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Swampscott

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Swampscott (swŏmp`skət), town (1990 pop. 13,650), Essex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston Boston, city (1990 pop. 574,283), state capital and seat of Suffolk co., E Mass., on Boston Bay, an arm of Massachusetts Bay; inc. 1822. The city includes former neighboring towns—Roxbury, West Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Brighton, and Hyde
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, formerly an exclusive summer resort, on Massachusetts Bay; settled 1629, set off from Lynn Lynn, city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in the country were built there.
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 and inc. 1852. The Mary Baker Eddy Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821–1910, founder of the Christian Science movement, b. Bow, N.H. As physical frailty prevented her regular school attendance, she spent the early part of her education learning at home from her brother Albert Baker.
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John Wallace Tisdell ("Jack" or "Wally"), 89, of Nashua, NH, formerly of Swampscott, and Worcester, MA; passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 in Nashua, NH.
8 million library, designed by Adams and Smith LLC of Swampscott, Mass.
Marilyn Cloran, FPSA, Editor 802 Humphrey Street Swampscott, MA 01907 macloran@comcast.
 
 
 
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