Natick, Massachusetts

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Natick, Mass., a town of Middlesex Co., including several villages, 17 m. s.w. of Boston, on the Charles River and on the Boston Albany branch of the New York Central Railroad. There are extensive manufactories of baseballs, wood-enware, clothing, boots and shoes, edge tools, supplies for athletic games, saws, shirts and other articles. The educational institutions include the Morse Institute, the Walnut Hill School for young ladies and the Bacon Library. The place was founded by John Eliot about 1651, and from that time until the founder's death was used chiefly as a home for converted Indians. It was incorporated in 1781. Population in 1920, 10,907.