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Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
"Winchendon, a post-township of Worcester co., Massachusetts, intersected by the Che shire railroad, 54 miles W. N. W. from Boston. It is drained by Miller's river, which affords water-power. Cotton and other manufactures are produced to some extent. Pop., in 1840, 1754; in 1850, 2445."
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.
"Winchendon, a post-township of Worcester co., Massachusetts, intersected by the Che shire railroad, 54 miles W. N. W. from Boston. It is drained by Miller's river, which affords water-power. Cotton and other manufactures are produced to some extent. Pop., in 1840, 1754; in 1850, 2445."
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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- The House of Representatives made the grant of New Ipswich Canada, now Winchendon, on June 10, 1735, in answer to a petition from Lt. Abraham Tilton of Ipswich.
www.wikipedia.org - Winchendon was officially incorporated in 1764,named after Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, England, which itself was the site of land owned by Governor Francis Bernard, who signed the town's incorporation into law.
www.wikipedia.org - 21. WINCHENDON. [Pop. 1,754. Inc. 1764.]
This town was granted to certain persons of Ipswich, in Essex county, for services in Canada, in 1690, and it was called Ipswich-Canada, until it...Read MORE... - 1848 - Winchendon
This town was granted by the general court, in 1735, to 60 persons, all of whom. excepting 8, belonged to Ipswich, in Essex county. It was called...Read MORE... - Winchendon Massachusetts, 1890
Winchendon lies in the northern border of Worcester County, 68 miles northwest of Boston on the Cheshire Railroad, which runs through the town,...Read MORE... 
Central St., Winchendon, Mass.
Toy Town Tavern
Converse Toy Works, Winchendon, Mass.- 1906
Winchendon, a banking post-village in Winchendon township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on Miller's River and on the Boston and Albany and the Boston ...Read MORE...
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