Old Dartmouth
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Old Dartmouth was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts settled by Europeans. It was purchased on behalf of the Plymouth Colony in 1652 from the indigenous Wampanoag people. The lands included
Purchase deed from November 29, 1652, for Old Dartmouth.
Gosnold at Cuttyhunk, 1602 by Albert Bierstadt (Oil on canvas. 1858. New Bedford Whaling Museum.)
English colonists residing in Old Dartmouth garrisoned at Russell Garrison June 1675 fearing an attack from the Pokanoket in King Philip's War.
Little Compton, Rhode Island
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Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, an
Town Common and the United Congregational Church
Wilbor House, built in 1692, is now the headquarters of the Little Compton Historical Society and a museum
Town Hall (right) and the former schoolhouse which is now connected to it are part of the Little Compton Common Historic District
View of Sakonnet Harbor