North River Documents
1870 Report
Fifth Annual Report of the Board of the Harbor Commissioners (1870) (Boston: Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1871) (“1870 report”), 19-27, State Library of Massachusetts, https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/items/39376f05-1bb4-4239-b05e-bb9cee156c23, URI http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/756651. Or go to https://archives.lib.state.ma.us and search the repository entering title of document.
1871 Objections
“Draining of North River,” Hingham Journal, April 14, 1871, 2, available from Hingham Public Library website, https://www.hinghamlibrary.org/.
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1872 Herschel Proposal
Clemens Herschel, Civil Engineer, "To the Town of South Scituate, Thomas J. Tolman, and others, owners of North River Marshes," letter, 15 June 1872;
on file, Scituate Historical Society, with copy on file with Norwell Historical Society (Cap'n Bill Vinal files)
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1915 Report
“1915 House Bill 1850. Report Relative To The Improvement Of Salem Harbor, North River, Wellfleet Harbor, Edgartown Harbor And Wareham River, And To Building A Breakwater In Provincetown Harbor.” (Boston: Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, 1915), 7-15, https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/396171/ocm39986872-1915-HB-1850.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y; in collection with permanent URI, https://hdl.handle.net/2452/393354.
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