORE...
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St. Paul's Rectory, Blackstone, Mass.
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Blackstone, a post-village, in a township (town) of the same name, in Worcester co., Mass., is on the Blackstone River and on the New York, New Haven ...Read MORE...
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"...These mills were founded by Welcome & Darius D. Farnum in 1840 and were sold to Bailey Evans, Caleb Seagrave & Co. in 1850. They were burned down in 1864, and rebuilt in 1865, running until the fall of 1893 by Mr. Charles Fletcher who remodeled the interior of the mill, threw out all the old machinery and equipped it with new of the latest make...
The mills were started in full operation in 1899 under the management of Mr. Joseph E. Fletcher, eldest son of Mr. Charles Fletcher, formerly treasurer and manager of the Saranac Mills, Providence. The Saranac Mills are now a part of the property of American Woolen Company, Mr. Fletcher continuing as their resident agent until succeeded by Mr. A. A. Langewald.
The mills employ 550 hands and produce annually 1,250,000 yards of high-grade fancy worsted cloth..."
A Sketch of the Mills of the American Woolen Company
American Woolen Company, 1901 )
American Woolen Co., Saranac Mills, General View, Blackstone, Mass.
"...These mills were founded by Welcome & Darius D. Farnum in 1840 and were sold to Bailey Evans, Caleb Seagrave & Co. in 1850. They were burned down in 1864, and rebuilt in... Read MORE...
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St. Paul's Church
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St. Paul's Rectory, Blackstone, Mass.
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1662 - Blackstone is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - BLACKSTONE. [Pop. in 1840, 2,517. Inc. 1845.]
Blackstone, was the south parish of Mendon, until its incorporation as a separate town. It was named in honor of the Rev. Mr. Blaxton or... Read MORE...
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1845 - Blackstone is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1851 - SAD ACCIDENT.
One of the melancholy results of intemperance, transpired this morning at Blackstone. A man, with a horse and chaise, left TAFT'S stable at about 12... Read MORE...
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1854 - Blackstone
Blackstone, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 35 miles N. W. from Boston. It contains a bank. Population, 4391.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1869 - In the towns of Cumberland, Smithfield, Blackstone, and Bellingham, R. I.,
there are seventeen cotton and eight woolen mills, which employ 5,550 hands, run 4,480 looms, and annually use 15,300,000 pounds of cotton.... Read MORE...
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Blackstone Massachusetts, 1890
Blackstone is a young, enterprising and growing town in the extreme southeastern corner of Worcester County, 36 miles from Boston on the New York and ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Blackstone / East Blackstone / Millville
Blackstone, a post-village, partly in a township of the same name, in Worcester co., Mass., and partly in Providence co, R.I., is on Blackstone... Read MORE...
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1916
Blackstone, a post-village, in a township (town) of the same name, in Worcester co., Mass., is on the Blackstone River and on the New York, New Haven ... Read MORE...
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