able water privileges. The soil is
generally a warm loam.and produc-
tive : the surface is elevated, and, in
the. centre of the town, mountain-
ous. There are about 5,500 sheep
in the town. Sudbury is 43 miles
S. WV from Montpelier, 47 S. by E.
from Burlington, and 17 N. W. from
Rutland. Population, 1830, 812.

Sudbury River, Mass.

This river rises in Hopkinton
and its neighborhood, and after
passing Framingham, Natick, Sud-
bury, Way land and Lincoln, it
joins the Assabet at Concord..

Sudbury, Blass.

Middlesex co. This ancient
town is situated on the west side
of river of the same name, 19
miles W. by N. from Boston, and
8 S. W. from Concord:    Popula-

tion, 1837, 1,388. It is watered by
a small stream, a branch of Sudbu-
ry river. There is a paper mill
' in the town, a plough factory, and
• manufactures of boots and shoes*
annual value about $20,000.

Sudbury was first settled in 1635.
In 1676, about 70 men, on then
march for the relief.of Marlbo-
rough, fell into an ambuscade with
the Indians: twenty six of the En-
glish were left dead on the field;
the residue were captured, and ma-
ny of them afterwards tortured and
slain. West of Sudbury causeway,
is.a monument erected to their
memory, by president Wadsworth,
of Harvard College, a son of the
Captain of the Band.

Suflield, Ct.

Hartford co. Suffield lies on the
west side' of Connecticut river, and
is bounded N. by Massachusetts, to
which state it was attached until
1752. This territory, 8 by 5 miles,
was purchased about the year 1670,
of two Indian Chiefs, for one hun-
dred dollars. The surface on the
banks of the river, are elevated,
and although the town is without