a town of Massachusetts, in the United States of North America, near the shore of a bay of the same name in Boston harbour, 8 miles S. by E. of Boston. It is well built on level ground, and has a stone church, a handsome granite town-house, a newspaper office, and two banks. It is chiefly remarkable for its granite quarries, in which about 1000 workmen are employed, and from which granite is sent to various parts of the country. Pop. (1850) 5017.

a town of the United States of North America, capital of Adams county, in the state of Illinois, stands on a limestone cliff on the left bank of the Mississippi, in the midst of a rich undulating prairie-land, 170 miles above St Louis, and 104 W. of Springfield. It has a large public square, numerous churches, a handsome court-house, several newspaper offices, and three banks. There are numerous manufactories, including distilleries, machine shops, foundries, flour and saw mills worked by steam, &c. An active trade is carried on by steamers on the Mississippi. Pop. (1850) 6901; (1853) 11,000.