# Wessagusset and Weymouth

Author: Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915; Adams, Charles Francis, 1866-1954; Nash, Gilbert, 1825-1888

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69679

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Wessagusset+and+Weymouth+Adams&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Full in sight of the spot where we are now gathered,--almost at the foot of King-Oak Hill,--stands that portion of the ancient town of Weymouth, known from time immemorial as the village of Old Spain. When or why it was first so called is wholly unknown,--scarcely a tradition even remains to suggest to us an origin of the name. None the less Old Spain well deserved a portion at least of that familiar title, for, next to the town of Plymouth, it is the oldest settlement in Massachusetts. And when we speak of the oldest settlements in Massachusetts, we speak of communities which may fairly lay claim to a very respectable degree of antiquity; not of the greatest, it is true, for all antiquit...

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wessagusset-and-weymouth-69679/chapters/14/index.md)