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Chatham, Barnstable, MA
Explorer Samuel de Champlain landed here in October 1606 at a place he christened "Port Fortuné", where he contacted (and skirmished with) the Nauset. Twelve years later another group of Europeans gave it the name "Sutcliffe's Inlets". Neither name stuck, and the location was not permanently occupied by Europeans until English settlers reached Monomoit in 1664. The town was incorporated on 11 June 1712, at which point it was renamed after Chatham, Kent, England. kids.kiddle.co
Chatham includes: Windmere, Chathamport, Harding Corner Station, and Monomoy.
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- 1665 - Chatham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1712 - Chatham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - CHATHAM. [Pop. 2,334. Inc. 1712.]
Chatham was called, by the Indians, Monamoy.
Between the sand-hills are numerous ponds, and one hill, called Great Hill, is a prominent ob...Read MORE... - 1854 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-township of Barnstable county, Massachusetts, 80 miles S. £. from Boston. Population, 2439.
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. - 1859
CHATHAM, a township in Barnstable co., in the state of Massachusetts, on the SE point of Cape Cod. Its inhabitants are chiefly employed in the fisheri...Read MORE... - Chatham Massachusetts, 1890
Chatham occupies the extreme southeastern angle alike of Cape Cod and of Barnstable County; and, being indented by numerous coves, harbors, creeks and...Read MORE... - 1895 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-village of Barnstable co, Mass., is in Chatham township, and on the ocean, at the southeastern point of the peninsula called Cape Cod,...Read MORE... 
Ruins of the Chatham Light, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Chatham, a poet-village of Barnstable co., Mass., in Chatham township (town), on the Atlantic Ocean, at the southeastern point of Cape Cod peninsula, ...Read MORE... 
Joseph C. Lincoln's Home at Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass.
"Joseph Crosby Lincoln (February 13, 1870 – March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared... Read MORE...
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Chatham, Massachusetts, USA
 - Ruins of the Chatham Light, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.)
Ruins of the Chatham Light, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Chatham, Massachusetts, USA
 - Dill Street)
Dill Street
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Chatham, Massachusetts, USA
 - Main Street)
Main Street
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Chatham, Massachusetts, USA
 - Joseph C. Lincoln's Home at Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass.
"Joseph Crosby Lincoln (February 13, 1870 – March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator...
In Chatham, he lived in a shingle-style house named "Crosstrees" that was located on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean..." wikipedia)
Joseph C. Lincoln's Home at Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass.
"Joseph Crosby Lincoln (February 13, 1870 – March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared... Read MORE...
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1665 - Chatham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1712 - Chatham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - CHATHAM. [Pop. 2,334. Inc. 1712.]
Chatham was called, by the Indians, Monamoy.
Between the sand-hills are numerous ponds, and one hill, called Great Hill, is a prominent... Read MORE...
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1854 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-township of Barnstable county, Massachusetts, 80 miles S. £. from Boston. Population, 2439.
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.
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1859
CHATHAM, a township in Barnstable co., in the state of Massachusetts, on the SE point of Cape Cod. Its inhabitants are chiefly employed in the... Read MORE...
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Chatham Massachusetts, 1890
Chatham occupies the extreme southeastern angle alike of Cape Cod and of Barnstable County; and, being indented by numerous coves, harbors, creeks... Read MORE...
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1895 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-village of Barnstable co, Mass., is in Chatham township, and on the ocean, at the southeastern point of the peninsula called Cape... Read MORE...
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1916
Chatham, a poet-village of Barnstable co., Mass., in Chatham township (town), on the Atlantic Ocean, at the southeastern point of Cape Cod peninsula, ... Read MORE...
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