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History of Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA

(East Sandwich) (Forestdale)

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Where is Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA?

• 1630 - Sandwich is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1639 - Sandwich is incorporated
  Oldest town on Cape Cod
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
•  1672 - June 25 - 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
  
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  June 25, 1672
  
  
• 2. SANDWICH. [Pop. 3,719. Inc. 1639.]
  Sandwich was settled by persons from Saugus, then a part of Lynn.
  
  The soil is better than that of other towns in the county, which grows...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Sandwich
  Sandwich, a post-village in Barnstable co., Massachusetts, on Cope Cod bay, at the terminus of the Cape Cod Branch railroad, 66 miles S. £. from...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1883 - An Old Lady Burned to Death.
  SANDWICH, Mass., Oct. 4.- Mrs. Sally Ransted, widow of the late John Ransted, aged 80, and an invalid, was burned to death today, her clothing taking ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1887 - Glass Manufacturers Back to Work
  The recent difference between the glass manufacturers of Sandwich, Mass., and their employes has been settled by mutual agreement and amicable...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Sandwich Massachusetts, 1890
  Sandwich lies on the southwest side of Cape Cod Bay, in the northwestern part of Barnstable county, and is 62 miles from Boston on the Cape Cod...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Town Hall & Soldiers' Monument, Eaton Square
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• 1895 - Sandwich
  Sandwich, a post-village in Sandwich township, Barn stable co., Mass., on Cape Cod Bay, and on the Cape Cod division of the Old Colony Railroad, 62...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Town Hall Square, Sandwich, Mass.
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  Town Hall
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  Shawme Lake and Congregational Church, Sandwich, Mass.
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• 1906
  Sandwich, a post-village in Sandwich township (town), Barnstable co., Mass. on Cape Cod Bay and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 15 miles...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Cotuit Road
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  A Bit of Shawnee Lake from Lovers' Nook
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  Weston Memorial Library
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  Unitarian Church, 1923
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  St. John's Episcopal Church
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  The Old Mill
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