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History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts edited by Simeon L.
Deyo. 1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN. By
James H. Hopkins Early Explorations. —The Pilgrims. —Location
and Characteristics. —First Settlement. —Incorporation. —Civil
History. —Military History. —Town officers. —Fire Department.
—Town hall.—Resources of the Town. —Population. —Banks.
—Insurance Companies. —Public Library. —Societies. —Churches.
—Schools. —Biographical Sketches. WITHIN the harbor of
Provincetown was signed the compact, "perhaps the only instance
in human history of that positive, original social compact which
speculative philosophers have imagined as the only legitimate
source of government," which gives to Provincetown a just claim
to be the birthplace of free and equal government in America. At
Provincetown was born Peregrine White, the first English child
born in New England, and beneath the waters of the harbor rests
Dorothy May Bradford, wife of