Moswetuset Hummock

Moswetuset Hummock is a Massachusetts historical marker in Quincy, Norfolk County, dedicated 1930.

Quincy Shore Reservation and Squantum Street, Quincy · location approximate

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Moswetuset Hummock was the seat of Chickatawbut, Sagamore of the Massachusetts Indians; adjoining were their planting grounds. "Massachusetts" means "at the Great (Blue) Hills." With Chickatawbut Governor Winthrop made a treaty which was never broken.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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Historical maps covering this location

1884 · Boston Harbor. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1920 · Rand McNally official 1920 auto trails map (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1923 · Quincy urban atlas (1923) (Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library)
1923 · Atlas of the city of Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1950 · Maps from General plan for Boston (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Boston Harbor, 1884, covering the location of Moswetuset Hummock, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Boston Harbor, 1884, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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

Moswetuset Hummock

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