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Blackstone

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Blackstone, river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising near Worcester, Mass., and flowing SE to Narragansett Bay at Providence, R.I. The river's clean water was a major factor in the early development of the area's textile industry. The entire river valley comprises the

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, an important site in the American Industrial Revolution.
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The truth is, on the contrary, that his prerogative, in this respect, is immenmorial, and was only disputed, "contrary to all reason and precedent," as Blackstone vol.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Blackstone, the first settler of the peninsula; that half mythological personage who rides through our early annals, seated on the back of a bull.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Blackstone, though an eccentric, is not known to have been an immoral man.
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