Compiled J. H. Hogan and published by W. F. Richardson. â€Containing also a complete business directory, churches, school, societies, towns, officers, etc.†Advertisements throughout – MANY PICTORIAL. At the time of European encounter, this area was long settled by the historic Nauset tribe, who had a settlement known as Meeshawn. They spoke an Algonquian language and were affiliated with other Algonquian tribes of the language families along the East Coast. In 1692, a new Royal Charter combined the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies into the Province of Massachusetts Bay. "Cape Cod" was thus officially renamed the "Province Lands". On June 14, 1727, after harboring ships for more than a century, the Precinct of Cape Cod was incorporated as a township. Following the American Revolution, Provincetown grew rapidly as a fishing and whaling center. By the 1890s, Provincetown was booming, and began to develop a resident population of writers and artists, as well as a summer tourist industry. Today, it is a small coastal resort town with a year-round population of just under 3,000 and a summer population of as high as 60,000. Front and back cover connected, but becoming unhinged. Edges and corners of covers frayed. Overall, in nice shape for a 128 year-old book. 110 pages. [rarity: i] Provincetown, MA

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