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Gilberts: A very brief sketch of Chatham's birth
We have reached Chapter 8 in our occasional series from this book put out by the Kent Historical Society in 1939.
It’s time to go back to the Kentiana well. We have reached Chapter 8 in our occasional series from this book put out by the Kent Historical Society in 1939.
It’s based on papers delivered in the early 20th century to the group, which is now 114 years old.
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Last time I mentioned how short the chapter on early days on the Sydenham was. Well this one is even shorter, just a page and a half. It talks about how what is now the city of Chatham was planned in the 1790s.
As Thomas Scullard tells it, a shipyard was established “on the present site of Chatham” in 1794, and several gunboats were built. The following year the government set aside 600 acres (242 hectares) as a town plot, taken from Lots 1 and 2 of Harwich and Lot 24 of Raleigh townships.
Abraham Iredell – Scullard calls him Abram – then did a “partial survey.” I’m not sure what that means, but I assume he didn’t put in all........