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Barry also says that Eliab Studley, who was in Hanover before the Revolution, was a noted tavern keeper, his house being a fa- vorite place of public resort.
After the Revolution, Colonel John Bailey kept a hotel on Main street, in the house now occupied by Henry W. Percival. This John Bailey was cared for in his old age by the mother of the writer and she often spoke of the plate, the decanters and other paraphernalia of the hotel.
The first stage coach from Plymouth to Boston was run in 1794. This and the ship-building on North river made the Four Corners a central point for varied interests.
In 1770 Cornelius Turner of Hanover, innholder, sold land to Atherton Wales of Hanover, a merchant. In 1785 Atherton Wales was still in Hanover and in a deed of that date was called
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an "Innholder," and he was so called until 1795. About this time Tilden Crooker kept a tavern for a while in the house now occu- pied by Theodore K. Guth, near North river bridge.
David Kingman built the Howard House at the Four Corners and for a long time occupied it as a residence, but he was keep- ing a hotel here in 1797 and 1800.
At the time of his death in 1807, Samuel Donnell was keeping a hotel in the house where Eben C. Waterman, an honored mem- ber of our present Board of Selectmen, now resides. After Mr. Donnell's death, Ephraim Stetson continued the business in this house.
The old almanacs give, as innholders in Hanover from 1804 to 1827, "Curtis" and "Donald." The writer fails to locate Mr. Cur- tis, nor can he give positively the name of the later Donald. Per- haps too much reliance should not be given to these "Almanac Records."
Granville Bryant kept a hotel in the Howard House as early as 1830. He was here for a few years. Following him was Syl- vanus Percival for a short time, and after him came Joseph Po- corny. From 1837 to some time about 1850, Ozen Josselyn was the proprietor.
After the advent of the stage coach and up to the time of the construction of the Old Colony Railroad, this house had a wide reputation, as travellers from Boston to Plymouth sought its hos- pitality.
It was sought not only by travellers but for public purposes also. Many legal questions were settled here, the writer himself remembering one, when several of the most distinguished lawyers in eastern Massachusetts assembled in this building.
Under the law from 1850 to 1880 the Probate Court held an- nual sessions in Hanover and this hotel was the place of meeting. Mr. Joseph A. Tripp is the present proprietor of this hotel.
For the past ten years or more, Mr. Alonzo N. Josselyn has kept a hotel in the house at the Four Corners which Robert E. Dwelley constructed as a residence in 1856.
POST OFFICES.
By John F. Simmons.
Deane says the first post office was established in Scituate in 1800, seventy three years after the incorporation of our town. The mail was carried via Cohasset to Boston and via Marshfield to Plymouth, by coaches.
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The West Scituate (now Assinippi), post office, was established February 11, 1828, Edward F. Jacobs being the post master. The office was in the ell of the house now occupied by Mr. Cutler, at Assinippi. Later, this post office was removed to Queen Anne's Corner. After remaining there a few years, it came back to As- sinippi and Benjamin N. Curtis was for many years the post master. The office was in the Assinippi Hall building, in the store kept by Henry J. Curtis, until Mr. Curtis sold his store to E. Y. Perry. The office was then removed to a small building which the post master built for the purpose on the corner of Washington and Webster streets. After Mr. Curtis' death, the office was moved to the store of Robert W. Killam, on the opposite corner and there it has remained to the present day. Luke P. Burbank is the present post master. The name West Scituate, which had become an anomaly for a post office located in Han- over, at least five miles from the nearest part of Scituate, was changed, August 4, 1892, to Assinippi. The attempt to change it to "West Norwell" failed and the contest over names was finally decided by John Wanamaker, the Post Master General of the United States.
The Hanover post office is the oldest in town. It lies on the direct Boston and Plymouth post-road of ante-railroad times. It is situated at the Four Corners, in the drug store of William S. Curtis, and he is the present post master.
The following tables, furnished by the Post Office Department at Washington, D. C., are self-explanatory.
