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Boston History
The History of Boston
The first English immigrant to settle in Boston was the Reverend William
Blackstone. He came by himself in 1629, to a peninsula by a stream, called by
the local Algonquin inhabitants, Shawmet. A year later, John Winthrop and
his Puritan settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arrived to the north
in Salem. Finding Salem less than desirable for a settlement, Blackstone invited
Winthrop to visit Shawmut. read more...
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