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Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE

LOCATION CHOSEN IN 1630 TO BE THE
CAPITAL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
BAY COLONY. SETTLED IN 1631 UNDER
LEADERSHIP TO THOMAS DUDLEY
AND CALLED NEW TOWN. THE
COLLEGE ORDERED TO BE HERE, 1637.
NAME CHANGE TO CAMBRIDGE
AFTER THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITY
TOWN, 1638.

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