The following list shows the dates of the establishment of each . post office in Hanover, and the names of its post masters with the dates of their appointments.
Office.
Post master.
Date of Appointment.
North Hanover,
John S. Brooks,
(Est.) March 30, 1888.
Isaac G. Stetson,
(Est.) January 25, 1864.
October 6, 1897.
West Hanover,
Edwin Rose,
(Est.) January 2, 1861.
"
Horatio B. Magoun,
August 31, 1861.
"
"
William H. White, Edward F. Jacobs,
(Est.) Feb. 11, 1828.
April 27, 1830.
"
"
September 7, 1839.
"
"
Ebenezer Blanchard, Feb. 28, 1854.
"
Benj. N. Curtis,
April 29, 1857.
"
"
James E. Lambert,
Jan. 18, 1886.
West Scituate,
2
Edward Jacobs, Zattu Cushing,
April 18, 1901.
South Hanover, „ Thomas Drew,
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Name of Post Office changed to Assinippi, Aug. 4, 1892. Annie W. Killam,
Aug. 4, 1892.
J. Edgar Lambert,
July 1, 1899.
" Erville E. Lewis,
May 14, 1900.
"
John F. Brooks,
Feb. 14, 1901.
" Ralph C. Burbank,
May 25, 1904.
Hanover,
Benjamin Whitman,
(Est.) April 1, 1796.
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Robert Eells,
.April 1, 1802.
"
Seth Stetson,
May 29, 1839.
"
Samuel Eells,
June 18, 1841.
"
Stephen Josselyn,
Oct. 16, 1844.
"
Stephen Josselyn,
June 10, 1853.
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Robert S. Curtis,
April 8, 1861.
"
Elizabeth A. Curtis,
April 8, 1873.
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Elizabeth A. Waterman,
Dec. 18, 1878.
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John H. Flavell,
Oct. 26, 1885.
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William S. Curtis,
May 1, 1889.
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John H. Flavell,
June 23, 1893.
William S. Curtis,
July 13, 1899.
The establishment and growth of the post office in this country is most interesting. Massachusetts passed its first act recognizing and regulating the passage of what is now called mail matter, as- early as September 5, 1639. It was entitled "For preventing the miscarriage of letters" and is so brief it may be quoted in full.
"It is ordered that notice bee given, that Richard Fairbanks- his house in Boston is the place appointed for all letters, which are brought from beyond the seas, or are to be sent thither ;- are- to bee brought unto him and he is to take care, that they bee de- livered, or sent according to their directions, and hee is alowed for every such letter 1 d. and must answer all miscarriages through his owne neglect in this kind; provided that no man shall bee- compelled to bring his letters thither except hee please."
In 1673-4 (Jan. 6), public messengers who were "sent post" should be paid 3 d. per mile for horse and man and innholders- were limited for baiting the horse to 2s. per bushel for oats and 4d. for hay "day and night."
In 1693, an act was passed by the General Court establishing,. for the first time under that name, a General Letter Office and fixing the rates of postage. Between Boston and Rhode Island, the rate for a single letter was 6d .; from New York 12d .; Penn-
Alexander Wood,
Jan. 23, 1851.
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.sylvania, 15d .; from Maryland or Virginia, 2s .; from Salem, 3d .; Ipswich, Newbury and places east of Salem, within the province, 4d .; from Piscataqua, 6d.
The post master then bore the title of Post Master General and those who carried the mail were his "Deputies."
Provision was made by this act to prevent others from carry- ing mail matter for hire, under a penalty of 40 pounds, and all ship masters bringing letters or pacquets (a bundle of three let- ters) from abroad, were obliged to deliver them forwith to the Post Master General. Each letter arriving was to be "marked" "with a print" "to show the day of the month and year when the letter came in."
Government letters were to be carried free and all ferrymen were compelled to carry free the postman and his horse without delay.
No set time for mails was enjoined by the act.
