Monthly Archives: September 2022

Dorchester Illustration 2585 Early Manufacturing in Dorchester: Tanning

Dorchester Illustration 2585 Early Manufacturing in Dorchester: Tanning contributed by Carole Mooney In the Southeast corner of the Clap compound, at 195 Boston Street, rests a reminder of when a young country encouraged manufacturing to bolster its economy to become … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2584 Gulliver’s Creek

Dorchester Illustration 2584 Gulliver’s Creek Gulliver’s Creek The Neponset River estuary served as an important water highway to Lower Mills until 1837, when the bridge on Granite Avenue was constructed.  The bridge hindered the passage of larger vessels, and the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2583 Nathaniel Tucker and Mary Fenno Tucker

Dorchester Illustration 2583 Nathaniel Tucker and Mary Fenno Tucker The following text is from the Dorchester Historical Society’s house history project. Born in Canton (later Stoughton) in 1805, Nathaniel Tucker was the eldest of James and Betsey (Withington) Tucker’s eight … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2582 Marshall Pinckney Wilder

Dorchester Illustration 2582 Marshall Pinckney Wilder From Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1891) Marshall Pinckney Wilder was born On September 22, 1798, in Rindge, New Hampshire. His father was a merchant, … Continue reading

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