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TOWN OF MANCHESTER

ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

1645-1895

Darius Francis.

By Rev. D. F. LAMSON

"Historie is the memorie of time, the life of the dead, and the happi-
nesse of the lyvinge." — CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH.

"A people which takes no pride in the achievements of remote ancestors,
will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants." — MACAULAY.

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