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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
ate of Massachusetts shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Boston and Charlestown, and shall be subject to the same regulations as other ports of delivery in the United States. Accordingly this part of Cambridge has, since that time, been designated Cambridgeport. To make the place available as a port of delivery, canals were constructed from Charles River through the Great Marsh, giving an extensive water-front. These canals are described in an agreement, dated July 8, 1806, Broad Canal, at least, was projected as early as May 19, 1802, when Vose & Makepeace conveyed to Josiah Mason, Jr., a right to use the Canal which is to be made, where Broad Canal now is. and recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, Book 172, page 496. The land devoted to this purpose is said to be a part of the hundred share estate, so called by said owners by articles under seal. The hundred share estate was owned thus: Rufus Davenport, fifty-five shares; Royal Makepeace, twe