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Acton

Town in Middlesex County, east Massachusetts, USA; population (1998 est) 19,200. It is located 34 km/21 mi west-northwest of Boston, and was first settled c. 1680. Incorporated in 1735, Acton was industrial in the 19th century, but is now essentially an affluent suburb of Boston.

There are two discovery museums, one for children and one focusing on science. There is also a theatre.



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Old Acton has some claim on half Cunningham's estate, and the lawyers have been at it with both hands.
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Respecting the author's identity, I would have it to he distinctly understood that Acton Bell is neither Currer nor Ellis Bell, and therefore let not his faults be attributed to them.
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D--n me, I'd rather be run by my own dogs, as one Acton was, that the story-book says was turned into a hare, and his own dogs killed un and eat un.
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