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	massachusetts bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Massachusetts law maintains a distinction between "cities" and "towns"; the largest town in population is Framingham.
		Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
		Massachusetts is a hotbed of higher education, with many of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the United States (see list of colleges and universities in Massachusetts for a full listing).
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Massachusetts_Bay (1301 words)

	Massachusetts - Biocrawler definition:Massachusetts - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Massachusetts (officially, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts) is a state in the New England region of the United States of America.
		Massachusetts is known as the Bay State because of the several large bays that give its coastline its distinctive shape: Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay on the state's east coast, and Buzzards Bay to the south.
		Massachusetts has a reputation as being a politically liberal state, and is often used as an archetype of liberalism in the U.S. It is the home of the Kennedy family of political fame, and routinely votes for the Democratic Party in federal elections.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Massachusetts (2801 words)

	Massachusetts - dKosopedia
		Massachusetts' two U.S. Senators are Edward M. Kennedy (Democrat) and John F. Kerry (Democrat); as of the 2001 redistricting, Massachusetts has ten seats in the House of Representatives.
		Massachusetts municipalities are subject to a budgetary law known as "Proposition 2½", by which they may not increase total property-tax revenue by more than 2½% per annum without the approval of the voters in a plebiscite.
		Notable Massachusetts colleges that are outside the eastern Massachusetts area include the Five Colleges of the Pioneer Valley (Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts) and Williams.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Massachusetts (1476 words)

	CIS: Historical Sketch
		Massachusetts stoutly resisted all attempts at regulation from abroad, and consequently lost its charter in 1684, becoming a part of the Dominion of New England under the administration of Sir Edmund Andros.
		Massachusetts was again profiting by two of her major assets, skilled labor and proximity to major markets.
		Massachusetts continues to have an abundance of assets in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /cis/cismaf/mf2.htm (3567 words)

	Salem Massachusetts Architecture.
		The house was acquired by the Essex Institute in 1910 and moved to its current location during a two-year restoration which was one of the first of its kind in this country.
		This Georgian Colonial house was built by Captain John Crowninshield before his family rose to prominence and was home to four generations of Crowninshields up to 1832.
		It is the oldest brick house in Salem.
	www.salemweb.com /guide/arch/houses.shtml (576 words)

	Massachusetts
		The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name means "a large hill place" in reference to a small mountain known today as "Blue Hill" (located on the boundary of Milton and Canton, just south of Boston).
		Massachusetts is the most heavily Irish Catholic state in the nation and the only state in which people of Irish ancestry (especially in the Boston suburbs) are a plurality.
		Although Massachusetts was initially founded and settled by staunch Protestants (Puritan seperatists) in the 17th Century and remained a majority-White Anglo Saxon Protestant state for most of its history, it has since become the most Catholic state in the Union due to massive Catholic immigration over the years.
	creekin.net /n226-massachusetts.html (2584 words)

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	Massachusetts Avenue Historic District
		The Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is linearly conceived.
		L'Enfant planned Massachusetts Avenue as a transverse avenue crossing the city diagonally from the Eastern Branch to Rock Creek.
		In the late 1880s and 1890s houses along Massachusetts Avenue were built of brick or combinations of brick and brownstone in the Queen Anne, Chateauesque, Richardsonian Romanesque and early Georgian Revival styles.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc44.htm (697 words)

	Historic Homes of the Mid-Atlantic and New England
		Historic House Museums in the U.S. -- This web site was prepared by the Victorian Preservation Association of Santa Clara Valley, California, but includes New England and mid-Atlantic historic homes listed are from the 17th, 18th and early 19th century.
		Historic Milton -- Milton was first settled in 1672 by English colonists, and known by various names until 1807, when it was named after the English poet, John Milton.
		Originally built as a tavern in 1797, the house is now operated as a historic house museum by the Weston Historical Society Collection includes 18th and 19th century decorative arts and furnishings.
	www2.lib.udel.edu /usered/elunch/fall98/histhomes.htm (1855 words)

