Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1845 - CAMBRIDGE. [Pop. 8,409. Inc. 1631.]

Cambridge, originally called The New Town, was settled by the first Governor, and intended for the seat of government. It was named Cambridge, after that famous seat of learning in England.

The first college in the country, founded here, in 1636, by a donation of the Rev. John Harvard of Charlestown, is now the best endowed university in the country. The first Printing Press in New England was connected with this college.

Cambridge, besides having parted with Newton, Brighton, and West Cambridge, still contains three distinct and populous settlements, called Old Cambridge, East Cambridge, and Cambridge Port.

This town is connected to Boston by two toll bridges of great length, and by the Viaduct or railroad bridge to Lowell.

Mount Auburn, a most beautiful cemetery, is in this town.

The chief manufactories are at East Cambridge, and the chief articles are glass, soap, bricks, &c.

Charles River flows by Cambridge, separating it from Boston, and Fresh Pond is celebrated for its beauty, and the ice that it furnishes for exportation to warmer climates.

Distance from Concord 12 miles.

An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
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