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We also have assurance that next year income from a memorial fund left to the town will be available for use in the construction of the children's wing.
V. Members of the Committee and friends of the Library are undertaking to acquaint the people of Dux- bury with the problems and needs of the Library and with the proposed method of meeting these needs in the hope that our recommendations will receive a fav- orable vote at the Town Meeting, March 1966.
This effort includes: -
Preparation and submission of appropriate arti- cles for the warrant of the coming Town Meet- ing.
Appearance before groups of citizens to explain the proposals and answer questions.
Articles in newspapers.
An open hearing to be scheduled the middle of February.
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(A plot plan showing the proposed extension and parking lot and a view of the exterior as it will look when built are on view at the Li- brary and a set of plans are available in the Town Office Building.)
Concluding statement: -
An examination of the statistical data in the follow- ing supplement reveals that our recommendations are in line with expert opinion and are in no way exces- sive. Other towns are meeting these same standards.
One observation which most impressed itself upon those of us who were able to go about was that, whether in the case of additions to existing libraries or completely new buildings, provision has been made for separate and adequate space for children and, wherever possible, with direct access to the outdoors. Another noteworthy recent development is the expansion of facilities to serve the community in many ways as recommended in the Cahill Report, Item No. 7.
Recommendations: -
It is recommended that at the Annual Meeting, March 12, 1966, the townspeople of Duxbury be asked to approve the expenditures of fees for architectural and engineering services for working drawings and spe- cifications complete for the purpose of taking bids, when authorized, for the construction of the addition to the Library and the renovation and alteration of the existing building in general accordance with preliminary draw- ings submitted by Morehouse and Chesley, Architects of Lexington, Mass., and to include incidental expenses by the Study and Advisory Committee whose duties and responsibilities will be extended during 1966 and until the duties of this committee are terminated.
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Recommended appropriation: -
Architects fees at completion of working drawings -- 80 per cent - (in accordance with Mass. A.I.A. Doc. 1951, revised Jan. 12, 1961) of estimated construction costs Less advance payment
$12,080.00
-500.00
$11,580.00
Plus incidental expenses including survey 920.00
$12,500.00
Signed for the Study Committee
HAROLD BUSH-BROWN, Chairman, Pro Tem
MRS. CHARLES C. CAROTHERS III
RICHARD C. CROCKER
FRANCIS E. PARK III
EDWARD B. PETERS, Chairman
CHARLES M. TENNEY, JR.
Supplement to Interim Report - Table No. 1 Alice Cahill's 1963 Report of a visit to the Duxbury Public Library for a survey to determine the adequa- cies of the Library's physical plant using Massachusetts Division of Library Extension Guidelines for determin- ing minimum space requirements for Duxbury's antici- pated population of 15,000 by 1983.
Compared with
Recommendations by the Study Committee as pro-
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vided for by Morehouse & Chesley preliminary plans dated September 30, 1965.
Recommended by: Alice Cahill
Books
Provided for by
Architect's Plans
40,000 vols. Duxbury now has 30,000
*42,500
volumes
est. by HB-B 48,000 est. by M&C
The following has to do with usable space in terms of square feet.
4,000 sq. ft. Book shelving space.
*2,633 sq. ft.
2,250 sq. ft. Reader space
2,144 sq. ft.
1,000 sq. ft.
Staff work space
1,143 sq. ft.
1,800 sq. ft.
Additional space
3,044 sq. ft.
9,050
Totals
8,964 sq. ft.
The following figures repre- sent totals of the above items plus stairs, corri- dors, closets, storage and free circulation
6,000 sq. ft. Desirable first floor 5,920 sq. ft. Both Floors
10,500 sq. ft. Omitting unused space in basement 10,130 sq. ft.
Including unused space in basement 10,990 sq. ft.
*includes wall shelving, spaces around stacks, central stairs. Omits shelving in E & W base- ment wings which will be unfinished and un- furnished, but will be available for future ex- pansion.