	St. Louis' Historic House Museums
		All that remains of the twelve row houses built by Walsh is the single three-story unit Roswell Field leased in 1850, the year in which his son, the future author of "Little Boy Blue" and "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod," was born.
		In 1961 the house was rescued thanks to a slight alteration in the route planned for Interstate 55, the generosity of the Union Electric Company, and the intervention of the Landmarks Association of St. Louis.
		Mandating that the houses be set at least 25 feet from the street insured that the development would combine the park-like setting of Shaw's country house with the convenience of urban living.
	stlouis.missouri.org /house-museum (2460 words)

	Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The three largest Protestant denominations in Massachusetts are: Baptist (4% of total state population), Episcopalian (3%), Methodist & Congregationalist (tied 2%).
		Chapter 34B of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that other counties may also vote to abolish themselves, or to reorganize as a "regional council of governments", as Hampshire and Franklin Counties have done.
		Massachusetts contains only 2.5% of the U.S. population, but is home to many of its most renowned preparatory schools, colleges, and universitieshttp://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/ (see full list of colleges and universities in Massachusetts).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Massachusetts.htm (2733 words)

	Cape Cod Houses Recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey - Bibliography(Prints and Photographs Reading Room, ...
		Includes photos of Cape Cod houses, including the Bradford House in Kingston, and the Delano Cottage in West Duxbury whose history and restoration are described in two chapters.
		House design by William Poole which is an adaptation of a Cape Cod house from his "Romantic Cottage Collection.";.
		While the Cape Cod house is not individually treated, this is a useful overall guide to the development of the colonial timber-framed house of which it is a derivative.
	www.loc.gov /rr/print/list/170_capebib.html (1515 words)

	List of historic houses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of historic houses is a link page for any stately home or historic house.
		3 Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland
		This page was last modified 16:12, 13 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_historic_houses (70 words)

	Timber-frame Houses in the Historic American Buildings Survey - Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids (Prints ...
		This 1792 Providence house is traditionally described as the largest wooden-frame house to survive from 18th century America.
		Case studies of individual houses within a historical overview; includes 3 periods of Connecticut colony history and related house types, with a chapter on construction, including woodwork and framing.
		Six of the houses in the case studies are documented by HABS: the Benjamin House, the Harrison-Linsley House, the Stephen Hempstead House, the Moore House, Thomas Painter House, and the Joseph Webb House.
	www.loc.gov /rr/print/list/100_tim3.html (924 words)

	Historic New England: Defining the Past. Shaping the Future.
		Welcome to Historic New England, the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional preservation organization in the country.
		Historic properties - Experience, in a real and personal way, the lives and stories of the individuals and families who made New England what it is today.
		Historic New England is presented by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
	www.historicnewengland.org (284 words)

	Arlington Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Jason Russell House was the site of the bloodiest fighting during the first day of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775.
		The furnishings in the house date from the 18th and 19th centuries, reflecting its long development.
		The Arlington Historical Society, a non-profit corporation organized in 1897, acquired and restored the house in 1923.
	www.arlingtonhistorical.org /house (237 words)

	Historic House Museums in Massachusetts
		The Museum consists of two historic houses in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts, closely associated with the poet Emily Dickinson and members of her family during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
		The 1747 Palladian house was built for governor William Shirley, and at the turn of the 19th century it was remodelled in the Federal style for former governor William Eustis.
		Built in 1636, the house is one of the oldest timber frame houses in the nation.
	www.vpa.org /museumsma.html (4375 words)

	Re: BILDERBERG MEETINGS - FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Law and Government See: Massachusetts Constitution See: List of Massachusetts Governors The capital of Massachusetts is Boston and the governor of the state is Mitt Romney.
		Geography See: List of Massachusetts counties Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
		Massachusetts towns and counties Massachusetts shares with the six New England states and New York a governmental structure known as the "New England town." In most states, a town is a compact incorporated area.
	www.sangraal.com /Discussion/00000222.htm (1758 words)

