Excerpt from Landmarks of Dedham Dedham, ten miles from Boston, settled A. D. 1636 and originally named Contentment, - is rich in Massachusetts place-material, particularly of the colonial beginning period. Writers, other than himself, have occasionally gathered in its richness and made their display. The Town's Historical Society indeed possesses much that the historian, the antiquary and the genealogic delves desire. Nevertheless the Author feels that if certain material, seemingly attractive to his particular bent of mind, already printed perhaps, and yet found scattered, could be brought together in convenient book form, a distinct contribution, surely of interest, would thus be made toward preserving an easy knowledge of the town's old landmarks, to be seen to-day or known to have existed. Dedham is assured of its local fame as a Mother of Towns, also as one of the first sheltering homes on American soil of a considerable number of lineal names. The descending owners of those names, near and far, revere the old town, and aim to associate their forbears with its history. Others without that descending strain, later comers, have made Dedham their home and have done much to strengthen and uphold that noble past. Each copy will be numbered and signed, the entire edition consisting of less than 400 copies for sale, printed from type afterwards distributed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.