Excerpt from History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement to A. D. 1882 Introduction Part I. Chapter I. Situation and Extent; Boundaries; Origin; Petition for a separation from Groton; Incorporation; Name; Additions of Territory; First Town-Meeting Chapter II. Soil and Productions; Roads; Rivers and Bridges Chapter III. Mills; Manufactories and Manufactures Chapter IV. Schools; Parker School Fund; Libraries and College Graduates; Chapter V. Burying-Ground; Training-Field; New Cemetery; Hearses; Town Tombs; Record of Deaths99 Chapter. VI. War of the Revolution and its precursors; Shays Rebellion; Wars of 1812 and of the Southern Rebellion Chapter VII. Almshouse; New County; Post-Offices; Stores; Railroads; Physicians Chapter VIII. Town Hall; Legacy of Hon. James. P.Whitney; Donation of Thomas and George A. Whitney; Laying the Corner-Stone; Proceedings and Report of Building Committee; Dedication of the Hall; Village Hall; Liberality of its owner, etc Chapter IX. Town Officers; Clerks; Selectmen; Treasurers; Representatives; Senators; Votes for Governor, etc., etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.