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Milton, town (township), Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Neponset River, just south of Boston. Settled in 1636 as a part of Dorchester, it was early known as Uncataquisset, from an Algonquian word meaning “head of tidewater,” and was separately incorporated in 1662. At Vose (Suffolk Resolves) House in Milton, delegates met on September 9, 1774, and adopted the Suffolk Resolves (protesting the Intolerable Acts of Britain), which were then carried by Paul Revere to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia. Utilization of the Neponset River’s waterpower led to Milton’s growth as a mill town, and in the ...(100 of 280 words)

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