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TITLE: "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.

DISCUSSION: 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.

DESCRIPTION: 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.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers somewhat rubbed, top and base of spine a bit
threadbare. A few period pencil notations.

PRICE: $150~

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