The Story of Dogtown.
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Stanwood
or tlie
Langsford house and
street past the old
" Castle," over the
Commons
Morgan
road to the
brook, just beyond the " Castle," and thence follow the road along until, to
if
It is
comes
another brook crossing the road on higher ground,
he will soon notice at the
tiie
top of which
is
is
On
a cellar.
as in the case of
This
is
famous
Near
many
the houses.
of Peter Lurvey.
in the pasture,
it is
I
hero of the episode
a lilac
cellars, all
a
from
from
bush and
also,
gooseberry bush.
together,
First of
as
Annisquam
this hill, quite a distance
the site of what, taken of
is
known
is
obtained a fine view of
and Ipswich Bay. the road,
what
left
A high hill
" Beech Pasture."
in
the wet season, he
all it
the
is
was
the
most
home
have already said that he was the
commemorated by Hiram Rich
"Morgan Stanwood."
Babson says
father,
his
Peter Lurvey, removed from Ipswich to Gloucester in 1707.
In 17 10 he married Rachel Elwell, and our
Peter was one of eight sons, the elder ancestor of
all
Peter
being
the Lurveys in Gloucester.
Peter Lurvey, the Revolutionary patriot, married a sister of
Abraham Wharf, who
house beyond.
On August
lived
Bunker
Hill, chased a
ester harbor,
the next
8, i775? the British sloop-
of-war Falcon, which had assisted of
in
Salem schooner
where she grounded on the
capture
the
in
into
flats
Glouc-
between