The Cellars Speak: The Old Cellars and What They Tell Us About Dogtown and Its People

by Mark J. Carlotto

A colonial settlement was established in the middle of Cape Ann in the late 1600's in woodlots and cleared land known as the Commons. Some say people settled there as protection from pirates and enemy Indians. Others say it was because the land was free. Commoners earned their living as farmers, weavers, shepherds, and fishermen. The settlement doubled in size to about fifty families by the mid 1700's. But then, unlike most places that continued to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502978806
• ISBN13: 9781502978806
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.5"