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The Dolphin

Kit travels from Barbados to Wethersfield in this. It is owned by Nat Eaton's father.

Meeting House

The townspeople meet here for prayers or assemble for political or disciplinary meetings.

Great Meadow

This is a large area where the settlers have their plots of land for planting or grazing.

Blackbird Pond

This place is located at the edge of the marshlands and is where the witch is said to live.

Selectmen

This is the group chosen to have executive authority in the town's public matters.

Hornbook

This is a single page protected by a transparent sheet of horn, used in teaching children to read.

Charter

This was drawn up by England in 1662, conferring rights and privileges regarding organization of the Connecticut Colony.

Dame School

Here small children learn their alphabet in order to be prepared for formal schooling.

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