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Charlestown

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Charles·town  (chärlztoun)
A former city of eastern Massachusetts, the oldest part of present-day Boston. It was settled c. 1629. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought here at Breed's Hill on June 17, 1775.
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Noun1.Charlestown - a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe - state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
Breed's Hill - a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775


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Many of them went to form a settlement at Charlestown.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
- Arrival at Sullivan's Island, near Charlestown, S.
The Balloon Hoax by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Very slowly these lectures, and the tireless activity of Hubbard, pushed back the ridicule and the incredulity; and in the merry month of May, 1877, a man named Emery drifted into Hubbard's office from the near-by city of Charlestown, and leased two telephones for twenty actual dollars--the first money ever paid for a telephone.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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