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A Trip to Bass Rocks & East Gloucester, Mass.
1901
Aug. 22

Fog in early morning, clearing by 8 A.M. Day clear
and pleasant, rather warm in the sun.

We took the 9.16 A.M. train Gloucester to visit friends
and see the country. The electrics first took us to
Long Beach between Gloucester & Rockport. We staid but a
few minutes here. It is a very fine stretch of fine hard
sandy beach and is a resort much like Revere Beach at
home. The car next left us returning from this point,
at the port of Bass Rocks. We walked up the slope
and among the group of houses forming this place. The
two hotels are the Thorwald and the Moorland, at the
latter of which we saw Miss Susie & Mollie Wyman.
It is a very attractive place here, with a fine outlook
sea ward. The shore runs along to the north east,
and Thatcher Island with its two fine lights are
directly before you. As I sat on the piazza a
United States torpedo boat, long, black, low on the
water, with four short black smoke stacks ran
past round Eastern Point at full speed. I was
told she was on a trial trip.

At 12 o'clock Miss Mollie walked with us across the
field and over the Golf Links about 3/4 mile where
we took the car to East Gloucester. There we dined
at the Delphine (100 at table) and called on Mrs. & Miss
Dora Willard who are staying there, on Will & Mrs. Dan's and
Mrs. Morgan, at the Hawthorne Inn, Prof. & Mrs. Clement-Smith
in their neighboring cottage, and Miss Peabody of Appleton St.
in her cottage near by. Mr. Arthur Gilman showed me
about Hawthorne Inn, a large group of bulidings close
to the water, opp. 10 lb. {Pound} Isl. {Island}, and crowded with people.
The 5.06 P.M. train took us back to Magnolia.