The usual difficulty, now universal, was, from the outset, found in the post office, viz: the income was unequal to the out-go. In 1703, the shortage was estimated to be about 275 pounds. To meet this estimated loss, the Court voted the Post Master General 20 pounds and freed him "from impresses, trainings, and watches" during his term of office.
At this time, 1706, John Campbell was post master at Boston. His title seems to have become "Post Master of New England." He published "The Boston News-Letter," referred to, in his peti- tions to the Court, as the "Weekly Intelligencer" and the "weekly Letter of Intelligence." This was the first newspaper published "in the English Colonies throughout the extensive continent of North America," according to the Massachusetts Historical So- ciety's Publishing Committee (P. 66, note, Vol. VII 3rd series). It began April 24, 1704. It "was printed by Bartholomew Green and sold by Nicholas Boone at his shop near the old meeting house."
In 1714, the post-riders between Boston and New York, carried the mail once a fortnight during the winter months. It took 5 1-2 days from Boston to Hartford; here the Boston rider met the New York rider and exchanged mails.
In 1768, the Selectmen of Boston sent a messenger to other towns in the province upon their public business. The messenger did not tarry over the Lord's Day but continued his journey from Belchertown to Montague. For this he was arrested and fined 10s. and 18s., costs. This the General Court repaid him the fol- lowing year.
THE HOWARD HOUSE
HANOVER FOUR CORNERS
SOUTH HANOVER AT THE POST OFFICE
JACOBS POND AT ASSINIPPI. OLD MILL AT RIGHT
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In 1775, May 25, the Post Office passed out of the hands of the State. The Provincial Congress took its work into their own hands.
No stamps were in use in the United States, until authorized: by the act of Congress of March 3, 1847, following the lead of the English Post Office department which first adopted them in. 1840, leading in this all other nations.
LANDMARKS.
By Jedediah Dwelley.
Without attempting to make the list complete the following will aid those who may have occasion to learn the old local names.
Absalom's Rock :- A large boulder in the field south from Web -. ster street and east of Whiting street, southeast of the house of Thomas Delay.
Bank Land :- A piece of land near the residence of Cyrus B. Josselyn on King street. It was probably mortgaged at some- time to what was known as the Land Bank ;- hence its name.
Barstow's Bridge :- First name for North river bridge.
Barstow's Hill :- Just north of the Universalist Church at As- sinippi, in Norwell.
Bass Place :- On Hanover street, near where the late William Church lived. Now owned and occupied by Charles S. Stetson.
Beach Neck :- A part of Main street and a part of Union street .. Beaver Dam :- On Third Herring brook, below Old Pond.
Beech Hill :- West of King street.
Beech Woods :- Northwest of King street toward Rockland. Applied indefinitely at different times to northerly part of King street and north part of Circuit street.
Birch Bottom :- An unused road running from Union street, just east of Parker McNayr's, to Main street.
Brisco's Plain :- Brisco lived just west of the Centre Meeting House, near Grove street.
Broad Oak :- Applied to the land at the Four Corners on both sides of where the R. R. station now stands.
Burnt Plain :- North of Walnut Hill, near where Webster street" runs.
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Candlewood Plain :- West of the Centre Church.
Chapman's Landing :- On border of Wampum, or Wampus Swamp, southwest of H. E. Chamberlain's residence. There was another landing, also called Chapman's on North river, where hay. was landed.
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Church Hill :-- North of Union street and west of Pine street. Clay Pits :- On Walnut Hill.
Cornish Place :- Near "Dr. Dwelley place" and the present residence of Charles S. Stetson.
Country Road :- The Plymouth road, now Washington street.
Cricket Hole :- (in old deeds spelled Creeket Hole) now called Cricket Hollow; between Washington street and the Third Her- ring brook and west of Tiffany Mills.
Cuffs Field :- Corner of Grove and Main streets.
Curtis Street :- For more than one hundred years what is now Main street, was called Curtis street.
Cushing Lot Dam :- By Brook's upper mill.
Dillingham Field :- The easterly part of the Rufus Crane farm, east of Main street.