Supplement to Interim Report - Table No. 2 Galvin & Van Buren, "The Small Public Library,"
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A UNESCO publication 1959.
Adequate space for a town of 10,000 to 15,000 population as recommended by G & Van B. p 55. (Anticipated population in Harris report 15,000 by 1983)
Compared with
Recommendations for Duxbury by the Study Committee as provided for by the architects, Morehouse & Chesley's preliminary plans, dated September 30.
Recommended
Provided for
600 sq. ft. Children's area 624 sq. ft.
200 sq. ft. Lending desk and work space 180 sq. ft.
600 sq. ft Browsing and periodical reading 680 sq. ft. 900 sq. ft. Reference reading area 840 sq. ft.
1,500 sq. ft. Book stack storage * 1,860 sq. ft.
500 sq. ft. Processing (ordering & cataloguing) 437 sq. ft.
500 sq. ft. Administrative offices 526 sq. ft.
300 sq. ft. Rest rooms, halls, etc, 342 sq. ft.
600 sq. ft. Meeting Rooms 340 sq. ft.
150 sq. ft. Heating and air conditioning 280 sq. ft.
150 sq. ft. Janitor's quarters 80 sq. ft.
6,000 sq. ft. Total functional areas 6,189 sq. ft.
*Stacks only, not space around stacks or stairs. Does not include shelving in E and W side wings in basement which, for the time being, will not be installed.
Fretağ boundar
existing schoni cerese dydre
Kamy boundary
proposed 100 extension -
EXISTING LIBRARY
PARKING 15 CARS
002
SERVICE
romp
PROPOSED
135°
existing paved drive
-new boundary
EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING
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DUXBURY LIBRARY
PLOT PLAN 1" = 20'- 0" 30 SEPT., 1965
MOREHOUSE & CHESLEY - ARCHITECTS
90'- 0"
24'- 0"
46'- 0"
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FX:STING
NEW
up
romp
service to basement
PERIODICALS SCIENCE SPECIAL SERVICES
WORK ROOM
LIBRARIAN
entrance from , parking lot
CHILORENS LIBRASCAN
ENTRY
chair stor go
STACKS 13, 500 1018
EXHIBITION MALL
NEW
ENTRY
: :
CHILDRENS ROOM 6500 v018
PEOPLE
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REFERENCE J
AREA
1
Atrès
entrance from school
ADULT READING 4000 vol#
672 vols.
DUXBURY LIBRARY FIRST FLOOR PLAN
30 SEPT . 19€5
.0.09
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S. K
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ant
MAGAZINES & RECORDS FILE
VAULT
SERVICE
space
STACKS 43.000vols
UNEXCAVATED
for
MECHANICAL
ST.
STORAGE
correls
UP
CUSTODIAN
M.
LAEST
W
STAAF & TRUSTEES
DUXBURY LIBRARY BASEMENT PLAN 1/8" = 1 '-0" 30 SEPT., 1965
MOREHOUSE & CHESLEY - ARCHITECTS
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REPORT OF THE DUXBURY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report as the Representative from Duxbury on the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council was cre- ated by Act of the Legislature in 1963 to fill a long felt need to provide some agency to undertake planning, and to coordinate the planning of many other agencies, for that great area of Eastern Massachusetts that comprises the "metropolitan area" of Boston. In the initial Act Duxbury was not included as a member community, but in mid 1965 the area was broadened to include all com- munities designated as a part of the "metropolitan area" by the 1960 Census. This brought Duxbury and other fringe communities into the boundaries of the so-called Metropolitan Area.
I received the appointment of your Board to repre- sent the Town as a member of the Council in July, 1965. Inasmuch as Duxbury had not been included at the inception and as some planning studies were underway when Duxbury was brought in, the Council's early em- phasis had been directed somewhat less to the broader reaches of the "metropolitan area" as now delineated by the law, and more toward some pressing problems relat- ed to the inner core of the area. Although in dealing with area problems arbitrary fixed boundary lines can have little real meaning.
