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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 2: civil History. (search)
The principal fresh meadows at first divided were those which adjoin Fresh Pond, called the Fresh Pond meadows. The marshes on the northerly side of Charles River received distinctive names. The tract lying westerly of Ash Street was called Windmill-hill-marsh ; between Ash Street and College Wharf was Ox-marsh ; the name of Ship-marsh was applied to the tract extending from College Wharf to the point where the river sweeps around to the south; and the narrow strip between this point and Rivethrough Brattle Street to Mason Street; and thence was identical with the Path from Charlestown to Watertown. From this highway three others diverged southerly: one, to the ox-marsh, passing near the site of the Brattle Mansion-house; one to Windmill-hill, now Ash Street; and one to Watertown marsh, not far westerly from the residence of Samuel Batchelder, Esq. The first and last of these three highways were long ago closed. Mason Street was early distinguished as the highway from Charlestown