Drinkwater Road :- A road from Washington street to the easterly end of Summer street, was for one hundred years known as the Drinkwater road. It included parts of what are now Han- over and Circuit streets.
Dug Hill :- On Silver street.
Fresh Marsh :- Name of "Old Pond" in 1690.
General's Island :- Land owned by Hingham people in the northwest corner of Hanover.
Grassy Plain :- On Main street at Norwell line.
Gray Place :- North side of "Henry's Lane."
Great Share Lots :- From the westerly line of the original town of Scituate, running easterly one and one-fourth miles.
Green Rock :- Southeast of "Rocky Swamp."
Hanmer's Hook :- A part of the Zaccheus Estes farm, (now owned by Lot Phillips and Company Corporation), of fifty acres in the form of a hook. (See note at the end of landmarks.)
Hanover Folly :- A name given to Rockland street by Capt. John Cushing, who was opposed to building it.
Hatch's Bridge :- An early name for Teague's bridge.
Hayden Hill :- On land of Col. J. B. Barstow.
Henry's Lane :- An old lane, once a highway; leading westerly from Washington street, near the house of ILnam Gardner.
Hughs' Cross :- Indefinite lands for a distance one-eighth of a mile on each side of Church's Mill, are described in old deeds as 'at "Hughs' Cross."' Gov. Winthrop on his return trip after visiting Gov. Bradford in 1632 says, "After crossing the North River we came to a place called Hues Cross." The Governor be- ing displeased with the name changed it to Hues Folly. Probably
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this was the same. John Hughes was in Scituate in 1632. He was previously in Plymouth. Solomon Hughes lived in Norwell, near the northerly end of South street. There is a well-authen- ticated story of Hughes crossing this stream and being frightened by a wolf.
Hughs' Cross Brook :- South branch of Third Herring brook. Curtis's Mill stood on said Brook.
Indian Path :- Over Third Herring brook. This runs east of Washington street, from the end of Silver street, to East street, crossing the Third Herring brook at Cornet's Mill.
Indian Stepping Stones :- West of Whiting street near Rock- land line.
Indian Way Stone :- On the hill back of the house of the late William Whiting. It is said to have marked the Indian Trail from the Bridgewaters east, across the "Stepping Stones," past the spring at Assinippi, to the shore at Conihasset, now Scituate.
Iron Mine Brook :- One-half mile southwest of Hanover Four Corners.
King Stone Hill :- North of the late Richmond Winslow's place on Circuit street.
Little Round Top :- A hill on the border line, between Rockland and Hanover, west of King street.
Log Bridge :- (In 1650) over Third Herring brook near Henry B. Barstow's.
London Bridge :- On Webster street, near the junction of North street.
Ludden's or Luddam's Ford :- Near the Rubber Mill at Pem- broke line. The arch bridge now spans the stream.
Lydia Wright Hill :- On Washington street at the residence of the late George Studley. Her house stood a little south of the present house. The highway now encloses a part of the cellar.
Mingo Field :- South side of Silver street, near "Dug Hill."
Nab Neal Place :- On Spring street, supposed to have been the Nathaniel Josselyn place.
New Forge :- At South Hanover. The present site of the Tack Factory.
New Saw Mill :- (In 1688) now called Church's.
Nick Hill :- On Main street, south of Grove street. A negro known as "Joe Nick" lived just north of the hill. His house was on the west side of the street and the well, which still remains, was on the east side. His true name was probably Joseph Nicholson.
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Old Pond :- A wooded swamp along the Third Herring brook between Church's Mill and East street. So called because the lands were flowed by the dam erected at Cornet's Mill.
Old Forge :- At Luddin's Ford.
Old Saw Mill :- (In 1676) just north of East street on Third Herring brook. In 1656 this was called Cornet's Mill.
Otis Lot :- West side of Main street just north of the Baptist Meeting House.
Pantoosic or Pantooset :- Near North river, west of T. K. Guth's.
Park :- Near Broadway and the house of Jane B. Reed.
