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A Trip to Marblehead and the Neck, Mass.
1901
Aug. 19
(2)

Gerry and Orne Islands lie close to us on the north
and just beyond is Peach's Point with summer
residences on it. Here Frank Eustis and his
family have a house, but it was too far for
us to get to on this trip. Leaving the Fort
we strolled down one of the old streets to
the Ferry whence a little boat plies across the
Harbor to the Neck stopping at three points
on the neck and then returning and so making
these twenty minute circuits all day long. We
crossed the Harbor in this way, wending our way
among the craft floating and moving about.
I was surprised to find the Neck so covered
with summer cottages. On the western side
fronting on the Harbor the building line the
shore in two or three rows. Here are the
fine large quarters of the Corinthian
and the Eastern Yacht Clubs. We got
our lunch at a boarding house and then
walked quite round the Neck. The ocean
view on the eastern shore is very grand. We
called on Mrs. Thomas B. Ticknor who has a
very attactive house on the cliff above the
water and close to it on the east shore. It
is a delightful spot. A short distance
opposite stands the Nanepáshemet Hotel,
on higher ground, a large wooden building.
After a pleasant call we walked across the
Neck and took the Ferry back to Marblehead
again. Then we went into the old Town
Hall that stands by itself in a little square.