MASSACHUSETTS, 

 INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF MAINE. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 



Sq. Miles. 



Length 150 > . C 64° 57' and 73° 38' West longitude. £ 



Breadth 60 3 Detvveen ^ 4 1° 13' and 48° 15' North latitude. 5 4b ' uuu 



Boundaries. ...Massachusetts, which, with the district of Maine, 

 constitutes one of the United States of America, is bounded on the 

 north by Vermont and New-Hampshire ; on the east by the Atlantic 

 Ocean ; on the south by the Atlantic, Rhode-Island, and Connecticut ; 

 and on the west by New-York. 



This state is divided into twenty-one counties. 



Counties. 



Suffolk, . 



Norfolk, . 



Essex, 



Middlesex, 



Hampshire, 



Worcester, 



Plymouth, 



Barnstable, 



Duke's county, 



Nantucket, 



Bristol, 



Berkshire, 



Franklin, 



York, 



Cumberland, 



Lincoln, 



Hancock, 



Washington, 



Kennebec, 



Somerset, 



Oxford, 



Chief Towns. 



Boston 



C 42° 



2 70° 



Dedham. 



Salem. 



Charlestown. 



Northampton. 



Worcester. 



Plymouth. 



Barnstable. 



Edgarton. 



Nantucket. 



Taunton. 



Stockbridge. 



Greenfield. 



23' north latitude. 

 59' west longitude, 



District of Maine. 



York. 



Portland. 



Pownalborough. 



Hancock. 



Machias. 



Augusta. 



Norridgewoc. 



Paris. 



Bays, capes, and islands. ...The chief bays are Massachusetts, 

 Ipswich, Boston, Plymouth, and Barnstable ; the most remarkable 



