Towle, George M

(1841-1893), was U. S. Consul at Nantes, France, from 1866 to 1868, and at Bradford, England, from 1868 to 1870. He wrote ‘' Glimpses of History,” ‘‘ Heroes of History,’’ and other popular historical books. "own. In New England the word town has constantly been used in the sense of township, meaning the primary subdivision of the county, a large area, rural or urban, In the Middle colonies and the South it meant, as in England, an incérporated municipality of greater or le size. Thusin Ma achusetts nearly all the territory of the colony was occupied with towns, while in the South there were a few towns here and there. As to the origin of the New England town various theories have been held. To some it has seemed an original creation of the early settlers, to others an imitation of the English parish.