Peg's Swamp :- Back of Judson Studley's and near Circuit street.
Pine Island :- North of Hanover street, west of Plain street.
Pond Lots :- Near the residence of Rufus T. Estes, west of Cir- cuit street.
Project Dale :- The beautiful valley wherein is located Water- man's Tack Works.
Purr Cat Lane :- Now Spring street.
Rocky Swamp :- West of Washington street, south of J. F. Sim- mons' house.
Share Line :- Westerly boundary of "Great Share Lots."
Shuble's Ridge :- Crosses Centre street a few rods west of resi- dence of John F. Brooks.
Soper's Hill :- On Union street, just west of Frank Bonney's place.
Strawberry Hill :- West of the residence of Fred A. Studley, Circuit street.
Tumble Down Hill :- On Plain street near Circuit street.
Turkey Plain :- Barry and Deane say, near Indian Head river. Mr. Simmons' notes say, on Hanover street just west of the west- erly end of Rockland street.
Turner Swamp :- East of Main street and north of Webster street.
Walnut Hill :- South of Webster and west of Washington streets.
Wampum or Wampus Swamp :- South of the late Richmond Winslow's place.
Wolf Trap or Wolf Rock :- On land formerly of Col. J. B. Barstow near "Iron Mine Brook."
Woodward Hill :- Between the Centre and the Four Corners. Rockland street runs over it. This street was once called the Woodward Hill Road.
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Woodward Place :- East end of Great Shares on Henry's lane.
(Note) Hanmer's Hook.
Barry and other writers of geneological work, speak of "Han- mer's Hook" as a large area, embracing lands at Centre Hanover and at South Hanover.
The fact regarding this Hanmer's Hook so far as the records show is that it was a tract of land of fifty acres granted to John Hanmer by the Scituate Committee in 1675 which is now em- braced in what is known as the Zaccheus Estes farm. The follow- ing is a description of the bounds of this lot. "The bounds of said granted land being at a certain marked tree standing about four or five rods eastward of a Swamp and runneth 105 rods near on a north and by west line to a marked Spruce tree and so to run eastward by a swamp about 100 rods and thence runneth toward the west and by south 50 rods and joineth to west on share line and thence runneth 160 rods toward the south and by east and then runneth 50 rods toward the east and by north to the first marked tree aforesaid."
By plotting these bounds it will appear that the lot was in the shape of a hook and without doubt this gave the name to the lot.
The children of John Hanmer after his death sold this lot to Walter Hatch and Walter Hatch by his will made in 1698 gave it to his son Samuel and in 1719 Samuel Hatch conveyed it to Mathew Estes the ancestor of Zaccheus Estes.
John Hanmer owned one other lot of ten acres which was south of Plain street and Isaac Hanmer owned a parcel of land near the northerly end of Spring street where he at one time lived. "Hanmer's Hook" is never referred to in old deeds except as hav- ing reference to the 50 acres aforesaid.
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CHAPTER XIV.
BIRDS *
GOD'S ACRE.
By Jedediah Dwelley.
BIRDS.
Edward H. Forbush, in his book, "Useful Birds and their Pro- tection," says, in his introduction: "There is no subject in the field of natural science that is of greater interest than the im- portant position that the living bird occupies in the great plan of organic nature."
We are fast awakening to this fact and also to an appreciation of the bird for the delight he gives in song and action. What note is sweeter than that of the bluebird, the lovely harbinger of Spring as he comes close to us in the early March days, when all else seems so cold and cheerless! What action more graceful than that of the barn-swallow, as she skims the air, buoyed up, as it some- times seems, by some invisible power ! What song and action more enchanting than that of the bob-o-link, as he greets us in the early Summer, after his long journey from Brazil, to spend the few brief weeks with us in rearing his young !
The most of us love birds. The number who know them and who can tell every bird by its song and plumage are few. Mr. Joshua S. Bates of Norwell, Mrs. Josephine S. Nash of Hanover and Miss Minnie K. Batchelder of Plymouth, all of whom know and love the birds, have added the sum of their knowledge in the preparation of this chapter. The following was written by Miss Batchelder and the greater number of birds were enumerated by her.
