The story of dogtown Vol. 1-1896

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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


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