Since becoming a member I have attended the meet- ings of the full Council and have sought to develop an acquaintance with the work the very capable staff is presently performing.
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As time passes the effect of the work of the Council is bound to grow in importance. Many of the planning problems are so obviously area problems and not pe- culiar to the limits of a given community.
The Planning Council has already completed (1) an initial study and plan to preserve open space and rec- reation facilities in the metropolitan area, (2) a com- prehensive study of the southwest (leading out from Boston) corridor transportation and highway route, and (3) a population and economy study of the 152 commun- ity area of the Boston region.
Presently underway are (1) a study which will re- sult in both short and long-range plans and programs for open space and recreation facilities in the metropoli- tan area, (2) the development of a plan and program for solid waste disposal in the metropolitan area, (3) the development of a work program for the Council to insure the maximum of cooperative effort with other existing agencies, and (4) several programs in coopera- tion with other governmental agencies of a limited scope. This latter type of joint effort with member com- munities will be stepped up in the period ahead.
The far-sighted will recognize that the dangers of a creeping megalopolis can destroy the values each of us expects to come from the desireability of our physical environment and the economic progress in our area. Intelligent, coordinated planning efforts will create prop- er guide lines to insure that we may reap the best rather than the worst from the economic and population explo- sions that will inevitably be a part of the near future on the South Shore. The Metropolitan Area Planning Coun- cil can exercise an important influence and prove to be of service to all.
The activities of the Council are financed as spe- cified by law. The assessment of a given community
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can not exceed a charge of five cents per capita. The balance over and above the local assessments is derived through Federal matching funds on a two for one basis, and sums paid by other agencies on a contractual basis for particular studies. The cost to Duxbury for 1966 is one hundred eighty-six dollars and fifty cents ($186.50). This charge against the Town will be found on the so-called Cherry Sheet.
As Duxbury's representative on the Council I shall be in a position and ready to make available the re- sources of the Council Staff to those agencies in our Town concerned with problems related to preparing for the future. I have been given every assurance that the Officers and the Staff of the Metropolitan Area Plan- ning Council stand ready to give full cooperation and help to Duxbury.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS W. PERRY
Duxbury Representative
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REPORT OF HEALTH AGENT
To the Board of Health:
I hereby submit my report as Agent for the Board of Health for the year 1965.
The tuberculin testing program was continued under the guidance of the Plymouth County Health Associa- tion. As in 1963 and 1964 the tests were done on grades I, IV, VII, and XI.
A comparison of the results of the Tuberculin Test on this group for the past three years shows:
% Positive Number Positive
1963
% Tested 80.83
0.30
1
1964
84.82
2.30
9
1965
91.99
2.59
11
Even though slight, this increase in the number of positive tests shows that Tuberculosis is an ever-pres- ent menace. X-rays of the eleven positive children showed that none have active Tuberculosis. This screen- ing program will be continued.
The Communicable Diseases reported to the depart- ment during the past year were as follows:
German Measles
89
Chicken Pox
26
Roseola
1
Salmonella
1
Scarlet Fever
1
Rubela
1
Dog Bites 18
Please report all such diseases even though they may be mild and not seen by a physician.
Rat bait is always available at Dr. Starr's office, and works well on any rodent problem.
We are grateful to the State Department of Public Health for their assistance and cooperation in the in- spection and licensing of eating establishments, chicken farms, and the like.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE ROSS STARR, JR., MD. Health Agent
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Report of the Duxbury Finance Committee
The Duxbury Finance Committee held its organiza- tional meeting on June 1, 1965 at which time new mem- bers - Lester F. Haines, James G. Kelso and Richard C. Schaffer - were welcomed and the following Officers were elected:
James Holt, Chairman Harold L. Emerson, Vice Chairman
James G. Kelso, Secretary-Treasurer
During the Fall the Committee visited the various town departments to inspect the facilities. These trips have proved very helpful in understanding the prob- lems of the various departments, and will provide a better basis for discussion of budgets and articles to be submitted at a later date.
