[No. 3.] WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WESSAGUSSET AND WEYMOUTH, AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS BY CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., DELIVERED AT WEYMOUTH, JULY 4, 1874, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. WEYMOUTH IN ITS FIRST TWENTY YEARS, A PAPER READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY BY GILBERT NASH, NOVEMBER 1, 1882. WEYMOUTH THIRTY YEARS LATER, A PAPER READ BY CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, BEFORE THE WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904. PUBLISHED BY THE WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1905. SINE LABORE NIHIL T.R. MARVIN & SON PRINTERS BOSTON MASS. ESTABL. 1823. CONTENTS. WESSAGUSSET AND WEYMOUTH 5 WEYMOUTH’S FIRST TWENTY YEARS 87 WEYMOUTH THIRTY YEARS LATER 114 INDEX 157 APPENDIX 164 HISTORICAL ADDRESS BY CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., JULY 4, 1874.