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Wallace, and by him called Boscawen and Keppel’s Islands, and those do not lay less than 400 Leagues to the Westward of Ulietea.
Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world 1767
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These islands, which Wallis calls Boscawen and Keppel Islands, and which he places 1 degree 13 minutes too far west, may also be considered part of the Navigator Archipelago.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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Slowly and gently we swept past the islands and great ships; there on the shore is Point Pleasant in full uniform, its red soldiers and yellow tents in the thick of the pines and spruces; yonder is the admiralty, and the "Boscawen" seventy-four, the receiving-ship, a French war-steamer, and merchantmen of all flags.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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Across the water sounded the bells of Christ Church as the anchor of the brig "Boscawen," ninety days out from Cork Harbour, fell with a splash into the
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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The next land we made was "Boscawen" and "Keppel" Islands, the former being a high peak, the latter a low, level island.
Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Jon Huntsman, in white shirt, went against the grain on Thursday with a visit to New Hampshire, where he talked with employees at the Page Belting Company in Boscawen.
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Justin R. Pellerin, 21, of Boscawen, N.H., died Aug. 20 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
When There’s Nothing On The Horizon You’ve Got Nothing Left To Prove | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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"I don't think the government has the right to come in and take your property," agreed Melissa Coulson, 36, a Democrat from Boscawen who also voted for the amendment.
N.H. voters opt to curb eminent domain; smaller House districts also at stake 2006
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The Hannah Duston figure is modeled after a statue of her in Haverhill, Mass., not the one in Boscawen.
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The Hannah Duston figure is modeled after a statue of her in Haverhill, Mass., not the one in Boscawen.
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