Excerpt from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 26: Published Quarterly, Under the Direction of New-England Historic, Genealogical Society, for the Year 1872
From the source of this river to London, the distance is 44 miles. The projector ruined himself, but the present proprietors have made fortunes. A share that was bought for 100 when the owner died, which was about ten years ago, is now worth 3500. This liver supplies a great part of London with the water to drink.
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