	PEM \| Historic Houses
		Charter Street, which runs along one side of the museum campus, is also the address of several notable historic houses.
		In 1865 the museum reconstructed the Quaker Meeting House from beams thought to be original to the First Church.
		In 1911 that house opened to the public, becoming the first outdoor museum of architecture in the country.
	www.pem.org /visit/historic_houses.php (473 words)

	Historic Houses of Worship--National Trust for Historic Preservation
		The continuing shift of people and wealth to the suburbs, the shortage of priests in Catholic parishes, and decades of deferred maintenance of buildings are all factors that may spell doom for historic houses of worship.
		Importance of historic houses of worship and their reuse.
		Please contact the nearest National Trust regional office when historic houses of worship issues arise, particularly in cases that involve the demolition of historic resources.
	www.nationaltrust.org /issues/houses_of_worship (469 words)

	NAAUG 2004 - Points of Interest
		The Athenaeum is one of the oldest libraries in the country and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
		The MFA, as it is called, houses one of the finest and most extensive collections of art work in the world, including a substantial Impressionist collection.
		The following museums, historic houses and points of interest are within a fairly easy commute on the T from MIT and/or Harvard.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/ulib/naaug2004/interest.html (789 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Massachusetts' two U.S. senators are Edward Kennedy (Democrat) and John Kerry (Democrat); as of the 2001 redistricting, Massachusetts has ten seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Following a November 2003 decision of the state's Supreme Court, Massachusetts became the first state to issue same-sex marriage licences on May 17, 2004.
		Notable Massachusetts colleges that are outside the eastern Massachusetts area include the Five Colleges of the Pioneer Valley (Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts) and Williams, along with Worcester State College.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Massachusetts (1590 words)

	Historic Houses of Massachusetts
		A description of these HISTORIC HOUSES is available on the SPNEA Webpage.
		Plymouth, MA The oldest house in Plymouth The Sparrows arrived Plymouth in 1633.
		The Alden House, located in beautiful, seaside Duxbury, MA was built in 1653 by Pilgrim John Alden.
	www.antiquing.com /MAhomes.htm (365 words)

	Historic Salem, Inc., Salem, Massachusetts
		This guide enables you to identify, and place in their historic and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America.
		This is a splendid story of innovations, of restless, migratory people and their architectural and social responses to their environment.
		Salem, Massachusetts, has long been considered the center of New England's Colonial architecture, a storehouse of well-preserved American antiquities.
	www.historicsalem.org /shop/books/architecture.html (325 words)

	Bed & Breakfast in Antique and Historic Houses of Massachusetts
		Many of Massachusett's Historic Houses are now serving as Bed & Breakfast establishments.
		Julietta House was built as a clasic Italianate in the 1860's
		Historic Inns open to the public or Historic Maritime Exhibits.
	www.antiquing.com /b&b/bbma.htm (402 words)

	Massachusetts Free Historic Houses & Historic Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In 1776 Dorchester Heights commanded a clear view of downtown Boston where the British had been under siege for the past year.
		This is a jail house that dates from 1805 and was in use until 1933.
		This National Historic Site was made famous in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter".
	www.freetodo-america.net /page120.html (198 words)

	Digs unearth slave plantations in North
		The hidden history of Northern plantations and their slaves is emerging — one shovelful of soil at a time — from excavations in and around historic manor houses in Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
		But recent excavations show that during the late 1700s and early 1800s, many of what later came to be called manors and landed estates were full-fledged plantations that held African-American slaves under conditions similar to those in the South.
		Some of the new evidence of Northern slaveholding plantations comes from excavations on the well-manicured grounds of historic estate homes, like the elegant Van Cortlandt Manor on the banks of New York's Croton River, where slaves worked in the fields and orchards.
	www.ushistory.org /presidentshouse/news/ajc030203.htm (1252 words)

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