![]() That is too great a strain to put upon the virtue of any town. There is absolutely nothing the matter with her-unless we might say that she suffers from being too far away from New Bedford and too near to Fall River. Right here the interrupting small boy might cry out: ‘What’s the matter with Westport?’ We can all say that Westport is all right. It is fitting that we should do this for we have already held similar meetings in Acushnet and Fairhaven and North Dartmouth and South Dartmouth, and several meetings in New Bedford. Today we celebrate our society’s outing within the limits of that portion of Old Dartmouth which was set off as the town of Westport. Members and friends of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Citizens of Westport: ![]() Baxter, Mary Kempton Taber, Sally Gordon Taber, Mrs. Hathaway, Sarah Tappan Coe, William Stevenson, Gertrude S. Llewellyn Howland, Carline Stone, Thomas S. Jenney, Margaret Earle Wood, Priscilla Howland, Francis Rodman, Arthur G. This old house was built in 1714 and has been recently restored to its original condition by the present owner, Abbott P. ![]() From the Potter house the trip continued south to the road leading to Hix’s Bridge and then to the Handy house, arriving there by 12:30 o’clock. m., and passing through Smith Mills, Westport Factory, and down to the old Potter house, which was built in 1677, a short distance north of Central Village. The trip was made in automobiles, about 30 machines leaving the public library building at 11 a. The Old Dartmouth Historical Society held its “annual outing” and quarterly meeting yesterday at the old Handy house at Hix Bridge. ![]() Proceedings of the Quarterly Meeting of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society OLD DARTMOUTH HISTORICAL SKETCH Number 36īeing the proceedings of the Meeting and annual outing of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, Westport, Massachusetts, on September 12, 1912. ![]()
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