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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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- 1632 - Marshfield is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1640 - Marshfield is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
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- 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
www.marshfield.net/ History/ markers.html - 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 i...Read MORE... 
Marshfield, Mass. Webster Burial Plot. Grave of Daniel Webster.
Postcard- 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 of...Read MORE... 
The Original Daniel Webster House, 1859, Marshfield, Mass.
Postcard- 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 an...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- 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 the...Read MORE... 
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...
Postcard- 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 b...Read MORE... 
Ocean Street, Ocean Bluff, Marshfield, Mass.
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Beach Scene, Brant Rock, Marshfield, Mass.
Postcard- 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... - 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 bo...Read MORE... 
Four Corners, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1906
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Church and Cottages, Brant Rock, Mass.
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Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass., Looking North, 1908
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The Bluff, Brant Rock
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McLauhthlin's Store and Post Office, Green Harbor
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Prospect Street looking South, Marshfield Hills
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Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass. from Zion's Hill
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Beach Scene, Green Harbor, Mass.
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Damon's Candy Factory, Marshfield Hills, Mass.
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Highland Street, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1910
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The Depot, Marshfield, Mass.
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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...
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Unitarian Church, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1913
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Main Street, G.A.R. Hall, Marshfield Hills
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The Fieldston on the Atlantic
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Post Office
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Town Hall
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Winslow House, built around 1699)
Winslow House, built around 1699
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Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Monument dedicated to Early Settlers of Green Harbor, MA located in Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, MA)
Monument dedicated to Early Settlers of Green Harbor, MA located in Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, MA
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Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Marshfield, Mass. Webster Burial Plot. Grave of Daniel Webster.)
Marshfield, Mass. Webster Burial Plot. Grave of Daniel Webster.
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Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - The Original Daniel Webster House, 1859, Marshfield, Mass.)
The Original Daniel Webster House, 1859, Marshfield, Mass.
Read more about Daniel WEBSTER
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - 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 congregation closer to their homes.
The Marshfield church was “the second church of God that issued out of the church of Plymouth,” the first being in Duxbury...
The Marshfield congregation is now considered the oldest continuing Trinitarian Congregational church in America...
Edward Winslow, a Mayflower Pilgrim and governor of the Plymouth Colony, was a founder of the church. His marriage to the widow Susannah White in 1621 was the first in the colony. She was the mother of Peregrine White, the first child born to the Pilgrims in the New World on the Mayflower in 1620. Peregrine White became a member of the congregation in 1698. A son of Edward and Susannah, Josiah Winslow, later became the governor of Plymouth Colony...
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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...
Read more about Edward WINSLOW
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Ocean Street, Ocean Bluff, Marshfield, Mass.)
Ocean Street, Ocean Bluff, Marshfield, Mass.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Beach Scene, Brant Rock, Marshfield, Mass.)
Beach Scene, Brant Rock, Marshfield, Mass.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Four Corners, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1906)
Four Corners, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1906
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Church and Cottages, Brant Rock, Mass.)
Church and Cottages, Brant Rock, Mass.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass., Looking North, 1908)
Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass., Looking North, 1908
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - The Bluff, Brant Rock)
The Bluff, Brant Rock
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - McLauhthlin's Store and Post Office, Green Harbor)
McLauhthlin's Store and Post Office, Green Harbor
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Prospect Street looking South, Marshfield Hills)
Prospect Street looking South, Marshfield Hills
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass. from Zion's Hill)
Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass. from Zion's Hill
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Beach Scene, Green Harbor, Mass.)
Beach Scene, Green Harbor, Mass.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Damon's Candy Factory, Marshfield Hills, Mass.)
Damon's Candy Factory, Marshfield Hills, Mass.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Highland Street, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1910)
Highland Street, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1910
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - The Depot, Marshfield, Mass.)
The Depot, Marshfield, Mass.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - 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 pastries, ice cream, confectionaries, stationery, periodicals, bathing suits, boots and fishing tackle "for sale or to let." A wooden walk ran between Capen's and the beach bluff in those days. The store became Briggs & Maxwell in 1907. Later it Became Whitman & Wright, then Wright and Starrett's general store, but it was known far and wide as Bessie's for Bessie Wright...
Marshfield, a Town of Villages, 1640-1990
By Cynthia Hagar Krusell, Betty Magoun Bates, 1990)
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...
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Unitarian Church, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1913)
Unitarian Church, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1913
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Main Street, G.A.R. Hall, Marshfield Hills)
Main Street, G.A.R. Hall, Marshfield Hills
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - The Fieldston on the Atlantic)
The Fieldston on the Atlantic
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Post Office)
Post Office
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Town Hall)
Town Hall
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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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