Finance Committee members have kept in touch with town activities through the Selectmen, attendance at Selectmen's quarterly meetings, and active participa- tion at other town committee meetings throughout the year. A subcommittee of the Finance Committee met with the School Committee in connection with the prep- aration of their School Budget. A close liaison has been maintained with the Planning Board in accelerating the updating of the Master Plan for the town.
The reserve fund transfers for the present year were as follows:
6/9/65 To take care of a Tuberculosis case $3,650
7/12/65 To accelerate street numbering at request of Post Office Dept. 1,500
9/2/65 To make up deficiency in appropri- ation for updating Master Plan for town 1,600
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11/6/65 Repairs to Harbor Master Boat re- imbursed by insurance 125
11/6/65 Repairs to Channel Markers re- imbursed by private citizen 50
11/6/65 To cover rate increases for town employees covered by Blue Cross- Blue Shield 875
12/14/65 To cover unforeseen expenses in connection with repairs to Flag Poles 280
TOTAL $8,080
Past experience has shown the importance of pro- viding a large reserve fund, particularly due to certain weather conditions during November and December, calling for large expenditures for snow and ice removal. In 1963 a total of $22,283.96 was transferred of which $11,000 was for snow and ice removal. In 1964 a total of $6,633.22 was transferred of which only $1,000 was for snow and ice removal.
The Finance Committee will ask for a Reserve Fund of $25,000 at the next Town Meeting, the same as requested for several years.
The Finance Committee thanks the citizens, Town officials, Department heads and other Committees for their assistance in our deliberations.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES HOLT, Chairman HAROLD L. EMERSON, Vice Chairman JAMES G. KELSO, Secretary-Treasurer ARTHUR V. FAASS LESTER F. HAINES RICHARD C. SCHAFFER GILLIS K. TURNER B. KENDALL WAY ROBERT G. WHITE
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Report of the Town Dump Committee
On the whole, conditions at the Town Dump have been better in 1965 than in previous years, but much remains to be desired. Therefore, the 1966 budget has been increased with the intent of replacing present light- weight wire barriers with a much heavier type wire in order to mantain a better control over the papers depos- ited in the dump area, and not immediately consumed by fire.
More bulldozing should be a part of our 1966 pro- gram. Few contractors are willing to risk expensive equipment in a town dump because the hazard to auto- motive machines is ever present whether rubber tires or track type propulsion is employed. There is always the danger that a bulldozer will operate in an unsafe area and literally be engulfed by a fault.
The facility cannot be maintained and improved unless adequate funds are made available.
Respectfully submitted, PHILIP W. DELANO, JAMES H. W. JENNER CHARLES M. TENNEY, JR.
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Report of the July Fourth Parade
30th Annual Duxbury Days Report
The 30th Annual Duxbury Days sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 223 was very successful in all respects. This past year we entertained some 25,000 people at the Chandler St. Field and some 15,000 along the Parade Route. We also introduced a new act this year by having an animal act for the children which proved successful. The 1966 Duxbury Days Committee have already accepted our recommendation to eliminate the "Horribles" from the parades in the future. After many hours of discussion and favoring Chief Doyle's recom- mendation regarding this action, it was unanimously voted by the Committee to eliminate this portion from , the 1966 Parade.
On behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank the Highway Department, Tree Department, Police De- partment, Fire Department and many individuals who made this 30th Annual Duxbury Days a success. It allowed some six Duxbury organizations the opportunity to build their treasury up so that their obligations could be fulfilled during the year to come. Much of these incomes are spent by giving various scholarships to Dux- bury students at graduation time.
RICHARD C. SCHAFFER Chairman, 30th Annual D.D.
WILLIAM CLARK EDWARD FOISY
ROBERT BARNICOAT RICHARD PRINCE
SUMNER SHANE
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Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
The primary responsibility of the Extension Service is as the law states "to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on the subjects relating to Agriculture and Home Economics and to encourage the application of same."
