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1895 - Massachusetts

Massachusetts, one of the Eastern or New England states, and one of the original thirteen states of the American Union, is bounded on the N. by Vermont and New Hampshire, E. by the Atlantic Ocean, S. by the Atlantic Ocean and by Rhode Island and Connecticut, and W. by Rhode Island and New York. There are several islands within the state limits (Nantucket, Martha's Vine yard, Elizabeth Islands, &c.); and in the S.E. the peninsula of Cape Cod extends into the sea, forming Cape Cod Bay, and, from its shape, is sometimes called the "right arm of the commonwealth." Area, 8315 square miles, of which the land area is 8040 square miles, or 5,145,600 acres, and the water surface 275 square miles...

The state of Massachusetts was almost entirely of English descent, the only prominent exceptions being a small colony of Huguenots which settled in and near Oxford, one or more of Germans in the northeastern part of Worcester co., and the later Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlement at Coleraine. But since 1840 there have been large immigrations of Irish, of Germans (mainly in the cities), of English mill-operatives, and of French Canadians. The original Indian population has left but few traces, except in the townships of Gay Head and Mashpee, whose inhabitants are nominally Indians, but they all are partially of African or of white descent. Before 1775 the population was estimated at 250,000; in 1790 it was 378,787; in 1800, 422,845; in 1810,472,040; in 1820, 523,287; in 1830, 610,408; in 1840, 737,699; in 1850, 994,514; in 1860, 1,231,066; in 1870, 1,457,351; in 1880, 1,783,085; in 1890, 2,238,943, exhibiting a density of population to the square mile which exceeds any reported for any other state. The state censuses, usually taken at the middle of each decade, embody the results of very elaborate and exhaustive series of inquiries, whose answers furnish valuable information regarding nearly all the interesting points in the industrial, financial, and social activities of the people.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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