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Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Route 1 at Saugus-Melrose line, Saugus · location approximate

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Before 1615 headquarters of Nanepashemet, Chief of the Nipmuc tribes. Here were established in 1643 the first Ironworks in New England, called Hammersmith, organized by John Winthrop, Junior and managed by Richard Leader an ironmaster of Ireland.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

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

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