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Bradford and Groveland, Massachusetts
The territory
included within the limits of Bradford was originally a part of
Rowley, which name
was changed to Bradford at a town meeting held Jan. 7, 1672, in
memory of Bradford in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first town meeting was held in
1668, the "orthodox minister," Rev. Zechariah Symmes, of Charlestown, already having been secured. On
March 8, 1850,
part of its territory was set off and incorporated as the town
of Groveland. On January 4, 1897, |
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