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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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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Winslow House, built around 1699){kind=small}
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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 (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 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... Read MORE...
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Ocean Street, Ocean Bluff, Marshfield, Mass.
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Beach Scene, Brant Rock, Marshfield, Mass.
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Four Corners, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1906
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Ocean Street, Brant Rock, Mass.
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Church and Cottages, Brant Rock, Mass.
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass., Looking North, 1908){kind=small}
Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass., Looking North, 1908
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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Adelaide Phillips' House, Marshfield, 1908){kind=small}
Adelaide Phillips' House, Marshfield, 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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 (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock) - Highland Street, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1910){kind=small}
Highland Street, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1910
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The Depot, Marshfield, Mass.
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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
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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 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
Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Fish Cove, Green Harbor
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Unitarian Church, Marshfield Hills, Mass., 1913
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Unitarian Church, Marshfield Mills
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The New Casino, Ocean Bluff, Mass.
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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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Discover Marshfield: History, News, Travel, and Stories
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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1839 - Marshfield
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Plymouth county. A pleasant town on Massachusetts bay, 25 miles S.E. from Boston and 15 N. by W. from Plymouth. It is watered by North and South rivers, and has a tolerable harbor, and some navigation. Ship building is an important branch of business in the town. Here are two cotton mills, an air and cupola furnace, a nail factory, and manufactures of cotton and satinet warp.
Peregrine White, the first English child born in New England, died here in 1704, aged 83. Incorporated, 1640. Population, 1837, 1,660.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Plymouth county. A pleasant town on Massachusetts bay, 25 miles S.E. from Boston and 15 N. by W. from Plymouth. It is watered by North and South rivers, and has a tolerable harbor, and some navigation. Ship building is an important branch of business in the town. Here are two cotton mills, an air and cupola furnace, a nail factory, and manufactures of cotton and satinet warp.
Peregrine White, the first English child born in New England, died here in 1704, aged 83. Incorporated, 1640. Population, 1837, 1,660.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
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 in ship-building, navigation, and manufactures.
It is chiefly distinguished as the burial-place of Peregrine White, the first child born after the arrival of the Pilgrims; and as the residence of Daniel Webster, usually called 'The Defender of the Constitution,' and, in a higher sense, the first son of New England.
Distance from Plymouth, 15 miles ; from Boston, 25.
An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
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Marshfield belonged to Plymouth till 1640, and was called Rexham.
It is pleasantly situated on North and South Rivers, and does something in ship-building, navigation, and manufactures.
It is chiefly distinguished as the burial-place of Peregrine White, the first child born after the arrival of the Pilgrims; and as the residence of Daniel Webster, usually called 'The Defender of the Constitution,' and, in a higher sense, the first son of New England.
Distance from Plymouth, 15 miles ; from Boston, 25.
An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
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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 of the late Daniel Webster is in the S. part, about 12 miles N. from Plymouth. Population, 1837.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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 the late Daniel Webster is in the S. part, about 12 miles N. from Plymouth. Population, 1837.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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 agricultural fair in this area came from Daniel Webster...
Marshfield
Images of America
Authors Cynthia Hagar Krusell, John J. Galluzzo
Publisher Arcadia Publishing, 2007
ISBN 0738545724, 9780738545721
Page 84
Later called the Fairgrounds Association, it was incorporated as the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society in 1867. The inspiration for an agricultural fair in this area came from Daniel Webster...
Marshfield
Images of America
Authors Cynthia Hagar Krusell, John J. Galluzzo
Publisher Arcadia Publishing, 2007
ISBN 0738545724, 9780738545721
Page 84
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
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 Old Colony Railroad. Norwell lies on the northwest and north, Scituate on the north, the ocean on the east, Duxbury on the south and southwest, with Pembroke west of the middle section. The assessed area is 15,908 acres, of which 3,616 acres are woodland.
North River forms the divisional line from Norwell on the west, and by a right-angled turn on the north also, and from Scituate; with a turn at the northeast corner of the town as sharply southward, where a long narrow peninsula of Scituate separates it from the sea as far as the middle point of Marshfield on the east side. At this point comes in South River, flowing across the town from North Duxbury, the two rivers entering the sea together. In the southern part of the town is Cut River, coming from the centre of Duxbury, then making its way between two hills in Marshfield, and... Read MORE...
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 Old Colony Railroad. Norwell lies on the northwest and north, Scituate on the north, the ocean on the east, Duxbury on the south and southwest, with Pembroke west of the middle section. The assessed area is 15,908 acres, of which 3,616 acres are woodland.
