 | John Winthrop - Massachusetts - 1826 - 446 pages
...of the white hills, discovered by one Darby Field. The report he brought of ||shining|| stones &c. caused divers others to travel thither, but they found nothing worth their pains. Amongst others, Mr. Gorge and Mr. Vines, two of the magistrates of Sir Ferdinand Gorge his province,... | |
 | John Winthrop - 1826 - 452 pages
...of the white hills, discovered by one Darby Field. The report he brought of ||shining|| stones &c. caused divers others to travel thither, but they found nothing worth their pains. Amongst others, Mr. Gorge and Mr. Vines, two of the magistrates of Sir Ferdinand Gorge his province,... | |
 | John Winthrop - Massachusetts - 1826 - 440 pages
...of the white hills, discovered by one Darby Field. The report he brought of ||shining|| stones &e. caused divers others to travel thither, but they found nothing worth their pains. Amongst others, Mr. Gorge and Mr. Vines, two of the magistrates of Sir Ferdinand Gorge his province,... | |
 | John Hayward - Names, Geographical - 1829 - 530 pages
...have returned by the way of Saco. " The report he brought," says Winthrop, " of shining stones, &c. caused divers others to travel thither, but they found...precious minerals, with which the fancy of this man had garnished his story. " They went up Saco river in birch canoes, and that way they found it 90 miles... | |
 | John Hayward - New England - 1839 - 566 pages
...have returned by the way of Saco. " The report he brought," says Winthrop, " of shining stones, &c. caused divers others to travel thither, but they found...precious minerals, with which the fancy of this man had garnished his story. " They went up Saco river in birch canoes, and that way they found it 90 miles... | |
 | John Hayward - New England - 1839 - 542 pages
...have returned by the way of Saco. " The report he brought," says Winthrop, " of shining stones, &c. caused divers others to travel thither, but they found...precious minerals, with which the fancy of this man had garnished his story. " They went up Saco river in birch canoes, and that way they found it 90 miles... | |
 | John Hayward - New England - 1839 - 526 pages
...way of Saco. " The report he brought," says Winthrop, " of shining.stones, &.c. caused diversothers to travel thither, but they found nothing worth their...of the magistrates of Sir F. Gorges' province, went (hil her about the end of this month," (August.) They set out, probably, a few days after the return... | |
 | John Hayward - New Hampshire - 1849 - 292 pages
...have returned by the way of Saco. " The report he brought," says Winthrop, " of shining stones, &c., caused divers others to travel thither, but they found...probably, a few days after the return of Field, dazzled by the visions of diamonds, and other precious minerals, with which the fancy of this man had garnished... | |
 | John Winthrop - Massachusetts - 1853 - 520 pages
...hills, discov- *ftq ered by one Darby Field. The report he brought of || ashining || stones, etc., caused divers others to travel thither, but they found nothing worth their pains. Amongst others, Mr. Gorge and Mr. Vines, two of the magistrates of Sir Ferdinand Gorge his province,... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - New Hampshire - 1859 - 438 pages
...went again with five or six in his company," f and " the report he brought of shining stones, &c., caused divers others to travel thither but they found nothing worth their pains." $ Of these others are particularly mentioned Thomas Gorges, Esq., and Mr. Vines, two magistrates of... | |
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They went up Saco river in birch canoes, and that way they found it 90 miles to Pegwagget, an Indian town, but by land it is but 60. Upon Saco river they found many thousand acres of rich meadow, but there are 10 falls which hinder boats, &c. 
