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HAVERHILL , a See also:city of See also:Essex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated on the See also:Merrimac See also:river. at the See also:head of See also:tide and See also:navigation, and on the See also:Boston & See also:Maine railway, 33 M . N. of Boston . Pop . (1880) 18,4.72; (1890) 27,412; (1000) 37,175, of whom 8530 were See also:foreign-See also:born (including 2403 See also:French Canadians, 1651 See also:English Canadians and 2144 Irish), and 15,077 were of foreign parentage (both parents foreign-born); (1910 See also:census) 44,115 . The city . 3 M. wide and in rn. See also:long, lies for its entire length along the Merrimac river, from which it rises picturesquely, its See also:surface being undulating, with several detached See also:round hills (maximum 320 ft.) . Like all old New See also:England cities. it is irrcgelarly laid out . A n.:n.ber of lakes within its limits are thea See also:part of the city in 1897 . In See also:October 1908, by popular See also:vote, the city adopted a new See also:charter providing for See also:government by See also:commission . |
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