Cambridge boundary marker.
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Title
Cambridge boundary marker.
Subject
Monuments -- Watertown -- Massachusetts.; War memorials -- Watertown -- Massachusetts.; Memorials -- Watertown -- Massachusetts.; Patriotic societies -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historical societies -- Massachusetts.; Historic sites -- Watertown -- Massachusetts.; Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.;
Description
Historical boundary marker on Mount Auburn Street, just east of the Cambridge/Watertown boundary. "1630 -- 1930. Cambridge. Location chosen in 1630 to be the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Settled in 1631 under leadership of Thomas Dudley and called the New Town. The college ordered to be here, 1637. Name changed to Cambridge after the English university town, 1638. Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission."
Contributor
Watertown Free Public Library
Rights
Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs
Identifier
figure 544
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Collection
Citation
“Cambridge boundary marker.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 23, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/53889.
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