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Blessing of the Bay

Middlesex County · dedicated 1930 · Mystic Avenue, Somerville · location approximate

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Here Governor John Winthrop built a bark of thirty-six tons, named the "Blessing of the Bay," which was launched July 4, 1631. This was probably the first vessel built in Massachusetts.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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