the waters of its pond^ meet the ocean hy both of those streams. Sangerville is 70 miles N. W. from Augusta, and is bounded by Dover on the W. Incorporated, 1814.— Population, 1837, 1,115. Wheat crop, same year, 10,792 bushels.
Saugatuck River, Ct.
See Westport.
Saugus, Hass.
Essex co. Saugus was taken from Lynn in 1815, and derives Us name from the Indian name of the river which passes through it. That river is exceedingly crooked in its course, and forms large tracts of meadow. The uplands are uneven and rocky. It lies 10.miles S. W.. from Salem, and 9.N. by E. from Boston. Population, 1837, 1,123.
The value of the manufactures of Saugus, the year ending April 1, 1837, was about $>200,000. They consisted of shoes, (^lfiOjOOO) choco- late, morocco leather, snuff, cigars, bricks, wool cleaning, and silk and woolen dyeing.
Savoy, Mass.
Berkshire co. Savoy is an eleva- ted township, and gives rise to branches of Deerfield and Hoosack rivers. The land is generally good, and pastures a considerable number of sheep. It lies 125 miles W, N. W. from Boston, and 20 N. N. E. from Lenox. - Incorporated, 1797. Population, 1837, 917.
SayTbrooIc, Ct.
Middlesex co. This is one of the most ancient towns in the state. Lord Say and Seal, Lord Brook and other gentlemen in England, dis- satisfied with the government of Charles I., contemplating a removal to this country, procured, in 1632, of Robert, Earl of Warwick, a pa- tent of all the country “ which lies west from Narraganset river, a hundred and twenty miles on the sea coast; and from thence in Jati-
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tude and breadth aforesaid, to the South Sea.” In-1635, they ap- pointed Mr. John Winthrop, a son of the governor of Massachusetts, to build a fort on Connecticut river, and appointed him governor for one year.
In the summer of 1639, Colonel George Fenwick, one of the paten- tees, arrived from England, and in honor of Lord Say and Seal, and Lord Brook, gave the tract about the mouth of Connecticut river, the name of Saybrook. Colonel Fen- wick superintended the affairs of the colony until 1644, when, his associ- ates having relinquished-the design of removad to America, sold the ju- risdiction of Saybrook to the Con- necticut colony.
The original limits of the town extended upon the east side of the river for several miles, and included a part of the town of Lyme. Ttfe township, now comprises three par- ishes, viz: Saybrook, Westbrook, and Essex. Saybrook parish is the southeast section of the town. The Indian name for this place was Pat- taquasset. West of this, is West- brook paiish, Which was called by its Indian name Pochaug, until Oc- tober, 1810. • North of these two parishes is Pautapoug or Essex.
Saybrook is upwards of 7 miles in length from north to south, and averages more than 6 in breadth. The greater part of the township is uneven and stony. There are, however, some extensive levels, and tracts of rich soil, particularly in the vicinity of Saybrook village, in the southern part of the town. Some of the hills, near Connecticut river, have good granite quarries. There are several small harbors on the Sound, and on Connecticut riv- er, at Saybrook point and Pauta- poug. The bar at the mouth of the Connecticut is an impediment to navigation; vessels of a moderate draught are often obliged to pass it with part of their cargoes. The depth of water at the bar, at spring |