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Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Taunton is known as the "Silver City", as it was an historic center of the silver industry beginning in the 19th century when companies such as Reed & Barton, F. B. Rogers, Poole Silver, and others produced fine-quality silver goods in the city.
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Taunton includes: Walker, Weir, Weir Village, Westville, Whittenton, Bear Hole, Britannia, Chaces Station, Chase's, Cotley, Hopeville, Lawrence Station, Oakland, Precinct, Richmond, Schooset, and Squawbetty.
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Main Street, showing N.H. Skinner Co., Dry Goods, Carpets, Butterick Patterns
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Glenwood Ranges, Stoves and Furnaces
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Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

S. A. DUDLEY
Taunton, Mass.
Manufacturers of SHUTTLES of every description
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New Bedford ... directory : of the inhabitants, business firms, institutions, streets, societies (1912) Author: W.A.... Read MORE...
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History, News and Stories of Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

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1638 - Taunton is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1639 - Taunton is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1774 - October 21 - First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America
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1845 - TAUNTON. [Pop. 7,645. Inc. 1639.]
The Indian name of this ancient town was Cohannet. It included within its limits, Berkeley, Raynham, Dighton, Norton, Easton, and Mansfield,... Read MORE...
1851 - Execution of Clough
Clough, the murderer, was executed in the jail yard at Taunton yesterday forenoon. The New Bedford Standard says: At 11 o'clock, the religious... Read MORE...
1853 - ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Saturday afternoon, as we learn from the Gazette, at half past two o'clock, as the New Bedford and Taunton train was about one mile and a half below... Read MORE...
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1854 - Taunton
Taunton, a post-town and semi-capital of Bristol county, Massachusetts, is situated at the head of navigation on Taunton river, and on the New... Read MORE...
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1864 - Taunton is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1868 - 6,000 Employed
About six thousand inhabitants of Taunton, Mass., are employed in its thirty factories, and there are $6,000,000 of capital invested therein. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 13, 1868
1869 - Shovel Manufactory Burned
An extensive shovel manufactory at Taunton, Mass., was burned a few days ago, involving a loss of $100,000. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 21, 1869
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Taunton Massachusetts, 1890
TAUNTON is a prosperous and in some respects a model manufacturing city, lying in the northeasterly section of Bristol County, of which it is the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Taunton
Taunton, a manufacturing city, the capital of Bristol co., Mass., is situated at the head of navigation on Taunton River, 34 miles S. of Boston, 17... Read MORE...
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1906
Tannton, a city and one of the capitals of Bristol co., Mass., is situated at the head of navigation on the Taunton River, 35 miles S. of Boston, on... Read MORE...
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