Hanover is particularly favored in its diversity of bird-life. The town itself, possessing high land, meadows, extended plains, covered with a characteristic growth of white pine; ponds, numer- ous rivers and brooks, the latter bordered and edged with thickets of viburnum, huckleberry, swamp azalia, spice bush and witch hazel, all tend to make an ideal home for many of our well-known
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birds, and likewise an attractive resting place for the many migrants that pass through, semi-annually, on their way to and from their breeding grounds.
The Massachusetts Law of 1906, regarding the protection of song and insectiverous birds, together with the numerous game laws and the growth of public sentiment along this line, are doing much towards the increase of our bird population, and in the vicinity of the North river, the bittern, heron, wild duck, and an occasional shore bird are finding safe breeding-places in the meadows bordering the river.
The following is a partial list of the birds seen and identified in Hanover, ninety per cent of which breed in Hanover:
Robin
Chipping Sparrow
Oriole
Black-throated Green Warbler
Bluebird
Field Sparrow
Blue Jay
Tree Sparrow
Purple Finch
Savanna Sparrow
Gold Finch
Meadow Lark
Phebe
Horned Lark
Chebec
Yellow Warbler
Wood Pewee
Black and White Warbler
Kingbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Great-crested Flycatcher
Pine Warbler
Catbird
Myrtle Warbler
Thrasher
Maryland Yellow-throat
Towhee
Redstart
Bobolink
Mourning Dove
Barn Swallow
Indigo Bird
Bank Swallow
House Wren
Tree Swallow
Quail
Purple Martin
Partridge
Woodcock
Chimney Swift Cowbird
Flicker
Crow
Downy Woodpecker
Redwinged Blackbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Grackle
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Cuckoo
Chickadee
Scarlet Tanager
Brown Creeper
Fox Sparrow
Shrike
White-throated Sparrow
Junco
Vesper Sparrow
Cedarbird
Song Sparrow
Kingfisher
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Oven Bird
Red-shouldered Hawk
Humming-Bird Rose-breasted Grosbeck
Broad-winged Hawk Night Hawk
Whip-poor-will
Goshawk
Wood Thrush
Green Heron
Hermit Thrush
Great blue Heron
Veery
Night Heron
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Dusky Duck
Red-eyed Vireo
Wood Duck
White-eyed Vireo
Great-horned Owl
Marsh Hawk
Screech Owl
Cooper's Hawk
Barred Owl
Sparrow Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Duck Hawk
Virginia Rail
Red-tailed Hawk
GOD'S ACRE.
"I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground God's Acre! It is just; It concecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust."
"With thy rude plougshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow; This is the field and acre of our God, This is the place where human harvest grow !"
Previous to the incorporation of the town the burial-places for the most of the population living within her borders must have been the old cemeteries in Scituate. Doubtless the one north of Union bridge was used as well as the one at Church Hill. After the incorporation, Hanover made immediate provision for the bur- ial of its dead and, in 1727, the Town of Scituate made a grant from its Common Lands of ten acres for a training-field and burying-ground. This lot was divided into two parcels, one of seven and one-half acres for the training-field and one of two and a half acres for the burial-ground. Later the town voted to give to John Rogers a deed of seven and one-half acres, which was not included within the borders of the present cemetery, and to take in return a deed of three acres, which was probably the basis of the present cemetery.
HACKETT'S MILL, NORTH HANOVER "And here in spring the veeries sing The song of long ago."
WHITING STREET, SHOWING HOUSE OF MISS TRYPHENA WHITING
CORNER OF MAIN AND SILVER STREETS
AT MEMORIAL URN
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It is doubtful if the town ever occupied any part of this present cemetery ground for a training-field although the "Gun House," within the memory of men now living, stood on the lot near Main street, a few rods east of the tombs.
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