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Dana family maps and plans, 1760-1912. Scope and Content: This collection contains maps and plans chiefly pertaining to Cambridge, Massachusetts and surrounding areas in Middlesex County, such as Boston and the Charles River. The cartographic materials span over four centuries, from 1635 to 2005.
Apr 17, 2024 · Newton, city, Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Charles River just west of Boston and comprises several villages. It was originally part of Cambridge until separately incorporated in 1688. The city is noted for its educational institutions.
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Aug 20, 2008 · History of Newton, Massachusetts : town and city, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1630-1880 : Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808-1895 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Newtowne, as Cambridge was called by the colonists until 1638, was laid out in an orderly grid of streets, bounded today by Eliot Square and Linden Street, Massachusetts Avenue and the River. Each family owned a house lot in the village, planting fields outside, and a share in the common land.
As had been the norm for the first generation of Massachusetts towns, Cambridge had originally comprised an enormous tract of land, taking in the present-day towns of Newton, Lexington, Billerica, Arlington, and Brighton, as well as parts of Watertown.
The Newton Free Library has the Newton Times on microfilm (v. 1, #1, Sept. 8, 1971-v. 9, #22, Jan. 23, 1980), as well as 51 boxes of photographs from the newspaper’s archive and a collection of mock-up maps used with articles.
May 30, 2021 · First settled in 1630 by Thomas Dudley, who wanted to make Newtown the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Cambridge was later incorporated as a town in the colony about six years later. The following is a timeline of the history of Cambridge: 1630: In December, Newtown is settled by Thomas Dudley. 1631:
