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Provincetown

[ prov-ins-toun ]

noun

  1. a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in southeastern Massachusetts: known as a resort town.


Provincetown

/ ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a village in SE Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod: scene of the first landing place of the Pilgrims (1620) and of the signing of the Mayflower Compact (1620). Pop: 3472 (2003 est)


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Although, speaking of resorts, now that Provincetown is out, weather on Sea of Azov is lovely in August.

Later we learn that “Lennon and his wife had purchased a condo about a mile and a half from the Mailer home” in Provincetown, RI.

So at Provincetown, when the Mayflower first dropped anchor in 1620, the Pilgrims did likewise.

During my visits to Provincetown, I marveled as I watched the family cook, sing together, and play on the beach together.

This meant dinner together every night and family vacations to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

This was the limit of the Pilgrims' journey up the Cape from Provincetown, when seeking a place for settlement.

At first they thought to pull for Provincetown, but night was coming on, and that was many miles distant.

One who had lived in Provincetown thirty years told me that he had not been through to the north side within that time.

The harbor of Provincetown is very shallow near the shore, especially about the head, where the Pilgrims landed.

We did not see enough black earth in Provincetown to fill a flower-pot, unless in the swamps.

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