North River forms the divisional line from Norwell on the west, and by a right-angled turn on the north also, and from Scituate; with a turn at the northeast corner of the town as sharply southward, where a long narrow peninsula of Scituate separates it from the sea as far as the middle point of Marshfield on the east side. At this point comes in South River, flowing across the town from North Duxbury, the two rivers entering the sea together. In the southern part of the town is Cut River, coming from the centre of Duxbury, then making its way between two hills in Marshfield, and... Read MORE...
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 branch of the Old Colony Railroad. It contains villages named Marshfield (once the place of residence of Daniel Webster) and East Marshfield, and has manufactures of boxes and shoes. Pop. 1817. Marshfield Station is 34 miles and Marshfield Centre 32 miles by rail from Boston.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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 branch of the Old Colony Railroad. It contains villages named Marshfield (once the place of residence of Daniel Webster) and East Marshfield, and has manufactures of boxes and shoes. Pop. 1817. Marshfield Station is 34 miles and Marshfield Centre 32 miles by rail from Boston.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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 bounded on the NE. by Massachusetts Bay. It is a summer-resort. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1810; of the village, about 400.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 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 bounded on the NE. by Massachusetts Bay. It is a summer-resort. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1810; of the village, about 400.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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 to a general audience, using the alternator-transmitter at Brant Rock (Marshfield).
TELEPHONING WITHOUT WIRE
Another Miracle is Almost Ready for Commercial Use
(From the Denver News)
Hard upon the heels of wireless telegraphy comes the news that telephoning without the aid of wires is within sight. Reginald Fessenden has been conducting experiments in this line since 1898, and his latest and most successful test has been to carry on a conversation without wires over a distance of 10 miles. Plainly, if this can be done for 10 miles greater distances will require nothing more than greater perfection in the instruments used, and another thing that our grandmothers would have regarded as a miracle is almost ready to be stocked and bonded. Some of the difficulties in the way of this achievement may be appreciated from a brief... Read MORE...
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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 to a general audience, using the alternator-transmitter at Brant Rock (Marshfield).
TELEPHONING WITHOUT WIRE
Another Miracle is Almost Ready for Commercial Use
(From the Denver News)
Hard upon the heels of wireless telegraphy comes the news that telephoning without the aid of wires is within sight. Reginald Fessenden has been conducting experiments in this line since 1898, and his latest and most successful test has been to carry on a conversation without wires over a distance of 10 miles. Plainly, if this can be done for 10 miles greater distances will require nothing more than greater perfection in the instruments used, and another thing that our grandmothers would have regarded as a miracle is almost ready to be stocked and bonded. Some of the difficulties in the way of this achievement may be appreciated from a brief... Read MORE...
Read more about Reginald Aubrey FESSENDEN
Marshfield has something for everyone. Here's a list of places to go and things to do in Marshfield:
1. Rexhame Beach: Start your visit by hitting the beach. Rexhame Beach is one of Marshfield's most popular spots. It offers miles of sandy shores where you can swim, sunbathe, and take leisurely walks along the shoreline. Don't forget to bring your beach chairs and sunscreen.
2. Brant Rock Beach: Another fantastic beach option is Brant Rock Beach. It's known for its scenic views and is a great place to watch the sunset. You can also explore the nearby Brant Rock Village, which has some charming shops and restaurants.
3. Green Harbor Beach: If you prefer a quieter beach experience, head to Green Harbor Beach. It's a hidden gem, often less crowded than the other beaches in town. Perfect for a peaceful day by the water.
4. Marshfield Hills: Take a stroll through Marshfield Hills, a historic village with picturesque homes and lovely gardens. It's a great place for a leisurely walk, and you can also visit the Winslow House, a colonial-era home that offers tours.
5. Daniel... Read MORE...
1. Rexhame Beach: Start your visit by hitting the beach. Rexhame Beach is one of Marshfield's most popular spots. It offers miles of sandy shores where you can swim, sunbathe, and take leisurely walks along the shoreline. Don't forget to bring your beach chairs and sunscreen.
2. Brant Rock Beach: Another fantastic beach option is Brant Rock Beach. It's known for its scenic views and is a great place to watch the sunset. You can also explore the nearby Brant Rock Village, which has some charming shops and restaurants.
3. Green Harbor Beach: If you prefer a quieter beach experience, head to Green Harbor Beach. It's a hidden gem, often less crowded than the other beaches in town. Perfect for a peaceful day by the water.
4. Marshfield Hills: Take a stroll through Marshfield Hills, a historic village with picturesque homes and lovely gardens. It's a great place for a leisurely walk, and you can also visit the Winslow House, a colonial-era home that offers tours.
5. Daniel... Read MORE...
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