MERRIMAC  ,1 a See also:

• RIVER

river in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, having its See also:

• SOURCES

sources in the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Mountains of New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, and flowing See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south into See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, and thence See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and north-east into the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean . With its largest See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch it has an extreme length of about 183 m . The Merrimac proper is formed at See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin, New Hampshire, by the junction of the Pemigewasset and Winnepesaukee See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . The former is the larger branch and rises in the White Mountains in See also:

• GRAFTON
• GRAFTON, DUKES OF
• GRAFTON, RICHARD (d. 1572)

Grafton See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county; the latter is the outlet of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Winnepesaukee . The valley of the Merrimac was formed before the glacial See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period and was filled with See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift as the See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice retreated; subsequently the high See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain thus formed has been trenched, terraces have been formed, and at different places, where the new channel did not conform to the pre-glacial channel, the river has come upon buried ledges, relatively much more resistant than the drift below, and waterfalls have thus resulted . The river falls 269 ft. in a distance of See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito m. from Franklin to its mouth . The greater part of the See also:

• TOTAL

total fall is at six points, and at each of four of these is a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city which owes its importance in See also:

• GREAT

great measure to the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power thus provided, See also:

• LOWELL
• LOWELL, ABBOTT LAWRENCE (1856— )
• LOWELL, CHARLES RUSSELL (1835-1864)
• LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891)
• LOWELL, JOHN (1743-1802)

Lowell and 1 The name is an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian word said to mean " See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift water." In popular usage the spelling " Merrimack " is used at places along the river above See also:

• HAVERHILL

Haverhill . See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence in Massachusetts, and See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester and See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord in New Hampshire; at Lowell there is a fall of 30 ft . (See also:

• PAWTUCKET

Pawtucket Falls), and at Manchester there is a fall of 55 ft . (Amoskeag Falls) . The region drained by the river is 4553 sq. m. in extent, and contains a number of lakes, which together with some artificial reservoirs serve as a storage See also:

• SYSTEM

system . On the navigable portion of the river, which extends 17a M. above its mouth, are the cities of See also:

• NEWBURYPORT

Newburyport, near its mouth, and Haverhill, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation .

In 1899-1908 the Federal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government dredged a channel from Newburyport to Haverhill (14.5 m.) 7 ft. deep and 150 ft. wide at mean See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low water; vessels having a. draft of 12.5 ft. could then pass over the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of Newburyport .