Resources of the University of Massachusetts and the United States Department of Agriculture are avail- able to the Staff of the Plymouth County Extension Service because of a mutual assistance agreement. Mem- bers of the staff provide educational information per- taining to Agriculture, Home Economics and 4-H Club Work, through correspondence - newspapers and radio - meetings - office and telephone calls - and farm and home visits.
To make this service available to you, funds are pro- vided by the Federal, State and County Governments. Thus the name - Cooperative Extension Service.
In March 1965, the Southeast Extension Region was organized for the purpose of primarily servicing the commercial farmers in the Counties of Barnstable, Bris- tol, Norfolk and Plymouth.
Briefly this means that the Agricultural Agent for- merly servicing Agriculture in one county now services the Southeast Extension Region. He is responsible for one or two commodity programs only, i.e. Dairy and Livestock; Poultry and Turkeys; Fruit and Vegetables; Floriculture; Nurseries; Misc. Horticulture.
By concentrating on his particular program (s) the agent can keep up-to-date on the latest research; receive advanced training at the University of Massachusetts and offer the farmer a more effective service.
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Make full use of the Extension Service, but remem- ber that although the Extension Service furnishes the information, it is you who makes the decision as to how the information may be used to best advantage.
Requests for information can be directed to the Plymouth County Extension Service, Court House, Brock- ton, Massachusetts, 02401.
The Board of Trustees, appointed by the Plymouth County Commissioners, administer the Plymouth County Extension Service program and is composed of the fol- lowing members:
Mr. Gilbert Blackledge, Whitman, Chairman
Mr. George Ridder, East Bridgewater
Mr. Robert Chisholm, West Bridgewater Mr. Lewis Billings, Plympton
Mrs. Mabel Chandler, Duxbury Mr. John Duffy, Halifax
Mrs. Gladys Gibbs, Hanover
Mr. Robert Hammond, Wareham
Mr. Fred Freidenfeld, Middleboro
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Assessors' Statistical Report
1965 Tax Rate - $41.00 per $1,000.00
Number of Houses Assessed
2405
Cows
3
Horses
13
Neat cattle other than cows
2
Fowl
1000
Sheep
33
Persons Assessed on Property
4869
Acres of Land
12,450.68
Valuation:
of Buildings
23,382.640.
of Land
5,490,670.
Total Real Estate
28,873,310.00
Valuation of Personal Property
1,974,690.00
Total Valuation
$30,848,000.00
Increase in Real Estate
937,560.00
Decrease in Personal Estate
98,360.00
Net Increase in Valuation
839,200.00
County Tax
64,259.57
Plymouth County Hospital
16,970.75
State Audit
116.12
State Parks and Reservations
4,802.45
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
186.55
Health Insurance, State Retirees
307.85
Tax on Real Estate
$1,183,805.71
Tax on Personal Estate
80,962.29
Total Taxes Assessed
1,264,768.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Rate - $66.00 per $1,000.00
Motor Vehicle Excise 1965
181,204.88
Sea Wall Assessments committed
200.21
Special Assessment Interest Committed 80.09
1965 Water Liens added to taxes
3,818.37
Report of the Town Collector
Coll. after
Balance 1-1-64
Committed Refunds Abatement
1957 Taxes
$31.88
1962 Taxes
8.25
1963 Taxes
$1,025.91
$6.60
51.12
1964 Taxes
59,605.67
$5,256.06
3,747.68
45.10
1965 Taxes
1,447,597.98
14,379.71
.
Departmental Accounts
20,636.52
138,284.30
137.51
$81,968.10
$1,591,138.34
$18,271.50 $136.35
$1,690,814.29
Paid to Treasurer $31.88 8.25 606.23
Abated
Water Liens Trans. to Trans. to Tax Title Real Estate
Guaranty Deposits Trans. to Serv. Conn.
