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- A child orphan raised on Kabuchi Island for the purpose of becoming the victim of the Kaguya-hime "festival".
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Currently working on
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[edit]Footnote 1. Marvin, AP; History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Embracing a Comprehensive History of the County from its earliest beginnings to the present time; Vol I and Vol.lI; CF Jewitt and Company, Boston, MA; 1879; accessed via Google Books search; 8/19/07; (Uxbridge is referenced in Volume II p. 421-436)
Footnote 19. Harvard Library; from Google Books; Judge Henry Chapin; Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge; 1864; Charles Hamilton Press; Worcester, Mass. 1881
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2. Oldest/Firsts Within the Blackstone Valley; Blackstone Daily; link accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstonedaily.com/History&Heritage/firsts.htm.
3. Access Geneaology; extracted from Taft Genealogy. Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.accessgenealogy.com/surnames/taft.htm.
4. Copyrighted historical material of Saylesville and Smithfield RI; accessed 8/19/07; http://www.kouroo.info/RSOF/SaylesvilleSmithfield.pdf
5. The Uxbridge Meeting House; Blackstone Daily; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstonedaily.com/quaker.htm
6. The Conestoga Area Historical Society; The Conestoga Wagon; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/wagon.htm
7. Staunton River Tour; Halifax County, Virginia; Washington Passes Through Halifax; accessed 08/19/07; http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/GeoWashington.htm
8. Walking Tours; Uxbridge; The Blackstone Daily; Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm
9. Uxbride, MA Description; MA Info website; accessed 8/17/07 http://www.mass.info/uxbridge.ma/description.htm
10. Executive Office of Environmental Affiars/Preserving Massachusetts Water Resources/Watersheds/Blackstone River Watershed; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.mass.gov/envir/water/blackstone/blackstone.htm
11. Eds. Stattler, Rick; A Guide to Women's Diaries; in the Manuscript Collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society Library; Rhode Island Historical Society; 1997; http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/WomenGuide.htm accessed 8/19/07
12. Worcester Historical Museum website; Richard E. Greenwood Historian and Archaeologist Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission; 175th Anniversary of the Blackstone Canal; The Blacksone Canal; Its Unique Historical Significance; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.worcesterhistory.org/bcinfo/bcinfo-home.html
13. Martial Musick in Uxbridge Masachusetts - 1727-present; Insight into tradition……. Fife and Drum bands in Uxbridge, MA 1727-2004 ; accessed 7/30/07 http://www.angelfire.com/music2/uxbmarmusic/
14. National Park Service; US Department of the Interior; John H. Chaffee Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor; Massachusetts/RhodeIsland; Birhplace of the Industrial Revolution; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.nps.gov/blac/
15. Mass.gov; Department of Conservation and Recreation; Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park; Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm
16. Blackstone River Bikeway: About the Bikeway; Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce; Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/
17. US Army Corps of engineers; West Hill Dam, Uxbridge Massachusetts ; accessed; July 30,2007; http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/whd/whdhome.htm
18. Boston Globe, December 5, 2006. The Rock Stars of Universal Coverage by J. Kaisser http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/12/05/the_rock_stars_of_universal_coverage/
19. Harvard Library; from Google Books; Judge Henry Chapin; Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge; 1864; p. 24; Published by Charles Hamilton Press; Worcester, Mass. 1881
20. Barry, John, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History (Hardcover); by John M. Barry; 2005; New York Times Bestseller of 2005