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Merrimack River

noun

A river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Synonym: Merrimack.

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... Massachusetts, was begun to be improved for general manufacturing purposes in 1822. The Merrimack River at this point has a fall of thirty-five feet, and furnishes, at a minimum, about ten thousand horse power ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 - July 9, 1881 • Various

... already received, he had sold to Mr. John Woodbridge, in behalf of the inhabitants of Cochichewick, now called Andover, all the right, interest and privilege in the land six miles southward from the town, two miles eastward to Rowley bounds, be the same more or less; northward to Merrimack river, provided that the Indian called Roger, and his company, may have liberty to take alewives in Cochichewick river for their own eating; but if they either spoil or steal any corn or other fruit to any considerable value of the inhabitants, the liberty of taking fish shall forever cease, ...

— Anne Bradstreet and Her Time • Helen Campbell

Words linked to "Merrimack River" : NH, Old Colony, Merrimack, New Hampshire, ma, Granite State, river, Massachusetts, Bay State