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The radiantly yellow structure pictured here is the King Caesar House on Powder Point in my hometown. The elegant Federal-style home looks out onto Duxbury Bay and Clark’s Island. It was built in 1808-9 for Ezra Weston II and his wife Jerusha Bradford Weston. Like his father, Weston was known as ‘King Caesar’ for his fame and power as shipbuilder and merchant.
Across the street is the stone wharf where Weston ships were once rigged and fitted. Nearby were a sail loft, blacksmith shop and spar soak where the wooden poles or spars supporting the sails and rigging were preserved by soaking in a salt marsh. In the 1110-foot long ropewalk building, the horse ‘Honest Dick’ circled, turning the machinery that twisted hemp into cordage for the ships.
Also set in Duxbury are my prints When Lilacs Bloom, Sweet Dreams, Once Upon A Time and Skating Party.
Explore more Duxbury history at Our Favorite Links and in these publications:
Tall Ships of Duxbury: 1815-1850
Frederick T. Potter
The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, 1982
The Gurnet
Charles W. E. Morris
Published in Pilgrim Society Note, Series One, Number 30, July 1982
The Duxbury Book: 1637-1987
Katherine H. Pillsbury, Robert D. Hale, Jack Post, editors
Publisher: The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, 1987
(See page 148 for my print Sweetser’s General Store, 1986)
Stopping Places Along Duxbury Roads
Margery MacMillan
The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, 1991
Duxbury: A Guide
Katherine H. Pillsbury
The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, 1999
King Caesar of Duxbury:
Exploring the World of Ezra Weston, Shipbuilder and Merchant
Patrick Browne
The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, 2005
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