Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-16
Unveiled Thursday at C|ou-
cester, Mass,
Concentrating First Settle.
ment Of Mass. Bay Colony.
UnIted States Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge Orator Of Day.

prominent in national and Internal iona
affairs and many others who nave
achieved distinction in various 4To-
fessional walks of life, were 1nciuhted
in the thousands Of people who cont-~e
gated in the quaint fishing port Oh
Gloucester today for the unvelling %
a large bronze tablet commemorative
the first settlement of the MassachL =
sets Bay Colony at Stage Fort park.
The tablet is set on the face or a
great ledge overlooking GlO,rcester's
harbor, and was situated close to the
site Of the first settlement, which IL
commentaries. The dimensions Of the
plate give it a surface of 6o square
feet. and it is believed that it is on"
of the largest ever cast in the United
States AS Il framework, it has an or
namental carving two feet deep in Inc
solid granite with inscriptions depr-
ting the marine history of Gloucester.
The tablet and frame inscriptions are
the work Of Eric Pape. the artist.
member of the Essex county summer
colony.
United States Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge was the orator of the day. His
ora ton was of an historic nature.
tiers who landed on Gloucester's
shores 2SG years ago Ambassador
James Bryce was present as repre-
sentative of England the mother c.oun-
try, from which the colonists sailed.
The chief promoter of the memorial
and the one who has interested himself
the most in the project has been John
Hays Hammond, the South African
&1,.o cAr,t
today is member of the Essex county
summer colony. The Russian, italian.
Belgian and Siamese embassies also
were represented. in many cases by the
ministers themselves who have their
summer homes here.
The exercises, which took place in
front of the great ledge, included. be-
sides the grafton by Senator Lodge.
addresses by Lieut.. Gov. Draper and
Ambassador Bryce and the recitation
OF original poems by the authors, Mrs.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward of
Newton and Madison J. Carwein of
Lexington, Ky. The daughter of Mr..
Hammond was selected by the commit
tee of which he was the head. to per-
form the duty of unwilling the impos-
ing memorial.
Besides the dedication and unwilling
exercises, the city held many celebra-
tions during the day. A national sa-
late was fired and the bells of all the
churches in the city were rung as an
opening feature. John Hays Hammond
marshalled a grand civic. military and
trades parade which marched through
Gloucester's narrow crooked streets.
In the evening an electrical and fire.
works display was given.
Four companies of the Sth Regiment
of the State Militia led the parade.
At its conclusion the invited guests
assembled at City hall where they We're
welcomed by the mayor. Brief address,
es were made by Lieut. Gov. Draper
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador
and Postmaster General Meyer
The company after partaking of a
luncheon marched to the ledge at Stage
Fort park, at Fresh Water cove, for
the exercises at the tablet.
Rev. William H. Ryder presided at
the tablet exercises and after Miss
Natalie Hammond the daughter of
John Hays Hammond. had unveiled the
bronze plate, Mr.. Ryder introduced
Senator Lodge, who spoke as follows:
new Gosnold is believed to have made
land when he first emerged from the
wastes of ocean. From this time on
ward, it may be supposed that YES
sells or seafarers of various sorts be-
gan to appear off the coast until in 1914
Captain John Smith explorer, discov-
erer and hero Of the first settlement at
jamestown. christened this region by |
Of
bestowed names upon the bays and
headlands in this vicinity When he
made his map Of the New England
coast he gave to our cape here the
fantastic name of Tragabigzenda and
called these islands near the head of /!
the cape the Turks Heads 1t was lat
er christened in honor of Queen Anne |
of Denmark by Prince Charles of Eng
land. her son.
"The actual beginning of the settle |
ment at Cape Ann was made in 1863. |
when crew of IA men from a fishing
vessel landed at Cape Ann where they |
stayed through the winter During the
same year members of the Plymouth |
Colony secured title to Cape Ann |
ana started out to effect a settlement. |
Ihey chose Roger Conant as their first |
governor. In 1926 Conant took his peo- |
PIE to the spot where Salem now is, |
and where there was larger opportuni-
~ for agriculture
1t Is too often overlooked that CO. |
nant and the great Puritan settlement |
ana migration found a small body of |
Englishmen already established at |
Salem. Conant and his men did not |
MAKE permanent settlement at Cape
Ann, hut further down the bay they
began the settlement which grew into |
the colony of Massachusetts,
The other speakers at the tablet |
were former Mayor W. w. French. |
haron Rosen and several prominent
residents.
Inc poems of Mrs. Ward and Mr..
Cawein closed the exercises.