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See also:MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-See also:Sea)
, a township of See also:Essex See also:county, See also: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 See also:census), 2618; (1910), 2673
.
See also:Area, 7'64 sq. m
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It is served by the Boston & See also: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 See also: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 See also:residence of many of the See also:foreign diplomats at See also:Washington
.
The " singing See also:beach " is a stretch of See also: F . Lamson, See also:History of the Town of Manchester, 1645—1895 (Manchester, 1895) . |
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