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PROVINCETOWN , a township at the N. end of Cape See also:Cod, in See also:Barnstable See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A. Pop. (1890), 4642; (1900), 4247; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 4369. See also:Area about 91 sq. m. The township is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hart-See also:ford railway, and by a steamship See also:line to See also:Boston. The See also:harbour, which is important as a harbour of See also:refuge, is protected on the See also:east by See also:land, and the Federal See also:government has strengthened this See also:protection by dikes and groins and other See also:sand-catching devices; it has five lighthouses. There is a magnificent See also:beach stretching 30 M. from Provincetown See also:village to Eastham. The village is a summer resort. Through many generations the inhabitants have gained their living chiefly from the See also:sea; the township's See also:fisheries, however, have greatly decreased in importance (the invested See also:capital diminishing 67.1 % in 1885–1895). The prosperity it retains is not a little due to Portuguese from the Cape Verde Islands and the See also:Azores, and to See also:British Americans. Provincetown village was See also:long second only to See also:Gloucester in the cod fisheries, which See also:low prices and the introduction of larger vessels and correspondingly costlier fittings have greatly
' See also:Sulla excluded the See also:equites from the See also:list; the lex See also:Aurelia (70) reinstated them.
handicapped. Whaling retains a remnant of its old importance, and there are also See also:mackerel and See also:shore fisheries, oil-See also:works, See also:cold storage establishments for preserving See also:fish for See also:food and bait, and See also:canning works for See also:herring. The first See also:settlement here was made about 168o; it became a " See also:district " or See also:precinct of See also:Truro in 1714, and was established as a township with its See also:present name in 1727. Provincetown harbour was possibly visited by Gaspar Cortereal in 1501; See also:Gosnold explored it and its vicinity in 16o2, and See also:John See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith was here in 1614. It was in this harbour that the " May-See also:flower " compact (see MASSACHUSETTS) was See also:drawn up and signed by the Pilgrims before they proceeded to See also:Plymouth, in 1620; here John See also:Carver was chosen the first See also:governor of Plymouth See also:Colony, and Provincetown was the first landing See also:place (on Saturday the Ilth [o.s.] of See also:November) of the Pilgrims in the New See also:World. A memorial of the " compact," of polished See also:Acton See also:granite, 6 ft. high, with two See also:bronze tablets, was erected before the See also:town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall by the Old Colony See also:Commission, and on High See also:Pole See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill on the loth of See also:August 1907 the cornerstone of a second memorial (completed in 1909, dedicated Aug. 5, 191o), a granite See also:tower, 252 ft. high, was laid, addresses being delivered by See also:President See also:Roosevelt, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Bryce and H. C. See also:Lodge. In Provincetown harbour, on the 1st of See also:January 1862, James M. See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason and John See also:Slidell, the envoys of the Confederate States to See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:France respectively, who had been taken by a Federal See also:vessel from the British See also:ship " See also:Trent," were restored by the Federal authorities to H.B.M.S. " Rinaldo," after their detention in Fort See also:Warren in Boston harbour.
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