Excerpt from Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Lancaster, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1826: Furnished for the Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal After giving the topography, present state &c. Of'the town, I shall touch upon its civil and ecclesiastical history. The town of Lancaster is situated in the north part ofthe Coun ty of Worcester, about 33 miles west from Boston, * and 15 miles nearly north from Worcester. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.