Identifier: gazetteerofstate00innaso (find matches)
Title: A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts;
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Nason, Elias, 1811-1887. cn
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Publisher: Boston, B. B. Russell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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, A.D. 1872; being the two hundred and fifty-second yearsince the first settlement of New England by the Pilgrim Fathers. Site consecratedAug. 17, 1871; association incorporated May 4, 1872; association organized, andground broken, June 17, 1872; corner of foundation laid Aug. 9, 1872. The view from this point — embracing the village of Duxbury, inwhich the Unitarian church, the Partridge Academy, and Town House,contrast finely with the deep green forest on the north; the DuxburyHarbor, with its picturesque points; the long line called DuxburyBeach, which separates it from the open sea, on the east; the Gurnet, 188 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. Saquish, Clarks Island, Plymouth Harbor, and the blue ridge of Mano-met beyond; the town of Plymouth, with its spires, upon the south;and Rocky Nook and Kingston toward the west — is one of the mostpicturesque and charming on our coast, and, aside from its historical as-sociations, fills the mind with admiration and delight. In clear weather,
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THE MILES STANDISH MONUMENT, DUXBURY. the Blue Hills of Milton on the one hand, and the curving shores ofCape Cod, are distinctly visible. Near this monument, at the footof the hill, is the wrell from wdiich the famous captain of the PlymouthPilgrims drank, and also the cellar of the house in which he lived.The quaint old house of his neighbor, Mr. Souther, standing near, is DUXBURY. 189 well represented in a preceding picture (p. 36). Near Captains Hillis the old burial-place, where The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The most ancient headstones are now dilapidated; yet on one of themmay be read the words, Here lyes ye body of Deacon William Brew-ster, who departed this life N~ovbr ye 3d, 1723, aged nearly 78 years.Where the body of Miles Standish or that of John Alden is laid, nonenow can tell. The eastern part of the town is almost destitute of stone and timber;and hence a cluster of pines upon the sandy beach, and another atPowder Point, are noticeable objects in the landsca

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