Balance 12-31-65
1957 Taxes
1962 Taxes
1963 Taxes
$477.40 $11,208.65
$259.53
$863.73
1965 Taxes
1,365.550.24
50,174.48
733.90
45,519.07
Departmental Accounts
110,877.53
482.01
$3,818.37
$5,306.06
38,574.36
$1,533,396.73
$62,342.54 $993.43 $3,818.37
$5306.06
$84,957.16 $1,690,814.29
Water Guaranty Deposits
$5,604.92
Interest Collected
1,356.26
Fees Collected
1,242.00
Costs Collected
7.50
Mis. Income
6.00
Total Collected and paid to Town Treasurer
$1,541,613.41
Respectfully submitted,
WESLEY B. STUART, Town Collector.
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1964 Taxes
56,322.60
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Historic District Committee
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Duxbury, Massachusetts
By authority of the Selectmen of Duxbury vested in them by laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (specifically by Chapter 40C of Acts of 1960) Mrs. Doro- thy Wentworth, Miss Isabelle V. Freeman, Mrs. David L. Patten, Mr. Gordon L. Cushing, Mr. Bowman Graton, Mr. Russell W. Edwards and Mr. D. D. Walker were appointed members of an Historic District Committee for the purpose of making investigation and a report on the site of the first John Alden house.
This committee has met, has inspected the first John Alden house site and recommends the necessary steps be taken to make this site an historic district as defined by said Act.
Our report on the historic significance of said site (located on Town land shown as Lot 7-C in Block R of the Duxbury Assessors' Map) follows:
From Governor Bradford's writings in 1651 is estab- lished the fact that John Alden was among the Duxbury Pilgrims; that he here married Priscilla Mullins and that they had 11 children.
From Plymouth Colony Records dated April, 1632 it is ascertained that John Alden with Brewster, Prence and Standish removed from Duxbury to Plymouth dur- ing the winter months for the better worship of God.
As to the land holdings of John Alden, from Plym- outh Colony Records dated December 4, 1637 and 1638, these holdings are ascertained to have been laid out by Governor Bradford, Edward Winslow, Joshua Pratt and Edward Bangs. From careful perusal of this layout it
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is shown that John Alden's grants generally comprised the region bounded southerly by lands of Edward Hunt, Hounds Ditch, Experience Mitchell and Blew Fish River; easterly in part at least by land of Samuel Nash; north- erly in part at least by lands of Philip Delanoye; and westerly by Greens Harbor Path. The area thus de- scribed certainly includes Lot 7-C, Block R of the Dux- bury Assessors' Map. And our locus, i.e. the first John Alden house site, is located near the southerly side of the area defined and about midway between the east and west sides.
That John Alden's house was in existence as early as May 2, 1637 is substantiated by entry in Plymouth Colony Records on that day in describing the highway leading from Plymouth to Duxbury which highway is described in said Records as passing from Henry How- land's house on the east side through the marsh to Mr. Alden's house; thence through a valley to a corner of Phillip Delanoy's field.
Further confirming evidence that Lot 7-C, Block R embraces our locus is had from the source of Windsor's History of Duxbury in 1849 which history states that John Alden removed to Duxbury in 1631 and settled on land near Blue Fish River; that he built his house on a rise of land near Eagletree Pond, near the dyke. Before memory of our oldest living inhabitants a stone and bronze marker was erected (which still stands) to indi- cate this historic site. This marker quite possibly was erected by the Wrights after acquiring about 201/2 acres of land from Walter F. Cushman et al in 1882 and it is interesting to note that archaeological investigation of 1963 proves the house site to be about 75 feet southeast of the commemorative marker.
The Alden Kindred of America, Inc. realizing the historic significance of the site of this early house and the importance of further scientific investigation for more
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complete knowledge concerning it asked permission from the Town of Duxbury through the Board of Selectmen to excavate and search archaeologically the lands south of the school property. This request was granted by the Selectmen in 1960 with the understanding that any arti- facts found would remain property of Alden Kindred of America, Inc. and be on display for the general public benefit.
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