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Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
In Lincoln, on the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was captured by the British while he was en route to Concord. freedomsway.org
Lincoln includes: Baker Bridge Station
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Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
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Hartwell Farm, Lincoln, Mass.
Samuel Hartwell, "married 23 November 1692 in Concord, Middlesex County MA to Abigail Stearns (1670-1709), daughter of Isaac Stearns Jr (1632-1676) and Sarah Beers; Perhaps born 6 Oct 1666; freeman at Concord, MA 22... Read MORE...
History, News and Stories of Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA

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1650 - Lincoln is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1754 - Lincoln is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1775 - On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was headed to Concord, where a large cache of military arms and ammunition was stored, but was captured in Lincoln by a British patrol.
As the Redcoats marched along the battle road on the 19th, over 100 Lincoln minute men and militia rallied, the first companies from the surrounding... Read MORE...
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In 1844... the railroad connected Lincoln with Boston, resulting in a rise in the number of new residents from the city and an increase in land values. Remaining farmlands began to break up, to be divided into house lots.
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1845 - LINCOLN. [Pop. 686. Inc. 1754.]
This town was chiefly taken from Concord, and it was named after a town in England, and not, as many suppose, in honor of General Lincoln, of the ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Lincoln
This town was incorporated as the second precinct of Concord in 1746. It was incorporated as a town in 1754, by the name of Lincoln, which name was... Read MORE...
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1854 - Lincoln
Lincoln, a post-township of Middlesex co., Massachusetts, on the Fitchburg railroad and Sudbury river, 15 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Population, 719.
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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Lincoln Massachusetts, 1890
Lincoln is an exclusively agricultural town occupying an elevated and central position in Middlesex County, 16 miles west by northwest of Boston, by... Read MORE...
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1893 - Lincoln’s first fire department was formed in 1893 with two new hose carriages.
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1895 - Lincoln
Lincoln, a post-village in Lincoln township, Middlesex co., Mass., on the Fitchburg Railroad, 17 miles W.N.W. of Boston, and 3 miles S.E, of Concord. ... Read MORE...
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1898 - Telephone service arrives in Lincoln
1905 - COLLISION DUE TO THICK FOG
DIE IN BLAZING WRECK
Montreal Express, on Boston and Maine, Hits Local Train.
Of the Dead a Dozen Were Passengers in Two Rear Cars of the Local ... Read MORE...
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1916
Lincoln, a post-village in Lincoln township (town), Middlesex co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 17 miles WNW. of Boston. The Sudbury River... Read MORE...
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Lincoln, Massachusetts from the air (in fall foliage season)
Lincoln, Massachusetts from the air (in fall foliage season) (www.youtube.com)
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