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History of Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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(Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock)
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Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
In 1906, Reginald Fessenden delivered the first AM radio broadcast. It was transmitted from Brant Rock in Marshfield.
Marshfield includes: Green Harbor, Highlands (Marshfield Hills), Little Bridge, Littletown, Mars Hill, Ocean Bluff, Rexhame, Sea View, Standish, Tilden Island, Trouant's Island, Brant Rock, Ferry Hill, and Fieldston.
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Winslow House, built around 1699
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Monument dedicated to Early Settlers of Green Harbor, MA located in Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, MA
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Marshfield, Mass. Webster Burial Plot. Grave of Daniel Webster.
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The Original Daniel Webster House, 1859, Marshfield, Mass.
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First Congregational Church (Organized 1632)
In 1632, only twelve years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, some families had settled permanently in the Marshfield area. At their request, the church leaders allowed them to establish a... Read MORE...
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Post Office and General Store (Whitman & Wright), Ocean Bluff, Mass.
Up at the Bluff in 1900, S.G. Capen's Store sold the latest goods and souvenirs popular with vacationers. His merchandise included groceries, tinware, cigars, tobacco, bread and ... Read MORE...
History, News and Stories of Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA

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1632 - Marshfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1640 - Marshfield is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1773 - Tea Rock Hill - On this Hill in December 1773 the Staunch Whig Jeremiah Lowe Applied the Torch and Burned the Tea Confiscated by the Patriots from Public and Private Stores in the Town of Marshfield
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1845 - MARSHFIELD. [Pop. 1,761. Inc. 1641.]
Marshfield belonged to Plymouth till 1640, and was called Rexham.
It is pleasantly situated on North and South Rivers, and does something... Read MORE...
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1854 - Marshfield
Marsiifield, a post-township of Plymouth co., Massachusetts, on Massachusetts bay, 28 miles S. E. by S. from Boston. The farm and country residence... Read MORE...
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1867 - The Marshfield Fair was established in 1862 by the South Marshfield Farmer's Club.
Later called the Fairgrounds Association, it was incorporated as the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society in 1867. The inspiration for... Read MORE...
1869 - There is now living in Marshfield, Mass., an aged couple who are enjoying their 75th year of married life. There are both well, and bid fair to celebrate their diamond wedding.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 13, 1869
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Marshfield Massachusetts, 1890
Marshfield is a beautiful seaboard town in the northeastern part of Plymouth County, about 30 miles southeast of Boston on the South Shore line of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Marshfield
Marshfield, a post-township of Plymouth co., Mass., about 28 miles S.E. of Boston, is bounded on the N.E. by Massachusetts Bay, and intersected by a... Read MORE...
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1906
Marshfield, a post-township (town and village) of Plymouth co., Mass., about 28 miles SE. of Boston, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., is... Read MORE...
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1906 - Reginald Fessenden - First AM Radio Broadcast
Fessenden reported that on the evening of December 24, 1906 (Christmas Eve), he had made the first of two radio broadcasts of music and entertainment ... Read MORE...
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