[Rarebooks] FS: 200 Years of Cambridge Mass. as of 1859-

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"Two Hundred Years Ago; or, A Brief History of Cambridgeport and East
Cambridge, with notices of some of the early settlers. A Christmas and
Birthday Gift for Young persons"

By Sophia S. Simpson. Published in Boston by Otis Clapp: 1859.

An interesting informal history of Cambridgeport through the 17th and 18th
centuries, including some reminiscences of the author’s life there as a
girl in the early 19th century. Perhaps most interesting is her vivid and
memorable account of the “Great Gale” (a Category 3 hurricane) of
September 23, 1815.

Hardcover. 5”x6”, 111 pages, woodcut frontispiece of the Inman House and 1
black & white illustration of the Vassal House on Mt. Auburn Street
(below). Publisher’s embossed blue cloth with a fancy gilt urn on the
cover and elaborate gilt spine decorations. Covers somewhat rubbed, top
and base of spine a bit threadbare. A few period pencil notations.  $200~

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