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29366. Barnard, Ruth L. A History of Early Orleans. Taunton. 1975.

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29366. Barnard, Ruth L. A History of Early Orleans. Taunton. 1975.

29366. Barnard, Ruth L. A History of Early Orleans. Taunton. 1975. Limited edition. 158p. Stiff maroon wraps. Published for The Orleans Historical Society, this is a very nice collectible historical / genealogical limited edition reference covering the history of early Orleans from the “first comers in 1644” to the early years of the Twentieth Century. Numerous chapters cover: The Indians at Plymouth, “First Comers” in 1644; The Second Pilgrim Settlement at Nauset; Eastham’s Mayflower Passengers; “Second Comers” to Nauset; Tracts of Land Granted to New Comers; “Second Comer” Richard Knowles; First Settlers in the Bay Colony; Early Town Records of South Precinct of Eastham; The Early Church; Early Schools; The Wreck of the Pirate Ship “Whidah”; South Precinct Church, Residents in Tonset at Division of Orleans from Eastham 1797; Residents in Central Part of Orleans 1797; Residents at Rock Harbor 1797; Residents at Namskaket 1797; Residents at South Orleans 1797; The War of the Revolution; Isaac Snow Revolutionary War Patriot; Revolutionary War Men listed as Eastham; Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Orleans Cemetery; Whalers and Fishermen; Windmills and Tidemills; Saltworks; War of 1812 and the Battle of Rock Harbor; “War Asea and Ashore”; Orleans Men in the Civil War; United States Life Saving Service (U.S.L.S.S.); Wrecks on Nauset Shores; Orleans Congregational Church Records, Sea-Faring Wives and Daughters; Shore Biographies of some of the Sea-Faring Men; Captain Joseph H. Cummings; Captain Josiah Sparrow Cummings; Captain Seth Doane; The Kendrick-Kenrick Families; Alonzo, Seth and Simeon Kingman; Captain Dean Gray Linnell; Captain Ebenezer Harding Linnell; Captain John Linnell; Valentine Sherman; David Snow; Captain Edwin A. Studley; Captain Joseph D. Taylor; Captain Joshua N. Taylor, The Baptist Church; The Reformed Methodist Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church; The Universalist Church; Inns and Some Houses; Some Snow Families; Orleans Centennial Celebration, Bay View Park; Orleans Libraries; The French Telegraph Cable Company; Early Nineteen Hundreds; A “Reuben’s Time”; “Bake” Shops; The “Meat Cart”; Notes from Town Reports; The Enemy on Orleans Doorstep July 21, 1918. Illustrations include: Old Northeast School, South District School, Orleans 1888 or 89, East Orleans Mill. Salt Works at Eastham, Soldiers’ Monument on Monument Road, Orleans Life Saving Station, Captain Joseph D. Taylor’s House, later Barley Neck Inn, David H. Bessom’s Store, established by Lot Higgins, View of town looking north circa 1890, The Shattuck House Hotel, W.H. Snow and Sons store circa 1920, French Cable Station 1890, Railroad Station Orleans, Maps on endpapers from 1880 and 1907, and more. Only very light rubbing at corner, overall clean and tight. (VG+). $68.