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MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the- See also: Essex county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 25 M
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N.E. of See also: Boston, on Massachusetts See also: Bay
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Pop
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(1900), 2522; (1905,
See also: state census), 2618; (1910), 2673
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See also: Area, 7'64 sq. m
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It is served by the Boston & Maine railroad, and is connected with neigh-
bouring towns and cities by electric lines
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The township, heavily wooded in parts, and with picturesque shores alternating between rocky headlands and sandy beaches, stretches for several See also: miles along the See also: coast between See also: Beverly on the west and See also: Gloucester on the See also: east
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It is one of the most beautiful watering-places in See also: America, and is the favourite summer residence of many of the See also: foreign diplomats at See also: Washington
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The " singing See also: beach " is a stretch of See also: white
See also: sand, which, when trodden upon, emits a curious musical See also: sound
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Manchester, originally a See also: part of See also: Salem, was settled about 163o and was at first known as See also: Jeffrey's Creek
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It was incorporated separately under its See also: present name in 1645
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See Manchester See also: Town Records (2 vols., Salem, 1889-1891), and D
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F . Lamson, See also: History of the Town of Manchester, 1645—1895 (Manchester, 1895)
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