CAPE ANN, SETTLEMENT AT
\kˈe͡ɪp ˈan], \kˈeɪp ˈan], \k_ˈeɪ_p ˈa_n]\
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In 1625 the Dorchester Company attempted to plant a colony near the site of the present town of Gloucester. Roger Conant, of Plymouth, and a number of other persons were invited to settle there. But the attempt failed in a short time, and this resulted in the dissolving of the Dorchester Company. The Naumkeag settlement resulted.
By John Franklin Jameson
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