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."
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