BE it remembered, that on the nineteenth day of October, A. D. 1829, in the fiftyfourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Hosea Hildreth, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author in the words following, to wit: A Book for Massachusetts Children, in Familiar Letters from a Father, for the Use of Families and Schools.' In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, 'An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; and also to an act, entitled An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned;" and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.' JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. 8221 103 CONTENTS. II. What the Commonwealth is. Number of People, and Towns. III. Extent of Massachusetts Boundaries. Use of the Map. V. The Counties-Size and Shape, &c. VI. The Counties-Court-houses, Gaols, &c. VII. The Seaport Towns-Commerce and Navigation. VIII. The Cod and Mackerel Fisheries. The Whale Fisheries. XII. Capes and Bays of Massachusetts. XIII. Islands-Nantucket, Dukes County, &c. XVII. Forest Trees and Fruit Trees. An Account of the Principal Towns in each County. The Insane Hospital. The Navy Yard. |